Zhiling Chen

陈智灵, Ph.D.

PhD candidate in Mechanical Engineering at University of Connecticut

ZC

About

Hi, I'm Zhiling Chen👋, a third-year Mechanical Engineering PhD student at UConn Logo University of Connecticut and a research assistant at Intelligent Systems and Control Laboratory (ISCL), , where I am advised by Dr. Farhad Imani and Dr. Ruimin Chen.

🔬 Research Interests: Embodied Inspection, Robotic Manufacturing.

Latest News

2025.11

Paper Accepted (first-authored MoXpert, Pattern Recognition)

📄 Got one first-authored paper accepted to Pattern Recognition. Thanks to all my collaborators!

2025.3

Paper Accepted (first-authored FedDHD, Internet of Things)

📄 Got one first-authored paper accepted to Internet of Things. Thanks to all my collaborators!

2025.3

Paper Accepted (FedHDPrivacy, Computers and Electrical Engineering)

📘 Got one paper accepted to Computers and Electrical Engineering. Congratulations to Fardin Jalil Piran!

2024.11

Paper Accepted (first-authored Clip2Safety, Expert Systems with Applications)

📘 Got one paper accepted to Expert Systems with Applications. Thanks to all my collaborators!

2024.8

Ph.D. Qualifying Exam Passed

🎓 Passed the qualifying exam. Cong to myself :) and thanks for my supervisors and friends' help!

Selected Projects

Check out my latest work

ScanBot

ScanBot is a novel dataset designed for instruction-conditioned, high-precision surface scanning in robotic systems.

MoXpert

MoXpert

A multi expert framework named MoXpert to enhance the capabilities of multimodal large language models (MLLMs) in indusrial anomaly detection.

Clip2Safety

Clip2Safety

An interpretable vision–language detection framework is proposed to enable reliable and real-time PPE compliance monitoring across heterogeneous workplace scenarios.

Research

Publications

View the full list of my publications on Google Scholar

A multi-expert framework for enhancing multimodal large language models in industrial anomaly detection

A multi-expert framework for enhancing multimodal large language models in industrial anomaly detection

A multi expert framework named MoXpert to enhance the capabilities of multimodal large language models (MLLMs) in indusrial anomaly detection.

Authors: Zhiling Chen, Farhad Imani

MLLM
RAG
Zero-Shot Anomaly Detection in Laser Powder Bed Fusion Using Multimodal RAG and Large Language Models

Zero-Shot Anomaly Detection in Laser Powder Bed Fusion Using Multimodal RAG and Large Language Models

A multimodal RAG framework is proposed to automate anomaly detection in additive manufacturing (AM) without relying on task-specific training data.

Authors: Kiarash Naghavi Khanghah, Zhiling Chen, Lela Romeo, Qian Yang, Rajiv Malhotra, Farhad Imani, Hongyi Xu

LLM
RAG
Privacy-preserving decentralized federated learning via explainable adaptive differential privacy

Privacy-preserving decentralized federated learning via explainable adaptive differential privacy

A privacy-accountable and explainable decentralized federated learning framework is introduced by integrating HyperDimensional computing with an explicit differential privacy noise accountant.

Authors: Fardin Jalil Piran, Zhiling Chen, Yang Zhang, Qianyu Zhou, Jiong Tang, Farhad Imani

HDC
Privacy
Can multimodal large language models be guided to improve industrial anomaly detection?

Can multimodal large language models be guided to improve industrial anomaly detection?

We propose Echo, a novel multi-expert framework designed to enhance MLLM performance for industrial anomaly detection.

Authors: Zhiling Chen, Hanning Chen, Mohsen Imani, Farhad Imani

MLLM
RAG
ScanBot: Towards Intelligent Surface Scanning in Embodied Robotic Systems

ScanBot: Towards Intelligent Surface Scanning in Embodied Robotic Systems

We introduce ScanBot, a novel dataset designed for instruction-conditioned, high-precision surface scanning in robotic systems.

Authors: Zhiling Chen, Yang Zhang, Fardin Jalil Piran, Qianyu Zhou, Jiong Tang, Farhad Imani

Laser Profiler
Embodied Inspection
Federated Hyperdimensional Computing for hierarchical and distributed quality monitoring in smart manufacturing

Federated Hyperdimensional Computing for hierarchical and distributed quality monitoring in smart manufacturing

A communication-efficient federated learning framework based on Hyperdimensional Computing is introduced for hierarchical and non-IID smart manufacturing data at the edge.

Authors: Zhiling Chen, Danny Hoang, Fardin Jalil Piran, Ruimin Chen, Farhad Imani

Hyperdimensional Computing
Federated Learning

Skills

Python
PyTorch
TensorFlow
OpenAI API
MySQL
TypeScript
React
Next.js
Docker
GitHub Actions
GitLab CI/CD
Figma
Cursor
ROS
SolidWorks
Blender

Awards & Honors

2025

ASME DFMLC Best Paper Award

2025

Pratt & Whitney Advanced Systems Engineering Travel Fellowship

Academic Services

Conference Reviewer:
MECC
IMECE
Journal Reviewer:
Journal of supercomputing
Scientific Report
Data-Centric Engineering
Cluster Computing
Expert Systems with Applications
Results in Engineering
Teaching Assistant:
Fall 2024

ME3221: Manufacturing Automation

University of Connecticut
Spring 2024

ME3295: Special Topics in MEM

University of Connecticut
Fall 2023

ME3221: Manufacturing Automation

University of Connecticut
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