Zhiling Chen
陈智灵, Ph.D.
PhD candidate in Mechanical Engineering at University of Connecticut
About
Hi, I'm Zhiling Chen👋, a third-year Mechanical Engineering PhD student at
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
Paper Accepted (first-authored MoXpert, Pattern Recognition)
Paper Accepted (first-authored MoXpert, Pattern Recognition)
📄 Got one first-authored paper accepted to Pattern Recognition. Thanks to all my collaborators!
Paper Accepted (first-authored FedDHD, Internet of Things)
Paper Accepted (first-authored FedDHD, Internet of Things)
📄 Got one first-authored paper accepted to Internet of Things. Thanks to all my collaborators!
Paper Accepted (FedHDPrivacy, Computers and Electrical Engineering)
Paper Accepted (FedHDPrivacy, Computers and Electrical Engineering)
📘 Got one paper accepted to Computers and Electrical Engineering. Congratulations to Fardin Jalil Piran!
Paper Accepted (first-authored Clip2Safety, Expert Systems with Applications)
Paper Accepted (first-authored Clip2Safety, Expert Systems with Applications)
📘 Got one paper accepted to Expert Systems with Applications. Thanks to all my collaborators!
Ph.D. Qualifying Exam Passed
Ph.D. Qualifying Exam Passed
🎓 Passed the qualifying exam. Cong to myself :) and thanks for my supervisors and friends' help!
Check out my latest work

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

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

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

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

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

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
Skills
Education
University of Connecticut
Waterford Institute of Technology
Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology
Jiangsu Xishan Senior High School
Internship & Work Experience
ISCL Lab, University of Connecticut
Wuxi CHAOTONG Intelligent Research Institute Co., Ltd
Awards & Honors
ASME DFMLC Best Paper Award
Pratt & Whitney Advanced Systems Engineering Travel Fellowship
Academic Services
ME3221: Manufacturing Automation
ME3295: Special Topics in MEM
ME3221: Manufacturing Automation
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