Dr. Mingmin Zhao is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer and Information Science at the University of Pennsylvania, with a secondary appointment in the Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering. He is also an affiliated faculty member at the Penn Research in Embedded Computing and Integrated Systems Engineering (PRECISE) Center. Since joining Penn Engineering in January 2023, Dr. Zhao has distinguished himself through his innovative contributions to wireless technologies and digital health.
Dr. Zhao earned his Ph.D. from MIT in 2021, where his research on advanced wireless sensing technologies for human health monitoring set new benchmarks in the field. Before joining Penn, he gained valuable industry experience at a startup that commercialized his research, offering novel solutions for continuous in-home health monitoring.
Dr. Zhao’s research vision is centered on leveraging the transformative potential of wireless signals across a range of applications. His work spans several key areas: advancing sensor and system capabilities to enable innovative sensing technologies, developing sophisticated methods for multi-modal learning to enhance the understanding of physical and virtual environments, and exploring new frontiers in contactless health monitoring and digital biomarker discovery. Additionally, his efforts in robust robotic perception focus on creating resilient sensing technologies that perform reliably in challenging conditions.
In addition to his research contributions, Dr. Zhao is an active member of the scientific community, serving as a program committee member and reviewer for prestigious conferences such as MobiCom, MobiSys, SIGCOMM, Ubicomp/IMWUT, CVPR, ICCV, and ICLR. He has also co-organized influential tutorials, including “Multi-Modality Learning from Videos and Beyond” at ICCV 2021 and “Contactless Health Monitoring with AI” at CVPR 2020.
Dr. Zhao’s expertise and innovative approach position him as a leading figure in the convergence of wireless technology, machine learning, and digital health, driving progress and excellence in these evolving fields.