Izzy Yixin Zhang

Izzy is a PhD Rotation student working on developing a reinforcement learning model for standing balance control. She completed her MSc in Statistics at the University of British Columbia and her BSc in Statistics at Texas A&M University. She is interested in neuroscience, engineering, data science, and computational biology. Previously, Izzy has contributed to projects involving signal processing, biomarker analysis, large language models, and multi-omics integration.

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Research Interests

  • Biomechanics
  • Machine Learning
  • Rehabilitation

Honours & Awards

  • Donor-funded award in the SBME PhD Rotation Program

Current Project

Using a reinforcement Learning paradigm to model exploration and exploitation behaviours in adolescent motor learning