Feiran Zhao

Postdoctoral researcher
ETH Zurich

Preprints

  1. Thierry Schwaller, Feiran Zhao, Florian Dorfler. "A Bayesian Perspective on the Data-Driven LQR." IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Submitted, 2026.
  2. Feiran Zhao, Alessandro Chiuso, Florian Dorfler. "Policy Gradient Adaptive Control for the LQR: Indirect and Direct Approaches." IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control (full paper), Submitted, 2025.

Journal Articles

  1. Niklas Persson, Feiran Zhao, Mojtaba Kaheni, Florian Dorfler, Alessandro V. Papadopoulos. "An adaptive data-enabled policy optimization approach for autonomous bicycle control." IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, Early access, 2026.
  2. Feiran Zhao, Florian Dorfler, Alessandro Chiuso, Keyou You. "Data-Enabled Policy Optimization for Direct Adaptive Learning of the LQR." IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control (full paper), 70(11):7217-7232, 2025.
  3. Feiran Zhao, Keyou You. "Policy Gradient Methods for the Cost-Constrained LQR: Strong Duality and Global Convergence." IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 70(12):8414-8421, 2025.
  4. Xuerui Wang, Feiran Zhao, Andres Jurisson, Florian Dorfler, Roy S. Smith. "Unified Aeroelastic Flutter and Loads Control via Data-Enabled Policy Optimization." IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, 61(5):11437-11449, 2025.
  5. Feiran Zhao, Xingyu Sha, Keyou You. "Asynchronous Parallel Policy Gradient Methods for the Linear Quadratic Regulator." IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 70(7):4920-4927, 2025.
  6. Feiran Zhao, Xingyun Fu, Keyou You. "Convergence and Sample Complexity of Policy Gradient Methods for Stabilizing Linear Systems." IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control (full paper), 70(3):1455-1466, 2025.
  7. Feiran Zhao, Alessandro Chiuso, Florian Dorfler. "Regularization for Covariance Parameterization of Direct Data-Driven LQR Control." IEEE Control Systems Letters, 9:961-966, 2025.
  8. Xingchen Li, Feiran Zhao, Keyou You. "Data-driven control of linear systems via quantized feedback." Journal of Systems Science and Complexity, 37(1):152-168, 2024.
  9. Feiran Zhao, Keyou You, Tamer Basar. "Global Convergence of Policy Gradient Primal-Dual Methods for Risk-Constrained LQRs." IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control (full paper), 68(5):2934-2949, 2023.
  10. Feiran Zhao, Keyou You. "Minimax Q-learning control for linear systems using the Wasserstein metric." Automatica, 149:110850, 2023.
  11. Feiran Zhao, Keyou You, Shiji Song, Wenyue Zhang, Laisheng Tong. "Suspension regulation of medium-low-speed maglev trains via deep reinforcement learning." IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence, 2(4):341-351, 2021.

Conference Proceedings

  1. Felix Laurent, Feiran Zhao, Jaap Eising, Florian Dorfler. "Adaptive Control of Unknown Linear Switched Systems via Policy Gradient Methods." European Control Conference (ECC), Accepted, 2026.
  2. Feiran Zhao, Ruohan Leng, Linbin Huang, Huanhai Xin, Keyou You, Florian Dorfler. "Direct adaptive control of grid-connected power converters via output-feedback data-enabled policy optimization." European Control Conference (ECC), pp. 2563-2568, 2025.
  3. Shubo Kang, Feiran Zhao, Keyou You. "Linear convergence of data-enabled policy optimization for linear quadratic tracking." American Control Conference (ACC), pp. 2249-2254, 2025.
  4. Zhinan Hou, Feiran Zhao, Keyou You. "Harnessing Data for Accelerating Model Predictive Control by Constraint Removal." IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), pp. 285-290, 2024.
  5. Feiran Zhao, Florian Dorfler, Keyou You. "Data-Enabled Policy Optimization for the Linear Quadratic Regulator." IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), pp. 6160-6165, 2023.
  6. Feiran Zhao, Xingyun Fu, Keyou You. "Globally convergent policy gradient methods for linear quadratic control of partially observed systems." IFAC-PapersOnLine, 56(2):5506-5511, 2023.
  7. Feiran Zhao, Xingchen Li, Keyou You. "Data-driven control of unknown linear systems via quantized feedback." Learning for Dynamics and Control (L4DC), pp. 467-479, 2022.
  8. Feiran Zhao, Keyou You. "Primal-dual learning for the model-free risk-constrained linear quadratic regulator." Learning for Dynamics and Control (L4DC), pp. 702-714, 2021.
  9. Feiran Zhao, Keyou You, Tamer Basar. "Infinite-horizon Risk-constrained Linear Quadratic Regulator with Average Cost." IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), pp. 390-395, 2021.
  10. Feiran Zhao, Keyou You, Yunxin Fan, Gang Yan. "Velocity regulation for automatic train operation via meta-reinforcement learning." Chinese Control Conference (CCC), pp. 1969-1974, 2020.
  11. Feiran Zhao, Peng Jiang, Keyou You, Shiji Song, Wenyue Zhang, Laisheng Tong. "Setpoint tracking for the suspension system of medium-speed maglev trains via reinforcement learning." IEEE International Conference on Control and Automation (ICCA), pp. 1620-1625, 2019.