2010年9月-2015年3月：Ph.D. 华东理工大学控制科学与工程 (导师：杨富文)

2012年12月-2014年6月：联合培养博士生 中央昆士兰大学，人工智能与网络化系统研究中心(Centre for Intelligent and Networked Systems) (导师：Qing-Long Han）

2006年9月-2010年7月：B.S.   华东理工大学自动化

2015年8月-目前 上海海事大学 物流科学与工程研究院 航运技术与控制工程交通行业重点实验室 讲师

已发表论文10余篇，其中SCI论文4篇。

代表性论文：

(1) Yilian Zhang, Fuwen Yang, and Qing-Long Han, H_∞ control of LPV systems with randomly multi-step sensor delays, International Journal of Control, Automation, and Systems, 2014, 12(6): 1207~1215.

(2) Qinqin Fan, Yilian Zhang, Self-adaptive differential evolution algorithm with crossover strategies adaptation and its application in parameter estimation，Chemometrics and Intelligent Laboratory Systems，2016，151：164-171.

(3) Yanfei Zhu, Fuwen Yang, Chuanjing Li, Yilian Zhang, Simultaneous stability of large-scale systems via distributed control network with partial information exchange, International Journal of Control, Automation and Systems, 2018. In press.

(4) Qinqin Fan, Yilian Zhang, Xuefeng Yan, Zhihuan Wang, Enhancing the performance of JADE using two-phase parameter control scheme and its application, International Journal of Automation and Computing, 2018. In press.

(5) Qinqin Fan, Xuefeng Yan, Yilian Zhang, Auto-selection mechanism of differential evolution algorithm variants and its application, European Journal of Operational Research, 2017. In press.

(6) Yilian Zhang, Fuwen Yang, Yanfei Zhu, Jianmin Chen, Jin Zhu, H_∞control for networked control systems with randomly occurring consecutive packet losses, 2017 Australian and New Zealand Control Conference, Gold Coast, Australia, 2017.12.17-2017.12.20

(7) Yilian Zhang, Fuwen Yang, Jianhua Wang, Jianmin Chen, Jin Zhu, Set-membership filtering approach for path tracking of an unmanned surface vessel system, 2017 Australian and New Zealand Control Conference, Gold Coast, Australia, 2017.12.17-2017.12.20.

(8) Yilian Zhang, Quanwei Qiu, Fuwen Yang, Qing-Long Han, Ljubo Vlacic, Junwei Lu, Set-membership filtering approach for fault detection of systems with unknown-but-bounded noises, 5th Australian Control Conference, Gold Coast, Australia, 2015.11.5-11.6.

(9) Yilian Zhang, Fuwen Yang, Qing-Long Han, Unbiased minimum-variance filtering for systems with randomly multi-step sensor delays, 40th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Dallas, TX, U.S.A. 2014.10.29-11.1.

(10) Yilian Zhang, and Fuwen Yang, Quantized H_∞ control for networked systems with randomly multi-step transmission delays, 40th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Dallas, TX, U.S.A, 2014.10.29-11.1.