Yu Zhang is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Boise State University. He brings extensive industry experience to his academic role. Prior to joining Boise State, Yu Zhang worked as a Machine Learning Engineer at Bastian Solutions, A Toyota Automation Logistics Company. He earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Kentucky in 2023. In 2022, he completed an internship at Siemens, focusing on self-supervised learning. His research centers on building robust domain-adaptive vision systems by developing state-of-the-art models for various vision and robotics tasks. He also integrates AI with interdisciplinary sciences, including medical imaging, remote sensing, ecology, and physics.