Jianyang Zhai
A control-systems PhD shipping production AI agents into machines that heat, cool, spin — and can't afford to hallucinate.
Control theory, from first principles
PhD in electrical engineering (control science), Nanyang Technological University. Motor drives, power electronics, and the discipline of systems that must settle.
Agents that run in production
Leading AI-algorithm work in thermal management at a leading Chinese EV maker — LLM-era agents operating inside real, safety-constrained automotive systems, in daily use.
Thesis: the bottleneck is Action
Embodied intelligence is AI's next phase — and its scarcest ingredient isn't language, it's Action: actuation, sensing, control. The physical world is where agents get hard.
Troubleshooting Codex Remote and recurring macOS UI lag
By zhaijianyang · October 31, 2026. Measured diagnosis, launch-policy experiments, a verified manual connection repair, and the limits of the evidence.