Zihan Wang

Ph.D. Student Board Member

I am a Ph.D. student at McGill University and Mila – Quebec AI Institute, co-advised by Prof. Doina Precup and Prof. Xiao-Wen Chang. My research focuses on continual reinforcement learning, aiming to develop AI systems that can learn and adapt in non-stationary environments. I am also a Board Member of ContinualAI, a nonprofit organization advancing research in continual learning. I co-organize the Mila Tea Talk, a weekly seminar series at Mila.

Previously, I received my M.Sc. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from McGill University, and I hold a B.Sc. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, with a Minor in Mathematics, from the University of Alberta.

Portrait of Zihan Wang
Photo by Rei Chen in DICE (UofA)!
McGill University & Mila – Quebec AI Institute
School of Computer Science
Ph.D. Student
Supervisors: Doina Precup, Xiao-Wen Chang
2025 —
McGill University & Mila – Quebec AI Institute
M.Sc. in Electrical and Computer Engineering
2023 – 2025
University of Alberta
B.Sc. in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Minor in Mathematics
2018 – 2023
Mila – Quebec AI Institute / Linarite AI
Scientist in Residence
2025 – 2026
ContinualAI
Board Member
2024 —
Huawei Noah's Ark Lab, Montreal, Canada
Researcher Intern
2024
Flight PS752 Commemorative Scholarship
2025–2027
FRQNT Doctoral Research Scholarship
2025–2029
FRQNT Master’s Research Scholarship
2024–2025
President’s International Distinction Scholarship, University of Alberta
2018–2022
University of Alberta Dean’s Research Award
2021, 2022
Aug 2026
G2QDR accepted to TMLR!
Aug 2026
Awarded the Flight PS752 Commemorative Scholarship for a second time (2026–2027).
Aug 2026
SIC-Agents accepted to the EMNLP 2026 main conference!
Aug 2026
Aug 2026
Organizing the Finding the Frame Workshop at RLC 2026 in Montréal. See you in MTL!
Aug 2026
FBCC accepted to ECML PKDD 2026 as an oral!