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Zhishan Guo is a leading researcher in real-time embedded systems, with a focus on the intersection of machine learning, robotics, and energy-efficient computing. Her work is pivotal in ensuring timing guarantees for safety-critical applications, particularly in the Internet of Things (IoT) and autonomous systems. Guo’s major contributions include comprehensive surveys on machine learning in real-time IoT systems (120 citations), which have become foundational references for integrating AI into time-sensitive environments. She has also advanced the formal modeling and timing analysis of the Robot Operating System (ROS 2), notably through response time analysis for dynamic priority scheduling (34 citations) and worst-case time disparity analysis for message synchronization (21 citations). Her research on CPU energy-aware parallel real-time scheduling (11 citations) addresses the dual challenges of performance and power efficiency in embedded systems. Additionally, Guo has developed innovative solutions like SEAM, an optimal message synchronizer for ROS with bounded time disparity, and compositional mixed-criticality systems for modular architectures. Her work, widely cited and applied, is instrumental in enabling reliable, real-time performance in autonomous vehicles, robotics, and industrial control systems.