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class=\"hfe-nav-menu\"><li id=\"menu-item-1815\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page parent hfe-creative-menu\"><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/jzhang\/research\/rl-real-time-scheduling\/\" class = \"hfe-menu-item\">RL-real-time-scheduling<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-1799\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page parent hfe-creative-menu\"><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/jzhang\/research\/rl-real-time-scheduling\/synopsis\/\" class = \"hfe-menu-item\">Synopsis<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-1814\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page parent hfe-creative-menu\"><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/jzhang\/research\/rl-real-time-scheduling\/team-members\/\" class = \"hfe-menu-item\">Team Members<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-1812\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page parent hfe-creative-menu\"><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/jzhang\/research\/rl-real-time-scheduling\/educational-activities\/\" class = \"hfe-menu-item\">Educational Activities<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-1811\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page parent hfe-creative-menu\"><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/jzhang\/research\/rl-real-time-scheduling\/outreach-and-broader-impact\/\" class = \"hfe-menu-item\">Outreach and Broader Impact<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-1813\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page parent hfe-creative-menu\"><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/jzhang\/research\/rl-real-time-scheduling\/publications-code\/\" class = \"hfe-menu-item\">Publications &amp; Code<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul> \n\t\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element 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