Lihua Xie:   Research

School of Electrical and Electrical Engineering Nanyang Technological University

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If you are interested in the following listed research topics and would like to join us as research staff or student, please write to me directly.

Current Research Areas and Interests

(a) Networked Control and Learning Based Control

· Quantized feedback

· Data rate

· Learning based control

· Cyber-security

(b) Multi-agent Systems and Distributed Optimization

· Cooperative control of multi-agent systems

· Data rate and network topology for distributed consensus

· Distributed sensor fusion algorithms

· Formation control

· Distributed optimization

(c) Cooperative Localization and Control of Unmanned Systems in GPS Denied Environment

· Cooperative localization algorithms

· UWB based cooperative localization

· Integrative cooperative localization and control

· Fast SLAM

· UAVs and UGVs for logistics and structure inspection

(d) Indoor Position and Human Activity Recognition

· WiFi based indoor positioning system

· CSI based human activity recognition system

· Machine learning

Awards and Honors:

o Best Student Paper Award at the 3rd IFAC Workshop on Cyber-Physical Human Systems (CPHS 2020) for the paper "Human-Centered Design for Safe Teleoperation of Connected Vehicles" (co-authored by F. Jiang, Y. Gao, and K.H. Johansson).

• Best Paper Award at 2020 IEEE The 11^th International Symposium on Power Electronics for Distributed Generation Systems (PEDG2020) for the paper “Distributed Finite-time Power Management for Hybrid Energy Storage Systems in DC Microgrids” (co-authored with Q. Xu and T. Dragicevic).
• Guan Zhao Zhi Award at the 39th Chinese Control Conference, Guangzhou, 27-29 July 2019, for the paper “Distributed Output Feedback Consensus of Uncertain Nonlinear Multi-Agent Systems With Limited Data Rate” (co-authored with M. Ran).
• Finalist for Best Paper Award at 2018 IEEE International Conference on Real-Time Computing and Robotics (IEEE RCAR 2018) for the paper “Distributed Continuous-Time Constrained Convex Optimization via Nonsmooth Analysis” (co-authored with X. Li and Y.G. Hong).

o Best Paper Award at 2017 IEEE International Conference on Unmanned Systems (IEEE ICUS 2017), Beijing, Oct. 2017 for the paper “Infrastructure-free cooperative relative localization for mobile unmanned aerial vehicles in GPS-denied environments” (co-authored with K. Guo).

o Best Paper Award at the 18^th International Conference on Advanced Robotics (ICAR 2017), Hong Kong, July 2017 for the paper “Non-Iterative SLAM” (co-authored with C. Wang and J. Yuan).

o My URECA student Hoang Minh Chung won the Overall Winner Award of NTU URECA Poster Competition, March 2017.

o Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate Analytics (https://clarivate.com/hcr/researchers-list) in 2017.

o Highly Cited Researcher by Academic Ranking of World Universities (http://www.shanghairanking.com/) and Thomson Reuters in 2016.

o Highly Cited Researcher by Academic Ranking of World Universities (http://www.shanghairanking.com/) and Thomson Reuters in 2015.

o Highly Cited Researcher by Academic Ranking of World Universities (http://www.shanghairanking.com/) and Thomson Reuters, 2014.

o Elected to Fellow of the Chinese Automation Association, 2016.

o Microsoft Indoor Localization Competition Award, 3^rd Place (Infrastructure-free Approaches): WiFi-based Indoor Localization System by Using Weighted Path Loss and Extreme Learning Machine, The 13^th ACM/IEEE Int. Conf. on Information Processing in Sensor Networks (IPSN), Berlin, April 2014.

o Elected to be an IEEE Distinguished Lecturer in May 2012.

o Prestigious IBM Faculty Award, June 2011.

o Elected to Prestigious Fellow of IFAC for contribution to robust control and estimation theory with their application to communications in May 2011.

o Guan Zhao Zhi Award at the 29th Chinese Control Conference for the paper “Mean Square Stabilizability of Linear Systems with Limited Feedback Data Rates and Markovian Packet Losses,” (co-authored with K. You), July 2010.

o Best Paper Award for the paper “Distributed consensus of multi-agent systems with finite-level quantization” (co-authored with T. Li, M. Fu and J. Zhang) at the 7^th Asia Control Conference, Hong Kong, August 26-28, 2009.

o Best Student Paper Award for the paper “Optimal Filtering for Continuous-time Linear Systems with Time-varying Delay” (by W. Wang, H. Zhang and L. Xie) at the 6^th Int. Conf. on Information, Communications, and Signal Processing, December 10-13, 2007, Singapore.

o Elected to Fellow of IEEE in Jan. 2007.

o Best Theoretical Paper Award for the paper “Robust Kalman filtering for discrete-time systems with measurement delay” (co-authored with X. Lu, H. Zhang and W. Wang) at the 6P^thP World Congress of Intelligent Control and Automation, China, June 21-23, 2006.

o Changjiang Scholar award, Ministry of Education, P.R. China, 2006.

o Elected to Fellow of Institution of Engineers, Singapore in 2005.

o Occupational Health Best Practices Award (Excellence and Innovation), Ministry of Manpower, Republic of Singapore, for the project “Intelligent Monitoring and Control System for Hazardous Chemical Waste Treatment,” Oct. 2004.

o Science and Technology Award, second prize, by Ministry of Mechanical Industries, P.R. China,

Funded Research Projects

· NRF Medium Sized Centre for Advanced Robotics Technology Innovation (CARTIN), Lead PI, $24,440,000, 30 March 2021-30 March 2026.

· Robust Flight Control for High Capacity VTOL UAV, PI, $249,500, STE-NTU Corp Lab, April 2020 - March 2021.

· Seamless Navigation for the Blind and Visually Impaired, PI, $783,000, Tote Board, July 2020 - June 2021.

· Efficient and Precision Docking for AGVs in Dynamic Environments, PI, $555,000.00, Delta-NTU Corp Lab, Jan. 2020 - 30 June 2021.

· Asynchronous Distributed Online Optimization over Multi-agent Networks with Limited Information Exchange, PI, $120,000, MoE Tier 1, Nov 2019 - Oct 2021.

· Drone Inspection System for Building Façade, PI, $639,570, NRF, 18 Feb 2019-17 Nov 2020.

· UAV Localization and Safe Navigation around Container Cranes during Inspection, PI, $774,000, NRF STE-NTU Corporate Lab, Sept. 2018 - June 2020.

· Industrial Internet of Things - Control Network Security, ASTAR, $439,200, PI, 1 Sept. 2017 - 31 August 2020.

· Scalable Multi-Robot Sensor Fusion, Localization, Navigation and Control, Joint WASP/NTU Research Grant, $270,000, Co-PI (allocated amount of $135,000), 1 March 2018 - 28 Feb. 2021.

· Development of Dynamic Reconfigurable Material Handling System, NRF-Delta, $1,794,100, PI, 1 July 2016 - 30 June 2021.

· Obstacle detection and avoidance in GPSless Environment, PI, $145,000, NRF STE-NTU Corporate Lab, July 2016 to June 2018.

· NTU-Delta Corporate Lab for Cyber-Physical Systems, NRF-Delta Electronics-NTU, 1 July 2016-30 June 2021, $45,000,000, Director.

• Continuous Dictionary Compressed Sensing with Applications, 2015-T1-001-198, AcRF Tier 1, $169,600.00, PI, 2 Nov. 2105-1 Nov. 2017.
• GPSless Localization for Unmanned Aerial Verhicles With Self-Organized Distributed Coverage of 3D Structures, PI, $570,000, NRF STE-NTU Corporate Lab, July 2015 to June 2020.
• Compressed Sensing for Passive Radar, MINDEF, TL-9014103349-01, PI, $375,000, April 2015 to Oct. 2016.
• Distributed Model Predictive Routing and Scheduling for Minimizing Network-wise En-Route and Airport Arrival Delay in Air Traffic Flow Management with an Eulerian-Lagrangian Flow Dynamic Model, Co-PI, ATMRI, $588,500, April 2015 to April 2018.
• Cognitive team theoretic approach for Dynamic Airspace Management (CDAM), Co-PI, ATMRI, $588,000, April 2015 to April 2018.
• Cognitive team theoretic approach for Dynamic Airspace Management (CDAM), Co-PI, $172,000, April 2015 to April 2018.
• Framwork Agreement for Multiple Projects in the Area of Internet of Things, PI, $2,840,800, EEE-Delta Joint Lab, Nov. 2014 to Nov. 2019.
• Hub-wide Grid Planning and Management System for Industrial Hubs, Co-PI, EIRP, $2,710,500, June 2014 to June 2017.
• Integrated Fibre Optic Sensor Based Monitoring System for LNG Terminals, NRF2014EWT-EIRP003-014, Co-PI, $2,667,600.00, July 2015 to June 2018.
• Topological Analysis & Control Design for Heterogeneous Multi-agent Systems, Australian Research Council (ARC), A$355100, 2015-2017, Partner Investigator.
• GRUIDAE Multi-UAV Demonstration, POD0001476, PI, $360,000, MINDEF-TL@NUS, Dec. 2014 to Dec. 2015.
• A Real-time Indoor Positioning and Navigation System, NRF/NTUitive, $10,000, PI, Oct. 2014 to Apr. 2015.
• Development of Collaborative Localization and Swarming Technologies for Micro UAVs, TL@NTU, $80,000, PI, Oct. 2014 - Sep. 2015.
• Fruitdove Rendezvous, TL@NUS (Project from MINDEF), $180,000, PI, Apr. 2014 to Mar. 2016.
• Adaptive Occupancy based Localized Cooling Control of ACMV Systems, NRF2013EWT-EIRP004-012, $912,600, PI, 1 August 2014 - 31 July 2017.
• Wireless networked sensing for prognosis in power electronics and electrical machines, Rolls-Royce@NTU Corporate Lab, $623,405, PI, 1 August 2013 - 31 July 2018.
• CRANEV, MINDEF POD0713727, $3m, Co-PI, Feb 2014 to Jan. 2016.
• Fusion and Sense Making of Heterogeneous Sensor Network and Other Sources, Co-PI, $195,925, Mar. 2013 to Sept. 2016.
• Model Predictive Based Control and Navigation for Robots, CTRLWORKS Pte Ltd., $40,000, PI, March. 2103- Dec 2013.
• New Generation HVAC Systems - Total Energy Efficiency Solutions, National Research Foundation, Competitive Research Programme, $9.95m , one of the six Project PIs, August 2012-July 2017.
• Networked Control Systems in Industrial Automation, EDB IPP-Pteris Global Pte Ltd, $360,000, PI, Feb. 2012 - Jan. 2016.
• Singapore Berkeley Smart Buildings: Building Efficiency and Sustainability in the Tropics (SinBerBEST), Lead PI of Multi-level Control Thrust (with total funding of over $10m), Feb. 2012-Jan. 2017.
• Distributed Cooperative Estimation over Complex Temporal and Spatial Networks, NSFC, 61120106011, RMB 2.6m, 1 Jan. 2012 - 31 Dec. 2016, Co-PI.
• Geolocation and Tracking with Networked Multi-Sensor Platforms, DIRP, POD0713727, $365,297.50, PI, June 2011-May 2014.
• Automated Assessment System for Physical Rehabilitation, Innovative Fund, Ministry of Education, MOE2010-IF-1-005, $518,265, Co-PI, April 2011 - March. 2014.
• Dynamic Road Pricing for Traffic Congestion Control, Singapore-MIT Centre for Research and Technology, 5 years program (Sept. 2010-Aug. 2015), $141,600 for year 1, PI.
• Integrative Approach for Controller Design for Optimal Performance?A*STAR SERC 092 156 0126, Mar. 2010 - Feb. 2013, PI, $362,530.33.
• Distributed-Cooperative Information Processing and Control, POD0914267, Temasek Labs, PI, August 2009 to Feb 2013, $482,150.00 (Cash $215,050.00).
• Novel Roof-mounted Solar Energy Assisted Double Cycle Refrigeration for Energy Efficient Building Air-conditioning Systems, NRF2008EWT-CERP02-010, Co-PI, May 2009 - April 2012, S$ 1,039,935.
• Investigation of Network-constrained Estimation Algorithms for Network-Centric Environments, MINDEF-NTU, POD0613315, PI, July 2009-June 2010, $50,000.
• Intelligent Fiber-Bragg Grating Sensor Network for Aircraft Structural Health Monitoring and Diagnosis, A*Star SERC Aerospace Consortium Project 2, Collaborator, Feb 2009 - Jan 2012, $878,895.
• Real-time Secure RFID-based Track and Trace in Aerospace MRO Supply Chain, A*Star SERC Aerospace Consortium Project 3, Collaborator, Feb 2009 - Jan 2011, $523,745.
• Cooperative Estimation and Control Theory with Application in Wireless Sensor Networks, NSFC, China, 60828006, PI, Jan. 2009-Dec. 2010, RMB200,000.
• A Dynamical System Approach to the Analysis of Scattered Pulse-Tissue Interactions in Medical Ultrasound, MoE Tier 2, PI, May 2008 - April 2011, $643,770.
• Modeling, control and optimization for complex sensor and control networks (U0735003), NSF of China, collaborator, Jan. 2008-Dec. 2010, RMB1.4m.
• Integrative Serviceability Management and Supervisory Control of Networked Manufacturing Systems for Virtual Enterprises (P0520104), Co-PI, April 2006 - March 2009, $982,190.
• Markov Jump System Theory for Collaborative Signal and Information Processing in Wireless Sensor Networks, A*STAR (SERC Grant no. 052 101 0037), PI, Jan. 2006-Dec. 2008, $510,439.
• Soft Intelligent Sensors and Its Applications in Magnetic Data Storage Systems, A*STAR (SERC Grant no. 052 101 0036), Co-PI, Jan. 2006 - Dec. 2008, $527,840.
• Collaborative Signal Processing and Control in Wireless Sensor Networks, AcRF (RG12/05), PI, Dec. 2005 - Nov 2008, $85,043.20.
• Distributed Information Processing for Wireless Sensor Network, RGM 19/05, Feb. 2006, Aug. 2009, PI, $80,000.
• Soft-Sensing Technologies with Application to Chemical Waste Treatment, EDB/Purechem Pte Ltd/NTU, PI, 2004 -2007, $498,000.
• Analysis and synthesis of two-dimensional systems for signal processing and control Australian Research Council (Partner Chief Investigator), 2001-2004, A$163,000.
• Robust Control Systems for Smart Structures, 2001-2204, PI, $149,177.
• Development of Optimization Technology for Building HVAC Systems, A*STAR/Matrix Control Pte Ltd/NTU (Collaborator), Nov. 2000 - Oct. 2002, $800,000.
• Development of Intelligent Monitoring and Control Systems for Hazardous Waste Chemical Treatment, NSTB/Purechem/NTU (Collaborator), 1999-2001, $1.04m.
• A Robust and Adaptive Filtering Approach to Active Control of Noise in a Cleanroom, PI, 1998-2000, $71,228.
• Advanced Digital Control Design for Industrial Processes, PI, 1993-1996, $29,700.

Past Postdoctoral Fellows:

• Dr. Zhang Huanshui, Full Professor, Shandong University
• Dr. Sun Shuli, Full Professor, Heilongjiang University
• Dr. Hu Qinglei, Full Professor, Beihang University
• Dr. Li Tao, Full Professor, Outstanding Youth Award recipient, East China Normal University
• Dr. Li Zhongkui, Young Changjiang Talent Award recipient, Peking University
• Dr. Xie Li, Professor, North China Electric Power University
• Dr. Yu Mei, Associate Professor, North China Electric Power University
• Dr. Guo Yuqian, Full Professor, Central South University
• Dr. Jiang Hao, Associate Professor, Fuzhou University
• Dr. Li Huaqing, Full Professor, Southwest University
• Dr. Zhao Yanlong, Full Professor, Outstanding Youth Award recipient, Institute of System Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences
• Dr. Zhao Dongya, Full Professor, China Petroleum University
• Dr. Zhang Kuize, Associate Professor, Harbin Engineering University
• Dr. Khoo Suiyang, Senior Lecturer, Sweeburne University
• Dr. Li Wuquan, Professor, Ludong University
• Dr. Li Haitao, Associate Professor, Jinan University
• Dr. Ma Cuiqin, Associate Professor, Qufu Normal University
• Dr. Zhu Bing, Associate Professor, Beihang University
• Dr. Lan Xiaoyu, Associate Professor
• Dr. Xu Juanjuan, Qiru Scholar, Outstanding Youth, Full Professor, Shandong University
• Dr. Wan Liangtian, Associate Professor, Dalian University of Technology
• Dr. Meng Xiangyu, Assistant Professor, Louisiana State University
• Dr. Li Xianwei, Young Thousand Talent, Assistant Professor, Shanghai Jiaotong University
• Dr. Zhu Shanying, Assistant Professor, Shanghai Jiaotong University
• Dr. Weng Yang, Professor, Sichuan University
• Dr. Qu Xiaomei, Associate Professor, Southwestern Minority University
• Dr. Huang Baoqi, Full Professor, Inter-Mongolian University
• Dr. Ding Baocang, Full Professor, Xi’an Jiaotong University
• Dr. Li Fangfei, Associate Professor, East China University of Science and Technology
• Dr. Han Duo
• Dr. Zhao Yan
• Dr. Zheng Zhewei, Associate Professor, Behang University
• Dr. Wang Hongxia, Associate Professor, Shandong University of Science and Technology
• Dr. Zheng Jianying, Associate Professor, Beihang University
• Dr. Han Zhimin, Associate Professor, Hangzhou Dianzhi University
• Dr. Li Xian, Associate Professor, Qingdao University
• Dr. Chen Zhenghua, Institute of Info-Comm Research, Singapore
• Dr. Qi Qingyuan, Associate Professor, Qingdao University
• Dr. Li Xiuxian, Professor, Tongji University
• Dr. Xu Qianwen, Assistant Professor, Royal Institute of Sweden (KTH)

Current Research Staff Members

1. Dr. Ran Maopeng, learning based control and cyber-security

2. Dr. Ding Kemi, graph signal processing and secure control

3. Dr. Chen Chun-Lin, sensing and perception for robotic systems

4. Dr. Li Maoxun, robot platform design and control

5. Dr. Zhang Sheng, precision docking for AGVs

6. Dr. Xu Xinping, occupancy detection

7. Mr. Cao Muqing, control design for UAVs

8. Mr. Ji Tete, vision based SLAM

9. Mr. Wang Han, Lidar based SLAM

10. Dr. Yuan Shenghai, sensor fusion for UAVs

11. Dr. Lyu Yang, sensor fusion for UAVs

12. Dr. Hanif Zaini, UAV control

13. Dr. Nguyen Thien Minh, Wallenberg-NTU Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow, localization for unmanned systems

14. Mr. Cao Kun, multi-agent systems

15. Dr. Chen Ci, Wallenberg-NTU Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow, learning based control

16. Dr. Yang Jianfei, NTU Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow, machine learning

Graduated Ph.D. Students

1. Xie Shoulie, 1997-1999, Ph.D. (Research Scientist, I2R, A*Star, Singapore

Thesis title: Robust and nonlinear control of interconnected systems.

2. Du Chunling, 1997-1999, Ph.D. (Research Scientist, Advanced Remanufacturing Center, A*Star, Singapore)

Thesis title: H-infinity filtering and control of two-dimensional systems.

3. Li Luowen, 1997-1999, Ph.D. (Senior Engineer, ST Engineering)

Thesis title: Optimal model reduction and reduced order filtering.

4. Zhou Huan, 2000 - 2003, Ph.D. (Research Scientist, I2R, A*Star, Singapore)

Thesis title: H2 and H-infinity optimal design of multirate filter bank systems.

5. Lu Lilei, 2000- 2004, Ph.D.

Thesis title: Issues in Robust and Networked Control Systems.

6. Zhang Sen, 2002-2005, Ph.D. (Professor, Beijing University of Science and Technology)

Thesis title: Simultaneous Localization and Map Building for Outdoor Mobile Robot Navigation.

7. Xu Jun, 2003- 2006, Ph.D. (Senior Vice-President, Data Scientist, HSBC)

Thesis title: Control and Estimation of Piecewise Affine Systems.

8. Cao Chengtao, 2003- 2007, PhD

Thesis title: A Polynomial Approach to Robust Estimation with Applications in DS-CDMA Systems.

9. Lin Jun, 2002- 2007, Ph.D.

Thesis title: Robust Deconvolution and Control of Uncertain and Time Delay Systems with Applications.

10. Teoh Jul Nee, 2003-2007, Ph.D.

Thesis title: High precision servo control in disk drives.

11. Lin Jianyong, 2005-2010, Ph.D.

Thesis title: Energy Efficient Sensor Scheduling and Filtering Algorithms for Target Tracking in Wireless Sensor Networks

12. You Keyou., 2007-2011, Ph.D. (Associate Professor, Young Thousand Talent, Outstanding Youth, 青千，优青, Tsinghua University)

Thesis title: Control and Estimation with Limited Data Rate and Packet Loss)

13. Xiao Nan, 2007-2011, Ph.D. (Alibaba, Singapore)

Thesis title: Filtering and Control of Networked Systems over Unreliable Channels

14. Liu Shuai, 2007-2011, Ph.D. (Professor, Young Thousand Talent, 青千, Shandong University)

Thesis title: Control of Single and Multiple Agent Systems with Input and Communication Delays

15. Hu Jinwei, 2008-2012, Ph.D. (Associate Professor, Northwestern Polytechnic University)

Thesis Title: Information Fusion and Cooperative Control for Target Search and Localization in Multi-Agent Sensor Networks

16. Gao Tingting, 2008-2012, Ph.D.

Thesis Title: Integrated Plant/Controller Design and Implementation for High Track Density HDD Servo Systems

17. Meng Wei, 2009-2013, Ph.D. (Professor, Young Thousand Talen,青年珠江学者，Guangdong University of Technology)

Thesis Title: Distributed Source Localization in Wireless Sensor Networks

18. Yang Zai, 2009-2013, Ph.D. (Professor, Outstanding Youth, Xi’an Jiaotong University)

Thesis Title: Analysis, Algorithms and Applications of Compressed Sensing

19. Yu Chengpu, 2009-2013, Ph.D. (Professor, Young Thousand Talent, 青千, Beijing Institute of Technology)

Thesis Title: Blind System Identification with Application to Medical Imaging

20. Wang Xuehe, Aug. 2011-2015, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor, Singapore University of Technology)

Thesis Title: Existence, Convergence and Efficiency Analysis of Nash Equilibrium and Its Applications

21. Zou Han, 2012 - 2016, Ph.D. (Scientist, IBM)

Thesis Title: Robust and Accurate Localization Algorithms for Indoor Positioning and Navigation

22. Long Yushen, 2012- 2016, Ph.D. (Research Scientist, Institute for Info-Comm Research)

Thesis Title: Distributed and Cooperative Control with Applications to Building HVAC Systems

23. Qiu Zhirong, 2013-2017, Ph.D. (Research Fellow, NTU)

Thesis Title: Distributed Multi-agent Consensus under Constraints

24. Xu Liang, 2013-2017, Ph.D. (Postdoctoral Fellow, EPFL, Switzerland)

Thesis Title: Control over Networks with Fading Communication Channels

25. Niu Junpeng, Jan 2014 -Jan. 2018, PhD. (Senior Engineer, Grab)

Thesis Title: Hybrid System Analysis and Design for Scale-out Storage Environments

26. Sampath Kumar Padmanabhan, 2014-Aug. 2018, PhD. (Research Engineer, Delta Electronics)

Thesis title: Conditioning Monitoring of Brushless Synchronous Generators Using Wireless Sensors

27. Guo Kexin, Aug. 2014-Aug. 2018, PhD. (Beihang University)

Thesis title: Ultra-wideband-based Navigation for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

28. Wang Chen, 2014-2018, Ph.D. (Postdoctoral Fellow, Robotics Institute@CMU)

Thesis Title: Kernel Learning for Visual Perception

29. Wu Xuepei, 2012-2018, Ph.D. CContinental)

Thesis Title: Study on Real-time Industrial Control Networks

30. Nguyen Pham Nhat Thien Minh, 2015-2019, Ph.D. (NTU Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow)

Thesis Title: Ranging-Based Adaptive Navigation for Autonomous Micro Aerial Vehicles

31. Abdul Hanif Bin Zaini, 2015-2019, Ph.D. (Research Fellow, NTU)

Thesis Title: UAV Swarming with Collision Avoidance and Communication Constraints

32. Cao Kun, 2016 - 2020, PhD. (Research Fellow, NTU)

Thesis title: Distributed Formation Shape Control of Multi-Robot Systems

33. Yang Jianfei, Aug. 2016 - 2020, PhD. (NTU Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow)

Thesis Title: Towards Robust Sensing and Recognition: From Statistical Learning to Transfer Learning

34. Gao Yulong, 2016 – 2020 (KTH-NTU joint PhD programme), Ph.D.

Thesis title: Safe Autonomy under Uncertainty: Computation, Control and Application.

35. Wang Han, Jan. 2017-Jan. 2021, PhD

Thesis title: Robust and light-weight Simultaneous Localization and Mapping for Autonomous Vehicles.

36. Fang Xu, Jan. 2017 – Jan. 2021, PhD

Thesis title: Cooperative Localization and Control of Networked Systems.

37. Li Juncheng, August 2017 – July 2021, PhD

Thesis Title: Motion Planning for Non-Holonomic Mobile Robots in Obstacle-Rich Environments

38. Liu Hanxiao, August 2017 – Jan 2021, PhD

Thesis Title: Analysis, Detection, and Mitigation of Attacks in Cyber-physical Systems

On-going Ph.D. students:

1. Ji Tete, Jan. 2017- (Part-Time)

Visual-Inertial Navigation for MAV

2. Nguyen Hoang Thien, Aug. 2018 -

Range-assisted Visual-Inertia Odometry

3. Cao Muqing, Aug. 2018 – (Part-Time)

Control of Unmanned Systems

4. Wang Dazhuo, Aug. 2018 –

5. Huang He, Aug. 2020 -

Precision Docking of Robots

6. Qian Hanjie, Aug. 2019 -

Machine Learning for Defect Detection

MEng. Students

1. Su Weizhou, 1995 - 1996, MEng., Robust control of cascaded uncertain nonlinear systems, Professor, South China University of Technology
2. Xie Shoulie, 1995 - 1996, MEng, Dissipative control of uncertain dynamical systems, Research Scientist, Institute of Info-Comm Research.
3. Chen Chang, 1995 - 1996, MEng, Robust and optimal control of helicopter systems, Defense Science Organization, Singapore.
4. Yang Xiao Hua, 1997 - 1999, MEng, Multi-channel active noise control
5. Tian Hui, 1997 - 1998, M.E. Nonlinear composite control of hard disk drive
6. Bayu Jayawardhana, 2001-2002, MEng, Active Noise Control, Professor, University of Groningen, Netherland.
7. Toh Yue Khing, 2007-2009, MEng, Development of A Wireless Sensor Network Target Tracking System, Institute of Info-Comm Research.
8. Saba Salehi, 2007-2009, MEng, Networked Control for Pressure Loop of HVAC System, National University of Singapore.
9. Yu Zhong, 2007-2010, MEng, Cooperative Control of Multi-robot Systems.
10. Ni Wei, 2007-2010, MEng, Process Control, Institute of Info-Comm Research.
11. Eric Toh, 2010-present MEng, Development of a multi-agent cooperation system.

12. Lu Xiaoxuan, Aug. 2013-July 2015, MEng, Development of Localization Algorithms for a WiFI Based Indoor Positioning System with Machine Learning Techniques.

13. Wei Dong, Aug. 2014-, MEng, Formation flight control of Multiple UAV

14. Zhang Songyuan, Aug. 2014-, MEng, Vision based Navigation and Control of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles.

MSc. Students

1. Tay Huck Sun, 1995 - 1996, MSc, Precision headload control of high capacity disk drive.
2. Tham Poi Kwan, 1995 - 1997, MSc, Head positioning control of hard disk drive
3. Gao Wei, 1996 - 1998, MSc, H-infinity iterative control of ball and plate systems
4. Zaw Naing Oo, 1995 - 1999, MSc, Robust control of simplified helicopter model
5. Zheng Hong, 1998-2000, MSc, Active Noise Control
6. Huang Fu Zhong, Master of Science, 1997-2000, Identification and control of a distillation column
7. Gao Ronghua, 2002-2003, MSc, Robust estimation with applications in signal dectection
8. Li Hui, 2002-2003, MSc, System identification and active vibration control of a hexpod
9. Sai Sai, 2002-2003, MSc, Active vibration control
10. Zhang Ling, 2002-2003, Energy optimization of air distribution and chilled water systems
11. Low Cher Wee, 2002-2003, Active noise control for air handling unit
12. Myo Thant Aung, Master of Science, 2002-2003, Modeling and control of a Stewart platform
13. Tan Toa You, Master of Science, 2003-2004, Multirate digital notch filter and resonance screening for hard disk drive
14. Maung Aung Khant, Master of Science, 2004, Control of Stewart platform – An adaptive filtering approach
15. Du Zhe, MSc., 2005-2006, Control of Stewart Platform
16. Leng Mei, MSc., 2006-2007, Multi-hop Routing in Wireless Sensor Networks
17. Huang Kang, MSc., 2006-2007, Development of A Body Sensor Network System
18. Liu Jiandong, MSc., 2007, Quantized Filtering with Application in Wireless Sensor Network Based Target Tracking System
19. Tian Wei, Msc., 2009-2010, Development of A Multi-Robot Cooperative Tracking System.