ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2741-2542
Scopus Author ID: 55715771000

Metrics for Academic and Research Impact

EMPLOYMENT

• Lecturer, The University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
• Assistant Professor, The University of Tokyo, Japan

EDUCATION

• Ph. D., Mechanical and Automation Engineering, Chinese University of Hong Kong
• M. Phil, Automation and Computer-Aided Engineering, Chinese University of Hong Kong
• B.Eng, Automation Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China

• Networked Systems and Control
• Multi-Robot Systems
• Distributed Control
• Unmanned Systems
• Intelligent Systems
• Artificial Intelligence

SELECTED AWARDS

• World’s Top 2% Most-Cited Scientists, Career and Every Single Year since 2020 (according to an index compiled by Stanford University)
• Zhang Si-Ying (CCDC) Outstanding Youth Paper Award, the 37th Chinese Control and Decision Conference, 2025
• Best Paper Award in Control, IEEE International Conference on Real-time Computing and Robotics, 2024
• Outstanding Student Paper Award, the 18th IEEE International Conference on Control and Automation, June 2024
• Outstanding Teaching Performance Recognition, City University of Hong Kong, 2023
• NSFC Excellent Young Scientists Fund (Hong Kong and Macao), 2022
• Outstanding Research Award for Junior Faculty, City University of Hong Kong, 2020
• Outstanding Teaching Award, College of Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, 2020
• Outstanding Supervisor Award, City University of Hong Kong, 2019
• Outstanding Supervisor Award, City University of Hong Kong, 2018
• Best Paper Award, the 13th World Congress on Intelligent Control and Automation, 2018
• Zhang Si-Ying (CCDC) Outstanding Youth Paper Award, the 30th Chinese Control and Decision Conference, 2018
• The President’s Award, City University of Hong Kong, 2018
• Outstanding Reviewer, IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, 2017
• Shimemura Young Author Award, the 11th Asian Control Conference, 2017
• Outstanding Supervisor Award, City University of Hong Kong, 2017
• Best Paper Award (Guan Zhaozhi Award), Chinese Control Conference, 2008
• Best Presentation Award, American Control Conference, 2007

Journal Editorship

• Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems
• Associate Editor, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
• Associate Editor, Artificial Intelligence Science and Engineering
• Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, 2017-2024
• Associate Editor, Unmanned Systems
• Associate Editor, Control Theory and Technology
• Associate Editor, Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control, 2013-2021
• Guest Editor, a Special Issue of Unmanned Systems, 2015/16

Conference Organization

• Senior Program Committee Member, the 2025 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Hangzhou, China, Oct. 19-25, 2025
• Special Sessions Co-Chair, the 2025 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Hangzhou, China, Oct. 19-25, 2025
• Publicity Chair, 2024 IEEE International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Its Social Impacts (ARSO), Hong Kong, May 20-22, 2024
• Program Co-Chair, the 2024 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (IEEE ROBIO 2024), Bangkok, Thailand, Dec. 10-14, 2024
• Invited Session Organizer and Chair, the 62nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Singapore, Dec. 13-15, 2023
• International Program Committee member, the 2023 International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) World Congress, Yokohama, Japan, July 9-14, 2023
• Associate Editor, the Conference Editorial Board (CEB) of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society for ICRA, London, UK, May 29-June 2, 2023
• Women in Engineering (WIE) Chair, the 9th International Conference on Control, Automation and Robotics (ICCAR), Beijing, China, April 21-23, 2023
• Associate Editor, the 10th IFAC Symposium on Robust Control Design (ROCOND), Kyoto, Japan, Aug. 30-Sept. 2, 2022
• Regional Co-Chair, the 2022 International Conference on Control, Automation and Systems (ICCAS), Busan, Korea, Oct. 23-26, 2022
• General Chair, the 18^th IEEE International Conference on Control and Automation (ICCA22), Naples, Italy, June 27-30, 2022
• Associate Editor, the 2022 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2022), Philadelphia (PA), USA, May 23-27, 2022

We are looking for highly motivated Ph.D. students, Postdoctoral Fellows, and Research Assistants/Associates to join our dynamic research group. We focus on cutting-edge advancements in the following areas:

• AI-Driven Surgical Robotics (Urgent Need)

Our work emphasizes data-driven approaches, human-robot collaboration, and autonomous decision-making. Ideal candidates should have a strong background in robotics, artificial intelligence (AI), control systems, or related fields.

• Networked Systems and Control (Open All Year Round)

We also conduct research in multi-robot systems, unmanned systems, intelligent control.

If you are passionate about innovation and eager to contribute to groundbreaking research, we encourage you to apply and join our team! Interested applicants please send complete CV to [email protected].