Professor Yugeng Xi is a distinguished scholar and leader in the field of automation and control systems.

Honors

• National Outstanding Middle-Aged and Young Expert
• Member of the State Council Academic Degrees Committee

Work experience

Since 1984 – Now Dept. of Automation, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Ass.Prof. (1985), Prof. (1988), Doctor Supervisor (1990)

Research

Host of more than 20 research projects from the NSFC, High Tech Plan (863), Ministry of Education etc. Currently the host of the NSFC Key Project “ Theory and Efficient Algorithms of Model Predictive Control” (2010 – 2013)

Awards and Honors

Received the Awards for the Achievements in Science and Technology by the Chinese Ministry of Education and Shanghai Government eight times, and won the honorary titles of National Distinguished Teacher; National Distinguished Scientific Researcher, etc

Publications

Published more than 300 journal papers, mainly in the areas of model predictive control, Large scale and complex systems and intelligent robotic systems. Author or co-author of three books, and editor or co-editor of three conference proceedings.