Peng Shi

Professor Peng Shi

Professor

School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering

Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.


Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Fellow, Institution of Engineering and Technology
Fellow, Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications
Fellow, Institution of Engineers Australia
Distinguished Fellow, International Engineering and Technology Institute

Over my 30-year career, I have made sophisticated contributions in the fields of automation and control systems. I have worked with my team members and collaborators to build up significant fundamental pillars of advanced control theory and then demonstrated their feasibility in numerous interdisciplinary applications to cyber-physical systems, human-machine collaboration, network systems, autonomous and robotic systems, and artificial intelligent systems. 

My track record demonstrates sustained high productivity, while my increasing trajectory of citations in recent years reflects the future potential for continued ground-breaking research. I am lucky enough to be selected as a Highly Cited Researcher in both Engineering and Computer Science (2014 to present). I have published 25 research monographs (Springer and Wiley), 800+ journal articles (300+ JCR Q1 journals), 250+ peer-reviewed conference papers, 20 edited journal special issues, and 5 book chapters. My work has generated 90,000+ citations and an h-index of 164 (Google Scholar). Of note, 159 of my published articles are/were Highly Cited Papers (ESI 1%), and 25 are/were Hot Papers (ESI 0.1%).

  • Appointments

    Date Position Institution name
    2013 - 2030 Professor Faculty of Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Sciences
  • Awards and Achievements

    Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount
    2022 Award M. A. Sargent Medal Award Engineers Australia Australia -
    2022 Recognition Highly Cited Researcher Clarivate Analytics (Web of Science) United States -
    2021 Recognition Highly Cited Researcher Clarivate Analytics United States -
    2021 Recognition Lifetime Achievement Lead-Board THE AUSTRALIAN Australia -
    2020 Award Best Paper Award 4th International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management Japan -
    2020 Award Outstanding Achievement -- Research The University of Adelaide Australia -
    2020 Recognition Lifetime Achievement Lead-Board THE AUSTRALIAN Australia -
    2020 Recognition Highly Cited Researcher Clarivate Analytics United States -
    2019 Recognition Lifetime Achievement Lead-Board THE AUSTRALIAN Australia -
    2019 Award Lotfi Zaden Best Paper Award 16th International Conference on Machine Learning and Cybernetics Japan -
    2019 Recognition Highly Cited Researcher Clarivate Analytics United States -
    2018 Recognition The Most Cited Researcher in Electrical and Electronic Engineering THE TIMES United Kingdom -
    2018 Recognition Highly Cited Researcher Thomas Reuters/ Clarivate Analytics United States -
    2017 Recognition Highly Cited Researcher Thomas Reuters/Clarivate Analytics United States -
    2017 Recognition Hottest Researcher Thomas Reuters United States -
    2017 Award Runner Up Scopus Researcher of the Year 2017 Elsevier Netherlands -
    2016 Award Andrew Sage Best Transactions Paper Award 2016 IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Society United States -
    2016 Distinction IEEE Distinguished Lecturer IEEE United States -
    2009 Award Most Cited Paper Award 2009 Signal Processing (Elsevier) Netherlands -
  • Language Competencies

    Language Competency
    Chinese (Mandarin) Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review
    English Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review
  • Education

    Date Institution name Country Title
    University of Adelaide Australia DEng (Higher Doctorate)
    University of Glamorgan United Kingdom DSc (Higher Doctorate)
    University of South Australia Australia PhD
    University of Newcastle Australia PhD
    Harbin Engineering University China ME
    Harbin Institute of Technology China BSc
  • Postgraduate Training

    Date Title Institution Country
    1985 Master degree of Engineering (Systems Engineering) Harbin Engineering University China
  • Certifications

    Date Title Institution name Country
    1982 Bachelor degree of Science (Mathematics) Harbin Institute of Technology China

Research has been supported by the Australian Research Council, Defence Science and Technology Group, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (UK), The Royal Society, and industrial and government organisations.  

Current teaching on Kalman filtering and applications to graduate students, and supervising masters and honours projects. 

  • Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

    Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
    2024 Principal Supervisor Advancing Building Energy Management: A Study of Knowledge-Embedded Optimization Strategies Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Yu Qiao
    2024 Principal Supervisor Multi-Modal Sensor Fusion for Robust Mobile Robot Navigation in Dynamic Environments Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Isira Uthpala Eashwara Naotunna
    2024 Principal Supervisor Enhancing Transportation Sustainability with a Multi-Agent Deep Reinforcement Learning Framework: Integrating Intrinsic and Accidental Factors for Dynamic Platoon Co Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Qihang Cai
    2024 Principal Supervisor Causal Reinforcement Learning for Data-efficient Path Planning of Mobile Robots Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Zhuoya Zhao
    2023 Principal Supervisor Neural network-based fruit recognition, obstacles avoidance, and fruit picking by controlling the motion of a robotic arm Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Md Tagor Hossain
    2021 Principal Supervisor Cooperative Control and Optimization of Multi-Agent Systems with External Disturbances Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Yize Yang
    2021 Principal Supervisor Modelling, Analysis and Design on networked control systems Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Daotong Zhang
  • Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

    Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
    2020 - 2022 Principal Supervisor Robust and Cooperative Formation Control of Nonlinear Multi-Agent Systems Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Yang Fei
    2019 - 2022 Principal Supervisor Security Issues for Cyber-Physical Systems Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Zhi Lian
    2019 - 2022 Co-Supervisor Autonomous Navigation of Multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Dr Kamal Mammadov
    2019 - 2022 Principal Supervisor Distributed Formation Control for Multi-agent Systems and Its Applications Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Bing Yan
    2018 - 2019 Co-Supervisor Deep Learning for Bipartite Assignment Problems Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Mr Daniel Steve Gibbons
    2018 - 2021 Co-Supervisor Multi-Approaches to Achieve an Advanced Cognitive Agent in a New Type of Parallel Processing Computer Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Dr Xin Yuan
    2018 - 2022 Principal Supervisor Consensus Control of Multi-Agent Systems Under Constraints Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Yuan Sun
    2017 - 2021 Principal Supervisor Adaptive Algorithms Design for Active Noise Control Systems with Disturbance at Reference and Error Microphones Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Muhammad Saeed Aslam
    2016 - 2020 Co-Supervisor Energy Management System Design for Fuel Cell Vehicles Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Di Shen
    2015 - 2019 Principal Supervisor Fuzzy Functional Observer Based Controller Design and Fault Detection for Nonlinear Systems Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Syed Imranul Islam
    2015 - 2020 Principal Supervisor Formation Control and Reconfiguration Strategy of Multi-Agent Systems Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Yutong Liu
    2013 - 2017 Principal Supervisor Formation Control of Localised and Decentralised Robotic Swarms Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Dr Hongjun Yu
  • Board Memberships

    Date Role Board name Institution name Country
    2021 - ongoing Vice-President IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Society Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers United States
    2018 - 2020 Board Member Board of Governors IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Society United States
  • Committee Memberships

    Date Role Committee Institution Country
    2021 - ongoing Member Finance Committee IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Society United States
    2021 - ongoing Member Membership and Activities Committee IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Society United States
    2021 - 2022 Chair Publication Ethical Committee IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Society United States
    2021 - 2022 Chair Publication Committee IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Society United States
  • Memberships

    Date Role Membership Country
    2021 - ongoing Member European Academy of Science and Arts Austria
    2020 - ongoing Member International Academy for Systems and Cybernetic Science France
    2020 - ongoing Member Fellow, Institution of Engineers, Australia Australia
    2020 - ongoing Member The Academy of Europe United Kingdom
    2018 - 2020 Board Member Member-at-Large, IEEE SMC Society United States
    2015 - ongoing - Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) -
    2011 - ongoing - Fellow, Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) United Kingdom
    2005 - ongoing - Fellow, Institute of Mathematics and its Applications United Kingdom
  • Editorial Boards

    Date Role Editorial Board Name Institution Country
    2022 - ongoing Associate Editor IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence IEEE United States
    2021 - 2024 Editor-In-chief IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers United States
    2021 - ongoing Editor IEEE Access IEEE United States
    2021 - ongoing Consulting Editor International Journal of Systems Science Taylor and Francis United Kingdom
    2021 - ongoing Editor Australian Journal of Electrical and Electronics Engineering Taylor and Francis United Kingdom
    2020 - ongoing Editor-In-chief IET Electronic Letters Institution of Engineering and Technology United Kingdom
    2019 - 2020 Associate Editor The IEEE Open Journal of Industrial Electronics Society Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers United States
    2018 - ongoing Editor Journal of the Franklin Institute Franklin Institute United States
    2017 - 2020 Associate Editor IEEE Control Systems Letters Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers United States
    2017 - ongoing Editor Signal Processing Elsevier Publisher Netherlands
    2015 - ongoing Associate Editor Journal of Control and Decision - -
    2015 - ongoing Associate Editor Systems Science and Control Engineering - -
    2013 - ongoing Associate Editor Numerical Algebra, Control and Optimization - -
    2012 - ongoing Associate Editor Automatica - -
    2012 - 2013 Associate Editor IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems Part 1: Regular Papers - -
    2010 - ongoing Associate Editor Journal of the Franklin Institute - -
    2009 - ongoing Associate Editor Information Sciences - -
    2009 - ongoing Associate Editor Signal Processing - -
    2008 - 2014 Associate Editor IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control - -
    2005 - 2015 Associate Editor IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers United States
    2005 - ongoing Associate Editor IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics - -
  • Offices Held

    Date Office Name Institution Country
    2021 - ongoing President International Academy for Systems and Cybernetic Science France
    2021 - 2022 Vice President, Systems, Man and Cybernetics Society Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers United States
  • Position: Professor
  • Phone: 83136424
  • Email: peng.shi@adelaide.edu.au
  • Fax: 83134360
  • Campus: North Terrace
  • Building: Ingkarni Wardli, floor 3
  • Org Unit: Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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