2020 School Research Excellence Award, Swinburne University of Technology
Listed in Stanford University’s World’s Top 2% Scientists (single-year citation impact, 2019)
ARC Linkage Project 2019: 'Privacy-Preserving Fog Info System in Infrastructure-Deficient Environments'
ARC Discovery Project 2019: 'Real-time Internet of Things Algorithms with Performance Guarantees'
Commendation for 2019 Faculty Mid-Career Researcher Excellence Award
Supervised undergraduate 'Delivery Drone' project winning best and runner-up video awards at iMOVE Australia 2019 and best poster at SSEE Capstone Expo
Mentored students receiving 2017 Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Students Abroad and 2020 School HDR Student Research Excellence Award
Background
Full Professor and Associate Dean Research, School of Engineering, Swinburne University of Technology
Research focuses on design, control, and performance optimization of networked and embedded systems such as IoT and networked robotics
Specific interests include network design and optimization, edge computing, distributed systems, robotics and automation, cyber-physical systems, and IoT
Applications span smart manufacturing, smart transportation, and smart cities
Aims to develop foundational theories for modeling network dynamics, design scalable architectures and distributed algorithms for improved performance, efficiency, and robustness, with empirically verifiable predictions