Rate My Professor Zhiyong Chen

Professor Zhiyong Chen is a Professor in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computing within the School of Engineering at the University of Newcastle, Australia. He earned his PhD and MPhil degrees from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2005 and 2002, respectively, and his BE degree from the University of Science and Technology of China in 2000. After completing his doctorate, he worked as a Research Associate in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Virginia from April 2005 to August 2006. He joined the University of Newcastle in November 2006 as a Lecturer, advancing to Senior Lecturer in January 2010, Associate Professor in July 2013, and Professor in January 2018. Chen has held significant administrative roles, including Head of the School of Electrical Engineering and Computing from August 2020 to August 2021, Head of Discipline from July 2019 to June 2020 and since January 2023, and serves as an Adjunct Professor at RMIT University since June 2019. He was a Member of the Academic Senate at the University of Newcastle from 2017 to 2018.

His research focuses on nonlinear systems and control, complex network dynamics, multi-agent systems, reinforcement learning, robust and adaptive control, biological control systems, and secure control for cyberphysical systems. Key publications include the book 'Nonlinear Networked Systems and Control' (Springer, 2025), 'Stabilization and Regulation of Nonlinear Systems: A Robust and Adaptive Approach' (Springer, 2015, with Jie Huang), and editorship of 'Intelligent Robotics and Applications' proceedings (Springer, 2018). Chen has received major awards such as the Vice Chancellor's Award for Research Excellence and Pro Vice Chancellor's Award for Research Excellence (both University of Newcastle, 2010), Changjiang (Yangtze River) Scholar Award (Ministry of Education, China, 2016), Emerging Research Leaders Program (University of Newcastle, 2012), and multiple best paper awards at international conferences including IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (2023) and World Congress on Intelligent Control and Automation (2012, 2010). He is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers Australia, Senior Member of IEEE, and serves on the IFAC Technical Committee on Mechatronic Systems since 2016 and the Technical Committee on Control Theory of the Chinese Association of Automation since 2018.