Projects
Research groups
Areas of responsibility
Education
Ph.D. 2006 - Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Professional Experiences
- 03/2016 -, Professor, Department of Engineering Sciences, University of Agder, Norway
- 2019 -, Research Director, Top Research Centre Mechatronics, UiA https://www.uia.no/forskning/toppforskningssentre-ved-uia/top-research-centre-mechatronics
- 2018 -, Leader of Robotics and Automation Group, UiA https://www.uia.no/forskning/forskningsgrupper/tr/robotikk-automasjon.html
- 03/2009 - 02/2016, Senior Research Scientist, Energy Department, International Research Institute of Stavanger (NORCE), Norway
- 08/2013 - 02/2016, Associate Professor (20%), Department of Electrical Engineering, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Norway
- 03/2007 - 03/2009, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Engineering Cybernetics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
- 03/2005 - 02/2007, Research Fellow, Intelligent Systems Center, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
- 2014, Visiting Professor, University of California San Diego, USA
Memberships
- Member of the Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences (NTVA)
- Member of Agder Academy of Sciences and Letters
- IEEE Senior Member
- Member of IEEE Control Systems Society (CSS), IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IES), IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society (SMC)
Editorship
- Elected AdCom Members-at-Large, IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IES)
- Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
- Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
- Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems
- Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics
- Associate Editor, Systems & Control Letters, ELSEVIER
- Associate Editor, Journal of Control and Decision
- Associate Editor, IEEE CSS Conference Editorial Board
- IEEE CSS Technical Committee on Nonlinear Systems and Control
- IEEE CSS Technical Committee on System Identification and Adaptive Control
Professional Services
- General Chair, 16th IEEE International Conference on Industry Electronics and Applications (ICIEA), Kristiansand, Norway, August 5-8, 2024
- Technical Program Chair, 25th IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology (ICIT), Bristol, UK, March 25-27, 2024
- General Chair, 11th International Conference on Control, Mechatronics and Automation, Grimstad, Norway, Nov 1-3, 2023
- Technical Program Chair, 49th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON), Singapore, Oct 16-19, 2023
- Steering Chair, 10th International Conference on Control, Mechatronics and Automation, Luxembourg, Nov 9-12, 2022
- General Chair, 15th IEEE International Conference on Industry Electronics and Applications (ICIEA), Kristiansand, Norway, Nov 9-13, 2020
- Technical Program Chair, 10th International Conference on Information Science and Technology (ICIST), UK, Sep 9-15, 2020
- Special Session Chair, 46th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON), Singapore, Oct 18-21, 2020
- Technical Program Co-Chair of International Conference on Advanced Mechatronic Systems (ICAMechS), 2017
- Invited Session Chair of ICIEA 2013
- Member of Technical Program Committee of IEEE and IFAC conferences, including ACC, CDC, ICIEA, ICICIP, CCDC, etc.
Research Interests
- Control theory: adaptive control, nonlinear control, multi-agent systems, industry network systems, quantization control, time-delayed systems, non-smooth nonlinearities (hysteresis, backlash, dead-zone, saturation)
- Robotics and autonomy
- Modeling, simulation, and control of offshore mechatronics systems (crane, vessel, wind energy. etc.)
- Drilling and well technology: MPD, pressure control, well control, kick/loss detection
- Learning-based control: reinforcement learning control, adaptive dynamic programming control, RL-MPC
Books
[B1] J. Zhou and C. Wen, Adaptive Backstepping Control of Uncertain Systems: Nonsmooth Nonlinearities, Interactions or Time-Variations, Springer, 2008
[B2] W. Wang, C. Wen, J. Zhou, Adaptive Backstepping Control of Uncertain Systems with Actuator Failures, Subsystem Interactions, and Nonsmooth Nonlinearities, CRC Press, Taylor and Francis, 2017
[B3] J. Zhou, L. Xing, C. Wen, Adaptive Control of Dynamic Systems with Uncertainty and Quantization. 2021. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis. ISBN: 9781032009810
Publications
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Projects
- RCN Researcher Project, "Collective Efficient Deep Learning and Networked Control for Multiple Collaborative Robot Systems (DEEPCOBOT)", funded by Research Council of Norway, 2020-2025, Budget: NOK 16 million from RCN (Total: NOK 20 million). Roles: Project Manager and Principal Investigator. https://deepcobot.uia.no/
- SFI Offshore Mechatronics, Leader of Work Package 3 - Robotics and Autonomy, funded by Research Council of Norway, 2007-2023. https://sfi.mechatronics.no/
- RCN INTPART project, "Indo-Norwegian collaboration in Intelligent Offshore Mechatronics Systems (INMOST)", funded by Research Council of Norway, 2020-2023, Budget: NOK 4.5 million from RCN (Total: NOK 5.6 million). Roles: Project Manager and PI. https://inmost.uia.no/
- RCN Kapasitetsløft Project, ImpactWind Sørvest, funded by Research Council of Norway. Budget: NOK 30 million from RCN, 2022-2028
- RCN IKTPLUSS Researcher Project, "Data-driven cyber-physical networked systems for autonomous cognitive control and adaptive learning in industrial and urban water environments (INDURB)", funded by Research Council of Norway, Budget: NOK 20 million from RCN, 2018-2023, Role: PI. https://wisenet.uia.no/
- Research project, "Cooperation control of industrial networked systems", funded by UiA, 2019-2022.
- RCN STUD‐ENT FORNY project, "Drop-Tech", 2018, funded by Research Council of Norway, Role: Academic Supervisor. https://gcenode.no/news/students-receive-1-million-for-research/
- RFF Agder Researcher Project, "Development of next generation of surface effect ship for offshore service operations", funded by the Reginal Research foundation of Agder and ESNA AS, 2016-2018
- SFI Drillwell, Program 1 - Safe and efficient drilling process, funded by Research Council of Norway, 2013-2016
- Industry Research Project, "Automated Well Control Systems (AWCS)", funded by Statoil, 2011-2014
- RCN Petromaks Research Project, "MaxWells- Wells for Maximum Value Creation", funded by Research Council of Norway, 2008-2012
- RCN Research Project, "Automatic Managed Pressure Drilling Control", funded by Research Council of Norway, 2007-2009
Research
Research Interests
- Control theory: adaptive control, nonlinear control, multi-agent systems, industry network systems, time-delayed systems, quantization control, non-smooth nonlinearities (hysteresis, backlash, dead-zone, saturation)
- Robotics and autonomy
- Modeling, simulation and control of offshore mechatronics systems with applications to offshore system (crane, vessel, wind energy, etc.)
- Drilling and well technology: MPD, pressure control, well control, kick/loss detection
- Learning-based control: reinforcement learning control, adaptive dynamic programming control, RL-MPC
Books
[B1] J. Zhou and C. Wen, Adaptive Backstepping Control of Uncertain Systems: Nonsmooth Nonlinearities, Interactions or Time-Variations, Springer, 2008
[B2] W. Wang, C. Wen, J. Zhou, Adaptive Backstepping Control of Uncertain Systems with Actuator Failures, Subsystem Interactions, and Nonsmooth Nonlinearities, CRC Press, Taylor and Francis, 2017
[B3] Jing Zhou, L. Xing, C. Wen, Adaptive Control of Dynamic Systems with Uncertainty and Quantization. 2021. CRC Press. ISBN: 9781032009810
Scientific, academic and artistic work
A selection of recent journal publications, artistic productions, books, including book and report excerpts. See all publications in the database
Tuition
- MAS508 Control Theory, Master program in Mechatronics, (2021-), Course coordinator and lecturer
- MAS239 (MAS107) Feedback Control Systems 1, Bachelor program in Mechatronics, (2017-), Course coordinator and lecturer
- MAS306 Bachelor Thesis Mechatronics (2016-)
- MAS500 Master Thesis Mechatronics (2016-)
- MAS408 Analog and Digital Electro Technologies, Master program in Mechatronics (2016 - 2020), Course coordinator and lecturer