报告人:  Zhiyong Chen, PhD

School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

The University of Newcastle

时间：  7月14日 上午  10:00

地址：   浙江大学 控制系工控所新楼211

Abstract: Various collective behaviors based on self-organization are exhibited in both group-living entities from cells and bacteria to insects and vertebrates, and physical self-driven particles, e.g., in ferromagnetic field. The characteristics of collective behaviors are exhibited by the abundant sophisticated dynamic patterns of the group, like migration (or flocking), swarming, torus, and so on, which can not be achieved by individual members. More specifically, torus means collective motion around a common center. The scenario of collective circular motion discussed in this talk is categorized as a torus behavior in 2D space. The main objective is to investigate engineering approaches for the coordination of an autonomous multi-agent system to form a collective torus pattern as stimulated by the aforementioned references in real biological/physical world.

Bio: Zhiyong Chen received the B.S. degree from the University of Science and Technology of China, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, in 2000, 2002, and 2005 respectively. He worked as a research associate at the University of Virginia during 2005-2006. Since 2006, he has been with the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Newcastle, where he is currently a Senior Lecturer. His research interests include biological and nonlinear systems control.