Prof. Qianchuan Zhao

Tsinghua University, China

Qianchuan Zhao received the B.E. degree in automatic control in July 1992, the B.S. degree in applied mathematics in July 1992, and MS and Ph.D. degrees in control theory and its applications in July 1996, all from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. He is currently a Professor and Director of the Center for Intelligent and Networked Systems (CFINS) Department of Automation, Tsinghua University. He was a Visiting Scholar at Carnegie Mellon University (worked with Prof. Bruce Krogh), Pittsburgh, PA, and Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, in 2000 and 2002, respectively. He was a Visiting Professor at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, in 2006. His current research focuses on the modeling, control and optimization of complex networked systems. He has published more than 80 research papers in peer-reviewed journals and conferences. He is a recipient of the 4th HO PAN QING YI best paper award in DEDS field in the year 2000, the 9th Guan Zhao-Zhi Award best paper award in the year 2003 and the 2005 UTRC Outstanding Achievement Award, 2009 national natural science second award of China and 2013 national natural science second award by Ministry of education in China. Dr. Zhao is an associate editor for the Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems, the IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, an associate editor for the joint conference CDC-ECC05 and International Program Committee member for WODES04. He is a senior member of IEEE.