Dr. Zhengtao Ding

Biography

Zhengtao Ding graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, and completed his MSc and PhD in control systems at the University of Manchester. He has extensive experience in control engineering, having served as a lecturer at the School of Engineering, University of Manchester, since September 2003, and previously at Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Singapore. His research interests lie primarily in nonlinear adaptive control theory, distributed optimization, and control of network-connected dynamic systems. He has conducted significant research on industrial applications, including micro grids and mobile robots, contributing over 300 publications to the field, including a notable book titled “Nonlinear Adaptive Control Systems,” published by the IET in 2013. He is a fellow at the Alan Turing Institute and holds editorial roles for various reputable journals, including IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. He encourages potential PhD students to reach out for discussions related to his research areas, which include adaptive control systems, distributed machine learning, and robotics.

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