Dr Dezong Zhao

  • Reader (Autonomous Systems & Connectivity)

email: Dezong.Zhao@glasgow.ac.uk
pronouns: He/him/his

James Watt South Building, School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, G12 8QQ G12 8QQ

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ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X

Biography

Work Experience

  • Reader in Autonomous Systems, University of Glasgow, 2023 - present
  • Senior Lecturer in Autonomous Systems, University of Glasgow, 2020 - 2023
  • Lecturer in Intelligent Systems, Loughborough University, 2017 - 2020
  • Research Associate, Loughborough University, 2011 - 2017
  • Research Fellow, Tsinghua University, 2010 - 2011

Qualifications

  • PhD in Control Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing China, 2006 - 2010
  • MSc in Control Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, China, 2003 - 2006
  • BEng in Control Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, China, 1999 - 2003

Research interests

Dr Zhao’s research spans multiple areas of robotics and autonomous systems, including perception, decision making, modelling, control, reasoning, learning and computing. He is passionate in investigating fundamental theories and developing tools to deliver safe, trustworthy and efficient autonomous systems. In applications, he aims to tackle the challenges raised in connected and autonomous vehicles, robotics, low carbon vehicles and mechatronics.

Publications

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Number of items: 61.

2025

Guo, Fan, Han, Xiao, Song, Kang, Jiang, Kaichen, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X, Hao, Jinbo, Wang, Caimei and Xie, Hui (2025) Game theory-based harmonious decision-making for autonomous bus lane change. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 26(4), pp. 4934-4947. (doi: 10.1109/TITS.2025.3533577)

Wang, Xuan, Qin, Hongmao, Bian, Yougang, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X and Zheng, Nan (2025) String stability under general topologies for CAVs: A coupled sliding surface-based distributed TMPC approach. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 194, 103937. (doi: 10.1016/j.tre.2024.103937)

2024

Zhang, Peiyu, Tian, Daxin, Zhou, Jianshan, Duan, Xuting, Sheng, Zhengguo, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X, Cao, Dongpu and Bi, Luzheng (2024) Efficient robust model predictive control for behaviorally stable vehicle platoons. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, (doi: 10.1109/tits.2024.3498037) (Early Online Publication)

Jiang, Yuande, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X, Zhu, Bing, Liu, Zhanwen and Zhao, Xiangmo (2024) Driving segment embedding and patterns dictionary generation from real-world data using self-supervised learning. Automotive Innovation, 7, pp. 559-570. (doi: 10.1007/s42154-024-00300-4)

Zhao, Wenjing, Gong, Siyuan, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X, Liu, Fenglin, Sze, N N, Quddus, Mohammed, Huang, Helai and Zhao, Xiangmo (2024) Impacts of information quantity and display formats on driving behaviors in a connected vehicle environment. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 203, 107621. (doi: 10.1016/j.aap.2024.107621) (PMID:38729056)

Liang, Chengsi, Du, Hongyang, Sun, Yao ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4391-377X, Niyato, Dusit, Kang, Jiawen, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X and Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 (2024) Generative AI-driven semantic communication networks: Architecture, technologies and applications. IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking, (doi: 10.1109/tccn.2024.3435524) (Early Online Publication)

Tian, Zhen, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X, Lin, Zhihao ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-8152-3886, Zhao, Wenjing, Flynn, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618, Jiang, Yuande, Tian, Daxin, Zhang, Yuanjian and Sun, Yao ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4391-377X (2024) Efficient and balanced exploration-driven decision making for autonomous racing using local information. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles, (doi: 10.1109/TIV.2024.3432713) (Early Online Publication)

Zhen, Tian, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X, Lin, Zhihao ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-8152-3886, Flynn, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618, Zhao, Wenjing and Tian, Daxin (2024) Balanced Reward-inspired Reinforcement Learning for Autonomous Vehicle Racing. In: 6th Annual Learning for Dynamics & Control Conference (L4DC 2024), Oxford, 15-17 July 2024, pp. 628-640.

Liu, Shang, Zhang, Ronghui, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X and Song, Houbing (2024) Adaptive dual-channel event-triggered fuzzy control for autonomous underwater vehicles with multiple obstacles environment. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, (doi: 10.1109/tits.2024.3387999) (Early Online Publication)

Li, Chenwei, Xie, Ailing, Zhou, Jianshan, Tian, Daxin, Duan, Xuting, Sheng, Zhengguo, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X and Lu, Caixia (2024) Robust Neural Control for Distributed Formation of UAVs under Uncertain Disturbances. In: 3rd 2023 International Conference on Autonomous Unmanned Systems (3rd ICAUS 2023) (ICAUS 2023), Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, 09-11 Sep 2023, pp. 1-10. ISBN 9789819710836 (doi: 10.1007/978-981-97-1083-6_1)

Zhao, Wenjing, Gong, Siyuan, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X, Liu, Fenglin, Sze, N.N., Quddus, Mohammed and Huang, Helai (2024) A spatial-state-based omni-directional collision warning system for intelligent vehicles. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, (doi: 10.1109/tits.2024.3387942) (Early Online Publication)

Zhang, Peiyu, Tian, Daxin, Zhou, Jianshan, Duan, Xuting, Sheng, Zhengguo, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X and Cao, Dongpu (2024) Efficient robust control of mixed platoon for improving fuel economy and ride comfort. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, (doi: 10.1109/tvt.2024.3390224) (Early Online Publication)

Wu, Sifan, Tian, Daxin, Duan, Xuting, Zhou, Jianshan, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X and Cao, Dongpu (2024) Continuous decision-making in lane changing and overtaking maneuvers for unmanned vehicles: a risk-aware reinforcement learning approach with task decomposition. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles, 9(4), pp. 4657-4674. (doi: 10.1109/tiv.2024.3380074)

Zhang, Peiyu, Tian, Daxin, Zhou, Jianshan, Chang, Mai, Duan, Xuting, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X, Cao, Dongpu and Leung, Vicor C.M. (2024) Robust car-following control of connected and autonomous vehicles: a Stochastic Model Predictive Control approach. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles, (doi: 10.1109/tiv.2024.3379730) (Early Online Publication)

Zhao, Wenjing, Gong, Siyuan, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X, Liu, Fenglin, Sze, N.N., Quddus, Mohammed and Huang, Helai (2024) Developing a new integrated advanced driver assistance system in a connected vehicle environment. Expert Systems with Applications, 238(A), 121733. (doi: 10.1016/j.eswa.2023.121733)

Zhang, Peiyu, Tian, Daxin, Zhou, Jianshan, Duan, Xuting, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X and Cao, Dongpu (2024) A distributionally robust optimization model for vehicle platooning under stochastic disturbances. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, (doi: 10.1109/tvt.2024.3375301) (Early Online Publication)

Li, Jiawei, Tian, Daxin, Zhou, Jianshan, Duan, Xuting, Sheng, Zhengguo, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X and Cao, Dongpu (2024) Distributed robust model predictive control for virtual coupling under structural and external uncertainty. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, (doi: 10.1109/tits.2024.3363136) (Early Online Publication)

Lin, Chunmian, Tian, Daxin, Duan, Xuting, Zhou, Jianshan, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X and Cao, Dongpu (2024) V2VFormer: vehicle-to-vehicle cooperative perception with spatial-channel transformer. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles, (doi: 10.1109/TIV.2024.3353254) (Early Online Publication)

Hu, Jincheng, Lin, Yang, Li, Jihao, Hou, Zhuoran, Chu, Liang, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X, Zhou, Quan, Jiang, Jingjing and Zhang, Yuanjian (2024) Performance analysis of AI-based energy management in electric vehicles: A case study on classic reinforcement learning. Energy Conversion and Management, 300, 117964. (doi: 10.1016/j.enconman.2023.117964)

2023

Lan, Wenxing, Li, Dachuan, Hao, Qi, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X and Tian, Bin (2023) Implicit scene context-aware interactive trajectory prediction for autonomous driving. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles, (doi: 10.1109/TIV.2023.3342202) (Early Online Publication)

Lin, Chunmian, Tian, Daxin, Duan, Xuting, Zhou, Jianshan, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X and Cao, Dongpu (2023) 3D-DFM: anchor-free multimodal 3-D object detection with dynamic fusion module for autonomous driving. IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, 34(12), pp. 10812-10822. (doi: 10.1109/TNNLS.2022.3171553) (PMID:35560081)

Lan, Jianglin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9057-5649 and Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X (2023) Finding the LQR weights to ensure the associated Riccati equations admit a common solution. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 68(10), pp. 6393-6400. (doi: 10.1109/TAC.2023.3234237)

Yin, Hongbo, Tian, Daxin, Lin, Chunmian, Duan, Xuting, Zhou, Jianshan, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X and Cao, Dongpu (2023) V2VFormer++: Multi-Modal Vehicle-to-Vehicle Cooperative Perception via Global-Local Transformer. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 25(2), pp. 2153-2166. (doi: 10.1109/TITS.2023.3314919)

Vijayakumar, Harikirshnan, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X, Lan, Jianglin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9057-5649, Zhao, Wenjing, Tian, Daxin, Li, Dachuan, Zhou, Quan and Song, Kang (2023) A holistic safe planner for automated driving considering interaction with human drivers. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles, 9(1), pp. 2061-2076. (doi: 10.1109/TIV.2023.3317338)

Melotti, Gledson, Lu, Weihao ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4766-9962, Conde, Pedro, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X, Asvadi, Alireza, Gonçalves, Nuno and Premebida, Cristiano (2023) Probabilistic approach for road-users detection. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 24(9), pp. 9253-9267. (doi: 10.1109/TITS.2023.3268578)

Li, Dachuan, Liu, Bowen, Huang, Zijian, Hao, Qi, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X and Tian, Bin (2023) Safe motion planning for autonomous vehicles by quantifying uncertainties of deep learning-enabled environment perception. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles, 9(1), pp. 2318-2332. (doi: 10.1109/TIV.2023.3297735)

Slade, Sam, Zhang, Li, Huang, Haoqian, Asadi, Houshyar, Lim, Chee Peng, Yu, Yonghong, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X, Lin, Hanhe and Gao, Rong (2023) Neural inference search for multiloss segmentation models. IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, (doi: 10.1109/TNNLS.2023.3282799) (PMID:37327096) (Early Online Publication)

Zhang, Yuanjian, Gao, Bingzhao, Jiang, Jingjing, Liu, Chengyuan, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X, Zhou, Quan, Chen, Zheng and Lei, Zhenzhen (2023) Cooperative power management for range extended electric vehicle based on internet of vehicles. Energy, 273, 127238. (doi: 10.1016/j.energy.2023.127238)

Hu, Xiaoyan, Gong, Yu, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X and Gu, Wen (2023) Structurally optimized neural fuzzy modelling for model predictive control. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 19(6), pp. 7498-7507. (doi: 10.1109/TII.2021.3133893)

Lan, Jianglin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9057-5649, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X and Tian, Daxin (2023) Data-driven robust predictive control for mixed vehicle platoons using noisy measurement. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 24(6), pp. 6586-6596. (doi: 10.1109/TITS.2021.3128406)

Zhang, Peiyu, Tian, Daxin, Zhou, Jianshan, Duan, Xuting, Sheng, Zhengguo, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X and Cao, Dongpu (2023) Joint optimization of platoon control and resource scheduling in cooperative vehicle-infrastructure system. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles, 8(6), pp. 3629-3646. (doi: 10.1109/TIV.2023.3265866)

Zhao, Wenjing, Gong, Siyuan, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X, Liu, Fenglin, Sze, N.N. and Huang, Helai (2023) Effects of collision warning characteristics on driving behaviors and safety in connected vehicle environments. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 186, 107053. (doi: 10.1016/j.aap.2023.107053)

Lan, Jianglin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9057-5649, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X and Tian, Daxin (2023) Safe and robust data-driven cooperative control policy for mixed vehicle platoons. International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, 33(7), pp. 4171-4190. (doi: 10.1002/rnc.6412)

Lu, Weihao, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X, Premebida, Cristiano, Zhang, Li, Zhao, Wenjing and Tian, Daxin (2023) Improving 3D vulnerable road user detection with point augmentation. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles, 8(5), pp. 3489-3505. (doi: 10.1109/TIV.2023.3246797)

Lin, Chunmian, Tian, Daxin, Duan, Xuting, Zhou, Jianshan, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X and Cao, Dongpu (2023) DA-RDD: toward domain adaptive road damage detection across different countries. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 24(3), pp. 3091-3103. (doi: 10.1109/TITS.2022.3221067)

Sheng, Zihao, Liu, Lin, Xue, Shibei, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X, Jiang, Min and Li, Dewei (2023) A cooperation-aware lane change method for automated vehicles. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 24(3), pp. 3236-3251. (doi: 10.1109/TITS.2022.3225875)

Yang, Jinsong, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X, Lan, Jianglin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9057-5649, Xue, Shibei, Zhao, Wenjing, Tian, Daxin, Zhou, Quan and Song, Kang (2023) Eco-driving of general mixed platoons with CAVs and HDVs. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles, 8(2), pp. 1190-1203. (doi: 10.1109/TIV.2022.3224679)

Yang, Jinsong, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X, Jiang, Jingjing, Lan, Jianglin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9057-5649, Mason, Byron, Tian, Daxin and Li, Liang (2023) A less-disturbed ecological driving strategy for connected and automated vehicles. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles, 8(1), pp. 413-424. (doi: 10.1109/TIV.2021.3112499)

Vijayakumar, Harikrishnan, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X, Lan, Jianglin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9057-5649, Zhao, Wenjing, Tian, Daxin and Zhang, Yuanjian (2023) A Safe Decision Making Framework for Automated Vehicle Navigation among Human Drivers. In: 22nd IFAC World Congress (IFAC 2023), Yokohama, Japan, 09-14 Jul 2023, pp. 4910-4915. (doi: 10.1016/j.ifacol.2023.10.1263)

2022

Duan, Xuting, Zhao, Yihan, Xia, Haiying, Zhou, Jianshan, Zhang, Long and Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X (2022) Performance Analysis of Velocity Perturbation Control in Mixed Platoons with Connected Autonomous and Human-Driven Vehicles. In: 5th IEEE International Conference on Unmanned Systems (IEEE ICUS 2022), Guangzhou, China, 14-16 Oct 2022, pp. 799-804. ISBN 9781665484565 (doi: 10.1109/ICUS55513.2022.9986735)

Wu, Sifan, Tian, Daxin, Zhou, Jianshan, Duan, Xuting, Sheng, Zhengguo and Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X (2022) Autonomous On-ramp Merge Strategy Using Deep Reinforcement Learning in Uncertain Highway Environment. In: 5th IEEE International Conference on Unmanned Systems (ICUS 2022), Guangzhou, China, 28-30 October 2022, pp. 658-663. ISBN 9781665484565 (doi: 10.1109/ICUS55513.2022.9986797)

Xie, Ailing, Zhou, Jianshan, Tian, Daxin, Duan, Xuting, Sheng, Zhengguo and Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X (2022) Neural Mixed Platoon Controller Design. In: 5th IEEE International Conference on Unmanned Systems (ICUS 2022), Guangzhou, China, 28-30 October 2022, pp. 641-646. ISBN 9781665484565 (doi: 10.1109/ICUS55513.2022.9986797)

Lin, Chunmian, Tian, Daxin, Duan, Xuting, Zhou, Jianshan, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X and Cao, Dongpu (2022) CL3D: Camera-LiDAR 3D object detection with point feature enhancement and point-guided fusion. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 23(10), pp. 18040-18050. (doi: 10.1109/TITS.2022.3154537)

Zhou, Jianshan, Tian, Daxin, Sheng, Zhengguo, Duan, Xuting, Qu, Guixian, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X, Cao, Dongpu and Shen, Xuemin (2022) Robust min-max model predictive vehicle platooning with causal disturbance feedback. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 23(9), pp. 15878-15897. (doi: 10.1109/TITS.2022.3146149)

Yang, Jinsong, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X, Jiang, Jingjing, Lan, Jianglin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9057-5649 and Li, Liang (2022) An ecological driving strategy for heterogeneous platoon of connected and automated vehicles. Journal of Automotive Safety and Energy, (Accepted for Publication)

Tian, Daxin, Lin, Chunmian, Zhou, Jianshan, Duan, Xuting, Cao, Yue, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X and Cao, Dongpu (2022) SA-YOLOv3: an efficient and accurate object detector using self-attention mechanism for autonomous driving. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 23(5), pp. 4099-4110. (doi: 10.1109/TITS.2020.3041278)

Zhang, Ronghui, Li, Kening, Wu, Yueying, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X, Lv, Zhihan, Li, Fuliang, Chen, Xia, Qiu, Zhijun and Yu, Fan (2022) A multi-vehicle longitudinal trajectory collision avoidance strategy using AEBS with vehicle-infrastructure communication. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 71(2), pp. 1253-1266. (doi: 10.1109/TVT.2021.3132558)

Zhou, Quan, Li, Yanfei, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X, Li, Ji, Williams, Huw, Xu, Hongming and Yan, Fuwu (2022) Transferable representation modelling for real-time energy management of the plug-in hybrid vehicle based on K fold fuzzy learning and Gaussian process regression. Applied Energy, 305, 117853. (doi: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2021.117853)

2021

Liu, Yang, Zhou, Jianshan, Tian, Daxin, Sheng, Zhengguo, Duan, Xuting, Qu, Guixian and Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X (2021) Joint Optimization of Resource Scheduling and Mobility for UAV-Assisted Vehicle Platoons. IEEE 94th Vehicular Technology Conference: VTC2021-Fall, Online only, 27-30 September 2021. ISBN 9781665413688 (doi: 10.1109/VTC2021-Fall52928.2021.9625397)

Zhou, Quan, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X, Shuai, Bin, Li, Yanfei, Williams, Huw and Xu, Hongming (2021) Knowledge implementation and transfer with an adaptive learning network for real-time power management of the plug-in hybrid vehicle. IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, 32(12), pp. 5298-5308. (doi: 10.1109/TNNLS.2021.3093429)

Lan, Jianglin and Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X (2021) Robust model predictive control for nonlinear parameter varying systems without computational delay. International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, 31(17), pp. 8273-8294. (doi: 10.1002/rnc.5235)

Lu, Weihao ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4766-9962, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X, Premebida, Cristiano, Chen, Wen-Hua and Tian, Daxin (2021) Semantic Feature Mining for 3D Object Classification and Segmentation. In: 2021 International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2021), Xi’an, China, 30 May-5 June 2021, pp. 13539-13545. ISBN 9781728190778 (doi: 10.1109/ICRA48506.2021.9561986)

Tian, Daxin, Zhang, Peiyu, Zhou, Jianshan, Duan, Xuting, Sheng, Zhengguo, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X, Lin, Mianfeng and Li, Lei (2021) Optimal Control of Mixed Platoons with Autonomous and Human-Driven Vehicles. 4th IEEE International Conference on Unmanned Systems (ICUS 2021), Beijing, China, 15-17 October 2021. (Accepted for Publication)

Shao, Yanmin, Tian, Daxin, Zhou, Jianshan, Duan, Xuting, Qu, Guixian, Sheng, Zhengguo, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X, Xiong, Yun and Guo, Shengmin (2021) Robust Distributed Time-Varying Vehicle Formation Control under Switching Topologies and External Disturbances. 4th IEEE International Conference on Unmanned Systems (ICUS 2021), Beijing, China, 15-17 October 2021. (Accepted for Publication)

Tian, Daxin, Li, Jiawei, Zhou, Jianshan, Duan, Xuting, Sheng, Zhengguo, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X, Hao, Wei and Long, Kejun (2021) A Linear Quadratic Gaussian Optimal Control Approach for Train Platoon Formation. 4th IEEE International Conference on Unmanned Systems (ICUS 2021), Beijing, China, 15-17 October 2021. (Accepted for Publication)

Zhou, Quan, He, Yinglong, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X, Li, Ji, Li, Yanfei, Williams, Huw and Xu, Hongming (2021) Modified particle swarm optimization with chaotic attraction strategy for modular design of hybrid powertrains. IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, 7(2), pp. 616-625. (doi: 10.1109/TTE.2020.3014688)

Duan, Xuting, Wang, Qi, Tian, Daxin, Zhou, Jianshan, Wang, Jian, Sheng, Zhengguo, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X and Sun, Yafu (2021) Implementing Trajectory Tracking Control Algorithm for Autonomous Vehicle. In: 4th IEEE International Conference on Unmanned Systems (ICUS 2021), Beijing, China, 15-17 Oct 2021, pp. 947-953. ISBN 9781665438858 (doi: 10.1109/ICUS52573.2021.9641133)

2020

Lan, Jianglin and Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X (2020) Min-max model predictive vehicle platooning with communication delay. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 69(11), pp. 12570-12584. (doi: 10.1109/TVT.2020.3025729)

Wang, Yunpeng, Lang, Ping, Tian, Daxin, Zhou, Jianshan, Duan, Xuting, Cao, Yue and Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X (2020) A game-based computation offloading method in vehicular multiaccess edge computing networks. IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 7(6), pp. 4987-4996. (doi: 10.1109/JIOT.2020.2972061)

Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X, Stobart, Richard and Mason, Byron (2020) Real-time energy management of the electric turbocharger based on explicit model predictive control. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 67(4), pp. 3126-3137. (doi: 10.1109/TIE.2019.2910033)

2018

Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X, Winward, Edward, Yang, Zhijia, Stobart, Richard, Mason, Byron and Steffen, Thomas (2018) An integrated framework on characterization, control, and testing of an electrical turbocharger assist. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 65(6), pp. 4897-4908. (doi: 10.1109/TIE.2017.2774726)

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Articles

Guo, Fan, Han, Xiao, Song, Kang, Jiang, Kaichen, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X, Hao, Jinbo, Wang, Caimei and Xie, Hui (2025) Game theory-based harmonious decision-making for autonomous bus lane change. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 26(4), pp. 4934-4947. (doi: 10.1109/TITS.2025.3533577)

Wang, Xuan, Qin, Hongmao, Bian, Yougang, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X and Zheng, Nan (2025) String stability under general topologies for CAVs: A coupled sliding surface-based distributed TMPC approach. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 194, 103937. (doi: 10.1016/j.tre.2024.103937)

Zhang, Peiyu, Tian, Daxin, Zhou, Jianshan, Duan, Xuting, Sheng, Zhengguo, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X, Cao, Dongpu and Bi, Luzheng (2024) Efficient robust model predictive control for behaviorally stable vehicle platoons. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, (doi: 10.1109/tits.2024.3498037) (Early Online Publication)

Jiang, Yuande, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X, Zhu, Bing, Liu, Zhanwen and Zhao, Xiangmo (2024) Driving segment embedding and patterns dictionary generation from real-world data using self-supervised learning. Automotive Innovation, 7, pp. 559-570. (doi: 10.1007/s42154-024-00300-4)

Zhao, Wenjing, Gong, Siyuan, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X, Liu, Fenglin, Sze, N N, Quddus, Mohammed, Huang, Helai and Zhao, Xiangmo (2024) Impacts of information quantity and display formats on driving behaviors in a connected vehicle environment. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 203, 107621. (doi: 10.1016/j.aap.2024.107621) (PMID:38729056)

Liang, Chengsi, Du, Hongyang, Sun, Yao ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4391-377X, Niyato, Dusit, Kang, Jiawen, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X and Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 (2024) Generative AI-driven semantic communication networks: Architecture, technologies and applications. IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking, (doi: 10.1109/tccn.2024.3435524) (Early Online Publication)

Tian, Zhen, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X, Lin, Zhihao ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-8152-3886, Zhao, Wenjing, Flynn, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618, Jiang, Yuande, Tian, Daxin, Zhang, Yuanjian and Sun, Yao ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4391-377X (2024) Efficient and balanced exploration-driven decision making for autonomous racing using local information. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles, (doi: 10.1109/TIV.2024.3432713) (Early Online Publication)

Liu, Shang, Zhang, Ronghui, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X and Song, Houbing (2024) Adaptive dual-channel event-triggered fuzzy control for autonomous underwater vehicles with multiple obstacles environment. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, (doi: 10.1109/tits.2024.3387999) (Early Online Publication)

Zhao, Wenjing, Gong, Siyuan, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X, Liu, Fenglin, Sze, N.N., Quddus, Mohammed and Huang, Helai (2024) A spatial-state-based omni-directional collision warning system for intelligent vehicles. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, (doi: 10.1109/tits.2024.3387942) (Early Online Publication)

Zhang, Peiyu, Tian, Daxin, Zhou, Jianshan, Duan, Xuting, Sheng, Zhengguo, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X and Cao, Dongpu (2024) Efficient robust control of mixed platoon for improving fuel economy and ride comfort. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, (doi: 10.1109/tvt.2024.3390224) (Early Online Publication)

Wu, Sifan, Tian, Daxin, Duan, Xuting, Zhou, Jianshan, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X and Cao, Dongpu (2024) Continuous decision-making in lane changing and overtaking maneuvers for unmanned vehicles: a risk-aware reinforcement learning approach with task decomposition. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles, 9(4), pp. 4657-4674. (doi: 10.1109/tiv.2024.3380074)

Zhang, Peiyu, Tian, Daxin, Zhou, Jianshan, Chang, Mai, Duan, Xuting, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X, Cao, Dongpu and Leung, Vicor C.M. (2024) Robust car-following control of connected and autonomous vehicles: a Stochastic Model Predictive Control approach. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles, (doi: 10.1109/tiv.2024.3379730) (Early Online Publication)

Zhao, Wenjing, Gong, Siyuan, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X, Liu, Fenglin, Sze, N.N., Quddus, Mohammed and Huang, Helai (2024) Developing a new integrated advanced driver assistance system in a connected vehicle environment. Expert Systems with Applications, 238(A), 121733. (doi: 10.1016/j.eswa.2023.121733)

Zhang, Peiyu, Tian, Daxin, Zhou, Jianshan, Duan, Xuting, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X and Cao, Dongpu (2024) A distributionally robust optimization model for vehicle platooning under stochastic disturbances. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, (doi: 10.1109/tvt.2024.3375301) (Early Online Publication)

Li, Jiawei, Tian, Daxin, Zhou, Jianshan, Duan, Xuting, Sheng, Zhengguo, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X and Cao, Dongpu (2024) Distributed robust model predictive control for virtual coupling under structural and external uncertainty. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, (doi: 10.1109/tits.2024.3363136) (Early Online Publication)

Lin, Chunmian, Tian, Daxin, Duan, Xuting, Zhou, Jianshan, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X and Cao, Dongpu (2024) V2VFormer: vehicle-to-vehicle cooperative perception with spatial-channel transformer. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles, (doi: 10.1109/TIV.2024.3353254) (Early Online Publication)

Hu, Jincheng, Lin, Yang, Li, Jihao, Hou, Zhuoran, Chu, Liang, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X, Zhou, Quan, Jiang, Jingjing and Zhang, Yuanjian (2024) Performance analysis of AI-based energy management in electric vehicles: A case study on classic reinforcement learning. Energy Conversion and Management, 300, 117964. (doi: 10.1016/j.enconman.2023.117964)

Lan, Wenxing, Li, Dachuan, Hao, Qi, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X and Tian, Bin (2023) Implicit scene context-aware interactive trajectory prediction for autonomous driving. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles, (doi: 10.1109/TIV.2023.3342202) (Early Online Publication)

Lin, Chunmian, Tian, Daxin, Duan, Xuting, Zhou, Jianshan, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X and Cao, Dongpu (2023) 3D-DFM: anchor-free multimodal 3-D object detection with dynamic fusion module for autonomous driving. IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, 34(12), pp. 10812-10822. (doi: 10.1109/TNNLS.2022.3171553) (PMID:35560081)

Lan, Jianglin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9057-5649 and Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X (2023) Finding the LQR weights to ensure the associated Riccati equations admit a common solution. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 68(10), pp. 6393-6400. (doi: 10.1109/TAC.2023.3234237)

Yin, Hongbo, Tian, Daxin, Lin, Chunmian, Duan, Xuting, Zhou, Jianshan, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X and Cao, Dongpu (2023) V2VFormer++: Multi-Modal Vehicle-to-Vehicle Cooperative Perception via Global-Local Transformer. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 25(2), pp. 2153-2166. (doi: 10.1109/TITS.2023.3314919)

Vijayakumar, Harikirshnan, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X, Lan, Jianglin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9057-5649, Zhao, Wenjing, Tian, Daxin, Li, Dachuan, Zhou, Quan and Song, Kang (2023) A holistic safe planner for automated driving considering interaction with human drivers. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles, 9(1), pp. 2061-2076. (doi: 10.1109/TIV.2023.3317338)

Melotti, Gledson, Lu, Weihao ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4766-9962, Conde, Pedro, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X, Asvadi, Alireza, Gonçalves, Nuno and Premebida, Cristiano (2023) Probabilistic approach for road-users detection. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 24(9), pp. 9253-9267. (doi: 10.1109/TITS.2023.3268578)

Li, Dachuan, Liu, Bowen, Huang, Zijian, Hao, Qi, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X and Tian, Bin (2023) Safe motion planning for autonomous vehicles by quantifying uncertainties of deep learning-enabled environment perception. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles, 9(1), pp. 2318-2332. (doi: 10.1109/TIV.2023.3297735)

Slade, Sam, Zhang, Li, Huang, Haoqian, Asadi, Houshyar, Lim, Chee Peng, Yu, Yonghong, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X, Lin, Hanhe and Gao, Rong (2023) Neural inference search for multiloss segmentation models. IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, (doi: 10.1109/TNNLS.2023.3282799) (PMID:37327096) (Early Online Publication)

Zhang, Yuanjian, Gao, Bingzhao, Jiang, Jingjing, Liu, Chengyuan, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X, Zhou, Quan, Chen, Zheng and Lei, Zhenzhen (2023) Cooperative power management for range extended electric vehicle based on internet of vehicles. Energy, 273, 127238. (doi: 10.1016/j.energy.2023.127238)

Hu, Xiaoyan, Gong, Yu, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X and Gu, Wen (2023) Structurally optimized neural fuzzy modelling for model predictive control. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 19(6), pp. 7498-7507. (doi: 10.1109/TII.2021.3133893)

Lan, Jianglin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9057-5649, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X and Tian, Daxin (2023) Data-driven robust predictive control for mixed vehicle platoons using noisy measurement. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 24(6), pp. 6586-6596. (doi: 10.1109/TITS.2021.3128406)

Zhang, Peiyu, Tian, Daxin, Zhou, Jianshan, Duan, Xuting, Sheng, Zhengguo, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X and Cao, Dongpu (2023) Joint optimization of platoon control and resource scheduling in cooperative vehicle-infrastructure system. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles, 8(6), pp. 3629-3646. (doi: 10.1109/TIV.2023.3265866)

Zhao, Wenjing, Gong, Siyuan, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X, Liu, Fenglin, Sze, N.N. and Huang, Helai (2023) Effects of collision warning characteristics on driving behaviors and safety in connected vehicle environments. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 186, 107053. (doi: 10.1016/j.aap.2023.107053)

Lan, Jianglin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9057-5649, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X and Tian, Daxin (2023) Safe and robust data-driven cooperative control policy for mixed vehicle platoons. International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, 33(7), pp. 4171-4190. (doi: 10.1002/rnc.6412)

Lu, Weihao, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X, Premebida, Cristiano, Zhang, Li, Zhao, Wenjing and Tian, Daxin (2023) Improving 3D vulnerable road user detection with point augmentation. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles, 8(5), pp. 3489-3505. (doi: 10.1109/TIV.2023.3246797)

Lin, Chunmian, Tian, Daxin, Duan, Xuting, Zhou, Jianshan, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X and Cao, Dongpu (2023) DA-RDD: toward domain adaptive road damage detection across different countries. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 24(3), pp. 3091-3103. (doi: 10.1109/TITS.2022.3221067)

Sheng, Zihao, Liu, Lin, Xue, Shibei, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X, Jiang, Min and Li, Dewei (2023) A cooperation-aware lane change method for automated vehicles. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 24(3), pp. 3236-3251. (doi: 10.1109/TITS.2022.3225875)

Yang, Jinsong, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X, Lan, Jianglin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9057-5649, Xue, Shibei, Zhao, Wenjing, Tian, Daxin, Zhou, Quan and Song, Kang (2023) Eco-driving of general mixed platoons with CAVs and HDVs. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles, 8(2), pp. 1190-1203. (doi: 10.1109/TIV.2022.3224679)

Yang, Jinsong, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X, Jiang, Jingjing, Lan, Jianglin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9057-5649, Mason, Byron, Tian, Daxin and Li, Liang (2023) A less-disturbed ecological driving strategy for connected and automated vehicles. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles, 8(1), pp. 413-424. (doi: 10.1109/TIV.2021.3112499)

Lin, Chunmian, Tian, Daxin, Duan, Xuting, Zhou, Jianshan, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X and Cao, Dongpu (2022) CL3D: Camera-LiDAR 3D object detection with point feature enhancement and point-guided fusion. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 23(10), pp. 18040-18050. (doi: 10.1109/TITS.2022.3154537)

Zhou, Jianshan, Tian, Daxin, Sheng, Zhengguo, Duan, Xuting, Qu, Guixian, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X, Cao, Dongpu and Shen, Xuemin (2022) Robust min-max model predictive vehicle platooning with causal disturbance feedback. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 23(9), pp. 15878-15897. (doi: 10.1109/TITS.2022.3146149)

Yang, Jinsong, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X, Jiang, Jingjing, Lan, Jianglin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9057-5649 and Li, Liang (2022) An ecological driving strategy for heterogeneous platoon of connected and automated vehicles. Journal of Automotive Safety and Energy, (Accepted for Publication)

Tian, Daxin, Lin, Chunmian, Zhou, Jianshan, Duan, Xuting, Cao, Yue, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X and Cao, Dongpu (2022) SA-YOLOv3: an efficient and accurate object detector using self-attention mechanism for autonomous driving. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 23(5), pp. 4099-4110. (doi: 10.1109/TITS.2020.3041278)

Zhang, Ronghui, Li, Kening, Wu, Yueying, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X, Lv, Zhihan, Li, Fuliang, Chen, Xia, Qiu, Zhijun and Yu, Fan (2022) A multi-vehicle longitudinal trajectory collision avoidance strategy using AEBS with vehicle-infrastructure communication. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 71(2), pp. 1253-1266. (doi: 10.1109/TVT.2021.3132558)

Zhou, Quan, Li, Yanfei, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X, Li, Ji, Williams, Huw, Xu, Hongming and Yan, Fuwu (2022) Transferable representation modelling for real-time energy management of the plug-in hybrid vehicle based on K fold fuzzy learning and Gaussian process regression. Applied Energy, 305, 117853. (doi: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2021.117853)

Zhou, Quan, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X, Shuai, Bin, Li, Yanfei, Williams, Huw and Xu, Hongming (2021) Knowledge implementation and transfer with an adaptive learning network for real-time power management of the plug-in hybrid vehicle. IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, 32(12), pp. 5298-5308. (doi: 10.1109/TNNLS.2021.3093429)

Lan, Jianglin and Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X (2021) Robust model predictive control for nonlinear parameter varying systems without computational delay. International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, 31(17), pp. 8273-8294. (doi: 10.1002/rnc.5235)

Zhou, Quan, He, Yinglong, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X, Li, Ji, Li, Yanfei, Williams, Huw and Xu, Hongming (2021) Modified particle swarm optimization with chaotic attraction strategy for modular design of hybrid powertrains. IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, 7(2), pp. 616-625. (doi: 10.1109/TTE.2020.3014688)

Lan, Jianglin and Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X (2020) Min-max model predictive vehicle platooning with communication delay. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 69(11), pp. 12570-12584. (doi: 10.1109/TVT.2020.3025729)

Wang, Yunpeng, Lang, Ping, Tian, Daxin, Zhou, Jianshan, Duan, Xuting, Cao, Yue and Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X (2020) A game-based computation offloading method in vehicular multiaccess edge computing networks. IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 7(6), pp. 4987-4996. (doi: 10.1109/JIOT.2020.2972061)

Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X, Stobart, Richard and Mason, Byron (2020) Real-time energy management of the electric turbocharger based on explicit model predictive control. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 67(4), pp. 3126-3137. (doi: 10.1109/TIE.2019.2910033)

Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X, Winward, Edward, Yang, Zhijia, Stobart, Richard, Mason, Byron and Steffen, Thomas (2018) An integrated framework on characterization, control, and testing of an electrical turbocharger assist. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 65(6), pp. 4897-4908. (doi: 10.1109/TIE.2017.2774726)

Conference or Workshop Item

Liu, Yang, Zhou, Jianshan, Tian, Daxin, Sheng, Zhengguo, Duan, Xuting, Qu, Guixian and Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X (2021) Joint Optimization of Resource Scheduling and Mobility for UAV-Assisted Vehicle Platoons. IEEE 94th Vehicular Technology Conference: VTC2021-Fall, Online only, 27-30 September 2021. ISBN 9781665413688 (doi: 10.1109/VTC2021-Fall52928.2021.9625397)

Tian, Daxin, Zhang, Peiyu, Zhou, Jianshan, Duan, Xuting, Sheng, Zhengguo, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X, Lin, Mianfeng and Li, Lei (2021) Optimal Control of Mixed Platoons with Autonomous and Human-Driven Vehicles. 4th IEEE International Conference on Unmanned Systems (ICUS 2021), Beijing, China, 15-17 October 2021. (Accepted for Publication)

Shao, Yanmin, Tian, Daxin, Zhou, Jianshan, Duan, Xuting, Qu, Guixian, Sheng, Zhengguo, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X, Xiong, Yun and Guo, Shengmin (2021) Robust Distributed Time-Varying Vehicle Formation Control under Switching Topologies and External Disturbances. 4th IEEE International Conference on Unmanned Systems (ICUS 2021), Beijing, China, 15-17 October 2021. (Accepted for Publication)

Tian, Daxin, Li, Jiawei, Zhou, Jianshan, Duan, Xuting, Sheng, Zhengguo, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X, Hao, Wei and Long, Kejun (2021) A Linear Quadratic Gaussian Optimal Control Approach for Train Platoon Formation. 4th IEEE International Conference on Unmanned Systems (ICUS 2021), Beijing, China, 15-17 October 2021. (Accepted for Publication)

Conference Proceedings

Zhen, Tian, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X, Lin, Zhihao ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-8152-3886, Flynn, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618, Zhao, Wenjing and Tian, Daxin (2024) Balanced Reward-inspired Reinforcement Learning for Autonomous Vehicle Racing. In: 6th Annual Learning for Dynamics & Control Conference (L4DC 2024), Oxford, 15-17 July 2024, pp. 628-640.

Li, Chenwei, Xie, Ailing, Zhou, Jianshan, Tian, Daxin, Duan, Xuting, Sheng, Zhengguo, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X and Lu, Caixia (2024) Robust Neural Control for Distributed Formation of UAVs under Uncertain Disturbances. In: 3rd 2023 International Conference on Autonomous Unmanned Systems (3rd ICAUS 2023) (ICAUS 2023), Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, 09-11 Sep 2023, pp. 1-10. ISBN 9789819710836 (doi: 10.1007/978-981-97-1083-6_1)

Vijayakumar, Harikrishnan, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X, Lan, Jianglin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9057-5649, Zhao, Wenjing, Tian, Daxin and Zhang, Yuanjian (2023) A Safe Decision Making Framework for Automated Vehicle Navigation among Human Drivers. In: 22nd IFAC World Congress (IFAC 2023), Yokohama, Japan, 09-14 Jul 2023, pp. 4910-4915. (doi: 10.1016/j.ifacol.2023.10.1263)

Duan, Xuting, Zhao, Yihan, Xia, Haiying, Zhou, Jianshan, Zhang, Long and Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X (2022) Performance Analysis of Velocity Perturbation Control in Mixed Platoons with Connected Autonomous and Human-Driven Vehicles. In: 5th IEEE International Conference on Unmanned Systems (IEEE ICUS 2022), Guangzhou, China, 14-16 Oct 2022, pp. 799-804. ISBN 9781665484565 (doi: 10.1109/ICUS55513.2022.9986735)

Wu, Sifan, Tian, Daxin, Zhou, Jianshan, Duan, Xuting, Sheng, Zhengguo and Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X (2022) Autonomous On-ramp Merge Strategy Using Deep Reinforcement Learning in Uncertain Highway Environment. In: 5th IEEE International Conference on Unmanned Systems (ICUS 2022), Guangzhou, China, 28-30 October 2022, pp. 658-663. ISBN 9781665484565 (doi: 10.1109/ICUS55513.2022.9986797)

Xie, Ailing, Zhou, Jianshan, Tian, Daxin, Duan, Xuting, Sheng, Zhengguo and Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X (2022) Neural Mixed Platoon Controller Design. In: 5th IEEE International Conference on Unmanned Systems (ICUS 2022), Guangzhou, China, 28-30 October 2022, pp. 641-646. ISBN 9781665484565 (doi: 10.1109/ICUS55513.2022.9986797)

Lu, Weihao ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4766-9962, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X, Premebida, Cristiano, Chen, Wen-Hua and Tian, Daxin (2021) Semantic Feature Mining for 3D Object Classification and Segmentation. In: 2021 International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2021), Xi’an, China, 30 May-5 June 2021, pp. 13539-13545. ISBN 9781728190778 (doi: 10.1109/ICRA48506.2021.9561986)

Duan, Xuting, Wang, Qi, Tian, Daxin, Zhou, Jianshan, Wang, Jian, Sheng, Zhengguo, Zhao, Dezong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X and Sun, Yafu (2021) Implementing Trajectory Tracking Control Algorithm for Autonomous Vehicle. In: 4th IEEE International Conference on Unmanned Systems (ICUS 2021), Beijing, China, 15-17 Oct 2021, pp. 947-953. ISBN 9781665438858 (doi: 10.1109/ICUS52573.2021.9641133)

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Grants

  • Royal Society Exchange Grant, "Trustworthy Perception and Safe Control of Automated Heavy-Duty Vehicle Platoons in Extreme Scenarios", PI, £12k, 2025-2027.
  • EPSRC Network+ Hub, UK Open Multimodal AI Network, Glasgow PI, £1.82m, 2025-2027.
  • EPSRC National Hub, TransiT - Digital Twinning Research Hub for Decarbonising Transport, Co-I, £46m, 2024-2029.
  • EPSRC Innovation Fellowship, Towards Energy Efficient Autonomous Vehicles via Cloud-Aided Learning, PI, £527k, 2018-2022.
  • Royal Society-Newton Advanced Fellowship, Cooperative Vehicular Communication and Robust Control for Mixed Vehicle Platoons, PI, £74k, 2020-2023.
  • University of Glasgow Reinvigorating Research Project, Human-Autonomy-Infrastructure Teaming, Co-I, £100k, 2021-2022.
  • University of Glasgow TNE project, Flagship Legged Robotic Platform for the Excellence of Research and Teaching, Co-I, £100k, 2021 - 2022.
  • EPSRC Capital Award, HDL-32E LiDAR sensor from Velodyne, Co-I, £35k, 2018-2018.
  • Advanced Propulsion Centre project, Dynamic Analysis Modelling and Optimisation of GDI Engines, Co-I, £12.2 million (£2.27 million to the institute), 2017-2021.
  • Caterpillar I&RC Project, Global Nonlinear Control of Electrified Diesel Engines, PI, £30k, 2013-2014.
  • EPSRC Institutional Sponsorship, Digital Engineering Performance Networks, Co-I, £202k, 2017-2018.
  • NSFC Standard Grant, Modelling, Control and Scheduling of Networked Cooperation Systems with Multi Agents, Co-I, CNY630k, 2011–2015.

Supervision

I welcome enquiries to PhD opportunities in automatic control, machine intelligence, autonomous vehicles, robotics and future mobility.

Current PhDs

  • Mr Zhaoan Ye (2021-), Causal robotic vision
  • Mr Qikun Chen (2022-), Causal fault diagnosis
  • Mr Yansong Jiang (2022-), Explainable autonomous perception
  • Mr Xiao Yi (2022-), Decision making of autonomous vehicles
  • Mr Xidong Yan (2022-), Knowledge-driven autonomous driving
  • Mr Xingyu Tao (2023-), Event triggered cameras
  • Mr Qinglin Bi (2023-), Embodied robotic reasoning
  • Mr Jingzhi Ruan (2024-), Embodied robotic manipulation
  • Mr Zixuan Huang (2024-), Accelerated autonomous testing
  • Mr Boyu Chen (2024-), End-to-end autonomous driving

Future PhDs

I particularly welcome phd students who are interested in the following research areas:

  • Embodied AI
  • Causal AI
  • Safe and trustworthy automated vehicles
  • Alshehhi, Ahmed
    Resilient Teleoperation for Semi-Autonomous Systems
  • Chen, Qikun
    Unravelling the Mystery: A Causal-Based Approach to Task Failure Explanation
  • Hua, Shuheng
    Semantic Communication System Design and Optimization
  • Jiang, Yansong
    Interpretability of Object Recognition in Autonomous Driving
  • Ruan, Jingzhi
    Traffic Optimisation with Efficient Planning
  • Yan, Xidong
    Knowledge Based Eco-Driving for Connected and Automated Vehicles

Finished PhDs

  • Dr Zhen Tian (2021-2025), Training-efficient Deep Reinforcement Learning for Safe Autonomous Driving
  • Dr Hari Vijayakumar (2019-2024), Uncertainty-aware decision making of automated vehicles
  • Dr Weihao Lu (2019-2023), Deep learning for 3D object detection on point clouds for autonomous driving
  • Dr Jinsong Yang (2018-2023), Eco-driving for connected and automated vehicles in mixed traffic
  • Dr Xiaoyan Hu (2018-2022), Nonlinear control based on structurally optimised neural fuzzy networks
  • Dr Wen Gu (2017-2022), Model learning and learning based control of dynamic systems

Finished RAs

  • Dr Jianglin Lan (2018-2021), RA in Low Carbon Autonomous Vehicles
  • Dr Juan Du (2019-2020), RA in Image Analysis and Machine Learning
  • Dr Lu Ge (2020-2021), RA in Communications in Connected Vehicles
  • Dr Dan Zhou (2020-2021), RA in Energy Management of Autonomous Vehicles

Teaching

Courvse Conveners

  • ENG 4175/5107 (2020-), Autonomous Vehicle Guidance Systems
  • ENG 3005/3071 (2021-), Control of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (Team Design Projects 3 for Aerospace and Mechatronic students)

Professional activities & recognition

Prizes, awards & distinctions

  • 2015: Young Researcher Award (IEEE Control on Decision and Control)
  • 2016: Most Citation Award (International Journal of Automation and Computing)
  • 2016: Santander Mobility Award (Santander)
  • 2018, 2019: Best Poster Prize (Future Powertrain Conference)
  • 2021: Best Paper Award (IEEE International Conference on Unmanned Systems)
  • 2021: Excellent Solution Award (Global High-Level Talent Innovation and Application Competition)
  • 2022: Top 4% Peer Review College Member (EPSRC)
  • 2023: Best Paper Award (IEEE International Conference on Unmanned Systems)

Research fellowships

  • 2018 - 2022: EPSRC Innovation Fellowship
  • 2020 - 2023: Royal Society-Newton Advanced Fellowship
  • 2024 - 2026: Turing Fellow

Grant committees & research advisory boards

  • 2018: UKRI Future Leaders Fellow Peer Review College, Member
  • 2020: EPSRC Peer Review College, Full member

Editorial boards

  • 2022: Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
  • 2022: Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles
  • 2022: Guest Editor on the special issue 'Deep Reinforcement Learning and IoT in Intelligent System' for Sensors
  • 2022: Guest Editor on the special issue 'Underwater-Aerial Integrated Image Processing for Smart Ocean Monitoring' for Journal of Electronic Imaging

Professional & learned societies

  • 2017: Senior Member, IEEE (The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
  • 2019: Member, Society of Automotive Engineers
  • 2019: Fellow, Higher Education Academy
  • 2020: Member, IET (The Institution of Engineering and Technology)

Selected international presentations

  • 2021: COTA International Conference of Transportation Professionals (Online)
  • 2021: CAA International Conference on Vehicular Control and Intelligence​ (Online)

Additional information

IEEE ICDCS 2025

The 45th IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (IEEE ICDCS 2025) will be held during July 20th - 23rd 2025 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. This is the premier international forum in all aspects of distributed computing systems. We are calling for Full papers (due 11 December 2024), Workshop Proposals (due 27 November 2024) and Sponsorship. You are very welcome to contribute your original work and meet the top-tier investigators from academia and industry worldwide!

Conference TPC member / Session Chair

  • 2025 IROS Associate Editor
  • 2025 ICDCS Workshop Chair
  • 2024 CSTFM Publication Chair
  • 2022 CVCI Invited Session Chair
  • 2019 IEEE ACC Session Chair
  • 2018 PMC TPC
  • 2015 IEEE CDC Session Chair
  • 2014 IEEE ICIA TPC
  • 2014 IEEE ICIST TPC
  • 2013 WCICA TPC
  • 2013 IEEE ICRB TPC
  • 2013 IEEE ICIA TPC

Session/Workshp Organisation

  • 2023 IEEE CASE, Session Co-organiser
  • 2022 Workshop of Connected Autonomous Systems at University of Glasgow, Co-Chair

Patents

  • Tomas Longley, Richard Stobart, Jiamei Deng, and Dezong Zhao, “Control system for an engine assembly” (US 2015/0046067 A1, EP20120160010)
  • Tomas Longley, Richard Stobart, Jiamei Deng, and Dezong Zhao, “Optimised real-time control of a highly dynamic engine system” (US 2015/0066337 A1, EP20120160006)

Visiting Positions

  • Visiting Research Professor at Tsinghua University, 2020-2021
  • Visiting Fellow at The University of Hong Kong, 2022

PhD viva Convener / Examiner

  • External Examiner for Hong Kong Polytechnic University since 2025
  • External Examiner for University of Warwick since 2023
  • External Examiner for Loughborough University since 2023
  • External Examiner for University of Birmingham since 2021
  • Convener at University of Glasgow since 2022

Regular Reviewer

  • IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Magazine, IEEE Control Systems Letters, IEEE Networking Letters, Asian Journal of Control, SAE International, ACTA AUTOMATICA SINICA, Journal of Control Theory and Applications, IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, American Control Conference, IFAC Symposium on Automotive Control, IEEE Multi-conference on Systems and Control, IFAC Congress.