Keynote Speeches

Keynote Speech I

State Estimation for Artificial Neural Networks with Communication Protocols: Challenges and Progress

Zidong Wang
Brunel University London, U.K.

In this talk, we talk about the state estimation problems for some classes of artificial neural networks subject to communication protocols. Some background knowledge is first introduced on communication protocols from the perspectives of concepts, applications and challenges. Then, some detailed discussions are given on the network-induced phenomena, communication protocols and cyber-attacks that complicate the estimator design problems. Various performance requirements are justified and the corresponding methodologies are summarized. Challenges and progresses are discussed. Finally, we conclude our main contributions and some future directions.

Biosketch

Zidong Wang is currently Professor of Dynamical Systems and Computing in the Department of Computer Science, Brunel University London, U.K. His research interests include dynamical systems, signal processing, bioinformatics, control theory and applications. He has published 600+ papers in IEEE Transactions and 120+ papers in Automatica with an H-index of 155. He is a holder of the Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship of Germany, the JSPS Research Fellowship of Japan, William Mong Visiting Research Fellowship of Hong Kong. Prof. Wang serves (or has served) as the Editor-in-Chief for Neurocomputing, the Editor-in-Chief for International Journal of Systems Science, and an Associate Editor for 12 international journals including IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, and IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics-Part C. He is a Member of the Academia Europaea, a Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, an Academician of the International Academy for Systems and Cybernetic Sciences, a Fellow of the IEEE, a Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society and a member of program committee for many international conferences.