M. (Ming) Cao, Prof
Education
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Dec 2007 |
PhD, Department of Electrical Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, CT USA Thesis: Multi-agent Formations and Sensor Networks, Advisor: Prof. A. Stephen Morse |
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Dec 2003
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Master of Science, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Yale University, New Haven, CT USA
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Jan 2002
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Master of Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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Jul 1999
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Bachelor of Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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Awards and Honors
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2023
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Vici grant (1.5 million euro) from the Dutch Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) under its Talent Program to senior, talented, and creative researchers to develop their own line of research.
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2022
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Elevated to IEEE Fellow for "contributions to multi-agent control systems for sensor, robotic and social networks." IEEE is the world's largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for the benefit of humanity with more than 400,000 members in more than 160 countries; less than 0.1% of voting members are selected annually for this distinction. |
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2021
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Finalist, the Best Paper Award of the 2021 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) for the paper "Distributed coordinated path following using guiding vector fields", co-authored with W. Yao, H. Garcia De Marina, and Z. Sun |
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2018
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Finalist, the Best Paper Award of the 15th International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision (ICARCV 2018) for the paper "Multi-robot motion-formation distributed control with sensor self-calibration," co-authored with H. Garcia De Marina, J. Siemonsma, and B. Jayawardhana. |
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2017
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ERC consolidator grant from the European Research Council that "encourages the highest quality research in Europe through competitive funding and supports investigator-driven frontier research across all fields, on the basis of scientific excellence." |
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2017
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Manfred Thoma medal from the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) for the 2014-2017 triennial period. "The Manfred Thoma medal, created in 2015, recognizes outstanding contributions of a young researcher and/or engineer under the age of 40 to the field of systems and control in its widest sense." |
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2017
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Selected as a member of the Young Academy Groningen (YAG), which is an independent organization within the University of Groningen to promote interdisciplinary research, contribute viewpoints on science policy and talent development, and organize inspiring activities for the public to boost the relationship between science and society. |
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2016
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European Control Award from the European Control Association (EUCA) for fundamental contributions to distributed and cooperative control of multi-agent and network systems |
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2015
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Vidi grant from the Dutch Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) under its Innovational Research Incentives Scheme for "remarkable and original talent for conducting innovative scientific research" targeting experienced researchers
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2012
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ERC starting grant from the European Research Council that "targets promising researchers who have the proven potential of becoming independent research leaders."
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2011
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The robotic-fish water-polo team representing the University of Groningen, consisting of Ming Cao (supervisor, team leader), Chen Wang (PhD student) and Ewoud Vos (PhD student), won the 2nd place in the Circle Dribbling Competition of the Global Vision League in the IFUR (International Federation of Underwater Robots) 2011 International Invited Competition, Chengdu, China
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2009
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Veni grant from the Dutch Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) under its Innovational Research Incentives Scheme for "remarkable and original talent for conducting innovative scientific research" targeting researchers who have recently gained their PhD |
Research Experience
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2016-present
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Full professor of Networks and Robotics with the Faculty of Science and Engineering at the University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands.
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2013-2016
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Associate professor with tenure of Network Analysis and Control with the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at the University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands.
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2008-2013
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Tenure-track assitant professor of Discrete Technology and Production Automation with the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at the University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands.
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2007-2008
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Postdoctoral Research Associate with Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Princeton University, Princeton, NJ USA.
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2002-2007
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Graduate Research Assistant with Laboratory for Control Science and Engineering at Yale University, New Haven, CT USA.
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Summer 2006
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Research Intern with Department of Mathematical Sciences at IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY USA
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2000-2002
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Graduate Research Assistant with National Key Laboratory of Power Systems at Tsinghua University, Beijing China.
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Services within the university
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2022-now
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Director of Jantina Tammes School of Digital Society, Technology, and AI
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2023-now
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Chair of the Department of Discrete Technology and Production Automation
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2016-2020 |
Director of education, Industrial Engineering and Management (IEM) |
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2013-2016
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Member of the board of examiners, Industrial Engineering and Management (IEM)
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2011-2013
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Chair of the admission committee for international master students, Industrial Engineering and Managment (IEM)
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Profesional activities
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Senior Editor
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Systems and Control Letters (Elsevier, since 2019)
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Associate Editor
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IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems (2023-now)
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IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems (2022-2024)
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IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine (since 2022)
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IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control (2016-2021)
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IEEE Circuits and Systems Magazine (2018-2019)
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IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II (2016-2019)
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Systems and Control Letters (Elsevier, 2009-2018)
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Conference Editorial Board of the European Control Association (EUCA) (since 2012)
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Conference Editorial Board of the IEEE Control Systems Society (2010-2017)
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Member
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IFAC (International Federation of Automatic Control) Council (2023-now)
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IFAC Conference Board (2020-2023)
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Vice Chair
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IFAC Technical Committee on Large Scale Complex Systems (since 2017)
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Member
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IFAC Technical Committee on Networked Systems (since 2010)
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Member of Management Committee
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European Cooperation in Science & Technology (COST) Action CA 18232, Mathematical models for interacting dynamics on networks (since 2019)
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Member of Scientific Advisory Board
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Munich AI Future Lab, hosted in the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and German Aerospace Center (DLR) (since 2020)
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Co-chair of Organizing Committee
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The 15th IFAC Symposium on Large Scale Complex Systems (LSS19), Delft, the Netherlands, May 26-28, 2019
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The 7th IFAC Workshop on Distributed Estimation and Control in Networked Systems (NecSys18), Groningen, the Netherlands, August 27-28, 2017
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Chair of Program Committee
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The 2021 SIAM Conference on Control and Its Applications (CT21), Spokane, WA, USA, July 19-21, 2021
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The First IEEE International Conference on Event-Based Control, Communication, and Signal Processing, Krakow, Poland, June 17-19, 2015
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Organizing Committee Member
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The 33rd Benelux Meeting on Systems and Control, Heijen, the Netherlands, March 25-27, 2014
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The 21st International Symposium on Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems (MTNS'14), Groningen, the Netherlands, 2014
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The 29th Benelux Meeting on Systems and Control, Meeze, the Netherlands, March 20- April 1, 2010
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Program Committee Member
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NecSys16, ECC16, ICARCV16, ECC15, ICACV14, ECC14, WCICA14, COMPENG14, ECC13, NecSys13, NecSys12, ICARCV12, NecSys10, ISCAA10, NecSys09, ICCCAS09
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Membership of Learned Societies
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Fellow
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
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Member
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Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) |
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Member
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Dutch Institute of Systems and Control (DISC)
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| Laatst gewijzigd: | 22 juni 2024 15:00 |