Research interests:Current majro research themes:
(1) Theoretical study of Multi-Agents Systems, Localization, Graph Theory;
(2) Automomous Cooperative Sensing Systems for Defence and Civil Applications
*ANTS: Airbourne Networked Tactical Sensors
*The Big Flying Eye - Survellience UAVs
*The Flying Nose - Enviroment Sensing UAVs
(3) Robotics and Autonomous Systems
*Autonomous Rotorary UAV
*Intelligent Robots for Smart Homes
*Cooperative Robots for Future Manufacturing
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Duties:Category 1 Grant:
Lead Chief Investigator, ARC Discovery Project DP160104500 (2016 - 2019): Control and Optimization of Distributed Multiagent Formations (A$455,000)
Lead Chief Investigator, ARC Discovery Project DP130103610 (2013 - 2015): Information Consensus and Coordination of Multiagent Systems (A$385,000)
Chief Investigator & QEII Fellow, ARC Discovery Project DP110100538 (2011 - 2015): Spatially Distributed Complex Multi-agent Systems (A$600,000)
Chief Investigator & APD Fellow, ARC Discovery Project DP0877562 (2008 - 2011): Large Scale Complex Multi-agent Systems: Control Methodologies and Information Architectures (A$660,000)
International Grant:
Chief-Investigator, SDAS-ANU Colloborative Grant (A$150,000)
Chief-Investigator, Go8-DAAD Science Cooperation Project: partnered with Stuttgart(2012-13)
Chief-Investigator, Go8-DAAD Science Cooperation Project: partnered with TUM(2010)
Co-Investigator, Go8-DAAD Science Cooperation Project: partnered with Wuzerburg(2015-16)
Co-Investigator, US AirForce project AOARD 10-4102 and 09-4136 (Jun 2009 to May 2012)
External Grant:
Chief Investigator, DSTO - NICTA Special Research Project (2011-2012) : SDR-based Geolocation
Co-Investigator, NICTA-DSTO Joint Project (Jan 2009-Dec 2011): SWARM2
Co-Investigator, NICTA-DSTO Joint Project (Mar 2005-Dec 2008): SWARM
HDR Supervision:
ANU PhD Students: 8 ongoing (6 as Chair), 7 graduated
ANU MPhil Student: 1 graduated
External PhD students: 2 ongoing, 5 graduated
Managerial Duties:
*Head & CI, SWARM Lab at ANU, 2008-
*Head & CI, ANU-SDAS Joint Center on Mobile Sensor Networks, 2013 -
*Coordinator, ANU Field Robotics Facility (Spring Valley Farm), 2013-
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Bio:Changbin (Brad) Yu was born in Shandong, China. He received the B.Eng degree with first class honors in computer engineering from Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore in 2004, and a PhD in Engineering from the Australian National University (ANU) in 2008. Since then he has been a faculty member at Research School of Engineering, the Australian National University, and adjunct at NICTA Ltd. He also engages with Chinese universities and institutes in various capacities.
Among the a large number of honors and recognitions received, he is proud to be a recipient of an 2015 Australian Government's Endeavour Executive Fellowship, an 2010 ANU Top Supervisor Award, an 2006-2008 Asian Journal of Control Best Paper Award, an ARC Australian Postdoctoral Fellowship in 2007 and an ARC Queen Elizabeth II Fellowship in 2010, a 2006 Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Students Abroad, an 2005 Australian Government's Endeavour Asia Award and an undergraduate scholarship from the Republic of Singapore.
He is a Fellow of the Instituion of Engineers Australia (FIEAust),a Senior Member of IEEE (SMIEEE) and a member of IFAC Technical Committee on Networked Systems (TC1.5). He is currently serving as a Subject Editor for International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control. He has served as an Associate Editor for Systems & Control Letters and IET Control Theory & Applications.
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