Dr Brad (Changbin) YU

Research Interests:

Current research interests include: Autonomous Agents Systems (especially rigid multi-agent formations), Graph Theory (focus on Graph Rigidity), Distributed Control of Complex Systems and Sensor Network Localization without GPS. Broad research interests also include: Robotic, Neural Networks, Fuzzy Systems, Pervasive Computing and Embedded System Design.

Duties:

Chief Investigator / APD, ARC Discovery Project (Jul 2008 – Jul 2011): Large Scale Complex Multi-agent Systems: Control Methodologies and Information Architectures Project Member, NICTA-DSTO Joint Project (Jan 2009-Dec 2010): Control of SWARMs Supervisor of 3 PhD candidates, 1 MPhil Candidate and 2 Honors Students

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 under the supervision of Prof. Brian Anderson. He is now a Research Fellow/APD at Department of Information Engineering, the Australian National University, adjunct at Canberra Research Laboratory, NICTA Ltd. and School of Control Science and Engineering, Shandong University. He was a recipient of an 2008 ARC Australian Postdoctoral Fellowship, 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.