Guang Li's Homepage

Dr Guang Li
School of Engineering, Computing & Mathematics
University of Exeter
Harrison Building
Exeter, Uk
EX4 4QF
Tel: : +44 (0)1392 724478
Email: g.li@ex.ac.uk
Homepage: http://empslocal.ex.ac.uk/people/staff/gl249/

Brief Biography

I am a postdoctoral researcher in College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences, the University of Exeter, UK. Before this, I worked as a postdoc at the Advanced Control and Test Laboratory (ACT Lab), Department of Mechanical Engineering, the University of Bristol. I received a PhD degree from the Control Systems Centre, the University of Manchester in 2007. I received a B.E degree in Automatic Control and a M.Sc. degree in Control Theory and Control Engineering, from the University of Science and Technology Beijing, in 2000 and 2003 respectively.

Research Interest

• Control system theory and application
• Constrained control: Model Predictive Control; Anti-windup.
• Robust and optimal control.
• Stability analysis methods.
  Click here for slides of aboluste stability analysis presented at BELS meeting (pdf)
• Dynamics testing for complex systems Dynamically Substructured System (DSS) testing; DSS applications in various fields.
  Click here to see a breif introduction of DSS
• Sea wave modelling and wave energy converter control.

Research Experiences

• Postdoctoral Researcher (06/2010 - Now)
  School of Engineering, Computing & Mathematics, University of Exeter, UK.
  Research Project: Sea wave energy.
  
• Postdoctoral Researcher (03/2007-05/2010)
  ACT Lab, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Bristol, UK.
  Research Project:
  Synthesis and Control of Dynamically Substructured System (DSS), funded by EPSRC.
  

Publication

2011

1. Application of a novel robust anti-windup technique to dynamically substructured systems
   G. Li, G. Herrmann, D. P. Stoten, J. Tu, M. C. Turner, accepted by IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics.
2. A novel disturbance rejection anti-windup framework
   G. Li, G. Herrmann, D. P. Stoten, J. Tu, M. C. Turner, International Journal of Control , Volume 84 Issue 1, 123-137, 2011.
3. The IQC synthesis approach for the anti-windup compensation technique
   G. Li, W. P. Heath, 18th IFAC World Congress, Milan, Italy, 2011.
4. Feedforward neural network control for substructured system
   G. Li, J. Na, D. P. Stoten and X. Ren, 18th IFAC World Congress, Milan, Italy, 2011.
5. Lyapunov Functions for Generalized Discrete-time Multivariable Popov Criterion
   N. S. Ahmad, W. P. Heath and G. Li, 18th IFAC World Congress, Milan, Italy, 2011.
6. Robustness preserving antiwindup: examples and counter examples
   W. P. Heath, R. M. Moraels and G. Li, to be presented at IEEE Multi-conference on Systems and Control, Denver, CO, USA, 2011.
7. Robustness preserving anti-windup for SISO systems
   R. M. Moraels, W. P. Heath and G. Li, to be presented at IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Orlando, FL, USA on December 12-15, 2011.

2010

8. Model predictive control of dynamically substructured systems with application to a servohydraulically-actuated mechanical plant
   G. Li, D. P. Stoten and J. Tu, IET Control Theory & Applications . vol.4, no.2, pages 253-264, February 2010.
9. Multipliers for model predictive control with structured input constraints
   W. Heath, G. Li, Automatica . 46 (3), pages 562-568, 2010.
10. The Robustness and Stability Analysis of Model Predictive Control
    G. Li, ISBN: 978-3-8383-5029-5, LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2010.
11. Application of anti-windup technique to dynamically substructured system
    G. Li, G. Herrmann, D. P. Stoten, J. Tu, M. C. Turner, American Control Conference (ACC), Baltimore, US, 2010.
12. Lyapunov functions for discretetime multivariable Popov criterion with indefinite multipliers
    N. Syazreen Ahmad, W.P. Heath and G. Li, IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), 2010.

2009

13. Lyapunov functions for the multivariable Popov criterion with indefinite multipliers
    W. Heath, G. Li, Automatica, 45 (12), pages 2977-2981, 2009.
14. Synthesis and control of generalised dynamically substructured systems
    D.P. Stoten, J. Tu, and G. Li, Proc IMechE - Part I: Journ. Sys. Cont. Eng , pages 371-392, 2009.
15. Robotic Subsystem Testing Using an Adaptively Controlled Dynamically Substructured Framework
    D.P. Stoten, J-Y. Tu, G. Li and K. Koganezawa. the 9th IFAC Symposium on Robot Control, Gifu, Japan, 2009.
16. Testing of dynamically substructured, base-isolated systems using adaptive control techniques
    J. Tu, P. Lin, D. P. Stoten and G. Li, Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics , 2009.
17. A State-Space Approach for the Control of Dynamically Substructured Systems
    J-Y. Tu, D. P. Stoten, G. Li, R. A. Hyde IEEE Multi-conference on Systems and Control, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 2009.
18. Robust anti-windup against LTI uncertainty using frequency dependent IQCs
    R. M. Morales, William P. Heath and G. Li, ICCAS-SICE International Joint Conference, Fukuoka, Japan, 2009.

2008

19. Concise stability conditions for systems with static nonlinear feedback expressed by a quadratic program
    G. Li, W. P. Heath and B. Lennox, IET Control Theory & Applications , pages 554-563, 2008.
20. A disturbance rejection anti-windup framework and its application to a substructured system
    G. Li, G. Herrmann, D. P. Stoten, J. Tu, M. C. Turner, pages 3510-3515, IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Cancun, Mexico, 2008. Link (pdf)
21. Model Predictive Control of Substructured Systems
    G. Li, J-Y Tu and D. P. Stoten, UKACC, Manchester, UK, 2008.
22. Adaptive Control of Generalised Dynamically Substructured Systems
    D. P. Stoten, J-Y Tu and G. Li 17th IFAC congress, Seoul, South Korea, 2008.
23. Anti-windup and the preservation of robustness against structured norm-bounded uncertainty
    R. M. Morales, G. Li and William P. Heath 17th IFAC congress, Seoul, South Korea, 2008
24. Improved multipliers for input-constrained model predictive control
    W. P. Heath and G. Li 17th IFAC congress, Seoul, South Korea, 2008.

2007

25. An improved stability criterion for a class of Lur'e systems
    G. Li, W. P. Heath and B. Lennox, IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pages 4483-4488, New Orleans, USA, 2007.

2006

26. The stability analysis of systems with nonlinear feedback expressed by a quadratic program
    G. Li, W. P. Heath and B. Lennox, IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, San Diego, USA, pages 4247-4252, 2006.
27. The Robustness of Input Constrained Model Predictive Control to Infinity-Norm Bound Model Uncertainty
    W. P. Heath, G. Li, A. G. Wills and B. Lennox, the 5th IFAC Symposium on Robust Control Design, Toulouse, France, July 5-7, 2006.

2005

28. Infinite Horizon Model Predictive Control for Tracking Problems
    G. Li, B. Lennox and Z. Ding, IEEE International Conference on Control and Automation, Budapest, Hungary, June 27-29, 2005.
29. IQC Analysis of Linear Constrained MPC
    W. P. Heath, G. Li, A. G. Wills and B. Lennox, Presented at the IEEE sponsored Colloquium on Predictive Control, University of Sheffield, April 4th, 2005.

2004

30. The simulation of the electromagnetic field in steel slabs based on the finite element method
    G. Li, H. Li and S. Sun. Journ. Univ. Sci. & Technol. Beijing , 2004.

2003

31. A Systematic method based on statistical pattern recognition for estimating product quality on-line
    G. Li, S. Sun, H. Li and Z. Xu. Journ. Univ. Sci. & Technol. Beijing, 2003.

PhD Thesis

32. The Robustness and Stability Analysis of Model Predictive Control
    G. Li, The University of Manchester, 2007.

Technical Reports

33. Concise stability conditions for systems with static nonlinear feedback expressed by a quadratic program.
    G. Li, W. P. Heath and B. Lennox, Control Systems Centre, the University of Manchester, 2006.
34. IQC analysis of linear constrained MPC.
    W.P. Heath, G. Li, A.G. Wills and B. Lennox, Control Systems Centre, the University of Manchester, 2005.