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Jing Zhou

Jing Zhou

Professor

Department of Engineering Sciences >

 

+47 37 23 31 91

+47 466 95 089

Office:
D3025 ( Jon Lilletuns vei 9, Grimstad )

Education 

Ph.D.   School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 2006

    Professional Experience

    • 03/2016 - , Professor, Department of Engineering Sciences, University of Agder, Norway
    • 2018 - , Leader of Group-Robotics and Automation, UiA
    • 2019- , Research Director of Top Research Center of Mechatronics, UiA
    • 03/2009 - 02/2016, Senior Research Scientist, Energy Department, International Research Institute of Stavanger (NORCE), Norway
    • 08/2013 - 02/2016, Associate Professor (20%), Department of Electrical Engineering, HiB, Norway
    • 03/2007 - 03/2009, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Engineering Cybernetics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
    • 03/2005 - 02/2007, Research Fellow, Intelligent Systems Center, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

    Memberships

    • Member of Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences (NTVA)
    • Member of Agder Academy of Sciences and Letters
    • IEEE Senior member
    • Member of IEEE Ccontrol Systems Society (CSS), IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IES), IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society (SMC)

    Professional Services

    • Associate editor, IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics
    • IEEE CSS Technical Committee on Nonlinear Systems and Control
    • IEEE CSS Technical Committee on System Identification and Adaptive Control
    • General Chair, 15th IEEE International Conference on Industry Electronics and Applications (ICIEA), Kristiansand, Norway, 22-24 June 2020
    • Technical Program Chair, 10th International Conference on Information Science and Technology (ICIST), UK, July 25-31, 2020
    • Special Session Chair, 46th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON), Singapore, Oct 18-21, 2020
    • Technical Program Co-Chair of International Conference on Advanced Mechatronic Systems (ICAMechS),  2017
    • Invited Session Chair of ICIEA 2013
    • Member of Technical Program Committee of ACC, IFAC Workshops, IEEE ICIEA, ICICIP, CCDC, etc.

    Research interests

    Research Interests

    • Control theory: adaptive control, network control, nonlinear systems, multi-ageny systems, time-delayed systems, non-smooth nonlinearities (hysteresis, backlash, dead-zone, quantization, saturation)
    • Modeling, simulation and control of mechatronic systems, crane, vessel
    • Control application to offshore systems and robotics
    • Drilling and well technology: MPD, pressure control, well control, kick/loss detection

    Monograph

    [B1] J. Zhou and C. Wen, Adaptive Backstepping Control of Uncertain Systems: Nonsmooth Nonlinearities, Interactions or Time-Variations, Springer, 2008

    [B2] W. Wang, C. Wen, J. Zhou, Adaptive Backstepping Control of Uncertain Systems with Actuator Failures, Subsystem Interactions, and Nonsmooth Nonlinearities, CRC Press, Taylor and Francis, 2017

    Courses and teaching

    • MAS107-G Feedback Control Systems, Bachelar course ( 2017-  ), Course coordinator and lecturer
    • MAS408 Analog and Digital Electro Technologies, Master course ( 2016 - ), Course coordinator and lecturer

    Projects

    Selected Projetcs

    • Ubiquitous Data and Services Researcher Project, "Collective Efficient Deep Learning and Networked Control for Multiple Collaborative Robot Systems (DEEPCOBOT)", funded by Research Council of Norway, 2020-2025. Role: Project Manager and PI
    • SFI Offshore Mechatronics, WP3 Robotics and Autonomy and WP6 Data Analytics, IT Integration and Big Data, funded by Research Council of Norway, 2017-2023. Role: Key Scientist
    • IKTPLUSS "Data-driven cyber-physical networked systems for autonomous cognitive control and adaptive learning in industrial and urban water environments (INDURB)", 2018-2023, Role: PI
    • KD funded project, "Cooperation control of netwroked systems", 2019-2022. Role: PI
    • "Development of next generation of surface effect ship for offshore service operations", funded by the Reginal Research foundation of Agder and ESNA AS, 2016-2018. Role: PI

    Scientific publications

    • Zhou, Jing; Wen, Chang-Yun; Wang, Wei; Yang, Fan (2019). Adaptive Backstepping Control of Nonlinear Uncertain Systems With Quantized States. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. ISSN: 0018-9286. 64 (11). s 4756 - 4763. doi:10.1109/TAC.2019.2906931.
    • Schlanbusch, Siri Marte; Zhou, Jing (2019). Adaptive Backstepping Control of a 2-DOF Helicopter. 2019 The 7th International Conference on Control, Mechatronics and Automation. ISBN: 978-1-4503-6563-5. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). TF1-038.
    • Zhou, Jing (2019). Adaptive Tracking Control of Nonlinear Time-Varying Systems with Unknown Control Coefficients and Unknown Time-Varying Parameters. Proceedings of 58th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC 2019). ISBN: 978-1-7281-1397-5. IEEE Press. WeB03.5. s 1025 - 1030.
    • Wang, Wei; Wen, Changyun; Huang, Jiangshuai; Zhou, Jing (2019). Adaptive consensus of uncertain nonlinear systems with event triggered communication and intermittent actuator faults. Automatica. ISSN: 0005-1098. 111s 1 - 11. doi:10.1016/j.automatica.2019.108667.
    • Zhou, Jing; zhuang, wenxiu; Wen, Chang-Yun; Liu, Zhitao; Su, Hongye (2019). Event-triggered robust adaptive control for discrete time uncertain systems with unmodelled dynamics and disturbances. IET Control Theory & Applications. ISSN: 1751-8644. 13 (18). s 3124 - 3131. doi:10.1049/iet-cta.2019.0308.
    • Fjetland, Andreas K.; Zhou, Jing; Abeyrathna, Kuruge Darshana; Gravdal, Jan Einar (2019). Kick Detection and Influx Size Estimation during Offshore Drilling Operations using Deep Learning. IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications. ISSN: 2158-2297. doi:10.1109/ICIEA.2019.8833850.
    • Wen, Chang-Yun; Zhou, Jing; Wang, Wei; Huang, Jiang-Shuai; Fan, Hui-Jin (2018). A unified conventional approach for robust adaptive control systems and some reviews on recent developments in adaptive control. Kongzhi yu Juece/Control and Decision. ISSN: 1001-0920. 33 (5). s 782 - 808. doi:10.13195/j.kzyjc.2017.1459.
    • Long, Jiang; Wang, Wei; Zhou, Jing (2018). Adaptive Asymptotically Tracking Control for Uncertain Strict-Feedback Nonlinear Systems with Input Quantization. Proceeding of the 2018 15th International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision (ICARCV) Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre, Singapore, November 18-21, 2018. ISBN: 978-1-5386-9581-4. IEEE. -. s 361 - 366.
    • Zhou, Jing (2018). Adaptive Control of Uncertain Nonlinear Systems with Time-Varying Parameters and Disturbances. International Conference on Advanced Mechatronic Systems, ICAMechS. ISSN: 2325-0682. s 36 - 41. doi:10.1109/ICAMechS.2017.8316546.
    • Zhou, Jing (2018). Adaptive PI Control of Bottom Hole Pressure during Oil Well Drilling. IFAC-PapersOnLine. ISSN: 2405-8963. 51 (4). s 166 - 171. doi:10.1016/j.ifacol.2018.06.060.
    • Huang, Jiangshuai; Wang, Wei; Wen, Changyun; Zhou, Jing (2018). Adaptive control of a class of strict-feedback time-varying nonlinear systems with unknown control coefficients. Automatica. ISSN: 0005-1098. 93s 98 - 105. doi:10.1016/j.automatica.2018.03.061.
    • Zhou, Jing; Wen, Changyun; Wang, Wei (2018). Adaptive control of uncertain nonlinear systems with quantized input signal. Automatica. ISSN: 0005-1098. 95s 152 - 162. doi:10.1016/j.automatica.2018.05.014.
    • Long, Jiang; Wang, Wei; Zhou, Jing; Wu, Hao (2018). Distributed Adaptive Consensus Tracking Control of Uncertain High-order Nonlinear Systems under Directed Graph Condition. Proceeding of the 57th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control 2018. ISBN: 978-1-5386-1395-5. IEEE. CDC18-0472. s 2211 - 2216.
    • Landsverk, Ronny; Zhou, Jing (2018). Modeling and simulation of an offshore crane. 2018 13th IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications. ISBN: 978-1-5386-3758-6. IEEE. 17879255. s 713 - 718.
    • Kenneth, Hatletvedt John; Kristian, Gjerstad; Zhou, Jing (2018). Modelling of a hydro-pneumatic system for heave compensation. 2018 13th IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications. ISBN: 978-1-5386-3758-6. IEEE. 17879267. s 707 - 712.
    • Zhou, Jing; Wang, Wei (2017). Adaptive Control of Quantized Uncertain Nonlinear Systems. IFAC-PapersOnLine. ISSN: 2405-8963. 50 (1). s 10425 - 10430. doi:10.1016/j.ifacol.2017.08.1970.
    • Zhou, Jing (2017). Decentralized Adaptive Control for Interconnected Nonlinear Systems with Input Quantization. IFAC-PapersOnLine. ISSN: 2405-8963. 50 (1). s 10419 - 10424. doi:10.1016/j.ifacol.2017.08.1969.
    • Liu, Lijuan; Zhou, Jing; Wen, Changyun; Zhao, Xudong (2017). Robust adaptive tracking control of uncertain systems with time-varying input delays. International Journal of Systems Science. ISSN: 0020-7721. 48 (16). s 3440 - 3449. doi:10.1080/00207721.2017.1382604.
    • Zhou, Jing; Wang, Wei (2016). Adaptive Control of a Drilling System with Unknown Time-delay and Disturbance. Proceeding of the 14th IEEE International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision (ICARCV), Phuket, Thailand, 13-15 November 2016. ISBN: 978-1-5090-3549-6. IEEE conference proceedings. SU45.
    • Liu, Lijuan; Sun, Ximing; Wang, Wei; Zhou, Jing; Wen, Changyun (2016). Adaptive backstepping control of uncertain systems in the presence of unmodeled dynamics and time-varying delays. 2016 Sixth International Conference on Information Science and Technology (ICIST). ISBN: 978-1-5090-1224-4. IEEE. Accession Number 16052654. s 234 - 240.
    • Zhou, Jing; Krstic, Miroslav (2016). Adaptive predictor control for stabilizing pressure in a managed pressure drilling system under time-delay. Journal of Process Control. ISSN: 0959-1524. 40s 106 - 118. doi:10.1016/j.jprocont.2016.01.004.
    • Zhou, Jing; Gravdal, Jan Einar; Strand, Per; Hovland, Svein (2016). Automated kick control procedure for an influx in managed pressure drilling operations by utilizing PWD. Modeling, Identification and Control. ISSN: 0332-7353. 37 (1). s 31 - 40. doi:10.4173/mic.2016.1.3.
    • Zhou, Jing (2014). Adaptive Control of Uncertain Nonlinear Systems with Time-Varying Parameters and Disturbances. 2014 International Conference on Advanced Mechatronic Systems (ICAMechS) 2014, Kumamoto, 10-12 August, 2014. ISBN: 978-1-4799-6382-9. IEEE conference proceedings. 17503.
    • Zhou, Jing; Wen, Changyun; Yang, Guanghong (2014). Adaptive backstepping stabilization of nonlinear uncertain systems with quantized input signal. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. ISSN: 0018-9286. 59 (2). s 460 - 464. doi:10.1109/TAC.2013.2270870.
    • Zhou, Jing; Wen, Changyun (2013). Adaptive Backstepping Control of Uncertain Nonlinear Systems with Input Quantization. Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision & Control, including the Symposium on Adaptive Processes. ISSN: 0191-2216. s 5571 - 5576. doi:10.1109/CDC.2013.6760767.
    • Zhou, Jing (2013). Adaptive Observer Design and Parameter Estimation for a Class of Uncertain Systems. IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications. ISSN: 2158-2297. s 148 - 153. doi:10.1109/ICIEA.2013.6566356.
    • Zhou, Jing (2012). Adaptive Decentralized Control of Parallel DC-DC Converters Systems. International Journal of Systems, Control and Communications. ISSN: 1755-9359. 4 (3). s 134 - 149. doi:10.1504/IJSCC.2012.048612.
    • Zhou, Jing; Nygaard, G.; Vefring, Erlend (2012). Adaptive Feedback Control of Magnetic Suspension System Preceded by Bouc-Wen Hysteresis. IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications. ISSN: 2158-2297. s 576 - 581. doi:10.1109/ICIEA.2012.6360793.
    • Zhou, Jing; Wen, Changyun (2012). Adaptive Feedback Control of Magnetic Suspension System Preceded by Bouc-Wen Hysteresis. International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision. ISBN: 978-1-4673-1871-6. IEEE conference proceedings. 22. s 1244 - 1249.
    • Zhou, Jing; Wen, Changyun; Li, Tieshan (2012). Adaptive Output Feedback Control of Uncertain Nonlinear Systems with Hysteresis Nonlinearity. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. ISSN: 0018-9286. 57 (10). s 2627 - 2633. doi:10.1109/TAC.2012.2190208.
    • Zhou, Jing (2012). Decentralized adaptive backstepping stabilization of interconnected systems with input time delays in dynamic interactions. International Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing. ISSN: 0890-6327. 26 (4). s 285 - 301. doi:10.1002/acs.1281.
    • Zhou, Jing (2011). Automatic model-based control scheme for stabilizing pressure during dual-gradient drilling. Journal of Process Control. ISSN: 0959-1524. 21 (8). s 1138 - 1147. doi:10.1016/j.jprocont.2011.06.022.
    • Zhou, Jing; Nygaard, Gerhard (2011). Nonlinear Adaptive Observer for Managed Pressure Drilling System. IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications. ISSN: 2158-2297. s 79 - 84. doi:10.1109/ICIEA.2011.5975554.
    • Wen, Changyun; Zhou, Jing; Liu, Zhitao; Su, Hongye (2011). Robust Adaptive Control of Uncertain Nonlinear Systems in the Presence of Input Saturation and External Disturbance. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. ISSN: 0018-9286. 56 (7). s 1672 - 1678. doi:10.1109/TAC.2011.2122730.
    • Zhou, Jing; Stamnes, Øyvind Nistad; Aamo, Ole Morten; Kaasa, Glenn-Ole (2011). Switched Control for Pressure Regulation and Kick Attenuation in a Managed Pressure Drilling System. IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology. ISSN: 1063-6536. 19 (2). s 337 - 350. doi:10.1109/TCST.2010.2046517.
    • Zhou, Jing; Nygaard, Gerhard; Godhavn, John-Morten; Breyholtz, Øyvind; Vefring, Erlend (2010). Adaptive Observer for Kick Detection and Switched Control for Bottomhole Pressure Regulation and Kick Attenuation during Managed Pressure Drilling. American Control Conference (ACC). ISSN: 0743-1619. s 3765 - 3770.
    • Carlsen, Liv Almås; Gravdal, Jan Einar; Zhou, Jing; Nygaard, Gerhard; Time, R. W. (2010). Automatic Coordination of Equipment while Circulating out a Kick and Displacing the Kill-Weight Mud. IADC Well Control Europe, Aberdeen 2010. http://www.iadc.org/conferences/Euro_WellControl/. IADC Well Control Europe. faglig_bok_institusjon.
    • Zhou, Jing; Wen, CY; Wang, W (2009). Adaptive backstepping control of uncertain systems with unknown input time-delay. Automatica. ISSN: 0005-1098. 45 (6). s 1415 - 1422. doi:10.1016/j.automatica.2009.01.012.
    • Stamnes, Øyvind Nistad; Zhou, Jing; Aamo, Ole Morten; Kaasa, Glenn-Ole (2009). Adaptive observer design for nonlinear systems with parametric uncertainties in unmeasured state dynamics. Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision & Control, including the Symposium on Adaptive Processes. ISSN: 0191-2216. s 4414 - 4419.
    • Wen, CY; Zhou, Jing; Wang, W (2009). Decentralized adaptive backstepping stabilization of interconnected systems with dynamic input and output interactions. Automatica. ISSN: 0005-1098. 45 (1). s 55 - 67. doi:10.1016/j.automatica.2008.06.018.
    • Zhou, Jing; Stamnes, Øyvind Nistad; Aamo, Ole Morten; Kaasa, Glenn-Ole (2009). Pressure regulation with kick attenuation in a managed pressure drilling system. Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision & Control, including the Symposium on Adaptive Processes. ISSN: 0191-2216. s 5586 - 5591.
    • Zhou, Jing; Wang, W; Wen, C (2008). Adaptive backstepping control of uncertain systems with unknown input time-delay. Elsevier IFAC Publications / IFAC Proceedings series. ISSN: 1474-6670. s 13361 - 13366.
    • Stamnes, Øyvind Nistad; Zhou, Jing; Kaasa, Glenn-Ole; Aamo, Ole Morten (2008). Adaptive observer design for the bottomhole pressure of a managed pressure drilling system. Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision & Control, including the Symposium on Adaptive Processes. ISSN: 0191-2216. s 2961 - 2966.
    • Zhou, Jing; Stamnes, Øyvind Nistad; Aamo, Ole Morten; Kaasa, Glenn-Ole (2008). Adaptive output feedback control of a managed pressure drilling system. Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision & Control, including the Symposium on Adaptive Processes. ISSN: 0191-2216. s 30083013 - 3013.
    • Kaasa, Glenn-Ole; Alstad, Vidar; Zhou, Jing; Aamo, Ole Morten (2008). Attenuation of slugging in unstable oil wells by nonlinear control. Elsevier IFAC Publications / IFAC Proceedings series. ISSN: 1474-6670. s 6251 - 6256.
    • Wen, Changyun; Wang, Wei; Zhou, Jing (2008). Decentralized Adaptive Backstepping Stabilization of Nonlinear Interconnected Systems. Chinese Control Conference (CCC). ISSN: 1934-1768. s 4111 - 4116. doi:10.1109/CCDC.2008.4598104.
    • Wen, C; Wang, W; Zhou, Jing (2008). Decentralized adaptive backstepping stabilization of nonlinear interconnected systems. Proceedings of the 2008 Chinese Control and Decision Conference. ISBN: 978-1-4244-1734-6. IEEE conference proceedings. ARTIKKEL. s 4111 - 4116.
    • Zhou, Jing (2008). Decentralized adaptive control for large-scale time-delay systems with dead-zone input. Automatica. ISSN: 0005-1098. 44s 1790 - 1799. doi:10.1016/j.automatica.2007.10.037.
    • Zhou, Jing; Wen, C (2008). Decentralized backstepping adaptive output tracking of interconnected nonlinear systems. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. ISSN: 0018-9286. 53 (10). doi:10.1109/TAC.2008.2007524.
    • Zhou, Jing; Kaasa, Glenn-Ole; Aamo, Ole Morten (2008). Nonlinear adaptive observer control for a riser slugging system in unstable wells. American Control Conference (ACC). ISSN: 0743-1619. s 2951 - 2956.
    • Zhou, Jing; Kaasa, Glenn-Ole; Aamo, Ole Morten (2008). Nonlinear observer-based control of unstable wells. Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Communication, Control and Signal Processing. ISBN: 978-1-4244-1688-2. IEEE conference proceedings. ARTIKKEL. s 683 - 688.
    • Zhou, Jing; Wen, Changyun; Zhang, C.J (2007). Adaptive Backstepping Control of Uncertain Chaotic Systems. IEEE International Conference on Control and Automation. ISSN: 1948-3449. s 2749 - 2754. doi:10.1109/ICCA.2007.4376862.
    • Zhou, Jing; Wen, Changyun (2007). Adaptive Inverse Control of a Magnetic Suspension System with Input Backlash. Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Control Applications. ISSN: 1085-1992. s 1347 - 1352. doi:10.1109/CCA.2007.4389423.
    • Zhou, Jing; Er, M.J. (2007). Adaptive Neural Network Control of Uncertain Nonlinear Systems with Non-smooth Actuator Nonlinearities. Neurocomputing. ISSN: 0925-2312. 70s 1062 - 1070. doi:10.1016/j.neucom.2006.09.009.
    • Zhou, Jing; Er, M.J. (2007). Adaptive Output Control of a Class of Uncertain Chaotic Systems. Systems & control letters (Print). ISSN: 0167-6911. 52s 452 - 460. doi:10.1016/j.sysconle.2006.12.002.
    • Zhou, Jing; Wen, CY; Zhang, CJ (2007). Adaptive backstepping control of a piezo-positioning mechanism with hysteresis. Transactions of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering. ISSN: 0315-8977. 31s 97 - 110.
    • Zhou, Jing; Wen, Changyun (2007). Control of MIMO Systems Using Adaptive Internal Model Principle with Backstepping Approach. Journal of Shandong University. ISSN: 1672-3961. 47 (5). s 1 - 10.
    • Wen, Changyun; Zhou, Jing (2007). Decentralized Adaptive Stabilization in the Presence of Unknown Backlash-Like Hysteresis. Automatica. ISSN: 0005-1098. 43s 426 - 440. doi:10.1016/j.automatica.2006.10.012.
    • Kaasa, G.-O.; Alstad, V.; Zhou, Jing; Aamo, Ole Morten (2007). Nonlinear Model-Based Control of Unstable Wells. Modeling, Identification and Control. ISSN: 0332-7353. 28 (3). s 69 - 80. doi:10.4173/mic.2007.3.2.
    • Zhou, Jing; Shen, X.Z. (2007). Robust Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Uncertain Plants with Unknown Dead-Zone. IET Control Theory & Applications. ISSN: 1751-8644. 1s 25 - 32. doi:10.1049/iet-cta:20050240.
    • Zhou, Jing; Er, M.J. (2007). Robust Adaptive Control of Valve Mechanism with Unknown Backlash Nonlinearity. Proceedings (IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent Control: Print). ISSN: 2158-9860. s 357 - 362. doi:10.1109/ISIC.2007.4450911.
    • Zhou, Jing; Zhang, C.J; Wen, Changyun (2007). Robust Adaptive Output Control of Uncertain Nonlinear Plants with Unknown Backlash Nonlinearity. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. ISSN: 0018-9286. 52 (3). s 503 - 509. doi:10.1109/TAC.2006.890473.
    • Zhou, Jing; Wen, Changyun; Zhang, C.J (2007). Robust Output Control of Nonlinear Systems with Unknown Backlash. American Control Conference (ACC). ISSN: 0743-1619. s 498 - 503.
    • Wang, Wei; Wen, Changyun; Zhou, Jing (2017). Adaptive Backstepping Control of Uncertain Systems with Actuator Failures, Subsystem Interactions, and Nonsmooth Nonlinearities. ISBN: 9781498776431. CRC Press. s 274.
    • Zhou, Jing; Wen, Changyun (2011). Backstepping Control, in Industrial Electronics Handbook: Control and Mechatronics. ISBN: 9781439802892. Tayler & Francis. s 22.
    • Zhou, Jing; Nygaard, Olav Gerhard Haukenes (2011). Decentralized Adaptive Sabilization for Large-Scale Systems with Unknown Time-Delay. ISBN: 978-953-307-559-4. IntechOpen. s 16.
    • Zhou, Jing; Wen, C (2008). Adaptive Backstepping Control of Uncertain Systems: Nonsmooth Nonlinearities, Interactions or Time-Variations. ISBN: 978-3-540-77806-6. Springer. s 241.

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