Universitetet i Agder

Jing Zhou

Professor

Department of Engineering Sciences >

jing.zhou@uia.no

+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 - Present, Professor, Department of Engineering Sciences, University of Agder, Norway
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

IEEE Senior member
Member of Agder Academy of Sciences and Letters

Professional Services

Associate editor, IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics
General Chair, 15th IEEE International Conference on Industry Electronics and Applications, Kristiansand, Norway, 22-24 June 2020
Technical Program Chair of ICIST, UK, July 2020
Member of Conference Organizing Committee of ICIEA, IECON, ICAMS
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 control, 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
MAS408 Analog and Digital Electro Technologies, Master course

Projects

SFI Offshore Mechatronics, WP3 Robotics and Autonomy, funded by Research Council of Norway, 2017-2023
PhD project: Coupled dynamics between vessel and crane, 2019-2021
Development of next generation of surface effect ship for offshore service operations, funded by the Reginal Research foundation of Agder and ESNA AS, 2017-2018

Scientific publications

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.
Zhou, Jing; Wen, Changyun; Cai, W.J. (2006). Adaptive Control of a Base Isolated System for Protection of Building Structures. Journal of Vibration and Acoustics-Transactions of the ASME. ISSN: 1048-9002. 128s 261 - 268. doi:10.1115/1.2159044.
Zhou, Jing; Er, M.J.; Veluvolu, K.C. (2006). Adaptive Output Control of Nonlinear Time-Delayed Systems with Uncertain Dead-Zone Input. American Control Conference (ACC). ISSN: 0743-1619. s 5312 - 5316. doi:10.1109/ACC.2006.1657567.
Zhou, Jing; Wen, Changyun (2006). Adaptive Output Feedback Control for Uncertain Systems with Unknown Disturbance. IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications. ISSN: 2158-2297. s 1 - 6. doi:10.1109/ICIEA.2006.257062.
Zhou, Jing; Wen, Changyun (2006). Robust Adaptive Control of Uncertain Nonlinear Systems in the Presence of Input Saturation. Elsevier IFAC Publications / IFAC Proceedings series. ISSN: 1474-6670. doi:10.3182/20060329-3-AU-2901.00017.

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.

Robbersmyr, Kjell Gunnar; Choux, Martin Marie Hubert; Zhou, Jing; Knausgård, Kristian Muri (2018). Mekatronikk.

Sectors

Research groups

Robotics and Automation

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