Peng Shi - Biography#

Peng Shi received the Bachelor degree of Applied Mathematics from Harbin Institute of Technology, China (1982), the Master degree of Systems Engineering from Harbin Engineering University, China (1985), the PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Newcastle, Australia (1994), and the PhD degree in Mathematics from the University of South Australia (1998). He was awarded two higher doctorates: the Doctor of Science degree from the University of Glamorgan, Wales (2006); and the Doctor of Engineering degree from the University of Adelaide, Australia (2015), in recognition of his significant contributions to science, engineering and technology.

He was a Post-Doc Fellow at University of Newcastle (1994-1995), and Research Fellow/Lecturer at University of South Australia (1995-1999). His academic appointments included as a Senior Scientist at DSTO (now DSTG), Australia (1999-2004), Professor at University of Glamorgan, Wales, UK (2004-2008), and Professor at Victoria University, Australia (2008-2012).
Since 2012, he has been a Distinguished Professor, Head of Systems and Control, and Director of Laboratory of Advanced Unmanned Systems, and Laboratory of Cyber-Physics-Human Systems at the University of Adelaide, Australia. He is now also a Distinguished Professor at Obuda University, Hungary. His research interests include systems and control theory and applications to autonomous and robotic systems, intelligence systems, network systems and cyber-physical systems. He received the Nobert Wiener Award, and the Meritorious Service Award from IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Society in 2024 and 2023, the Annual Scientific Award, and Ramesh Agarwal Life-time Achievement Award from the International Engineering and Technology Institute (IETI) in 2024 and 2023, the M. A. Sargent Medal Award from Engineers Australia in 2022, the Highly-Cited Researcher from Thomson Reuters/Clarivate Analytics in both fields of engineering and computer science consecutively since 2014, the Recognition of the Most Cited Researcher in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Times Higher Education in 2018, the World top 2% Scientist from Stanford/Elsevier, the Best Scientists recognition in Electronics and Electrical Engineering from Research.com from 2022-2024, the honourable recognition to the Lifetime Achiever Leader-Board and Field Leader from The Australian Research Review from 2019-2024, the Outstanding Research Achievement Award from the University of Adelaide in 2020, the Chancellor’s Gold Medal Award for Outstanding Research Performance from Victoria University in 2018, and a number of Best/Most Cited Paper awards from international journals and conferences, such as the Andrew Sage Best Transactions Paper Award from IEEE SMC Society in 2016, the Lotfi Zadeh Best Paper Award from the International Conference on Machine Learning and Cybernetics in 2019, and the Best Paper Award from Signal Processing in 2009. He has delivered over 100 plenary/keynote/invited talks at international conferences, symposiums, workshops, and institutions.

He has been a member of Fellow Evaluation Committee, Award Committee, Nomination Committee, Board of Governors, and the Vice President of IEEE SMC Society. He served as the President of the International Academy of Systems and Cybernetic Science (IASCYS), and serves as a Distinguished Lecturer of IEEE SMC Society. He is a member of the Academy of Europe, the European Academy of Science and Arts, and the Academy of Romanian Scientists. He is a Distinguished Fellow of IETI, a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the Institution of Engineering and Technology, and the Institution of Engineers Australia. He was a member of College of Expert of Australian Research Council. He has served on the editorial board of many journals such as Editor-in-Chief, Senior Editor, Editor, Subject Editor-in-Chief, Special Issue Editor and Associate Editor, including Automatica, IEEE Transactions on (Automatic Control, Fuzzy Systems, Circuits and Systems, Artificial Intelligence), and IEEE Control Systems Letters. Currently he serves as the Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, a Senior Editor of IEEE Access, and the Co-Editor of Australian Journal of Electrical and Electronics Engineering.