Professor Fei Chen

Professor Fei Chen

Professor, College of AI, Nankai University (Tianjin, China)

Associate Dean, College of AI, Nankai University

Principal Investigator, Laboratory for Information and Control Systems (LICS)

Research focuses on networked systems with an emphasis on distributed cooperative control, distributed optimization, and distributed learning.

Research interests

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Distributed cooperative control

Coordination of multi-agent systems under network constraints: consensus, formation, and cooperation.

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Distributed optimization

Scalable optimization methods over networks with communication efficiency and theoretical guarantees.

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Distributed learning

Reinforcement learning and meta-learning for adaptive decision-making and control in networked systems.

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Books

Book cover: Distributed Average Tracking in Multi-agent Systems
Distributed Average Tracking in Multi-agent Systems
Fei Chen; Wei Ren · Springer, 2020
Book cover: On the Control of Multi-Agent Systems: A Survey
On the Control of Multi-Agent Systems: A Survey
Fei Chen; Wei Ren · Foundations and Trends® in Systems and Control, 2019

Selected publications

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Fei Chen*; Jie Chen
IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control · 65(3): 1144–1159 · 2020
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Fei Chen*; Jin Jin; Linying Xiang; Wei Ren
IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control · 67(11): 6112–6118 · 2022
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Fei Chen*; Xiaozheng Chen; Linying Xiang; Wei Ren
Automatica · 123: 109356 · 2021

News

  • On the Control of Multi-Agent Systems: A Survey is ranked #2 in both “Most Read” and “Most Cited” lists on the publisher page.
  • Congratulations on Yong Du's appointment as Assistant Professor at Tiangong University (Tianjin University of Technology).
  • Congratulations on Haotian Wang's appointment as Assistant Professor at Anhui University of Science and Technology.
  • Fei Chen was named in the World's Top 2% Scientist Rankings (2024).
  • Chunxiang Jia was selected for the CAST Young Talent Support Program (青年托举人才).