Xi Yugeng, Professor of Shanghai Jiao Tong University came to our college for a academic communication
On November 14th, Prof. Xi Yugeng from Shanghai Jiaotong University was invited to our college and gave an academic report “Theory, Application and Challenge of MPC”. Starting with some practical problems the industrial process control is confronting, Professor Xi Yugeng introduced the beginning of model predictive control as well as its development in application, algorithm and strategy and theoretical research in his report. Through analyzing fundamentals of predictive control, the Professor pointed out that predictive control was model-based, optimization-oriented and feedback-combined and the difficulty in application lied in how to make optimization and feedback work well and how to pursue the ideal optimum under the actual environment filled with uncertainties. What’s more, the Professor elaborated the development and research achievements of predictive control from perspectives of industrial application and theoretical study. In the end, he also analyzed the limitation of currently available predictive control technology and qualitative theory of predictive control and pointed out the development trends of predictive control theory as well as its application. After the report, Professor Xi Yugeng answered problems put forward by teachers and students in detail. Xi Yugeng obtained his engineering doctoral degree in Technical University of Munich in 1984. At the same year, he began to work in Department of Automatic Control of Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He was appointed as the director of Automatic Control Institute, the head of Department of Automatic Control and the dean of Electronics and Information College. Now, he is a professor and doctorial tutor in Electronic Information and Electrical Engineering College of Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He mainly researches predictive control, large scale system, complex system control and intelligent robots and so on. Also, Professor Xi Yugeng pioneered the study of predictive control in our country and published the first monograph about predictive control, over 300 papers on academic journals at home and abroad as well as 3 academic conference collections. Besides, Professor Xi Yugeng has won lots of awards, such as the first prize of Provincial Science and Technology Progress for twice, the second prize for 4 times, the third prize for 3 times and the National Excellent Teaching Material for twice, the second prize of National Excellent Science and Technology books. He also acquired many honorary titles like National Expert with Remarkable Contributions, National Outstanding Teacher, National Excellent Scientist and so on. More importantly, he was once the vice president of Large-scale Complex System Technology Commission of IFAC, the president of ACA and the vice chairman of Chinese Association of Automation. At present, he is a member of the discipline appraisal group in Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council, a consultant expert in Information Science Department of National Natural Science Foundation and an editorial board member of 11 international academic journals like Control Engineering Practice, Int. J. of Humanoid Robotics and ACTA Automatica Sinica.
