Ni Yuanhua
Name: Ni Yuanhua
Sex: Male
Department: Department of Automation
Position: Assistant Professor
Education: Doctor of Philosophy
Major: Control Science and Engineering
Email: yhni@nankai.edu.cn
Researcharea: Stochastic Control, Optimal Control, Information Network Security and Multi-agent Systems
[Education and Work Experience]
Yuanhua Ni is an associate professor of College of Artificial Intelligence, Nankai University. He received his doctorate from Chinese Academy of Science in June 2010. His main research interests include: Stochastic Control, Optimal Control, Information Network Security and Multi-agent Systems. He has successively presided over two National Natural Science Foundation of China, a Fundamental Research Fund for the central universities. As a key member, he participated in two projects of National Natural Science Foundation of China and one project of National Science Foundation of Tianjin. He has published more than 20 papers in academic journals and conferences, including more than 20 SCI papers. He is an associate editor of System & Control Letters, and gains the Guan Zhao-Zhi Award in 2016.
Welcome to the aspiring young students who are interested in relevant research directions and any question about postgraduate recommendation, postgraduate entrance examination feel free to contact me at yhni@nankai.edu.cn.
Admission instructions:
n Master degree candidates are invited in Control Science and Engineering, Operations Research and Cybernetics, and Artificial Intelligence.
n Major in Automation, Intelligence, Computer, Applied Mathematics, Information Science, etc.
n Students who are genuinely interested in scientific research, have a good foundation in mathematics, and are practical and self-motivated are preferred.
[Projects,Award and Patent]
Partial rewards:2016, Guan Zhaozhi Award
Research Projects: National Natural Science Foundation of China, National Science Foundation of Tianjin, etc.
[Publications and Books]
[22]Hongyuan Xu, Yuan-Hua Ni*, Zhongxin Liu, and Zengqiang Chen, Privacy-preserving leader-following consensus via node-augment mechanism, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs, online.
[21]Binbin Si, Yuan-Hua Ni*, Qinglin Sun, and Zengqiang Chen, A robust time-inconsistent linear-quadratic problem. International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, 2021, 31(7): 2737-2761.
[20]]Binbin Si, Yuan-Hua Ni*, Ji-Feng Zhang, Time-inconsistent stochastic LQ problem with regime switching, Journal of Systems Science and Complexity, 2020, 33: 1733-754.
[19]Yuan-Hua Ni, Xun Li, Ji-Feng Zhang and Miroslav Krstic, Equilibrium solutions of multi-period mean-variance portfolio selection, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 2020, 65(4): 1716-1723.
[18]Fuyong Wang, Yuan-Hua Ni, Zhongxin Liu, and Zengqiang Chen, Fully distributed containment control for second-order multi-agent systems with communication delay, ISA Transactions, 2020, 99: 123-129.
[17]Fu-Yong Wang, Yuan-Hua Ni, Zhong-Xin Liu, and Zeng-Qiang Chen, Containment control for general second-order multiagent systems with switched dynamics, IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, 2020, 50(2): 550-560.
[16]Bing-Chang Wang, Yuan-Hua Ni*, Huanshui Zhang, Mean field games for multi-agents systems with multiplicative noises, International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, 2019, 29(17): 6081-6104.
[15]Yuan-Hua Ni, Xun Li, Ji-Feng Zhang, and Miroslav Krstic, Mixed equilibrium solution of time-inconsistent stochastic LQ problem, SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, 2019, 57(1): 533-569.
[14]Yuan-Hua Ni, Ji-Feng Zhang, Miroslav Krstic, Time-inconsistent mean-field stochastic LQ problem: open-loop time-consistent control, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control，2018, Vol. 63(9): 2771-2786. (Full Paper)
[13]Yuan-Hua Ni, Cedric Ka-Fai Yiu, Huanshui Zhang and Ji-Feng Zhang, Delayed optimal control of stochastic LQ problem, SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, 2017, 55(5), 3370-3407.
[12]Yuan-Hua Ni, Xun Li, Ji-Feng Zhang, Indefinite mean-field stochastic linear-quadratic optimal control: from finite horizon to infinite horizon, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 2016, 61 (11): 3269-3284. (Full Paper)
[11]Yuan-Hua Ni, Xun Li, Ji-Feng Zhang, Mean-field stochastic linear-quadratic optimal control with Markov jump parameters, System & Control Letter, 2016, 93：69-76.
[10]Wei Ni, Dongya Zhao, Yuanhua Ni, Xiaoli Wang, Stochastic averaging approach to leader-following consensus of linear multi-agent systems, Journal of the Franklin Institute, 2016, 353 (12): 2650-2669.
[9]Yuan-Hua Ni, Ji-Feng Zhang, Stochastic linear-quadratic optimal control without time-consistency requirement, Communications in Information and Systems, 2015, 15 (4): 521-550.
[8]Yuan-Hua Ni, Ji-Feng Zhang, Xun Li, Indefinite mean-field stochastic linear-quadratic optimal control, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 2015, 60 (7): 1786-1800. (Full Paper)
[7]Yuan-Hua Ni, Robert Elliott, Xun Li, Discrete-time mean-field stochastic linear- quadratic optimal control problems. II---infinite horizon case, Automatica, 2015, 57: 65-77. (Regular Paper)
[6]Wan-Kai Pang, Yuan-Hua Ni, Xun Li, Ka-Fai Cedric Yiu, Continuous-time mean-variance portfolio selection with partial information, Journal of Mathematical Finance, 2014, 4: 353-365.
[5]Yuan-Hua Ni, Hai-Tao Fang, Policy iteration algorithm for controlled singular diffusion processes, SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, 2013, 51 (5): 3844-3862.
[4]Robert Elliott, Xun Li, Yuan-Hua Ni, Discrete time mean-field stochastic linear-quadratic optimal control problems, Automatica, 2013, 49 (11): 3222-3233. (Regular Paper)
[3]Yuan-Hua Ni, Xun Li, Consensus seeking in multi-agent systems with multiplicative measurement noises, Systems & Control Letters, 2013, 62 (5): 430-437.
[2]Yuan-Hua Ni, Output feedback H-infinity control for a class of nonlinear stochastic systems, Acta Mathematicae Applicatae Sinica, English Series, 2010, 26 (2): 251-266.
[1]Yuan-Hua Ni , Weihai Zhang, Hai-Tao Fang, On the observability and detectability of linear stochastic systems with Markov jumps and multiplicative noise, Journal of Systems Science and Complexity, 2010, 23 (1): 102-115.
[Courses]
Compulsory courses for undergraduates: Probability and Statistics
Compulsory postgraduate course: Matrix Theory
[Memberships]
Member of Chinese Association of Artificial Intelligence
Member of Chinese Association of Automation
Contact US
HR：+86 2285358228 guoyufei@nankai.edu.cn; International Office:+86 2223505863 mengjin@nankai.edu.cn
Location/Campus Map
38 Tongyan Road, Jinnan District, Tianjin, P.R.China 300350
