Dr.
Youmin Zhang
P.Eng.
(Ont.), Fellow IEEE, Fellow CSME, Senior Member AIAA, Member ASME, Member CASI,
Member AUVSI/USC
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Phone: (514) 848-2424
x5225 Email: ymzhang@encs.concordia.ca |
Diagnosis, Flight Control
& Simulation (DFCS) Lab. Networked Autonomous Vehicles
(NAV) Lab. Department of Mechanical,
Industrial, and Aerospace Engineering (MIAE) & Concordia Institute of
Aerospace Design and Innovation (CIADI) 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. W. Montreal, Quebec H3G 1M8,
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Click below to Read Following Stories/News:
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1) Attracting
students with cutting-edge technology (Quanser Inc.); 2) Four
times the fun (Concordia Journal); 3) Quadrotor
research takes off in ENCS (ENCS, CU)
·
A PhD position
available for co-supervision with industry/government researcher working on GNC
(Guidance, Navigation and Control). Canadian citizenship is needed for the
position. Please contact me if you have interest on this PhD study opportunity. NEW!
·
Students (or Researchers)
who are interesting in following research areas for PhD or MASc thesis work (or
research work) are welcome to contact with me: NEW!
Ø Aircraft (fixed-wing and/or rotary-wing) off-line and on-line
modeling and system identification for fault-tolerant control systems;
Ø Signal processing, image processing, and sensor fusion
techniques for applications to forest fire monitoring and detection, pipelines
leak detection, search and rescue, (maneuvering) target tracking using
UAVs/UGVs/USVs/Satellites; machining monitoring; and human health diagnosis
using brain/vision electrical signals etc.;
Ø Monitoring and self-healing control of renewable
energy resources and smart grids.
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Conference Call for Papers: The 2017 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft
Systems (ICUAS'17, http://www.uasconferences.com), Miami, USA, June
13-16, 2017. NEW!
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The 12th
International Conference on Intelligent Unmanned Systems (ICIUS’16), Xi’an, China,
August 23-25, 2016 (http://www.icius2016.org) (NEW)
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Conference Call for Papers: The 2015 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft
Systems (ICUAS'15, http://www.uasconferences.com), Denver, USA, June
9-12, 2015.
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Conference Call for Papers: The 10th International
Conference on Intelligent Unmanned Systems (ICIUS'14, http://www.icius2014.org/), Montreal, Canada,
Sept. 29-Oct.1, 2014 (Hosted by Concordia University).
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Conference Call for Papers: The 2014 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft
Systems (ICUAS'14, http://www.uasconferences.com), Orlando, USA, May
27-30, 2014.
·
Youmin Zhang, Challenges,
Opportunities, and Developments on Fault Diagnosis and Fault-Tolerant Control
with Applications to Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Plenary Talk to be given at
the 8th Chinses
Conference on Fault Detection, Supervision and Safety for Technical Processes (CSP13), in combination with 25th Chinese Control and Decision Conference (CCDC 2013), Guiyang, May 25-27, 2013
(http://www.ccdc.neu.edu.cn/).
· Pre-Conference Workshop: “Health Management, Fault-tolerant Control, and
Cooperative Control of Unmanned Systems”, to be given by Youmin Zhang et al at the 2013 American Control Conference (ACC 2013), Washington, D.C., USA, June 16, 2013.
· Pre-Conference Workshop: “Fault
Diagnosis, Fault-tolerant Control, and Cooperative Control of Manned and
Unmanned Systems”, to be given by Youmin Zhang et al at the 2013 European Control Conference (ECC 2013), Zurich, Switzerland, Tuesday, July 16, 2013.
·
Youmin Zhang, Research and
Development on Fault Diagnosis, Fault-Tolerant and Cooperative Control with
Applications to Manned and Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Tutorial Workshop
to be given at the 32nd Chinese Control Conference (CCC13), Xi'an, July 25-28, 2013 (http://ccc.amss.ac.cn/2013/en/workshops; http://tcct.amss.ac.cn/newsletter/2013/201301/).
· The Fifth Symposium on Small Unmanned
Aerial Vehicle Technologies and Applications (SUAVTA)
Co-organized
by Prof. YangQuan Chen and Prof. Youmin Zhang
as a part of The 9th ASME/IEEE International
Conference on Mechatronics and Embedded Systems and Applications (MESA’2013)
August 4-7, 2013, Portland, Oregon, USA
(http://www.asmeconferences.org/IDETC2013/CallForPapersDetail.cfm).
·
Youmin Zhang, Challenges,
Opportunities, and Developments on Fault-Tolerant Control with Applications to
Autonomous Unmanned Systems, Semi-Plenary Talk to be given at the 2nd International Conference on Control and
Fault-Tolerant Systems (SysTol13), October 9-11,
2013, Nice, France (http://www.systol13.org/).
·
Conference Tutorial: “Fault-tolerant Control and Cooperative Control of
Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) with Applications to Quadrotor Helicopter and
Fixed-wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)”,
given by Youmin Zhang et
al at the 2012 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft
Systems (ICUAS'12), Philadelphia, USA,
June 12-15, 2012.
Ø Workshop
website at ICUAS’12: http://uasconferences.com/Program.htm
Ø Early
registration at ICUAS’12 website: http://uasconferences.com/Registration.html due: May
15, 2012
·
Conference Workshop: “Health Management, Fault-tolerant Control, and
Cooperative Control of Unmanned Aircraft”,
given by Youmin Zhang et al at the 2012 American Control Conference (ACC 2012), Montreal, Quebec, Canada, June 26, 2012.
Ø Workshop
website at ACC 2012: http://a2c2.org/conferences/acc2012/workshops.php
Ø Workshop
website at Canada: http://users.encs.concordia.ca/~ymzhang/ACC2012_Workshop.htm
Ø Workshop
website at France: http://www.acc-12-workshop.cran.uhp-nancy.fr/home.html
Ø Advance
registration at ACC 2012 Registration Site due: May
1, 2012
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Organized/Invited Sessions at The
2012 International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications (ICIRA
2012), October
3-5, 2012, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Ø “Unmanned
Systems Technologies and Applications”,
Organized by Profs. Youmin Zhang and Yaohong Qu (http:/www.icira2012.org/HomePage.aspx?cid=54)
Ø “New
Development on Health Management, Fault Diagnosis, and Fault-tolerant Control”,
Profs. Youmin Zhang and Didier Theilliol (http:/www.icira2012.org/HomePage.aspx?cid=54)
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Invited Session on “Unmanned Systems Technologies
and Applications” at International Conference on Intelligent Unmanned
Systems (ICIUS 2012),
October 22-24, 2012, Singapore (http://icius2012.com/icius2012/)
Study and Research Positions Available at Concordia
University (Welcome to Apply!):
Please see the following web-links for Study and/or Research Positions
available to apply. Please contact me if you are interesting in any one of
these awards.
1) NEW! Welcome to apply and contact me
if you are interesting for applying MASc or PhD study at Concordia University
(CU) with Recruitment Awards and other Awards available to apply at Concordia
University http://graduatestudies.concordia.ca/prospectivestudents/funding/awardsforexcellence/
(Please note that only *September 2012 admissions
(January 2013 may be considered at a later date) and those with CGPA 3.70 (i.e.
17/20) or greater in both Bachelor and Masters degrees* are to be considered at
this time (if awards remain unallocated after September 2012 we can consider
January 2013 admissions). Contact me if you are eligible and have interest for
applying for one of these awards. Deadline for nomination to Department: May 8,
2012)
2) Welcome to apply and
contact me if you are interesting for applying PhD study at Concordia
University (CU) under the agreement between CU and CSC (China Scholarship
Council)! Click
here to see details for application in 2012.
3) Post Doctoral Research Fellowships (PDRF) 2013-2014
Government of
Canada Awards - Post-Doctoral Research Fellowships
Applicants must be citizens of one of the following countries: Brazil, France,
Germany, Italy, Japan, Norway, Republic of Korea, Russia or Switzerland.
For more information, visit: Government
of Canada Awards - Post-Doctoral Research Fellowships (PDRF).
Application deadline: November 12, 2012. Fellowships
have a value of C$36,500.
4)
Canadian
Commonwealth Scholarships Program - Post Doctoral Research Fellowships
Applicants must be citizens of one of the following countries: New Zealand or
United Kingdom.
For more information, visit: Canadian
Commonwealth Scholarships Program - Post Doctoral Research Fellowships (PDRF).
Application deadline: November 12, 2012. Fellowships
have a value of C$36,500.
5) Canada-Mexico Awards - Post-Doctoral Research
Fellowships
Applicants must be citizens of Mexico.
For more information, visit: Canada-Mexico
Awards - Post-Doctoral Research Fellowships (PDRF).
Application deadline: November 12, 2012. Fellowships have a value of C$36,500.
6)
NSERC
Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships (PDF) Program
2012-2013 Banting
competition is now open. Application deadline: November 2, 2012 (8pm EDT).
A Banting
Postdoctoral Fellowship is valued at $70,000 per year (taxable), for two years.
Story on the
three awarded banting-fellows at Concordia in 2012: http://www.concordia.ca/now/what-we-do/research/20120918/concordia-welcomes-banting-fellows.php
7)
NSERC
Postdoctoral Fellowships (PDF) Program
$40,000 per year
for two years. Deadline for application is: October 15.
8)
PBEEE
Doctoral (V1); Postdoctoral (V2); Short Term Research (V3) Awards at Concordia University: http://graduatestudies.concordia.ca/currentstudents/funding/fellowshipawardsapplications/PBEEE.php
(Due on July 30,
2012 by Department)
9)
Tri-Council
Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship (Due on Monday, September 12th, 2012 at Concordia
University): See details at Vanier
2013-2014 Competition Information ($50,000
per year for up to three years; open to international students, Canadian
Citizens and Permanent Residents).
10)
全球受教育程度最高的10个国家 (第一名：加拿大) http://newstreenet.com/discuz/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=10359
11)
Canada
and China collaborate on Science and Technology to foster jobs and economic
growth, 12 November 2011.
12)
高校排名: 麦吉尔大学国内国际赢盛誉,康考迪亚大学在综合科目评比上排名加国第12 (2011-11-02
02:21:20, 魁省新闻)
13)
中国赴加留学签证获签率达80%
(2011-10-19 侨报)
14) 2011留学加拿大利好政策频出 (2011年07月26日 来源: 哈尔滨日报)
15)
UAVs make up nearly one-third of U.S.
aircraft, Wired
(9/1/12) Ackerman, Spencer and Shachtman, Noah.
16)
PhD and MASc Positions
Available in 1) Machining Monitoring, Diagnosis and Prognosis in CNC Machines;
2) Estimation and Sensor/Data Fusion for Guidance, Navigation, Control and
Target Tracking; 3) On-line Aircraft Modeling and Parameter Estimation under
Failure/Damage Conditions; 4) Health Monitoring and Control of Turbine Engines;
5) Fault Tolerant Communication in Networks; 6) Real-time Control and
Prototyping for UAVs; and 7) Fault Diagnosis, Fault Tolerant Cooperative
Control of Spacecrafts/Satellites in Formation Flight.
17)
PDF,
Ph.D, and MASc Positions Available in Fault Diagnosis, Cooperative Control and
Fault Tolerant Control for Rotary and Fixed-wing Aircrafts and UAVs.
A
Review Paper on “Fault Tolerant Control” for Your Reference:
1) No. 1 in the
“Top 10 Cited” and No. 6 in “Most
Downloaded” (articles published in the last five years, checked first time on
2011-04-01) at Annual Reviews in Control: Y. M.
Zhang and J. Jiang, Bibliographical
Review on Reconfigurable Fault-tolerant Control Systems, IFAC Annual
Reviews in Control, 32(2),
Dec. 2008, pp. 229-252.
Conferences Information:
1) The
Fifth Symposium on Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Technologies and Applications
(SUAVTA) NEW!
Co-organized
by Prof. YangQuan Chen and Prof. Youmin Zhang
as a part of The 9th
ASME/IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Embedded Systems and
Applications (MESA’2013)
August 4-7, 2013, Portland, Oregon, USA
(http://www.asmeconferences.org/IDETC2013/CallForPapersDetail.cfm).
2) The
Forth Symposium on Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Technologies and Applications
(SUAVTA)
Co-organized
by Prof. Youmin Zhang and Prof. YangQuan Chen
as a part of The 8th ASME/IEEE
International Conference on Mechatronics and Embedded Systems and Applications
(MESA’2012)
July 8-10, 2012, Suzhou, China (http://www.asmemesa.org).
3) The
Third Symposium on Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Technologies and Applications
(SUAVTA)
Co-organized
by Prof. YangQuan Chen and Prof. Youmin Zhang
as a part of The 7th ASME/IEEE
International Conference on Mechatronics and Embedded Systems and Applications
(MESA’2011)
August 29-31, 2011, Washington DC, USA.
4) The 4th
International Conference on Spacecraft Formation Flying Missions &
Technologies (SFFMT 2011)
Organized by
Dr. Alfred Ng (CSA)
Held at Canadian Space Agency (CSA) in Saint-Hubert, Quebec, Canada, 18-20 May
2011.