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Prof. Wang was the founding Head of Department of Mechatronics and Robotics. He is an IET Fellow and a senior member of IEEE. He is also a team leader of Talented Jiangsu Innovation and Entrepreneur Programme. He has broad academic working experience in China, England, Wales, and Scotland for more than 20 years. He has extensive research experience in Internet of Things (IoT), wireless mesh networks, indoor positioning, big data analytics, and applications for smart cities. Along with more 30 research projects sponsored from EU, UK EPSRC, Innovate UK, China NSFC, and industry, his research in each area has led to an impactful industrial product. For example, the smart trolley, which has been deployed at more than 10 airports in China, he has developed with industrial partner is the first in the world to provide an IoT solution aiming at providing intelligent airport services for passengers. His collaborative research in acoustic localisation with Zhejiang University has won the first place in Microsoft Indoor Localisation Competition in sound group. He has 230+ publications and filed dozens of patents, including 6 granted patents in the US, Japan, and South Korea, and 18 granted patents in China. His research has been classified as World Leading at the UKs REF assessment. The highest citation number of a single technical paper on Google Scholar is over 670. Overall citation is over 4800. He is currently leading a university-industry collaborative research centre XJTLU-uGo Robotics Research Centre with sponsorship from industry of multi-million yuan to develop robots for passenger services and airport services. To this end, some significant achievements have been made, including a Deep SLAM and Navigation system where accuracy of localization could reach 3 cm in real-world applications and response time for path planning could be reduced to milli-second level from dozen of seconds. Apart from research in robotic SLAM and navigation, his other research interests include intelligent manufacturing and healthcare. In intelligent manufacturing, he is investigating a system dubbed as VisionTwin to integrate industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), edge computing, machine vision, digital twin, and artificial intelligence to promote the intelligence of manufacturing. One application example is condition monitoring of overhead power lines, where a 3-dimensional space could be created on a typical 2-D camera. In healthcare, he has led a team to develop a novel application of diagnosing COVID-19 on smartphones by monitoring users breathing. In addition, he is investigating technologies for motion and posture detection of users indoors by acoustic analysis on smartphones. He is also working on digitalisation of traditional Chinese Medicine.
He is currently organizing two international conferences, HCCS and CollaborateCom. If you would like to collaborate with me on research or study with me for a PhD degree, feel free to contact me.
Research interests
Intelligent and Connected Vehicles
Airport Robotics
Intelligent manufacturing
Edge computing
Digital twin
Acoustic localisation, communications and sensing
Healthcare
Motion and posture detection
Indoor positioning and data services
Condition monitoring of power systems
Experience
Professor, Department of Mechatronics and Robotics, School of Advanced Technology, Xian Jiaotong-Liverpool University, July 2019-now
Professor of Computing/Director of Research and Enterprise, School of Computing and Engineering, University of West London, UK , Nov. 2017 - June 2019
Professor in Networks/Discipline Lead in Computer Networks, School of Engineering and Computing, University of the West Scotland, Scotland, UK, Feb. 2013 - Nov. 2017
Senior Lecturer in Wireless Communications/Director of Postgraduate Studies (Communications), College of Engineering, Swansea University, UK, Sept. 2007 - Feb. 2013
Senior Lecturer in Mobile Computing – Faculty of Computing, Information Systems and Mathematics, Kingston University, UK, June 2004- Aug. 2007
Senior Research Fellow – Faculty of Computing, Information Systems and Mathematics, Kingston University, UK, May 2003 - May 2004
Research Fellow – Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, Brunel University, UK, June 2001 - April 2003
Visiting Research Fellow – Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Southampton, UK, Jan. 1997 - Sept. 1998
Lecturer – State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation for Power Equipment, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China, June 1994 - Jan. 1997
Teaching
MEC309 Professional Practice
CPT404 Technological Project Management
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
PhD in Electrical Engineering & Electronics, Brunel University, UK, 2001
MSc in Electrical Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China, 1994
BEng in Electrical Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China, 1991
Person Types
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Deep Reinforcement Learning –Driven SLAM, navigation, and operational control for Social Robots
1/09/24 → 31/08/27
Project: Internal Research Project
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Suzhou Municipal Key Lab for Intelligent Virtual Engineering
Yue, Y., Liang, H. N., Lim, E. G., Man, K. L., Ma, F., Wang, X., Guan, S., Wang, Q., Xiao, J., Ma, J., Meng, J., Zhang, C., Chen, M., Chen, B., Wang, W., Craig, P., Sun, J., Liu, G., Xia, J., Zhu, X., Yu, L., Zhang, J., Qi, J., Huang, M., Yang, R., Li, S., Dong, Y., Yang, X., Li, Y., Wang, J., Zhang, H., Wei, Z., Sun, Q., Elsheikh, A., Levers, A., Konev, B., Coenen, F., Atkinson, K., Gasieniec, L., Wong, P., Payne, T., Garcia-Fernandez, A. & Zhang, Y.
1/11/22 → 30/10/25
Project: Governmental Research Project
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Research on Coordinated Control of Bionic Manta Ray Robotic Fish based on Perception Enhancement of Flexible Passive Degree of Freedom
1/01/22 → 31/12/25
Project: Governmental Research Project
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International Innovation Research Institute of Third Generation Semiconductor Power Electronic Devices and Power Integration
Wen, H., Liu, W., Lim, E. G., Yue, Y., Wang, X., Ma, F., Xu, D., Yang, L., Wang, R., Sun, J., Xue, F., Chen, M., Wang, Z., Yu, L., Zhao, C., Liu, Y., Song, P., Zhao, Y., Cui, M., Ma, J., Liu, C., Qi, Y., R., P., Taylor, S., Nichols, R., C., Y., Spencer, J., Smith, J., Qian, H. & Zhao, S.
1/01/22 → 31/12/24
Project: Governmental Research Project
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Teaching content innovation of mechatronics practical courses based on industrial ethernet and edge computing
Zhang, Q., Wang, X., Yang, R. & Sun, J.
Project: Governmental Research Project
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2024 China University Intelligent Robot Creative Competition (Class A Competition of the Ministry of Education), third prize, first instructor
Dong, Q. & Wang, X., 10 Aug 2024Research output: Practice-based research output › Exhibition/ Event/ Festival › Curated works: Physical Exhibition/ Event/ Festival
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2024 Hangzhidongli Cup 3rd Jiangsu Province University Intelligent Robot Creative Competition,First Prize, First Instructor
Dong, Q. & Wang, X., 13 Jul 2024Research output: Practice-based research output › Exhibition/ Event/ Festival › Curated works: Physical Exhibition/ Event/ Festival
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2024 Hangzhidongli Cup 3rd Jiangsu Province University Intelligent Robot Creative Competition,Second Prize, First Instructor
Dong, Q. & Wang, X., 13 Jul 2024Research output: Practice-based research output › Exhibition/ Event/ Festival › Curated works: Physical Exhibition/ Event/ Festival
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Acoustic Indoor Localization based on Range and Relative Velocity in Non-Line-of-Sight Environment
Zhang, L., Wang, H., He, W. & Wang, X., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: IEEE Sensors Journal. 24, 12, p. 1 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A Deep Top-down Framework towards Generalisable Multi-View Pedestrian Detection
Qiu, R., Xu, M., Ling, Y., Smith, J. S., Yan, Y. & Wang, X., Aug 2024, In: Neurocomputing. 607, 11 p., 128458.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Activities
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FMP Final Presentation
YingLi Shi (Supervisor) & Xinheng Wang (Supervisor)
13 Dec 2023Activity: Supervision › Master Dissertation Supervision
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Single Household Load Forecasting and Its Application in Household Energy Management
Xinheng Wang (Supervisor)
27 Nov 2023Activity: Supervision › External examiner for PhD thesis
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Recognition and Location of Power Quality Disturbances and Anomalies in Electricity Networks
Xinheng Wang (Supervisor)
Sept 2023 → …Activity: Supervision › External examiner for PhD thesis
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Follow-me Robot for Personalised Services
Xinheng Wang (Supervisor)
1 Jun 2023 → 31 Aug 2023Activity: Supervision › Completed SURF Project
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Investigation of object segmentation based on high-density 3-D point cloud data
Rui Zhang (Supervisor), Xinheng Wang (Co-supervisor), Xinping Yi (Co-supervisor) & Kaizhu Huang (Co-supervisor)
1 Jun 2022 → …Activity: Supervision › PhD Supervision