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Personal profile
A highly accomplished academic co-ordinator, well respected researcher and innovative lecturer with extensive experience in university senior management.A skilled engineer and experienced project manager able to design, manage and solve product and manufacturing issues.Since August 2007, Prof. Lim has been at Xian Jiaotong-Liverpool University, where he was formally the head of EEE department, Associate Vice President of Research and Impact and Inaugural School Dean of Advanced Technology. Now, he is Inaugural Academy Dean of Artificial Intelligence, Inaugural director of AI university research centre and also Chair Professor in department of Communications and Networking. He has published over 400 refereed international journals and conference papers. His research interests are Artificial Intelligence, robotics, AI+ Health care, international Standard (ISO/ IEC) in Robotics, antennas, RF/microwave engineering, EM measurements/simulations, energy harvesting, power/energy transfer, smart-grid communication; wireless communication networks for smart and green cities. He is a charter engineer and Fellow of IET and IEAust. In addition, he is also a senior Fellow of HEA and senior member of IEEE.
Research interests
Research focus in the following subject areas with a tendency towards teaching in related subjects: Artificial intelligence, AI+ Health care, Robotics, Smart home, RF and Microwave applications including: antennas; filters; diplexers; couplers; RFID; UWB; WIMAX; 3G/4G/5G mobile communication networks; wireless capsule endoscopy; EM measurement and simulation; co-operative and cognitive wireless communication networks; smart-grid communication; robotics networking technology; wireless communication networks for smart and green cities (e.g. mobile APP, public transportation information).
Experience
Inaugural excutive Dean, Academy of Artificial Intelligence- 2024 to present
Inaugural Director of AI University Research Centre- 2017 - present
Inaugural Dean, School of Advanced Technology - 2019 to 2025
Associate Vice President of Research and Impact- XJTLU - 2017 to 2019
Head, Deaprtment of EEE - XJTLU - 2013 to 2016
Education/Academic qualification
PhD(Engineering), UK
Research areas
- AI+
- energy
- microwave design
- medical instrumentation
- Embodied AI
Person Types
- Staff
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):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
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SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
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SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
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SDG 14 Life Below Water
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Suzhou Industrial Park Interdisciplinary Innovation (Research) Platform for Affective Computing and Interactive Health/苏州工业园区情感计算与互动健康交叉创新(科研)平台
Xu, Z. (PI), Liu, P. (Team member), Zhang, C. (Team member), Zhang, X. (Team member), Wang, W. (Team member), Zhu, X. (Team member), Leach, M. (Team member), lim, E. (Team member), Pan, Y. (Team member), Xiang, N. (Team member), Yang, Q. (Team member), Yue, Y. (Team member), Selig, T. (Team member), Zhang, H. (Team member), Wang, Y. (Team member) & Chen, Y. (Team member)
1/01/26 → 31/12/28
Project: Governmental Research Project
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Suzhou Industrial Park Affective Computing & Interactive Health Interdisciplinary Innovation (Research) Platform
Xu, Z. (PI), lim, E. (Team member), Leach, M. (Team member), Yue, Y. (Team member), Selig, T. (Team member), Wang, W. (Team member), Zhang, X. (Team member), Zhu, X. (Team member), Pan, Y. (Team member), Xiang, N. (Team member), Zhang, H. (Team member), Wang, Y. (Team member), Chen, Y. (Team member), Zhang, C. (Team member), Liu, P. (Team member), Wang, J. (Team member), Sun, Q. (Team member), Li, Y. (Team member), 黎秋宇 (Team member), 刘禹含 (Team member), 高一凡 (Team member), 朱铭徽 (Team member), 白万里 (Team member), 张吉儿 (Team member), 徐豪谡 (Team member) & 胡晓松 (Team member)
1/10/25 → 30/09/27
Project: Governmental Research Project
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Research on Key Technologies of Embodied Large Models of "Vision-Language-Motion" for Industrial Manufacturing
Chen, Y. (PI), lim, E. (Team member), Wang, Q. (Team member), Chen, M. (Team member), Liang, S. (Team member), Wu, F. (Team member), Jin, X. (Team member), Chen, Y. (Team member), Li, H. (Team member) & Zhao, D. (Team member)
1/10/25 → 30/09/28
Project: Governmental Research Project
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Human-in-the-loop Planning and Control for Multi-Robot Systems
Zhu, X. (PI), Yue, Y. (Team member) & lim, E. (Team member)
1/03/25 → 1/03/29
Project: Internal Research Project
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A Bilayer Hydrogel Sensor for Elderly Oriented Human–Machine Interaction
Wang, X., Lim, E. G., Zhao, Y., Hoettges, K., Lu, Q. & Song, P., 11 Mar 2026, In: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. 18, 9, p. 13503-13515 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2 Citations (Scopus) -
Achelous++: Power-oriented multi-task panoptic waterway perception framework based on vision-radar fusion
Guan, R., Zhao, H., Yao, S., Yu, L., Zhu, X., Liu, R. W., Lim, E. G., Ding, W., Yue, Y. & Xiong, H., Apr 2026, In: Applied Soft Computing. 192, 114787.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A Compact Dual-Band Meander-Grid Rectenna for Wireless Power Transfer and Communication in 5G Networks
Liu, Z., Wang, J., Wang, Z., Pei, R., Tian, Y., Liu, Z., Zhang, W., Zhang, J., Huang, Y. & enggee, L., May 2026, 2026 IEEE International Workshop on Antenna Technology (iWAT).Research output: Chapter in Book or Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Proceeding › peer-review
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AdaKineNet: Adaptive Kinematic Neural Network for inverse kinematics of redundant mobile manipulators
Fang, S., Chen, M., Chen, Y., Wang, J., Wu, J., Zhang, Z. & Lim, E. G., Aug 2026, In: Robotics and Autonomous Systems. 202, 105494.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A joint topology-data fusion graph network for robust traffic speed prediction with data anomalism
Jiang, R., Jia, D., Lim, E. G., Fan, P., Zhang, Y. & Wang, S., Mar 2026, In: Information Sciences. 729, 122826.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
1 Citation (Scopus)
Activities
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VLA Enhanced Risk Level Prediction for Human-Machine Co-driving Control
Zhu, X. (Supervisor), Yue, Y. (Supervisor) & Lim, E. G. (Supervisor)
5 Jan 2026 → 4 Jan 2030Activity: Supervision › PhD Supervision
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The 5th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education 2025 (ICAIE 2025)
Xi, Y. (Chair), Zhang, X. (Chair), Li, N. (Chair), Wang, Q. (Organiser), Tay, T. T. (Organiser), London, T. (Member of programme committee), Cross, A. (Member of programme committee), Lim, E. G. (Member of programme committee), Chen, J. (Member of programme committee), Wang, P. (Member of programme committee), Ye, H. (Member of programme committee), Xie, D. (Organiser), Sun, D. (Organiser), Zhang, T. (Organiser), Ji, Q. (Member of programme committee), Juwono, F. (Member of programme committee), Purwanto, E. (Member of programme committee), Zhang, Q. (Member of programme committee), Saxena, A. (Member of programme committee) & Vanermen, L. (Member of programme committee)
14 May 2025 → 16 May 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising an event e.g. a conference, workshop, …
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Human-in-the-loop Planning and Control for Multi-Robot Systems
Zhu, X. (Supervisor), Yue, Y. (Supervisor) & Lim, E. G. (Supervisor)
1 Mar 2025 → 28 Feb 2029Activity: Supervision › PhD Supervision
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Advancing Volume Segmentation and Material Inference for Dynamic Interaction in Unknown Environments
Yue, Y. (Supervisor), Huang, B. (Supervisor), Lim, E. G. (Supervisor) & Zhu, X. (Supervisor)
1 Mar 2025 → 28 Feb 2029Activity: Supervision › PhD Supervision
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Application of Online Platform TinkerCAD for Engineering Mindset in High Education
Bu, Q. (Speaker), Tay, T. T. (Speaker), Chu, G. (Speaker), Leach, M. (Speaker) & Lim, E. G. (Speaker)
3 Oct 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation at conference/workshop/seminar