Research Interests
Control and optimization of complex networks
Machine learning
Graph neural networks
Underwater image processing and target recognition
Awards and Honours
Shanghai Sailing Program
Shanghai Overseas High-Level Talent Program
Education and Work Experience
Sept. 2019–present: Junior Associate Research Fellow, School of Information Science and Technology, Fudan University
Jul. 2018–Aug. 2019: Researcher I, Institute for Infocomm Research (I²R), Singapore
Jun. 2018: Ph.D., Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Jun. 2012: B.Eng., Harbin Engineering University
Teaching
Undergraduate course: Principles of Automatic Control
Postgraduate courses: Machine Learning; Modern Intelligent Control Theory
Selected Publications
J. Ding, C. Wen , G. Li et al. “Target Controllability in Multilayer Networks via Minimum-Cost Maximum-Flow Method", IEEE Trans. on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, DOI: 10.1109/TNNLS.2020.2995596, 2020.
J. Ding, C. Wen, G. Li, X. Yang and T. Hu, “ Sparsity-inspired optimal topology control of complex networks", IEEE Trans. on Network Science and Engineering, DOI: 10.1109/TNSE.2019.2954893 , 2019.
J. Ding, C. Wen, G. Li and Z. Chen, “Key node selection in controlling complex networks via convex optimization”, IEEE Trans. on Cybernetics, DOI: 10.1109/TCYB.2018.2888953, 2019.
G. Li*, J. Ding*, C. Wen and J. Huang, “Minimum cost control of directed networks with selectable control inputs”, IEEE Trans. on Cybernetics, 49(12), 4431 - 4440, 2019 . (*contributed equally)
G. Li*, J. Ding*, C. Wen, L. Wang and F. Guo, “Controlling directed networks with evolving topologies”, IEEE Trans. on Control of Network Systems, 6(1), 176 - 190, 2018 . (*contributed equally)
J. Ding, C. Wen and G. Li, “Key node selection in minimum cost control of complex networks”, Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 486, 251-261, 2017.
J. Ding, C. Wen and G. Li, “Optimal control of weighted networks based on node connection strength”, The 27th IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics, 2017.
J. Ding, C. Wen, G. Li and C. Chua, “Locality sensitive batch feature extraction for high-dimensional Data”, Neurocomputing, 171, 664-672, 2016.
G. Li, J. Ding, C. Wen and J. Pei, “Optimal control of complex networks based on matrix differentiation”, Europhysics Letters, 115(6), 68005, 2016.
G. Li, C. Wen, W. Wei, Y. Xu, J. Ding, G. Zhao and L. Shi, “Trace ratio criterion for feature extraction in classification”, Mathematical Problems in Engineering, 2014,
J. Ding, G. Li, C. Wen and C. Chua, “Min-max discriminant analysis based on gradient method for feature extraction”, 13th International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision (ICARCV), Singapore,2014, 725204, 2014.

