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.