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Electronics and Electrical Engineering
Canada
2026

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Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
99
Citations
38759
World Ranking
195
National Ranking
9

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in Canada Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in Canada Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in Canada Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in Canada Leader Award
  • 2006 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to sampled-data control and multirate systems.

Overview

Tongwen Chen is affiliated with the University of Alberta in Canada and has a substantial publication record in the fields of Engineering and Computer Science, with a focus on Control and Systems Engineering as well as Computer Networks and Communications. Their research spans several interconnected subfields including Artificial Intelligence, Computational Theory and Mathematics, and Aerospace Engineering.

The main topics covered in Chen's work include Fault Detection and Control Systems, Advanced Control Systems Optimization, Stability and Control of Uncertain Systems, Smart Grid Security and Resilience, Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems, Anomaly Detection Techniques and Applications, and Network Security and Intrusion Detection.

Chen frequently collaborates with a number of co-authors, notably Hao Yu, Jun Shang, Jing Zhou, Zhan Shu, and Haniyeh Seyed Alinezhad.

Their recent papers include:

  • Event-Triggered Optimal Dynamic Formation of Heterogeneous Affine Nonlinear Multiagent Systems, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
  • Worst-Case Stealthy Innovation-Based Linear Attacks on Remote State Estimation Under Kullback-Leibler Divergence, 2021, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
  • Network Parameter Coordinated False Data Injection Attacks Against Power System AC State Estimation, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid
  • On Zeno Behavior in Event-Triggered Finite-Time Consensus of Multiagent Systems, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
  • Optimal stealthy integrity attacks on remote state estimation: The maximum utilization of historical data, 2021, Automatica

Chen's work has been published extensively in several journals and conferences, with frequent appearances in:

  • IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
  • Automatica
  • IFAC-PapersOnLine
  • IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems
  • Control Engineering Practice

Chen's research often centers on control system optimization, fault detection, and security aspects of networked and distributed systems. Their contributions include studies on multi-agent systems, event-triggered control, and stealthy attacks on state estimation relevant to smart grid security.

In recognition of their work, Tongwen Chen was named an IEEE Fellow in 2006 for contributions to sampled-data control and multirate systems.

Best Publications

  • Optimal Sampled-Data Control Systems

    Tongwen Chen;Bruce A. Francis

  • A new delay system approach to network-based control

    Huijun Gao;Tongwen Chen;James Lam

  • A new method for stabilization of networked control systems with random delays

    Liqian Zhang;Yang Shi;Tongwen Chen;Biao Huang

  • ${\cal H}_{\infty}$ Estimation for Uncertain Systems With Limited Communication Capacity

    Huijun Gao;Tongwen Chen

  • New Results on Stability of Discrete-Time Systems With Time-Varying State Delay

    Huijun Gao;Tongwen Chen

  • Robust H/sup /spl infin// filtering for uncertain Markovian jump systems with mode-dependent time delays

    Shengyuan Xu;Tongwen Chen;J. Lam

  • Gradient based iterative algorithms for solving a class of matrix equations

    Feng Ding;Tongwen Chen

  • Design of Networked Control Systems With Packet Dropouts

    Jing Wu;Tongwen Chen

  • Robust H/spl infin/ control for uncertain stochastic systems with state delay

    Shengyuan Xu;Tongwen Chen

  • Network-Based ${{\cal H}}_{\!\!\!\infty }$ Output Tracking Control

    Huijun Gao;Tongwen Chen

  • Iterative least-squares solutions of coupled Sylvester matrix equations

    Feng Ding;Tongwen Chen

  • Event based agreement protocols for multi-agent networks

    Xiangyu Meng;Tongwen Chen

  • Identification of Hammerstein nonlinear ARMAX systems

    Feng Ding;Tongwen Chen

  • On Iterative Solutions of General Coupled Matrix Equations

    Feng Ding;Tongwen Chen

  • Brief paper: A new approach to quantized feedback control systems

    Huijun Gao;Tongwen Chen

  • Combined parameter and output estimation of dual-rate systems using an auxiliary model

    Feng Ding;Tongwen Chen

  • Hierarchical gradient-based identification of multivariable discrete-time systems

    Feng Ding;Tongwen Chen

  • Performance analysis of multi-innovation gradient type identification methods

    Feng Ding;Tongwen Chen

  • Hierarchical least squares identification methods for multivariable systems

    Feng Ding;Tongwen Chen

  • Stabilization of Networked Control Systems With a New Delay Characterization

    Huijun Gao;Xiangyu Meng;Tongwen Chen

Frequent Co-Authors

Sirish L. Shah
Sirish L. Shah University of Alberta
Horacio J. Marquez
Horacio J. Marquez University of Alberta
Huijun Gao
Huijun Gao Harbin Institute of Technology
Bruce A. Francis
Bruce A. Francis University of Toronto
Biao Huang
Biao Huang University of Alberta
Yang Shi
Yang Shi University of Victoria
Ling Shi
Ling Shi Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Long Wang
Long Wang Peking University
Shengyuan Xu
Shengyuan Xu Nanjing University of Science and Technology
James Lam
James Lam University of Hong Kong

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