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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Canada
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
90
Citations
24538
World Ranking
117
National Ranking
6

Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
89
Citations
24504
World Ranking
312
National Ranking
15

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Canada Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Canada Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Canada Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Canada Leader Award
  • 2017 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to networked and distributed control systems
  • 2016 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Yang Shi is affiliated with the University of Victoria in Canada and has an extensive record of research contributions primarily in the fields of Engineering and Computer Science. Their research spans several subfields including Control and Systems Engineering, Computer Networks and Communications, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics, with significant focus areas including:

  • Advanced Control Systems Optimization
  • Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems
  • Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems
  • Stability and Control of Uncertain Systems
  • Fault Detection and Control Systems
  • Neural Networks Stability and Synchronization
  • Smart Grid Security and Resilience

Yang Shi has coauthored frequently with several researchers, including Kunwu Zhang, Huijun Gao, Songlin Zhuang, Henglai Wei, and Xinghu Yu. The number of joint publications with these coauthors ranges from 15 to 24.

The scientist has published extensively in specific venues, with the highest numbers in:

  • IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
  • Automatica
  • IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine

Selected recent papers by Yang Shi include:

  • "A survey on attack detection, estimation and control of industrial cyber-physical systems" (2021), ISA Transactions
  • "Physical Safety and Cyber Security Analysis of Multi-Agent Systems: A Survey of Recent Advances" (2021), IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica
  • "Distributed Sliding-Mode Tracking Control of Second-Order Nonlinear Multiagent Systems: An Event-Triggered Approach" (2020), IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics
  • "A Survey on Edge and Edge-Cloud Computing Assisted Cyber-Physical Systems" (2021), IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics
  • "Probabilistic Event-Triggered Policy for Extended Dissipative Finite-Time Control of MJSs under Cyber-Attacks and Actuator Failures" (2023), IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control

Yang Shi has also published books through Springer Nature and Morgan & Claypool Publishers. Notable titles include "Advanced Model Predictive Control for Autonomous Marine Vehicles" (2023) and "Robotic Micromanipulation of Zebrafish Larva" (2023).

Professional recognition includes being named an IEEE Fellow in 2017 for contributions to networked and distributed control systems as well as being a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 2016.

Best Publications

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

    Liqian Zhang;Yang Shi;Tongwen Chen;Biao Huang

  • Recent Advances in Consensus of Multi-Agent Systems: A Brief Survey

    Jiahu Qin;Qichao Ma;Yang Shi;Long Wang

  • Output Feedback Stabilization of Networked Control Systems With Random Delays Modeled by Markov Chains

    Yang Shi;Bo Yu

  • Trajectory Tracking Control of an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Using Lyapunov-Based Model Predictive Control

    Chao Shen;Yang Shi;Brad Buckham

  • Event-triggered robust model predictive control of continuous-time nonlinear systems

    Huiping Li;Huiping Li;Yang Shi

  • Industrial Cyberphysical Systems: A Backbone of the Fourth Industrial Revolution

    Armando W. Colombo;Stamatis Karnouskos;Okyay Kaynak;Yang Shi

  • Combined cooling, heating and power systems: A survey

    Mingxi Liu;Yang Shi;Fang Fang

  • Stochastic stability and robust stabilization of semi-Markov jump linear systems

    Ji Huang;Yang Shi

  • Brief paper: Robust mixed H2/H∞ control of networked control systems with random time delays in both forward and backward communication links

    Yang Shi;Bo Yu

  • Auxiliary model-based least-squares identification methods for Hammerstein output-error systems

    Feng Ding;Yang Shi;Tongwen Chen

  • Advanced Control in Marine Mechatronic Systems: A Survey

    Yang Shi;Chao Shen;Huazhen Fang;Huiping Li

  • Robust Static Output Feedback Control and Remote PID Design for Networked Motor Systems

    Hui Zhang;Yang Shi;A. Saadat Mehr

  • Robust Distributed Model Predictive Control of Constrained Continuous-Time Nonlinear Systems: A Robustness Constraint Approach

    Huiping Li;Yang Shi

  • Physical Safety and Cyber Security Analysis of Multi-Agent Systems: A Survey of Recent Advances

    Dan Zhang;Gang Feng;Yang Shi;Dipti Srinivasan

  • Kalman filter-based identification for systems with randomly missing measurements in a network environment

    Yang Shi;Huazhen Fang

  • A Survey on Edge and Edge-Cloud Computing Assisted Cyber-Physical Systems

    Kun Cao;Shiyan Hu;Yang Shi;Armando Colombo

  • An efficient hierarchical identification method for general dual-rate sampled-data systems

    Yanjun Liu;Feng Ding;Yang Shi

  • Fault-Tolerant Prescribed Performance Attitude Tracking Control for Spacecraft Under Input Saturation

    Xiaodong Shao;Qinglei Hu;Yang Shi;Boyan Jiang

  • Integrated Path Planning and Tracking Control of an AUV: A Unified Receding Horizon Optimization Approach

    Chao Shen;Yang Shi;Brad Buckham

  • A new operation strategy for CCHP systems with hybrid chillers

    Mingxi Liu;Yang Shi;Fang Fang;Fang Fang

  • On Energy-to-Peak Filtering for Nonuniformly Sampled Nonlinear Systems: A Markovian Jump System Approach

    Hui Zhang;Yang Shi;Junmin Wang

  • Distributed Sliding-Mode Tracking Control of Second-Order Nonlinear Multiagent Systems: An Event-Triggered Approach

    Deyin Yao;Hongyi Li;Renquan Lu;Yang Shi

  • Modeling and Robust Discrete-Time Sliding-Mode Control Design for a Fluid Power Electrohydraulic Actuator (EHA) System

    Yang Lin;Yang Shi;R. Burton

  • On ${\cal H}_{\infty }$ Filtering for Discrete-Time Takagi–Sugeno Fuzzy Systems

    Hui Zhang;Yang Shi;Aryan Saadat Mehr

Frequent Co-Authors

Hui Zhang
Hui Zhang Carnegie Mellon University
Tongwen Chen
Tongwen Chen University of Alberta
Jiahu Qin
Jiahu Qin University of Science and Technology of China
Lixian Zhang
Lixian Zhang Harbin Institute of Technology
Junmin Wang
Junmin Wang The University of Texas at Austin
Yu Kang
Yu Kang University of Science and Technology of China
Huijun Gao
Huijun Gao Harbin Institute of Technology
Wei Xing Zheng
Wei Xing Zheng Western Sydney University
Shen Yin
Shen Yin Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Yan-Wu Wang
Yan-Wu Wang Huazhong University of Science and Technology

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