Short Biography

Research Interests

• Wireless Localization and tracking
• Energy harvesting based network resource management
• wearable computing for healthcare
• Sensing Information based Big Data Processing
• Distributed machine learning,
• Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) and Internet of things (IOT)

Professional Activities

• Journal Editorial Activities
  • MDPI Sensors Journal, Editorial Board Member
  • KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems, Editor
  • Unmanned Systems (US)，Editorial Board Member
  • Leading Guest Editor: Special Issue on "Sensors and Analytics for Precision Medicine", MDPI Sensors Journal
  • Guest Editor: Special Issue on "Green Networking, Computing, and Software Systems", Journal of Network and Computer Applications
  • Leading Guest Editor: Special Issue on "Wireless Sensor Networks: from Theory to Practice", Journal of Control Theory and Applications
  • Guest Editor: Special Issue on "Resource Constrained Signal Processing in Sensor Networks", Mathematical Problems in Engineering

• Conference Organization
  • General Co-Chair, the Third International Workshop on Computing and Networking for Internet of  Things (ComNet-IoT 2014), in Conjunction with ICDCN 2014, January 4-7, 2014, Amrita University, Coimbatore, India
  • Program Co-Chair, the 2013 International Conference on Computational Problem-Solving (ICCP 2013), October 26-28, 2013, Jiuzhai Valley, China
  • Program Co-Chair: ComNet-IoT 2013, ComNet-IoT 2012
  • Program Co-Chair: ICCP 2012, ICCP 2011
  • General Vice Chair, the Fourth International Workshop on Information Quality and Quality of Service for Pervasive Computing (IQ2S 2012), in Conjunction with IEEE PERCOM 2012, March 19, 2012, Lugano, Switzerland
  • Special Session Co-Chair, the 15th International Conference on Information Fusion (Fusion 2012), July 09-12, 2012, Singapore
    
    
• Professional Memberships and Activities
  
• Senior Member of the IEEE
• Member of the ACM and KDD China
• Member of the CCF
• Technical Committees on Interactive and Wearable Computing and Devices of the IEEE SMC Society

Research Projects (Selected)

• Adaptive Dynamic Programming based Optimization Design Approaches for Energy-Harvesting Wireless Sensor Networks, National Natural Science Foundation of Chna (NSFC)，2017-2020, Principal Investigator
• Big Data Mining for Mobile User Behaviour Analysis，Industrial Collaboration Project with Geewise Technology Co., 2015-2018, Principal Investigator
• Information-Driven WSN Cross-Layer Design, USTB Academic Research Fund, 2012-2015, Principal Investigator
• Internet of Things (IoT) Prototype Development for Smart Ageing, Ministry of Civil Affairs, 2013, Co-Investigator
• Real-Time Secure RFID-Based Track and Trace in Aerospace MRO Supply Chain, A*Star Aerospace Program Project, 2009-2011, Principal Investigator
• Markov Jump System Theory for Collaborative Signal and Information Processing in Wireless Sensor Networks, A*STAR SERC Public Sector Fund, 2006-2009, Co-Investigator
• UWB-enabled Sentient Computing Architecture and Middleware with Coordinated QoS (USCAM-CQ), A*Star TSRP on Ultra Wide Band-enabled Sentient Computing (UWB-SC), 2006-2009, Co-Investigator

Recent Journal Publications

1. Wei Meng, Lihua Xie, Wendong Xiao，Communication Aware Optimal Sensor Motion Coordination for Source Localization, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement. (In Press)
2. Wei Meng, Lihua Xie, Wendong Xiao，Optimal TDOA Sensor-Pair Placement with Uncertainty in Source Location, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. (In Press)
3. Ruizhuo Song, Qinglai Wei, Wendong Xiao, Off-Policy Neuro-Optimal Control for Unknown Complex-Valued Nonlinear Systems Based on Policy Iteration, Neural Computing and Applications, January 5, 2016, pp. 1-7.  (In Press)
4. Ruizhuo Song, Qinglai Wei, Wendong Xiao, ADP-based Optimal Sensor Scheduling for Target Tracking in Energy Harvesting Wireless Sensor Networks, 27(6), 2016, pp.1543-1551. (SCI)
5. Wendong Xiao, Apostolia Papapostolou, Hakima Chaouchi, Ming Wei, Self-Organizing Map for Fingerprinting based Cooperative Localization in Dynamic Indoor Environments, Unmanned Systems, Vol. 03, No. 03, July 2015, pp. 171-184.
6. Mei Yu, Xiaodan Yuan, Wendong Xiao,  A Switched System Approach to Robust Stabilization of Networked Control Systems with Multiple Packet Transmission, Asian Journal of Control, Vol. 17, No. 4,  July 2015, pp. 1415-1423. (SCI)
7. Wendong Xiao, Biao Song, Xiting Yu, Peiyuan Chen, Nonlinear Optimization-Based Device-Free Localization with Outlier Link Rejection, Sensors, Vol. 15, No. 4, 2015, pp. 8072-8087. (SCI)
8. Wendong Xiao, and Biao Song, Outlier Link Rejection , Mathematical Problems in Engineering, 2015, Article ID 619894, pp. 1-8. (SCI)
9. Wendong Xiao, and Yingjie Lu, Daily Human Physical Activity Recognition based on Kernel Discriminant Analysis and Extreme Learning Machine, Mathematical Problems in Engineering, Article ID 790412, 2015, pp. 1-9.  (SCI)
10. Lianying Ji, Tongbi Kang, Lingtong Tian, Meijun Xiong, Wendong Xiao, Jiankang Wu, Body Sensor Network for Ubiquitous Health Monitoring, Unmanned Systems, Vol. 03, No. 02, 2015, pp. 163-169.
11. Sen Zhang, Wendong Xiao, Jun Gong, IMM Filter Based Human Tracking Using a Distributed Wireless Sensor Network, Mathematical Problems in Engineering, Article ID 895971, 2014, pp. 1-8 (SCI)
12. Ruizhuo Song, Wendong Xiao, Huaguang Zhang, Changyin Sun, Adaptive Dynamic Programming for a Class of Complex-Valued Nonlinear Systems，IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, Vol. 25, No. 9, Sept. 2014, pp. 1733 – 1739. (SCI)
13. Ruizhuo Song, Wendong Xiao, Changyin Sun. A New Self-Learning Optimal Control Laws for a Class of Discrete-Time Nonlinear Systems based on ESN Architecture. Science China (Information Sciences). Vol. 57, No. 6, June 2014, pp. 1-10. (SCI)
14. Ruizhuo Song, Wendong Xiao, Qinglai Wei, A New Approach for a Class of Continuous-Time Chaotic Systems Optimal Control by Online ADP Algorithm, Chinese Physics B, Vol. 23, No. 5, May 2014, 050504. (SCI)
15. Jian-Nan Chi, Chenfei Qian, Pengyun Zhang, Wendong Xiao, Lihua Xie, A Novel ELM based Adaptive Kalman Filter Tracking Algorithm, Neurocomputing, Volume 128, March 2014, pp. 42–49. (SCI)
16. Ruizhuo Song, Wendong Xiao, Qinglai Wei, Changyin Sun, Neural-Network-Based Approach to Finite-Time Optimal Control for a Class of Unknown Nonlinear Systems, Soft Computing, Vol. 18, No.8, August 2014, pp. 1645-1653.(SCI)
17. Ruizhuo Song, Wendong Xiao, Qinglai Wei, Multi-Objective Optimal Control for a Class of Nonlinear Time-Delay Systems via Adaptive Dynamic Programming, Soft Computing, Vol. 17, No. 11, November 2013, pp. 2109-2115. (SCI)
18. Ruizhuo Song, Wendong Xiao, and Huaguang Zhang, Multi-objective Optimal Control for a Class of Unknown Nonlinear Systems based on Finite-Approximation-Error ADP Algorithm, Neurocomputing. Vol. 119, November 2013, Pages 212-221. (SCI)
19. Xiufeng He, Yang Le, and Wendong Xiao, MEMS IMU and Two-Antenna GPS Integration Navigation System using Interval Adaptive Kalman Filter, IEEE Aerospace & Electronics Systems Magazine, Vol. 28, No. 10, October 2013, pp. 22-28. (SCI)
20. Ruizhuo Song, Wendong Xiao, Changyin Sun, and Qinglai Wei. Approximation-Error-ADP-Based Optimal Tracking Control for Chaotic Systems with Convergence Proof. Chinese Physics B. Vol. 22, No. 9, 2013, 090502. (SCI)
21. Rui-Zhuo Song, Wen-Dong Xiao, Chang-Yin Sun, Optimal Tracking Control for a Class of Unknown Discrete-time Systems with Actuator Saturation via Data-based ADP Algorithm, Acta Automatica Sinica, Vol. 23, No. 9, Sept 2013, pp. 1413-1420.
22. Wei Meng, Lihua Xie, and Wendong Xiao, Optimality Analysis of Sensor-Source Geometries in Heterogeneous Sensor Networks, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, Vol. 12, No. 4, April 2013, pp.77-86. (SCI)
23. Sen Zhang, Wendong Xiao, Jun Gong, and Yixin Yin, A Novel Motion Tracking Approach Based on a Wireless Sensor Network, International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, 2013(2013), Article ID 636052, 2013, pp.1-7. (SCI)
24. Sen Zhang, Wendong Xiao, Jun Gong and Yixin Yin, Mobile Sensing and Simultaneously Node Localization in Wireless Sensor Networks for Human Motion Tracking, Applied Bionics and Biomechanics, Vol. 9, No. 4, 2012, pp. 367-374. (SCI)
25. Wei Meng, Wendong Xiao, and Lihua Xie, A Fully Distributed Algorithm for Source Localization in Wireless Sensor Networks, Ad Hoc & Sensor Wireless Networks, Vol. 18, No.1-2, 2013, pp. 131-158. (SCI)
26. Shuli Sun, and Wendong Xiao, Optimal Linear Estimators for Systems with Multiple Random Measurement Delays and Packet Dropouts, International Journal of Systems Science, Vol. 44, No. 2, February 2013, pp. 358-370. (SCI)
27. Wei Meng, Lihua Xie, and Wendong Xiao, Decentralized TDOA Sensor Pairing in Multi-hop Wireless Sensor Networks, IEEE Signal Processing Letters, Vol. 20, No. 2, February 2013, pp. 181 – 184. (SCI)
28. Neda Edalat, Wendong Xiao, Mehul Motani, Nirmalya Roy, and Sajal K. Das, Auction-Based Task Allocation with Trust Management for Shared Sensor Networks, Security and Communication Networks, Vol. 5, No. 11, , Nov 2012, pp. 1223–1234. (SCI).
29. Neda Edalat, Chen-Khong Tham, Wendong Xiao, An Auction-Based Strategy for Distributed Task Allocation in Wireless Sensor Networks, Computer Communications, Vol. 35, No. 8, May 2012, pp. 916–928. (SCI).
    
30. Yang Weng, Lihua Xie, and Wendong Xiao, Sensor Selection for Random Field Estimation in Wireless Sensor Networks, Journal of Systems Science and Complexity, Vol. 25, No. 1, 2012, pp. 46-59. (SCI)
31. Yang Weng, Wendong Xiao, and Lihua Xie, Total Least Squares Method for Robust Source Localization in Sensor Networks Using TDOA Measurements, International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, Volume 2011, 2011, Article ID 172902, pp. 1-8. (SCI)
32. Keyou You, Lihua Xie, Shuli Sun, and Wendong Xiao, Quantized Filtering of Linear Stochastic Systems, Transactions of the Institute of Measurement & Control, Special Issue on Measurement & Estimation for Unmanned Navigation, Vol . 33, No. 6, August 2011, pp. 683-698. (SCI)
33. Yang Weng, Wendong Xiao, and Lihua Xie, Diffusion based EM Algorithm for Distributed Estimation of Gaussian Mixtures in Wireless Sensor Networks, Sensors, Vol. 11, No. 6, June 2011, pp. 6297-6316. (SCI).
34. Wei Meng, Wendong Xiao, and Lihua Xie, An Efficient EM Algorithm for Energy-Based Multi-Source Localization in Wireless Sensor Networks, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, Vol. 60. No. 3, 2011, pp. 1017-1027. (SCI)
35. Yang Weng, Wendong Xiao, and Lihua Xie, Sensor Selection for Parameterized Random Field Estimation in Wireless Sensor Networks, Journal of Control Theory and Applications, Special Issue on “Wireless Sensor Networks: from Theory to Practice”, Vol. 9, No. 1, 2011, pp. 44-50.
36. Wendong Xiao, Sen Zhang, Jianyong Lin, and Chen Khong Tham, Energy-Efficient Adaptive Sensor Scheduling for Target Tracking in Wireless Sensor Networks, Journal of Control Theory and Applications, Special Issue on Networked Sensing, Decision Making and Control, Vol. 8, No. 1, 2010, pp. 86-92.
37. Jianyong Lin, Lihua Xie, and Wendong Xiao, Target Tracking in Wireless Sensor Networks Using Compressed Kalman Filter, International Journal of Sensor Networks, Vol.6, No. 3-4, 2009, pp. 251-262. (SCI)
38. Jianyong Lin, Wendong Xiao, Frank Lewis, and Lihua Xie, Energy Efficient Distributed Adaptive Multi-Sensor Scheduling for Target Tracking in Wireless Sensor Networks, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, Vol. 58, No. 6, June 2009, pp. 1886-1896. (SCI)
39. Sen Zhang, Marcelo Ang, Wendong Xiao, Chen Khong Tham, Detection of Activities for Daily Life Surveillance: Eating and Drinking, Sensors, Vol. 9, No. 3, 2009. pp. 1499-1517. (SCI)
40. Shuli Sun, Lihua Xie, and Wendong Xiao, Optimal Full-Order and Reduced-Order Estimators for Discrete-Time Systems with Random Measurement Delays and Packet Dropouts, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, Vol. 56, No. 8, Part 2, Aug 2008, pp. 4031-4038. (SCI)
41. Shuli Sun, Lihua Xie, Wendong Xiao, and Nan Xiao, Optimal Filtering for Systems with Multiple Packet Dropouts, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems-II: Express Briefs, Vol. 55, No. 7, July 2008, pp. 695 – 699. (SCI)
42. Shuli Sun, Lihua Xie, Wendong Xiao, and Yeng Chai Soh, Optimal linear estimation for systems with multiple packet dropouts, Automatica, Vol. 44, No. 5, May 2008, pp. 1333-1342. (SCI)
43. Hongtao Tian, Sanjay K. Bose, Choi Look Law, and Wendong Xiao, Joint Routing and Flow Rate Optimization in Multi-Rate Ad Hoc Networks, Computer Networks, Vol. 52, No. 3, February 2008, pp. 739-764. (SCI)
44. Lili Zhang, Boon-Hee Soong, and Wendong Xiao, An Integrated Cluster-Based Multi-Channel MAC Protocol for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. Vol. 6, No. 12, Dec 2007. (SCI)
45. Shuli Sun, and Wendong Xiao, Distributed Weighted Fusion Estimators with Random Delays and Packet-Dropping, Circuits Systems and Signal Processing, Vol. 26, No. 4, Jul-Aug 2007, 591-605. (SCI)
46. Lili Zhang, Boon-Hee Soong, and Wendong Xiao, Location-Aware Two-Phase Coding Multi-Channel MAC Protocol (LA-TPCMMP) for MANETs, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. Vol. 6, No. 5, May 2007, pp. 1659-1669. (SCI)
47. Wendong Xiao, Jiankang Wu, Lihua Xie, and Liang Dong, Sensor Scheduling for Target Tracking in Networks of Active Sensors, Acta Automatica Sinica, Special Issue on Sensor Networks, Vol. 32, No. 6, Nov. 2006. pp. 922-928.
48. Lili Zhang, Boon-Hee Soong, and Wendong Xiao, Two-Phase Coding Multichannel MAC Protocol With MAI Mitigation for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks, IEEE Communications Letters, Vol. 8, No. 9, Sept.. 2004. pp. 597-599. (SCI)