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| Miss Gao Yang, a Ph.D student, under the supervision of Assoc Prof
Er Meng Joo from the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, has
won the First Prize in the IEEE Region 10 (Asia-Pacific Region) Student
Paper Contest 2002. IEEE Region 10 comprises 4 Councils, 64 Sections, 4
Sub-sections, 211 Chapters and 245 student branches. It covers a geographical
area stretching from South Korea and Japan in the northeast to New Zealand
in the south, and Pakistan in the west. With a membership in of about 55,000,
it is one of the fastest growing regions in IEEE. This is the first time
that an NTU postgraduate student has won the first prize in the contest.
In Miss Gao’s winning paper, entitled “Online Identification and Control of Nonlinear Systems Using Generalized Fuzzy Neural Networks”, a superior robust adaptive control system utilizing fuzzy logic and neural networks has been designed and developed. In contrast with many existing fuzzy neural controllers, the proposed control technique can generate fuzzy logic rules and create the neural networks structure automatically and systematically without any predefinitions. In other words, structure and parameters of the proposed controller are self-adaptive in order to maintain high control performance. This achievement greatly increases the flexibility and numerical capability of the controller. Moreover, it prevents redundant or inefficient computation. Miss Gao Yang received her B.Eng degree with first-class honors from
NTU in 2000. Since February, 2000, she has been pursuing her Ph.D degree
at the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Her research interests
include adaptive control, fuzzy logic, neural networks, robotics and automation.
Her research works have been widely recognized and have been published
in a book chapter and several international refereed journals and conference
proceedings.
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