Dr. Zhong-Ping Jiang is a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and an Affiliate Professor in the Department of Civil and Urban Engineering at the Tandon School of Engineering, New York University. He has been with NYU since 2007, previously serving as Associate Professor (2002-2007) and Assistant Professor (1999-2002) at Polytechnic University (now part of NYU). Dr. Jiang received his MSc degree in Statistics from the University of Paris XI in 1989 and his PhD degree in Automatic Control and Mathematics from the Ecole des Mines de Paris in 1993. He has maintained strong international collaborations with researchers across Europe throughout his career. Internationally recognized as a key contributor to nonlinear small-gain theory, Dr. Jiang is also well-known for his seminal work in robust adaptive dynamic programming and robust reinforcement learning for real-time safety-critical control applications. His research spans dynamical networks, nonlinear control theory, data-driven optimization, and reinforcement learning with applications to mechanical, information and biological systems. Dr. Jiang's publications have had significant impact in the field, with over 500 peer-reviewed journal and conference papers, more than 34,300 citations, and an h-index of 90 on Google Scholar. He has also published six research monographs since 2011. His notable awards and honors include: Election to European Academy of Sciences and Arts (2023) Stanford's Top 2% Most Highly Cited Scientists (2023) Election to Academia Europaea (2021) Highly Cited Researchers by Clarivate Analytics (2018) Fellow of Chinese Association of Automation (2017) Fellow of International Federation of Automatic Control (2013) Fellow of IEEE (2008) National Distinguished Professor, Chinese Ministry of Education (2009) Dr. Jiang serves as Deputy Editor-in-Chief for the IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica and has held editorial positions for numerous prestigious journals including IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. He has delivered more than 20 plenary, semi-plenary and keynote speeches at major international conferences and workshops.




