Career: Professor Hong Wang received the BSc, MEng and PhD degrees from Huainan University of Mining Engineering (AHUST) and Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST) in P R China 1982, 1984 and 1987, respectively. He then worked as a postdoc at Salford, Brunel and Southampton Universities between 1988 and 1992. He joined UMIST in 1992 as a lecturer, and was then promoted to a Senior Lecturer in August 1997, to a Reader in August 1999, and to a Professor in April, 2002.
Research Contribution: Professor Wang originated the work on stochastic distribution control, where the main purpose of control input design is to make the shape of the output probability density functions to follow a targeted function. He is the leading author of three books and has also published over 200 papers in international journals and conferences. He has another detailed website on his publications at http://www.umist.ac.uk/paper
Awards:Professor Wang received the outstanding oversea scholarship award from the Chinese National Sciences Foundation in 2002, and outstanding oversea academics award from the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2004. He was one of the 120 oversea academics invited to attend the 50th birthday of the P R China in Beijing in 1999.
Off-work Activities: Professor Wang's other interests: Oil paintings and water colours (trained seven years), Radio-controlled airplanes/cars/boats and motor cycling, and kids education (Greater Manchester Chinese School).
Mobiles: 0771 434 2633 (UK); 1355 2700 902 (China)
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