Hongtao Zhang s Curriculum Vitae

Hongtao Zhang

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PHD Waterloo, ON, Canada N2L 6P6

Electrical & Computer Engineering Cell: +1-226-***-****

University of Waterloo Tel: +1-519-***-**** ext. 37818

Email: abpbrx@r.postjobfree.com

Homepage: http://www.watsci.org/zhang/

PHD Advisors:

Prof. Xuemin (Sherman) Shen

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

University of Waterloo

Prof. Xinzhi Liu

Department of Applied Mathematics, Faculty of Mathematics

University of Waterloo

Education:

PH.D. (9/2006 12/2010), University of Waterloo, Canada

Major: Electrical and Computer Engineering

MASc (9/2001 7/2004), Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China

Major: Control Theory and Control Engineering

BASc (9/1997 7/2001), Wuhan University, China

Major: Control Theory and Control Engineering

Research Interests:

Performance analysis and MAC design of wireless networks;

System design and algorithm development of chaos-based secure communication;

Control and nonlinear analysis of dynamical networks.

Academic Activities:

Organizer, the 8th International Conference on Differential Equations and Dynamical

Systems, August 1-4, 2012

Link: http://deds2012.watsci.org

Applied Mathematics, Modeling and Computational Science Conference, July 25-29, 2011

Presentation Title: Intermittent Impulsive Synchronization of Delayed Chaotic Neural

Networks

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2010 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, April 18-21, 2010

Presentation Title: Boundedness of Heterogeneous TCP Flows with Multiple Bottlenecks

The 2010 Graduate Student Research Conference, April 26-30, 2010

Presentation Title: Adaptive impulsive synchronization of complex dynamical networks

Workshop on Hybrid Dynamic Systems, July 29-31, 2010

Presentation Title: Multi-Scroll Chaotic and Hyperchaotic Attractors Generated from Chen

System

Selected Seminar Presentations:

1. Chaos synchronization and its application to secure communication, Nov. 25, 2010,

PHD thesis defense;

2. Chaos-based public-key cryptography, Oct. 15, 2010, in Applied Mathematics group;

3. Advances in chaos-based secure communication, Jul. 22, 2010, in BBCR group;

4. Switching linear systems to generate multi-scroll chaos, Nov. 28, 2008, in Applied

Mathematics group;

5. Synchronization of chaotic systems and application to communication, Jul. 24, 2008, in

BBCR group;

6. A family of new chaos from delayed differential equation, Jan. 18, 2008, in Applied

Mathematics group;

7. Time-delay differential equation generating chaos, Dec. 4, 2007, in BBCR group;

8. Secure communication using chaos synchronization, Oct. 25, 2007, in BBCR group;

9. Congestion control for internet, Jul. 20, 2007, in Applied Mathematics group;

10. Secure communication based on impulsive synchronization with delay-time, Mar. 22,

2007, in BBCR group.

Professional Skills:

In depth knowledge on website development (with Apache, PHP, mySQL, Myadmin, Perl,

HTML, Javascript, SSL, CSS, etc.);

In depth knowledge on network security and encryption algorithms, such as stream cipher,

block cipher, RSA, ElGamal, Elliptic Curve Cryptography, etc.;

In depth knowledge on TCP/IP and MAC protocol of wireless network;

In depth knowledge on control theory, nonlinear analysis, circuit design, and network

communication;

Familiarity with simulation tools: Matlab, NS2, Java and C++.

Work Experiences:

Post-Doctorial Fellow (1/2011-present) University of Waterloo

Project: System design of chaos-based secure communication

Invited by Prof. Xinzhi Liu, Prof. Xuemin Shen and Prof. Wei-chau Xie

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Research Assistant (12/2003-6/2004) Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Project: Generation of chaotic systems and dynamical analysis

Invited by Prof. Kok-Lay Teo

Visiting Scholar (9/2002) City University of Hong Kong

Project: Design of chaos circuits

Invited by Prof. Guanrong Chen

Website Development (9/2006-Present)

1. International Conference:

The 8th International Conference on Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems

Link: http://deds2012.watsci.org/

2. International Journals:

Dynamics of Continuous, Discrete and Impulsive Systems, Series A: Mathematical Analysis

Link: http://www.watsci.org/A/index.html

Dynamics of Continuous, Discrete and Impulsive Systems, Series B: Applications &

Algorithms

Link: http://www.watsci.org/B/index.html

Journal of Nonlinear Systems and Applications

Link: http://www.watsci.org/JNSA/index/index.html

Honors and Awards:

1. UW Special Graduate Scholarship, 2009-2010, University of Waterloo;

2. International Doctoral Student Award, 2006-2009, University of Waterloo;

3. University of Waterloo Graduate Scholarship, Spring 2010, University of Waterloo;

4. University of Waterloo Graduate Scholarship, Winter 2010, University of Waterloo;

5. University of Waterloo Graduate Scholarship, Spring 2009, University of Waterloo;

6. University of Waterloo Graduate Scholarship, Winter 2009, University of Waterloo;

7. University of Waterloo Graduate Scholarship, Spring 2008, University of Waterloo;

8. University of Waterloo Graduate Scholarship, Winter 2008, University of Waterloo.

Publications:

Journal Papers:

1. H. Zhang, X. Liu, X. Shen, and J. Liu, Chaos entanglement: a systematic methodology to

chaos, submitted to International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos.

2. H. Zhang, X. Liu, X. Shen, and J. Liu, A family of new chaotic and hyperchaotic Attractors

from delay differential Equation, to appear.

3. H. Zhang, X. Liu, X. Shen, and J. Liu, Intermittent impulsive synchronization of

hyperchaos with application to secure communication, submitted to IEEE Transactions on

Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers.

4. H. Zhang, X. Liu, and X. Shen Adaptive network synchronization subject to network nodes

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with unknown parameters and different structures, submitted to Communications in

Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulations.

5. H. Zhang, X. Liu, and X. Shen, Impulsive synchronization of uncertain dynamical networks

with coupling delay and impulsive delay, in progress.

6. H. Zhang, X. Liu, and X. Shen, Synchronization of chaotic lur'e systems by impulsive

control and output feedback with delay, in progress.

7. X. Liu, X. Shen, and H. Zhang, Multi-scroll chaotic and hyperchaotic attractors from chen

system, International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos, Vol. 22, No. 2, 2012.

8. J. Liu, X. Liu, W.C. Xie, and H. Zhang, Stochastic consensus seeking with communication

delays, Automatica, Vol. 47, No. 12, pp. 2689--2696, 2011.

9. X. Liu, X. Shen, and H. Zhang, Intermittent impulsive synchronization of chaotic delayed

neural networks, Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems, Vol. 19, No. 1-2, pp.

149--169, 2011.

10. X. Liu and H. Zhang, Impulse control of PWM Switching converter, Nonlinear Studies,

Vol. 18, No. 4, pp. 611--619, 2011.

11. Y. Li, X. Liu, and H. Zhang, A new unified chaotic system and its impulsive

synchronization", DCDIS, Vol. 16, No. 4, pp. 573--587, 2009.

12. X. Liu, K.L. Teo, H. Zhang, and G.R. Chen, Switching control of linear systems for

generating chaos, Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, Vol. 30, No. 3, pp. 725--733, 2006.

13. X. Liu and H. Zhang, Robust stability of impulsive switched systems with disturbance", the

ANZIAM Journal, Vol. 48, No. 2, pp. 259--270, 2006.

14. Y. Li, X. Liu, and H. Zhang, Dynamical analysis and impulsive control of a new

hyperchaotic system, Mathematical and Computer Modelling, Vol. 42, No. 11-12, pp.

1359--1374, 2005.

15. X. Liu and H. Zhang, Robust H-infinity control on impulsive switched systems with

disturbance", Control Theory & Applications, Vol. 21, No. 2, pp. 261--266, 2004.

Conference Paper:

1. H. Zhang, L. Cai, X. Liu, and X. Shen, Boundedness of Heterogeneous TCP Flows with

Multiple Bottlenecks, in Proc. IEEE WCNC, Sydney, Australia, April 18-21, 2010.

Referee information:

Professor Xinzhi Liu

Department of Applied Mathematics, Faculty of Mathematics,

University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, N2L 3G1

Phone: +1-519-***-**** ext. 36007

Fax: +1-519-***-****

Email: abpbrx@r.postjobfree.com

Homepage: http://www.math.uwaterloo.ca/~xzliu/

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Professor Xuemin (Sherman) Shen

University Research Chair, Professional Engineer, IEEE Fellow

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, N2L 3G1

Tel: +1-519-***-**** ext. 32691

Fax: +1-519-***-****

Email: abpbrx@r.postjobfree.com

Homepage: http://bbcr.uwaterloo.ca/~xshen

Professor Kok Lay Teo

Head of Department, John Curtin Distinguished Professor

Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Curtin University

Phone: +618-****-****

Fax: +618-****-****

Email: abpbrx@r.postjobfree.com

Homepage: http://maths.curtin.edu.au/staff/teo.cfm

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