Prof. Guang-Ren Duan is the founder and the director of the Center for Control Theory and Guidance Technology at Harbin Institute of Technology, and the Center for Control Science and Technology at the Southern University of Science and Technology. His pioneering contributions to fully actuated system (FAS) theory have significantly advanced nonlinear control design, addressing long-standing challenges in multi-input multi-output (MIMO) system control.
Prof. Duan is an Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and a Fellow of IEEE, IET, and the Chinese Association of Automation (CAA). He has authored and co-authored five books and over 500 SCI-indexed publications, with his research spanning parametric control system design, descriptor systems, spacecraft control, and magnetic bearing control. In 2021, he introduced the FAS approach for nonlinear control, laying the foundation for a novel paradigm in the field. He subsequently established the Technical Committee on FAS Theory and Applications (CAA) and launched the Annual Conference on Fully Actuated System Theory and Applications (FASTA), which has rapidly gained international recognition, attracting over 610 participants in 2024.
Prof. Duan has delivered plenary lectures at more than 40 international conferences, including the IEEE ARM 2020, IEEE ICRA 2021, IEEE IECON 2023, SICE-ICASE 2006, SICE 2014, IFAC TDS 2021, CCC 2021, and CAC 2024.