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Dr Zhiwei Gao

Associate Professor

Department: Mathematics, Physics and Electrical Engineering

Dr David (Zhiwei) Gao

Reader. Department: Mathematics, Physics and Electrical Engineering

Before joining Northumbira University, he held research and academic positions respectively in Newcaslte University, University of Liverpool, University of Leicester, University of Manchester, University of Duisburg-Essen, and Tianjin University. 

He was the recipient of the Alexander von Humboldt Reserach Fellowship in 2004. He was elevated to the IEEE Fellow class in 2023He is also Fellow of AAIA and Fellow of HEA.

Dr. Gao is currently the Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, IEEE Transactions on Industral Electronics, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, ISA Transactions (Elsevier), Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing (Springer), and and the editorial board member of Renewable Energy (Elsevier). From 2023, he has been appointed as the Senior Editor of IEEE Access. 

Zhiwei Gao

  • Please visit the Pure Research Information Portal for further information
  • Coordinated Electric Vehicle Active and Reactive Power Control for Active Distribution Networks, Wang, Y., Qiu, D., Strbac, G., Gao, Z. 1 Feb 2023, In: IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics
  • Event-Triggered Federated Learning for Fault Diagnosis of Offshore Wind Turbines With Decentralized Data, Lu, S., Gao, Z., Zhang, P., Xu, Q., Xie, T., Zhang, A. 5 May 2023, In: IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering
  • Guest Editorial Introduction to the Focused Section on Real-Time Monitoring, Diagnosis, and Prognosis and Health Management for Electric Vehicles, Gao, Z., Huang, V., Wu, L., Al Janaideh, M., Palhares, R. 23 Jan 2023, In: IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics
  • Interval Coordination of Multiagent Networks With Antagonistic Interactions, Su, H., Wang, X., Gao, Z. 1 Apr 2023, In: IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
  • Resilient consensus of high-order networks against collusive attacks, Zhao, D., Lv, Y., Wen, G., Gao, Z. 1 May 2023, In: Automatica
  • Secure energy management of multi-energy microgrid: A physical-informed safe reinforcement learning approach, Wang, Y., Qiu, D., Sun, M., Strbac, G., Gao, Z. 1 Apr 2023, In: Applied Energy
  • Semi-Global Robust Consensus of Discrete-Time MASs Subject to Input Saturation and Additive Perturbations, Su, H., Yang, Y., Gao, Z. 28 Mar 2023, In: IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
  • Special Issue on “Modelling, Monitoring, Control and Optimization for Complex Industrial Processes”, Gao, Z. 9 Jan 2023, In: Processes
  • A deep learning-based fault diagnosis of leader-following systems, Liu, X., Lu, X., Gao, Z. 2022, In: IEEE Access
  • A GAN-based fault detection for dynamic process with deconvolutional networks, Zhang, D., Gao, Z. 25 Jul 2022, 2022 IEEE 20th International Conference on Industrial Informatics (INDIN), Piscataway, NJ, IEEE

  • Xiaoxu Liu Fault estimation and fault tolerant control with application to wind turbine systems Start Date: 01/10/2014 End Date: 26/03/2018
  • Sarah Odofin Robust Fault Diagnosis by GA Optimisation with Applications to Wind Turbine Systems and Induction Motors Start Date: 31/01/2013 End Date: 27/02/2017
  • Yichuan Fu Data-Driven Fault Classification for Wind Turbine Systems Start Date: 01/02/2016 End Date: 21/04/2021
  • Reihane Rahimilarki Fault Diagnosis for Wind Turbine Systems by Using Neural Network and Deep Learning Techniques Start Date: 01/10/2017 End Date: 19/07/2021

  • Engineering PhD April 14 1996
  • Fellow Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association (AAIA) 2023
  • Fellow Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers (IEEE) 2023
  • Fellow (FHEA) Higher Education Academy (HEA) 2015


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