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M. (Ming) Cao, Prof

Full Professor, Networks and Robotics / Chair, Discrete Technology & Production Automation / Director, Jantina Tammes School of Digital Society, Technology and AI
Research interests Publications Press/media

Research interests

multi-agent systems, complex systems and networks, distributed decision-making and coordination, cooperative control, adaptive control, human/robot interaction dynamics, robotic teams,

Google Scholar Profile: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=hOEE_4sAAAAJ

Web of Science Profile: https://publons.com/researcher/2232450/ming-cao/

 

Publications

Collective patterns of social diffusion are shaped by individual inertia and trend-seeking

Ye, M., Zino, L., Mlakar, Ž., Bolderdijk, J. W., Risselada, H., Fennis, B. M. & Cao, M., 29-Sept-2021, In: Nature Communications. 12, 1, 5698.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Creating underwater vision through wavy whiskers: A review of the flow sensing mechanisms and biomimetic potential of seal whiskers

Zheng, X., Kamat, A. M., Cao, M. & Kottapalli, A. G. P., 27-Oct-2021, In: Journal of the Royal Society Interface. 18, 183, 23 p., 20210629.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

Singularity-free guiding vector field for robot navigation

Yao, W., Garcia de Marina, H., Lin, B. & Cao, M., 5-Aug-2021, In: IEEE Transaction on Robotics. 37, 4, p. 1206-1221

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Learning enables adaptation in cooperation for multi-player stochastic games

Huang, F., Cao, M. & Wang, L., 25-Dec-2020, In: Journal of the Royal Society Interface. 17, 172, 12 p., 20200639.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Design of Privacy-Preserving Dynamic Controllers: Special Issue of "Security and Privacy of Distributed Algorithms and Network Systems"

Kawano, Y. & Cao, M., 1-Sept-2020, In: IEEE Transaction on Automatic Control. 65, 9, p. 3863-3878 16 p., 9091341.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Networks of conforming or nonconforming individuals tend to reach satisfactory decisions

Ramazi, P., Riehl, J. R. & Cao, M., 15-Nov-2016, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America. 113, 46, p. 12985-12990 6 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Human Decision-Making in Multi-Agent Systems

Cao, M., 4-Jan-2020, Encyclopedia of Systems and Control. Baillieul, J. & Samad, T. (eds.). Springer, 5 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary › Academic › peer-review

Applications of the Poincare-Hopf Theorem: Epidemic Models and Lotka-Volterra Systems

Ye, M., Liu, J., Anderson, B. D. O. & Cao, M., 30-Mar-2022, In: IEEE-Transactions on Automatic Control. 67, 4, p. 1609-1624 16 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

A behavioural–environmental model to study the impact of climate change denial on environmental degradation

Frieswijk, K., Zino, L., Morse, A. S. & Cao, M., Jun-2025, In: Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena. 476, 15 p., 134648.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

An Inline Impedance-Based Leakage Detection Method for Nonconducting Buried Water Mains

Qi, R., Yntema, D. & Cao, M., 5-Mar-2025, In: IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement. 74, 8 p., 9507408.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Press/media

Help, the humanoids are coming. Super robots or science fiction?

Cao, M.

09/05/2025

Press/Media: Expert Comment › Popular

De chips van de toekomst: Nieuwe materialen maken chips energiezuinig en sneller

Cao, M.

23/07/2024

Press/Media: Expert Comment › Popular

Slimme robots om kleinere chips te maken

Acuautla Meneses, M. I. & Cao, M.

16/07/2024

Press/Media: Expert Comment › Popular

Regional newspaper interview: DvhN - robotics and the labour market

Schomaker, L. & Cao, M.

17/05/2022

Press/Media: Expert Comment › Popular

Agent-based study into social diffusion — ScienceDaily

Cao, M.

02/10/2021

Press/Media: Expert Comment › Popular

How a committed minority can change society

Bolderdijk, J. & Cao, M.

30/09/2021

Press/Media: Research › Popular

Samenwerkende robots krijgen in korte tijd veel meer gedaan

Cao, M.

09/03/2019

Press/Media: Expert Comment › Popular

Natuur weet antwoord

Cao, M.

11/07/2018

Press/Media: Research › Popular

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