Experts directory

Prof Z Wang

College of Science, Engineering and Technology
School of Engineering
Department: Electrical Engineering
Professor
Tel: +27 11 471 3513
E-mail: wangz@unisa.ac.za

Expertise

  • Computer Science

Qualifications

  • PhD (Control Theory and Control Engineering)
  • Bachelor (Automatic Control)

NRF Rating

C2

Fields of academic interests

Research interest areas

  • Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Its Applications: Particle Swarm Optimization, Genetic Algorithm, Energy (power system) Optimization, Multi-Objective Evolutionary Optimization, Deep learning Neural Network, Image/video Processing, Classification and Recognition of Diseases using AI (or machine learning), Intrusion Detection in Wireless/IoT, Smart home;
  • Automatic Control: Adaptive Control, Model Predictive Control, Advanced PID Control, Optimal Control, Fuzzy and/or Neural Network Control, Fault Diagnosis and Fault Tolerant Control, Electrical Machine Control, Energy management and Speed Control of Electric Vehicle;
  • Renewable energy system design/optimization/simulation: Ocean energy, Solar energy, microgrid, smart grid;
  • Industry 4.0, Encryption, Chaos, Internet of Things and so on.

Field of Specialisation

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Computer Science

Journal articles

(The updated list of publications can be found at http://scholar.google.co.za/citations?user=gKnO50cAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao )

Selected Journal Publications

2017 - Feb 2022:

  1. Jia Ren, Zengqiang Chen, Mingwei Sun, Qinglin Sun, Zenghui Wang, Proportion integral-type active disturbance rejection generalized predictive control for  distillation process based on grey wolf optimization parameter tuning, Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering, early access: https://doi.org/10.1016 /j.cjche.2021.11.022 (ISI Master indexed journal = SCI/SCIE indexed journal).
  2. Yunxi Zhang, Yu Fan, Mingwei Sun, Zenghui Wang, Zengqiang Chen, Practical Integrated Guidance and Control for the High-Speed Anti-Ship Missile to Counter Switching Targets Under a Short Time-to-go Condition, International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences, 2022, 23 (1), 143-156. (ISI Master indexed journal).Kahiomba Sonia Kiangala, Zenghui Wang, An Experimental Safety Response Mechanism for an Autonomous Moving Robot in a Smart Manufacturing Environment Using Q-Learning Algorithm and Speech Recognition, Sensors, 2022, 22(3):941. (ISI Master indexed journal)
  3. Kahiomba Sonia Kiangala, Zenghui Wang, An Experimental Safety Response Mechanism for an Autonomous Moving Robot in a Smart Manufacturing Environment Using Q-Learning Algorithm and Speech Recognition, Sensors, 2022, 22(3):941. (ISI Master indexed journal)
  4. Kahiomba Sonia Kiangala, Zenghui Wang, An Effective Communication Prototype for Time-Critical IIoT Manufacturing Factories Using Zero-Loss Redundancy Protocols, Time-Sensitive Networking, and Edge-Computing in an Industry 4.0 Environment, Processes, 2022, 9(11): 2084. (ISI Master indexed journal)
  5. YVES Matanga, Yanxia Sun, Zenghui Wang, Hybrid PSO-αBB global optimisation for C2 box-constrained multimodal NLPs, IEEE Access, 2022, 10: 805 - 818. (ISI Master indexed journal)
  6. Shijian Cang, Gehang Zhao, Zenghui Wang, Zengqiang Chen, Global structures of clew-shaped conservative chaotic flows in a class of 3D one-thermostat systems, Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, 2022, 154: 111687. (ISI Master indexed journal)
  7. Juan Gutiérrez-Cárdenas, Zenghui Wang, Classification of Breast Cancer and Breast Neoplasm scenarios based on Machine Learning and sequence features from lncRNAs-miRNAs-diseases associations, accepted by Interdisciplinary Sciences: Computational Life Sciences, 2021, 13(4): 572–581. (ISI Master indexed journal)
  8. Emmanuel Ileberi, Yanxia Sun, Zenghui Wang, Performance Evaluation of Machine Learning Methods for Credit Card Fraud Detection Using SMOTE and AdaBoost, IEEE Access, 2021, 9: 165286-165294. (ISI Master indexed journal)
  9. Kahiomba Sonia Kiangala, Zenghui Wang, An Effective Communication Prototype for Time-Critical IIoT Manufacturing Factories Using Zero-Loss Redundancy Protocols, Time-Sensitive Networking, and Edge-Computing in an Industry 4.0 Environment, Processes, 9(11): 2084 (ISI Master indexed journal).
  10. Michael J. Norval, Zenghui Wang, Yanxia sun, Evaluation of Image Processing Technologies for Pulmonary Tuberculosis Detection Based on Deep Learning Convolutional Neural Networks, Journal of Advances in Information Technology, 2021, 12(3): 253-259.
  11. Adedeji Olugboja, Zenghui Wang,  Yanxia Sun, Parallel Convolutional Neural Networks for Object Detection, Journal of Advances in Information Technology, 2021, 12(4): 279-286.
  12. Xu Yang, Hongyan Xing, Xinyuan Ji, Zenghui Wang, Smart Localization of Thunderstorm Charge for Human 4IR Applications, Mobile Information Systems, 2021, Article ID 5548350, https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/5548350 (ISI Master indexed journal).
  13. Yue Li, Zengqiang Chen, Zenghui Wang, Shijian Cang, An Effective Approach for Constructing a Class of 4D Multicluster Conservative Chaotic Systems without External Excitation, International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos, 2021, 31(13): 2150198. https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218127421501984 (ISI Master indexed journal).
  14. Yue Li, Zengqiang Chen, Zenghui Wang and Shijian Cang, Nonlinear dynamics analysis of cluster-shaped conservative flows generated from a generalized thermostatted system, Chinese Physics B, 2021, 31(1):010501 https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1674-1056/ac0a61/meta (ISI Master indexed journal).
  15. Stephen Oladipo, Yanxia Sun, Zenghui Wang, Application of a New Fusion of Flower Pollinated With Pathfinder Algorithm for AGC of Multi-Source Interconnected Power System, 2021, 9: 94149-94168 (ISI Master indexed journal).
  16. Enzeng Dong, Hui Yu, Jigang Tong, Zenghui Wang, Divergence Measure on a Modified Sprott-C System, IEEE Access, 2021, 9: 88959-88969, 10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3090804 (ISI Master indexed journal).
  17. Ronghao Li, Zenghui Wang, Enzeng Dong, A new locally active memristive synapse-coupled neuron model, Nonlinear Dynamics, 2021, 104 (4), 4459-4475, https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11071-021-06574-1 (ISI Master indexed journal).
  18. Malavi Clifford Mlati and Zenghui Wang, Unmanned ground vehicles: adaptive control system for real-time rollover prevention, Int. J. Vehicle Autonomous Systems, 2021, 16(1): 81-95. (Scopus indexed journal).
  19. Liston Matindife, Yanxia Sun, Zenghui Wang, Image-based mains signal disaggregation and load recognition, Complex & Intelligent Systems, 2021, 7:901–927 (ISI Master indexed journal).
  20. Shijian Cang, Zhijun Kang, Zenghui Wang， Pseudo-random number generator based on a generalized conservative Sprott-A system, Nonlinear Dynamics, 2021, 104: 827–844 (ISI Master indexed journal)
  21. Juan Gutiérrez-Cárdenas, Zenghui Wang, One-class models for validation of miRNAs and ERBB2 gene interactions based on sequence features for breast cancer scenarios,  ICT Express, 2022, 7 (4), 468-474 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icte.2021.03.001 (ISI Master indexed journal)
  22. Xiaodong Jiao, Enzeng Dong and Zenghui Wang, Dynamic Analysis and FPGA Implementation of a Kolmogorov-Like Hyperchaotic System. International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos, 2021, 31(4): 2150052 (ISI Master indexed journal).
  23. Engzeng Dong, Mengtao Deng, Zenghui Wang, A robust tracking algorithm with on online detector and high-confidence updating strategy. The Visual Computer. 2021, 37(3): 567-585 (ISI Master indexed journal).
  24. Sonia Kahiomba Kiangala, Zenghui Wang, An effective adaptive customization framework for small manufacturing plants using extreme gradient boosting-XGBoost and random forest ensemble learning algorithms in an Industry 4.0 environment, Machine Learning with Applications 2021, 4: 100024.
  25. Samuel O. Obadan, Zenghui Wang, A multi-agent approach to POMDPS using off-policy reinforcement learning and genetic algorithms, 2020, 19(3): 377-386. (Scopus indexed journal).
  26. Zhigang Chen, Ying Wang, Mingwei Sun, Zenghui Wang, Zengqiang Chen, Practical Energy Dissipation Control of Near Space Glider on Independent Longitudinal Plane, International Journal of Aerospace Engineering, Volume 2020, Article ID 8854837 (22 pages). (ISI Master indexed journal)
  27. Enzeng Dong, Bo Han, Hao Jian, Jigang Tong, Zenghui Wang, Moving target detection based on improved Gaussian mixture model considering camera motion, Multimedia Tools and Applications, 2020, 79:2005-2020 (ISI Master indexed journal)
  28. Kahiomba Sonia Kiangala, Zenghui Wang, An Effective Predictive Maintenance Framework for Conveyor Motors Using Dual Time-Series Imaging and Convolutional Neural Network in an Industry 4.0 Environment Authors, IEEE Access, 2020, 8: 121033-121049 (ISI Master indexed journal).
  29. Liston Matindife, Yanxia Sun, zenghui wang, A Machine-Learning Based Non-Intrusive Smart Home Appliance Status Recognition, Mathematics Mathematical Problems in Engineering, Volume 2020 Article ID 9356165, 21 pages. (ISI Master indexed Journal).
  30. Ibomoiye Domor Mienye, Yanxia Sun, Zenghui Wang, An improved ensemble learning approach for the prediction of heart disease risk, Informatics in Medicine Unlocked, 2020, 20: 100402 (Scopus indexed journal).
  31. Ibomoiye Domor Mienye, Yanxia Sun, Zenghui Wang, Improved sparse autoencoder based artificial neural network approach for prediction of heart disease, Informatics in Medicine Unlocked, 2020, 18: 100307 (Scopus indexed journal).
  32. Abdurrahman Shuaibu Hassan, Yanxia Sun, Zenghui Wang, Multi-objective for optimal placement and sizing DG units in reducing loss of power and enhancing voltage profile using BPSO-SLFA, Energy Reports, 2020, 6: 1581-1589 (ISI Master indexed journal).
  33. Abdurrahman Shuaibu Hassan, Yanxia Sun, Zenghui Wang, Optimization techniques applied for optimal planning and integration of renewable energy sources based on distributed generation: Recent trends, Cogent Engineering, 2020, 7(1): 1766394 (Scopus indexed journal).
  34. Haitao Gao, Zhigang Chen, Mingwei Sun, Zenghui Wang and Zengqiang Chen, General Periodic Cruise Guidance Optimization for Hypersonic Vehicles, Applied Sciences, 2020, 10: 2898 (ISI Master indexed journal).
  35. Haitao Gao, Zhigang Chen, Mingwei Sun, Jian Huang, Zenghui Wang and Zengqiang Chen, An efficient fast altitude control for hypersonic vehicle, Control Engineering Practice, 100：104426 (ISI Master indexed journal).
  36. Enzeng Dong, Guanghan Liu, Zenghui Wang and Zengqiang Chen, Energy conservation, Singular orbits and FPGA implementation of two new Hamiltonian chaotic systems,  Complexity, 2020, Article ID 8693157(15 pages) (ISI Master indexed journal).
  37. Shijian Cang, Yue Li, Zhijun Kang, Zenghui Wang, A generic method for constructing n-fold covers of 3D conservative chaotic systems, Chaos, 2020, 30: 033103 (ISI Master indexed journal).
  38. Yue Li, Shijian Cang, Zhijun Kang, Zenghui Wang, A new conservative system with isolated invariant tori and six-cluster chaotic flows, The European Physical Journal Special Topics, 2020, 229: 1335–1342 (ISI Master indexed journal).
  39. Shijian Cang, Yue Li, Zhijun Kang, Zenghui Wang, Generating multicluster conservative chaotic flows from a generalized Sprott-A system, Chaos, Solitons and Fractals, 2020, 133: 109651 (ISI Master indexed journal).
  40. Ruiye Zhang, Aiguo Wu, Zenghui Wang, Shijian Cang, Chaotic and subharmonic oscillations in a DC–DC boost converter with PWM voltage–current hybrid controller and parallel MR load, Nonlinear Dynamics, 2020, 99 (2): 1321-1339 (ISI Master indexed journal).
  41. Shijian Cang, Yue Li, Wei Xue, Zenghui Wang, Zengqiang Chen, Conservative chaos and invariant tori in the modified Sprott A system, Nonlinear Dynamics, 2020, 99 (2): 1699-1708 (ISI Master indexed journal).
  42. Ibomoiye Domor Mienye, Yanxia Sun, Zenghui Wang, Improved predictive sparse decomposition method with densenet for prediction of lung cancer, International Journal of Computing, 2020, 19(4)： 533-541.
  43. Minnan Piao, Youan Zhang, Mingwei Sun, Zhihong Yang, Zenghui Wang and Zengqiang Chen, Adaptive aeroservoelastic mode stabilization of flexible airbreathing hypersonic vehicle, Journal of Vibration and Control, 2019, 25(15): 2124–2142 (ISI Master indexed journal).
  44. Piao Minnan, Sun Mingwei, Huang Jian, Wang Zenghui, Chen Zengqiang. Partial Integrated Guidance and Control Design for Supersonic Missile Based on Disturbance Rejection. Measurement and Control, 2019, 52(9-10): 1445-1460 (ISI Master indexed journal).
  45. Mingwei Sun, Youan Zhang, Jingmao Liu, Jian Huang, Zenghui Wang and Zengqiang Chen, Explicit Parameterized Energy Management for Scramjet Transition, IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, 2019, 55(2): 798- 809 (ISI Master indexed journal).
  46. Waseem Rawat, Zenghui Wang, Hybrid Stochastic GA-Bayesian Search for Deep Convolutional Neural Network Model Selection, Journal of Universal Computer Science, 2019, 25(6): 647-666 (ISI Master indexed journal).
  47. H. Bello-Salau, A.M. Aibinu, Z. Wang, A.J. Onumanyi, E.N. Onwuka, J.J. Dukiy, An optimized routing algorithm for vehicle ad-hoc networks, Engineering Science and Technology, an International Journal, 2019, 22(3): 754-766 (Scopus indexed journal).
  48. Yue Xuhui, Chen Qijuan, Wang Zenghui, Geng Dazhou, Yan Donglin, Jiang Wen, Wang Weiyu, A novel nonlinear state space model for the hydraulic power take-off of a wave energy converter, Energy, 2019, 180: 465-479 (ISI Master indexed journal).
  49. Ima O.Essiet, Yanxia Sun, Zenghui Wang, Optimized energy consumption model for smart home using improved differential evolution algorithm, Energy, 2019, 172: 354-365 (ISI Master indexed journal).
  50. Enzeng Dong, Zhijun Zhang, Mingfeng Yuan, Yuehui Ji, Xuesong Zhou, Zenghui Wang, Ultimate boundary estimation and topological horseshoe analysis on a parallel 4D hyperchaotic system with any number of attractors and its multi-scroll, Nonlinear Dynamics, 2019, 95: 3219–3236 (ISI Master indexed journal).
  51. Ima Okon Essiet, Yanxia Sun, Zenghui Wang, Improved genetic algorithm based on pso-inspired reference point placement, Engineering optimization, 2019, 51(7): 1097-1114 (ISI Master indexed journal).
  52. S Cang, Y Li, R Zhang, Z Wang, Hidden and self-excited coexisting attractors in a Lorenz-like system with two equilibrium points, Nonlinear Dynamics, 2019, 95 (1): 381-390 (ISI Master indexed journal).
  53. Ima Okon Essiet, Yanxia Sun, Zenghui Wang, Analysis of the Effect of Parameter Variation on a Dynamic Cost Function for Distributed Energy Resources: A DER-CAM Case Study, Applied Sciences, 2018, 8: 884 (16 pages) (ISI Master indexed journal).
  54. Minnan Piao, Zhihong Yang, Mingwei Sun, Jian Huang, Zenghui Wang, Zengqiang Chen, Synthesis of Attitude Control for Statically Unstable Hypersonic Vehicle with Low-Frequency Aero-Servo-Elastic Effect, Aerospace Science and Technology, 2018, 80: 67–77 (ISI Master indexed journal).
  55. Shijian Cang, Yue Li, Zenghui Wang, Single Crystal-Lattice-Shaped Chaotic and Quasi-Periodic Flows with Time-Reversible Symmetry, International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos, 2018, 28(13): 1830044 (ISI Master indexed journal).
  56. Liston Matindife, Zenghui Wang, Yanxia Sun, Fuzzy Logic System for Intermixed Biogas and Photovoltaics Measurement and Control, Mathematical Problems in Engineering, 2018, Article ID 5412062, 18 pages (ISI Master indexed journal).
  57. Samuel O. Obadan, Zenghui Wang, A hybrid optimization approach for complex nonlinear objective functions, International Journal of Computing, 2018, 17(2): 102-112 (SCOPUS indexed journal).
  58. En-Zeng Dong, Zhen Wang, Xiao Yu, Zeng-Qiang Chen and Zeng-Hui Wang, Topological horseshoe analysis and field-programmable gate array implementation of a fractional-order four-wing chaotic attractor, Chinese Physics B, 2018, 27(1):010503 (ISI Master indexed journal).
  59. Sonia Kiangala Kahiomba and Zenghui Wang, Initiating predictive maintenance for a conveyor motor in a bottling plant using Industry 4.0 concepts, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 2018, 97(9–12): 3251–3271 (ISI Master indexed journal).
  60. Aiguo Wu, Shijian Cang, Ruiye Zhang, Zenghui Wang, and Zengqiang Chen, Hyperchaos in a Conservative System with Nonhyperbolic Fixed Points, Complexity, 2018, Article ID 9430637 (8 pages) (ISI Master indexed journal).
  61. Ruiye Zhang, Aiguo Wu, Shaoru Zhang, Zenghui Wang, Shijian Cang, Dynamical analysis and circuit implementation of a DC/DC single-stage boost converter with memristance load, Nonlinear Dynamics, 2018, 93( 3): 1741–1755 (ISI Master indexed journal).
  62. Dong En Zeng, Wang Dan Dan, Tong Ji Gang, Chen Chao, and Wang Zenghui, A Stable Gait Planning method of Biped Robot Based on Ankle motion Smooth Fitting, International Journal of Control, Automation and Systems, 2018, 16(1): 284-294 (ISI Master indexed journal).
  63. Yanxia Sun, Zenghui Wang, Adaptive Sharing Scheme based Sub-swarm Multi-objective PSO, Journal of Universal Computer Science, 2017, 23(7): 673-691 (ISI Master indexed journal).
  64. Qixia Wu, Mingwei Sun, Zengqiang Chen, Zhihong Yang, and Zenghui Wang, Tuning of Active Disturbance Rejection Attitude Controller for Statically Unstable Launch Vehicle, Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets,  2017, 54(6): 1383-1389 (ISI Master indexed journal).
  65. Yanxia Sun, Zenghui Wang, Elitism set based particle swarm optimization and its application, International Journal of Computational Intelligence Systems, 2017, 10: 3–16. (ISI Master indexed journal).
  66. Shijian Cang, Aiguo Wu, Zenghui Wang, Zengqiang Chen, Distinguishing Lorenz and Chen Systems Based Upon Hamiltonian Energy Theory, International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos, 2017, 27(2): 1750024 (12 pages) (ISI Master indexed journal).
  67. Liston Matindife, Zenghui Wang, Fuzzy Logic Algorithms Based Measurement and Control System Design for Intermixed Biogas and Photovoltaic System, Procedia Manufacturing, 2017, 7: 339-344 (SCOPUS indexed)
  68. Yanxia Sun, Zenghui Wang, Improved Particle Swarm Optimization based Dynamic Economic Dispatch of Power System, Procedia Manufacturing, 2017, 7: 297-302 (SCOPUS indexed)
  69. Shijian Cang, Aiguo Wu, Zenghui Wang, Zengqiang Chen, On a 3-D generalized Hamiltonian model with conservative and dissipative chaotic flows, Chaos, Solitons and Fractals, 2017, 99: 45–51 (ISI Master indexed journal)
  70. Mingwei Sun, Zhiqiang Gao, Zenghui Wang, Yuan Zhang, Zengqiang Chen, On the Model-Free Compensation of Coulomb Friction in the Absence of the Velocity Measurement, Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, 2017, 139(12): 125001-125001-6 (ISI Master indexed journal).
  71. Waseem Rawat, Zenghui Wang, Deep Convolutional Neural Networks for Image Classification: A comprehensive review, Neural Computation, 2017, 29: 2352–2449 (ISI Master indexed journal).
  72. Yongkun Wang, Zhongxin Liu, Mingwei Sun, Zenghui Wang, Zengqiang Chen, Adaptive Backstepping Attitude Control with Disturbance Rejection Subject to Amplitude and Rate Saturations of the Elevator, Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 2017, 30(3): 04016095 (9 pages) (ISI Master indexed journal).

Below the  citation metrics followed by the publications:
Google Scholar Citations:  http://scholar.google.co.za/citations?user=gKnO50cAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
Web of Science: http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-8280-2015
Scopus:  http://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.url?authorId=7410034341
ORCID:  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3025-336X

Professional positions, fellowships & awards

Professional affiliation

  • IEEE

Awards and honours (recent five years)

  • 2013: Principal prize for the excellence of Research, University of South Africa.
  • 2012—2017: NRF Rating Y2
  • 2015: Chancellor’s Prize for Excellence in Research, University of South Africa.
  • 2018-2023: NRF Rating C2.
  • 2020: Chancellor’s Prize for Excellence in Research, University of South Africa

Projects

Principal Investigator

  1. 2011—2014 The National Research Foundation of South Africa (NRF): China/South Africa Research Cooperation Programme “An ultrasonic logging sample instrument”.
  2. 2012-2017 NRF Incentive Grant: Intelligent Systems.
  3. 2018-2020 NRF Grant: High Tech Automated Real-time SCADA System for Bottling Process Control Using Basic Industry 4.0 Concept.
  4. 2018-2022 NRF Incentive Grant: Intelligent Systems.
  5. 2018 South African Eskom Tertiary Education Support Programme Grant: SMART POWER SYSTEM BASED ON INDUSTRY 4.0.
  6. 2021-2022 The National Research Foundation of South Africa (NRF): Research on Key Technologies of ID for Marine Meteorological Sensor Networks Based on DL.
  7. 2022-2024 The National Research Foundation of South Africa (NRF): Research on Key Issues of Applying Ai to SMES in Industry 4.0 Environment.

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Short Biography

Zenghui Wang (PhD, Nankai University, China) is a National Research Foundation (NRF) C2-rated researcher in Electrical Engineering. He is currently a Professor at the University of South Africa (Unisa).

After graduating with a Doctoral degree in 2007, Prof Wang worked as an Associate Professor in the Department of Automation at Shandong University of Science and Technology and a post-Doctoral Fellow at the French South African Technical Institute in Electronics at the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT).

He joined Unisa in 2010 as an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Mining Engineering and soon thereafter (July 2012) became a Professor in the same Department.

Prof Wang specialises in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. He is the leader of Intelligent System research group/laboratory. He has been involved in more than ten major research projects in South Africa and China. Up until February 2022, he has approximately 180 papers published or accepted, including 90 ISI master indexed journal papers.