• 2020 -2021   School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Nanyang Technological University, Research Fellow.

• 2021- Present, Associate Professor, Shien-Ming Wu School of Intelligent Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China.

• 2008-2012 B. Sc., Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Mechanical Engineering

• 2012-2015 M.Eng., Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Mechanical Engineering

• 2015-2020 Ph.D., University of California, Davis, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Aerospace Engineering

• Cyber-physical system design, simulation and formal verification; Predictive maintenance for complex systems; safety control theory for robots.

• An Introduction to Machine Learning

• Feedback Control Theory

• IEEE TIM Outstanding Reviewers of 2025

2026

• [50] Lin Z, Lu P, Tang C, Chen G*. Modular Safe Reinforcement Learning for Uncertain Nonlinear Systems via ICL CLF-HOCBF Filters and Adaptive Barrier Tuning[J]. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 2026.

• [49] 劳振鹏，陈刚*，李魏华. 基于物理-因果协同解耦网络的滚动轴承零样本复合故障诊断方法. 机械工程学报 2026.

• [48] Chen G*, Wei P. Certified supervisory recovery and scheduling for automated manufacturing systems under diagnosis delay[J]. ISA Transactions, 2026.

• [47] Lao Z, Chen G*, Yi Y, Jin Z. Speed-informed multi-resonance fault-order extraction with verifiable interpretability[J]. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 2026, 259: 114844.  

• [46] Wang C, Yang L, Lin Z, Chen G*, Cheng J, Pang J. Cognition-inspired Robot Learning and Manipulation for Assembly in Semi-structured Environments[J]. Autonomous Robots, 2026, 50(3): 33.

• [45] Zhang Y, Yuan J, Lao Z, Chen G*. Interpretable measurement signal conditioning for variable-speed rotating machinery via order tracking and deep unrolling[J]. Measurement Science and Technology, 2026, 37(29): 296109.  

• [44] Cen W, Yang L, Su C, Chen G*, Xie L. Enhancing neural network explainability via event causal graphs for bottleneck prediction in production systems[J]. Applied Soft Computing, 2026, 202: 115795. 

• [43] Tang C, Lu P, Lao Z, Chen G*. High-Order CBF-Compatible Semantics and Hierarchical Synthesis for Bounded-Time STL[J]. IEEE Control Systems Letters, 2026, 10: 547-552.   

• [42] Lao Z, Chen G*, Zhang Y, Lu P, Jin Z. An interpretable causal invariant graph neural network for unseen domain gear fault diagnosis[J]. Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, 2026, 170: 114227.  

• [41] Dai C, He D, Jin Z, Zhang X, Chen G, Wu J, Zhao J, Xu Y. Digital twin-assisted graph contrastive domain adaptation for small-sample bearing fault diagnosis[J]. Structural Health Monitoring, 2026.  

• [40] Zhang C, Du J, Xu B, Chang Z, Chen G, Zhou Y. Automated High-Precision Control of Twisted and Coiled Polymers Under Parameter Variability[J]. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2026, 11(3): 3629-3636.  

• [39]Zhu H, Chen G*, Lao Z, Yuan J, Sun L, Zhang Y, Zhang Y. F-DiffWave: a fault-aware wavelet-structured diffusion framework for robust fault diagnosis under variable operating conditions[J]. Measurement Science and Technology, 2026, 37(5): 056109.

• [38] Cen W, Su C, Chen G*, Xie L. Event driven causal knowledge graphs for bottleneck root cause analysis in manufacturing systems[J]. Expert Systems with Applications, 2026, 296: 129117.

• [37] Lu P, Chen G*, Wei P, Su R. Collaborative Design of Fault Diagnosis and Fault Tolerance Control Under Nested Signal Temporal Logic Specifications[J]. IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 2026, 23: 2162-2175.  

• [36] Lu P, Lao Z, Zhang J, Wei P, Chen G*. Optimization-Free Safety and Task Execution for High-Order Multi-Agent Systems via STL-Guided Auxiliary Reference Governor[J]. International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, 2026.  

• [35] Zhang Y, Chen G*, Lao Z, Yuan J, Zhu H. WPANet: A physically consistent and interpretable framework for fault diagnosis via wavelet prior-guided algorithm unrolling[J]. Neurocomputing, 2026, 666: 132275.

2025

• [34] Cen W, Su C, Cen K, Yang L, Chen G*, Xie L. A dual spatial temporal neural network for bottleneck prediction in manufacturing systems[J]. Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, 2025, 159: 111586.

• [33] Li D, Lao Z, Lu P, Chen G*. Instantaneous frequency extraction of overlapped multicomponent signals with an adaptive constraints approach[J]. Engineering Research Express, 2025, 7(3): 035557.  

• [32] Zhang J, Lu P, Chen G*. Decomposition-Based MPC for Uncertain Systems With Nested Signal Temporal Logic Specifications[J]. IEEE Control Systems Letters, 2025, 9: 2103-2108.

• [31] Chen G*, Dong G. Temporal logic inference for interpretable fault diagnosis of bearings via sparse and structured neural attention[J]. ISA Transactions, 2025, 158: 256-271.  

• [30] Zhang Y, Fang C, Zhang J, Chen G, Chen Z, Du H, Cheng L, Wang D. Multi-source data fusion monitoring system for super-elevation in laser powder bed fusion based on bi-stream cross-mode fusion network[J]. Optics and Lasers in Engineering, 2025, 186: 108794.

• [29] Lu P, Li C, Chen G*. Fault tracing in multistage gearbox systems based on an improved transfer path analysis method[J]. Measurement, 2025, 242: 115992.

• [28] Zhang Y, Du H, Zhao K, Gao J, Peng X, Cheng L, Fang C, Chen G*. In-situ quality inspection based on coaxial melt pool images for laser powder bed fusion with depth graph network guided by prior knowledge[J]. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 2025, 224: 111993.

2024

• [27] Li C, Lu P, Chen G*. VNCCD: A gearbox fault diagnosis technique under nonstationary conditions via virtual decoupled transfer path[J]. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 2024, 221: 111741.

• [26] Chen G*, Yuan J, Zhang Y, Zhu H, Huang R, Wang F, Li W. Enhancing Reliability Through Interpretability: A Comprehensive Survey of Interpretable Intelligent Fault Diagnosis in Rotating Machinery[J]. IEEE Access, 2024, 12: 103348-103379.

• [25] Su C, Zhang C, Wang C, Cen W, Chen G*, Xie L. Fast Pareto set approximation for multi-objective flexible job shop scheduling via parallel preference-conditioned graph reinforcement learning[J]. Swarm and Evolutionary Computation, 2024, 88: 101605.

• [24] Li C, Lu P, Dong G, Chen G*. Bearing Fault Diagnosis via Robust PCA With Nonconvex Rank Approximation[J]. IEEE Sensors Journal, 2024, 24(12): 19531-19542.

• [23] Wang C, Su C, Sun B, Chen G*, Xie L. Extended residual learning with one-shot imitation learning for robotic assembly in semi-structured environment[J]. Frontiers in Neurorobotics, 2024, 18: 1355170.

• [22] Xiao P, Wang C, Lin Z, Hao Y, Chen G*, Xie L. Knowledge-based Clustering Federated Learning for fault diagnosis in robotic assembly[J]. Knowledge-Based Systems, 2024, 294: 111792.

• [21] Wang C, Lin Z, Liu B, Su C, Chen G*, Xie L. Task attention-based multimodal fusion and curriculum residual learning for context generalization in robotic assembly[J]. Applied Intelligence, 2024, 54(6): 4713-4735.

• [20] Tian R, Cui M, Chen G*. A Neural-Symbolic Network for Interpretable Fault Diagnosis of Rolling Element Bearings Based on Temporal Logic[J]. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 2024, 73: 3515614.

• [19] Chen G*, Kong Z, Xie L. Control/physical systems co-design with spectral temporal logic specifications and its applications to MEMS[J]. International Journal of Control, 2024, 97(12): 2935-2950.

2023

• [18] Su C, Zhang C, Xia D, Han B, Wang C, Chen G*, Xie L. Evolution strategies-based optimized graph reinforcement learning for solving dynamic job shop scheduling problem[J]. Applied Soft Computing, 2023, 145: 110596.  

2022

• [17] Chen G*. Timed failure propagation graph construction with supremal language guided Tree-LSTM and its application to interpretable fault diagnosis[J]. Applied Intelligence, 2022, 52(11): 12990-13005.

• [16] Chen G*, Lu Y, Su R. Interpretable fault diagnosis with shapelet temporal logic: Theory and application[J]. Automatica, 2022, 142: 110350.

• [15] Liu M, Lin H, Wang Y, Chen G*. Negative imaginariness and positive realness analysis of state-space symmetric systems with interval uncertainty[J]. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part I: Journal of Systems and Control Engineering, 2022, 236(4): 792-799.

• [14] Chen G*, Wei P, Liu M. Temporal Logic Inference for Fault Detection of Switched Systems With Gaussian Process Dynamics[J]. IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 2022, 19(3): 2187-2202.  

• [13] Chen G*, Wei P, Jiang H, Liu M. Formal Language Generation for Fault Diagnosis With Spectral Logic via Adversarial Training[J]. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 2022, 18(1): 119-129.

2021

• [12] Chen G*, Lin X, Kong Z. Data-Driven Real-Valued Timed-Failure-Propagation-Graph Refinement for Complex System Fault Diagnosis[J]. IEEE Control Systems Letters, 2021, 5(3): 1049-1054.

• [11] Chen G*, Liu M, Kong Z. Temporal-Logic-Based Semantic Fault Diagnosis With Time-Series Data From Industrial Internet of Things[J]. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 2021, 68(5): 4393-4403.

2020

• [10] Chen G*, Liu M, Chen J. Frequency-temporal-logic-based bearing fault diagnosis and fault interpretation using Bayesian optimization with Bayesian neural networks[J]. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 2020, 145: 106951.

• [9] Liu M, Jing X, Chen G*. Necessary and sufficient conditions for lossless negative imaginary systems[J]. Journal of the Franklin Institute, 2020, 357(4): 2330-2353.

2019

• [8] Teske A L, Chen G, Nansen C, Kong Z. Optimised dispensing of predatory mites by multirotor UAVs in wind: A distribution pattern modelling approach for precision pest management[J]. Biosystems Engineering, 2019, 187: 226-238.

2018

• [7] Chen G*, Sabato Z, Kong Z. Formal interpretation of cyber-physical system performance with temporal logic[J]. Cyber-Physical Systems, 2018, 4(3): 175-203.

2015

• [6] Chen G*, Chen J. A novel wrapper method for feature selection and its applications[J]. Neurocomputing, 2015, 159: 219-226.

• [5] Jiang H, Chen J, Dong G, Liu T, Chen G. Study on Hankel matrix-based SVD and its application in rolling element bearing fault diagnosis[J]. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 2015, 52-53: 338-359.  

• [4] Chen G*, Chen J, Dong G, Jiang H. An adaptive non-parametric short-time Fourier transform: application to echolocation[J]. Applied Acoustics, 2015, 87: 131-141.

• [3] Chen G*, Zhang B, Liu P, Ding H. An Adaptive Analog Circuit for LVDT's Nanometer Measurement Without Losing Sensitivity and Range[J]. IEEE Sensors Journal, 2015, 15(4): 2248-2254.

2013

• [2] Chen G*, Chen J, Dong G M. Chirplet Wigner-Ville distribution for time-frequency representation and its application[J]. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 2013, 41(1-2): 1-13.

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