Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
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/
Education/Academic qualification
Mechanical Engineering, Post Doc, Princeton University
Award Date: 31-Aug-2008
Electrical Engineering, PhD, Yale University
Award Date: 15-Dec-2007
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation -
SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy -
SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth -
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure -
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities -
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production -
SDG 13 Climate Action -
SDG 15 Life on Land -
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions -
SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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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
Open AccessFile58 Citations (Scopus)273 Downloads (Pure) -
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
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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. 1206-1221Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Open AccessFile95 Citations (Scopus)595 Downloads (Pure) -
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
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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
Open AccessFile61 Citations (Scopus)470 Downloads (Pure)
Projects
- 1 Finished
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Evolution of self-organized division of labour
Weissing, F. (PI), Cao, M. (PI), Zhang, J. (PhD student), Boonekamp, J. (Postdoc) & Elsner, D. (Postdoc)
01/04/2014 → 01/03/2020
Project: Research
Activities
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Systems & Control Letters (Journal)
Cao, M. (Editorial board member)
2019 → …Activity: Peer-review and editorial work › Editorial work › Academic
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IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control (Journal)
Cao, M. (Editor)
2016 → …Activity: Peer-review and editorial work › Editorial work › Academic
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Young Academy of Groningen (YAG) (External organisation)
Cao, M. (Member)
2018 → …Activity: Membership › Academic
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SIAM Conference on Control and Its Applications
Cao, M. (Chair)
19-Jul-2021 → 21-Jul-2021Activity: Organising and attending an event › Organising and contributing to an event › Academic
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Driven by AI: legal challenges of autonomous mobility in road and maritime traffic
Vellinga, N. (Chair), Cao, M. (Contributor), Gstrein, O. (Contributor), Veluwenkamp, H. (Contributor), Mulder, T. (Contributor), Weishaar, S. (Contributor), Martens, M. (Contributor), Calvert, S. (Contributor), Lundahl, J. (Contributor), Nicolas, V. (Contributor), Faure, M. (Contributor), Andersson, J. (Contributor) & van Leunen, G. (Contributor)
6-Feb-2026Activity: Organising and attending an event › Organising and contributing to an event › Academic
Datasets
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Supplementary Information: Expanded summary of Tables 2, 3, and 4 from Creating underwater vision through wavy whiskers: a review of the flow sensing mechanisms and biomimetic potential of seal whiskers
Zheng, X. (Contributor), Kamat, A. M. (Contributor), Cao, M. (Contributor) & Kottapalli, A. G. P. (Contributor), figshare Academic Research System, 12-Oct-2021
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.16798074.v1, https://github.com/ZhengXingwen/Flow-sensing-mechanisms-and-biomimetic-potential-of-seal-whiskers.git
Dataset
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Code and data used in the paper "Collective patterns of social diffusion are shaped by individual inertia and trend-seeking"
Ye, B. (Contributor), Zino, L. (Contributor), Mlakar, Z. (Contributor), Bolderdijk, J. W. (Creator), Risselada, H. (Creator), Fennis, B. (Creator) & Cao, M. (Creator), ZENODO, 10-Aug-2021
Dataset
Press/Media
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Ontwikkeling programmeercode voor autonome robotteams
18/03/2026
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities › Popular
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De huishoudrobot is voorlopig sciencefiction
03/03/2026
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment › Popular
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Help, the humanoids are coming. Super robots or science fiction?
09/05/2025
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment › Popular
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De chips van de toekomst: Nieuwe materialen maken chips energiezuinig en sneller
23/07/2024
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment › Popular
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Slimme robots om kleinere chips te maken
Acuautla Meneses, M. I. & Cao, M.
16/07/2024
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment › Popular
Prizes
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Vidi grant from the Dutch Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) under its Innovational Research Incentives Scheme for the research proposal "An evolutionary approach to coordination of self-interested agents"
Cao, M. (Recipient), 2015
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively › Academic
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ERC grant for the research project ‘Control of spatially distributed complex multi-agent networks’
Cao, M. (Recipient), 2012
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively › Academic