National Taiwan University of Science and Technology | Taiwan
Dr. Chih-Lyang Hwang (SM’08) is a distinguished researcher and academic in the field of electrical and mechanical engineering, currently serving as a Research Fellow at the Intelligent Robot Center, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (NTUST), Taipei, Taiwan. He earned his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Tatung Institute of Technology and subsequently held professorial positions at Tatung Institute of Technology, Tamkang University, and NTUST. With an extensive academic career spanning over three decades, he has contributed significantly to robotics, fuzzy neural modeling, nonlinear control, and human–robot interaction. His research also encompasses distributed visual and wireless localization, UAV control, and emotion recognition. Dr. Hwang has been a Visiting Scholar at Georgia Institute of Technology and Auburn University, broadening his international academic collaborations. He has authored numerous influential journal and conference papers, amassing over 3,383 citations, 533 documents, and an H-index of 29. Recognized among the world’s top 2% scientists by Stanford University for multiple years, he has also received Excellent and Outstanding Research Awards from NTUST and 2024. His enduring contributions continue to advance intelligent robotics and control systems research globally.
Featured Publications
Hwang, C.-L., Yang, C.-C., & Hung, J.-Y. (2017). Path tracking of an autonomous ground vehicle with different payloads by hierarchical improved fuzzy dynamic sliding-mode control. IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, 26(2), 899–914.
Hwang, C.-L., Jan, C., & Chen, Y.-H. (2001). Piezomechanics using intelligent variable-structure control. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 48(1), 47–59.
Hwang, C.-L., Chang, L.-J., & Yu, Y.-S. (2007). Network-based fuzzy decentralized sliding-mode control for car-like mobile robots. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 54(1), 574–585.
Hwang, C.-L., Chiang, C.-C., & Yeh, Y.-W. (2013). Adaptive fuzzy hierarchical sliding-mode control for the trajectory tracking of uncertain underactuated nonlinear dynamic systems. IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, 22(2), 286–299.
Hwang, C.-L. (2004). A novel Takagi–Sugeno-based robust adaptive fuzzy sliding-mode controller. IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, 12(5), 676–687