Professor Peng Shi is a distinguished academic and Chartered Engineer at the forefront of systems and control engineering, artificial intelligence and cybernetics. A highly cited researcher, his work has significant impact beyond academia and tangible benefits to industry and society across sectors including healthcare, manufacturing, defence and cybersecurity.

He is recognised globally as a leader in his field, he was the President of the International Academy of Systems and Cybernetics Sciences, and the Vice President of IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC) Society, and now serves as the Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics.

He is a Fellow of several leading professional societies, including Engineers Australia, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the Institution of Engineering and Technology, and a Member of Academia of Europaea. His contributions have earned a number of accolades, including the M.A. Sargent Medal from Engineers Australia, the Norbert Wiener Award, and Lotfi Zadeh Pioneer Award presented by IEEE SMC Society.

Professor Peng Shi is recognised globally for his ground-breaking research and contributions in systems and control engineering, Artificial Intelligence (AI), robotics and automation. In addition to being a Highly Cited Researcher in both Engineering and Computer Science every year since 2014, Peng has provided consultancy to industries in technology innovation as well as evidence-based evaluation to inform the government in policy formulation. Pioneering robust event-triggered networked control systems, Peng has conceptualised, designed, and led teams successfully to implement advanced control solutions for realising AI-empowered robotic systems for manufacturing and healthcare sectors, delivering tangible benefits to the industry and society.