Publications

Submitted Papers

1. C. Chen, W. Chen, D. Zhao, J. Chen, and L. Qiu “A cyclic small phase theorem,” under review in IEEE Trans. Automat. Contr., 2024.

2. J. Chen, Q. Mao, “Solving a modified algebraic Riccati equation for applications in mean-square control,” under review in Automatica, 2024.

Book Chapters

1. D. Ma, J. Chen, T. Qi, and J. Chen, “Delay Margin,” Encyclopedia of Systems and Control Engineering, 2025.

Journal Papers

1. J. Chen, Q. Mao, D. Zhao, and C. Chen, “Robust stability and stabilizability conditions of time-delay systems against stochastic uncertainties,” accepted by in IEEE Trans. Automat. Contr., 2024.

2. X. Li, J. Chen, H. Zhang, J.Wei, and J.Wu, “Errors dynamics in affine group systems,” IEEE Trans. Automat. Contr., vol. 70(4), pp. 2607-2614, 2025.

3. J. Chen, W. Chen, C. Chen, and L. Qiu, “Phase preservation of n-port networks under general connections” IEEE Trans. Automat. Contr.,vol. 70(4), pp. 2346-2361, 2025. (Full Paper)

4. K. Fang, J. Chen, and J. Wu, “Clock synchronization with unknown and unmodeled disturbances over distributed networks” IEEE Trans. Contr. of Net. Syst., vol. 12(10), pp. 262-274, 2025.

5. J. Chen, “Unknown input filtering under full accessibility attacks” Automatica, vol. 171, pp. 111966, 2025.

6. Q. Mao, Y. Xu, J. Chen, J. Chen, and TT. Georgiou, “Maximization of gain/phase margins by PID control” IEEE Trans. Automat. Contr., vol. 70, pp. 34-49, 2025. (Full Paper)

7. J. Chen, T. Qi, Y. Ding, H. Peng, J. Chen, and S. Hara, “Mean-Square stability radii for stochastic robustness analysis: A frequency-domain approach,” IEEE Trans. Automat. Contr., vol. 69, pp. 5915-5930, 2024. (Full Paper)

8. J. Chen, J. Wu, and J. Chen, “Small-Gain criteria for mean-square stability of random delay systems,” Automatica, vol. 166, pp. 111701, 2024.

9. D. Zhao, C. Chen, and J. Chen, “Small gain and small angle conditions for feedback stability analysis of linear stochastic systems,” IEEE Trans. Automat. Contr., vol. 69, pp. 3349-3356, 2024.

10. J. Chen, T. Qi, and J. Chen,“Optimal networked state estimation in the presence of multi-channel correlated packet losses,” Automatica, vol. 153, pp. 110855, 2023.

11. J. Chen, J. Wei, W. Chen, H. Sandberg, K. H. Johansson, and J. Chen, “Geometrical characterization of sensor placement of cone-invariant and multi-agent systems against undetectable zero dynamics attacks,” SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, vol. 60, pp. 890-916, 2022.

12. D. Ma, J. Chen, R. Lu, J. Chen, and T. Chai, “Delay effect on first-order consensus over directed graphs: optimizing PID protocols for maximal robustness,” SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, vol. 60, pp. 233-258, 2022.

13. D. Ma, I. Boussaada, J. Chen, C. Bonnet, S. I. Niculescu, and J. Chen “PID control design for first-order delay systems via MID pole placement: performance vs. robustness,” Automatica, vol. 137, pp. 110102, 2022. (Regular Paper)

14. J. Chen, D. Ma, Y. Xu, and J. Chen, “Delay robustness of PID control of second-order systems: Fundamental properties, pseudo-concavity and exact delay margin,” IEEE Trans. Automat. Contr., vol. 67, pp. 1194-1209, 2022. (Full Paper)

15. D. Ma, J. Chen, R. Lu, J. Chen, and T. Chai, “Delay consensus margin of first-order multi-agent systems with undirected graphs and PD protocols,” IEEE Trans. Automat. Contr., vol. 66, pp. 4192-4198, 2021.

16. D. Ma, J. Chen, A. Liu, J. Chen, and S. I. Niculescu, “Explicit bounds for guaranteed stabilization by PID control of second-order unstable delay systems,” Automatica, vol. 100, pp. 407-411, 2019.

Conference Papers

1. J. Chen, J. Wu, Q. Mao and J. Chen “Assessing the stability of linear systems with random delays” in Proc. of the 18th International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision (ICARCV), pp. 178-182, 2024.

2. C. Chen, J. Chen, D. Zhao, and L. Qiu “A cyclic small phase theorem for nonlinear systems” accepted by the 63rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), 2024.

3. Q. Mao and J. Chen, “Potential implications of mixing perturbations on robust stability for linear uncertain systems” accepted by the 63rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), 2024.

4. J. Chen, W. Chen, C. Chen and L. Qiu, “Scalable phase preservation in n-port networks with diverse connectivity schemes” in Proc. of the 26th International Symposium on Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems (MTNS), pp. 311-314, 2024.

5. J. Chen, Q. Mao, D. Zhao and C. Chen, “Optimizing robust stabilizability in time-delay systems amid networked uncertainties” in Proc. of the 26th International Symposium on Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems (MTNS), pp. 1007-1010, 2024.

6. J. Chen, T. Qi and J. Chen, “Convergence robustness of Kalman filtering in the presence of multi-channel correlated packet losse” in Proc. of the 42th Chinese Control Conference, pp. E134-E137, 2023.

7. J. Chen, W. Chen, and L. Qiu, “Phase analysis of n-port electrical networks under interconnections,” in Proc. of the 22nd IFAC World Congress, pp. 4697-4702, 2023.

8. C. Chen, W. Chen, D. Zhao, J. Chen, and L. Qiu, “A cyclic small phase theorem for MIMO LTI systems,” in Proc. of the 22nd IFAC World Congress, pp. 2033-2038, 2023.

9. W. Wu, J. Chen, and J. Chen, “Stability analysis of systems with recurrent neural network controllers,” in Proc. of the 14th IFAC Workshop on Adaptive and Learning Control Systems, pp. 170-175, 2022. (Best Paper Award Finalist)

10. J. Chen, T. Qi, Y. Ding, H. Peng, J. Chen, and S. Hara, “Mean-Square stabilizability under unstructured stochastic multiplicative uncertainties: a mean-square small-gain perspective,” in Proc. of 2022 American Control Conference, pp. 1164-1169, 2022.

11. J. Chen, T. Qi, and J. Chen, “Mean-Square stabilizability of low-order systems against correlated stochastic multiplicative uncertainties,” in Proc. of the 5th Chinese Conference on Swarm Intelligence and Cooperative Control, pp. 1063-1074, 2021. (Best Paper Award)

12. Q. Mao, Y. Xu, J. Chen, J. Chen, and TT. Georgiou, “Maximal gain and phase margins attainable by PID control,” in Proc. of the 59th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 1820-1825, 2021.

13. I. Boussaada, D. Ma, J. Chen, C. Bonnet, S. I. Niculescu, and J. Chen “Insights on pole-placement of dynamical systems by PID control with guaranteed delay robustness,” in Proc. of the 16th IFAC Workshop on Time Delay Systems, pp. 118-123, 2021.

14. J. Chen, D. Ma, Y. Xu, and J. Chen, “Tradeoff between delay robustness and tracking performance by PID control: second-order unstable systems”, in Proc. of the 59th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 5891-5896, 2020.

15. J. Chen and J. Chen, “Tradeoff between delay margin and asymptotic tracking by PID control” , in Proc. of the European Control Conference, pp. 374-379, 2020.

16. D. Ma, J. Chen, R. Lu, and J. Chen, “Exact delay consensus margin of first-order agents under PID protocol”, in Proc. of the 58th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 54-59, 2019.

17. J. Chen, D. Ma, Y. Xu, and J. Chen, “Exact computation of delay margin by PID control: It suffices to solve a unimodal problem!” in Proc. of the 38th Chinese Control Conference, pp. 242-249, 2019. (Guan Zhao-Zhi Best Paper Award)

18. J. Chen and J. Chen, “Kalman filtering over networks in presence of multi-channel correlated packet drops”, in Proc. of the 15th International Conference on Control and Automation, pp. 1235-1240, 2019.

19. D. Ma, J. Chen, A. Liu, J. Chen, and S. I. Niculescu, “Lower bounds on delay margin of second-order unstable systems”, in Proc. of the 14th IFAC Workshop on Time Delay Systems, pp. 242-247, 2018.

20. J. Chen, S. He, and J. Chen,“Mean-Square stability conditions for linear systems with random delays”, in Proc. of the 13th World Congress on Intelligent Control and Automation, pp. 614-619, 2018.

21. J. Chen, J.Wei, W. Chen, H. Sandberg, K. H. Johansson, J. Chen, “Protecting positive and second-order systems against undetectable attacks”, in Proc. of the 20th IFAC World Congress, pp. 8373-8378, 2017.