Peng Shi received the PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Newcastle, Australia in 1994; the PhD degree in Mathematics from the University of South Australia in 1998. He was awarded the Doctor of Science degree from the University of Glamorgan, Wales in 2006; and the Doctor of Engineering degree from the University of Adelaide, Australia in 2015.
He is now a Professor at School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Adelaide. His research interests include systems and control theory and applications to autonomous and robotic systems, intelligence systems, network systems and cyber-physical systems. He has received many recognitions and awards, including the Highly-Cited Researcher in both fields of engineering and computer science (2014-2020, Clariviate Analytics/Thomson Reuters), the Lifetime Achiever Leader-Board in Engineering and Information Technology (2019 and 2020, THE AUSTRALIAN), the Runner-up, Scopus Researcher of the Year (2017, Australia-New Zealand, Elsevier), the Outstanding Achievement Award of Excellence in Research (2020, University of Adelaide), and a number of Best Paper awards from journals and conferences.
He has served on the editorial board of a number of international journals as Editor, Subject Editor-in-Chief, Special Issue Editor, Consulting Editor, and Associate Editor, including Automatica, IEEE Transactions on (Automatic Control, Cybernetics, Fuzzy Systems, Circuits and Systems), IEEE Control Systems Letters, and Australian J. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. He now serves as the President of the International Academy of Systems and Cybernetic Science, the Vice President and Distinguished Lecturer of IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Society. He is a Member of the Academy of Europe, a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, the Institution of Engineering and Technology, and the Institution of Engineers, Australia.