bmchen@cuhk.edu.hk & bmchen@ieee.org
http://www.mae.cuhk.edu.hk/~bmchen/
Ben M. Chen is a Professor and Chairman of the Department of Mechanical & Automation Engineering at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). Before joining CUHK in 2018, he was a Provost's Chair Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the National University of Singapore, where he had worked for 28 years. He also held the position of Assistant Professor at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA, from 1992 to 1993 and worked as a Software Engineer at South China Computer Corporation, Guangzhou, China, from 1983 to 1986.
Dr Chen is an IEEE Fellow, Fellow of the Academy of Engineering, Singapore, Fellow of the Chinese Association of Automation, and Fellow of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE). He has authored or co-authored hundreds of research articles and ten research monographs in control theory, unmanned systems, and financial market modeling. Additionally, he has served on the editorial boards of several international journals, including Automatica and IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. He is currently an Editor-in-Chief of Unmanned Systems and an Editor for the International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control.
Dr Chen has been engaged in projects related to unmanned systems for more than 20 years, beginning during his time at the National University of Singapore, where he received the Temasek Young Investigator Award from the Ministry of Defence, Singapore, in 2003. His current research focuses on developing embodied intelligent unmanned systems, which include advanced unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), unmanned surface vehicles (USVs), and unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs), along with their integration with LLM-assisted digital twin (DT) technologies for smart city applications. His research team has won many prizes in international unmanned systems competitions, held in China, the Netherlands, Germany, France, and other countries.
Dr. Chen has 10-year experience in building energy efficiency related to the passive design, renewable application and built environment modelling, and has been involved in multiple funding applications including ARC, NSFC, ITF, RIF and consultancy projects with the local government and industry. He published 37 papers in peer-reviewed international journals and coauthored a book in green building and renewable application areas. He has also been awarded the DECRA Fellow in the Australian Research Council and Fulbright Scholar in the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory with a total funding support over 6.5M Hong Kong Dollars. In addition, he acted as the chief secretary in the 10th International Conference on Applied Energy (ICAE 2018) and the editorial board member in Energies and Buildings.
Topic: Multi-agent systems, multi-UAV cooperative control, complex networked systems analysis
2025.08 - now, Postdoctoral Fellow, Unmanned Systems Research Group, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
2019.09 - now, Ph.D., Control Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
2015.09 - 2019.07, B.S., Automation, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
Topic: Underwater unmanned systems and spatiotemporal dynamics
2024.09 - now, Postdoctoral Fellow, Unmanned System Research Group, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
2020.09 - 2024.06, Ph.D., Systems Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, China
2016.09 - 2019.06, M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
2012.09 - 2016.06, B.S., Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, China
Topic: Issues related to UAV low-altitude remote sensing applications in the built environment
2025.06 - now, Postdoctoral Fellow, Unmanned System Research Group, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
2019.03 - 2025.03, Ph.D., Architecture, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
2021.01 - 2023.01, Joint-PhD student, National University of Singapore, Singapore
2016.09 - 2019.01, M.S., Architecture, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
2011.09 - 2016.06, B.Eng., Architecture, Anhui University of Science and Technology, China
2012.09 - 2016.06, B.A., English (Double Degree), Anhui University of Science and Technology, China
Topic: Issues related to novel designs of unmanned aerial and multimodal systems
2025.08 - now, Postdoctoral Fellow, Unmanned System Research Group, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
2020.08 - 2025.05, Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, USA
2020.08 - 2021.12, M.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, USA
2018.08 - 2020.05, B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Topic: Issues related to multi-view stereo
2025.09 - now, Postdoctoral Fellow, Unmanned Systems Research Group, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
2021.08 - 2025.08, Ph.D., Mechanical and Automation Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
2019.09 - 2021.07, M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
2018.09 - 2021.03, M.S., Vehicle Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
2018.06 - 2018.08, Exchange Student, Technische Universität Hamburg, Germany
2014.09 - 2018.06, B.S., Mechanical Engineering (Honored Experimental Class), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Topic: Issues related to underwater image processing
2025.09 - now, Postdoctoral Fellow, Unmanned Systems Research Group, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
2020.08 - 2025.08, Ph.D., Mechanical and Automation Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
2019.06 - 2019.12, Research Assistant, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Complex System Control Theory and Application, Tianjin University of Technology, China
2015.09 - 2019.06, B.S., Measurement Control Technology and Instruments, Tianjin University of Technology, China
Topic: Issues related to geoinformation modeling and management
2024.09 - now, Postdoctoral Fellow, Unmanned Systems Research Group, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
2020.08 - 2024.08, Ph.D., Mechanical and Automation Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
2019.09 - 2020.06, M.S., Mechanical and Automation Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
2014.09 - 2019.06, B.S., Automation, University of Science and Technology of China, China
Topic: Issues related to detection and pursuit of intruding UAVs
2025.09 - now, Postdoctoral Fellow, Unmanned Systems Research Group, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
2020.09 - 2025.08, Ph.D., Control Science and Engineering, Tongji University, China
2016.08 - 2019.06, M.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China
2012.09 - 2016.06, B.S., Science and Engineering Experimental Class, North China University of Technology, China
Topic: Issues related to unmanned surface vehicles
2025.09 - now, Postdoctoral Fellow, Unmanned Systems Research Group, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
2021.08 - 2025.08, Ph.D., Mechanical and Automation Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
2017.09 - 2020.06, M.S., Control Engineering, Zhejiang University, China
2012.09 - 2016.06, B.S., Measurement and Control Technology and Instrument, Northeastern University, China
Topic: Issues related to infrared images processing
2023.08 - now, Ph.D., Mechanical and Automation Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
2019.09 - 2023.07, B.S., Energy and Environmental Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
Topic: Issues related to underwater mobile manipulation
2022.08 - now, Ph.D., Mechanical and Automation Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
2019.09 - 2022.03, M.S., Control Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, China
2015.09 - 2019.07, B.S., Automation, Zhejiang University, China
Topic: Issues related to geoinformation modeling and management
2022.08 - now, Ph.D., Mechanical and Automation Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
2019.08 - 2022.06, M.S., Control Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, China
2015.09 - 2019.06, B.S., Automation, Harbin Engineering of University, China
Topic: Issues related to spatial intelligence and drone scanning technology
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2025.08 - now, Ph.D., Mechanical and Automation Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
2023.09 - 2025.06, M.Arch., Architecture, Tsinghua University, China
2018.09 - 2023.06, B.Arch., Architecture, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China
Topic: Issues related to target detection
2022.10 - now, Ph.D., Mechanical and Automation Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
2016.09 - 2019.06, M.S., Control theory and Control Engineering, China Jiliang University, China
2012.09 - 2016.06, B.S., Measurement and Control Technology and Instrument, Northeastern University, China
Topic: Issues related to unmanned system technologies
2024.09 - now, Ph.D., Mechanical and Automation Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
2020.09 - 2024.07, B.S., Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Nottingham, China
Topic: Issues related to underwater unmanned systems
2025.08 - now, Ph.D., Mechanical and Automation Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
2022.09 - 2025.06, M.S., Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
2018.09 - 2022.06, B.S., Nautical Science, Dalian Maritime University, China
Topic: Generative models for medical imaging applications
2023.08 - now, Ph.D., Mechanical and Automation Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
2022.12 - 2023.05, Research Assistant, Unmanned Systems Research Group, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
2019.09 - 2023.08, B.S., Software Engineering, Beihang University, China
Topic: Issues related to vision SLAM systems
2021.08 - now, Ph.D., Mechanical and Automation Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
2020.06 - 2021.08, Research Assistant, Intelligent System and Vision Lab, Wuhan University, China
2017.09 - 2020.06, M.S., Instrument Science and Technology, Wuhan University, China
2013.09 - 2017.06, B.S., Measurement and Control Technology and Instrument, Wuhan University, China
Topic: Issues related to multi-agent unmanned system
2023.09 - now, Ph.D., Mechanical and Automation Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
2022.09 - 2023.08, Research Assistant, Beihang University, China
2019.09 - 2022.06, M.S., Control Science and Engineering, Beihang University, China
2015.09 - 2019.06, B.S., Control Science and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China
Topic: Issues related to unmanned systems applications
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2024.08 - now, Ph.D., Mechanical and Automation Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
2020.09 - 2024.06, B. Eng., Remote sensing and information engineering, Wuhan University, China
Topic: Issues related to unmanned systems
2025.09 - now, Ph.D., Mechanical and Automation Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
2024.06 - 2025.09, Research Assistant, Hong Kong Centre for Logistics Robotics Limited, Hong Kong
2023.09 - 2024.06, M.S., Mechanical and Automation Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
2018.09 - 2022.07, B.S., Mechanical Design, Manufacturing and Automation, Jilin University Zhuhai Campus, China
Topic: Issues related to unmanned systems technologies
2024.08 - now, Ph.D., Mechanical and Automation Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
2021.08 - 2024.06, M.S., Geodesy and Survey Engineering, Wuhan University, China
2017.09 - 2021.06, B.S., Navigation Engineering, Wuhan University, China
Topic: Issues related to 2D and 3D detection
2022.09 - now, Ph.D., Mechanical and Automation Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
2021.08 - 2022.08, Research Assistant, Unmanned Systems Research Group, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
2020.09 - 2021.06, M.S., Mechanical and Automation Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
2016.09 - 2020.07, B.S., Mechanical Design, Manufacturing and Automation, Jiangsu Ocean University, China / Mechanical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, China
Topic: Issues related to unmanned systems applications
2025.08 - now, Ph.D., Mechanical and Automation Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
2021.09 - 2025.06, B.S., Automation, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
Topic: Issues related to building environment
2025 - now, Research postgraduate student, Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
2020 - 2024, B.S., Building Environment and Energy Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, China
Topic: Issues related to unmanned systems
2024.07 - now, Research Assistant, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
2021.10 - 2024.02, Founder & General Manager & Technical Director, Beijing LSDC Technology Co., Ltd., China
2019.07 - 2021.04, GIS Algorithm R&D Supervisor, Beijing NavInfo Technology Co., Ltd., China
2018.06 - 2019.03, Intern, Esri China, China
2015.09 - 2019.06, B.S., Geographic Information System (GIS), China University of Geosciences, China
2025.05 - now, Research Assistant, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
2023.09 - 2025.05, Research Assistant, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China
2021.09 - 2023.08, M.S., Mechanical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China
2017.09 - 2021.07, B.S., Material Forming and Control Engineering, Harbin University of Science and Technology, China
