Xu, Xu, Dr

Dr Xu Xu

School of Computer Science

Senior Lecturer in Complex Systems Modelling

Xu.Xu@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 215 7549

Regent Court (DCS)

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Dr Xu Xu
School of Computer Science
Regent Court (DCS)
211 Portobello
91ֱ��
S1 4DP

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Dr Xu Xu is a Senior Lecturer in Complex Systems Modelling in the Department of Computer Science and the INSIGNEO Institute for in silico Medicine, at the University of 91ֱ��, UK. Her current research focuses on haemodynamics and multi-scale modelling for personalised cardiovascular healthcare.

Xu obtained a BEng degree in Automation from Xidian University, China, and then an MSc in Control Systems Engineering (with Distinction) and a PhD in Nonlinear Systems and Cellular Maps, both in the University of 91ֱ�� (UoS). She worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher at UoS and the University of Southampton, on mathematical and computational modelling of complex systems and processes, followed by the positions of Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Reader and Interim Deputy Head of Department for the Department of Engineering and Maths at 91ֱ�� Hallam University (SHU), before returning to UoS as a Senior Lecturer in Oct 2023.

She has extensive academic leadership experience and served as the Interim Deputy Head of a large department, a SHU Early Career Researcher Representative, an MSc Course Leader and a Postgraduate Research Tutor for engineering MPhil/PhD programs, achieving outstanding PRES overall student satisfactions which were ranked 1st in the engineering sector, in both 2020-2021 and 2021-2022.

She has supervised 6 PhD students to completion and has won 8 91ֱ�� Hallam University or College awards for inspirational teaching, inspirational research supervising and outstanding academic advising.

Research interests: • Multi-scale and multi-component lattice Boltzmann simulations of blood flow
• Compartmental cardiovascular model for personalised healthcare
• Uncertainty quantification and parameter identification
• Nonlinear dynamics, control and state estimation
• Cellular automata and swarm robotics

Publications

Journal articles

Saxton H, Xu X, Schenkel T & Halliday I (2024) . Journal of Computational Science, 79, 102287-102287.
Tristano M, Lenzo B, Xu X, Forrier B, D'hondt T, Risaliti E & Wilhelm E (2024) . IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 73(4), 4683-4693.
Saxton H, Schenkel T, Halliday I & Xu X (2023) . Journal of Computational Science, 74, 102158-102158.
Spendlove J, Xu X, Schenkel T, null JPG & Halliday I (2023) . Communications in Computational Physics, 33(1), 283-309.
Kokkrathoke S, Rawsthorne A, Zhang H & Xu NA (2021) . International Journal of Modelling, Identification and Control, 38(2), 175-175.
Spendlove J, Xu X, Schenkel T, Seaton MA, Halliday I & Gunn JP (2021) . Physics of Fluids, 33(7).
Spendlove J, Xu X, Schenkel T, Seaton M & Halliday I (2020) . Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, 53(14), 145001-145001.
Talamali MS, Bose T, Haire M, Xu X, Marshall JAR & Reina A (2020) . Swarm Intelligence, 14, 25-56.
Xu X (2019) . International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos, 29(06), 1930016-1930016.
Vertyagina Y, Mahfouf M & Xu X (2013) . Journal of Materials Science, 48(16), 5517-5527.
Xu X, Banks SP & Mahfouf M (2011) . INT J BIFURCAT CHAOS, 21(5), 1265-1279.
Xu X, Song Y & Banks SP (2009) . INT J BIFURCAT CHAOS, 19(4), 1147-1156.
Du CY, Xu X, Banks SP & Wu AG (2009) . NONLINEAR ANAL-THEOR, 71(12), E1850-E1857.
Tlałka K, Saxton H, Halliday I, Xu X, Narracott A, Taylor D & Malawski M () . PLOS Computational Biology, 20(12), e1012377-e1012377.
Javed T, Oluwole-ojo O, Howarth M, Xu X, Rashvand M & Zhang H () . Applied Sciences, 14(19), 8740-8740.
Oluwole-ojo O, Javed T, Howarth M, Xu X, O’Brien A & Zhang H () . Modelling, 5(3), 752-775.
Saxton H, Xu X, Schenkel T, Clayton RH & Halliday I () Convergence, sampling and total order estimator effects on parameter orthogonality in global sensitivity analysis. PLoS Computational Biology.
Oluwole-ojo O, Zhang H, Howarth M & Xu X () . Energies, 16(2), 868-868.
Oluwole-ojo O, Zhang H, Howarth M & Xu X () . Modelling, 2(4), 641-658.
Spendlove J, Xu X, Halliday OJ, Schenkel T & Halliday I () . Physical Review E, 102(1).
Burgin K, Spendlove J, Xu X & Halliday I () . Physical Review E, 100(4).
Xu X, Burgin K, Ellis MA & Halliday I () . Physical Review E, 96(5).
Halliday I, Xu X & Burgin K () . Physical Review E, 95(2).
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Chapters

Tlałka K, Saxton H, Halliday I, Xu X, Taylor D, Narracott A & Malawski M (2024) , Computational Science – ICCS 2024 (pp. 173-187). Springer Nature Switzerland
Tristano M, Lenzo B, Saxton H, Xu X & Zhang X (2024) , Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering (pp. 358-365). Springer Nature Switzerland
Yubonbanditkun P, Tristano M, Righetti G, Zhang H, Lenzo B & Xu X (2024) , Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering (pp. 643-652). Springer Nature Switzerland
(2017) , The Inverted Pendulum in Control Theory and Robotics: From theory to new innovations (pp. 225-262). Institution of Engineering and Technology

Conference proceedings papers

Alwafi F, Xu X & Alboul L (2022) . UKRAS22 Conference "Robotics for Unconstrained Environments" Proceedings
Tristano M, Lenzo B, Xu X, Forrier B, D'Hondt T, Risaliti E & Wilhelm E (2022) . 2022 IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference (VPPC), 1 November 2022 - 4 November 2022.
Kokkrathoke S & Xu X (2021) . 2021 IEEE 9th Conference on Systems, Process and Control (ICSPC 2021), 10 December 2021 - 11 December 2021.
Kokkrathoke S & Xu X (2021) . 2021 IEEE International Conference on Automatic Control & Intelligent Systems (I2CACIS), 26 June 2021 - 26 June 2021.
Haire M, Xu X, Alboul L, Penders J & Zhang H (2019) . 2019 European Conference on Mobile Robots (ECMR), 4 September 2019 - 6 September 2019.
Haire M, Xu X, Alboul L, Penders J & Zhang H (2019) . 2019 IEEE International Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics (SSRR), 2 September 2019 - 4 September 2019.
Font Llenas A, Talamali M, Xu X, Marshall J & Reina A (2018) . Swarm Intelligence (ANTS 2018), Vol. 11172 (pp 135-149). Rome, Italy, 29 October 2018 - 29 October 2018.
Mahfouf M, Xu X, Du C & Banks SP (2011) A Mapping Technique from Rn to I and its Applications to Nonlinear Sliding Control Systems. 18th IFAC World Congress. Milan, Italy, 28 August 2011 - 2 September 2011.

Preprints

Waerden RVD, Spendlove J, Entwistle J, Xu X, Narracott AJ, Gunn J & Halliday I (2024) , MDPI AG.
Saxton H, Xu X, Schenkel T, Clayton RH & Halliday I (2024) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
Saxton H, Xu X, Halliday I & Schenkel T (2023) , arXiv.
Saxton H, Halliday I, Schenkel T & Xu X (2023) , Elsevier BV.
Song Y, Xu X & Banks SP (2007) , arXiv.

Grants

Previous Grants

'Modelling and Control of the DC drive Electro Discharge Machine', SIP, England European Regional Development Fund, 08/2022, £46,877, as PI;
'Advanced Control and Optimisation of Electrical Discharge Machining Process', Innovate UK, UKRI, 01/2021, £228,281, as PI;
'Data Assimilated Nonlinear State-Space Modelling of the Human Cardiovascular System', SHU GTA PhD scholarship project, 08/2021, £81,876, as PI;
'Nonlinear Optimal Control of Yaw and Lateral Dynamics of Electric Vehicles', PhD scholarship project - Thai Government, 09/2020, £55,000, as PI;
'Advanced vehicle dynamics models and state estimation to enhance vehicle passenger safety', SHU VC PhD scholarship project, SHU and Siemens Belgium, 07/2020, £65,000, as Co-I;
'Modelling, Control and Analysis of Moderate Electric Field in Food Processing', MEFPROC PhD scholarship project, EU Horizon 2020, 02/2020, £65,000, as Co-I;
'Enhanced Chromodynamic Multi-Component Lattice Boltzmann Method for Drop and Vesicle Modelling', SHU GTA PhD scholarship project, 08/2018, £65,000, as PI;
'Teaching Enhancement Grants', SHU, £3,000, 2016 and 2018, as PI;
'Nonlinear Optimal Control and Its Application to a Two-Wheeled Robot', PhD scholarship project - Thai Government, 01/2018, £53,300, as PI;
'Development of DL_MESO Demonstrator', Summer Bursary from CCP5, EPSRC, 06/2017, £2,900, as Co-I;
'Search and restore: a study of cooperative multi-robot systems', SHU GTA PhD scholarship project, 08/2016, £60,000, as PI;
'Travel Grants', Royal Academy of Engineering and the University of 91ֱ��, £1,150 (2008), £600 (2009) and £400 (2010), as PI.

Professional activities and memberships: • Member of the Complex Systems Modelling Research Group
• Member of INSIGNEO Institute for in silico Medicine
• Member of IET
• Member and Fellow of HEA
• Member of EPSRC Review College