Bosen Lian

I’m a (tenure-track) Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Auburn University.

Editorial Roles

• Associate Editor, International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, April 2025–present
• Associate Editor, ISA Transactions, January 2025–present
• Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, December 2023–present

Conference Session Organization

• 2026 — Session Chair, Workshop and Regular Sessions, American Control Conference (ACC)
• 2025 — Organizer and Session Chair, Workshop and Regular Sessions, American Control Conference (ACC)
• 2024 — Session Chair, IEEE 7th International Conference on Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems (ICPS)

Education

Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington, 2021

M.S., System Analysis and Integration, Northeastern University (China), 2018

B.S., Statistics, North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power, 2015

Short Bio

I obtained my Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Arlington under the supervision of Prof. Frank L. Lewis in Dec. 2021. From Dec. 2021 to Aug. 2023, I continued my research as a postdoctoral researcher working with Prof. Lewis and Prof. Ali Davoudi. During the same time period, I was appointed as an adjunct professor teaching control engineering courses at UT Arlington. Since August 2023, I’ve been an assistant professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Auburn University.

Research Interests

My research lies at the intersection of control theory, machine learning, and game theory, drawing on insights from cognitive science to develop the mathematical and algorithmic foundations of data-driven, optimal, and scalable control of multi-agent systems, with applications to robotic systems such as robotic arms, UAVs, and sensor networks.