2011/08 – 2016/07, Tsinghua University, Department of Automotive Engineering, Doctor of Engineering (Ph.D.)

2014/10 – 2015/04, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Department of Mechanical Engineering,Joint Training / Visiting Researcher

2007/08 – 2011/07, China Agricultural University, Department of Vehicle Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering

Autonomous and Collaborative Intelligence, Decision-Making, Planning and Motion Control, and Augmented Reality for Intelligent Vehicles.

Focusing on the learning, control, and design of intelligent systems, the work develops intelligent, scalable, and deployable algorithms and tools. With a primary focus on intelligent and special-purpose vehicles, it aims to address the common challenges encountered in the development and application of intelligent systems.

Intelligent Vehicle Decision-Making and Planning, graduate-level professional course

Intelligent and Connected Vehicles, undergraduate-level professional course

Intelligent Vehicle Safety, undergraduate-level general education course

Innovation Practice in Intelligent Transportation, undergraduate-level general education course

We welcome outstanding Ph.D. graduates to join our team for high-level postdoctoral collaborative research.

We welcome outstanding graduates to apply for doctoral and master's programs to pursue high-level research.

2022-2025，Associate Editor，Modeling, Estimation and Control Conference (Jersey City, US)

2022，Guest Editor，Recent Advances in Automated Driving Technologies, IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine (IF=7.9)

2021，Guest Editor，Recent Advances in Motion Control, Estimation and Diagnosis for Automated Vehicles, IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine (IF=7.9)

Google Scholar：https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=aLHkwBgAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

Selected Papers:

[1] S. Xu*, R. Zidek, Z. Cao, P. Lu, X. Wang, B. Li, and H. Peng, “System and Experiments of Motion Planning and Control for Autonomous Vehicles,” IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems, pp. 1-15, 2021. (IF: 13.45)

[2] S. Xu, H. Peng, and Y. Tang, “Preview Path Tracking Control with Delay Compensation for Autonomous Vehicles,” IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, vol. 22, no. 5, pp. 2979-2989, 2021. (IF: 6.49)

[3] S. Xu, H. Peng, Z. Song, K. Chen, and Y. Tang, “Design and Test of Speed Tracking Control for the Self-Driving Lincoln MKZ Platform,” IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 324-334, 2019. (IF: 6.72)

[4] S. Xu and H. Peng, “Design, Analysis, and Experiments of Preview Path Tracking Control for Autonomous Vehicles,” IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 48-58, 2019. (IF: 6.49, ESI Highly Cited Paper)

[5] S. Xu, S. Li, B. Cheng, and K. Li, “Instantaneous Feedback Control for a Fuel-Prioritized Vehicle Cruising System on Highways with a Varying Slope,” IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, vol. 18, no. 5, pp.1210-1220, 2017. (IF: 6.49)

[6] S. Xu, S. Li, H Peng, and B. Cheng, “Fuel-Saving Cruising Strategies for Parallel HEV,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 65, no. 6, pp. 4676-4686, 2016. (IF: 5.978)

[7] S. Xu, S. Li, X. Zhang, B. Cheng, and H. Peng, “Fuel-Optimal Cruising Strategy for Road Vehicles with Step-gear Mechanical Transmission,” IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, vol. 16, no. 6, pp. 3496-3507, 2015. (IF: 6.49)

[8] S. Xu, S. Li, K. Deng, S. Li, and B. Cheng, “A Unified Pseudospectral Computational Framework for Optimal Control of Road Vehicles,” IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, vol. 20, no. 4, pp. 1499-1510, 2015. (IF: 5.303)

[9] S. Li, Q. Guo, S. Xu*, J. Duan, S. Li, C. Li, and K. Su, “Performance Enhanced Predictive Control for Adaptive Cruise Control System Considering Road Elevation Information,” IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles, vol. 2, no. 3, pp.150-160, 2017.

[10] S. Li^#, S. Xu^#, X. Huang, B. Cheng, and H. Peng, “Eco-Departure of Connected Vehicles with V2X Communication at Signalized Intersections,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 64, no. 12, pp. 5439-5449, 2015. (# co-first author, IF: 5.978)

[11] P. Lu, S. Xu, and H. Peng, “Graph-Embedded Lane Detection,” IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, vol. 30, pp. 2977-2988, 2021. (IF: 10.86)

[12] Z. Cao, S. Xu, H. Peng, D. Yang, and R. Zidek, “Confidence-Aware Reinforcement Learning for Self-driving Cars,” IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, pp. 1-11, 2020. (IF: 6.49)

[13] S. Xu and H. Peng, “Safeguard Protected Preview Lane Keeping Control for Automated Vehicles,” 14th International Symposium on Advanced Vehicle Control, AVEC'18, July 16-20, 2018, pp. 1-7. (Best Paper Award)

[14] S. Xu, H. Peng, Z. Song, K. Chen, and Y. Tang, “Accurate and Smooth Speed Control for an Autonomous Vehicle,” IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV'18), Suzhou, China, 2018, pp. 1976-1982.

[15] S. Xu, K. Deng, S. Li, S. Li, and B. Cheng, “Legendre Pseudo-spectral Computation of Optimal Speed Profiles for Vehicle Eco-Driving System,” Dearborn, Michigan, USA, June 8-11, 2014, pp. 1103-1108.