Prof Dayou Li

Research Institute Member, Institute for Applicable Computing and Engineering (IACE)
Professor of Robotics, School of Computing Engineering and Creative Industries

Professor Dayou Li is a professor of Robotics.

He obtained a BEng and MSc from the Northern Jiaotong University (China) and received his PhD at Cardiff University.

Professor Li has wide research and development experience in robotic systems, AI and nanotechnology.

He has led and participated in a number of EPSRC and EU funded research projects under FP7, H2020 and Horizon Europe. He was a consultant to the local businesses on digitalisation and automation.

He also developed wide links in research collaboration with universities, research institutes and SMEs in many EU countries, as well as Australia, Brazil, China, Japan, and USA.

PhD Projects Available

For PhD research, the topics can be in the areas of:

AI-guided meta-structures design and fabrication at nanoscale
Learning-by-doing for robot enhancement

Qualifications

Academic Qualifications

PhD, Cardiff University
10/1994 – 07/1999
Project: Fuzzy backward reasoning and its application in control
Award date: 09/07/1999
Master, Beijing Jiaotong University
09/1982 – 06/1985
Project: Safety-critical communication in micro-computer interlocking systems
Award date: 03/06/1985
Bachelor, Beijing Jiaotong University
10/1978 – 07/1982
Project: Designing Railway Signalling Electric Control System
Award date: 01/07/1985

External Positions

External examiner, Xian Jiaotong Liverpool University
2018 – 2019
External Examiner, London Metropolitan University
2016 – 2021
External Examiner, Coventry University
2015 – 2018

Research Interests

Generative AI and Agentic AI
Fuzzy Logic
Machine Learning
Automatic Control and Modelling
Laser Interference Lithorgraphy
Nanomaterial Fabrication

Teaching Expertise

Robotics
Artificial Intelligence
Software Engineering
Programming
Automatic Control

Metrics

All time

Scopus

citations

924

PlumX

citations

931