Professor
| College of Science, Engineering and Technology
School of Engineering
| Department: Electrical Engineering
Research Interests
Selected Journal Publications
(2021—Jan 2026, the latest published papers can be find in my google scholar website: http://scholar.google.co.za/citations?user=gKnO50cAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao )
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[1] Wenying Zhang, Lingwan Huang, Zenghui Wang, Shijian Cang, A user-centered framework for designing smart mobility vehicles for older adults: An integrated RST-QFD-GRA approach, Expert Systems With Applications, Expert Systems With Applications, 2026, 300: 130430. (ISI Master indexed journal = SCI/SCIE indexed journal) |
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[2] Blessing Olatunde Abisoye, Yanxia Sun, Zenghui Wang, An Enhanced Particle Swarm Optimizer–LSTM Model with Adaptive Variational Mode Decomposition for Solar Radiation Forecasting, Energy Reports 2026, 15, 108960 (ISI Master indexed journal) |
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[3] Zhihong Man, Mingcong Deng, Zenghui Wang, Qinglong Han, A New Parameter Estimation Methodology Using Steady State Yaw Rate Measurements for Lateral Vehicle Dynamics, IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica, In press, 10.1109/JAS.2025.125366 (ISI Master indexed journal) |
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[4] Michael Norval, Zenghui Wang, Quantum AI in Speech Emotion Recognition, Entropy 2025, 27(12), 1201; https://doi.org/10.3390/e27121201 (ISI Master indexed journal) |
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[5] Kahiomba Sonia Kiangala and Zenghui Wang, Towards Sustainable Industry 5.0: An LLM-Based Co-Pilot for Energy-Efficient Factory Scheduling, accepted by Processes. (ISI Master indexed journal) |
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[6] Yanxia Sun, Zenghui, Intrusion Detection in IoT and Wireless Networks Using Image-Based Neural Network Classification, Applied Soft Computing Journal, 2025, 177: 113236. (ISI Master indexed journal) |
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[7] Han Yang, Sen Yang, Zenghui Wang, and Jigang Tong, LES-DETR: lightweight enhanced detection transformer for UAV small targets, Journal of Electronic Imaging, 34(5): 053048 DOI: 10.1117/1.JEI.34.5.053048 (ISI Master indexed journal) |
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[8] Jiawei Jin, Sen Yang, Jigang Tong, Kai Zhang, Zenghui Wang, Slim UNETR++: A lightweight 3D medical image segmentation network for medical image analysis, Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing, 2025, 63: 3123–3137 (ISI Master indexed journal) |
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[9] Thon MG Ok, Sibiya Malusi, Zenghui Wang, Ernest Mnkandla, Investigation of Deep Learning Techniques Used in Medicinal Plants Identification and Classification, IEEE Access, 2025, 13: 144287 – 144306 (ISI Master indexed journal) |
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[10] Elias Tabane, Ernest Mnkandla, Zenghui Wang, Optimizing DNA Sequence Classification via a Deep Learning Hybrid of LSTM and CNN Architecture, Applied Sciences, 2025, 15(15): 8225 (ISI Master indexed journal) |
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[11] Michael Norval, Zenghui Wang, Explainable Artificial Intelligence Techniques for Speech Emotion Recognition: A Focus on XAI Models, Inteligencia Artificial, 2025, 28 (76), 85-123. |
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[12] Motlatsi Cletus Lehloka, Zenghui Wang, Genetic Algorithm-based Model Predictive Control for Partial Shading Mitigation on PV Array, Fuel Cells Bulletin, 2025, 1: 404-419, doi: 10.52710/fcb.206 |
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[13] Kiangala, K.S., Wang, Z. An inceptive approach for designing simple digital twins and industrial metaverse process frameworks for small manufacturing I5.0 environments using Node-RED”, The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 2025, 140: 2245–2268 (ISI Master indexed journal) |
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[14] Junwei Gu, Yu Wang, Jianing Chen, Mingquan Zhang, Zenghui Wang, Multi-modal contrastive causal consistency fusion for anomaly detection in additive manufacturing, Additive Manufacturing, 2025, 107: 104816. (ISI Master indexed journal) |
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[15] Yue Ma, Ye Yang, Yongchang Zhu, Sen Yang, Zenghui Wang, Jigang Tong, Efficient Small Target Detection System with Composite Multi-scale Detection Head, Journal of Electronic Imaging, 2025, 34(3): 033036 (ISI Master indexed journal) |
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[16] Kahiomba Sonia Kiangala, Zenghui Wang, A generative pre-trained transformer industrial bot to improve operators’ working experience in a small Industry 5.0 factory, The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 2025, 136: 3525-3541. (ISI Master indexed journal) |
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[17] Kahiomba Sonia Kiangala, Zenghui Wang, An experimental anomaly detection framework for a conveyor motor system using recurrent neural network and dendritic gated neural network, IET Collaborative Intelligent Manufacturing, 2025, 7(1): e70017. (ISI Master indexed journal) |
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[18] Vincent Majanga, Ernest Mnkandla, Zenghui Wang, Donatien Koulla Moulla, Automatic Blob Detection Method for Cancerous Lesions in Unsupervised Breast Histology Images, Bioengineering, 2025, 12 (4), 364. (ISI Master indexed journal) |
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[19] Mehdi Gheisari, Hamid Tahaei, Christian Fernández-Campusano, Mazhar Malik, Ernest Mnkandla, Zenghui Wang, Malusi Sibiya, Julian L Webber, Muhammad Rizwan Mughal, Cheng-Chi Lee, Panjun Sun, Abolfazl Mehbodniya, A Flexible Software-Defined Networking-Based Privacy-Preserving Method for Internet of Things-Based Smart City Environment Based on the Neighbors Situation, Computer, 2025, 58 (5), 27-36. (ISI Master indexed journal) |
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[20] Ifeoluwa T Akinola, Yanxia Sun, Isaiah G Adebayo, Zenghui Wang, Daily peak demand forecasting using Pelican Algorithm optimised Support Vector Machine (POA-SVM), Energy Reports, 2024, 12: 4438-4448. (ISI Master indexed journal) |
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[21] Yanzhuo Lin, Yu Wang, Mingquan Zhang, Zenghui Wang, Haijun Zhang, Ming Zhao, Information-guided signal multi-granularity contrastive feature learning for fault diagnosis with few labeled data, Advanced Engineering Informatics, 2024, 61: 102471. (ISI Master indexed journal) |
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[22] Thamsanqa B. Nkwanyana, Mukwanga W. Siti, Zenghui Wang, Willy Mulumba, Hybrid energy storage lifespan optimization based on an enhanced fuel-cell degradation model and meta-heuristic algorithm, Energy Reports, 2024, 12: 5712-5727. (ISI Master indexed journal) |
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[23] Frans Ramphele, Zenghui Wang, Adedayo Yusuff, Optimizing multi-layer perceptron for predicting learner migration patterns: a methodological exploration, International Journal of Computing, 2024, 23(4), 536-551. |
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[24] Samson Ademola Adegoke, Yanxia Sun, Zenghui Wang, Stephen Oladipo, Network reconfiguration using hybrid archimedes optimization algorithm for multiobjective functions, Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2024, Article ID 6682046. |
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[25] Yongchang Zhu, Sen Yang, Jigang Tong, Zenghui Wang, Multi-scale detector optimized for small target, Optoelectronics Letters, 2024, 20 (4), 243-248. (ISI Master indexed journal) |
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[26] Samson Ademola Adegoke, Yanxia Sun, Zenghui Wang, Oladipo Stephen, A mini review on optimal reactive power dispatch incorporating renewable energy sources and flexible alternating current transmission system, Electrical Engineering, 2024, 106, 3961–3982. (ISI Master indexed journal) |
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[27] Blessing O Abisoye, Yanxia Sun, Zenghui Wang, Machine learning forecasting model for solar energy radiation, International Journal of Computer Theory and Engineering, 2024, 16(2): 66-75. |
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[28] Motlatsi Cletus Lehloka, Zenghui Wang, Harmonics analysis on model predictive control-based algorithm for partial shading mitigation on PV array, J. Electrical Systems, 2024, 20-10s:4935-4944. |
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[29] Masopoga, Makwena Idah, Mbuyu Sumbwanyambe, Zenghui Wang, and Nthambeleni Reginald Netshikweta. A bibliometric analysis review on energy optimisation while designing wireless sensor networks. Journal of Engineering Research and Sciences, 2024, 3(11): 81-92. |
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[30] Michael Norval, Zenghui Wang, Speech emotion recognition using hybrid architectures, International Journal of Computing, 2024, 23(1): 1-10. |
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[31] Elijah M Maseno, Zenghui Wang, Hybrid wrapper feature selection method based on genetic algorithm and extreme learning machine for intrusion detection, Journal of Big Data, 2024, 11 (1): 24. (ISI Master indexed journal) |
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[32] Ileberi Emmanuel, Yanxia Sun, Zenghui Wang, A machine learning-based credit risk prediction engine system using a stacked classifier and a filter-based feature selection method, Journal of Big Data, 2024, 11 (1): 23. (ISI Master indexed journal) |
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[33] Frans Ramphele, Zenghui Wang, Adedayo Yusuff Determination of the best feature subset for learner migration in Limpopo, International Journal of Computing, 2024, 23(2): 165-176. |
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[34] Theodore Nicholas Richard Egling, Sumbwanyambe Mbuyu, Zenghui Wang, Binary classification of heart disease based on differential evolution-optimised machine learning approach, Journal of Advances in Information Technology, 2024, 15(4): 467-479. |
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[35] Kahiomba Sonia Kiangala, Zenghui Wang, An experimental hybrid customized AI and generative AI chatbot human machine interface to improve a factory troubleshooting downtime in the context of Industry 5.0, The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 2024, 132(5): 2715-2733 (ISI Master indexed journal) |
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[36] Lingwan Huang, Aimin Zhou, Ziyi Zhang, Yueyue Shan, Zenghui Wang, Shijian Cang, A novel SCDM algorithm with offset centroid-driven weight adaptation and its application to appearance design of automotive steering wheels, Advanced Engineering Informatics, 2024, 61: 102488. (ISI Master indexed journal) |
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[37] Jia Ren, Zengqiang Chen, Yikang Yang, Zenghui Wang, Mingwei Sun, Qinglin Sun, A new grey wolf optimizer tuned extended generalized predictive control for distillation process, IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, DOI: 10.1109/TNNLS.2023.3262556. (ISI Master indexed journal) |
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[38] Blessing Olatunde Abisoye, Yanxia Sun, Wang Zenghui, A survey of artificial intelligence methods for renewable energy forecasting: methodologies and insights, Renewable Energy Focus, 2024, 48:100529. |
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[39] Samson Ademola Adegoke, Yanxia Sun, Zenghui Wang, Minimization of active power loss using enhanced particle swarm optimization, Mathematics,2023, 11(17): 3660. (ISI Master indexed journal) |
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[40] Thamsanqa B Nkwanyana, Mukwanga W Siti, Zenghui Wang, Ignace Toudjeu, Nsilulu T Mbungu, Willy Mulumba, An assessment of hybrid-energy storage systems in the renewable environments, Journal of Energy Storage, 2023, 72: 108307. (ISI Master indexed journal) |
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[41] Tajudeen Akanbi Akinosho, Elias Tabane, Wang Zenghui, A comparative analysis of data stream clustering algorithms, International Journal of Computing, 22(4) 2023, 439-446. |
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[42] Xin Su, Guifu Zhang, Hongyan Xing, Zenghui Wang, Research on intrusion detection for maritime meteorological sensor network based on balancing generative adversarial network, Journal on Communications, 2023, 44(4): 124-136 (in chinese) |
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[43] Tianhao Hou, Hongyan Xing, Xinyi Liang, Xin Su, Zenghui Wang, A marine hydrographic station networks intrusion detection method based on LCVAE and CNN-BiLSTM, Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2023, 11 (1), 221 (20 pages). (ISI Master indexed journal) |
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[44] John Saveca, Yanxia Sun, Zenghui Wang, Machine learning and particle swarm inspired success history based adaptive multi-objective differential evolution for optimization of heaving buoy point absorber, Ocean Engineering, 2023, 284, 115189 (ISI Master indexed journal) |
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[45] Yves Matanga, Yanxia Sun, Zenghui Wang, Nonlinear optimal control using sequential niching differential evolution and parallel workers, Journal of Advances in Information Technology, 2023, 14 (2): 257-263. |
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[46] Tlotlollo S Hlalele, Yanxia Sun, Zenghui Wang, Voltage control on distributed generation systems based on multi-agent reinforcement learning approach, International Journal of Engineering Trends and Technology, 2023, 71(2): 186-196, 2023. |
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[47] Tlotlollo S Hlalele, Yanxia Sun, Zenghui Wang, Intelligent fault detection based on reinforcement learning technique on distribution networks, Journal of Advances in Information Technology, 2023, 14(3): 463-471. |
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[48] Elijah M Maseno, Zenghui Wang, Fangzhou Liu, Intrusion detection system in iot based on ga-elm hybrid method, Journal of Advances in Information Technology, 2023, 14 (4): 625-629. |
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[49] Jia Ren, Zengqiang Chen, Mingwei Sun, Qinglin Sun, Zenghui Wang, Proportion integral-type active disturbance rejection generalized predictive control distillation process based on grey wolf optimization parameter tuning, Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2022, 49, 234-244 (ISI Master indexed journal) |
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[50] Stephen Oladipo, Yanxia Sun, Zenghui Wang, Maiden application of a modified HBA-optimized cascaded (2DOF+ FOPIDN)-PD controller for load frequency control of diverse source power system, Mathematical Problems in Engineering, 2022, Article ID 4756347 (ISI Master indexed journal) |
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[51] Tianhao Hou, Hongyan Xing, Xinyi Liang, Xin Su, Zenghui Wang, Network intrusion detection based on DNA spatial information, Computer Networks, 2022, 109318 (ISI Master indexed journal) |
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[52] L Matindife, Y Sun, Z Wang, Few-Shot Learning for Image-Based Nonintrusive appliance signal recognition, Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience, 2022, Article ID 2142935 (ISI Master indexed journal) |
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[53] Ronghao Li, Enzeng Dong, Jigang Tong, Zenghui Wang, A novel multiscroll memristive hopfield neural network, International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos, 2022, 32(09):2250130 |
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[54] Shijian Cang, Yueyue Shan, Zenghui Wang, Conservative dynamics in a novel class of 3D generalized thermostatted systems, Chaos, 2022, 32 (8), 083143 (ISI Master indexed journal) |
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[55] Rongfu Luo, Zenghui Wang, Yanxia Sun, Optimized Luenberger observer-based PMSM sensorless control by PSO, Modelling and Simulation in Engineering, 2022, Article ID 3328719. |
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[56] Zehao Xiao, Enzeng Dong, Jigang Tong, Lin Zhu, Zenghui Wang, Light weight object detector based on composite attention residual network and boundary location loss, Neurocomputing, 2022, 494, 132-147 (ISI Master indexed journal) |
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[57] Ima Okon Essiet, Yanxia Sun, Zenghui Wang, E-dyNSGA-III: A multi-objective algorithm for handling pareto optimality over time, Mathematical Problems in Engineering, 2022, Article ID 4418706 (ISI Master indexed journal) |
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[58] Elijah M Maseno, Zenghui Wang, Hongyan Xing, A systematic review on hybrid intrusion detection system, Security and Communication Networks, 2022, Article ID 9663052 (ISI Master indexed journal) |
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[59] Mausam Das, Zenghui Wang, ED25519: A new secure compatible elliptic curve for mobile wireless network security, Jordanian Journal of Computers and Information Technology, 2022, 8 (1): 57-71. |
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[60] Stephen Oladipo, Yanxia Sun, Zenghui Wang, An enhanced flower pollinated algorithm with a modified fluctuation rate for global optimisation and load frequency control system, IET Renewable Power Generation, 2022, 16(6): 1220-1245 (ISI Master indexed journal) |
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[61] Emmanuel Ileberi, Yanxia Sun, Zenghui Wang, A machine learning based credit card fraud detection using the GA algorithm for feature selection, Journal of Big Data, 2022, 9 (1), 1-17. (ISI Master indexed journal) |
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[62] Shijian Cang, Luo Wang, Yapeng Zhang, Zenghui Wang, Zengqiang Chen, Bifurcation and chaos in a smooth 3D dynamical system extended from Nosé-Hoover oscillator, Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, 2022, 158, 112016. (ISI Master indexed journal) |
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[63] Jia Ren, Zengqiang Chen, Yikang Yang, Mingwei Sun, Qinglin Sun, Zenghui Wang, Grey wolf optimization based active disturbance rejection control parameter tuning for ship course, International Journal of Control, Automation and Systems, 2022, 20 (3), 842-856. (ISI Master indexed journal) |
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[64] Abdurrahman Shuaibu Hassan, Yanxia Sun, Zenghui Wang, Water, Energy and food algorithm with optimal allocation and sizing of renewable distributed generation for power loss minimization in distribution systems (WEF), Energies 15 (6), 2242. (ISI Master indexed journal) |
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[65] Yves Matanga, Yanxia Sun, Zenghui Wang, Hybrid PSO-αBB global optimisation for C2 box-constrained multimodal NLPs, IEEE Access, 2022, 10: 805 - 818. (ISI Master indexed journal) |
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[66] Yunxi Zhang, Yu Fan, Mingwei Sun, Zenghui Wang, Zengqiang Chen, Practical integrated guidance and control for the high-speed anti-ship missile to counter switching targets under a short time-to-go condition, International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences, 2022, 23 (1), 143-156. (ISI Master indexed journal) |
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[67] Juan Gutiérrez-Cárdenas, Zenghui Wang, Prediction of binding miRNAs involved with immune genes to the SARS-CoV-2 by using sequence features extraction and One-class SVM, Informatics in Medicine Unlocked, 2022, 30, 100958 |
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[68] John Saveca, Yanxia Sun, Zenghui Wang, A Hybrid Multiobjective Optimization based on nondominated sorting and crowding distance, with applications to wave energy converters, International Transactions on Electrical Energy Systems, 2022, Article ID 8309697 (ISI Master indexed journal) |
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[69] Kahiomba Sonia Kiangala, Zenghui Wang, An experimental safety response mechanism for an autonomous moving robot in a smart manufacturing environment using Q-learning algorithm and speech recognition, Sensors, 2022, 22(3):941. (ISI Master indexed journal) |
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[70] Shijian Cang, Gehang Zhao, Zenghui Wang, Zengqiang Chen, Global structures of clew-shaped conservative chaotic flows in a class of 3D one-thermostat systems, Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, 2022, 154: 111687. (ISI Master indexed journal) |
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[71] Yue Li, Zengqiang Chen, Zenghui Wang and Shijian Cang, Nonlinear dynamics analysis of cluster-shaped conservative flows generated from a generalized thermostatted system, Chinese Physics B, 2022, 31(1):010501. (ISI Master indexed journal) |
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[72] Juan Gutiérrez-Cárdenas, Zenghui Wang, Classification of Breast Cancer and Breast Neoplasm scenarios based on Machine Learning and sequence features from lncRNAs-miRNAs-diseases associations, accepted by Interdisciplinary Sciences: Computational Life Sciences, 2021, 13(4): 572–581. (ISI Master indexed journal) |
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[73] Emmanuel Ileberi, Yanxia Sun, Zenghui Wang, Performance evaluation of machine learning methods for credit card fraud detection using smote and adaboost, IEEE Access, 2021, 9: 165286-165294. (ISI Master indexed journal) |
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[74] Kahiomba Sonia Kiangala, Zenghui Wang, An effective communication prototype for time-critical iiot manufacturing factories using zero-loss redundancy protocols, time-sensitive networking, and edge-computing in an industry 4.0 environment, Processes, 2021, 9(11): 2084 (ISI Master indexed journal). |
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[75] Michael J. Norval, Zenghui Wang, Yanxia sun, Evaluation of image processing technologies for pulmonary tuberculosis detection based on deep learning convolutional neural networks, Journal of Advances in Information Technology, 2021, 12(3): 253-259. |
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[76] Adedeji Olugboja, Zenghui Wang, Yanxia Sun, Parallel convolutional neural networks for object detection, Journal of Advances in Information Technology, 2021, 12(4): 279-286. |
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[77] Xu Yang, Hongyan Xing, Xinyuan Ji, Zenghui Wang, Smart localization of thunderstorm charge for human 4IR applications, Mobile Information Systems, 2021, Article ID 5548350. (ISI Master indexed journal) |
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[78] Yue Li, Zengqiang Chen, Zenghui Wang, Shijian Cang, An effective approach for constructing a class of 4d multicluster conservative chaotic systems without external excitation, International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos, 2021, 31(13): 2150198. (ISI Master indexed journal) |
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[79] Kahiomba Sonia Kiangala, Zenghui Wang, An effective communication prototype for time-critical iiot manufacturing factories using zero-loss redundancy protocols, time-sensitive networking, and edge-computing in an industry 4.0 environment, Processes, 2021, 9(11): 2084. (ISI Master indexed journal) |
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[80] Stephen Oladipo, Yanxia Sun, Zenghui Wang, Application of a new fusion of flower pollinated with pathfinder algorithm for agc of multi-source interconnected power system, 2021, 9: 94149-94168. (ISI Master indexed journal) |
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[81] Enzeng Dong, Hui Yu, Jigang Tong, Zenghui Wang, Divergence measure on a modified Sprott-C system, IEEE Access, 2021, 9: 88959-88969. (ISI Master indexed journal) |
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[82] Ronghao Li, Zenghui Wang, Enzeng Dong, A new locally active memristive synapse-coupled neuron model, Nonlinear Dynamics, 2021, 104 (4), 4459-4475. (ISI Master indexed journal) |
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[83] Malavi Clifford Mlati and Zenghui Wang, Unmanned ground vehicles: adaptive control system for real-time rollover prevention, Int. J. Vehicle Autonomous Systems, 2021, 16(1): 81-95. (Scopus indexed journal). |
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[84] Liston Matindife, Yanxia Sun, Zenghui Wang, Image-based mains signal disaggregation and load recognition, Complex & Intelligent Systems, 2021, 7:901–927 (ISI Master indexed journal). |
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[85] Shijian Cang, Zhijun Kang, Zenghui Wang, Pseudo-random number generator based on a generalized conservative Sprott-A system, Nonlinear Dynamics, 2021, 104: 827–844 (ISI Master indexed journal) |
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[86] Juan Gutiérrez-Cárdenas, Zenghui Wang, One-class models for validation of miRNAs and ERBB2 gene interactions based on sequence features for breast cancer scenarios, ICT Express, 2022, 7 (4), 468-474. (ISI Master indexed journal) |
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[87] Xiaodong Jiao, Enzeng Dong and Zenghui Wang, Dynamic analysis and FPGA implementation of a kolmogorov-like hyperchaotic system. International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos, 2021, 31(4): 2150052. (ISI Master indexed journal) |
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[88] Engzeng Dong, Mengtao Deng, Zenghui Wang, A robust tracking algorithm with on online detector and high-confidence updating strategy. The Visual Computer. 2021, 37(3): 567-585 (ISI Master indexed journal). |
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[89] Sonia Kahiomba Kiangala, Zenghui Wang, An effective adaptive customization framework for small manufacturing plants using extreme gradient boosting-XGBoost and random forest ensemble learning algorithms in an Industry 4.0 environment, Machine Learning with Applications 2021, 4: 100024 |
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[87] Shijian Cang, Yue Li, Wei Xue, Zenghui Wang, Zengqiang Chen, Conservative chaos and invariant tori in the modified Sprott A system, Nonlinear Dynamics, 2020, 99 (2): 1699-1708 (ISI Master indexed journal). |
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[88] Ibomoiye Domor Mienye, Yanxia Sun, Zenghui Wang, Improved predictive sparse decomposition method with densenet for prediction of lung cancer, International Journal of Computing, 2020, 19(4): 533-541. |
(8) 2023 The National Research Foundation of South Africa (NRF): KIC fund.
(9) 2024-2026 The National Research Foundation of South Africa: IoT based Intelligent Intermixed biogas and Photovoltaic system.
(10) 2025 The National Research Foundation of South Africa (NRF): KIC fund.
Zenghui Wang (PhD, Nankai University, China) is a National Research Foundation (NRF) B2-rated researcher in Electrical Engineering and a member of Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf). He is currently a Professor at the University of South Africa (Unisa). After graduating with a Doctoral degree in 2007, Prof Wang worked as an Associate Professor in the Department of Automation at Shandong University of Science and Technology and a post-Doctoral Fellow at the French South African Technical Institute in Electronics at the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT). He joined Unisa in 2010 as an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Smart Systems Engineering and soon thereafter (July 2012) became a professor in the same Department. Prof Wang specialises in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science/Engineering. He is the leader of Intelligent System research group/laboratory. He has been involved in more than ten major research projects in South Africa and China. To January 2026, he has more than 270 papers published or accepted, including over 120 ISI master indexed journal papers.