Academic Positions

Postdoctoral Research Fellow Oct 2025 – Present

Monash University, Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering

Postdoctoral Research Associate Mar 2024 – Oct 2025

University of Sydney, Australian Centre for Robotics

Education

Doctor of Philosophy Jul 2019 – Jan 2024

Australian National University, School of Engineering

Bachelor of Engineering Jul 2015 – Jul 2019

Australian National University

Publications

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Journal Articles

  1. K. Shi, E. Khodabakhshi, P. Biswas, I. R. Petersen, and S. R. Moheimani, “Discrete-time HIGS based digital control of negative imaginary systems,” Control Engineering Practice, vol. 163, p. 106386, 2025.
  2. K. Shi, I. R. Petersen, and I. G. Vladimirov, “Necessary and sufficient conditions for state feedback equivalence to negative imaginary systems,” IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 69, no. 7, pp. 4657–4672, 2024.
  3. K. Shi, N. Nikooienejad, I. R. Petersen, and S. O. R. Moheimani, “Negative imaginary control using hybrid integrator-gain systems: Application to mems nanopositioner,” IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, vol. 32, no. 3, pp. 718–730, 2024.
  4. K. Shi, I. R. Petersen, and I. G. Vladimirov, “Output feedback consensus for networked heterogeneous nonlinear negative-imaginary systems with free body motion,” IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 68, no. 9, pp. 5536–5543, 2023.
  5. K. Shi, I. R. Petersen, and I. G. Vladimirov, “Making nonlinear systems negative imaginary via state feedback,” Automatica, vol. 155, p. 111127, 2023.

Conference Proceedings

  1. K. Shi, R. Wang, and I. R. Manchester, “Negative imaginary neural ODEs: Learning to control mechanical systems with stability guarantees,” in Proceedings of the 13th IFAC Symposium on Nonlinear Control Systems, 2025. (To appear)
  2. K. Shi and I. R. Petersen, “Hybrid integrator-gain system based integral resonant controllers for negative imaginary systems,” in 2024 IEEE 63rd Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), pp. 2379–2384, 2024.
  3. Y. Chen, K. Shi, I. R. Petersen, and E. L. Ratnam, “Unified control of voltage, frequency and angle in electrical power systems: A passivity and negative-imaginary based approach,” in 2024 IEEE 63rd Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), pp. 5783–5788, 2024.
  4. K. Shi, I. R. Petersen, and I. G. Vladimirov, “Discrete-time negative imaginary systems from ZOH sampling,” IFAC-PapersOnLine, vol. 58, no. 17, pp. 214–219, 2024.
  5. Y. Chen, K. Shi, I. R. Petersen, and E. L. Ratnam, “On the stability of networked nonlinear negative imaginary systems with applications to electrical power systems,” IFAC-PapersOnLine, vol. 58, no. 17, pp. 220–225, 2024.
  6. K. Shi and I. R. Petersen, “Digital control of negative imaginary systems: a discrete-time hybrid integrator-gain system approach,” in 2024 European Control Conference (ECC), pp. 2611–2616, 2024.
  7. Y. Chen, K. Shi, I. R. Petersen, and E. L. Ratnam, “A nonlinear negative imaginary systems framework with actuator saturation for control of electrical power systems,” in 2024 European Control Conference (ECC), pp. 2399–2404, 2024.
  8. K. Shi, I. R. Petersen, and I. G. Vladimirov, “Nonlinear negative imaginary systems with switching,” IFAC-PapersOnLine, vol. 56, no. 2, pp. 3936–3941, 2023.
  9. K. Shi, I. R. Petersen, and I. G. Vladimirov, “Negative imaginary state feedback equivalence for a class of nonlinear systems,” IFAC-PapersOnLine, vol. 56, no. 1, pp. 288–293, 2023.
  10. K. Shi, I. R. Petersen, and I. G. Vladimirov, “Making nonlinear systems negative imaginary via state feedback,” in 2022 IEEE 61st Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), pp. 3827–3832, 2022.
  11. K. Shi, N. Nikooienejad, I. R. Petersen, and S. O. R. Moheimani, “A negative imaginary approach to hybrid integrator-gain system control,” in 2022 IEEE 61st Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), pp. 1968–1973, 2022.
  12. K. Shi, I. R. Petersen, and I. G. Vladimirov, “Negative imaginary state feedback equivalence for systems of relative degree one and relative degree two,” in 2021 60th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), pp. 3948–3953, 2021.
  13. K. Shi, I. G. Vladimirov, and I. R. Petersen, “Robust output feedback consensus for networked identical nonlinear negative-imaginary systems,” IFAC-PapersOnLine, vol. 54, no. 9, pp. 239–244, 2021.
  14. K. Shi, I. G. Vladimirov, and I. R. Petersen, “Robust output feedback consensus for networked heterogeneous nonlinear negative-imaginary systems,” in 2020 Australian and New Zealand Control Conference (ANZCC), pp. 214–219, 2020.

Preprints & Under Review

  1. K. Shi, R. Wang, and I. R. Manchester, “Negative imaginary neural ODEs: Learning to control mechanical systems with stability guarantees,” Submitted to Automatica, 2025.
  2. Y. Chen, K. Shi, I. R. Petersen, and E. L. Ratnam, “Nonlinear negative imaginary systems with actuator saturation: An application to power systems,” Submitted to IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 2025.
  3. K. Shi, I. R. Petersen, and I. G. Vladimirov, “Discrete-time negative imaginary control systems using zero-order hold sampling,” Submitted to Automatica, 2025.
  4. E. L. Ratnam, Y. Chen, K. Shi, and I. R. Petersen, “Negative imaginary grids,” Invited paper in preparation for Annual Review of Control, Robotics, and Autonomous Systems, 2025.
  5. K. Shi, E. Khodabakhshi, P. Biswas, I. R. Petersen, and S. O. R. Moheimani, “Discrete-time integral resonant control of negative imaginary systems: Application to a high-speed nanopositioner,” arXiv preprint:2406.16263, 2024.