Dr Guoqiang Hu is currently a Professor in the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He joined NTU Singapore in 2011 as an assistant professor, and was promoted to associate professor (with tenure) and full professor, in 2017 and 2021, respectively. Before joining NTU Singapore, he was an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering at Kansas State University, USA, from 2008 to 2011. He received B.Eng. in Automation from University of Science and Technology of China in 2002, M.Phil. in Automation and Computer-Aided Engineering from The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2004, and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Florida in 2007.

His research interests are in AI and robotics. Specifically, he works on optimization and control, game theory, and learning algorithms, with applications to robotics and smart city systems. He received several awards, including Best Paper in Automation Award in the 14th IEEE International Conference on Information and Automation, Best Paper Award in the 36th Chinese Control Conference, Best Paper Award in the 4th Asia Pacific Conference of the Prognostics and Health Management Society, and Early Career Teaching Excellence Award by the School of EEE in 2015.

He served as Deputy Director of SMRT-NTU Corporate Lab in 2016-2019, Director of Centre for System Intelligence and Efficiency in 2016-2021, Assistant Chair (Research) of School of EEE in 2018-2022, and Co-Program Leader of CREATE program SinBerBEST in 2017-2023. He also served as Program Chair/Co-Chair for IEEE ICCA 2016, IEEE IECON 2020 and IEEE CDC 2023, and General Chair for ICARCV 2018 and IEEE ICCA 2020. He currently serves as Assistant Dean (Research) for College of Engineering at NTU Singapore, and Thrust Lead and PI of the Cobot Thrust for Centre for Advanced Robotics Technology Innovation.