陈中，男，工学博士、教授、硕士生导师，中共党员，湖南省人工智能学会第一届理事，中国人工智能学会会员，中国计算机学会会员，中国电子学会会员，中国工业与应用数学学会会员，教育部全国研究生教育评估监测中心专家。
主要从事计算机专业的研究教学与机器人竞赛的指导工作，主讲的本科课程有《离散数学》、《网络空间安全的数学基础》、《C++面向对象编程》等基础理论课，主讲研究生的《机器学习》等课程。主持过省部级课题3项，院级科研项目2项，参与过国家自然科研基金3项，杰出青年基金1项。发表各类论文50多篇，其中20多篇被SCI或EI收录。长期担任国际知名期刊Nonlinear dynamics，Signal Processing，Applied Intelligence，Neural Networks，Neurocomputing，Complex & Intelligent Systems，Journal of the Franklin Institute， Journal of computational science, Physica Scripta，Journal of Supercomputing，IEEE Access等十多个国际期刊与国际会议的审稿人。近年指导学生参加全国或湖南省大学生与研究生的各类学科竞赛，获得全国二等奖2项、省级一等奖6项等各级各类奖项共计40多项。
联系方式：chenzhong@hynu.edu.cn。
主要研究方向：
1、图像信息安全方向，主要研究：(1)利用各类混沌系统产生的随机序列，研究图像加密算法；(2)利用深度学习方法产生随机序列，研究图像加密算法。
2、机器学习：主要利用深度学习的LSTM方法，对各类序列的预测进行研究。
3、非线性研究方向：各类非线性系统的设计、分析与控制，以及混沌电路设计与系统分析研究。
4、智能机器人的动力学分析与控制。
近五年的主要科研论文
1. Xuan Deng, Zhong Chen*, Bofeng Long, Tongzhe Liu, Ximei Wu, Zhiwen Zheng, Shuanglong Zou, Can Cao, An image encryption algorithm based on a novel 4D hyperchaotic system and improved Knight's Tour scrambling algorithm, Physica Scripta, 2025(Volume 100).
2. Tongzhe Liu, Junyao Chen, Ximei Wu, Bofeng Long, Lujie Wang, Chenchen He, Xuan Deng, Hongwei Deng, Zhong Chen*, RESAKey GAN: enhancing color image encryption through residual self-attention generative adversarial networks, Physica Scripta, 2025(Volume 100).
3. Bofeng Long, Zhong Chen*, Tongzhe Liu, Ximei Wu, Chenchen He, Lujie Wang, Can Cao, Improved fractal coding and hyperchaotic system for lossless image compression and encryption, Nonlinear Dynamics, 2025(Volume 113), pages 12233–12262.
4. Lujie Wang, Zhong Chen*, Xiyu Sun, Chenchen He, Region of interest encryption algorithm for images based on lifting scheme and object detection, Cluster Computing, 2025(Volume 28).
5. Ming Yao, Zhong Chen*, Hongwei Deng, Ximei Wu, Tongzhe Liu, Can Cao, A color image compression and encryption algorithm combining compressed sensing, Sudoku matrix, and hyperchaotic map, Nonlinear Dynamics, 2025(Volume 113), pages 2831–2865.
6. Bofeng Long, Zhong Chen*, Tongzhe Liu, Ximei Wu, Chenchen He, Lujie Wang,
A Novel Medical Image Encryption Scheme Based on Deep Learning Feature Encoding and Decoding, IEEE Access, 2024(Volume: 12), Page(s): 38382 – 38398.
7. Tongzhe Liu, Zhong Chen*, Bofeng Long, Ximei Wu, Lujie Wang, Chenchen He, Can Cao, A color image encryption algorithm based on a novel 4D hyperchaotic system and bit-level diffusion, Physica Scripta, 2024(Volume 99).
8. Chenchen He, Zhong Chen*, Lujie Wang, Ximei Wu, Tongzhe Liu, Bofeng Long, An algorithm based on 6D fractional order hyperchaotic system and knight tour algorithm to encrypt image, Physica Scripta, 2024(Volume 99).
9. Ximei Wu, Chen Zhong*, Bofeng Long, Tongzhe Liu, Chenchen He, Lujie Wang, Chaotic image encryption algorithm based on dynamic Hachimoji DNA coding and computing, Physica Scripta, 2024(Volume 99).
10. Lujie Wang, Zhong Chen*, Xiyu Sun, Chenchen He, Color image ROI encryption algorithm based on a novel 4D hyperchaotic system, Physica Scripta, 2024(Volume 99).
11. Sun Xiyu, Chen Zhong, A fast image encryption algorithm with variable key space, Multimedia Tools and Applications, 2024(Volume 83), pages 35427–35447.
12. Xiyu Sun, Zhong Chen*, Lujie Wang, Chenchen He, A lossless image compression and encryption algorithm combining JPEG-LS, neural network and hyperchaotic system, Nonlinear Dynamics, 2023(Volume 111), pages 15445–15475.
13. Chenchen He, Zhong Chen*, An Algorithm Based on Hodgkin-Huxley Model and Latin Square for Image Encryption, IEEE Access,2023(Volume: 11), Page(s): 34163 – 34174.
14. Xiyu Sun, Zhong Chen*, A Novel Chaotic Image Encryption Algorithm Based on Coordinate Descent and SHA-256, IEEE Access,2022(Volume: 10), Page(s): 114597 – 114611.
