generalintroduction
iamathirdyearmastermajorinautomationatshanghaijiaotonguniversity,p.r.china.withtremendousinterestinindustrialengineering,iamwritingtoapplyforacceptanceintoyourph.d.graduateprogram.
educationbackground
in1995,ienteredthenanjinguniversityofsciencetechnology(nust)--widelyconsideredoneofthechina’sbestengineeringschools.duringthefollowingundergraduatestudy,myacademicrecordskeptdistinguishedamongthewholedepartment.iwasgrantedfirstclassprizeeverysemester,in1999,igottheprivilegetoenterthegraduateprogramwaivedoftheadmissiontest.
attheperiodofmygraduatestudy,myoverallgpa(3.77/4.0)rankedtop5%inthedepartment.inthesecondsemester,ibecameteacherassistantthatisgiventotalentedandmaturedstudentsonly.thisyear,iwontheacerscholarshipastheoneandonlycandidateinmydepartment,whichistheultimateaccoladefordistinguishedstudentsendowedbymyuniversity.presently,iampreparingmygraduationthesisandtryingforthehonorofexcellentgraduationthesis.
researchexperienceandacademicactivity
whenasophomore,ijoinedtheassociationofaienthusiastandbegantonarrowdownmyinterestformyfutureresearch.withthetoolofopenglandmatlab,idesignedasimulationprogramfortransportationschedulingsystem.itisnowwidelyusedbydifferentresearchgroupsinnust.iassumedandfulfilledasewageanalysisdisposeprojectfornanjingsewagetreatmentplant.thiswasmyfirstpracticetoconvertalaboratoryideatoacommercialproduct.
inretrospect,ifindmyselfstandingonasolidbasisinboththeoryandexperience,whichhaspreparedmefortheph.d.program.myfutureresearchinterestsinclude:networkschedulingproblem,heuristicalgorithmresearch(especiallyingaandneuralnetwork),supplychainnetworkresearch,hybridsystemperformanceanalysiswithpetrinetsanddatamining.
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