GeneralIntroduction
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IamathirdyearmastermajorinautomationatShanghaiJiaoTongUniversityP.R.China.WithtremendousinterestinIndustrialEngineeringIamwritingtoapplyforacceptanceintoyourPh.D.graduateprogram.
Educationbackground
In1995IenteredtheNanjingUniversityofScienceTechnology(NUST)--widelyconsideredoneoftheChina’sbestengineeringschools.Duringthefollowingundergraduatestudymyacademicrecordskeptdistinguishedamongthewholedepartment.IwasgrantedFirstClassPrizeeverysemesterandmyoverallGPA(89.5/100)rankedNo.1among113students.In1999Igottheprivilegetoenterthegraduateprogramwaivedoftheadmissiontest.IselectedtheShanghaiJiaoTongUniversitytocontinuemystudyforitsbestreputationonCombinatorialOptimizationandNetworkSchedulingwheremyresearchinterestlies.
AttheperiodofmygraduatestudymyoverallGPA(3.77/4.0)rankedtop5%inthedepartment.InthesecondsemesterIbecameteacherassistantthatisgiventotalentedandmaturedstudentsonly.ThisyearIwontheAcerScholarshipastheoneandonlycandidateinmydepartmentwhichistheultimateaccoladefordistinguishedstudentsendowedbymyuniversity.PresentlyIampreparingmygraduationthesisandtryingforthehonorofExcellentGraduationThesis.
Researchexperienceandacademicactivity
WhenasophomoreIjoinedtheAssociationofAIEnthusiastandbegantonarrowdownmyinterestformyfutureresearch.In1997IparticipatedinsimulationtooldevelopmentfortheschedulingsysteminProf.Wang’slab.WiththetoolofOpenGLandMatlabIdesignedasimulationprogramfortransportationschedulingsystem.ItisnowwidelyusedbydifferentresearchgroupsinNUST.In1998IassumedandfulfilledasewageanalysisdisposeprojectforNanjingsewagetreatmentplant.Thiswasmyfirstpracticetoconvertalaboratoryideatoacommercialproduct.
In1999IjoinedthedistinguishedProfessorYu-GengXisresearchgroupaimingatNetworkflowproblemsolvingandHeuristicalgorithmresearch.SoonIwasengagedintheFuDanGeneDatabaseDesign.Mydutywastopickuptheusefulinformationamongdifferentkindsofgenematchingformat.ThroughthecomparisonandanalysisformanyheuristicalgorithmsIintroducedanimprovedevolutionaryalgorithm--Multi-populationGeneticAlgorithm.Bydividingawholepopulationintoseveralsub-populationsthisimprovedalgorithmcaneffectivelypreventGAfromlocalconvergenceandpromotevariousevolutionaryorientations.ItprovedmoreefficientlythanSGAinexperimentstoo.InthesecondsemesterIjoinedtheworkshop-schedulingresearchinShanghaiHeavyDutyTyreplant.Theschedulingwasdesignedfortherubber-makingprocessthatcoverednotonlydiscretebutalsocontinuouscircumstances.TomakeabalancepointbetweenoptimizationqualityandtimecostIproposedaDynamiclayeredSchedulingmethodbasedonhybridPetriNets.Thepracticalapplicationshowedthattheaveragemakespanwasshortenedbyalargescale.Ialsopublicizedtwopapersincorejournalswiththisidea.RecentlyIamdoingresearchintheCompositePredictoftheElectricalPowersystemassistedwiththetechnologyofDataMiningforBaoSteel.ItrytocombinetheDecisionTreewithRecedingOptimizationtoprovideanewsolutionfortheCompositePredictiveProblem.Thisprojectisnowunderconstruction.
BesidesInJuly2000IgottheopportunitytogivealectureinEnglishinAsiaControlConference(ASCC)whichisoneofthetop-levelconferencesamongtheworldintheareaofcontrolandautomation.InmysenioryearImetProf.Xiao-SongLinavisitingprofessorofmathematicsfromUniversityofCalifornia-RiversideIlearnedgraphtheoryfromhimformynetworkresearch.TheseexperiencesallrapidlyexpandedmyknowledgeofEnglishandtheunderstandingofwesternculture.
Ihopetostudyindepth
InretrospectIfindmyselfstandingonasolidbasisinboththeoryandexperiencewhichhaspreparedmeforthePh.D.program.Myfutureresearchinterestsinclude:NetworkSchedulingProblemHeuristicAlgorithmresearch(especiallyinGAandNeuralnetwork)SupplychainnetworkresearchHybridsystemperformanceanalysiswithPetrinetsandDataMining.