Welcome Prof. Yunqing Rao, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China to be the TPC Chair!

Prof. Yunqing Rao, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China

饶运清教授，华中科技大学

Prof. Yunqing Rao is a Ph. D supervisor Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China. Several national major projects, including 973 projects, the National Natural Science Foundation of China project, 863 key projects, sub-projects of national major science and technology projects, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology special sub-project of intelligent manufacturing, etc., have been presided over and undertaken. The 12 invention patents authorized by China have been obtained, five academic works and two textbooks have been published, and more than 200 academic papers have been published (including over 100 collected by SCI/EI). One second prize of the national scientific and technological progress award and two first prizes of the provincial and ministerial scientific and technological progress awards are won, respectively.

华中科技大学机械科学与工程学院教授（二级），博士生导师。长期从事智能优化技术与数字化、智能化车间等方面的教学、科研与应用开发工作，主持和承担过一批包括国家重点研发计划课题、973课题、国家自然科学基金项目、863重点项目、国家重大科技专项课题、工信部智能制造专项课题等在内的国家级重大项目。获国家授权发明专利12项，计算机软件著作权20余项，发表学术论文200余篇（其中SCI/EI收录百余篇），出版学术专著5部，编著和参编教材2部。注重理论研究与生产应用实践相结合，主持研发的离散制造车间运行优化及生产管控平台与成套软件系统在重工装备等行业获得成功应用，作为主要成员参与研发的大批量混流生产工艺过程优化平台及MES系统在汽车等行业获得成功应用，均产生重大社会、经济效益。获国家科技进步奖二等奖1项，省部级科技进步奖一等奖2项。