GeneralIntroduction

　　IamathirdyearmastermajorinautomationatShanghaiJiaoTongUniversityP.R.China.WithtremendousinterestinIndustrialEngineeringIamwritingtoapplyforacceptanceintoyourPh.D.graduateprogram.

　　Educationbackground

　　In1995IenteredtheNanjingUniversityofScience&Technology(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.In1998Iassumedandfulfilledasewageanalysis&disposeprojectforNanjingsewagetreatmentplant.Thiswasmyfirstpracticetoconvertalaboratoryideatoacommercialproduct.

　　In1999IjoinedthedistinguishedProfessorYu-GengXisresearchgroupaimingatNetworkflowproblemsolvingandHeuristicalgorithmresearch.SoonIwasengagedintheFuDanGeneDatabaseDesign.Mydutywastopickuptheusefulinformationamongdifferentkindsofgenematchingformat.ThroughthecomparisonandanalysisformanyheuristicalgorithmsIintroducedanimprovedevolutionaryalgorithm--Multi-populationGeneticAlgorithm.Bydividingawholepopulationintoseveralsub-populationsthisimprovedalgorithmcaneffectivelypreventGAfromlocalconvergenceandpromotevariousevolutionaryorientations.ItprovedmoreefficientlythanSGAinexperimentstoo.InthesecondsemesterIjoinedtheworkshop-schedulingresearchinShanghaiHeavyDutyTyreplant.Theschedulingwasdesignedfortherubber-makingprocessthatcoverednotonlydiscretebutalsocontinuouscircumstances.TomakeabalancepointbetweenoptimizationqualityandtimecostIproposedaDynamiclayeredSchedulingmethodbasedonhybridPetriNets.Thepracticalapplicationshowedthattheaveragemakespanwasshortenedbyalargescale.Ialsopublicizedtwopapersincorejournalswiththisidea.RecentlyIamdoingresearchintheCompositePredictoftheElectricalPowersystemassistedwiththetechnologyofDataMiningforBaoSteel.ItrytocombinetheDecisionTreewithRecedingOptimizationtoprovideanewsolutionfortheCompositePredictiveProblem.Thisprojectisnowunderconstruction.