generalintroduction

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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.PsentlyiamPparingmygraduationthesisandtryingforthehonorofexcellentgraduationthesis.

researchexperienceandacademicactivity

whenasophomoreijoinedtheassociationofaienthusiastandbegantonarrowdownmyinterestformyfutureresearch.in1997iparticipatedinsimulationtooldevelopmentfortheschedulingsysteminprof.wang’slab.withthetoolofopenglandmatlabidesignedasimulationprogramfortransportationschedulingsystem.itisnowwidelyusedbydifferentresearchgroupsinnust.in1998iassumedandfulfilledasewageanalysis&disposeprojectfornanjingsewagetreatmentplant.thiswasmyfirstpracticetoconvertalaboratoryideatoacommercialproduct.

in1999ijoinedthedistinguishedprofessoryu-gengxisresearchgroupaimingatnetworkflowproblemsolvingandheuristicalgorithmresearch.sooniwasengagedinthefudangenedatabasedesign.mydutywastopickuptheusefulinformationamongdifferentkindsofgenematchingformat.throughthecomparisonandanalysisformanyheuristicalgorithmsiintroducedanimprovedevolutionaryalgorithm--multi-populationgeneticalgorithm.byspanidingawholepopulationintoseveralsub-populationsthisimprovedalgorithmcaneffectivelyPventgafromlocalconvergenceandpromotevariousevolutionaryorientations.itprovedmoreefficientlythansgainexperimentstoo.inthesecondsemesterijoinedtheworkshop-schedulingresearchinshanghaiheavydutytyreplant.theschedulingwasdesignedfortherubber-makingprocessthatcoverednotonlydiscretebutalsocontinuouscircumstances.tomakeabalancepointbetweenoptimizationqualityandtimecostiproposedadynamiclayeredschedulingmethodbasedonhybridpetrinets.thepracticalapplicationshowedthattheaveragemakespanwasshortenedbyalargescale.ialsopublicizedtwopapersincorejournalswiththisidea.recentlyiamdoingresearchinthecompositePdictoftheelectricalpowersystemassistedwiththetechnologyofdataminingforbaosteel.itrytocombinethedecisiontreewithrecedingoptimizationtoprovideanewsolutionforthecompositePdictiveproblem.thisprojectisnowunderconstruction.

besidesinjuly2000igottheopportunitytogivealectureinenglishinasiacontrolconference(ascc)whichisoneofthetop-levelconferencesamongtheworldintheareaofcontrolandautomation.inmysenioryearimetprof.xiao-songlinavisitingprofessorofmathematicsfromuniversityofcalifornia-riversideilearnedgraphtheoryfromhimformynetworkresearch.theseexperiencesallrapidlyexpandedmyknowledgeofenglishandtheunderstandingofwesternculture.

ihopetostudyindepth

inretrospectifindmyselfstandingonasolidbasisinboththeoryandexperiencewhichhasPparedmefortheph.d.program.myfutureresearchinterestsinclude：networkschedulingproblemheuristicalgorithmresearch(especiallyingaandneuralnetwork)supplychainnetworkresearchhybridsystemperformanceanalysiswithpetrinetsanddatamining.