2007: Second Prize of National Natural Science Award (sole recipient); ACM Distinguished Scientist Award
2012: ASME MESA Outstanding Achievement Award
2011: IEEE ITS Outstanding Research Award; First Prize of Technical Invention, Chinese Association of Automation
2010: IEEE ITS Leading Team Award
2009: IEEE ITS Outstanding Application Award
2004 & 2006: CAS Outstanding Supervisor Awards
2002: IEEE SMC Franklin V. Taylor Best Paper Award
2001: National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars; Guangdong Provincial Science and Technology Award (Second Class)
1996: Caterpillar Technical Invention Award
Published influential papers including 'A coordination theory for intelligent machines', 'Parallel control and management for intelligent transportation systems', 'Social computing: from social informatics to social intelligence', etc.
Authored the book 'Fundamental Methods and Applications of Social Computing' (2012)
Holds multiple patents such as 'Method and apparatus for intersection traffic signal control', 'Fault diagnosis system for traffic signal controllers', 'Dynamic calibration method for video system parameters', etc.
Research Experience
1984–1986: Faculty member, Department of Mechanics, Zhejiang University
1987–1990: Research Assistant and Assistant Researcher, Center for Intelligent Robotic Systems for Space Exploration (CIRSSE), NASA/RPI
1988–1989: Assistant Researcher, New York State Center for Manufacturing and Productivity Transfer
1990–2011: Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Full Professor; Director of Robotics and Automation Lab and Advanced Research Center for Complex Systems, University of Arizona, USA
1999–2002: Director, Center for Intelligent Control and Systems Engineering, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
2002–2011: Director, Key Laboratory of Complex Systems and Intelligence Science, CAS
2006–2010: Deputy Director, Institute of Automation, CAS
2011–present: Director, The State Key Laboratory of Management and Control for Complex Systems, Institute of Automation, CAS
Miscellany
2008–present: Vice President and Secretary-General, Chinese Association of Automation
2007–present: Member, CAS Academic Degree Committee; Chair, CAS Academic Degree Committee for Computer and Control Sciences
2005–2008: President, IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society
2006–2008: President, North America Zhu Kezhen Education Foundation; Chair, Systems Management and Complexity Science Committee, Management Modernization Research Association of China; Chair, IFAC Committee on Economic and Business Systems
2005: President, Association of Chinese Scientists and Engineers (USA)
2009–present: Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems
2009–2012: Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Intelligent Systems