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Academic Achievements
A Life Fellow of IEEE, he received the 2013 RAS Pioneer Award for his contributions to the development of near-optimal and efficient planning, scheduling, and coordination methodologies for manufacturing and power systems; and the 2017 George Saridis Leadership Award for his exceptional vision and leadership in strengthening and advancing Automation.
Research Experience
He has been with the University of Connecticut since 1980, serving as the Chair of IEEE TAB Periodicals Committee (2018-2019), Vice President of Publications for the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (2008-2011), and the Founding Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering (2003-2007).
Education
B.S. in Electrical Engineering from National Taiwan University in 1973; M.S. in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1977; Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from Harvard University in 1980.
Background
Research interests include smart grid, intelligent manufacturing, and green buildings. Currently, he is a Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor and the SNET Professor of Communications & Information Technologies at the University of Connecticut.
Miscellany
Member of the Short-term Thousand Talent Program at Northeastern University (Shenyang, China) and member of the Chaired Professor Group at the Center for Intelligent and Networked Systems, Department of Automation, Tsinghua University (Beijing, China).