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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-schedulingresearchinshanghaihe***ydutytyreplant.theschedulingwasdesignedfortherubber-makingprocessthatcoverednotonlydiscretebutalsocontinuouscircumstances.tomakeabalancepointbetweenoptimizationqualityandtimecostiproposedadynamiclayeredschedulingmethodbasedonhybridpetrinets.thepracticalapplicationshowedthatthe***eragemakespanwasshortenedbyalargescale.ialsopublicizedtwopapersincorejournalswiththisidea.recentlyiamdoingresearchinthecompositepdictoftheelectricalpowersystemassistedwiththetechnologyofdataminingforbaosteel.itrytocombinethedecisiontreewithrecedingoptimizationtoprovideanewsolutionforthecompositepdictiveproblem.thisprojectisnowunderconstruction.
besidesinjuly2000igottheopportunitytogivealectureinenglishinasiacontrolconference(ascc)whichisoneofthetop-levelconferencesamongtheworldintheareaofcontrolandautomation.inmysenioryearimetprof.xiao-songlin***isitingprofessorofmathematicsfromuniversityofcalifornia-riversideilearnedgraphtheoryfromhimformynetworkresearch.theseexperiencesallrapidlyexpandedmyknowledgeofenglishandtheunderstandingofwesternculture.
ihopetostudyindepth
inretrospectifindmyselfstandingonasolidbasisinboththeoryandexperiencewhichhaspparedmefortheph.d.program.myfutureresearchinterestsinclude：networkschedulingproblemheuristicalgorithmresearch(especiallyingaandneuralnetwork)supplychainnetworkresearchhybridsystemperformanceanalysiswithpetrinetsanddatamining.