iamathirdyearmastermajorinautomationatshanghaijiaotonguniversity,p.r.china.withtremendousinterestinindustrialengineering,iamwritingtoapplyforacceptanceintoyourph.d.graduateprogram.
educationbackground
in1995,ienteredthenanjinguniversityofscience&technology(nust)--widelyconsideredoneofthechina’sbestengineeringschools.duringthefollowingundergraduatestudy,myacademicrecordskeptdistinguishedamongthewholedepartment.iwasgrantedfirstclassprizeeverysemester,andmyoverallgpa(89.5/100)rankedno.1among113students.in1999,igottheprivilegetoenterthegraduateprogramwaivedoftheadmissiontest.iselectedtheshanghaijiaotonguniversitytocontinuemystudyforitsbestreputationoncombinatorialoptimizationandnetworkschedulingwheremyresearchinterestlies.
attheperiodofmygraduatestudy,myoverallgpa(3.77/4.0)rankedtop5%inthedepartment.inthesecondsemester,ibecameteacherassistantthatisgiventotalentedandmaturedstudentsonly.thisyear,iwontheacerscholarshipastheoneandonlycandidateinmydepartment,whichistheultimateaccoladefordistinguishedstudentsendowedbymyuniversity.presently,iampreparingmygraduationthesisandtryingforthehonorofexcellentgraduationthesis.
researchexperienceandacademicactivity
whenasophomore,ijoinedtheassociationofaienthusiastandbegantonarrowdownmyinterestformyfutureresearch.in1997,iparticipatedinsimulationtooldevelopmentfortheschedulingsysteminprof.wang’slab.withthetoolofopenglandmatlab,idesignedasimulationprogramfortransportationschedulingsystem.itisnowwidelyusedbydifferentresearchgroupsinnust.in1998,iassumedandfulfilledasewageanalysis&disposeprojectfornanjingsewagetreatmentplant.thiswasmyfirstpracticetoconvertalaboratoryideatoacommercialproduct.
in1999,ijoinedthedistinguishedprofessoryu-gengxisresearchgroupaimingatnetworkflowproblemsolvingandheuristicalgorithmresearch.sooniwasengagedinthefudangenedatabasedesign.mydutywastopickuptheusefulinformationamongdifferentkindsofgenematchingformat.throughthecomparisonandanalysisformanyheuristicalgorithms,iintroducedanimprovedevolutionaryalgorithm--multi-populationgeneticalgorithm.bydividingawholepopulationintoseveralsub-populations,thisimprovedalgorithmcaneffectivelypreventgafromlocalconvergenceandpromotevariousevolutionaryorientations.itprovedmoreefficientlythansgainexperiments,too.inthesecondsemester,ijoinedtheworkshop-schedulingresearchinshanghaiheavydutytyreplant.theschedulingwasdesignedfortherubber-makingprocessthatcoverednotonlydiscretebutalsocontinuouscircumstances.tomakeabalancepointbetweenoptimizationqualityandtimecost,iproposedadynamiclayeredschedulingmethodbasedonhybridpetrinets.thepracticalapplicationshowedthattheaveragemakespanwasshortenedbyalargescale.ialsopublicizedtwopapersincorejournalswiththisidea.recently,iamdoingresearchinthecompositepredictoftheelectricalpowersystemassistedwiththetechnologyofdataminingforbaosteel.itrytocombinethedecisiontreewithrecedingoptimizationtoprovideanewsolutionforthecompositepredictiveproblem.thisprojectisnowunderconstruction.
besides,injulyXX,igottheopportunitytogivealectureinenglishinasiacontrolconference(ascc)whichisoneofthetop-levelconferencesamongtheworldintheareaofcontrolandautomation.inmysenioryear,imetprof.xiao-songlin,avisitingprofessorofmathematicsfromuniversityofcalifornia-riverside,ilearnedgraphtheoryfromhimformynetworkresearch.theseexperiencesallrapidlyexpandedmyknowledgeofenglishandtheunderstandingofwesternculture.