Speaker: Prof. Wang Qingguo

Time: 3:00-4:30p.m, 22 Dec 2020 (Tue)

Venue: T2-202

Language: English

Abstract:

i-enterprise (Intelligent Enterprise) integrates the factory and the market under a unified framework to make the optimal production decisions in real-time to accurately meet changing market demands. Technically, through the dynamic modeling and forecasting of market demands, the dynamic modeling and forecasting of the production process, and the real-time optimal matching of dynamic demand and supply, the product quantity and price are determined so as to maximize the net profitability of the firm and enhance its customer satisfaction. The several industrial projects will be highlighted to illustrate this new methodology. i-enterprise can truly realize the intelligent management of enterprises with wide applications and significant economic benefits.

About the Speaker:

Prof. Wang Qingguo held Alexander-von-Humboldt Research Fellowship of Germany from 1990 to 1992. From 1992 to 2015, he was with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the National University of Singapore, where he became a Full Professor in 2004. From 2015 to 2020, He was a Distinguished Professor with Institute for Intelligent Systems, University of Johannesburg, South Africa. He holds A-rating from the National Research Foundation of South Africa. He is a member of Academy of Science of South Africa. He has published over 330 international journal papers and 7 research monographs. He received about 18000 citations with h-index of 72. He was presented with the award of the most cited article of the Journal of Automatica in 2006-2010 and was in the Thomson Reuters list of the highly-cited researchers 2013 in Engineering. He is currently the Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the ISA Transactions (USA).