Jingchuan Chen/陈京川

Jingchuan Chen

I am currently a final-year Ph.D. candidate at the University of Hong Kong (HKU), fortunately supervised by Professor Zuo-Jun (Max) Shen. I will graduate from the university in coming July.

E-mail: jingchuan.chen@connect.hku.hk

Enducation

  • The University of Hong Kong (Doctor of Philosophy), Sep. 2021 - Jun. 2025
    • Department of Data and Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering
    • Supervisor: Prof. Zuo-Jun (Max) Shen
    • Research Topics: Analysis and Optimization of Intelligent Manufacturing Systems
  • Beijing Institute of Technology (Master of Engineering), Sep. 2018 - Jun. 2021
    • Major in Control Engineering, School of Automation
    • Supervisor: Dr. Zhiyang Jia
    • Research Topics: Modeling and Analysis of Intelligent Manufacturing Systems
  • Beijing University of Technology (Bachelor of Engineering), Sep. 2014 - Jul. 2018
    • Major in Automation, Faculty of Information Technology

Research Interests

  Operations Research, Supply Chain Management, and Production Scheduling

Published Papers (Selected)

[1] Chen J, Shen ZJM# (2024) Fast algorithm for predicting the production process performance in flexible production lines with delayed differentiation. IISE Transactions 56(9):932-944.
[2] Chen J, Shen ZJM# (2023) Fast approximations for dynamic behavior in manufacturing systems with regular orders: An aggregation method. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 8(11):7122-7129.
[3] Chen J, Jia Z#, Wang X (2022) Dynamic performance prediction in flexible production lines with two geometric machines. International Journal of Production Research 60(13):4006–4024.
[4] Chen J, Jia Z#, Huang L (2021) Multi-type products and dedicated buffers-based flexible production process analysis of serial Bernoulli lines. Computers & Industrial Engineering 154(4):107167.
[5] Jia Z#, Chen J, Dai Y (2021) Decomposition and aggregation-based real-time analysis of assembly systems with geometric machines and small batch-based production tasks. IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering 18(3):988–999.
[6] Jia Z#, Huang L, Chen J (2021) Order-reduced dynamic decoupling approach for performance evaluation of multitype and small-batch-based serial lines with adjustments and resets. IEEE Systems Journal 15(3):3902–3912.
[7] Jia Z#, Dai Y, Chen J (2019) Closed Bernoulli lines with finite buffers: Real-time performance analysis, completion time bottleneck and carrier control. International Journal of Control 94(7):1994–2007.

Working Papers (Selected)

[1] Chen J, Lin S, Shen ZJM# (2025+) Optimal scheduling police of the flexible worker in production systems. target Manufacturing & Service Operations Management.
[2] Chen J, Shen ZJM# (2025+) Allocation and scheduling of flexible workforces in manufacturing systems. target Production and Operations Management.

Industry Research Experience

  Beijing Geekplus Technology Co., Ltd., Apr. - Aug. 2021

  • Research Intern (Study path planning algorithms for multi-robot systems in automatic warehouses)

Invention Patent

[1] Jia Z#, Chen J, Huang L (2020) Transient performance prediction in flexible discrete manufacturing system with dedicated buffers (CN Patent No. ZL202010122107.9). China.

Teaching Experience (Teaching Assistant)

  • IMSE7212: Physical Internet (HKU), Spring 2025
  • IMSE4119: Digital Enterprises & E-commerce (HKU), Fall 2023 and Fall 2024
  • IMSE3134: Innovation and Entrepreneurship (HKU), Spring 2023
  • IMSE7015: Engineering Economics and Finance (HKU), Fall 2022 & Spring 2023
  • IMSE7111: Intelligent Optimization (HKU), Fall 2022
  • 0600019: Kalman Filter and Multi-Sensor Data Fusion (BIT), Spring 2020

Selected Awards

  • Outstanding Graduate in Beijing, 2021
  • Outstanding Thesis, Beijing Institute of Technology, 2021
  • National Scholarship, China, 2020
  • Outstanding Master’s Degree Candidate, Automation Field in Beijing, 2019
  • Honorable Mention, Interdisciplinary Contest in Modeling, 2018
  • First Prize, China Robot Competition, 2016

Services

  • Reviewer for IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, Expert Systems With Applications, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE)
  • Session Chair for 2024 INFORMS Annual Meeting and 15th POMS-HK International Conference
  • INFORMS Student Member

References

  • Prof. Zuo-Jun (Max) Shen#
    • Relationship: Supervisor for Doctoral Degree
    • Position: Vice-President and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research) and Chair Professor, The University of Hong Kong
    • Email: maxshen@hku.hk
  • Dr. Runyang (Ray) Zhong
    • Relationship: Co-Supervisor for Doctoral Degree
    • Position: Assistant Professor, The University of Hong Kong
    • Email: zhongzry@hku.hk
  • Dr. Zhiyang Jia#
    • Relationship: Supervisor for Master’s Degree
    • Position: Assistant Professor, Beijing Institute of Technology
    • Email: zhiyang.jia@bit.edu.cn
  • Dr. Shaochong Lin
    • Relationship: Research Collaborator
    • Position: Research Assistant Professor, The University of Hong Kong
    • Email: shaoclin@hku.hk

# denotes supervisors