Education Background
PhD (Boston University, USA)
ME (Tsinghua University, China)
BE (Tsinghua University, China)
Research Field
Biography
Jianfeng Mao is currently the Associate Professor and Assistant Dean of the School of Data Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen. He is also the Co-director of the Master of Data Science Program, and an associate editor of the journal Discrete Event Dynamic Systems: Theory and Applications. He received the B.E. degree and M.E. degree in Automation Science from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, and obtained his Ph.D. degree in Systems Engineering from Boston University. He is the former Assistant Professor in the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He has been engaged in the field of systems engineering for a long time, focusing on the research of models and optimization theory methods of discrete event systems, applied to transportation systems, logistics networks, smart grids and manufacturing systems, etc., and his research results have been published in important journals in related fields, such IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, European Journal of Operational Research, Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, Automatica, and etc. His research projects have been supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore, Ministry of Education, Singapore and Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Committee. He has won the Best Conference Paper Award at high-level international conferences for many times, including Integrated Communications 2020, Navigation and Surveillance Conference, IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering 2017, Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference 2012. He is the recipient of several awards such as the Guangdong Nanyue Outstanding Teacher Award 2021, the Shenzhen Outstanding Teacher Award 2020, and the The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen Presidential Model Teaching Award 2019.
1. Changpeng Yang, Jianfeng Mao, Xiongwen Qian, Peng Wei, "Designing Robust Air Transportation Networks via Minimizing Total Effective Resistance", IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 2018, in Press. (JCR-Q1 Journal)
[URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8481418 ]
2. Fanghong Guo, Changyun Wen, Jianfeng Mao, Jiawei Chen, Yong-Duan Song, "Hierarchical Decentralized Optimization Architecture for Economic Dispatch: A New Approach for Large-scale Power System", IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 14(2), 523-534, 2018. (JCR-Q1 Journal)
[URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8025731 ]
3. Jianfeng Mao, Christos G. Cassandras, "Solving a Class of Simulation-based Optimization Problems Using ‘Optimality in Probability’ ", Discrete Event Dynamic Systems: Theory and Applications, 28(1), 35-61, 2018. (JCR-Q1 Journal)
[URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10626-017-0261-x ]
4. Xiongwen Qian, Jianfeng Mao, Chun-Hsien Chen, Songlin Chen, Changpeng Yang, "Coordinated Multi-aircraft 4D Trajectories Planning Considering Buffer Safety Distance and Fuel Consumption Optimization via Pure-strategy Game", Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 81, 18-35, 2017. (JCR-Q1 Journal)
[ URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0968090X17301389 ]
5. Fanghong Guo, Changyun Wen, Jianfeng Mao, Guoqi Li, Yong-Duan Song, "A Distributed Hierarchical Algorithm for Multi-Cluster Constrained Optimization ", Automatica, 77, 230-238, 2017. (JCR-Q1 Journal)
[ URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0005109816304642 ]
6. Wuhua Hu, Jianfeng Mao, Keji Wei, "Energy-efficient Rail Guided Vehicle Routing for Two-Sided Loading/Unloading Automated Freight Handling System ", European Journal of Operational Research, 258(3), 943-957, 2017. (JCR-Q1 Journal)
[ URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0377221716307159 ]
7. Lei Miao, Jianfeng Mao, Christos G. Cassandras, "Optimal Energy-Efficient Downlink Transmission Scheduling for Real-Time Wireless Networks", IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems, 4(4), 692-706, 2017.
[ URL: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7438851/ ]
8. Changpeng Yang, Jianfeng Mao, Peng Wei, "Air Traffic Network Optimization via Laplacian Energy Maximization ", Aerospace Science and Technology, 49, 26-33, 2016. (JCR-Q1 Journal)
[ URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S127096381500348X ]
9. Fanghong Guo, Changyun Wen, Jianfeng Mao, Yong-Duan Song, "Distributed Economic Dispatch for Smart Grids with Random Wind Power", IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, 7(3), 1572-1583, 2016. (JCR-Q1 Journal)
[ URL: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7120161/ ]
10. B. Jia, C.F Wei, Jianfeng Mao, Rob Law, Shan Fu, Qi Wu, " Identification of flight state under different simulator modes using improved diffusion maps ", Optik, 127(9), 3905-3911, 2016.
[ URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0030402616000565 ]
11. Qi Wu, Jianfeng Mao, C.F Wei, Shan Fu, Rob Law, L. Ding, B.T. Yu, B. Jia, C.H. Yang, " Hybrid BF-PSO and fuzzy support vector machine for diagnosis of fatigue status using EMG signal features ", Neurocomputing, 173, 483-500, 2016. (JCR-Q1 Journal)
[ URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0925231215008097 ]
12. Fanghong Guo, Changyun Wen, Jianfeng Mao, Jiawei Chen, Yong-Duan Song, "Distributed Cooperative Secondary Control for Voltage Unbalance Compensation in an Islanded Microgrid", IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 11(5), 1078 - 1088, 2015. (JCR-Q1 Journal)
[ URL: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7173420/ ]
13. Fanghong Guo, Changyun Wen, Jianfeng Mao, Yong-Duan Song, "Distributed Secondary Voltage and Frequency Restoration Control of Droop-Controlled Inverter-based Microgrids", IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 62(7), 4355-4364, 2015. (JCR-Q1 Journal)
[ URL: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6981940/ ]
14. Jianfeng Mao, Christos G. Cassandras, "Optimal Control of Multi-Layer Discrete Event Systems with Real-time Constraints", IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems, 44(10), 1425-1434, 2014. (JCR-Q1 Journal)
[ URL: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6782712/ ]
15. Wuhua Hu, Jianfeng Mao, "Improved Algebraic Method for Linear Continuous-time Model Identification", Journal of Control and Decision, 1(2), 180-189, 2014.
[ URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/23307706.2014.899112 ]
16. Jianfeng Mao, Christos G. Cassandras, "On-line Optimal Control of a Class of Discrete Event Systems with Real-Time Constraints", Discrete Event Dynamic Systems: Theory and Applications, 20(2): 187-213, 2010. (JCR-Q1 Journal)
[ URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10626-008-0058-z ]
17. Jianfeng Mao, Christos G. Cassandras, "Optimal Admission Control of Discrete Event Systems with Real-Time Constraints", Discrete Event Dynamic Systems: Theory and Applications, 20(1): 37-62, 2010. (JCR-Q1 Journal)
[ URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10626-008-0052-5 ]
18. Jianfeng Mao, Christos G. Cassandras, "Optimal Control of Multi-stage Discrete Event Systems with Real-time Constraints", IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 54(1):108-123, 2009. (JCR-Q1 Journal)
[ URL: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/4177330/ ]
19. Qianchuan Zhao, Jianfeng Mao, Ye Tao, "Time Separations of Cyclic Event Rule Systems with min–max Timing Constraints", Theoretical Computer Science, 407(1-3): 496-510, 2008.
[ URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304397508005707 ]
20. Jianfeng Mao, Christos G. Cassandras, "Optimal Control of Two-stage Discrete Event Systems with Real-time Constraints", Discrete Event Dynamic Systems: Theory and Applications, 17(4): 505-529, 2007. (JCR-Q1 Journal)
[URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10626-007-0019-y ]
21. Jianfeng Mao, Christos G. Cassandras and Qianchuan Zhao, "Optimal Dynamic Voltage Scaling in Energy-Limited Nonpreemptive Systems with Real-Time Constraints", IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 6(6) : 678-688, 2007. (JCR-Q1 Journal)[ URL: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/4161919/ ]
