Research

Research

My research sits at the intersection of industrial AI and agentic manufacturing: how autonomous, tool-using AI systems can be embedded into the value chains of real factories — planning and scheduling, process control, quality management — in ways that are designable, verifiable, and economically accountable.

Twenty years in automotive Tier-1 and battery manufacturing shape both the questions I ask and the data I can reach. I am interested in the systems-theoretic foundations of this problem: modeling the business and the AI in one framework, so that “where AI creates value” is an engineering question rather than a bet.

Current projects

AutoTier1-Bench (concept): a benchmark for agentic AI on realistic automotive Tier-1 manufacturing decision tasks.
LLM × classical OR: natural-language business rules compiled into solvable optimization models, with human-in-the-loop review (deployed in production; see Practice).
AI agents for process control: first-principles models + MPC + LLM agents, published at IEEE ICAIM 2025.

The core model

The digital space drives physical operations through an OODA loop; the L1–L4 framework grades how deeply digitalization reaches into decisions and execution.

FIG.01 — Intelligent data flow ⇄ business value stream: the digital space drives physical operations through an OODA loop

L3 Predictive prevention — Key question: what will happen?

Click any data-flow layer (L1–L4) to switch level; click a value-stream object (equipment/process/line/plant) to re-anchor the loop

Publications

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Book

Industrial Digital Transformation: Systematic Methods and Agile Practices — 机械工业出版社, 2025, ISBN 9787111772514

Papers (12)

Optimizing the Emulsion Polymerization Reaction Process Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) Agents — The International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Materials (ICAIM) / IEEE, 2025
Frequency characteristics of the synchronous-frame based DQ methods for active power filters — Journal of Power Electronics, 2008
Frequency characteristics of the dq synchronous-frame current reference generation methods for active power filter — 7th International Conference on Power Electronics (ICPE), 2007
A family of control methods for parallel active power filters based on current detection — IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC), 2007
On the control of active power filters — 7th International Conference on Power Electronics (ICPE), 2007
Study of DC-side Voltage Boost of Series Power Quality Controller — Power Electronics（《电力电子技术》）, 2007
Frequency-domain transformation approaches to develop the dq synchronous-frame models of three-phase symmetrical networks and applications in modeling of PWM power converters — 7th International Conference on Power Electronics (ICPE), 2007
Comparative analysis of popular control schemes for parallel active power filter and experimental verification — IEEE 37th Power Electronics Specialists Conference (PESC), 2006
Generalized control approach for active power filters — CES/IEEE 5th International Power Electronics and Motion Control Conference (IPEMC), 2006
A comparative study on voltage-source control and current-source control of series active power filter — IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC), 2006
A novel voltage-mode control of parallel active power filter — IEEE Industry Applications Conference (IAS), 2006
An unified scheme and respective algorithms for the control of DC-linked double converters in an universal power quality controller — IEEE 34th Power Electronics Specialist Conference (PESC'03), 2003

Patents (7)