Brief Biosketch
Dr. PAI ZHENG is currently an Associate Professor, Wong Tit Shing Endowed Young Scholar in Smart Robotics, Leader of Research Group of AI for Industrial Digital Servitization (RAIDS), and Director of Human-Machine Symbiotic Design and Manufacturing Laboratory (HMS-DML) Platform, in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, HKSAR. Before this, he has been a Research Fellow in the Delta-NTU Corporate Laboratory for Cyber-Physical Systems, in the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) from Jan. 2018 to Sept. 2019. He received his Dual Bachelor’s Degrees in Material Processing and Control Engineering (major), and Computer Science and Engineering (minor), from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, in 2010, Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Beihang University, Beijing, China, in 2013, and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, in 2017. He is a recipient of SME Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer (2024), NSFC Excellent Young Scientists Fund (2024), PolyU Young Innovative Researcher Award (2023), and Baidu Top 50 AI+X Chinese Young Scholars (2022), etc.
Research Group and Laboratories
Research Interests
- Human-Robot Collaboration
- Smart Product-Service Systems
- Smart Manufacturing System
- Industrial AI
Committees/Professional Groups/Services
Membership
- Co-Chair, IEEE Technical Committee on Digital Manufacturing and Human-Centered Automation (2025 - )
- Scientific Committee Member of NAMRI/SME, Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) (2022 - )
- Associate Member, The International Academy for Production Engineering (CIRP) (2024 - )
- Senior Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) (2022 - )
- Senior Member, Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society (CMES) (2018 - )
- Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) (2016 - )
Editorship
Associate Editor
- IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering (Grade A, 2024 - )
- Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing (Grade A, 2022 - )
- Journal of Cleaner Production (Top 10%, 2022 - )
- IET Collaborative Intelligent Manufacturing (2021 - )
Editorial Board Member
- Journal of Manufacturing Systems (Top 10%, 2022 - )
- Advanced Engineering Informatics (Top 10%, 2021 - )
- Journal of Engineering Design (JCR Q1, 2022 - )
Managing Guest Editor
- ASME Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering (JCR Q2)
- International Journal of Production Research (Top 10%)
- Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization (Grade A)
- Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing (Top 10%)
Conference chairs/keynote/plenary speakers
- Keynote speaker, ‘An Exploration of Vision-language Model Enabled Approach for Futuristic Human-Robot Symbiotic Manufacturing’, AI for Good Summit 2024, organized by ITU United Nations, Geneva, Switzerland (31/05/2024).
- Conference Chair, 2023 NSFC-RGC Conference on Frontiers of Industrial Big Data and Intelligent Systems (04/2023)
- Keynote speaker, ‘Mutual Cognitive Human-Robot Collaborative Dis-/assembly’ IWAR 2023- VII International Workshop on Autonomous Remanufacturing, Caserta, Italy (18/10/2023)
- Plenary talk. “互认知人机协作探索与展望”, ACSEP智能製造專家大講堂，ASMPT Inc. (29/11/2022)
- Plenary talk, “Vision-based Approaches for Mutual Cognitive Human-Robot Collaboration” 15th International Convention on Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology 2022 (i-CREATe 2022), Hong Kong SAR, China (27/08/2022)
- Plenary talk on “Cognitive Intelligence-Driven Manufacturing Digital Servitization: A Personal View”, 2022 International Conference on Industrial Internet, organized by Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, China (15/06/2022)
- Plenary talk, “Towards Digital Servitization: A Smart Product-Service System Perspective”, Design Society Asia Chapter, Korea
- Plenary talk, “Mutual Cognitive Human-Robot Collaboration in Manufacturing: An Exploration”, 2021 International Forum on High-end Equipment & Intelligent Manufacturing (23/10/2021)
Honours/Awards/Prizes:
Best Conference Paper Awards
- 2023 NSFC-RGC Conference on Frontiers of Industrial Big Data and Intelligent Systems, Hong Kong, China 04/2024
- 27th International Conference on Transdisciplinary Engineering (TE2019), Tokyo, 07/2019
- 11th CIRP Conference on Industrial Product-Service Systems (CIRP IPS2 2019), Hong Kong, 05/2019
Best Reviewer Award
- SME Journal of Manufacturing Systems (2021 - 2022)
- Advanced Engineering Informatics (2020)
Academic Awards/Recognitions
- NSFC Excellent Young Scientists Fund, NSFC, 2024
- Outstanding Young Researcher, Faculty of Engineering, HKPU, 2024
- Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award, Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), 2024
- Winner, Young Innovative Researcher Award (YIRA), HKPU, 2023
- Excellent Innovation and Entrepreneurship Mentor, “Internet+” Competition Committee, 2023
- Endowed Young Scholar in Smart Robotics, HKPU, 2022
Industry Award
- “Find” Excellent Cases of Intelligent Technology Innovation Application, 2024 World Intelligence Expo, Tianjin, China, 06/2024
- Silver Award, Asia International Innovation Invention Exhibition, 2023
- Bronze Award, 48th International Exhibition of Inventions Geneve, 2023
- Top 50 Global AI Chinese Young Scholars by Baidu (AI+X), 2022
Student Team Award
- Finalist of Best Conference Paper Award, 52th North American Manufacturing Research Conference (NAMRC), Knoxville, United States, 06/2024
- Winning Award, 21st Asia-Pacific Information and Communications Technology Alliance
- Gold Award, The 8th China International College Students’ “Internet+” Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition
- Gold and Grand Award, 2022 Hong Kong ICT Award
- Second Prize, The 8th Hong Kong University Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition
- Champion Award, 2022 HKIE CA Paper Award Competition
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(Last updated: 21/10/2024)
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