Zhi PEI

His research interests include intelligent manufacturing, service-oriented manufacturing, and smart logistics. He received his bachelor's and doctoral degrees in engineering from the Department of Industrial Engineering at Tsinghua University. He is currently a Senior Member of IEEE, a Senior Member of IISE, a member of the IEEE Technical Committee on Sustainable Production and Automation (TC Member), a member of the IEEE Technical Committee on Digital Manufacturing and Human-centered Automation (TC Member), a commentator for Mathematical Reviews, an Associate Editor for IEEE Trans on Automation Science and Engineering, an Editorial Board Member for International Journal of Robotics and Automation Technology, and a Guest Editor for Mathematics. He is also a Senior Member of the Chinese Society of Mechanical Engineering, a Member of the Production System Professional Committee of the Chinese Society of Mechanical Engineering, a Member of the Group and Intelligent Integration Technology Branch of the Chinese Society of Mechanical Engineering, a Member of the Industrial Big Data and Intelligent Systems Branch of the Chinese Society of Mechanical Engineering, an Executive Director of the Behavioral Operations and Management Branch of the Chinese Operations Research Society, a Director of the Stochastic Services and Operations Management Branch of the Chinese Operations Research Society, and a Member of the Natural Computing and Digital Smart City Committee of the Chinese Society for Artificial Intelligence.

He is a review expert of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, a review expert of the postgraduate dissertation of the Degree Center of the Ministry of Education, a review expert of the Beijing Natural Science Foundation of China, a young editor of the Industrial Engineering journal, and a member of the Postgraduate Dissertation Guidance and Review Committee of the Department of Industrial Engineering of Tsinghua University. He has won the Special Prize of the Science and Technology Award of the China General Chamber of Commerce, the Second Prize of the Wu Wenjun Artificial Intelligence Science and Technology Award, and the Third Prize of the China Machinery Industry Science and Technology Award. He has PI and co-PI over 6 National Natural Science Foundation projects and 6 Zhejiang Natural Science Foundation projects. He has published more than 60 SCI/EI-indexed papers, including 1 ESI highly cited paper. His research results have been included in international academic journals such as EJOR, TS, TRC, ANOR, Omega, IJPR, IEEE TASE, COR and Service Science.

Undergraduate courses Industrial Engineering major Human-Machine Engineering

Undergraduate courses Logistics Engineering major Logistics Operation Management

Undergraduate courses Industrial Engineering major Supply Chain Management (Bilingual)

Undergraduate courses Industrial Engineering major Introduction to Industrial Engineering

Undergraduate courses International Trade major Management (English)

Undergraduate courses International Trade major E-commerce (English)

Undergraduate courses Intelligent Manufacturing micro-major Intelligent Factory Design

Postgraduate courses Mechanical Engineering major Manufacturing System Modeling and Analysis (Bilingual)

Zhejiang University of Technology My favorite teacher

Zhejiang University of Technology Excellent undergraduate class teacher

Zhejiang University of Technology My ideal mentor

Zhejiang Province Outstanding Graduate Supervisor

Internet + Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition Main Track Gold Award Supervisor

Interdisciplinary Contest in Modeling, Honorable Mention, Supervisor

FAW Toyota Cup Lean Management Competition Third Prize Supervisor

National projects hosted and participated in

1. Research on optimization and mechanism of terminal high-response logistics distribution system with uncertainty National Natural Science Foundation

2. Research on service-oriented development strategy of high-end equipment manufacturing industry for 2035 National Natural Science Foundation/Chinese Academy of Engineering

3. Research on decision-making mechanism of distributed manufacturing system considering behavioral characteristics of both supply and demand sides under sharing economy model National Natural Science Foundation

4. Behavioral decision analysis and mechanism research of uncertain factors in manufacturing system National Natural Science Foundation

5. Research on theoretical system, policy framework and practical path of low-carbon development of my country's manufacturing industry National Social Science Foundation

6. Intelligent operation and collaborative management method of instant retail platform National Natural Science Foundation

Provincial and ministerial projects hosted and participated in

1. Seminar on service-oriented development strategy of high-end equipment manufacturing industry Zhejiang Natural Science Foundation

2. Capacity analysis and performance improvement of green remanufacturing system with unreliable machines Zhejiang Natural Science Foundation

3. Research on fuzzy decision support for optimal scheduling of core resources in container ports and water-land transport mode Zhejiang Natural Science Foundation

4. Research on integrated scheduling of mixed-flow and mixed-workshop based on hybrid group intelligent optimization Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation

5. Research on human error pattern recognition and human reliability analysis in subway operation Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation

6. Research on cargo space assignment and packing optimization in a cargo-to-person environment based on complex correlation Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation

Achievement Award

• China General Chamber of Commerce Science and Technology Progress Award Special Prize

• Wu Wenjun Artificial Intelligence Science and Technology Progress Award Second Prize

• China Machinery Industry Science and Technology Invention Award Third Prize

Book Chapters

Foundation of Manufacturing Intelligent Technology Tsinghua University Press Beijing 2022 First Edition

Selected publications

1. Lu H, Huang J, Lou C, Pei Z*. Distributionally robust single machine scheduling with release and due dates over Wasserstein balls. Computers & Operations Research, 2024.

2. Lu H, Shi Y, Pei Z*. A distributionally robust approach for the parallel machine scheduling problem with optional machines and job tardiness. Computers & Operations Research, 2024.

3. Pei Z, Pan W, Weng K, et al. A branch-and-price-and-cut algorithm for the unmanned aerial vehicle delivery with battery swapping. International Journal of Production Research, 2024.

4. Li N, Chen H, Pei Z*, et al. Jointly appointment scheduling in a two-phase service system with two types of patients considering multiple servers and stochastic service time. IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 2024.

5. Xie X, Dai X, Pei Z*. Empowering the capillary of urban daily commute: Battery deployment analysis for the locker-based e-bike battery swapping.  Transportation Science, 2023.

6. Pei Z, Liu Y, Dai X, et al. When drone delivery meets human courier: A co-sourcing perspective.  Transportation Research Part C, 2023.

7. Lu H, Pei Z*. Single machine scheduling with release dates: A distributionally robust approach. European Journal of Operational Research, 2023, 308(1):19-37.

8. Pei Z, Fang T, Weng K, et al. Urban on-demand delivery via autonomous aerial mobility: Formulation and exact algorithm. IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 2023, 20(3):1675-1689.
   

9. Pei Z, Yang P, Wang Y, et al. Energy consumption control in the two-machine Bernoulli serial production line with setup and idleness. International Journal of Production Research, 2023, 61(9):2917-2936.

10. Xiang X, Fang T, Liu C, Pei Z*. Robust service network design problem under uncertain demand. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2022, 172.
    

11. Pei Z, Lu H, Jin Q, Zhang L. Target-based distributionally robust optimization for single machine scheduling. European Journal of Operational Research, 2022, 299(2): 420-431.

12. Pei Z, Yu X D T, He Q, et al. Dynamic rebalancing strategy in free-float bicycle sharing systems: Orbit queues and two-sided matching. Service Science, 2022, 14(1):35-59.  

13. Pei Z, Dai X, Yuan Y, et al. Managing price and fleet size for courier service with shared drones. Omega, 2021, 104.
    

14. Pei Z, Yuan Y, Yu T, Li N. Dynamic allocation of medical resources during the outbreak of epidemics. IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 2022, 19(2): 663-676.
    

15. Jiang Z-Z, Wan M, Pei Z*, et al. Spatial and temporal optimization for smart warehouses with fast turnover. Computers & Operations Research, 2021, 125.

16. Li N, Wang Z, Pei Z*. Sequential resource planning decisions in an epidemic based on an innovative spread model.IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 2022, 19(2): 677-691.

17. Yi W, Chen Y, Pei Z*, et al. Adaptive differential evolution with ensembling operators for continuous optimization problems. Swarm and Evolutionary Computation, 2022, 69.

18. Pei Z, Zhang X, Zheng L, et al. A column generation based approach for proportionate flexible two-stage no-wait job shop scheduling. International Journal of Production Research, 2020, 58(2):487-508.
    

19. Pei Z, Wan M, Wang Z. A new approximation algorithm for unrelated parallel machine scheduling with release dates. Annals of Operations Research, 2020, 285(1):397-425.

20. Pei Z, Wan M, Jiang Z-Z, et al. An approximate algorithm for unrelated parallel machine scheduling under TOU electricity tariffs. IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 2021, 18(2): 743-756.

IEEE Senior Member

IISE Senior Member

Member of IEEE Sustainable Production and Automation Technical Committee (TC Member)

Member of IEEE Digital Manufacturing and Human-Oriented Automation Technical Committee (TC Member),

IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering Journal Associate Editor

Mathematical Reviews Reviewer

Member of Production System Professional Committee of China Mechanical Engineering Society

Member of Group and Intelligent Integration Technology Branch of China Mechanical Engineering Society

Member of Industrial Big Data and Intelligent System Branch of China Mechanical Engineering Society

Executive Director of Behavioral Operations and Management Branch of China Operations Research Society

Director of Random Service and Operation Management Branch of China Operations Research Society

Member of Natural Computing and Digital Smart City Special Committee of China Artificial Intelligence Society

National Natural Science Foundation Project Review Expert

Beijing Natural Science Foundation Project Review Expert

Hebei Province Key R&D Program Soft Science Research Special Review Expert

Postgraduate Thesis Review Expert of Degree Center of Ministry of Education

Young Editorial Board Member of Industrial Engineering Magazine

Member of Postgraduate Thesis Guidance and Review Committee of Department of Industrial Engineering of Tsinghua University

2016 the 46th International Conference on Computers & Industrial Engineering(CIE 46)Session Chair 2019 Chairman of the 40th International Intelligent Manufacturing and Design Branch 2019 IEEE 15th International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE) Session Chair 2020 IEEE 16th International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE) Associate Editor 2020 INFORMS Conference on Service Science Session Chair 2021 IEEE 17th International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE) Associate Editor 2021 International Conference on Cyber-Physical Social Intelligence (CSI-2021) TPC Member / Session Chair 2022 International Conference on Cyber-Physical Social Intelligence (CSI-2022) TPC Member / Session Chair 2022 IEEE 18th International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE) Associate Editor 2022 INFORMS Conference on Service Science Committee Member for Best Conference Paper Competition 2022 IEEE International Conference on Digital Twin (IEEE DT) TPC Member

2023 POMS International Conference in China Session Chair

2023 IEEE 19th International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE) Associate Editor / Session Chair

2024 IEEE 20th International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE) Associate Editor

Part-time reviewer for international journals IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, IEEE Network Magazine, IISE Transactions, European Journal of Operational Research, Computers & Operations Research, Annals of Operations Research, Omega, International Journal of Production Research, Computers & Industrial Engineering, Journal of Tsinghua University (Nature Edition), Science China Technological Sciences, Systems Engineering - Theory and Practice, etc.