The Director of the Lab Academic Committee

ProfessorTianyou Chai,

Academician ofChinese Academy of Engineering, IEEE Fellow, IFAC Fellow

ACTIVE RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Intelligentdecoupling control

Adaptive control

Processindustry integrated automation, etc.

EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL:

Ph.D. in engineering, Northeastern University, China , 1985

Professor,Northeastern  University, China , 1988

DoctoralSupervisor, Northeastern  University, China , 1990

MAIN APPOINTMENTS:

Director, Directorateof Information Sciences, NSFC, 2010-

Director, the 7thacademic committee of Northeastern university, 2012-

Member, TechnologyBureau of International Federation Of Automatic Control (IFAC), 1996-1999

Chairman, Manufacturingand Instrument Technique Coordinating Committee, IFAC, 1996-1999

Director, Key Laboratoryof Autonomous System and Network Control, Ministry of Education, 2011-

PRPJECTS:

973 program

863 program

Key project of NaturalScience Foundation of China (NSFC)

National program for tacklingkey problem

National high-techindustrialization project

Project of major automationengineering of enterprise, etc.

ACHIEVEMENTS:

Win many systemicinnovation achievements

106 SCI papers, 342 EIpapers, 159 ISTP papers

2 published books

Report in IFAC、IEEE more than 20 times

Create Automation ResearchCenter at Northeastern University, and make it become the national keylaboratory and national engineering technology research center.

Put forward multivariableadaptive decoupling control theory and methods, combined with intelligentcontrol, computer distributed control technology, to develop intelligentdecoupling control technology and system;

Put forward hybridintelligent optimization control method in the whole flow, aiming atcomprehensive production index, to develop hybrid intelligent optimizationcontrol technology and integrated automation system, which has achievedremarkable social and economic benefits.

HONORS AND AWARDS:

Second prize of NationalScience And Technology Progress Award, 3 times

Special award and firstaward of provincial prize, 10 times

National Labor Medal, 2times (1996, 2004)

Science and Technology ProgressPrize of He Liang He Li, 2002

Science and Technology Meritaward of Liaoning Province, 2003

The Honorary Title of NationalAdvanced Worker, 2005

Distinguished industry achievementaward of IEEE Control System Association, 2007

        The first prize of 1st YangJiachi technology, 2010