Mengchu Zhou, Distinguished Professor, Fellow of IFAC, AAAS and NAI, has made significant contributions to the fields of Petri nets, semiconductor manufacturing automation, Internet of Things, big data analytics, cloud/edge computing, intelligent transportation, and energy systems. His recent sponsored projects include:

• Big-data-driven learning and optimization algorithms in edge-cloud computing environment
• Intelligent scheduling and control method for cluster tools with chamber cleaning requirements and concurrently processing multiple wafer types.