Prof. Jiehan Zhou

Jiehan Zhou is a Ph.D. supervisor and a professor at the School of Computer Science and Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology (SDUST), the Director of the International Education and Research Collaboration Office in the School, the Chair of IEEE-Qingdao CH10879, an affiliate research fellow, University of Toronto since 2010, the Docent (Adjunct Professor) at the Department of Information Technology and Electrical and Engineering, University of Oulu, Finland. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Automation from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in 2000 under the supervision of Prof. CAS academician Shuzi Yang (Former President of HUST) and his Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from the University of Oulu in 2011. Professor Zhou has worked at top universities and research institutions worldwide, including Tsinghua University, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, INRIA in France, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), University of Oulu, and the University of Toronto. With over 20 years of international research and industrial experience, he has held positions such as Senior Scientist, Team Leader, Laboratory Director, General Manager, and Principal Engineer at Huawei Canada. He has also served as visiting professors at several universities in China.

Professor Zhou is dedicated to research in the fields of intelligent manufacturing, system modeling and simulation, industrial internet, industrial big data, industrial large models, and digital twins. He has led or participated in numerous research projects funded by China, EU, and Canada, including the ERCIM Fellowship Program, the EU FP6-Amigo Project, and the EU ITEA4-CAM4Home Project. To date, he has published over 200 research papers in these areas.