Dr. Longfei Zhou is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical, Industrial and Systems Engineering (BISE) at Gannon University, Erie, Pennsylvania. His research interests include simulation, optimization, and machine learning for manufacturing, medicine, and more. He received his PhD from Beihang University in 2018 and joined the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as a did research as a postdoctoral researcher since January 2019, focusing on research of machine learning for industrial systems and serving as the Fundraising Chair of MIT Postdoc Association. In November 2020, he joined Duke University as a postdoc, specializing in machine learning algorithms for medical images. Dr. Zhou joined Gannon University as an Assistant Professor in 2023. Dr. Zhou has published over 50 papers which received 1800+ citations. He co-authored a National Standard, holds two patents, and authored one book and three book chapters. He received the Outstanding Contribution Award at the IEEE UV2020 Conference. He is serving as Assistant Editor for the International Journal of Modeling, Simulation, and Scientific Computing (IJMSSC) and the Journal of System Simulation (JSS). Dr. Zhou also served as guest editor for two journals, Sensors, and Mathematics. He chaired sessions at multiple IEEE, ASME, and CIRP conferences.
Courses Taught
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IE475: Robotics 1
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GBME 592: Intro to Robotics
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IE476: Robotics 2
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GENG 592: Autonomous Vehicles
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IE493\GENG593: Additive Manufacturing
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IE 465\GBME 591: Healthcare Systems Engineering
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ENG 102: Introduction to Engineering and Computing
Educational History
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Beihang University, Ph.D., Simulation-Based Dynamic Task Scheduling in Cloud Manufacturing, 2012-2018.
Professional Experience
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Gannon University, Assistant Professor, 05/2023 -
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Duke University, Postdoc, 11/2020 - 04/2023
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Postdoc, 01/2019 - 10/2020
Service
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Editorial Board for International Journal of Modeling, Simulation, and Scientific Computing (2019- )
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Editorial Board for Journal of System Simulation (2021- )
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Guest Editor for journal Sensors (2022.6- )
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Local Chair for The 6th IEEE International Conference on Universal Village (IEEE UV2022)
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Program Chair for The 5th IEEE International Conference on Universal Village (IEEE UV2020)
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Session Chair for The 53rd CIRP Conference on Manufacturing Systems 2020 (CIRP CMS2020)
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MIT Postdoc Association (MIT PDA)} Fundraising Chair (2019-2020)
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Assistant Program Chair for The 4th IEEE International Conference on Universal Village (IEEE UV2018)
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Reviewer for 30+ International Journals such as TII, TIE, T-SMC, JMS, IJPR, RCIM, etc.
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Reviewer for 10+ International Conferences under IEEE, ASME, CIRP, etc.
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Membership of IEEE (2017-)
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Membership of ASME (2019-)
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Membership of SAMPE (2023-)
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Membership of ASEE (2023-)