Dr Pai Zheng 鄭湃 Assistant Professor

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Brief BiosketchDr. PAI ZHENG is currently an Assistant Professor, Wong Tit Shing Endowed Young Scholar in Smart Robotics and Lab-in-Charge of Digitalized Service Laboratory (DSL), in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, HKSAR. Before this, he has been a Research Fellow in the Delta-NTU Corporate Laboratory for Cyber-Physical Systems, in the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) from Jan. 2018 to Sept. 2019. He received his Dual Bachelor’s Degrees in Material Processing and Control Engineering (major), and Computer Science and Engineering (minor), from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, in 2010, Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Beihang University, Beijing, China, in 2013, and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, in 2017.
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ResearchGroup ofAI forIndustrialDigitalServitization
Research Interests Human-Robot Collaboration
Smart Product-Service Systems
Engineering Design Informatics
Smart Manufacturing System
Selected PublicationsAuthored Book: Pai Zheng, Chun-Hsien Chen, Zuoxu Wang. Smart Product-Service System, Elsevier, ISBN: 978.
Human Robot Collaboration Fan J., Zheng P.*, Li S. Vision-based holistic scene understanding towards proactive human-robot collaboration, Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, 2022, 75, 102304. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcim.2021.102304
Li S. F.,Zheng P.*, Fan J.M., Wang L. H. Towards Proactive Human-Robot Collaborative Assembly: A Multimodal Transfer Learning-Enabled Approach.IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 2021.https://doi.org/10.1109/TIE.2021.3105977
Li S. F., Wang R. B.,Zheng P.*, Wang L. H. Towards proactive human-robot collaboration: A foreseeable cognitive manufacturing paradigm.Journal of Manufacturing Systems, 2021.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmsy.2021.07.017
Li S. F.,ZhengP.and Zheng L.*, An AR-Assisted Deep Learning Based Approach for Automatic Inspection of Aviation Connectors,IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 2020. 17(3)https://doi.org/10.1109/TII.2020.3000870
Zheng P.*, Xia L.Q., Li C.X., Li X.Y.**, Liu B.F. Towards Self-X Cognitive Manufacturing Network: An Industrial Knowledge Graph-Based Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning Approach.Journal of Manufacturing Systems, 2021, 61: 16-26.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmsy.2021.08.002
Smart Product-Service Systems Cong J, Chen C.-H.,Zheng P.*, Li X. Y., Wang Z. X., A Holistic Relook at Engineering Design Methodologies for Smart Product-Service Systems Development,Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020, 272, 122737.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.122737
Zheng P.*,Wang Z. X., Chen C.-H., Khoo L. P. A Survey of Smart Product-Service Systems: Key Aspects, Challenges, and Future Perspective.Advanced Engineering Informatics,2019, 42, 100973.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aei.2019.100973 (ESI High Cited Paper, updated 03/2021)
Zheng P.*, Chen C.-H., Shang S. Y. Towards an Automatic Engineering Change Management in Smart Product-Service Systems – A DSM-based Learning Approach.Advanced Engineering Informatics, 2019, 39: 209-213. (ESI High Cited Paper, updated 03/2020)https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aei.2019.01.002
Zheng P.*, Lin T. J., Chen C.-H., Xu X. A systematic design approach for service innovation of smart product-service systems.Journal of Cleaner Production,2018, 201: 657-667. (ESI High Cited Paper, updated 03/2020)https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.08.101
Zheng P.*,Liu Y., Chen C.-H. Industrial smart product-service systems solution design via hybrid concerns, in:11thCIRP Conference on Industrial Product-Service Systems (CIRP IPS22019), 29 – 31 May, 2019, Zhuhai & Hongkong, China. (Best Conference Paper Award)https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2019.02.129
Engineering Design Informatics Li, X., Chen, C. H.,Zheng, P., Jiang, Z., & Wang, L. A context-aware diversity-oriented knowledge recommendation approach for smart engineering solution design.Knowledge-Based Systems, 106739. http://10.1016/j.knosys.2021.106739
Cong J, Chen C.-H.,Zheng P*. Design entropy theory: A new design methodology for smart PSS development,Advanced Engineering Informatics, 2020, 45: 101124.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aei.2020.101124.
Zheng P.*, Xu X., Chen C.-H. A data-driven cyber-physical approach for personalised smart, connected product co-development in a cloud-based environment.Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, 2020, 31: 3-18. (ESI High Cited Paper, updated 07/2020)https://doi.org/10.1007/s10845-018-1430-y.
Zheng P., Xu X., Xie S. Q.*, A weighted interval rough number-based method to determining relative importance ratings of customer requirements in QFD product planning,Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, 2019, 30(1): 3-16. (ESI High Cited Paper, updated 07/2020)https://doi.org/10.1007/s10845-018-1457-0.
Zheng P.*, Lin Y., Chen C.-H., Xu X. Smart, connected open architecture product: an IT-driven co-creation paradigm with lifecycle personalization concerns.International Journal of Production Research, 2019, 57(8): 2571-2584. (ESI High Cited Paper, updated 05/2020)https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2018.1530475
Eio S., Kuo J.-Y., Chen C.-H,Zheng P.Design of data collection and analysis method for a pleasant and safe user experience of personal mobility device, in:26th ISTE International Conference on Transdisciplinary Engineering (TE 2019), 29 July – 2 August, 2019, Tokyo, Japan. (Best Research Paper Award)
Smart Manufacturing System Li, X.,Zheng, P.*, Bao, J., Gao, L., Xu, X. Achieving cognitive mass personalization via the self-X cognitive manufacturing network: An industrial-knowledge-graph-and graph-embedding-enabled pathway.Engineering, 2021.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eng.2021.08.018
Liu, C.*,Zheng, P., & Xu, X. Digitalisation and servitisation of machine tools in the era of Industry 4.0: a review.International Journal of Production Research, 2021, 1-33.https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2021.1969462
Lim Y. H.,Zheng P.*, Chen C.-H., Huang L. H. A digital twin-enhanced system for engineering product family design and optimization,Journal of Manufacturing Systems, 2020, 57, 82-93.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmsy.2020.08.011
Zheng P.*,Sivabalan A. S. A generic tri-model-based approach for product-level digital twin development in a smart manufacturing environment.Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, 2020, 64: 101958.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcim.2020.101958
Lim Y. H.,Zheng P.*, Chen C.-H. A State-of-the-Art Survey of Digital Twin: Techniques, Engineering Product Lifecycle Management and Business Innovation Perspectives.Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, 2019, 1-23. (ESI High Cited Paper, 03/2021) https://doi.org/10.1007/s10845-019-01512-w
Zheng P., Wang, H. H., Sang, Z. Q., Zhong, R. Y.*, Liu, Y. K., Liu, C., Mubarok, K., Yu, S. Q., and Xu, X. Smart manufacturing systems for Industry 4.0: conceptual framework, scenarios, and future perspectives.Frontiers of Mechanical Engineering, 2018, 13(2):137-150. (ESI High Cited Paper, 07/2020)https://doi.org/10.1007/s11465-018-0499-5
Committees/Professional Groups/ServicesMembership Member,American Society for Mechanical Engineers (ASME)(2016 - )
Member,Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)(2016 - )
Senior Member, Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society (CMES) (2018 - )
Committee membership Committee Member,Technical Committee on Digital Manufacturing and Human-Centred Automation, Robotics & Automation Society, IEEE (2021 - )
Committee Member,Technical Committee on Intelligent Systems to Human-aware Sustainability (TC-ISHS), Systems, Man and Cybernetics Society, IEEE (2020 - )
Committee Member,Industrial Big Data and Intelligent System Chapter, CMES (2020-)
Editorship Associate Editor, Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing (01.2022 – )
Associate Editor, IET Collaborative Intelligent Manufacturing (01.2021 – )
Editorial Board Member, Journal of Manufacturing Systems (01.2022 - )
Editorial Board Member, Advanced Engineering Informatics (07.2020 - )
Managing Guest Editor,Special Issue on “Human-Robot Collaboration for Futuristic Human-Centric Smart Manufacturing”, ASME Transactions on Manufacturing Science and Engineering(02.2022)
Co-Managing Guest Editor,Special Issue on “Industrial Knowledge Graph-enabled Cognitive Intelligence-Driven Mass Personalization”, Advanced Engineering Informatics(12.2021)
Managing Guest Editor,Special Issue on “Industrial IoT-enabled Digital Servitization”,International Journal of Production Research(09.2020)
Co-Managing Guest Editor,Special Issue on “Smart Product-Service Design for Sustainability”,Journal of Cleaner Production(04.2020)
Guest Editor, Special Issue on “Stakeholder-oriented Design Innovation of Smart Product-Service Systems”,Advanced Engineering Informatics(01.2019)
Session Chair Special Session on “Human-Robot Collaboration for Futuristic Human-Centric Smart Manufacturing”.2022 IEEE 18^th International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE)(08/2022)
Special Session on “Smart Product-Service System”.2022 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (IDETC/CIE)(08/2022)
Special Session on “Enabling Digital Technologies for Smart Product-Service System Development”.2021 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (IDETC/CIE)(08/2021)
Special Session on “Smart Engineering Product-service Development for Digital Servitization”,2020 IEEE 16th International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE)(08.2020)
Special Session on “Solution design in the context of smart product-service systems”,2019 11thCIRP Conference on Industrial Product-Service Systems(CIRP IPS2) (05.2019)
Special Session on“User-centricDesign Innovation of Smart Product-Service Systems”,48th International conference on Computers & Industrial Engineering(CIE) (12.2018)
INVITED TALKS/SEMINARS 10/12/2021, Invited talk on “Towards Digital Servitization: A Smart Product-Service System Perspective”, 6th Innovative Design Forum Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China & Design Society Asia Chapter
23/10/2021, Plenary talk on “Towards Mutual Cognitive Human-Robot Collaboration in Manufacturing: An Exploration”, 2021 International Forum on High-end Equipment and Intelligent Manufacturing, China
27/01/2021NAP 2021 Webinar Series on “Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Manufacturing Digital Servitization”,School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
16/07/2020ME GlobalInvited talk on “Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Industrial Digital Servitization”, School of Mechanical Engineering, Zhejiang University, China
13/12/2019,Invited talk on “A Relook at Engineering Design in the Smart, Connected Environment”, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Pusan National University, Korea
05/09/2019,Invited talk on “Perspectives of Smart Product-Service Solution Design”, Engineering Product Design Pillar, Singapore University of Technology & Design, Singapore
13/06/2019,Invited talk on “Design Innovation of Smart Product-Service Systems: A Personal View”, School of Design, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
23/05/2019,Seminar on “IT-driven Design Innovation of Smart Product-Service Systems”, Dept. of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering, The University of Hong Kong
(Last updated: 25/01/2022)