My name is Xu Zhaoguang, also known as Stephen. I hold a Ph.D. and currently hold the position of an Associate Professor in Dalian University of Technology. I am the Assistant Dean of the School of Economics and Management and the Deputy Director of both the Center for Big Data and Intelligent Decision-Making and the Department of Management Science and Engineering. Additionally, I had the privilege of being a visiting scholar at the Technical University of Munich and am a proud member of the Dalian Key Laboratory of Data Science and Knowledge Management. I was a postdoctoral fellow at the Business Administration Postdoctoral Station of Dalian University of Technology and a joint PhD student between DTU and BMW Brilliance.

My research interests focus on Informed Machine Learning (Informed ML) and Data-Driven Decision-Making, with application in Intelligent Quality Management, Prognostics and Health Management (PHM). Currently, I am presiding over 1 National Natural Science Foundation Youth Science Fund project, 1 Liaoning Provincial Natural Science Foundation project, 1 Liaoning Provincial Social Science Planning Fund project, and 1 Central Universities Fundamental Research Funds Talent Research Special Project. I have presided over 1 key project of Dalian Association for Science and Technology Innovation Think Tank and 1 project of Dalian Science and Technology Innovation Fund. I participated in one key project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China as the second participant, and participated in a number of national, provincial and ministerial projects. In 2021, I was selected into the Young Talent Level of High-level Talents in Dalian City and the Excellent Talent Program of School of Economics and Management of Dalian University of Technology. I have received more than 20 awards, including excellent doctoral dissertation of Dalian University of Technology.

In recent years, I have published one monograph, and more than 20 academic papers in journals such as International Journal of Production Research, Computers & Industrial Engineering, Expert Systems with Applications, Advanced Engineering Informatics, Computers in Industry, Journal of intelligent manufacturing, China Journal of Management Science, Journal of Management and other important domestic and foreign academic journals and international conferences, including 9 SCI-retrieved papers and 10 EI-retrieved papers as the first author/corresponding author. I authorized one national invention patent as the first inventor.

I am currently a member of the Youth Committee of the Chinese Society for Preferential Methods of Integration and Economic Mathematics, and a member of INFORMS, POMS, AIS, the Chinese Society of Systems Engineering, the Society of Management Science and Engineering, and the China Computer Federation. I serve as an editorial board member of Journal of Information Analysis and a peer reviewer for the international SCI journals IJPE, IJPR, AIR, CAIE, JIM, and some chinese journals such as the China Journal of Management Science and Journal of Management.

Scientific research projects

Hosted projects

[1] National Natural Science Foundation of China, 72001034, Research on Causal Knowledge Model Construction and Causal Analysis Method Based on Mixed Data of the Quality Problem-Solving, 2021.01-2023.12, in progress, PI. 

[2] Liaoning Provincial Natural Science Foundation Doctoral Research Start-up Fund Project, 2022-BS-088, Research on digital intelligent diagnosis and prediction methods of product quality issues driven by hybrid intelligence, 2022.09-2024.08, in progress, PI. 

[3] Liaoning Provincial Social Science Planning Fund Project, L23CGL016, Research on data governance maturity evaluation and improvement strategies of manufacturing enterprises in Liaoning Province, 2023.09-2025.12, in progress, PI. 

[4] Fundamental research fees for central universities, DUT23RC(3)037, Research on data-driven adaptive quality control methods, 2023.7-2025.12, in progress, PI. 

[5] Key projects of Dalian Association for Science and Technology Innovation Think Tank, DLKX2021A05, Research on strategies to improve innovation capabilities of manufacturing enterprises in Dalian, 2021.7-2022.7, completed, PI.

[6] Dalian Science and Technology Innovation Fund, 2020JJ27FZ117, Analysis of Dalian's science and technology innovation policies and research on safeguard measures, 2020.01-2020.12, completed, PI.

[7] PhD project of BMW Brilliance Automotive Co., Ltd., A strategy for efficient problem-solving in a large growing organization, 2015.9-2019.6, completed, PI.

Participated project

[1] Key Project of the National Natural Science Foundation, 72231010, Research on the Decision Behavior and Collaborative Management of Human-Machine System, 2023.01-2027.12, in progress, second participant

[2] National Natural Science Foundation of China, 42071273, Data-driven intelligent modeling of air pollution in primary and secondary classrooms in China, 2021.01-2024.12, in progress, participant

[3] National Natural Science Foundation of China, 71871041, Research on the refining method of "problem processing process": based on the perspective of knowledge creation and knowledge management, 2019-01-2022-12, completed, participant

[4] Liaoning Association for Science and Technology Innovation Think Tank Project, LNKX2021B06, Countermeasures on accelerating the construction and development of digital Liaoning, 2021.06-2021.10, completed, participant

Selected papers (* indicates corresponding author)

[10] Xu Z*, Dang Y. Data-driven causal knowledge graph construction for root cause analysis in quality problem solving[J]. International Journal of Production Research, 2023, 61(10): 3227–3245. (SCI, EI; JCR Q1; IF=9.018; ABS 3)

[9] Xu Z*, Gui S, Dang Y, et al. User Satisfaction in the New Energy Vehicles: An Analysis Harnessing User-Generated Content and Sentiment Analytics[J]. Procedia Computer Science, 2023, 221: 1242-1249. (EI)

[8] Xu Z*, Dang Y, Wang Q. Potential buyer identification and purchase likelihood quantification by mining user-generated content on social media[J]. Expert Systems With Applications, 2022, 187: 115899. (SCI, EI; JCR Q1; IF=8.665; ABS 3) 

[7] Xu Z*, Dang Y. Solution Knowledge Mining and Recommendations for Quality Problem-Solving[J]. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2021, 159: 107313. (SCI, EI; JCR Q1; IF=7.180; ABS 2) 

[6] Wang Y, Dang Y, Xu Z*. Mining automobile quality problems based on the characteristics of forum data[J]. China Journal of Management Science, 2021, 29(9): 201-212. (CSSCI)

[5] Xu Z*, Dang Y. Automated digital cause-and-effect diagrams to assist causal analysis in problem-solving: a data-driven approach[J]. International Journal of Production Research, 2020, 58(17): 5359-5379. (SCI, EI; JCR Q1; IF=9.018; ABS 3)

[4] Xu Z*, Dang Y, Zhang Z, et al. Typical short-term remedy knowledge mining for product quality problem-solving based on bipartite graph clustering[J]. Computers in Industry, 2020, 122: 103277. (SCI, EI; JCR Q1; IF=11.245; ABS 3)

[3] Xu Z*, Dang Y, Munro P, et al. A data-driven approach for constructing the component-failure mode matrix for FMEA[J]. Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, 2020, 31(1): 249-265. (SCI, EI; JCR Q1; IF=7.136) 

[2] Xu Z*, Dang Y, Munro P. Knowledge-driven intelligent quality problem-solving system in the automotive industry[J]. Advanced Engineering Informatics, 2018, 38: 441-457. (SCI, EI; JCR Q1; IF=7.862)

[1] He L, Xu Z*, Niu Z. Joint optimal production planning for complex supply chains constrained by carbon emission abatement policies[J]. Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society, 2014, 1-14. (SCI; JCR Q2)

Monograph

[1] Xu Z, Dang Y. Data mining and knowledge management in quality management in the digital intelligence era, Science Press, 272 thousand words, 2022

Invention patent

[1] Xu Z*, Dang Y, Munro P. Knowledge management systems and methods, 2021-10-01, Granted patent number: ZL201810119973.5, China

Enrollment Information

In 2024, I am recruiting one master student in Management Science and Engineering and one master student in Big Data Technology and Engineering. Students who are interested in the fields of Data Mining and Knowledge Management, Intelligent Quality Management, Industrial Big Data Analytics, Text Mining, etc. are welcome to apply. My email address is zhgxu@dlut.edu.cn.