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Dr. Jian-Ping Li

Assistant Professor

Area
School of Engineering
Faculty of Eng & Digital Technologies
E-mail
J.P.Li@bradford.ac.uk
Phone
+441274234539
Dr. Jian-Ping Li
25 publications

Biography

Jian-Ping Li is a lecturer in Engineering Optimisation and the Director of Postgraduate Research in the faculty of Engineering and Informatics. He used to be an associate professor in Hebei Institute of Science and technology in China in 1997. He holds a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from University of Manchester (2004) within 2 years and an M.Sc degree in Mechanical Optimisation from Nanjing University of Science and Technology in 1989. He worked as a visitor on engineering optimisation in the Department of Engineering, Cambridge University in 2000-2001. Jian-Ping has extensive track record on the development of optimisation methodologies, such as boundary theory and algorithms for reliability optimisation, general conjugate vector methods for minimax optimisation problems and species conserving genetic algorithms for multimodal optimisation. Jian-Ping has published more than 90 papers and some papers are published in the related leading journals, such as Evolutionary Computation, IEEE on Reliability, Chemical Journal etc. Current research interests revolve around modelling complex systems, the development of modelling and optimisation system (MoS), and the application of his research on optimisation algorithms to solve different kinds of complex engineering problems by collaborating with different people.

Research

  • Optimisation theory and algorithms
    • Species conservation genetic algorithm (SCGA)
    • Multiobjective optimisation using genetic algorithms
    • Boundary theory and algorithm
    • Heuristic optimisation methods
    • Continuous minimax optimisation
  • Engineering Optimisation
    • Engine calibration optimization
    • Mechanical optimisation
    • Truss Structure optimisation
    • Reliability and maintainability
    • Service modelling and optimisation
    • Mechanical failure modelling in virtual reality environment.
    • Effect of material inhomogeneity on reliability
    • System reliability optimisation
    • Maintainability design
  • Programming in researches
    • Modelling and Optimization System (MoS)

Professional activities

  • Faculty RKT committee, (1 October 2016)
  • Member IEEE CIS Task Force on Multi-modal Optimization
  • University PGR Forum, (1 October 2016)
  • Member, Chinese Plant Engineering Society.
  • Member IEEE
  • Faculty PGR committee, (1 October 2016)

  • Cambridge University - (1 January 2000)
  • Hebei Institute of Science and technology - Associate professor (1 January 1997)

  • Senior Member: Senior member, Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society. Certificate No. 03330146.
  • Chairman ; Member: Social Activities Chairman of Bradford Chinese School, 2013- member of the Trust Board of Bradford Chinese School, 2011-2013.
  • External Examiner: External Examiners 2013 University of Manchester; 2011 University of Essex; 2011 University of Hull; 2009 University of Loughborough.
  • Co-organiser & Chair: Conferences Co-organiser on niching optimization, 2013 IEEE Congress Evolutionary Computation (CEC). Co-organiser on niching optimization, 2011 IEEE Congress Evolutionary Computation (CEC). Session chair on Engineering Optimisation, 2011 the 11th Annual Workshop on Computational Intelligence (UKCI2012). Session chair on Engineering Optimisation, 2011 the 11th Annual Workshop on Computational Intelligence (UKCI2011). Invited Speaker, Structural Engineering Convention, IISc, Bangalore, India, Dec. 14-16,2005. Keynote talk, 2004, International Conference on Reliability, Maintainability and Safety (ICRMS). Session chair on reliability optimization

  • IEEE CIS Task Force on Multi-modal Optimization, Member (1 May 2015)
  • IEEE Members, Member (1 August 2007)

Publications