Personal Profile

Lü Zhipeng is a Full Professor of Computer Software and Theory at Huazhong University of Science & Technology and the Director of the Institute of Artificial Intelligence and Optimization and the Laboratory of Intelligent Decision and System Optimization since March 2011. His research focuses on the interface between artificial intelligence, computer science and operations research; computational intelligence, NP-hard problem solving, Electronic Design Automation(EDA) and the solution of large-scale combinatorial search problems and on the design of effective heuristic and metaheuristic methods for practical applications. Specifically, he studies intelligent algorithms such as Tabu Search, Iterated Local Search, Memetic Algorithm, Hybrid Evolutionary Algorithm, Scatter Search, GRASP, Path-Relinking, Hybrid Exact/Heuristic Methods, etc. He also studies various classical NP-Hard problems, including SAT, CSP, Facility Location, Graph Coloring, Vertex Cover, Multiple Knapsack, TSP, Vehicle Routing, Inventory Routing, (Flexible) Job Shop Scheduling, Multi-agent Path Finding, Network Design, Packing/Cutting/Nesting/Loading, Floor planning, Placement and Routing, etc.

His work has been featured in International Conferences (AAAI, IJCAI, EvoCOP, MIC, PPSN) and Journals (Artificial Intelligence, INFORMS Journal on Computing, Applied Soft Computing, Journal of Scheduling, European Journal of Operational Research, Computers & Operations Research, Journal of Combinatorial Optimization, Journal of Heuristics, etc). His work with his co-authors has been recognized by several first place awards (Golden Medal at the ICCAD 2021 Placement and Routing Competition, two Golden Medals at the DIMACS VRP challenge 2022, two Golden Medals at the GECOO 2022 dynamic stacking competition, 4 Golden Medals at the GECOO 2020 and 2021 optimal camera placement competition, Golden Medal at the SAT competition 2017) and received multiple citations. His work includes more than 150 peer-reviewed publications in international journals, book chapters and conference proceedings in the fields of Metaheuristics, Evolutionary Computation, Combinatorial Optimization, Artificial Intelligence, and Operations Research.

He has been the principle investigator for several real world application projects with various industrial partners, including traffic grooming, routing and wavelength assignment in optical network planning, integrated airport resource scheduling, aircraft landing scheduling, timetabling and rostering for pilot trainings, multimedia delivery scheduling on 4G mobile wireless network, integrated vehicle routing and knapsack problems, inventory routing for air liquid/petroleum distribution, EDA algorithm for VLSI, advanced planning system and so on. He has initiated a number of academic R&D projects including two NSFC projects (2012-2014 and 2014-2017), one doctoral foundation of the Ministry of Education and one postdoctoral foundation. He is involved in several international collaboration programs, in particular with France, Canada, UK, Germany and USA.

Academic Degrees

2001.9-2007.6

Huazhong University of Science and Technology ( Master 's and Doctor 's degree ) Doctor of Engineering

1997.9-2001.7

Jilin University undergraduate ( Bachelor )

Professional Experience

University of Angers ( France ) -Computer School - Postdoctoral Fellow

Courses Taught

Algorithm Design and Analysis

Operations Research

Advanced Algorithm Design and Analysis

Awards and Honors

[1] French Government Postdoctoral Fellowship, Angers, France, 2007-2010

[2] Excellent Doctoral Dissertation of Hubei Province, Wuhan, Hubei, December 2008

[3] 2007 2nd International Timetable Competition (ITC-2007) Third Group Silver Award (2nd place), August 2008

[4] 2010 International Nurse Rostering Competition (INRC-2010), 2nd Group, 4th place, August 2010

[5] 2010 International Nurse Rostering Competition (INRC-2010), 1st Group Bronze Prize (3rd place), August 2010

[6] The 10th Operation Research Talent Award, Operation Research Society of China (ORSC), July 2011

[7] Dr. Handel Award, Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany, October 2011

[8] Selected by “Xiangjiang Scholars Program”, July 2011

[9] Google ROADEF Cloud Computing Load Balancing International Challenge, ranked the 9th  in the preliminary , ranked 15th in the final , August 2012,

[10] Selected by “New Century Excellent Talents Support Program” of Ministry of Education, December 2012

[11] The 4th place in the International Nurse Rostering Competition 2015 (INRC-2015), August 2015

[12] ROADEF/EURO 2016 Liquefied Gas Inventory Routing International Challenge, 3rd place  in the world, July 2016

[13] The first prize (champion) of International SAT Competition 2017, August 2017

[14] The third prize of International SAT Competition 2018, August 2018

[15] The first prize (champion) of GECOO OCP competition, August 2020

[16] The first prize (champion) of GECOO OCP competition, August 2021

[17] The third prize (champion) of ISPD placement and routing competition, March 2021

[18] The first prize (champion) of ICCAD Contest 2021, November 2021

[19] The first prize (champion) of DIMACS 2022 VRP challenge, May 2022

[20] The first prize (champion) of GECOO dynamic stacking competition 2022, July 2022

Selected Projects Funded

[1] AI Algorithms for Advanced Manufacturing: APS, RTD and AMHS. Meet Future Technology CO. 2020-2023.

[2] An airport intelligent dispatching command system optimization (more than 10 sub-projects ), a system research institute

[3] High Performance Algorithm for Solving the Basic Problem of Rectangular Packing, supported by NSFC, Main Participant, 2005-2007

[4] Mathematics Mechanization and Its Application in Information Technology, the “973” Program, Sub-project, Main Participant, 2004-2007

[5] EGIDE Postdoctoral Specialized Research Fund, French Government National Scholarship Program, Main Participant, 2007-2010

[6] Principal Scientist Project, Research Fund for the Region of Loire, France, main participant, 2009-2010

Selected Publications

[1] Qingyun Zhang, Zhouxing Su, Zhipeng Lü*, Lingxiao Yang. A Weighting-Based Tabu Search Algorithm for the p-Next Center Problem, IJCAI-22, 4828-4834, 2022. (CCF A)

[2] Zhouxing Su, Qingyun Zhang, Zhipeng Lü*, Chu-Min Li, Weibo Lin, Fuda Ma. Weighting-based Variable Neighborhood Search for Optimal Camera Placement, AAAI-21, 12400-12408, 2021. (CCF A)

[3] Qingyun Zhang, Zhipeng Lü, Zhouxing Su, Chumin Li, Yuan Fang, Fuda Ma. Vertex Weighting-Based Tabu Search for p-Center Problem, IJCAI-20, 1481-1487, 2020. (CCF A)

[4] Zhouxing Su, Shihao Huang, Chungen Li, Zhipeng Lü*. A Two-Stage Matheuristic Algorithm for Classical Inventory Routing Problem, IJCAI-20, 3430-3436, 2020. (CCF A)

[5] Junwen Ding, Zhipeng Lü*, Chu-Min Li, Liji Shen, Liping Xu, Fred Glover. A Two-Individual Based Evolutionary Algorithm for the Flexible Job Shop Scheduling Problem, AAAI-19, 2262-2271, 2019. (CCF A)

[6] Mao Luo, Chu-Min Li, Fan Xiao, Felip Manya, Zhipeng Lü*. An Effective Learnt Clause Minimization Approach for CDCL SAT Solvers, IJCAI-17, 703-711, 2017. (CCF A)

[7] Chu-Min Li, Mao Luo, Fan Xiao, Felip Manya, Zhipeng Lü, Yu li. Clause Vivification by Unit Propagation in CDCL SAT Solvers. Artificial Intelligence, 279, 103197, 2020. (CCF A)

[8] Xinyun Wu, Zhipeng Lü*, Fred Glover. A Fast Vertex Weighting-Based Local Search for Finding Minimum Connected Dominating Sets. INFORMS Journal on Computing, DOI: 10.1287/ijoc.2021.1106.

[9] Yang Wang, Wei Yang, Abraham P. Punnen, Jingbo Tian, Aihua Yin, Zhipeng Lü*. The Rank-One Quadratic Assignment Problem. INFORMS Journal on Computing, 33(3): 837-1257, 2021.

[10] Zhouxing Su, Zhipeng Lü*, Zhuo Wang, Yanmin Qi, Una Benlic. A Matheuristic Algorithm for the Inventory Routing Problem, Transportation Science, 54(2), 330-354. 2020.

Professional Affiliations

Paper reviewer:

AAAI, IJCAI, IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation, European Journal of Operational Research, Computers and Operations Research, Annals of Operations Research, Computers & Industrial Engineering, Asia-Pacific Journal of Operational Research, Neuro Computing, Natural Computing, Soft Computing, Journal of Combinatorial Optimization.

Research Group

Intelligent Decision and System Optimization

Enrollment Information

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