On December 1, 2020, the project "Knowledge-Driven Cyber-Physical System Intelligent Modeling and Co-simulation" led by ZJUI Associate Professor WANG Hongwei was shortlisted for the third prize of the 10th Wu Wen Jun AI Science & Technology Award in 2020. Prof. WANG Hongwei is the Acting Director of ZJUI Information System and Data Science Research Program. Since joining ZJUI, he has been focusing on the research area of artificial intelligence technology.

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The Award, knowns as the "the Highest Award for China's Intelligent Science and Technology," is named after Prof. Wu Wenjun, a pioneer and leader in China's intelligent science research and the winner of the first National Highest Science and Technology Award. It was established with the approval of the Ministry of Science and Technology, sponsored by the Chinese Society of Artificial Intelligence, and represents a major breakthrough and the highest honor in China's artificial intelligence research. The selection process for the award is extremely strict, and the competition is also extremely fierce. In 2020, only 20 projects across the country emerged from many candidate projects and shortlisted for the Award.

Project Outcomes

Prof. Hongwei Wang focused on the project for several years, established deep cooperation with universities at home and abroad such as Cambridge University and Tsinghua University, and achieved a wealth of results. Through the intelligent design and co-simulation of the physical information system CPS, the project is based on various big data resources, high-performance computing capabilities and intelligent algorithms, and is deeply integrated with the problems of energy, aerospace and other professional fields. A complete model and method system for simulation and intelligent information fusion were developed. Focusing on the intelligent modeling of complex CPS systems, the basic theories and scientific methods that balance factors such as stability, accuracy and speed in collaborative simulation were innovatively studied, and solutions were proposed based on advanced intelligent algorithms.

The research work of this project is also an important part of ZJUI information system and data science research program. At present, Prof. Wang Hongwei is responsible for leading the joint research center of Adaptive, Resilient Cyber-Physical Manufacturing Networks. After joining ZJUI, Prof. Wang Hongwei established the ZJUI Knowledge engineering and Complex engineering systems team with more than 10 researchers. They cooperate with China Nuclear Power Corporation, China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation and other companies to focus on the design, analysis, manufacturing and maintenance of complex engineering systems. His team has successively received findings from the key R&D projects of the Ministry of Science and Technology etc., and they have produced rich scientific research results.