LI Yanwen (李延文)

CONTACT INFORMATION: yanwenli3-c@my.cityu.edu.hk

RESEARCH INTERESTS: simulation modeling and optimization, applied probability, machine learning

EDUCATION                                                           

• Sep. 2018 - Oct. 2022   City University of Hong Kong
  Ph.D. (Advanced Design and Systems Engineering)
• Sep. 2014 - Jul. 2018    Harbin Institute of Technology
  Bachelor of Science (Mathematics and Applied Mathematics)

PUBLICATIONS                                                          

• Y. Li and S. Gao, “On the Finite-Time Performance of the Knowledge Gradient Algorithm”, Proceedings of the 39^th International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML 2022), PMLR 162:12741-12764.
• Y. Li and S. Gao, “On the Convergence of Optimal Computing Budget Allocation Algorithms”, Proceedings of the 2021 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC 2021).
• X. Zhao, T. Fan, Y. Li, Y. Zheng and J. Pan, “An Efficient and Responsive Robot Motion Controller for Safe Human-Robot Collaboration”, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2021.
• F. Gao, Y. Li and S. Gao, “Selecting an Optimal Subset with Regression Metamodels”, Proceedings of the 3^rd IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA 2019).
• Y. Guo, Y. Li and X. Ding, “Razumikhin Approach Conjoined with Graph Theory to Input-to-State Stability of Coupled Retarded Systems on Networks”, Neurocomputing, 2017.

HONORS AND AWARDS                                                  

• Third-Class Scholarship of 2017 Industry and Information Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship Scholarship
• First Price of the Preliminary of Chinese Undergraduate Mathematics Contest in Heilongjiang Province
• Second Price of China Undergraduate Mathematics Contest in Modeling (CUMCM) in Shandong Province
• Academic Lead Forward Scholarship

SERVICE                                                                 

• Serving as PC member:     

              Winter Simulation Conference 2022

• Invited to review:
      Automatica
      IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering
      Transportmetrica B: Transport Dynamics
      The 2021 INFORMS Conference on Service Science
      The 2021 IEEE/SICE Symposium on System Integration
      The 2020 IEEE/SICE Symposium on System Integration
• Serving as teaching assistants:
      SEEM8202 - System Modelling and Management
      SEEM5006 - Operations Management
      SEEM4103 - Decision Analysis and Risk Management
      SEEM4026 - Systems Modelling and Simulation
      SEEM3020 - Engineering Economic Analysis

SKILLS                                                                    

• Programming: MATLAB, Python, Arena