Ray Y. Zhong
Professor Ray Y. Zhong 鍾潤陽
Professor Ray Y. Zhong 鍾潤陽
Ray Y. ZHONG (Runyang ZHONG) is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Data and Systems Engineering, The University of Hong Kong (HKU). He has an interdisciplinary education background in Computer Science and Technology (BSc), Digital Signal Processing (MSc), and Industrial Engineering (PhD). Before joining HKU, he was a lecturer in Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Auckland, New Zealand. Since joining HKU in January 2019, Ray won over HK$ 20 million external peer-reviewed competitive grants from Research Grants Council (RGC), the Innovation and Technology Commission (ITC) of Hong Kong, Public Policy Research (PPR) Funding Scheme, Environment and Conservation Fund, etc.
Ray is one of well-known leading researchers in systems analytics with the following research fields: 2nd in Construction Informatics, 7th in Manufacturing Systems, 20th in Big Data Analytics from Google Scholar. He authored over 270 peer-reviewed journal and conference papers with total citation from Google Scholar is over 18,500 (H-index: 64, i10-index: 180), and is one of the HKU researchers ranked by Clarivate Analytics in the top 1% worldwide by citations since 2019.
Ray is an active member in the professional societies in the above two research fields, such as IEEE Senior Member, Members of ASME, IET, HKIE, and LSCM HK. He also serves as Area Editor and Associate Editors for some leading journals, such as Computers & Industrial Engineering, International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, and International Journal of Manufacturing Research. He has gained several awards from his contributions and leadership in the above research fields, such as the High-impact Paper Award from Engineering.
| Year | Awarding Institution | Qualification |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | The University of Hong Kong | PhD |
| Awardees | Award Date | Honours / Awards / Prizes | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
KANG, Kai YANG, Yishu | 2020-12-01 | • Second Prize of the 1st and 2nd Guangdong Province and Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Innovation Competitoin of Industrial Engineering.: 广东省机械工程学会 | Research Achievement |
| 2019-10-01 | Best Conference Paper: 49th International Conference on Computers & Industrial Engineering | Research Achievement | |
| 2019-12-01 | Second Prize, Big Data-based Inoovative Planning of Ferry Transport in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area: The Case of Wanshan Islands in Zhuhai: The 1st Guangdong Provice and Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Innovation Competition of Industrial Engineering | Research Achievement | |
| 2014-04-01 | A real-time RFID-driven model for two-level production decision-making: The 2014 IEEE International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control (ICNSC14), | Research Achievement | |
| 2020-11-01 | RFID-Enabled Building Information Modeling (BIM) Platform for Prefabrication Housing Production in Hong Kong: CIC HK | Research Achievement | |
| 2020-09-01 | Faculty Outstanding Teaching Award 2019-2020 (Team Award) Teaching Innovations in E-learning: Faculty of Engineering, HKU | Teaching Accomplishment | |
| 2019-12-01 | Second Prize of Instructor: 广东省机械工程学会 | Research Achievement | |
| 2020-07-01 | Best Associate Editor: 53rd CIRP Conference on Manufacturing Systems | Research Achievement |
| Term Period | Position | Professional Societies |
|---|---|---|
| 01/2019-12/2021 | Associate Editor (Asia) | International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing |
| 01/2018-01/2020 | Track Co-Chair - Manufacturing Systems | NAMRI/SME Scientific Committee |
| 06/2024-now | Track Chair - Manufacturing Systems | NAMRI/SME Scientific Committee |
| Area of Expertise (EN) | Area of Expertise (ZH) |
|---|---|
| Smart Manufacturing Systems | 智能製造系統 |
| Construction Informatics | 建築信息化 |
| Big data analytics for manufacturing | 製造業大數據 |
| Spoken Language(s) (EN) | Spoken Language(s) (ZH) |
|---|---|
| English, Cantonese, Putonghua | 英語、粵語、普通話 |
| Written Language(s) (EN) | Written Language(s) (ZH) |
|---|---|
| English, Chinese | 英文、中文 |
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