Research Interest

Computational intelligence, Applications of Artificial intelligence, System Modeling and Optimization, Intelligent Decision, Metaheuristic Optimization: 1. Telecommunication Optimization: Optical network planning, Traffic engineering optimization, Wavelength assignment, Frequency assignment, Wireless sensor network planning. 2. Airline Optimization: Integrated airport scheduling, airline landing and taking off, Airline Recovery. 3. Internet Optimization: Load balancing in cloud computing, resource scheduing and assignment, big data analysis. 4. Others: Timetabling, Personal rostering, Intelligent transportation.

Education

Doctor--Computer Software and Theory--Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China--2007

Master--Computer Software and Theory--Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China--2003

Bachelor--Applied Mathematics--Jilin University, Changchun, China--2001

Oversea Study and Visit

Post Doctoral,University of Angers,France,2007-09-01-2011-03-01

Academic Memberships

Honours and Awards

Dr. Haendel Prize,Dresden University of Technology, German,2011

3rd Prize for the track 1 of the first International Nurse Rostering Competition,(INRC-2010), Belfast, Northern Ireland,2010

The 10th Young Scholar Prize of Operations Research,The Operations Research Society of China (ORSC),2011

New Century High-Talents Program,Department of Education,2012

Google ROOADEF/EURO Challenge 2012,15th out of 82 teams from 26 countries,2012

Hong Kong Scholars Program,China-Hong Kong,2012

2nd Prize for the track 3 of the second International Timetabling Competition,(ITC-2008), Montreal, Canada,2008

Honours and Awards

[1] T.C.E. Cheng, Bo Peng and Zhipeng Lü*,A Hybrid Evolutionary Algorithm to Solve the Job Shop Scheduling Problem,Annals of Operational Research,2014,Doi: 10.1007/s10479-013-1332-5

[2] Wenqi Huang, Zhipeng Lü* and He Shi,Growth Algorithm for Finding Low Energy Configurations of Simple Lattice Proteins,Physical Review E,2005,72(1), 016704, 2005

[3] Wenqi Huang, Mao Chen and Zhipeng Lü,Energy Optimization for Off-lattice Protein Folding,Physical Review E,2006,74, 041907, 2006

[4] Zhipeng Lü* and Wenqi Huang,PERM for Solving Circle Packing Problem,Computers & Operations Research,2008,35(5), 1742-1755, 2008.

[5] Zhipeng Lü*, Wenqi Huang and He Shi,Quasi-physical Algorithm for Protein Folding in an Off-lattice Model,Communications in Theoretical Physics,2007,47(1), 181-185, 2007

[6] Zhipeng Lü* and Wenqi Huang,Iterated Tabu Search for Identifying Community Structure in Complex Networks,Physical Review E,2009,80,026130, 2009

[7] Zhipeng Lü*, Jin-Kao Hao and Fred Glover,Neighborhood Analysis: a Case Study on Curriculum-based Course Timetabling,Journal of Heuristics,2010,17(2): 97-118, 2010

[8] Zhipeng Lü*and Jin-Kao Hao,A Memetic Algorithm for Graph Coloring,European Journal of Operational Research,2010,203 (1), 241–250, 2010.

[9] Zhipeng Lü* and Jin-Kao Hao,Adaptive Tabu Search for Course Timetabling,European Journal of Operational Research,2010,200(1), 235-244, 2010.

[10] Fred Glover, Zhipeng Lü and Jin-Kao Hao,Diversification-Driven Tabu Search for Unconstrained Binary Quadratic Problems,A Quarterly Journal of Operations Research (4OR),2010,8(3): 239-253, 2010

[11] Zhipeng Lü*, Fred Glover and Jin-Kao Hao,A Hybrid Metaheuristic Approach to Solving the UBQP Problem,European Journal of Operational Research,2010,207(3): 1254-1262, 2010

[12] Zhipeng Lü and Jin-Kao Hao,Adaptive Memory-Based Local Search for MAX-SAT,Applied Soft Computing,2012,12(8), 2063-2071, 2012

[13] Yang Wang, Zhipeng Lü, Fred Glover, Jin-Kao Hao,Path Relinking for Unconstrained Binary Quadratic Programming,European Journal of Operational Research,2012,223(3), 595-604, 2012

[14] Zhipeng Lü and Jin-Kao Hao,Adaptive Neighborhood Search for Nurse Rostering,European Journal of Operational Research,2012,218(3): 865-876, 2012

[15] Hongyun Xu, Zhipeng Lü*, Edwin Cheng,Iterated Local Search for Single-machine Scheduling with Sequence-dependent Setup Times to Minimize Total Weighted Tardiness,Journal of Scheduling,2014,DOI: 10.1007/s10951-013-0351-z

[16] Yang Wang, Zhipeng Lü, Fred Glover, Jin-Kao Hao,Backbone guided Tabu Search for solving the UBQP problem,Journal of Heuristics,2013,19(4), 679-695, 2013

[17] Yang Wang, Jin-Kao Hao, Fred Glover, Zhipeng Lü,A tabu search based memetic algorithm for the maximum diversity problem,Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence,2014,Doi:10.1016/j.engappai.2013.09.005

[18] Gary Kochenberger, Jin-Kao Hao, Zhipeng Lü, Haibo Wang, Fred Glover,Solving large scale max cut problems via Tabu Search,Journal of Heuristics,2013,19(4), 565-571, 2013

[19] Yang Wang, Zhipeng Lü, Fred Glover, Jin-Kao Hao,Probabilistic GRASP-tabu search algorithms for the UBQP problem,Computers & Operations Research,2013,40, 3100-3107, 2013

[20] Zhanghua Fu, Wenqi Huang and Zhipeng Lü,Iterated Tabu Search for the Circular Open Dimension Problem,European Journal of Operational Research,2013,225(2), 236-243, 2013

[21] Xiangjing Lai and Zhipeng Lü*,Multistart Iterated Tabu Search for Bandwidth Coloring Problem,Computers & Operations Research,2013,40, 1401-1409, 2013