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Overview

Ray Y. Zhong is affiliated with the University of Hong Kong in China and specializes in engineering, particularly in the subfields of industrial and manufacturing engineering, building and construction, automotive engineering, information systems, and mechanical engineering.

The scientist's research covers a range of topics, including:

  • Digital Transformation in Industry
  • BIM and Construction Integration
  • Manufacturing Process and Optimization
  • Industrial Vision Systems and Defect Detection
  • Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies
  • Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization
  • Innovations in Concrete and Construction Materials

Ray Y. Zhong has contributed frequently to several publication venues, with multiple papers published in:

  • Advanced Engineering Informatics
  • Journal of Manufacturing Systems
  • Computers & Industrial Engineering
  • Automation in Construction
  • International Journal of Production Research

Frequent collaborators in Zhong's research include George Q. Huang, Yishuo Jiang, Kai Kang, Muhammad Huzaifa Raza, and Chenglin Yu, reflecting a collaborative academic environment.

Key recent papers authored or co-authored by Ray Y. Zhong include:

  • "Digital Twin as a Service (DTaaS) in Industry 4.0: An Architecture Reference Model" (2020), published in Advanced Engineering Informatics
  • "Big data analytics for intelligent manufacturing systems: A review" (2021), published in Journal of Manufacturing Systems
  • "A review of digital twin in product design and development" (2021), published in Advanced Engineering Informatics
  • "Sustainability Assessment of Intelligent Manufacturing Supported by Digital Twin" (2020), published in IEEE Access
  • "Robotic technologies for on-site building construction: A systematic review" (2020), published in Journal of Building Engineering

The scientific output of Ray Y. Zhong comprises over 319 publications in engineering and reflects extensive contributions to industrial and manufacturing engineering as well as related technological and construction fields.

Best Publications

  • Intelligent Manufacturing in the Context of Industry 4.0: A Review

    Ray Y. Zhong;Xun Xu;Eberhard Klotz;Stephen T. Newman

  • Smart manufacturing systems for Industry 4.0: Conceptual framework, scenarios, and future perspectives

    Pai Zheng;Honghui wang;Zhiqian Sang;Runyang Zhong

  • Big Data for supply chain management in the service and manufacturing sectors

    Ray Y. Zhong;Stephen T. Newman;George Q. Huang;Shulin Lan

  • Digital Twin as a Service (DTaaS) in Industry 4.0: An Architecture Reference Model

    Shohin Aheleroff;Xun Xu;Ray Y. Zhong;Yuqian Lu

  • RFID-enabled real-time manufacturing execution system for mass-customization production

    Ray Y. Zhong;Q. Y. Dai;T. Qu;G. J. Hu

  • A big data approach for logistics trajectory discovery from RFID-enabled production data

    Ray Y. Zhong;Ray Y. Zhong;George Q. Huang;Shulin Lan;Q.Y. Dai

  • Big data analytics for intelligent manufacturing systems: A review

    Junliang Wang;Chuqiao Xu;Jie Zhang;Ray Zhong

  • Big Data Analytics for Physical Internet-based intelligent manufacturing shop floors

    Ray Y. Zhong;Chen Xu;Chao Chen;George Q. Huang

  • System architecture for blockchain based transparency of supply chain social sustainability

    V.G. Venkatesh;Kai Kang;Bill Wang;Ray Y Zhong

  • Prefabricated construction enabled by the Internet-of-Things

    Ray Y. Zhong;Ray Y. Zhong;Yi Peng;Yi Peng;Fan Xue;Ji Fang

  • A review of digital twin in product design and development

    C.K. Lo;C.H. Chen;Ray Y. Zhong

  • Blockchain-based life cycle assessment: An implementation framework and system architecture

    Abraham Zhang;Abraham Zhang;Ray Y Zhong;Muhammad Farooque;Muhammad Farooque;Kai Kang

  • Integrating RFID and BIM technologies for mitigating risks and improving schedule performance of prefabricated house construction

    Clyde Zhengdao Li;Ray Y. Zhong;Fan Xue;Gangyan Xu

  • Visualization of RFID-enabled shopfloor logistics Big Data in Cloud Manufacturing

    Ray Y. Zhong;Ray Y. Zhong;Shulin Lan;Chen Xu;Qingyun Dai

  • Workload-based multi-task scheduling in cloud manufacturing

    Yongkui Liu;Xun Xu;Lin Zhang;Long Wang

  • E-commerce Logistics in Supply Chain Management: Practice Perspective

    Ying Yu;Xin Wang;Ray Y. Zhong;George Q. Huang

  • FOOD SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT: SYSTEMS, IMPLEMENTATIONS, AND FUTURE RESEARCH

    Ray Y. Zhong;Xun Xu;Lihui Wang

  • Physical assets and service sharing for IoT-enabled Supply Hub in Industrial Park (SHIP)

    Xuan Qiu;Hao Luo;Hao Luo;Gangyan Xu;Runyang Zhong

  • Sustainability Assessment of Intelligent Manufacturing Supported by Digital Twin

    Lianhui Li;Ting Qu;Yang Liu;Ray Y. Zhong

  • Robotic technologies for on-site building construction: A systematic review

    Marwan Gharbia;Alice Chang-Richards;Yuqian Lu;Ray Y. Zhong

  • Radio frequency identification-enabled real-time manufacturing execution system: a case study in an automotive part manufacturer

    Qingyun Dai;Runyang Zhong;George Q. Huang;Ting Qu

Frequent Co-Authors

George Q. Huang
George Q. Huang Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Xun Xu
Xun Xu University of Auckland
Yingfeng Zhang
Yingfeng Zhang Northwestern Polytechnical University
Yiming Rong
Yiming Rong Southern University of Science and Technology
Lihui Wang
Lihui Wang Royal Institute of Technology
Pai Zheng
Pai Zheng Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Fan Xue
Fan Xue University of Hong Kong
Yang Liu
Yang Liu Linköping University
Geoffrey Qiping Shen
Geoffrey Qiping Shen Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Weisheng Lu
Weisheng Lu University of Hong Kong

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