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2023

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Computer Science

D-Index
69
Citations
19812
World Ranking
1969
National Ranking
270

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Computer Science in Canada Leader Award
  • 2013 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to agent-based collaboration technologies and applications
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering

Overview

Weiming Shen is affiliated with Huazhong University of Science and Technology in China and has a research focus spanning several interconnected fields of engineering and computer science. Their scholarly work primarily addresses industry-related challenges through applications in manufacturing systems, optimization, and artificial intelligence.

The scientist's extensive publication record covers main fields such as:

  • Engineering
  • Computer Science

Within these fields, Shen's subfield emphases include:

  • Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Control and Systems Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Computer Networks and Communications

Research topics commonly addressed in their work are:

  • Anomaly Detection Techniques and Applications
  • Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms
  • Machine Fault Diagnosis Techniques
  • Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization
  • Digital Transformation in Industry
  • Assembly Line Balancing Optimization
  • Industrial Vision Systems and Defect Detection

Shen has contributed to multiple scientific venues, with frequent publications found in:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Journal of Manufacturing Systems
  • IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Systems
  • IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering
  • IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics

Their collaborative network includes frequent coauthors such as Liang Gao, Yunkang Cao, Chunjiang Zhang, Chao Zhao, and Jiaxin Fan.

Selected recent papers by Weiming Shen include:

  • Digital twins-based smart manufacturing system design in Industry 4.0: A review, 2021, Journal of Manufacturing Systems
  • Domain generalization for cross-domain fault diagnosis: An application-oriented perspective and a benchmark study, 2024, Reliability Engineering & System Safety
  • Towards resilience in Industry 5.0: A decentralized autonomous manufacturing paradigm, 2023, Journal of Manufacturing Systems
  • Digital twins-based remote semi-physical commissioning of flow-type smart manufacturing systems, 2021, Journal of Cleaner Production
  • A Surrogate-Assisted Multiswarm Optimization Algorithm for High-Dimensional Computationally Expensive Problems, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics

Shen's contributions have been recognized with professional honors such as being named an IEEE Fellow in 2013 for contributions to agent-based collaboration technologies and applications. The scientist is also a member of The Canadian Academy of Engineering.

Best Publications

  • Agent-Based Systems for Intelligent Manufacturing: A State-of-the-Art Survey

    Weiming Shen;Douglas H. Norrie

  • Collaborative conceptual design—state of the art and future trends

    Lihui Wang;Weiming Shen;Helen Xie;Joseph Neelamkavil

  • Applications of agent-based systems in intelligent manufacturing: An updated review ☆

    Weiming Shen;Qi Hao;Hyun Joong Yoon;Douglas H. Norrie

  • Multi-Agent Systems for Concurrent Intelligent Design and Manufacturing

    Weiming Shen;Douglas H. Norrie;Jean-Paul A. Barthès

  • Digital twins-based smart manufacturing system design in Industry 4.0: A review

    Jiewu Leng;Jiewu Leng;Jiewu Leng;Dewen Wang;Weiming Shen;Xinyu Li

  • Optimal Relay Selection for Physical-Layer Security in Cooperative Wireless Networks

    Yulong Zou;Xianbin Wang;Weiming Shen

  • Agent-based distributed manufacturing process planning and scheduling: a state-of-the-art survey

    Weiming Shen;Lihui Wang;Qi Hao

  • Reconfigurable manufacturing systems: the state of the art

    Z. M. Bi;S. Y. T. Lang;W. Shen;Lihui Wang

  • Systems integration and collaboration in architecture, engineering, construction, and facilities management: A review

    Weiming Shen;Qi Hao;Helium Mak;Joseph Neelamkavil

  • Applications of Wireless Sensor Networks in Marine Environment Monitoring: A Survey

    Guobao Xu;Weiming Shen;Xianbin Wang

  • Distributed manufacturing scheduling using intelligent agents

    Weiming Shen

  • MetaMorph: An adaptive agent-based architecture for intelligent manufacturing

    F. Maturana;W. Shen;D.H. Norrie

  • Online Fault Diagnosis Method Based on Transfer Convolutional Neural Networks

    Gaowei Xu;Min Liu;Zhuofu Jiang;Weiming Shen

  • Bearing Fault Diagnosis Method Based on Deep Convolutional Neural Network and Random Forest Ensemble Learning.

    Gaowei Xu;Min Liu;Zhuofu Jiang;Dirk Söffker

  • An agent-based service-oriented integration architecture for collaborative intelligent manufacturing

    Weiming Shen;Qi Hao;Shuying Wang;Yinsheng Li

  • Agent-Oriented Cooperative Smart Objects: From IoT System Design to Implementation

    Giancarlo Fortino;Wilma Russo;Claudio Savaglio;Weiming Shen

  • Physical-Layer Security with Multiuser Scheduling in Cognitive Radio Networks

    Yulong Zou;Xianbin Wang;Weiming Shen

  • Internet of Things in Marine Environment Monitoring: A Review.

    Guobao Xu;Yanjun Shi;Xueyan Sun;Weiming Shen

  • Computer supported collaborative design: Retrospective and perspective

    Weiming Shen;Qi Hao;Weidong Li

  • Security Versus Reliability Analysis of Opportunistic Relaying

    Yulong Zou;Xianbin Wang;Weiming Shen;Lajos Hanzo

  • A review of internet-based product information sharing and visualization

    Shusheng Zhang;Weiming Shen;Hamada Ghenniwa

Frequent Co-Authors

Lihui Wang
Lihui Wang Royal Institute of Technology
Xianbin Wang
Xianbin Wang University of Western Ontario
Douglas H. Norrie
Douglas H. Norrie University of Calgary
Guy R. Newsham
Guy R. Newsham National Research Council Canada
Liang Gao
Liang Gao Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Junzhou Luo
Junzhou Luo Southeast University
Giancarlo Fortino
Giancarlo Fortino University of Calabria
Yulong Zou
Yulong Zou Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications
George Q. Huang
George Q. Huang Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Yun Yang
Yun Yang Swinburne University of Technology

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