Dingkai Professor

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• Degree: PhD
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• Graduate School: Xi’an Jiaotong University
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• Email: kding@chd.edu.cn
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  · Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China (03/2017)

  · Bachelor’s Degree of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, China University of Mining and Technology, China (06/2011)

  
  

Kai Ding received the B.S. degree and Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from China University of Mining and Technology (2011) and Xi’an Jiaotong University (2017), respectively. He is currently an Associate Professor with the Institute of Smart Manufacturing Systems, School of Construction Machinery, Chang’an University. His research interests mostly lie in the smart manufacturing system fields, by leveraging the cutting-edge information technology and artificial intelligence techniques to solve the sophisticated production control issues and decision optimization techniques in smart shop floors and factories.

Dr. Ding’s research interests mostly lie in the smart manufacturing system fields, by leveraging the cutting-edge information technologies and artificial intelligence techniques, to solve the sophisticated production control and management issues and decision optimization techniques in smart shop floors and factories. Dr. Ding has been acting as the PI of National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (2018-2020, 2025-2028), 2018 Hong Kong Scholars Project, 2019 Natural Science Foundation of Shaanxi Province, 2019 Chunhui Collaborative Research Plan of Ministry of Education of China, and co-PI of 2021 National Key R&D Project of China.

[1] Fuqiang Zhang, Bingqian Xu, Xia Zeng, Kai Ding*. Gesture-driven interaction service system for complex operations in digital twin manufacturing cells. Journal of Engineering Design, 2024, 1–27.

[2] Jizhuang Hui, Yaqian Zhang, Kai Ding*, Lei Guo*, Chun-Hsien Chen, Lihui Wang. A multi-stage approach for desired part grasping under complex backgrounds in human-robot collaborative assembly. Advanced Engineering Informatics, 2024, 62:102778.

[3] Jizhuang Hui, Kangqian Zheng, Kai Ding, Xueliang Zhou, Jingxiang Lv*, Felix T.S. Chan*. Automatic blockchain network configuration and optimization for credible and authorized data sharing in social manufacturing networks. International Journal of Production Research, 2024.  

[4] Lei Guo, Zhengcong Duan, Wanjin Guo, Kai Ding*, Chul-Hee Lee, Felix T.S. Chan*. Machine vision-based recognition of elastic abrasive tool wear and its influence on machining performance. Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, 2023, doi: 10.1007/s10845-023-02256-4.

[5] Yaqian Zhang, Kai Ding*, Jizhuang Hui, Sichao Liu, Wanjin Guo, Lihui Wang. Skeleton-RGB integrated highly similar human action prediction in human-robot collaborative assembly. Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, 2024, 86: 102659.

[6] Kai Ding, Anjie Li, Jingxiang Lv*, Fu Gu*. Decarbonizing ceramic industry: Technological routes and cost assessment. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023, 419: 138278.

[7] Zhiqiang Yan, Jizhuang Hui*, Jingxiang Lv, Donald Huisingh, Jian Huang, Kai Ding*, Hao Zhang, Qingtao Liu. A hybrid mechanism-based and data-driven approach to forecast energy consumption of fused deposition modelling. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023, 413: 137500.

[8] Fengtian Chang, Guanghui Zhou, Qian Huang, Kai Ding*, Wei Cheng, Jizhuang Hui, Yifan Zhi, Chao Zhang. A dynamic multi-layer maintenance service network evolution and decision-making method for service-oriented complex equipment. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2023, 181: 109319.

[9] Felix T.S. Chan, Kai Ding. Industrial intelligence-driven production and operations management, International Journal of Production Research, 2023, 61(13): 4215-4219.

[10] Kangqian Zheng, Kai Ding*, Jizhuang Hui, Fuqiang Zhang, Jingxiang Lv, Felix T.S. Chan*. Blockchain-based credible manufacturing data sharing for a collaborative manufacturing supply chain. International Journal of Production Research, 2024, 62(6): 2233-2254.

[11] Jingyuan Lei, Jizhuang Hui*, Fengtian Chang, Dassari Salim, Kai Ding*. Reinforcement Learning-based Dynamic Production-Logistics-Integrated Tasks Allocation in Smart factories. International Journal of Production Research, 2023, 61(13): 4419-4436.

[12] Yaqian Zhang, Kai Ding*, Jizhuang Hui, Jingxiang Lv, Xueliang Zhou, Pai Zheng. Human-object integrated assembly intention recognition for context-aware human-robot collaborative assembly. Advanced Engineering Informatics, 2022, 51: 101792.

[13] Kai Ding, Zhangqi Niu, Jizhuang Hui, Xueliang Zhou, Felix T.S. Chan*. A Weld Surface Defect Recognition Method Based on Improved MobileNetV2 Algorithm. Mathematics, 2022, 10: 3678.

[14] Bin Zhu, Yaqian Zhang, Kai Ding*, Felix T.S. Chan*, Jizhuang Hui, Fuqiang Zhang. Lot-sizing Decisions for Material Requirements Planning with Hybrid Uncertainties in a Smart Factory. Advanced Engineering Informatics, 2022, 51: 101527.

[15] Kai Ding*; Yijie Zhang; Felix T.S. Chan; Chaoyang Zhang*; Jingxiang Lv; Qiang Liu; Jiewu Leng; Hailing Fu. A cyber-physical production monitoring service system for energy-aware collaborative production monitoring in a smart shop floor. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021, 297: 126599.

[16] Kai Ding; Jingyuan Lei; Fuqiang Zhang*; Yan Wang; Chuang Wang. Analyzing the cyber-physical system-based autonomous collaborations among smart manufacturing resources in a smart shop floor, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture, 2020, 234(3): 489-500.

[17] Kai Ding*; Jingyuan Lei; Felix T.S. Chan; Jizhuang Hui; Fuqiang Zhang; Yan Wang. Hidden Markov model-based autonomous manufacturing task orchestration in smart shop floors, Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, 2020, 61: 101845.

[18] Kai Ding*; Felix T.S. Chan; Xudong Zhang; Guanghui Zhou; Fuqiang Zhang. Defining a Digital Twin-based Cyber-Physical Production System for autonomous manufacturing in smart shop floors. International Journal of Production Research, 2019, 57(20):6315-6334.

[19] Kai Ding*; Xudong Zhang; Felix T.S. Chan; Ching-Yuen Chan; Chuang Wang. Training a Hidden Markov Model-Based Knowledge Model for Autonomous Manufacturing Resources Allocation in Smart Shop Floors, IEEE Access, 2019, 7: 47366-47378.

[20] Kai Ding; Pingyu Jiang*; Shilong Su. RFID-enabled social manufacturing system for inter-enterprise monitoring and dispatching of integrated production and transportation tasks. Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, 2018, 49: 120-133.

[21] Kai Ding; Pingyu Jiang*. RFID-based Production Data Analysis in an IoT-enabled Smart Job-shop. IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica, 2018, 5(01): 128-138.

[22] Kai Ding; Pingyu Jiang*. Incorporating social sensors, cyber-physical system nodes, and smart products for personalized production in a social manufacturing environment. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture, 2018, 232(13): 2323-2338.

[23] Pingyu Jiang*; Kai Ding. Analysis of personalized production organizing and operating mechanism in a social manufacturing environment. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture, 2018, 232(14): 2670-2676.

[24] Kai Ding; Pingyu Jiang*; Peilu Sun; Chuang Wang. RFID-enabled physical object tracking in process flow based on an enhanced graphical deduction modeling method. IEEE Trans. on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems, 2017, 47(11): 3006-3018.

[25] Kai Ding; Pingyu Jiang*. Social Sensors (S²ensors): a kind of hardware-software-integrated mediator for social manufacturing systems under mass individualization environment. Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering, 2017, 30(5): 1150-1161. 

[26] Kai Ding; Pingyu Jiang*; Mei Zheng. Environmental and economic sustainability-aware resource service scheduling for industrial product service systems. Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing. 2017, 28(6): 1303-1316.

[27] Kai Ding; Pingyu Jiang*; Jiewu Leng; Wei Cao. Modeling and analyzing of an enterprise relationship network in the context of social manufacturing. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture, 2016, 230(4): 752-769.

[28] Pingyu Jiang; Kai Ding; Jiewu Leng. Towards a cyber-physical-social-connected and service-oriented manufacturing paradigm: Social Manufacturing. Manufacturing Letters, 2016, 7: 15-21.

[1] Fuqiang Zhang, Bingqian Xu, Xia Zeng, Kai Ding*. Gesture-driven interaction service system for complex operations in digital twin manufacturing cells. Journal of Engineering Design, 2024, 1–27.

[2] Jizhuang Hui, Yaqian Zhang, Kai Ding*, Lei Guo*, Chun-Hsien Chen, Lihui Wang. A multi-stage approach for desired part grasping under complex backgrounds in human-robot collaborative assembly. Advanced Engineering Informatics, 2024, 62:102778.

[3] Jizhuang Hui, Kangqian Zheng, Kai Ding, Xueliang Zhou, Jingxiang Lv*, Felix T.S. Chan*. Automatic blockchain network configuration and optimization for credible and authorized data sharing in social manufacturing networks. International Journal of Production Research, 2024.  

[4] Lei Guo, Zhengcong Duan, Wanjin Guo, Kai Ding*, Chul-Hee Lee, Felix T.S. Chan*. Machine vision-based recognition of elastic abrasive tool wear and its influence on machining performance. Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, 2023, doi: 10.1007/s10845-023-02256-4.

[5] Yaqian Zhang, Kai Ding*, Jizhuang Hui, Sichao Liu, Wanjin Guo, Lihui Wang. Skeleton-RGB integrated highly similar human action prediction in human-robot collaborative assembly. Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, 2024, 86: 102659.

[6] Kai Ding, Anjie Li, Jingxiang Lv*, Fu Gu*. Decarbonizing ceramic industry: Technological routes and cost assessment. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023, 419: 138278.

[7] Zhiqiang Yan, Jizhuang Hui*, Jingxiang Lv, Donald Huisingh, Jian Huang, Kai Ding*, Hao Zhang, Qingtao Liu. A hybrid mechanism-based and data-driven approach to forecast energy consumption of fused deposition modelling. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023, 413: 137500.

[8] Fengtian Chang, Guanghui Zhou, Qian Huang, Kai Ding*, Wei Cheng, Jizhuang Hui, Yifan Zhi, Chao Zhang. A dynamic multi-layer maintenance service network evolution and decision-making method for service-oriented complex equipment. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2023, 181: 109319.

[9] Felix T.S. Chan, Kai Ding. Industrial intelligence-driven production and operations management, International Journal of Production Research, 2023, 61(13): 4215-4219.

[10] Kangqian Zheng, Kai Ding*, Jizhuang Hui, Fuqiang Zhang, Jingxiang Lv, Felix T.S. Chan*. Blockchain-based credible manufacturing data sharing for a collaborative manufacturing supply chain. International Journal of Production Research, 2024, 62(6): 2233-2254.

[11] Jingyuan Lei, Jizhuang Hui*, Fengtian Chang, Dassari Salim, Kai Ding*. Reinforcement Learning-based Dynamic Production-Logistics-Integrated Tasks Allocation in Smart factories. International Journal of Production Research, 2023, 61(13): 4419-4436.

[12] Yaqian Zhang, Kai Ding*, Jizhuang Hui, Jingxiang Lv, Xueliang Zhou, Pai Zheng. Human-object integrated assembly intention recognition for context-aware human-robot collaborative assembly. Advanced Engineering Informatics, 2022, 51: 101792.

[13] Kai Ding, Zhangqi Niu, Jizhuang Hui, Xueliang Zhou, Felix T.S. Chan*. A Weld Surface Defect Recognition Method Based on Improved MobileNetV2 Algorithm. Mathematics, 2022, 10: 3678.

[14] Bin Zhu, Yaqian Zhang, Kai Ding*, Felix T.S. Chan*, Jizhuang Hui, Fuqiang Zhang. Lot-sizing Decisions for Material Requirements Planning with Hybrid Uncertainties in a Smart Factory. Advanced Engineering Informatics, 2022, 51: 101527.

[15] Kai Ding*; Yijie Zhang; Felix T.S. Chan; Chaoyang Zhang*; Jingxiang Lv; Qiang Liu; Jiewu Leng; Hailing Fu. A cyber-physical production monitoring service system for energy-aware collaborative production monitoring in a smart shop floor. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021, 297: 126599.

[16] Kai Ding; Jingyuan Lei; Fuqiang Zhang*; Yan Wang; Chuang Wang. Analyzing the cyber-physical system-based autonomous collaborations among smart manufacturing resources in a smart shop floor, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture, 2020, 234(3): 489-500.

[17] Kai Ding*; Jingyuan Lei; Felix T.S. Chan; Jizhuang Hui; Fuqiang Zhang; Yan Wang. Hidden Markov model-based autonomous manufacturing task orchestration in smart shop floors, Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, 2020, 61: 101845.

[18] Kai Ding*; Felix T.S. Chan; Xudong Zhang; Guanghui Zhou; Fuqiang Zhang. Defining a Digital Twin-based Cyber-Physical Production System for autonomous manufacturing in smart shop floors. International Journal of Production Research, 2019, 57(20):6315-6334.

[19] Kai Ding*; Xudong Zhang; Felix T.S. Chan; Ching-Yuen Chan; Chuang Wang. Training a Hidden Markov Model-Based Knowledge Model for Autonomous Manufacturing Resources Allocation in Smart Shop Floors, IEEE Access, 2019, 7: 47366-47378.

[20] Kai Ding; Pingyu Jiang*; Shilong Su. RFID-enabled social manufacturing system for inter-enterprise monitoring and dispatching of integrated production and transportation tasks. Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, 2018, 49: 120-133.

[21] Kai Ding; Pingyu Jiang*. RFID-based Production Data Analysis in an IoT-enabled Smart Job-shop. IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica, 2018, 5(01): 128-138.

[22] Kai Ding; Pingyu Jiang*. Incorporating social sensors, cyber-physical system nodes, and smart products for personalized production in a social manufacturing environment. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture, 2018, 232(13): 2323-2338.

[23] Pingyu Jiang*; Kai Ding. Analysis of personalized production organizing and operating mechanism in a social manufacturing environment. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture, 2018, 232(14): 2670-2676.

[24] Kai Ding; Pingyu Jiang*; Peilu Sun; Chuang Wang. RFID-enabled physical object tracking in process flow based on an enhanced graphical deduction modeling method. IEEE Trans. on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems, 2017, 47(11): 3006-3018.

[25] Kai Ding; Pingyu Jiang*. Social Sensors (S²ensors): a kind of hardware-software-integrated mediator for social manufacturing systems under mass individualization environment. Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering, 2017, 30(5): 1150-1161. 

[26] Kai Ding; Pingyu Jiang*; Mei Zheng. Environmental and economic sustainability-aware resource service scheduling for industrial product service systems. Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing. 2017, 28(6): 1303-1316.

[27] Kai Ding; Pingyu Jiang*; Jiewu Leng; Wei Cao. Modeling and analyzing of an enterprise relationship network in the context of social manufacturing. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture, 2016, 230(4): 752-769.

[28] Pingyu Jiang; Kai Ding; Jiewu Leng. Towards a cyber-physical-social-connected and service-oriented manufacturing paradigm: Social Manufacturing. Manufacturing Letters, 2016, 7: 15-21.

· Professor, Institute of Smart Manufacturing Systems, Chang’an University, China (12/2023 - present)

· Associate Professor, Institute of Smart Manufacturing Systems, Chang’an University, China (11/2019 – 12/2023)

· Hong Kong Scholar, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong (01/2019 – 12/2020)

· Lecturer, Institute of Smart Manufacturing Systems, Chang’an University, China (03/2017 – 11/2019)