Chengbin Chu received the B.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, China, in 1985 and the Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from Metz University, Metz, France, in 1990.
He was with the National Research Institute in Computer Science and Automation (INRIA), France, as a Research Officer (chargé de recherche) from 1987 to 1996. He was a Professor with the University of Technology of Troyes, France, from 1996 to 2008, where he was also the Founding Director of the Industrial Systems Optimization Laboratory. He currently holds a Chair Position in Supply Chain Management at CentraleSupélec, Université Paris-Saclay, France, sponsored by Carrefour, LVMH, SAFRAN and SANOFI. He is interested in research areas related to operationsresearchand modeling, analysis,and optimization ofsupplychainandproduction systems. He is author or co-author of three books and more than 140 articles in international journals such as Operations Research, SIAM Journal of Computing, European Journal of Operational Research, IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Parts A and C, International Journal of Production Research, Naval Research Logistics, and so on. He also published many papers in conference proceedings. For his research and application activities, he received the First Prize of Robert Faure Award in 1996. He also received the “1998 Best Transactions Paper Award” from the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society. Three of his articles have been awarded in international conferences.
Dr. Chu was named “Chang Jiang Scholars Programme” Chair Professor by the Chinese Ministry of Education in 2005. He was an Overseas Visiting Professor and Overseas Director of the Department of Industrial Engineering at Xi’an Jiaotong University from 2006 to 2010. He is currently a Visiting Chair Professor at Tongji University, Shanghai, China. He served as an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation from 2001 to 2004. He is currently an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering and the IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics and a member of the Editorial Board of Computers & Industrial Engineering.