Hu-Chen Liu received his M.Sc. degree in Industrial Engineering from Tongji University, Shanghai, China, in 2010, and his Ph.D. degree in Industrial Engineering and Management from Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan, in 2013. He is currently a Professor at the School of Management, Shanghai University. His main research interests include quality and reliability management, Petri net theory and applications, and healthcare operation management. He has published more than 100 papers in these areas in leading journals, such as IIE Transactions, IEEE Transactions on Reliability, IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, Reliability Engineering & System Safety, IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, International Journal of Production Economics, and International Journal of Production Research.
Dr. Liu is a senior member of the IEEE Society and the IISE Association. He is a member of the INFORMS and the China Association for Quality. He has accomplished and undertaken over 10 scientific research projects at both national and provincial levels, including National Natural Science of Foundation of China, Shanghai Young Eastern Scholar, and Shanghai Youth Top-Notch Talent.