Jianshe Feng

Jianshe Feng

Associate Professor, PhD Supervisor

Head of Advanced Manufacturing Intelligence Laboratory

Room 518, East Building, Science Park, 66 Gongchang Road, Guangming District, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China

Biography

Dr. Jianshe Feng is an Associate Professor and PhD Supervisor at Sun Yat-sen University's School of Advanced Manufacturing, and has been selected as a Shenzhen Overseas High-Level Talent ("Peacock Plan" Talent). His main research areas include industrial artificial intelligence, precision manufacturing process monitoring and optimization, intelligent operations and maintenance of high-end equipment, multimodal time-series large models, and industrial big data. He previously served as Chief Technology Officer of Xinrun Fulian Digital Technology, Head of Industrial AI Products at Foxconn Industrial Internet, and Research Scientist at General Motors, USA. In recent years, he has led multiple smart manufacturing projects for companies including Xiaomi Auto, CITIC Group, Foxconn Technology Group, General Motors USA, Applied Materials USA, Eaton Electric, and Shanghai Electric, involving fields such as semiconductor manufacturing, new energy, and automotive industry, maintaining long-term industry-academia-research cooperation and technology transfer. He has published over 30 academic papers in related fields such as industrial artificial intelligence, manufacturing process monitoring and optimization, and predictive maintenance, and has applied for over 100 Chinese and foreign invention patents. He has been awarded CITIC Group's "Science and Technology Special Award", Deep Learning Technology and Application National Engineering Research Center's "Industrial Application Innovation Award", PHM Society's Best Doctoral Dissertation Nomination, Guangdong Province Industrial Software Third Prize, etc. Related achievements have been reported by multiple media outlets including Southern Metropolis Daily, China Industry News, and Baidu AI, receiving widespread attention from the industry. The research group has sufficient funding. We welcome excellent students majoring in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, computer science, automation, and related fields to apply for master's and doctoral programs, and welcome active undergraduates to participate in team work. Together, we explore how industrial intelligence and advanced manufacturing collide and integrate, receive systematic training in Education & Practice, understand the symbiotic relationship between Science & Engineering, and improve comprehensive capabilities in Research & Application. Interested students can contact us via email.

Research Interests

Industrial Artificial Intelligence Precision Manufacturing Process Monitoring and Optimization Intelligent Operations and Maintenance of High-End Equipment Multimodal Time-Series Large Models Industrial Big Data Predictive Maintenance

Educational Background

Ph.D. · Mechanical Engineering

University of Cincinnati, USA

2020

M.S. · Mechatronics Engineering

Zhejiang University

2015

B.S. · Mechanical Engineering

Tongji University

2012

Work Experience

Associate Professor, PhD Supervisor

Sun Yat-sen University School of Advanced Manufacturing

2024 - Present · Shenzhen, China

  • Head of Advanced Manufacturing Intelligence Laboratory
  • Interdisciplinary research on industrial AI and advanced manufacturing
  • PhD and Master student supervision

Chief Technology Officer

Xinrun Fulian Digital Technology Co., Ltd.

June 2021 - 2024 · Shenzhen, China

  • Technical leader for Lighthouse Factories and Smart Manufacturing Factories
  • Industrial AI tool development and talent training for Lighthouse Academy
  • Industrial Internet platform architecture design

Head of Industrial AI Products

Foxconn Industrial Internet

October 2019 - May 2021 · Shenzhen, China

  • Industrial AI product line planning and management
  • Smart manufacturing solution design
  • AI technology implementation in manufacturing

Research Scientist

General Motors, USA

2018 - 2019 · Detroit, USA

  • Autonomous driving system fault diagnosis research
  • Vehicle predictive maintenance algorithm development
  • Industrial AI applications in automotive manufacturing

Publications

Uncertainty-informed cascaded diagnosis of compound faults in electromechanical systems via a physics-informed hypergraph framework

J. Feng, F. Qi, F. Zhu, J. Zhang, P. Gao, Y. Zhu

Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 112685, 2026

Physically-informed Bayesian feature optimization for semi-supervised industrial anomaly detection

J. Feng, J. Zhang, S. Yin, F. Qi, J. Li

Measurement Science and Technology 37(11), 116103, 2026

A Large Language Model-Based Time-Series Framework for Industrial Multi-Task Process Monitoring: A Case Study in Stamping Manufacturing

J. Feng, J. Zhang, F. Qi, Y. Zhu

SSRN Preprint 5288004, 2025

A Two-Stage Framework for Small-Sample RUL Prediction on Structurally Complex Time-Series Data

P. Gao, F. Qi, Y. Zhu, J. Zhang, W. Li, J. Feng

Annual Conference of the PHM Society 17(1), 2025

An optimization-based sample selection method considering sample redundancy and usefulness

F. Zhu, J. Feng, Z. Su, M. Xie

International Conference on the Efficiency and Performance Engineering, 2023

Profile Abstract: An optimization-based subset selection and summarization method for profile data mining

F. Zhu, J. Feng, M. Xie, L. Li, J. Lei, J. Lee

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics 19(9), 9337-9348, 2022

Performance degradation assessment of wind turbine gearbox based on maximum mean discrepancy and multi-sensor transfer learning

Y. Pan, R. Hong, J. Chen, J. Feng, W. Wu

Structural Health Monitoring 20(1), 118-138, 2021

Adaptive virtual metrology method based on just-in-time reference and particle filter for semiconductor manufacturing

H. Cai, J. Feng, F. Zhu, Q. Yang, X. Li, J. Lee

Measurement 168, 108338, 2021

A unified Bayesian filtering framework for multi-horizon wind speed prediction with improved accuracy

H. Cai, X. Jia, J. Feng, Q. Yang, W. Li, F. Li, J. Lee

Renewable Energy 178, 709-719, 2021

Reference-based virtual metrology method with uncertainty evaluation for material removal rate prediction based on Gaussian process regression

H. Cai, J. Feng, Q. Yang, F. Li, X. Li, J. Lee

The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology 116(3), 1199-1213, 2021

Development of an integrated framework for cyber physical system (CPS)-enabled rehabilitation system

J. Feng, F. Zhu, P. Li, H. Davari, J. Lee

International Journal of Prognostics and Health Management 12(4), 2021

Trace abstraction: A novel method to enhance fault detection in semiconductor manufacturing processes with an optimization approach

J. Feng, F. Zhu, Z. Liu, J. Zhang, L. Hua, S. Wang, M. Xie

2021 Global Reliability and Prognostics and Health Management (PHM-Nanjing), 1-6, 2021

A systematic framework for maintenance scheduling and routing for offshore wind farms by minimizing predictive production loss

J. Feng, H. Cai, Z. Liu, J. Lee

E3S Web of Conferences 233, 01063, 2021

Intelligent maintenance systems and predictive manufacturing

J. Lee, J. Ni, J. Singh, B. Jiang, M. Azamfar, J. Feng

Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering 142(11), 110805, 2020

Gaussian process regression for numerical wind speed prediction enhancement

H. Cai, X. Jia, J. Feng, W. Li, Y.M. Hsu, J. Lee

Renewable Energy 146, 2112-2123, 2020

Similarity-based particle filter for remaining useful life prediction with enhanced performance

H. Cai, J. Feng, W. Li, Y.M. Hsu, J. Lee

Applied Soft Computing 94, 106474, 2020

A similarity based methodology for machine prognostics by using kernel two sample test

H. Cai, X. Jia, J. Feng, W. Li, L. Pahren, J. Lee

ISA Transactions 103, 112-121, 2020

A virtual metrology method with prediction uncertainty based on Gaussian process for chemical mechanical planarization

H. Cai, J. Feng, Q. Yang, W. Li, X. Li, J. Lee

Computers in Industry 119, 103228, 2020

A novel scalable method for machine degradation assessment using deep convolutional neural network

P. Li, X. Jia, J. Feng, F. Zhu, M. Miller, L.Y. Chen, J. Lee

Measurement 151, 107106, 2020

Evaluating feature selection and anomaly detection methods of hard drive failure prediction

Q. Yang, X. Jia, X. Li, J. Feng, W. Li, J. Lee

IEEE Transactions on Reliability 70(2), 749-760, 2020

Cross trajectory Gaussian process regression model for battery health prediction

J. Feng, X. Jia, H. Cai, F. Zhu, X. Li, J. Lee

Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy 9(5), 1217-1226, 2020

A framework for semi-automated fault detection configuration with automated feature extraction and limits setting

H. Cai, J. Feng, J. Moyne, J. Iskandar, M. Armacost, F. Li, J. Lee

2020 31st Annual SEMI Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing Conference (ASMC), 2020

Methodology of adaptive prognostics and health management in dynamic work environment

J. Feng

Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Cincinnati, 2020

An online virtual metrology model with sample selection for the tracking of dynamic manufacturing processes with slow drift

J. Feng, X. Jia, F. Zhu, J. Moyne, J. Iskandar, J. Lee

IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing, 2019

A combined filtering strategy for short term and long term wind speed prediction with improved accuracy

H. Cai, X. Jia, J. Feng, Q. Yang, Y.M. Hsu, Y. Chen, J. Lee

Renewable Energy 136, 1082-1090, 2019

An intelligent system for offshore wind farm maintenance scheduling optimization considering turbine production loss

J. Feng, X. Jia, F. Zhu, Q. Yang, Y. Pan, J. Lee

Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, 2019

A novel similarity-based method for remaining useful life prediction using kernel two sample test

X. Jia, H. Cai, Y. Hsu, W. Li, J. Feng, J. Lee

Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the PHM Society 11, 2019

A deep learning based method for cutting parameter optimization for band saw machine

P. Li, J. Feng, F. Zhu, H. Davari, L.Y. Chen, J. Lee

Annual Conference of the PHM Society 11(1), 2019

Methodology of adaptive prognostics and health management using streaming data in big data environment

J. Feng

Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the PHM Society 11(1), 2019

Wheel bearing fault isolation and prognosis using acoustic based approach

J. Feng, X. Du, M. Salman

Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Prognostics and Health Management Society, 2019

Prognosability study of ball screw degradation using systematic methodology

P. Li, X. Jia, J. Feng, H. Davari, G. Qiao, Y. Hwang, J. Lee

Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing 109, 45-57, 2018

Adaptive virtual metrology for semiconductor chemical mechanical planarization process using GMDH-type polynomial neural networks

X. Jia, Y. Di, J. Feng, Q. Yang, H. Dai, J. Lee

Journal of Process Control 62, 44-54, 2018

A review of PHM data competitions from 2008 to 2017: Methodologies and analytics

X. Jia, B. Huang, J. Feng, H. Cai, J. Lee

Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Prognostics and Health Management Society, 2018

Modeling and solution of offshore wind farm maintenance scheduling

H.Z. Tan, W. Lv, L.W. Jin, Z.C. Liu, J.S. Feng

DEStech Transactions on Environment, Energy and Earth Sciences, 2017

Research on the underwater AUV docking station with two swing degrees of freedom

D. Li, T. Zhang, Y. Cai, J. Shi, J. Feng, C. Yang

Journal of Mechanical Engineering 53(4), 161-167, 2017

Study and design of a heat dissipation system in a junction box for Chinese experimental ocean observatory network

D. Li, J. Wang, J. Feng, C. Yang, Y. Chen

Marine Technology Society Journal 50(2), 63-74, 2016

Honors and Achievements

Academic Honors

  • Shenzhen Overseas High-Level Talent ("Peacock Plan" Talent)
  • CITIC Group "Science and Technology Special Award"
  • Deep Learning Technology and Application National Engineering Research Center "Industrial Application Innovation Award"
  • PHM Society Best Doctoral Dissertation Nomination
  • Guangdong Province Industrial Software Third Prize
  • IEEE Member
  • ASME Member
  • Senior Member of Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society

Academic Service

  • Young Editorial Board Member of "Smart Manufacturing" Journal
  • First Young Editorial Board Member of "AI for Science"
  • Reviewer for more than ten internationally renowned journals
  • Program Committee Member of multiple international conferences

Research Achievements

  • Published over 30 academic papers
  • Applied for over 100 Chinese and foreign invention patents
  • Google Scholar citations over 1,000
  • Led multiple national and provincial research projects
  • Achievements reported by Southern Metropolis Daily, China Industry News, Baidu AI, and other media outlets

Industry Cooperation

  • Technical leader for Xiaomi Auto smart manufacturing project
  • Digital transformation consultant for CITIC Group
  • Technical architect for Foxconn Technology Group Lighthouse Factory
  • Research Scientist at General Motors, USA
  • Technical cooperation with Applied Materials, USA
  • Smart manufacturing project with Eaton Electric
  • Industrial intelligence project with Shanghai Electric