Autor: Lin Zhang

Fei Tao is currently an associate professor at the Beihang University of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He obtained his Ph D in mechanical engineering from Wuhan University of Technology, China, in 2008. He was elected a research affiliate of CIRP, The International Academy for Production Engineering, in 2009. Dr. Tao is the founder and editor-in-chief of International Journal of Service and Computing Oriented Manufacturing. Lin Zhang received his Ph D in 1992 from the Department of Automation at Tsinghua University, China. He is a full professor at Beihang University, the Vice President of Chinese Association for System Simulation, and a member of the council of Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence. Yefa Hu received his Ph D in mechanical design and theory from Wuhan University of Technology (WHUT) in 2001. He is a full professor at the School of Mechanical and Electronic Engineering at WHUT. He has published two books on «Magnetic Suspension Technology» and «Manufacturing Grid, » as well as more than sixty refereed international and domestic papers.