Academic Activities

Self-Introduction

Fellowship

Fellow, The International Academy of Engineering and Technology (AET), August 2022.
Fellow, The Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE), April 2019.
Fellow, The International Academy for Production Engineering (CIRP), August 2015.
Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), December 2013.
Fellow, Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), June 2011.

Editor-in-Chief

International Journal of Manufacturing Research (since 2006)
Journal of Manufacturing Systems (since 2019)
Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing (since 2018)

Editor

Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing (2007-2019)
Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing (2006-2017)

Associate Editor

Array
CIRP Journal of Manufacturing Science and Technology
International Journal of Production Research
IET Collaborative Intelligent Manufacturing
International Journal on Multidisciplinary Approaches to Innovation
International Journal of Automation and Computing (2015-2017)
Journal of Manufacturing Systems (2010-2019)

Editorial Board Member

Aeronautical Manufacturing Technology
China Mechanical Engineering
Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering
Frontiers of Engineering Management
International Journal of Computational Materials Science and Surface Engineering
International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing
International Journal of Enterprise Network Management
International Journal of Lean Enterprise Research
International Journal of Machining and Machinability of Materials
International Journal of Mechatronics and Manufacturing Systems (2007-2021)
International Journal of Nanomanufacturing (2007-2010)
International Journal of Network and Mobile Technologies (2011-2019)
International Journal of Service and Computing Oriented Manufacturing
Journal of China Mechanical Engineering
Journal of Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Journal of Industrial and Production Engineering
Journal of Mechanical Engineering
Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing
Smart Science
Transactions of Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Chairman (2018-2020)

Swedish Production Academy

CIRP

Vice Chair (2023-2026), Scientific Technical Committee on LCE and Assembly (STC-A)
Secretary (2019-2023), STC-A

NAMRI/SME Board

Nominations Committee Chair (2022-2023), North American Manufacturing Research Institution (NAMRI), Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME)
Honors Committee Chair (2021-2022), NAMRI/SME
President (2020-2021), NAMRI/SME
President-Elect (2019-2020), NAMRI/SME
Secretary (2018-2019), NAMRI/SME
Scientific Committee Chair (2016-2018), NAMRI/SME
Scientific Committee Chair-Elect (2014-2016), NAMRI/SME
Director (2008-2014), NAMRI/SME

Committee Chair

Manufacturing Systems Technical Committee (2008-2010), American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Conference Chair/Co-Chair

Chair, The 5th International Conference on the Industry 4.0 Model for Advanced Manufacturing, Belgrade, Serbia, June 1-4, 2020.
Co-Chair, The 7th International Symposium on Test Automation and Instrumentation, Dalian, China, July 19-20, 2018.
Chair, The 51st CIRP Conference on Manufacturing Systems, Stockholm, Sweden, May 16-18, 2018.
Co-Chair, The 8th Swedish Production Symposium, Stockholm, Sweden, May 16-18, 2018.
Co-Chair, The 26th CIRP Design Conference, Stockholm, Sweden, June 15-17, 2016.
Chair, International Conference on Advanced Manufacturing Technologies, London, Canada, May 16-18, 2005.
Chair, International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing, Toronto, Canada, July 12-14, 2004.

Membership

Member (2014-2016) of ISO/TC199/SG1 (Safety Data for Human-Machine Interactions)
Member (2014-2017) of Technical Committees 278 (Robots and Robotic Devices) and 282 (Machinery Safety), Swedish Standards Institute (SIS)
Member of Presidium (since 2011), Swedish Production Academy
Scientific Committee Member (since 2004), North American Manufacturing Research Institution of SME (NAMRI/SME), USA
Discovery Grant Selection Committee Member (2004-2007), GSC-20 for Industrial Engineering, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
Registered Professional Engineer (since 2000), Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO), Canada
Adjunct Professor (2000-2012), University of Western Ontario, Canada

Selected Keynote Speeches (Career total: 82)

L. Wang, Latest Advancement on Human-Robot Collaboration in Manufacturing, The 20th International Conference on Precision Engineering, Sendai, Japan, October 24, 2024.
L. Wang, How AI Can Help in Human-Robot Collaboration, Manufacturing R&D Cluster Conference, Skövde, Sweden, May 22, 2024.
L. Wang, From AI to Human-Robot Collaborative Assembly, 2024 Meta Factory Conference, Singapore, January 24, 2024.
L. Wang, From Technology Development to Value Creation in Future Factories, The 56th CIRP Conference on Manufacturing Systems, Cape Town, South Africa, October 24, 2023.
L. Wang, Digital Twin-Driven Condition Monitoring in Predictive Maintenance, The 5th AET International Symposium on ACSM and Digital Manufacturing, Budapest, Hungary, August 31, 2023.
L. Wang, Brain Robotics in Human-Robot Collaborative Assembly, NSFC-RGC Conference on Frontiers of Industrial Big Data and Intelligent Systems, Hong Kong, China, April 28, 2023.
L. Wang, Perspectives on Industry 4.0/5.0 and Smart Manufacturing, International Conference on Industry 4.0 and Smart Manufacturing, Linz, Austria, November 3, 2022.
L. Wang, Factories of the Future through AI-Driven Smart Manufacturing, The 3rd International Conference on Innovative Intelligent Industrial Production and Logistics, Valletta, Malta, October 26, 2022.
L. Wang, How AI Will Shape Human-Robot Collaboration, AI for Manufacturing Webinar Series, Geneva, Switzerland, October 17, 2022.
L. Wang, Digital Twin-Enabled Advance Execution for HRC Assembly, The 2nd Digital Twin International Conference (DigiTwin 2022), Sydney, Australia, September 28, 2022.
L. Wang, On Smart Manufacturing Research and Perspectives, 2021 World Congress on Micro and Nano Manufacturing, Mumbai, India, September 23, 2021.
L. Wang, Smart and Sustainable Manufacturing for Factories of the Future, The 8th International Conference on Sustainable Design and Manufacturing, Split, Croatia, September 16, 2021.
L. Wang, Towards Factories of the Future through Smart Manufacturing, The 41st MATADOR Conference, Manchester, UK, September 16, 2021.
L. Wang, Perspectives on Factories of the Future, The 3rd Huawei Cloud InnovWave Conference, Munich, Germany, July 5, 2021.
L. Wang, AI and Brain Robotics for Human-Robot Collaboration, The 8th CIRP Conference on Assembly Technology and Systems, Athens, Greece, September 29, 2020.
L. Wang, Overview of Human-Robot Collaboration in Manufacturing, International Conference on the Industry 4.0 Model for Advanced Manufacturing, Belgrade, Serbia, June 2, 2020.
L. Wang, Cloud-Based Sustainable Manufacturing: Towards a Resource-Efficient Future, The 30th CIRP Design Conference, Kruger National Park, South Africa, May 8, 2020.
L. Wang, Combining Digital Twin with Big Data for Improved Through-Life Product Services, The 8th CIRP Sponsored International Conference on Through-Life Engineering Services, Cleveland, USA, October 29, 2019.
L. Wang, Symbiotic Human-Robot Collaborative Assembly, The 69th CIRP General Assembly, Birmingham, UK, August 19, 2019.
L. Wang, Brian Robotics: Making a Daydream Come True, NAMRC 47, Erie, PA, USA, June 11, 2019.
L. Wang, Sending Digital Twin to the Future for Predictive Maintenance, The 3rd Maintenance Conference, Bilbao, Spain, June 5, 2019.
L. Wang, Sustainable Cybernetic Manufacturing in the Era of Industry 4.0, The 10th Advanced Doctoral Conference on Computing, Electrical and Industrial Systems, Lisbon, Portugal, May 8, 2019.
L. Wang, Cloud-Enabled Big Data-Driven Adaptive Process Planning for Machining, The 19th Asia Pacific Industrial Engineering and Manufacturing Systems, Hong Kong, China, December 6, 2018.
L. Wang, Smart Cyber-Physical Production Systems: Challenges and Opportunities, The 48th International Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering, Auckland, New Zealand, December 3, 2018.
L. Wang, How Digital Twin Can Help in Predictive Maintenance, The 5th International Conference on Innovative Design and Manufacturing, Wuhan, China, November 23, 2018.
L. Wang, Combining Digital Twin and Prognosis in Factories of the Future, The 13th International Scientific Conference on Flexible Technologies, Novi Sad, Serbia, September 28, 2018.
L. Wang, Cloud Enabled CPS and Big Data in Manufacturing, The 3rd International Conference on Industry 4.0 Model for Advanced Manufacturing, Belgrade, Serbia, June 5, 2018.
L. Wang, Industry 4.0: Concept, Applications and Future Opportunities, aLIFE Workshop, Nantes, France, January 31, 2018.
L. Wang, Smart Manufacturing for Sustainable Future, Smart Manufacturing Seminar Organised by Swedish Embassy, Dhaka, Bangladesh, March 1, 2017.
L. Wang, Internet-of-Everything: From Web through Cloud to Cyber-Physical Systems, The 5th International Conference on Nanomanufacturing, Macau, China, August 17, 2016.
L. Wang, Recent Advancements in Smart Manufacturing, The 26th International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing, Seoul, Korea, June 27, 2016.
L. Wang, Cloud-Based Prognosis in Smart Factories of the Future, The 4th International Workshop and Congress on eMaintenance, Luleå, Sweden, June 15, 2016.
L. Wang, Latest Advances on Cloud-based Cyber-Physical Systems in Manufacturing, The 9th International Conference on Digital Enterprise Technology, Nanjing, China, March 29, 2016.
L. Wang, Current Status and Advancement of Cyber-Physical Systems in Manufacturing, The 43rd North American Manufacturing Research Conference, Charlotte, NC, USA, June 10, 2015.
L. Wang, Cyber Manufacturing: Research and Applications, The 10th International Symposium on Tools and Methods of Competitive Engineering, Budapest, Hungary, May 21, 2014.
L. Wang, Cloud Manufacturing and Cloud-based Services for Future Production, Conference on Future Producture Technologies, Taastrup, Denmark, April 3, 2014.
L. Wang, Realising Sustainability through Cloud Manufacturing, International Conference on Advanced Research in Virtual and Rapid Prototyping, Leiria, Portugal, October 2, 2013.
L. Wang, Challenges for Better Sustainable Manufacturing, The 23rd International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing, Porto, Portugal, June 28, 2013.
L. Wang, Sustainable Manufacturing from Operators' Perspective, The 6th Conference on Design and Manufacturing for Sustainable Development, Hangzhou, China, April 15, 2013.
L. Wang, Vision-assisted and 3D Model-based Remote Assembly, International Conference on Innovative Design and Manufacturing, Taipei, Taiwan, December 12, 2012.
L. Wang, A Closed-Loop CAPP System for CNC Control with Uncertainties, The 8th International Workshop on Mechanical and Automotive Production System, Jeonju, Korea, November 20, 2012.
L. Wang, Collaborations towards Adaptive Manufacturing, The 16th IEEE International Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design, Wuhan, China, May 25, 2012.
L. Wang, Web-DPP: An Adaptive Approach to Planning and Monitoring of Job-Shop Machining Operations, The 7th CIRP International Conference on Digital Enterprise Technology, Athens, Greece, September 29, 2011.
L. Wang, Bridging the Gap Between Virtual and Real Manufacturing, The 20th International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing, Oakland, California, USA, July 14, 2010.
L. Wang, Challenges of Adaptive and Collaborative Manufacturing in the 21st Century, The 14th International Conference on Machine Design and Production, Guzelyurt, Northern Cyprus, July 1, 2010.
L. Wang, Distributed Process Planning and Web-based Rapid Machining, The 9th Conference on Machining and Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Harbin, China, August 17, 2007.
L. Wang, An Advanced Information System for Web-based Collaborative Design and Manufacturing, The 4th International Conference on Supply Chain Management and Information Systems, Taichung, Taiwan, July 6, 2006.

Organised Symposia (14)

A. Haghighi and L. Wang, Robotic Manufacturing and Assembly in Smart Factories, ASME International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference, Cincinnati, OH, USA, June 22-25, 2021.
X. V. Wang, X. Xu, L. Wang and Y. Chen, Manufacturing Systems based on Cloud Technologies and Industrial Internet, ASME International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference, Erie, PA, USA, June 10-14, 2019.
X. Xu, L. Wang, V. Srinivasan and Dave Noller, Cloud Manufacturing – an Industrial Perspective, ASME International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference, Blacksburg, VA, USA, June 27-July 1, 2016.
X. Xu, L. Wang and V. Srinivasan, Key Technologies for Cloud Manufacturing, ASME International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference, Charlotte, NC, USA, June 8-12, 2015.
L. Wang, X. Xu and X. Yang, Challenges in Cloud Manufacturing, ASME International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference, Detroit, MI, USA, June 9-13, 2014.
L. Wang and X. Xu, Advances in Cloud Manufacturing, ASME International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference, Madison, WI, USA, June 10-14, 2013.
L. Wang and D. Djurdjanovic, Advanced and Adaptive Manufacturing Systems, ASME International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference, Notre Dame, IN, USA, June 4-8, 2012.
D. Djurdjanovic, L. Wang and S. Biller, Advances in Operations and Management of Manufacturing Systems, ASME International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference, Corvallis, OR, USA, June 13-17, 2011.
L. Wang and T. Brogårdh, Challenges in Adaptive Manufacturing Planning and Control, ASME International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference, Erie, PA, USA, October 12-15, 2010.
L. Wang and H.-Y. Feng, Challenges in Adaptive Manufacturing, IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, Toronto, Canada, August 21-24, 2010.
L. Wang and W. Zhu, Advances in Manufacturing Process Planning and Scheduling, ASME International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference, West Lafayette, IN, USA, October 4-7, 2009.
L. Wang and X. Xu, Collaborations towards Web-based Manufacturing, IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, Washington DC, USA, August 23-26 2008.
L. Wang and J. Y.-H. Fuh, Challenges toward Collaborative Manufacturing, International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing, Philadelphia, USA, June 18-20, 2007.
L. Wang, Web-based Collaborative Manufacturing, International Symposium on Flexible Automation, Osaka, Japan, July 10-12, 2006.

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