Academic Visits 

  1. 2012 China–New Zealand Scientist Exchange Program (one of 5 scientists from China). Visited School of Management, Victoria University of Wellington and School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, May 27-June 23, 2012. Theme: System approach and computing methods towards monitoring and assessment of risks based on new media technologies. Local Sponsor: Royal Society of New Zealand

  2. Visiting Associate Professor at  School of IT and Computer Science, Faculty of Informatics, University of Wollongong, March 3-31, 2006, and gave a talk on Towards Meta-synthetic Support to Unstructured Problem Solving at SITCS Seminar on March 16, 2006. Local Sponsor: Australian Academy of Sciences

  3. Visiting Associate Professor at Graduate School of Knowledge Science, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, September, 2000 - March, 2001.

  4. Visiting Scholar at School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, May, 1998-June, 1999; also in The Logistics Institute at Georgia Tech.

  5. Visited to Department of Electrical Engineering, Saga University, Japan during May 11-24, 1996 by Professor Masatoshi Nakamura's invitation, and gave two seminars: multi criteria decision methods for water resources management, and computerized decision support for water resources management and its soft systems approach.

Organizing International Symposia and Workshops

  1. The 12th International Workshop on Meta-synthesis and Complex Systems (MCS'2012), a Workshop at 2012 Active Media Technology (AMT'2012), Macau, December 4, 2012

  2. The 11th International Workshop on Meta-synthesis and Complex Systems (MCS'2011), a Workshop at 2011 Brain Informatics (BI'2011), Lanzhou, September 7-9, 2011 (In the memoriam of Qian Xuesen's 100th birth anniversary!)

  3. The 10th International Workshop on Meta-synthesis and Complex Systems (MCS'2010), a Workshop at 2010 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence (WI'2010), Toronto, August 31, 2010.

  4. The 9th International Workshop on Meta-synthesis and Complex Systems (MCS'2009), affiliated to the 20th International Conference on Multi-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM'2009), Chengdu, June 21-26, 2009.

  5. The 8th International Workshop on Meta-synthesis and Complex Systems (MCS'2008), affiliated to 2008 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC'2008), Singapore, October 12-15, 2008.

  6. The 7th International Workshop on Meta-synthesis and Complex Systems (MCS'2007), affiliated to the 7th International Conference on Computational Sciences (ICCS'2007), Beijing, May 27-30, 2007.

  7. The 7th International Symposium on Knowledge and Systems Sciences (KSS'2006) and the 6th International Workshop on Meta-synthesis and Complex Systems (MCS'2006), Beijing, September 22-25, 2006.

  8. The 5th International Workshop on Meta-synthesis and Complex Systems (MCS'2005), affiliated to the 1st World Congress of the International Federation for Systems Research (IFSR'2005), Kobe, November 14-17, 2005.

  9. Sino-Japan Workshop on Meta-synthesis and Creativity Support Systems (MCSS'2005), Beijing, July 11-13, 2005

  10. The 4th International Workshop on Meta-synthesis and Complex Systems (MCS'2004), Beijing, July 21-23, 2004.

  11. The 3rd International Workshop on Meta-synthesis and Complex Systems (MCS'2003) & the 4th International Symposium on Knowledge and Systems Sciences (KSS'2003), Guangzhou, November 29-December 1, 2003.

  12. The 2nd International Workshop on Meta-synthesis and Complex Systems (MCS'2002), Shanghai, August 7-8, 2002.

  13. The 1st International Workshop on Meta-synthesis and Complex Systems (MCS'2001), Beijing, September 21-23, 2001.

Participation in International Conferences, Symposia and Workshops (since 1996)

  1. The 51st Annual Meeting of the International Society for Systems Sciences (ISSS 2007), Tokyo, August 5-10, 2007. Co-organizing a special track with Dr. Y. Ohsawa from University of Tokyo on  Chance Discovery and Meta-synthesis (CDM, 26.10) held on August 8. Presentation: Comprehensive Evaluation of a Research Project on Meta-synthesis Research

  2. Workshop "Cubes for Innovation: Information Systems for Design and Marketing", Japan Chapter of the IEEE Society on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, IEEE SMC Technical Committee on Information Systems for Design and Marketing, University of Tsukuba, University of Tokyo, March 3, 2007.   Invited Talk: Meta-synthesis to Complex Problem Solving

  3. The 20th International CODATA Conference (CoData 2006), Beijing, October 22-25, 2006. Presentations: Augmented Analytical Exploitation of a Scientific Forum and A Study on Web Clustering with respect to XiangShan Science Conference within E4 Session: Interdisciplinary Communication for Risk Management with Multi-Data Mining (1)

  4. IFIP WG 8.3 International Conference on Creativity and Innovation in Decision Making and Decision Support (CIDMDS2006), London, June 27-July 1, 2006. Presentation: Computerized Support for Qualitative Meta-synthesis as Perspective Development for Complex Problem Solving.

  5. The 1st World Congress of the International Federation for Systems Research (IFSR'2005), Kobe, November 14-17, 2005. Presentation: Meta-synthesis Approach to Exploring Constructing Integrated Transportation System in China.

  6. The 9th International Conference on Knowledge-Based Intelligent Information & Engineering Systems (KES'2005), Melbourne, September 14 - 16, 2005. Presentation: Computerized Support for Idea Generation During Knowledge Creating Process. Photo

  7. The 5th International Symposium on Knowledge and Systems Sciences (KSS'2004), JAIST, November 10-12, 2004. Plenary Talk:  Exploring Computerized Support for Group Argumentation for Idea Generation.

  8. The 1st International Symposium on Knowledge Management for Strategic Creation of Technology, JAIST, March 8-10, 2004. Plenary Talk: Augmented Support for Idea Generation for Decision Making.

  9. The 18th JISR-IIASA Workshop on Methodologies and Tools for Complex System Modeling and Integrated Policy Assessment(CSM'2004), Vienna, September 6-8, 2004. Presentation: Meta-Synthesis Approach to Exploring Constructing Comprehensive Transportation System in China. (Single-Session Talk)

  10. The 2nd International Conference on Knowledge Economy and Development of Science and Technology, Beijing, September 17-19, 2004. Session Talk: Computerized Support for Idea Generation during Knowledge Creating Process.

  11. International Symposium on Knowledge and Systems Sciences (KSS'2003) and the 3rd International Workshop on Meta-synthesis and Complex System (MCS'2003), Guangzhou, November 29-December 1, 2003. Plenary Presentation: Meta-Synthesis System Modeling (Co-author: GU, J. F.)

  12. The 17th IIASA-JISR Workshop on Methodologies and Tools for Complex System Modeling and Integrated Policy Assessment (CSM'2003), Vienna, September 8-11,2003. Presentation: Group Argumentation for Knowledge Creation: a Meta-Synthetic Approach;

    Demonstrations on Meta-synthesis special session: Overview of the illustrative case study:How to evaluate China GDP growth with the impact of SARS by Meta-synthesis System Approach (Special Session on Meta-synthesis)

  13. The 46th Annual Meeting of International Society of Systems Sciences (ISSS'2002), Shanghai, August 2-6, 2002. Presentation: Systemic Thinking to Developing a Meta-Synthetic System Supported Complex Issues

  14. The 16th IIASA-JISR Workshop on Methodologies and Tools for Complex System Modeling and Integrated Policy Assessment (CSM'2002), Vienna, July 15-17, 2002. Presentation: Systemic Thinking to Developing a Meta-Synthetic Support for Complex Issues

  15. The 16th Triennial Conference of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies (IFORS'2002): OR in a globalised, networked world economy, Edinburgh,  July 8-12, 2002. Presentation: An Oriental WSR Approach to OR Practices in China

  16. IFIP Working Group 7.6 Workshop on Virtual Environments for Advanced Modeling, Ishikawa, Japan, March 25-27, 2002. Presentation: Model Integration to System Modeling

  17. The 2nd International Symposium on Knowledge and Systems Sciences (KSS'2001), Dalian, China, September 25-27, 2001. Presentation: Model Integration for System Modeling

  18. The 4th International Conference on Management: New Management Trends in New Century,  Xi'an, China, May 5-7, 2001. Presentation: Analysis of an Enterprise Management Software Project by View of Wu-li Shi-li Ren-li System Approach

  19. The 1st International Symposium on Knowledge and System Sciences: Challenges to Complexity, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Ishikawa, Japan, September 23-25, 2000. Presentation: An Approach to Building Computerized Support for Naval Weapon System Evaluation

  20. The Geo-Informatics Conference of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences and the 4th International Workshop on Geographic Information Systems, Beijing, August 18-22, 1997. Two presentations: i) To Modern Oriental System Methodology- From Chinese Ancient System Thoughts; ii)Soft System Approach to Intensive Information Support for Water Resources Management

  21. The International Conference on Chinese Culture and Modern Management, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, December 8-10, 1997. Presentation: Soft System Approach to Intensive Information Support

  22. The International Conference on Management Science and the Economic Development in China, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, July 19-23, 1996. Presentation: Soft System Approach to the Development of Management and Decision Support Systems

  23. The 2nd China-Japan-UK Workshop on Systems Methodology, Kyoto, May 8-10, 1996. Presentation: Soft System Approach to the Development of Management Support Systems

  24. ICTP-ITU(BDT) Workshop on Economic Quantification of the Impact of Telecommunication in Development, Trieste, Italy, February 25 - March 1, 1996. Presentation: The Impact of Telecommunications Development in the Central and West of China: a System Analysis