Academic Qualification

Ph.D. in Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers, Paris, France

Master in Xidian University, Xi’an, China

Bachelor in Xidian University, Xi’an, China

Teaching Area

Engineering Optimization

Optimization Methods

Research Area

Discrete Event Systems

Petri Nets

Artificial Intelligence

Working Experience

Jul. 2027 ~ present Associated Professor at the Institute of Systems Engineering, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau

Sep. 2016 ~ Jun. 2020 Assistant Professor at the Institute of Systems Engineering, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau

Jul. 2013 ~ Aug. 2016 Associated Professor, Xidian University, China

Jul. 2011 ~ Jun. 2013 Lecture, Xidian University, China

Academic Publication(selected)

1.          Yao Lu, Yufeng Chen, Zhiwu Li, and Naiqi Wu, "An Efficient Method of Deadlock Detection and Recovery for Flexible Manufacturing Systems by Resource Flow Graphs", IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON AUTOMATION SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, vol. 19 , no. 3, pp.1707-1718, 2022

2.          Yuting Li, Li Yin, Yufeng Chen, Zhenhua Yu, and Naiqi Wu, “Optimal Petri Net Supervisor Synthesis for Forbidden State Problems Using Marking Mask,” Information Sciences, vol. 505, pp. 183-197, 2019.

3.          Oussama Karoui, Yufeng Chen, Zhiwu Li, Naiqi Wu, and Mohamed Khalgui, “On Hierarchical Construction of the State Space of an Automated Manufacturing System Modeled with Petri Nets,” IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems, vol. 50, no. 10, pp. 3613-3627,

4.          Yufeng Chen, Zhiwu Li, Kamel Barkaoui, Naiqi Wu, and Mengchu Zhou, “Compact Supervisory Control of Discrete Event Systems by Petri Nets with Data Inhibitor Arcs” IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems, vol. 47, no. 2, pp. 364–379, 2017.

5.          Yufeng Chen, Zhiwu Li, Kamel Barkaoui, and Alessandro Giua, “On the enforcement of a class of nonlinear constraints on Petri nets,” Automatica, vol. 55, no. 5, pp. 116–124, 2015.

Research Grants

2017.08 -- 2020.08       Optimal and Dynamic Control of Discrete Event Systems Modeled with Petri Nets,” the Science and Technology Development Fund

Professional Certification and Awards

2020 BOC (Bank of China) Excellent Research Award

The 2018 Science and Technology Award of Macau-The Third Prize of Natural Science Award