Lihui Wang is a Professor in Virtual Manufacturing and Director of Virtual Systems Research Centre, University of Skövde, Sweden. He received his PhD and MS in Mechanical Engineering from Kobe University (Japan) in 1993 and 1990, respectively, and BS in Machine Design (China) in 1982. He was an Assistant Professor of Kobe University and Toyohashi University of Technology (Japan) prior to joining National Research Council of Canada (NRC) in 1998, where he was a Senior Research Scientist before moving to Sweden in 2008. His research interests are presently focused on distributed process planning, web-based real-time monitoring and control, human-robot collaboration, cloud manufacturing, and intelligent and adaptive production systems. His recent work has won a Best Paper Award at FAIM 2002 (International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing) in Germany, a Best Poster Award at IFIP 2003 (IFIP Conference on Virtual Enterprises) in Switzerland, and an Outstanding Paper Award Finalist at NAMRC 2008 (North American Manufacturing Research Conference) in Mexico. He is also an eight-time winner of NRC Institute Awards on Excellence and Leadership in R&D, Multidisciplinary Collaborative Research, Global Reach, and Outstanding People.
Professor Wang has published nine edited books/conference proceedings and eight journal special issues. He has authored or co-authored in excess of 220 scientific articles in archival journals, books, and peer-reviewed conference proceedings in the above research areas. In addition to the research work, he is actively engaged in various committee and community activities. He was the Conference Chair of FAIM 2004, a member of Grant Selection Committee (GSC-20 for Industrial Engineering) of Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (2004-2007), and a member of Scientific Committee of North American Manufacturing Research Institution (NAMRI) of Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) since 2004. Currently, he is the Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Manufacturing Research, Editor of Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, Editor (Northern Europe) of Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, Associate Editor of Journal of Manufacturing Systems, and an Editorial Board Member of other five international journals. He is also a Board Director of NAMRI/SME, a Fellow of SME, an Associate Member of International Academy for Production Engineering (CIRP), a Presidium Member of Swedish Production Academy, and a registered Professional Engineer (P.Eng) in the province of Ontario, Canada.