Teaching and Supervision
Teaching and Work Experience
- Lecturer for AIML426 (Evolutionary Computation and Learning), Jul.-Oct. 2024, School of Engineering and Computer Science, VUW
- Head Tutor for COMP307 (Introduction to Artificial Intelligence) and AIML420 (Artificial Intelligence), Mar.-Jun. 2021, 2022, 2023, School of Engineering and Computer Science, VUW
- Tutor for ECEN321 (Engineering Statistics), Sep.-Nov. 2020, School of Engineering and Computer Science, VUW
- Tutor for COMP132 (Programming for the Natural and Social Sciences), Jul.-Nov. 2020, School of Engineering and Computer Science, VUW
- Research Assistant for Marsden Fund, Jul.-Dec. 2020, VUW
- Tutor for COMP307 (Introduction to Artificial Intelligence), Mar.-Jun. 2020, School of Engineering and Computer Science, VUW
- Tutor for ECEN321 (Engineering Statistics), Sep.-Nov. 2019, School of Engineering and Computer Science, VUW
- Tutor for COMP361 (Design and Analysis of Algorithms), Jul.-Nov. 2019, School of Engineering and Computer Science, VUW
- Research Assistant for Marsden Fund, Jan.-Mar. 2019, VUW
- Tutor for COMP307 (Introduction to Artificial Intelligence), Mar.-Jun. 2018, School of Engineering and Computer Science, VUW
- Course Coordinator for “Theory and Method of Social Survey”, Sep. 2016-Jan. 2017, Adult Education of Shenzhen University, China
- Course Coordinator for “Modern Marketing”, Sep. 2015-Jan. 2016, Adult Education of Shenzhen University, China
PhD Students
- Luyao Zhu, “Scheduling Heuristics Learning for Dynamic Job Shop Scheduling”, Victoria University of Wellington, Sep. 2024 – present (PhD student, supervised by Dr Fangfang Zhang, Prof Yi Mei, and Prof Mengjie Zhang)
- Zhuoyin Qiao, “Machine Learning for Job Shop Scheduling”, Victoria University of Wellington, Sep. 2024 – present (PhD student, supervised by Dr Fangfang Zhang, Prof Yi Mei, and Prof Mengjie Zhang)
- Yuye Zhang, “Multimodal Learning”, Victoria University of Wellington, Feb. 2024 – present (PhD student, supervised by Dr Fangfang Zhang, Prof Bing Xue, and Prof Mengjie Zhang)
- Shaojin Geng, “Dynamic Optimisation Problem”, Tongji University, Oct. 2023 – Present (Visiting PhD student, supervised with Dr Yi Mei, Dr Fangfang Zhang, and Prof Mengjie Zhang)
- Xinxin Xu, “Large-scale Dynamic Multi-objective Optimization based on Hyper-heuristics Algorithm”, Ocean University of China, Oct. 2023 – Present (Visiting PhD student, supervised with Dr Fangfang Zhang, Dr Yi Mei and Prof Mengjie Zhang)
- Ruiqi Chen, “Job Shop Scheduling, Victoria University of Wellington, Sep. 2023 – Present (PhD student, supervised by Dr Yi Mei, Dr Fangfang Zhang, and Prof Mengjie Zhang)
- Jordan MacLachlan, “Evolutionary Computation for Emergency Dispatch”, Victoria University of Wellington, Oct. 2021 – Present (PhD student, supervised by Dr Yi Mei, Dr Fangfang Zhang, and Prof Mengjie Zhang)
- Zaixing Sun, “Workflow Scheduling”, Harbin Institute of Technology, Apr. 2023 – Apr. 2024 (Visiting PhD student, supervised with Dr Yi Mei, Dr Fangfang Zhang, and Prof Mengjie Zhang)
- Zhixing Huang, “Advanced Linear Genetic Programming and Applications to Dynamic Job Shop Scheduling”, Victoria University of Wellington, Nov. 2020 – Feb. 2024 (PhD student, supervised by Dr Yi Mei, Dr Fangfang Zhang, and Prof Mengjie Zhang)
- Meng Xu, “Advancing Genetic Programming for Learning Scheduling Heuristics”, Victoria University of Wellington, Nov. 2020 – Feb. 2024 (PhD student, supervised by Dr Yi Mei, Dr Fangfang Zhang, and Prof Mengjie Zhang) PhD thesis
Master Students
- Hue Luong, “Machine Learning for King Salmon Health Prediction”, Victoria University of Wellington, Nov. 2023 - Jun. 2024, Master of Artifical Intelligence, supervised by Dr Fangfang Zhang and Prof Bing Xue
- Luyao Zhu, “Genetic programming for Job Shop Scheduling”, Zhengzhou University, Dec. 2021 – Jun. 2024, Master of Electric Engineering, supervised by Dr Fangfang Zhang and Dr Ke Chen
Honours Project Students
- Yuye Zhang, “Machine Learning for King Salmon Health Prediction”, Victoria University of Wellington, Feb. 2022 – Oct 2023, supervised by Dr Fangfang Zhang, Prof Bing Xue and Pro Mengjie Zhang
- Elliott Ramoo, “Genetic programming for Job Shop Scheduling”, Victoria University of Wellington, Feb. 2022 – Oct. 2023, supervised by Dr Fangfang Zhang and Dr Yi Mei
- Timothy McDermott, “Genetic programming for Job Shop Scheduling”, Victoria University of Wellington, Feb. 2022 – Oct. 2023, supervised by Dr Fangfang Zhang and Dr Yi Mei
- Gaofeng Shi, “Genetic programming for Job Shop Scheduling”, Victoria University of Wellington, Feb. 2021 – Oct. 2022, supervised by Dr Fangfang Zhang and Dr Yi Mei
Summer Scholarship Projects
- Elliott Ramoo, “Genetic programming for Job Shop Scheduling”, Victoria University of Wellington, Nov. 2022 – Feb. 2023, supervised by Dr Fangfang Zhang and Dr Yi Mei
- Yuye Zhang, “Machine Learning for King Salmon Health Prediction”, Victoria University of Wellington, Nov. 2022 – Feb. 2023, supervised by Dr Fangfang Zhang, Prof Bing Xue and Pro Mengjie Zhang
- Gaofeng Shi, “Genetic programming for Job Shop Scheduling”, Victoria University of Wellington, Nov. 2021 – Feb. 2022, supervised by Dr Fangfang Zhang and Dr Yi Mei