On April 28, the 19th edition of the China Young Female Scientists Award was staged in Beijing. This prestigious event was jointly organized by the All-China Women’s Federation, the China Association for Science and Technology, the Chinese National Commission for UNESCO, and L’Oréal China. In a significant nod to her exceptional work, Professor ZHAO Chunhui from the College of Control Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, was honored with this esteemed accolade.
“My research focuses on industrial data analysis and applications. I am dedicated to using advanced data analysis techniques to address pain points in the industries and drive its development. The successful application of industrial big data can help companies achieve intelligent and automated production processes, prevent and eliminate production problems, thus enhancing production efficiency,” Professor ZHAO said. “However, industrial big data presents many unique challenges compared to other fields. These bottlenecks need to be addressed, which requires our continuous and in-depth research efforts,” she added.
Her scholarly output is impressive, with over 220 SCI journal papers to her name. As a lead author, she has published three academic monographs and two textbooks related to industrial data analysis and applications. She has also independently taught two online MOOCs on big data, demonstrating her dedication to advancing education. Her innovative work has led to the filing of more than 60 authorized invention patents.
Her scholarly achievements have not gone unnoticed, with more than 10 of her papers being recognized as ESI Highly Cited Papers, including two distinguished as Hot Papers. For two consecutive years, she has been named among the World’s Top 2% Scientists by Stanford University, featuring in both the “Lifetime Scientific Impact Ranking (1960-2023)” and the “Annual Scientific Impact Ranking”.
Her remarkable research has garnered her an array of prestigious awards, including the first prize in the Natural Science Award of the Ministry of Education and the first prize in the Natural Science Award of the Chinese Association of Automation. She has mentored 11 students to win outstanding doctoral and master’s thesis awards. Her pioneering research on heterogeneous causality has earned her the Huawei Spark Award.
In addition to her research and teaching, Prof. ZHAO contributes to the academic community as an editorial board member of several premier domestic and international journals. Her editorial influence extends to top IFAC journals in the field of process control, such as the Journal of Process Control and Control Engineering Practice, the AI-related journal Neurocomputing, and core domestic journals like Control and Decision and Control Engineering.
Since its inception in 2004, the award has been presented to 204 exceptional women in science, highlighting their essential role in advancing scientific inquiry and innovation.
（From ZJU NEWSROOM）