Prof. ShiJianjun was appointed as a guest professor of Institute of Systems Science, AMSS on May, 16, 2008. Prof. Gao Xiaoshan , the director of Institute of Systems Science, chaired the appointment ceremony.
Prof. Guo Lei , the president of AMSS, some other academicians, and many professors and students attended the ceremony. Prof. Chen Hanfu , an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, presented the certificate to Prof.Shi. After the ceremony, Prof.Shi gave a talk entitled as “Fusion of Control Theory, Statistics, and Engineering Knowledge for Quality Improvement” at AMSS.
Prof. Shi is the founding chairperson of the Quality, Statistics and Reliability (QSR) Subdivision at the Institute for Operations Research and Management Science (INFORMS). He also serves as the director of Program in Manufacturing, co-director of Global Automotive and Manufacturing Engineering, and director of Laboratory for In-Process Quality Improvement Research (IPQI) at the University of Michigan. He is also the founding director of the Quality Science Center of AMSS.