Prof. Yang XU received his Ph.D. from Ecole Centrale de Nantes , France, in 2010. Since 2011, he has joined Peking University and is now associate professor in the Department of Information Management. He is visiting professor in Tsukuba University (Japan) and Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (France). He published over 50 peer-reviewed scientific papers and many of them are published in outstanding SCI/SSCI index journals such as Knowledge-Based Systems, Expert Systems, International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Knowledge Organization, CIRP Annals, etc. He is in charge of several scientific projects of national level, or supported by enterprises such as Tencent. His research interests include industrial engineering, knowledge management, production economics, etc.