On the morning of July 3, the Office of Humanities and Social Sciences Development, together with the School of Economics and Management (SEM) of China University of Petroleum (East China), hosted the 76th Youth Scholar Forum on Humanities and Social Sciences in Room 580, Wenli Building. The forum was themed “Research on Project Scheduling in the Era of the Sharing Economy” and featured academic presentations by Associate Professor Hu Xuejun (School of Business Administration, Hunan University) and Associate Professor Wang Jianjiang (College of Systems Engineering, National University of Defense Technology). The session was chaired by Associate Professor Ma Zhiqiang of SEM, with guidance from Ms. Zhang Ningshan of the Office of Humanities and Social Sciences Development. Faculty members He Lihua and Li Songrui, along with master’s and doctoral students, participated both onsite and via Tencent Meeting.
Associate Professor Hu Xuejun shared his latest research on multi-project resource sharing and scheduling. He presented a two-level optimization model combining resource planning and task scheduling, supported by intelligent optimization algorithms. His talk highlighted applications of “macro modes” and “resource blocks” in multi-project resource sharing and provided methodological suggestions for conducting literature reviews and writing introductions.
Associate Professor Wang Jianjiang presented his team’s research on satellite resource sharing and task scheduling, focusing on variants of the team orienteering problem (TOP). He introduced two mixed-integer linear programming (MILP) models and a branch-price-and-cut (BPC) algorithm, demonstrating the effectiveness of the approach through comparative analysis. He emphasized that meaningful research requires genuine innovation in models and algorithms and adaptability across application scenarios.
Associate Professor Ma Zhiqiang also introduced progress in his research on joint optimization of time-shared resources and robust project scheduling, covering robustness evaluation, proactive and reactive scheduling approaches, and related developments.
In the discussion session, participants exchanged views on topics including multi-project resource sharing, satellite task scheduling, and robust scheduling optimization. The forum concluded successfully with a lively academic atmosphere and fruitful exchanges.
About the Speakers
Hu Xuejun, Associate Professor, School of Business Administration, Hunan University; PhD supervisor; Director of the Department of Organizational Innovation and Strategy. He is a “Yuelu Scholar” and recipient of the Hunan Outstanding Youth Science Foundation. His research focuses on project management, operations decision-making, and optimization. He has published over 30 papers (24 as first or corresponding author), authored three books, and holds five national patents. He serves on multiple professional committees in operations research and project management.
Wang Jianjiang, Associate Professor, Key Laboratory of Information Systems Engineering, National University of Defense Technology. His research focuses on operations optimization, aerospace mission planning and scheduling, and robust project scheduling. He has published 42 papers in leading journals such as EJOR, COR, IJPR, IEEE TPDS, TRC, and TAES, authored four monographs, and holds seven national patents. He has received the Hunan Provincial Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award and the Second Prize of Hunan Natural Science. He is actively involved in several national academic associations and serves as a reviewer for top journals in operations research and management.
