She received her degrees of B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in Computer Science from Northeastern University, Shenyang China. Her research interests include intelligent optimization approaches and their applications in manufacturing industry. She has authored more than 20 papers in journals including IEEE T-SMC, IEEE T-ASE, IJPR, C&OR, and several proceedings. She is the secretary general of two professional committees of AI and VR for the Alliance of Emerging Engineering Education of China. She served as a panel member for Manufacturing Informatization of Inner-Mongolia.