Presentation title: Prediction and Control of Surface Fluctuation in Slab Continuous Casting Mold Based on AI and Metallurgical Big Data 

Dr. Miaoyong ZHU born in 1965, is currently professor, the chairman of the academic committee and the director of advanced continuous casting research center, at the School of Metallurgy, Northeastern University (NEU), China. He is also the deputy director of the steelmaking committee and continuous casting committee, the Chinese Society for Metals. He was awarded the Changjiang Scholars Distinguished Professor by the Ministry of Education, China in 2012.

Dr. Zhu received the B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Ferrous Metallurgy from Northeastern University, China in 1988, 1991, and 1994, respectively, and was promoted as Associate Professor and Full Professor at NEU in 1995 and 1999, respectively.

He has conducted research primarily in the fields of steelmaking and continuous casting with emphasis on the removal of nonmetallic inclusions in steel and solidification control during continuous casting.

Dr. Zhu made co-authored 152 patents and over 500 scientific papers and edited 12 books. Dr. Zhu is the winner of National Outstanding Young Scientists Foundation, China and also won Wei Shoukun Science Technology and Education Prize for Young Metallurgist in 2012, and the National Award for Science and Technology Progress in 2021.