Ying Liu

Professor Ying Liu is a Professor and Chair in Intelligent Manufacturing at the School of Engineering, Cardiff University, UK, a position he has held since August 2021. He leads the High-value Manufacturing research group within the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Prior to this, he served as an Assistant Professor at the National University of Singapore (2010–2013) and the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (2006–2010).

• PhD, Innovation in Manufacturing Systems and Technology (IMST), Singapore-MIT Alliance (SMA), National University of Singapore (2006)
• MSc, Singapore-MIT Alliance (SMA), Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
• MEng & BEng, Mechanical Engineering, Chongqing University, China

His research spans engineering informatics, digital and intelligent manufacturing, AI and machine learning in engineering design, and advanced ICT in manufacturing. He has published over 160 scholarly articles and contributed to major journals and conferences in the field. His recent work focuses on knowledge graphs, digital twins, human-robot collaboration, and energy modeling in smart manufacturing, often integrating large language models and advanced deep learning techniques.

The most recent publications highlight a strong trend toward integrating AI, particularly large language models and knowledge graphs, into smart manufacturing systems. Themes include predictive maintenance, battery state estimation, human fatigue modeling, and sustainable manufacturing. His work increasingly emphasizes human-centric approaches aligned with Industry 5.0 principles.

• Best Paper Award 2022, CCF Transactions on Pervasive Computing and Interaction
• ESI Highly Cited Paper and Hot Paper, Research and Application of Machine Learning for Additive Manufacturing
• 2020 Reviewer of the Year, ASME Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering (JCISE)

Professor Liu actively supervises postgraduate students and has advised several successful PhD candidates, including Dr. Chong Chen and Mr. Zhouyang Ding. His research is funded by major agencies such as EPSRC (UK), GRF (Hong Kong), MOE (Singapore), A*STAR, and NSF (China), as well as industrial partners. He serves as Associate Editor for ASME JCISE, IEEE T-ASE, and several other journals, and was recently appointed Senior Editor of the Journal of Engineering Design. He also leads special issues and topical collections on AI in engineering.

He leads the High-value Manufacturing research group at Cardiff University, focusing on digital transformation in manufacturing. His team works on projects involving digital twins, knowledge graphs, and AI-driven design innovation, often in collaboration with international institutions.