Yang Liu received his M.Sc. (Tech.) degree in telecommunication engineering and D.Sc. (Tech.) degree in industrial management from the University of Vaasa, Finland, in 2005 and 2010, respectively.
He is currently a tenured Senior Associate Professor with the Department of Management and Engineering, Linköping University, Sweden and an Adjunct Professor with the Industrial Engineering and Management, University of Oulu, Finland. He has been an Adjunct/Visiting Professor at multiple other universities.
His research interests include sustainable smart manufacturing, product service innovation, decision support system, competitive advantage, control systems, autonomous robots, signal processing, and pattern recognition.
Prof. Liu has authored or co-authored over 120 Web of Science publications. He is ranked No.1 among the top authors on “big data analytics in manufacturing” and "Industry 4.0‑driven operations and supply chains for the circular economy", and among the top 1% of scientists in Engineering and Technology as well as Stanford-Elsevier list of the world's top 2% scientists. His publications have appeared in multiple distinguished journals, and some ranked in the top 0.1% ESI Hot Papers and the top 1% ESI Highly Cited Papers.
He serves as the Co-Editor-in-Chief of Cleaner Engineering and Technology, Associate Editor of the prestigious Journal of Cleaner Production and Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, and Editor or Guest Editor in several other renowned journals. He also serves as a reviewer in over 80 Web of Science journals with the Top Reviewer reward for Decision Sciences and an expert evaluator for international grants.
