[2/14/2026] I was invited to join in the editioral board of Systems (SSCI, IF: 3.1) as an editorial board member.

[1/23/2026] Our paper titled "KRAM: Knowledge-driven robust training against label noise for medication recommendation" was accepted by Expert Systems with Applications (SCI, EI, 2024 IF=7.5).

[1/1/2026] Call For Papers & Abstracts for the Special Session: Artificial Intelligence for Optimization and Decision Making in the 17th FLINS Conference & the 21st ISKE Conference: Machine Learning and Knowledge Engineering for Decision Making (FLINS-ISKE 2026) July 15-19, 2026, Sydney, Australia.

[12/25/2025] Call For Papers & Abstracts for the Stream: Intelligent Group Decision Making and Consensus Process in the 26th International Conference on Group Decision and Negotiation (GDN 2026), Katowice, Poland, June 28 – July 1, 2026.

[12/15/2025] I was invited to deliver a talk entitled "An Incremental Preference Elicitation-Based Approach to Learning Potentially Non-Monotonic Preferences in Multi-Criteria Sorting" at South China Normal University (SCNU).

[12/15/2025] I was invited to deliver a talk entitled "Data-Driven Preference Learning for Multi-Criteria Sorting Considering Criteria Interactions" at Guangzhou University (GZHU).

[12/14/2025] I was invited to deliver a talk entitled "Data-Driven Preference Learning for Multi-Criteria Sorting Considering Criteria Interactions" at Shantou University (STU).

[12/13/2025] I was invited to deliver a talk entitled "Multi-Granularity Granular-Ball Clustering with Its Applications in Low-Altitude Economy" at the First Forum on Low-Altitude Economy and Management, hosted by Shandong University (SDU), Weihai.

[12/7/2025] I was invited to deliver a talk entitled "An Optimization-Driven Framework for Persuader Selection in Social Networks with Opinion Evolution" at University of Shanghai for Science and Technology (USST).

[12/6/2025] I was invited to deliver a talk entitled "An Incremental Preference Elicitation-Based Approach to Learning Potentially Non-Monotonic Preferences in Multi-Criteria Sorting" at the 2nd Symposium on Digital Decision-Making, hosted by Shanghai University (SHU).

[11/21/2025] Our paper titled "Integrating machine learning models to learn potentially non-monotonic preferences for multi-criteria sorting from large-scale assignment examples" has been selected as one of the recipients of the 2025 Best Paper Award.

[11/13/2025] Congratulations to Zhuolin Li on successfully completing her Ph.D. thesis defense.

[11/10/2025] I was invited to deliver a talk entitled "Data-Driven Preference Learning for Multi-Criteria Sorting Considering Criteria Interactions" at Zhejiang Gongshang University (ZJSU).

[11/10/2025] I was invited to deliver a talk entitled "Non-Monotonic Preference Learning for Multi-Criteria Sorting" at the Second Forum on Intelligent Management, hosted by Shanghai University of Finance and Economics Zhejiang College (SHUFE-ZJ).

[11/7/2025] I was invited to deliver a talk entitled "An Optimization-Driven Framework for Persuader Selection in Social Networks with Opinion Evolution" at Shanghai Maritime University (SHMTU).

[11/1/2025] I was invited to deliver a talk entitled "Data-Driven Preference Learning for Multi-Criteria Sorting Considering Criteria Interactions" at the Forum on Game Theory and Intelligent Decision Making, hosted by Northwestern Polytechnical University (NWPU).

[10/31/2025] I was invited to deliver a talk entitled "Data-Driven Preference Learning for Multi-Criteria Sorting Considering Criteria Interactions" at Xidian University (XDU).

[10/31/2025] I was invited to deliver a talk entitled "Data-Driven Preference Learning for Multi-Criteria Sorting Considering Criteria Interactions" at Xi'an University of Technology (XAUT).

[8/28/2025] A new paper was accepted by Annals of Operations Research. (SCI, IF: 4.5).

[8/17/2025] I was invited to deliver a talk entitled "Data-Driven Preference Learning for Multi-Criteria Sorting Considering Criteria Interactions" at the 27th Chinese Conference on Management Sciences, Harbin.

[8/10/2025] A new paper was accepted by IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems (SCI, IF: 8.7).

[8/1/2025] A new paper was accepted by Chinese Journal of Management Science (FMS T1).

[7/8/2025] I will serve as an editor for the newly launched book series by Springer Nature, entitled "Artificial Intelligence and Decision Making."

[6/17/2025] A new paper was accepted by Information Fusion (SCI, IF: 14.8).

[5/29/2025] I was awarded the Springer Nature Editor of Distinction Award 2025 — Author Service Award.

[5/10/2025] I was invited to deliver a talk entitled "An Incremental Preference Elicitation-Based Approach to Learning Potentially Non-Monotonic Preferences in Multi-Criteria Sorting" at the Sixth Annual Conference of Intelligent Decision Making and Game Branch, CSOOPEM, Hefei.

[5/9/2025] I was invited to deliver a talk entitled "Modeling Personalized Individual Semantics in Multi-Criteria Decision Making" at Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology (NUIST).

[4/18/2025] A new paper was accepted by Information Sciences (SCI, IF: 8.1).

[3/10/2025] A new paper was accepted by Information Fusion (SCI, IF: 14.8).

[1/23/2025] A new paper was accepted by IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics (SCI, IF: 9.4, ABS 3).

[12/30/2024] A new paper was accepted by Information Fusion (SCI, IF: 14.8).

[11/28/2024] A new paper was accepted by European Journal of Operational Research (SCI, IF: 6.0, ABS 4).

[11/16/2024] A new paper was accepted by Computers & Operations Research (SCI, IF: 4.1).

[11/1/2025] I was invited to deliver an online talk entitled "Group Consensus and Preference Learning for Multi-Criteria Sorting" at China University of Mining and Technology (CUMT).

[10/28/2025] I was invited to deliver a talk entitled "Group Consensus and Preference Learning for Multi-Criteria Sorting" at Jiangsu University of Science and Technology (JUST).

[10/20/2025] I was invited to deliver a talk entitled "Group Consensus and Preference Learning for Multi-Criteria Sorting" at Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (NUAA).

[10/19/2025] I was invited to deliver a talk entitled "Modeling Personalized Individual Semantics in Linguistic Decision Making Problems" at Nanjing Tech Univesity (NJTU).

[10/18/2025] I was invited to deliver a talk entitled "Group Consensus and Preference Learning for Multi-Criteria Sorting" at Anhui University of Technology (AHUT).

[10/18/2024] A new paper was accepted by Omega: The International Journal of Management Science (SCI, IF: 6.7).

[10/15/2025] I was invited to deliver an online talk entitled "Modeling Personalized Individual Semantics in Linguistic Decision Making" at Taiyuan Normal University (TYNU).

[9/30/2024] a new paper was accepted by IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems (SCI, IF: 8.6).

[9/24/2024] I will be a guest editor for the special issue "AI-supported Decision Making and Recommender Systems" on Applied Sciences Journal (SCI, IF: 2.5).

[9/1/2024] A new project was granted by the Natural Science Foundation of Liaoning Province.

[8/10/2025] I was invited to deliver an online talk entitled "Modeling Personalized Individual Semantics in Linguistic Decision Making" at the First Chinese Conference on Artificial Intelligence Logic and the 4th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Logic and Applications, Lanzhou.

[7/24/2024] I was invited to join in the editorial board of International Journal of Computational Intelligence Systems (SCI, IF: 2.5) as an Area Editor.

[4/29/2024] A monograph entitled "Modeling Complex Linguistic Information to Support Group Decision Making Under Uncertainty" will be published by Springer Nature.

[4/23/2024] A paper was accepted by Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence (2022 IF: 8).

[3/8/2024] A paper was accepted by IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems (2022 IF: 11.9).

[1/24/2024] I joined in the editorial review board of IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management (ABS 3, FMS-A, SCI/SSCI, IF: 5.8).

[12/19/2023] I was selected as an outstanding reviewer of Journal of the Operational Research Society for the second time.

[12/4/2023] I was invited to deliver a talk entitled "Modeling consensus in multi-criteria sorting problems under group decision making settings: A minimum-adjustment perspective" at University of Shanghai for Science and Technology (USST).

[11/16/2023] I was invited to join in the editorial board of Group Decision & Negotiation as an Associate Editor from 1 January 2024.

[10/11/2023] I was elevated to be a senior member of IEEE.

[8/24/2023] a new research project was granted by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC).

[7/11/2023] I was invited to deliver a talk entitled "Modeling consensus in multi-criteria sorting problems under group decision making settings: A minimum-adjustment perspective" at Shanghai Maritime University (SHMTU).

[7/10/2023] I was invited to join in the editorial board of Information Fusion Journal (2022 IF: 18.6).

4/26/2023] A paper was accepted by Information Fusion (2022 IF: 18.6).

[4/7/2023] I was invited to deliver a talk entitled "Threshold-based value-driven method to support consensus reaching in multicriteria group sorting problems: A minimum adjustment perspective" at Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology (NUIST).

[3/21/2023] I was invited to deliver a talk entitled "Threshold-based value-driven method to support consensus reaching in multicriteria group sorting problems: A minimum adjustment perspective" at Wuhan University of Information Science and Technology (WHU).

[2/26/2023] A paper was accepted by Journal of the Operational Research Society (2022 IF: 3.6).

[2/24/2023] A paper was accepted by IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems (2022 IF: 5).

[1/29/2023] A paper was accepted by Systems Journal (2022 IF: 1.9).

[1/23/2023] A paper was accepted by Applied Intelligence (2022 IF: 5.3).

[1/19/2023] I was selected as an excellent reviewer for Journal of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, an FMS-T1 journal.

[12/20/2022] I was selected as an outstanding reviewer for Journal of the Operational Research Society.

[11/28/2022] I will organize a special issue entitled "Preference and Consensus Modeling in Group Decision Making under Complex Contexts" in Systems (SSCI, IF: 2.895) with Prof. Jian Wu, Prof. Hengjie Zhang and Dr. Wenyu Yu.

[11/11/2022] I will organize a special issue entitled "New Trends in Intelligent Group Decision Making and Consensus Modelling (IGDM-CM)" in Group Decision and Negotiation (SSCI, IF: 2.928) with Prof. Franciso Chiclana, Prof. Yucheng Dong, Prof. Enrique Herrera-Viedma and Dr. Congcong Li.

[10/28/2022] I was invited to deliver a talk entitled "Managing personalized individual semantics and non-cooperative behaviors in social network group decision making" at the First Symposium on Complex Management Systems hosted by Tianjin University.

[9/6/2022] A paper was accepted by Annals of Operations Research (SCI, 2022 IF: 4.8).

[8/24/2022] A paper was accepted by Group Decision and Negotiation (SSCI, 2022 IF: 3.o).

[4/21/2022] I was invited to deliver a talk entitled "Modeling consensus in linguistic group decision making: A personalized individual semantics-based perspective" at Anhui University.