Brief Biography
Chung-Hsing Yeh graduated from
the National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan with a Bachelor of Science
(Engineering) (top grade) and a Master of Management Science (topping the class).
After graduation, he took up a number of appointments in Taiwan's public and
private sectors, including teaching officer at Army Engineering School (military
service), assistant engineer at Nan Ya Plastic Corporation, research fellow at
Transportation Planning Board, and senior operations officer at Yangming Marine
Transport Corporation. He passed Taiwan's national higher examinations in
general management and in water transport management.
He joined Monash University to
undertake research in computer-based production scheduling and completed his
PhD study in record time with the best result possible. His research in the
development of manufacturing management software systems has yielded a number
of key algorithms which incorporate Just-in-Time concepts to achieve practical,
effective production scheduling. He has taken up a number of academic positions
at Monash, including research assistant, tutor, lecturer, senior lecturer, and
associate professor.
His research activities at Monash
have been extended to include consulting services to governments and industries
in Australia, China and Taiwan. In particular, he has appeared in the Federal Court of
Australia as an expert witness for a legal case on software intellectual
property. He has been undertaking
collaborative research projects at the National Cheng Kung University (where he
holds a visiting professor position), funded by the National Science Council
(now Ministry of Science and Technology) of Taiwan. He has published
extensively in the areas of multicriteria decision analysis, applied artificial
intelligence, information processing, operations and production management, and
transport research. He has been a regular reviewer for a number of highly
regarded scholarly journals. He is listed in Marquis Who's Who in the World,
Who's Who in Finance and Industry, and Who's Who in Science and Engineering.