Fugee TSUNG

Phone(852) 23587097
Emailseasonusthk

Room 5546

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Research interests

Industrial engineering - Industrial big data
Industrial engineering - Data Analytics
Industrial engineering - Statistical process control and monitoring
Industrial engineering - Quality engineering and management

Position Held

Associate Director of HKUST-HKPC Joint Research Lab for Industrial AI and Robotics

Biography

Professor Tsung is a globally recognized authority in industrial intelligence and quality engineering, ranked among the top 2% of the world’s most influential scientists (Stanford-Elsevier). A Chair Professor at HKUST, he leads the Quality and Data Analytics Lab (QLab) and the Industrial Informatics and Intelligence Institute (Triple-I). His leadership roles include serving as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Quality Technology (JQT), Head of Industrial Engineering and Decision Analytics, and founding Acting Dean of the Information Hub at HKUST(GZ). A Fellow of ASA, ASQ, IISE, IAQ, APIEMS, and HKIE, he was awarded the 2025 ASQ Shewhart Medal, the highest honor in quality-related theory, methods, and practice, and the 2025 winner of the George L. Smith International Awards for Excellence in Promotion of Industrial Engineering. Prof. Tsung holds a Ph.D. and MSc from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Education/Academic qualification

PhD in Industrial and Operations Engineering, PhD, University of Michigan

1997

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
SDG 13 Climate Action

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1 Active
7 Finished

AI-Driven Industrial Informatics for Advanced Process Control and Monitoring
TSUNG, F. (PI)
Adobe Systems Incorporated
1/09/25 → 31/08/30
Project: Research
Research and industrialization of intelligent ceramic production line management and analysis platform: topic# 2 Information and Control Systems in Industrial loT: Design and Optimization
LAU, V. K. N. (CoI), TSANG, H. K. (PI), TSUNG, F. (CoI) & LI, S. (CoI)
Nanhai People's Government of Foshan
1/07/21 → 30/06/23
Project: Research
Research and industrialization of intelligent ceramic production line management and analysis platform: topic# 1 Multi-stage process monitoring and optimization based on big data analytics and machine learning
XU, G. (CoI), LAI, R. (CoI), LAU, V. K. N. (CoI), TSANG, H. K. (CoI), DU, J. (CoI), TSUNG, F. (PI), LI, S. (CoI), YANG, S. (CoI), WANG, P. (CoI), WANG, W. (CoI), HUANG, Y. (CoI) & LI, Z. (CoI)
Nanhai People's Government of Foshan
1/07/21 → 30/06/23
Project: Research
Profile monitoring and diagnosis using statistical transfer learning techniques
ZHANG, J. (PI) & TSUNG, F. (CoI)
RGC - General Research Fund
1/01/20 → 31/12/22
Project: Research
Trial: A Big Data Trial Scheme for Smart Transportation Crowd Monitoring
CHEN, L. (CoI) & TSUNG, F. (PI)
Innovation and Technology Commission
1/09/19 → 31/08/21
Project: Research

197 Journal Article
45 Conference Paper published in a book
20 Conference Paper
9 Editorial
More

A communication-efficient distributed algorithm for online monitoring in big data systems
Yu, M., Zhao, W. & Tsung, F., 2 Feb 2026, In: IISE Transactions. 18 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal Article › peer-review
Adaptive Multimodal Industrial Fault Diagnosis with Attention-Driven Fusion Boosting Unimodal Performance
Wang, D., Pan, X., Gao, Y., Tsung, F. & Li, F., 28 Jan 2026, In: IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering. 23, p. 4454-4476 3 p., 11366933.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal Article › peer-review
A review of recent efforts in digitalization and application of endangered scripts
Shi, J. Q., Tsung, F. & Zhang, K., 21 Apr 2026, In: npj Heritage Science. 14, 1, 20 p., 268.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

Open Access
Common components or individual ones or between? A partially linked multi-matrix decomposition for joint modeling of multivariate heterogeneous profile data
Mao, R., Wang, K., Zhang, C. & Tsung, F., 31 Mar 2026, In: IISE Transactions. 20 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal Article › peer-review
Convolutional variational autoencoder for real-time monitoring of high-dimensional partially observed ordinal categorical data streams
Fang, Z., Li, W., Tsung, F., Xiang, D. & Yan, X., 15 Jan 2026, In: Journal of Quality Technology. 15 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal Article › peer-review

4 Editorial work
4 Membership of committee
4 Keynote

The 14th International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR 2026) (Event)
TSUNG, F. (Chair)
23 Apr 2026 → 26 Apr 2026
Activity: Membership › Membership of committee
Keynote Speaker, 3rd Workshop on Vision-based Industrial Inspection (VISION'25)
TSUNG, F. (Invited speaker)
19 Oct 2025
Activity: Talk or presentation › Keynote
21st IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, CASE 2025 (Event)
TSUNG, F. (Chair)
Aug 2025
Activity: Membership › Membership of committee
The 16th International Conference on Reliability, Maintainability, and Safety (ICRMS 2025)
TSUNG, F. (Invited speaker)
27 Jul 2025
Activity: Talk or presentation › Keynote
2025 12th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Applications (ICIEA 2025), Seoul, Korea (Event)
TSUNG, F. (Chair)
24 Apr 2025 → 27 Apr 2025
Activity: Membership › Membership of committee

2025 IISE QCRE Best Track Paper Competition, First Place
TSUNG, F. (Recipient), 3 Jun 2025
Prize: Best Paper Award and Prize
EEE CASE 2025 Outstanding WiRA Student Paper Award Finalist
TSUNG, F. (Recipient), Aug 2025
Prize: Best Paper Award and Prize
George L. Smith International Award for Excellence in Promotion of Industrial Engineering Award, IISE
TSUNG, F. (Recipient), 1 Jun 2025
Prize: Honorary Award
IEEE CASE 2025 Best Student Paper Award Finalist
TSUNG, F. (Recipient), Aug 2025
Prize: Best Paper Award and Prize
Shewhart Medal by the American Society for Quality (ASQ)
TSUNG, F. (Recipient), 4 May 2025
Prize: Honorary Award

Prof. Fugee TSUNG

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AI-Driven Industrial Informatics for Advanced Process Control and Monitoring

Research and industrialization of intelligent ceramic production line management and analysis platform: topic# 2 Information and Control Systems in Industrial loT: Design and Optimization

Research and industrialization of intelligent ceramic production line management and analysis platform: topic# 1 Multi-stage process monitoring and optimization based on big data analytics and machine learning

Profile monitoring and diagnosis using statistical transfer learning techniques

Trial: A Big Data Trial Scheme for Smart Transportation Crowd Monitoring

A communication-efficient distributed algorithm for online monitoring in big data systems

Adaptive Multimodal Industrial Fault Diagnosis with Attention-Driven Fusion Boosting Unimodal Performance

A review of recent efforts in digitalization and application of endangered scripts

Common components or individual ones or between? A partially linked multi-matrix decomposition for joint modeling of multivariate heterogeneous profile data

Convolutional variational autoencoder for real-time monitoring of high-dimensional partially observed ordinal categorical data streams

The 14th International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR 2026) (Event)

Keynote Speaker, 3rd Workshop on Vision-based Industrial Inspection (VISION'25)

21st IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, CASE 2025 (Event)

The 16th International Conference on Reliability, Maintainability, and Safety (ICRMS 2025)

2025 12th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Applications (ICIEA 2025), Seoul, Korea (Event)

2025 IISE QCRE Best Track Paper Competition, First Place

EEE CASE 2025 Outstanding WiRA Student Paper Award Finalist

George L. Smith International Award for Excellence in Promotion of Industrial Engineering Award, IISE

IEEE CASE 2025 Best Student Paper Award Finalist

Shewhart Medal by the American Society for Quality (ASQ)

2025-26 Spring - IEDA4960 - Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management Final Year Project

2025-26 Spring - IEDA4920 - Decision Analytics Final Year Project

2025-26 Spring - EEMT6000J - Advanced Quality Technology and Industrial Analytics

2025-26 Fall - IEDA4960 - Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management Final Year Project

2025-26 Fall - IEDA4920 - Decision Analytics Final Year Project

Prof. Fugee TSUNG

Personal profile

Research interests

Position Held

Biography

Related documents

Education/Academic qualification

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years

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