Award Feb 2022

RCIM Best Paper Award

Dr. Yuqian Lu has been awarded the 2021 RCIM Best Paper Award for his first-authored article:


"Digital Twin-driven smart manufacturing: Connotation, reference model, applications and research issues"


The Best Paper Award is given each year to the RCIM paper published in the past seven years with the highest number of citations measured in Scopus over the past five years. This is a significant achievement recognising the impact of the group's work on Digital Twin and Smart Manufacturing.

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Dr. Yuqian Lu Nominated as Associate Editor for ICRA 2027

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