Dr. Ding Jingguo is a Professor at State Key Laboratory of Digital Steel at Northeastern University, where he earned his PhD in 2009. His research program focuses on the intelligent modeling and multi-objective optimization of plate and strip rolling processes, theory of plastic processing, intelligent rolling technology, and the numerical simulation and digitalization of material processing. With a strong record of scholarly publication, Dr. Ding has authored or co-authored 46 papers indexed in SCI or EI. He has led or participated in 15 major government-funded projects, including National Key R&D Programs and NSFC grants. Additionally, he has managed 41 industry-university-research collaboration projects. His work has resulted in 32 invention patents and several prestigious awards, including two first-class and four second-class prizes at the provincial/ministerial level. Notably, he was the primary contributor to one of the first-class prizes. In recognition of his scientific contributions, he was honored with the 15th Metallurgical Young Science and Technology Award from the China Metallurgical Society in 2025.