Hongtao Ren (任宏涛)
Research scholar, IIASA

IIASA staff information

• Advanced software engineering
• Distributed and heterogeneous systems
• Decision support systems
• E-science environments and cloud computing
• Computerized support for knowledge creation
• Information integration
• Integrated modeling environment
• Ontology based data mining

• Research scholar, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA),Austria 4/2007-present
• ICT technologist (part-time), Center of Excellence, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST), Japan 02/2005-10/2006
• DBMS and J2EE teacher (part-time), Dalian Neusoft Institute of Information, China 09/2002-07/2003

• Programming language: Java, C++, PL/SQL, Cypher, sh/csh
• OS:Unix,Linux,Windows
• Application development frameworks:Spring, Struts, AppEng (developed by myself only for internal use)
• DB and DBMS:Oracle, postgreSQL, Neo4j, mySQL
• Semanic web:XML, RDF,JSON
• Web services: axis2, spring-ws, RESTful webservices
• Web-based GUI:HTML5,CSS3,AJAX, Jquery
• Others:Hibernate, NoSQL, Data visualization,Lucene, etc

• Decision Support System Engine for Enrima: Ongoing Europe project under FP7, Energy efficiency and risk management in public buildings.
• Multicriteria analysis tool for New Energy Externalities Development for Sustainability, Europe project under FP6, 66 partners
• Web-based multicriteria analysis (MCA): popular web-based tool for MCA, 198 registered users
• Emission trading simulator: A very easy to use application for exploring optimal carbon emission tradings that depend on various combinations of parties participating in the emission permit market.

• Prototype of soft data mining tool with diverse methods (fuzzy set, rough set, reference point, etc), this tool had been used in Japanese Kutani-ware project
• Prototype of web-based multicriteria model analysis (MCMA): Model-based decision support application
• knowledge-map (incubator): Web-based tool for massive scalable knowledge storing, retrieving and visualization
• smartESE (EU FP7 proposal): Knowledge-driven E-Science Environments for Collaborative Research

• Creative Environments for Scientific Creativity (JAIST COE Project): A integrated system for support JAIST Nanatsudaki Model
• On-line Survey Result Analysis System: Developed a web-based system to evaluate conditions of scientific creativity at JAIST by analyzing complex data sets in a database
• Adaptive Hermeneutic Agent: A web-based system for researchers to gather research materials from website. It is designed to support the Hermeneutic spiral (EAIR)

• A Platform of Experts Evaluation (DUT Project): Developed an integrated environment in Dalian University of Technology for evaluating projects by multiple criteria
• E-bidding System: Developed a web-based system using in Dalian Construction Council Bidding Department for supporting bidding processes. The system supports multi-person cooperation and calculate the results in real time

• [1] Pan Donghua and Ren hongtao, Research on application Server and Assistant Decision-Making in Bidding system，ICSSSE'03 (The Fourth International Conference on Systems Science and Systems Engineering) 2003.11.
• [2] Hongtao Ren, Yoshiteru Nakamori, A Prototype System for Using Structured Document to Support Knowledge Sharing，ICSSSM'05 (2005 International Conference on Services Systems and Services Management) 2005.6.
• [3] Hongtao Ren, Yoshiteru Nakamori, A Network System for Knowledge Sharing in Learning Organization，IFSR2005 (First World Congress of the International Federation for Systems Research) 2005.11.
• [4] Andrzej P. Wierzbicki, Jing Tian, Hongtao Ren, The Use of Reference Profiles and Multiple Criteria Evaluation in Knowledge Acquisition from Large Databases, 4th US-European Workshop on Logistics and Supply Chain Management June 8&9, 2006, University of Hamburg, Germany.

• [5] Hongtao Ren, Jing Tian, Yoshiteru Nakamori, Andrzej P. Wierzbicki, Electronic Support for Knowledge Creation in a Research Institute,KSS’2006,September 22-25,2006,Beijing,China.
• [6] Hongtao Ren, Jing Tian, Yoshiteru Nakamori, Andrzej P. Wierzbicki, Electronic Support for Knowledge Creation in a Research Institute, Journal of Systems Science and Systems Engineering 16 (2), pp. 235-253.
• [7] Jing Tian, Andrzej P. Wierzbicki, Hongtao Ren, and Yoshiteru Nakamori, Testing the Triple Helix Model, the chapter 2 of the Creative Environments Book.
• [8] Adam Wierzbicki, Hongtao Ren, Integrated Support for Scientific Creativity, the chapter 8 of the Creative Environments Book.

• [9] Jing Tian, Andrzej P. Wierzbicki, Hongtao Ren, Yoshiteru Nakamori, A Study of Knowledge Creation Support in Japanese Research Institute, International Journal of Knowledge and Systems Sciences, Volume 3 Number 1, March 2006,pp7-18.
• [10] Makowski M, Granat J, Ren H. User Guide to MCA: Multiple Criteria Analysis of Discrete Alternatives with a Simple Preference Specification. IIASA Interim Report IR-09-022 , December 2009, 56 pp.
• [11] Makowski M, Granat J, Ren H, Schenler W, Hirschberg S. Requirement Analysis and Implementation of Multicriteria Analysis in the NEEDS Project. IIASA Interim Report IR-09-009 , November 2009, 50 pp.
• [12] Ren H, Tian J, Wierzbicki AP, Nakamori Y, Klimasara E (2012). Ontology construction and its applications in local research communities. In: Modeling for Decision Support in Network-Based Services, D Dolk, J Granat (eds), Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany pp.279-317 (January 2012).

• Creative Environments and one Selected Subsystem for Scientific Research
• Symbolic Model Specification Client Examples (Enrima peoject)
• Proposed Architecture of Enrima DSS (Enrima peoject)
• MCA and it's applications
• Implementing Creative Environments for Scientific Research in a Research Institute
• Knowledge discovery and Web3.0 (draft)