蔡小强，男，博士，香港中文大学系统工程及工程管理学系教授。1988年获清华大学系统工程博士学位。曾任教于西澳大利亚大学。担任IIE Transactions on Scheduling and Logistics; Journal of Scheduling; Fuzzy Optimization and Decision Making; Dynamics of Continuous, Discrete and Impulsive Systems (Series B); Journal of Systems Science and Complexity 等学术刊物编委。研究和教学领域：最优调度，网络优化，物流及运输系统管理。曾获IEEE系统、人与控制论学会杰出贡献奖，霍英东青年教师奖。
工作经历:
1. 香港中文大学系统工程及工程管理学系 教授， 2000年至今
2. 香港中文大学系统工程及工程管理学系 系主任, 1996年--2003年
3. 香港中文大学系统工程及工程管理学系 高级讲师，1996年至2000年
4. 西澳大利亚大学数学系 讲师，1991年至1993年
5. 英国贝尔法斯特女皇大学电机及电子工程系 博士后，1990年至1991年
6. 英国剑桥大学管理研究实验室 博士后，1989年至1990年
7. 清华大学国家863计划CIMS工程研究中心 讲师，1988年至1989年
科研项目：
(1) Scheduling with Negotiable Third-Party Machines, RGC专用研究基金, 2002-2005.
(2) Joint R&D Project with Tsinghua University on Chinese Enterprise Internet Operations. Drs Richard Charles and Esther Yewpick Lee 基金, 2002-2005
(3) Internet-based Supply Chain Management Systems, UGC信息技术杰出领域基金(Internet Applications Track), 2001-2004,
(4) Stochastic Scheduling with Preemptive-repeat Machine Breakdowns, RGC专用研究基金, 2001-2004,
(5) Deterministic and Stochastic Scheduling Models for Team-Work Jobs, RGC专用研究基金, 2000-2003,
(6) Earliness/Tardiness Scheduling Subject to Known Due Dates and an Unknown Deadline, RGC专用研究基金, 2000-2003.
(7) A Class of New Time-Varying Network Models with Controllable Flow Departure/Arrival Times, RGC专用研究基金, 1998-2001
(8) Strategic Research in Risk and Optimization, CUHK策略研究计划1998,
(9) New Scheduling Models with Applications to Berth Allocation, RGC专用研究基金, 1997-2000.
(10) An Integrated System for Manpower Planning and Scheduling of Large Scale Service Organizations, 香港工业研究基金 (ITDC), 1994-1997.
撰写论文、专著、教材等：
[1] X. Cai and S. Zhou,"Stochastic Scheduling on Parallel Machines Subject to Random Breakdowns to Minimize Expected Costs for Earliness and Tardy Jobs''. Operations Research. Vol.47, pp. 422-437, May-June 1999.
[2] X. Cai, C.-Y. Lee, and T.L. Wong, "Multi-Processor Task Scheduling to Minimize the Maximum Tardiness and the Total Completion Time", IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation. Vol. 16, pp. 824-830. December 2000.
[3] G.C. Zhang, X. Cai, and C.K. Wong, "On-Line Algorithms for Minimizing Makespan on Batch Processing Machines with Dynamic Job Arrivals'', accepted for publication in Naval Research Logistics.
[4] X. Cai, D. Sha and C.K. Wong, "Time-Varying Minimum Cost Flow Problems'', accepted for publication in European Journal of Operational Research.
[5] X. Cai and S. Zhou, "Asymmetric Earliness and Tardiness Scheduling with Exponential Processing Times on an Unreliable Machine'', accepted for publication in Annals of Operations Research.
[6] C.T. Ng, X. Cai and T.C.E. Cheng,"Probabilistic Analysis of an Asymptotically Optimal Solution for the Completion Time Variance Problem''. Naval Research Logistics. Vol. 46, pp. 373-398, June 1999.
[7] C.L. Li, X. Cai and C.Y. Lee,"Machine Scheduling with Multiple-Job-On-One-Processor Pattern''. IIE Transactions on Scheduling and Logistics. Vol. 30, pp. 433-446, May 1998
[8] X. Cai and T.C.E. Cheng, "Multi-Machine Scheduling with Variance Minimization''. Discrete Applied Mathematics, Vol. 84, pp. 55-70. June 1998.
[9] X. Cai, C.J. Goh and A.I. Mees, "Greedy Heuristics for Rapid Scheduling of Trains on a Single Track''. IIE Transactions on Scheduling and Logistics, Vol. 30, pp. 481-494. May 1998
[10] X. Cai, C.Y. Lee and C.L. Li, "Minimizing Total Flow Time in Two-Processor Task Systems with Prespecified Processor Allocations''. Naval Research Logistics, Vol. 45, pp. 231-242. March 1998.
[11] X. Cai and S. Zhou, "Scheduling Stochastic Jobs with Asymmetric Earliness and Tardiness Penalties''. Naval Research Logistics, Vol. 44, pp. 531-557. Sep. 1997.
[12] X. Cai, T. Kloks and C.K. Wong, "Time-Varying Shortest Path Problems with Constraints''. Networks, Vol. 29, pp. 141-149. 1997.
[13] X. Cai and S. Zhou, "Sequencing Jobs with Random Processing Times to Minimize Weighted Completion Time Variance''. Annals of Operations Research, Vol. 70, pp. 241-260. April 1997.
[14] X. Cai and F.S. Tu, "Scheduling Jobs with Random Processing Times on a Single Machine Subject to Stochastic Breakdowns to Minimize Early-Tardy Penalties''. Naval Research Logistics, Vol. 43, pp. 1127-1146. December 1996.
[15] X. Cai, "Minimization of Agreeably Weighted Variance in Single Machine Systems''. European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 85, pp. 576-592. 1995.
