生日：1957年10月22日

  小学：重庆万州太白岩小学

  中学：重庆万州第二中学

  大学：重庆大学机械系77级

  研究生：成都科技大学金属材料系，硕士，1984年

  华盛顿州立大学土木工程系，硕士（交通管理），1987年

  弗罗里达大学决策及信息科学系，信息管理系统博士，1992年

  工作经历：

  成都科技大学金属材料系讲师，1984-1885

  美国：Concord 大学，助理教授，1992-1994

  阿肯色大学，助理教授，副教授，1995-1999

  路易斯安娜理工大学，助理教授，2000-2006

  赛伦牧州立大学，助理教授，副教授，终身教授，2007-2014

  教学：信息系统原理，数据网络，网络安全，数据库管理，项目管理，生产运营，建模及仿真。

  科研：神经元网络，创新扩散，粒子群优化算法，网络安全，信息系统管理决策，基于代理的建模及仿真。

  2014年7月25日，成都。

  盛夏的蓉城，阳光纯净，一如记者眼前的采访对象——美国赛伦牧州立大学终身教授汤在勇，条纹Ｔ恤，黑色布裤，休闲、明快、清爽。

  1957年10月出生在重庆万州，1977年文革后恢复高考第一年考上重庆大学，研读机械工程，获学士学位；1984年，考入成都科技大学金属材料系，获硕士学位；1992年，就读美国佛罗里达大学决策信息科学系，获博士学位……

  循迹汤在勇求学之路，从铸造、材料、信息科学、管理——活脱脱一个“理工男”的典型形象。

  “冰心偶一暖，热血为谁寒”，“因怜故人远，不叫野径荒”……

  若不是得到汤在勇教授亲口证实，实难将这些意境优美诗句的作者与其经济学者的身份画上等号。

  母亲是万州重点中学老师，出身书香的汤在勇自幼喜欢读书，尤其偏爱唐诗宋词，平时讲学闲暇之余，最爱的就是舞文弄墨，感怀下笔。与多数“理工男”相比，汤在勇显然有着更丰富也更敏锐的情绪。

  左边科学，右边诗歌——“理工男”与浪漫诗人，现代与古典，就这样在汤在勇身上融洽地交汇，没有丝毫违和感。

  我们采访的话题就从“理工男”的浪漫情怀开始聊起。

  从小就爱捣鼓

  古人说，“三岁看小，七岁看老”。汤在勇的浪漫DNA或许在小时候的爱捣鼓、喜欢创新中就已开始显山露水。

  儿时的汤在勇喜欢仿生学、飞行器，对新生事物兴趣浓厚，从小就爱捣鼓点什么。

  上 世纪70年代初，姐弟仨一人养了一只小母鸡，希望下了蛋能改善改善生活。可养了3个月，小母鸡还没下蛋，汤在勇有些心急了，就开始琢磨“大人有时生小孩不 顺利就会打催产针，小鸡下不了蛋是不是也该打一针呢？”于是，汤在勇就给小母鸡打了一针催产针，没两天，小母鸡果真生了——生下一只软壳蛋。

  喜 欢捣鼓的事不只一例。汤在勇的太太向明秋给我们讲了他小时候另一件糗事。汤在勇从小就喜欢小动物，有一天突发奇想，想养个老鼠当宠物。他在院子里挖了一个 洞，面上盖上一块玻璃，然后将抓来的小老鼠放在洞里，美滋滋地想，“小老鼠的一举一动都在我掌控里了，天天都可以观察到”。结果有一天去看，汤在勇傻了 眼，洞里小老鼠没了踪影，旁边有一个小洞——老鼠居然会打洞，溜了。

  学霸之路

  人生就是一个追求梦想的过程。在不同的阶段，可能会有不同的梦想，但追求贯穿始终。

  翻看汤在勇的学历，1982年，重庆大学机械工程学士；1984年，成都科技大学金属材料硕士；从学士到硕士，汤在勇只用了不到两年的时间。用现在时髦的话说，简直就是犀利“学霸”一枚。

  “我 喜欢读书，也很珍惜来之不易的学习机会。”作为高考恢复第一年就圆了大学梦的幸运儿，汤在勇在校的时间几乎都花在了学习上。“三点一线”是他大学生活的轨 迹，还常常因为熬夜读书错过了宿舍关门时间，翻墙便成了家常便饭。回忆当年翻墙那一幕，汤在勇笑称自己当年“是冒生命之险在读书”。

  上世纪90年代初，机遇再次垂青汤在勇，有一个出国的名额给了他，专业是交通管理。

  去还是不去？

  从所学专业来讲，喜欢文学的汤在勇并不喜欢交通管理，但出国可以看看外面的世界是什么样，这对喜欢新生事物的汤在勇来说，选择就没有那么纠结了，“出国留学最初的想法很简单，就是想开开眼界。”

  学 霸不仅学习能力强，适应能力也超强。到美国没几个月，汤在勇便适应了美国生活。适应了生活，便学会融入，在融入了解中，汤在勇发现计算机很有潜力，便转系 学习决策信息科学，而当时在国内，计算机都是稀罕物，决策科学更是少闻。“这是一个方向，学成之后今后在国内一定会排上用场”。善于学习的汤在勇在转学决 策科学后，很快在系里脱颖而出，同年就升为助理教授。而后决策科学在国内蓬勃兴起，也充分证明了汤在勇当时的眼光极具前瞻性。

  “百年不改少年心”

  “黄花到白头，犹发少年狂”，这是汤在勇描绘蒲公英的诗句。

  在太太向明秋心里，汤在勇就是“百年不改少年心，永远拥有一颗童心”的人。

  “外表沉稳，内心火热，充满激情，崇尚‘实干’。”这是向明秋对丈夫的评价。

  在赛伦牧州立大学，凡是认识汤在勇的人，不是叫他汤教授，而是叫“汤哥”，不仅老师这样叫，学生们也都这样叫。“他对人永远都是乐呵呵的样子，一点架子也没有”。

  虽然已在美国生活了28年，但汤在勇却依然拥有一副“中国胃”，每年的圣诞节，入乡随俗，家里都会装扮一棵圣诞树，但大餐的准备却是包饺子、汤圆。

  汤在勇现在是赛伦牧州立大学决策科学系的系主任，就这一外人梦寐以求的职位，在汤在勇那里却成为一“负担”——不喜欢做行政，只喜欢研究学术。就这一怪脾气，却颇受学校领导欣赏，称其为“沉静的领导”，还非要其当不可。

  当上了系主任，崇尚实干的他免了不必要的会议，有事直接找联系人，或者通过邮件联系，“不求形式，只要结果”。

  汤在勇平时除了教学，还喜欢旅游，特别喜欢自驾游。他喜欢驾驶时那种自由驰骋、无拘无束的感觉。以至于周末几家人出游，说好轮流开车，最后的情况是他一个人将车开到目的地。

  说 起开车，汤在勇对第一次开车上高速记忆深刻，那是他到美国几年后的事。他在美国的朋友有一辆越野车要扔掉，但在美国，处理旧车是一件比较麻烦的事，汤在勇 那时正好在学开车，于是便要了那车以练手。接车那天，距他开始学车仅有几个月。从西海岸开到东海岸，横穿整个美国，足足开了一个礼拜。现在回忆起那段经历 感受，汤在勇直呼“过瘾啊”。

  游子乡愁

  乡愁是心中珍藏的酒，离乡越久，味道越醇厚；

  乡愁是无以回报的忐忑，是坚定不移的归心和眷恋。

  ……

  这是汤在勇常常吟诵的诗句。

  “报效祖国”更是汤在勇时刻萦绕在心的一个情结。

  浓浓的思乡情后面，母亲带给汤在勇的影响很大。

  在 汤在勇印象中，母亲勤勤恳恳、任劳任怨、传知育人、低调做人，树立了一个真正的蜡烛形象。“母亲无微不至地照料我们的生活，同时也努力培养我们的道德情 操。她身体力行，言传身教，让我们从小就懂得了勤俭节约、诚实守信、嫉恶如仇、知恩图报，懂得了做人的道理。特别是我，长期居留海外，难尽孝道，她不但毫 无怨言，反而以自古忠孝不能两全来开导我们，教育我们安心学习工作，不忘祖国和人民，争取对国家作出贡献。正是她的教育和影响，我多年来坚持经常回国讲 学，做学术报告，把国外的最新信息和成果带回国内，帮助祖国发展和强盛。”

  近年来，随着中国开放力度进一步加大，许多国外先进的科技和理念引进了国内，决策科学在国内掀起了热潮。但国内水平与国外先进水平相比，差距在30-40年以上，这让汤在勇看到了报效祖国的希望。

  什么是决策科学？

  对 于个人，理同“男怕入错行，女怕嫁错郎”；对于企业，决策失误则有可能“一失足造成千古恨”，带来灭顶之灾。由此而言，拥有科学决策能力不仅事关个人前 途，更是企业的生存之本、制胜之道、力量之源。“决策科学范围很广，大到国家战略制定，小到个人选择取舍，不同的选择，结果不一，需要科学性、方法论，国 内重点大学一般都设置了，是一热点”。汤在勇说，作为时下“高端大气上档次”的时髦词汇，“大数据”在不同领域总是被不断提及，其背后，展示的就是决策科 学。

  具体怎么讲？

  作为终身教授，汤在勇解释说，数据挖掘是分析数据，并从中寻找趋势、规律或者结果。“数据挖掘可以 用来预测未来、发现过去的规律，可以把数据按照你的需要归纳成不同的组，可以展示活动和事件的先后顺序。大数据带来的变革，是从因果关系进化到并联关系分 析。”汤在勇举例说，假如女儿怀孕了，而父亲在不知情的情况下，可通过女儿近期购物情况的数据便可分析得出。

  对于中国决策科学这项学科而言，有着近30年海外求学、从教经历，又常回国的汤在勇既身在其中，又是“局外人”，用这种视角关注打量中国的发展，更能客观、清晰看到中西的差异和碰撞，这愈发促使汤在勇萌生了“智力回流、报效祖国”，回国讲学的念头。

  “落叶归根是每一个海外游子心中的梦。无论走多远，游子的‘根’永远在中国，永远不会忘记所生所长的这块土地。”

  主要学术成果：

  出版著作：《信息技术支撑下的战略管理：增加组织的回报》

  Bruce A. Walters and Zaiyong Tang, editors. 2006. IT-Enabled Strategic Management: Increasing Returns for the Organization. Idea Group Publishing: Hershey, PA.

  学报论文：

  Bagchi, Kallol , Peeter Kirs, and Zaiyong Tang. 2012. The Demise of Novell Netware-Did Perceptions Related to Network Administration Play a Role Information Systems Management. 29(1), pp. 26-39.

  Tang, Zaiyong. 2011. Improving Direct Marketing Profitability with Neural Networks, International Journal of Computer Applications. 29(2), pp. 13-18.

  Tang, Zaiyong and Kallol Bagchi. 2010, Globally Convergent Particle Swarm Optimization via Branch-and-Bound, Computer and Information Science. 3(4), pp. 60-71.

  Tang, Zaiyong, Kallol Bagchi and Anurag Jain, 2009, Explorative assessment of Internet hacking: An agent based modeling approach, Journal of Information Privacy and Security. 5(2), pp. 42-64.

  Bagchi, Kallol, Peeter Kris, and Zaiyong Tang, 2009. The Use of a Flexible Diffusion Model for Forecasting National-level Mobile Telephone and Internet Diffusion, in Advances in Business Management Forecasting, Volume 6. Editors Kenneth D. Lawrence and Ronald Klimberg, Emerald Publishing, pp. 93-107.

  Pullis, Joe M., Zaiyong Tang, James A. Calloway, and Gene H. Johnson. 2007. Networking Technologies for Proactive Learning in the Business Communication Class. The Balance Sheet, November/December.

  Sivaramakrishnan, Subbu, Fang Wan, and Zaiyong Tang. 2007. Giving an e-Human Touch to E-tailing: The Moderating Roles of Static Information Quantity and Consumption Motive in the Effectiveness of an Anthropomorphic Information Agent, Journal of Interactive Marketing. 21(1), pp 60-75.

  Bagchi, K. Kallol and Zaiyong Tang. 2005. Network Size, Deterrence Effects, and Internet Attack Incident Growth. Journal of Information Technology Theory and Application, 6(3), 117-137.

  Bagchi, K. Kallol, Karl Putnam, and Zaiyong Tang. 2004. Global IT Expenditure Growth: An Empirical Investigation Across Some Developing Nations. The Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries. 1 19, 1-19.

  Hsu, Maxwell, James J. Jiang, Gary Klein, and Zaiyong Tang, 2003. Perceived Career Properties and Intent to Leave, Information & Management. 40. pp. 361-369.

  Means, Thomas L, Pullis, Joe M., Tang, Zaiyong, and Wibker, Elizabeth A. 2003. Unmasking Listening Differences and Delivery Differences by Gender among Senders and Receivers of Five Types of Communication in the Collegiate Classroom, NABTE REVIEW, 30. pp. 53-58.

  Tang, Zaiyong and Gary J. Koehler, 1994, Deterministic Global Optimal Feedforward Neural Network Training Algorithms, Neural Networks, Vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 301-311.

  Tang, Zaiyong and Paul A. Fishwick, 1993, Feedforward Neural Networks as Models for Time Series Forecasting. ORSA Journal on Computing, Vol. 5, No. 4, pp. 374-386.

  Tang, Zaiyong, Chrys de Almeida and Paul Fishwick, 1991, Time Series Forecasting using Neural Networks vs. Box Jenkins Methodology, Simulation, Vol. 57, No. 5, pp. 303 310.

  Tang, Zaiyong and Changhu Tian, 1986, Study of Dry Sliding Wear of V Ti Nodular Cast Iron, Modern Casting (in Chinese), No. 1, pp. 22-33.

  书籍章节

  Pan, Youqin and Zaiyong Tang, 2014, Intelligent Agent Technology in Supply Chains, Encyclopedia of Business Analytics and Optimization, Editor: John Wang, IGI Global.

  Tang, Zaiyong, Xiaoyu Huang, and Kallol Bagchi 2009. Agent-based Modeling of Intelligent Systems, in Encyclopedia of Artificial Intelligence. Editors Juan R. Rabu?al, Julian Dorado, and Alejandro Pazos, Idea Group Publishing: Hershey, PA. pp. 51-57

  Tang, Zaiyong and Kallol Bagchi, 2007, Intelligent Agent Supported Enterprise Information Portal, in Encyclopedia of Portal Technology and Applications. Editor Arthur Tatnall, Idea Group Publishing: Hershey, PA. pp. 501- 506.

  Tang, Zaiyong and Bruce A. Walters, 2006, " The Interplay of Strategic Management and Information Technology,” in IT-Enabled Strategic Management: Increasing Returns for the Organization. Editors Bruce A. Walters and Zaiyong Tang, Idea Group Publishing: Hershey, PA. pp. 1-15.

  Tang, Zaiyong and Subramanian Sivaramakrishnan, 2005, "Agent-based Intelligence Infrastructure,” in Encyclopedia of Information Technology IV. Editor Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, Idea Group Publishing: Hershey, PA. pp. 81-87.

  Tang, Zaiyong, Bruce A. Walters, and Xiangyun Zeng, 2004, "A framework of intelligence infrastructure supported by intelligent agents,” in Intelligent Enterprises for the 21st Century. Editors Jatinder N. D. Gupta and Sushil K. Sharma, Idea Group Publishing: Hershey, PA. pp. 122-139.

  Tang, Zaiyong and Subbu Sivaramakrishnan, 2001, "E-commerce diffusion facilitated by intelligent agents,” in E-Commerce Diffusion: Strategies and Challenges. Editors Mohini Singh and Teo Thompson, Heidelberg Press, Australia. pp. 79-93.

  国际会议录：

  Zaiyong Tang and an, Youqin, 2014, Agent-based Supply Chain Management Modeling and Simulation，IEEE International Conference on Information and Automation, Hulun Bair, Inner Mongolia, China, July 26-31.

  Pan, Youqin and Zaiyong Tang, 2014, Ensemble methods in bank direct marketing. In Proceedings of The 11th International Conference on Service Systems and Service Management (ICSSSM), Beijing, China.

  Tang, Zaiyong, Kallol Bagchi, Youqin Pan, Gary J. Koehler. 2012. Pruning Feedforward Neural Network Search Space Using Local Lipschitz Constants, International Symposium on Neural Networks 2012, Shenyang, China. Lecture Notes on Computer Science, Springer. Volume I, pp. 11-20.

  Bagchi, Kallol , Zaiyong Tang, and Somnath Mukhpadhyay. 2010. What Differentiates Attitude Towards Technology Among Technology-averse and Technology-oriented People? In Proceedings of Decision Sciences Institute Conference, San Diego, CA, November 20-23.

  Tang, Zaiyong, Kallol Bagchi,and Anurag Jain. 2009. Exploring Internet Hacking with Agent-based Modeling, in Proceedings of Decision Sciences Institute Conference, New Orleans, LA, November 14-17, pp. 4051-4056.

  Bagchi, Kallol, Peeter Kirs, and Zaiyong Tang, 2009. The Roles of Security, Productivity and Sharing in the Adoption of Local Area Network Management Software, in Proceedings of International Decision Sciences Institute Conference, Nancy, France, on June 24-27, 2009, pp. 595-600.

  Tang, Zaiyong and James (Jian) Gu, 2008. The Co-evolution of Global Business Strategy and Information Technology. In Proceedings of the 9th Annual Global Information Technology Management Association (GITMA) World Conference, Atlanta, GA.

  Tang, Zaiyong and Anurag Jain, 2008. Modeling Internet Hacking with Agent-Based Systems. In Proceedings of the 9th Annual Global Information Technology Management Association (GITMA) World Conference, Atlanta, GA.

  Bagchi, Kallol, Peeter Kirs, and Zaiyong Tang, 2006. The Influence of Globalization and Culture on ICT Expenditures, in Proceedings of Decision Science Institute Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX. pp. 28261-28266.

  Tang, Z. Leung, C., and Bagchi, K. (2006). Improving Population Estimation with Neural Network Models, In Proceedings of ISNN 2006, ISNN (2) 2006: 1181-1186, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 3973, Springer, ISBN 3-540-34482-9.

  Sivaramakrishnan, Subbu, Fang Wan, and Zaiyong Tang, 2005. Giving an "e-Human Touch" to e-Retailing: The Moderating Role of Purchasing Goal in the Effectiveness of a Virtual Salesperson, in Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Electronic Commerce, Xian, P.R. China, August 15-17, 2005.

  Tang, Zaiyong, Subbu Sivaramakrishnan, Kallol Bagchi, 2004, An Experimental Study of Online Shopping Assisted by Intelligent Information Agents, in Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Electronic Commerce Research, Dallas, TX. pp. 360-367.

  Bagchi, Kallol, K. Putnam and Zaiyong Tang, 2004, Global IT Expenditure Growth: An Empirical Investigation across Nations, in Proceedings of Americas Conference on Information Systems, New York, NY.

  Tang, Zaiyong and Subbu Sivaramakrishnan, 2003, Creating an intelligence infrastructure for intelligent organizations, in Proceedings of Americas Conference on Information Systems, Tampa, FL.

  Tang, Zaiyong, Xiangyun Zeng, and Caroline Leung, 2003, Nonlinear Optimization through Multiple Particle Swarms, in Proceedings of the Decision Science Institute (DSI) International Conference, Shanghai, China.

  Tang, Zaiyong, Thomas L. Means, and Xiangyun Zeng, 2002, Analyzing E-commerce growth from the perspectives of innovation diffusion, in Proceedings of Americas Conference on Information Systems, Dallas, TX.

  Sivaramakrishnan, Subramanian and Zaiyong Tang, 2002, Giving an "e-Human Touch" to e-Retailing: An Examination of the Effectiveness of Virtual Salespeople," Advances in Consumer Research, Vol. 29, Eds. Susan M. Broniarczyk and Kent Nakamoto, Valdosta, GA: Association for Consumer Research, 492-93.

  Tang, Zaiyong and Subbu Sivaramakrishnan, 2001, The Role of Virtual Agents in E-Commerce Websites: Theoretic Exploration and Empirical Evidence, in Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Electronic Commerce Research, Dallas, TX. pp. 475-485.

  Sivaramakrishnan, Subbu and Zaiyong Tang, 2001, Giving an e-Human touch to e-Retailer: An examination of the effectiveness of a virtual salesperson, in Proceedings of the American Consumer Research Conference, Austin, TX.

  Tang, Zaiyong and Subbu Sivaramakrishnan, 2001, Development of an online advisement system and a virtual advisor, in Proceedings of Southwest Business Symposium, Edmond, OK.

  Tang, Zaiyong and John Fluker, 2000, Investing in the Dow with Neural Network Forecasting, in Proceedings of Southwest Business Symposium, Edmond, OK. Best Paper award.

  Tang, Zaiyong, John Fluker, and Xiaoqi Zeng, 1999, Web-based Interactive Student Advisement System (WISA), in Web-based Learning: What Works and Why, Proceedings of the Fifth International Web-based Learning Conference, New Brunswick, pp. 205-215.

  Tang, Zaiyong, 1996, Recurrent Neural Networks for Global Optimization, in Optimization: Techniques and Applications, Vol. I, Chengdu, China, pp. 415-42.

  Tang, Zaiyong and William R. Crandall, 1995, Neural Networks vs. Discriminant Analysis for a Turnover Study in Restaurant Industry, in Proceedings of Southeast Decision Science Institute Annual Meeting, Williamsburg, VA.

  Tang, Zaiyong and Gary Koehler, 1994, Estimating Lipschitz Constants of Feedforward Neural Networks, in proceedings of World Congress on Neural Networks. San Diego, CA.

  Tang, Zaiyong and Gary Koehler, 1992, A Convergent Neural Network Training Algorithm, in Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, Baltimore, MD.

  Tang, Zaiyong and Gary Koehler, 1991, A Global Optimization Neural Network Algorithm, in Proceedings of Decision Science Institute Annual Meeting , Miami Beach, FL. pp. 1003-1005.

  Chan, Yupo and Zaiyong Tang, 1991, A General Class of Location Routing Problems: Formulation and Solutions, in Proceedings of the Annual Transportation Board Meeting, Washington, DC.

  获奖及科研基金

  2009 Distinguished Track Paper Award, for the paper “Exploring Internet Hacking Trend With Agent-based Modeling” presented at the 2009 Annual Meeting of Decision Sciences Institute, New Orleans, LA.

  2004-2006 Louisiana Boards of Regents Grant ($121,000) for “Tech Business Mobility: Mobile Computer Lab for the College of Administration and Business”, Co-PI with William Lewis, Marc Chopin, and Darrell Eddy.

  2000 Outstanding paper award, for the paper "Investing in the Dow with Neural Network Forecasting" presented at Southwest Business Symposium, Edmond, OK.

  1998-1999 U.S. Army Pine Bluff Arsenal research/service contract ($46,888), Contract number: DAAA03-98-P-0089. "Geographical Information Systems (GIS) Services for Pine Bluff Arsenal Environmental Management Directorate." Principal Investigator (PI), with John Fluker, and Leon Crumblin.

  1997-1999 Microsoft Inc. Instructional Lab Development Software Grant (valued at $63,000). PI, with S. Vadlamani and S. Sivaramakrishnan. Established a teaching computer lab with Microsoft Windows NT server and Microsoft Visual Studio, which includes Visual Basic, Visual C++, Visual Java++, Visual InterDev, SQL server, FoxPro database, SourceSafe and Transaction Server.

  1997-1998 U.S. Army Industrial Operations Command research contract ($80,000) for "Automated Container Loading Planner -- Munitions." Contract number: DAAA09-97-P-0079. PI, with S. Vadlamani, J. Fluker, and S. Sivaramakrishnan. July 1997-December 1998. Designed a Web-based system using Active Server Pages (ASP) server-side scripting to implement the container loading algorithm. Dealing with a wide variety of ammunitions, the system minimizes the number of containers needed while meeting size, weight, and compatibility requirements.

  1996 Microsoft Inc. Innovators in Higher Education award ($5000) for incorporating Internet applications in teaching. One of five awarded in the nation in 1996.

  1996 Arkansas Space Grant Consortium, Research Infrastructure Grant ($6306) for “Neuro-computational Modeling of Aspects of Human Information Processing.” PI, with Dr. Ebo Tei. Studied eye-hand coordination in driving and flight simulations.

  1995 Pine Bluff City research contract ($20,000) for "Assessment of Occupational Compensations of Pine Bluff City Employees," Co-PI, with Dr. Subramanian Sivaramakrishnan (PI) and Dr. John Fluker.