Best Overall Paper Award, IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence (2010)
Geroge L. Nemhauser Dissertation Prize, IEMS Department, Northwestern University (2010)
Arthur P. Hurter Award for Outstanding Academic Excellence among First Year Graduate Students, IE/MS Department, Northwestern University (2005)
Royal E. Cabell Fellowship, Northwestern University (2004-2005)
Presidential Fellowship, State University of New York at Buffalo (2002-2004)
Yuan Fang Fellowship, Shanghai Jiaotong University (2001)
Alcatel Fellowship, Shanghai Jiaotong University (2000)
Nanjing University Outstanding Graduate Award, Nanjing University (1999)
Suzhou Municipality High-Tech Industrial Park Scholarship, Nanjing University (1999)
Nanjing University First Class Scholarship, Nanjing University (1996-1998)
Baoshan Steel Corp. Scholarship, Nanjing University (1998)
Haolanxi Corp. Scholarship, Nanjing University (1995-1997)
Nanjing University Presidential Scholarship, Nanjing University (1995)