Following several discussions with the Dutch company SKF 's project manager Alejandro Sanz, The Knowledge Management and Data Analysis Laboratory an SKF finally reached a cooperation agreement on joint training graduate students. Starting 2011, SKF sponsor 1-2 graduate dissertation research work with funding of $ 3,000 / person.
Recommended by the Laboratory, and approved by the SKF, Zhao Chenxiao (Advisor: Professor Zhu Donghua), Liu Qi (Advisor: Associate Professor Wang Xuefeng) received funding this year. Their thesis will focus on Corporate multi-source intelligence software platform. They will complete the research and thesis writing under the guidance of BIT academic tutor and SKF Industrial mentor.
SKF Company Description
　　SKF Group is the world's leading supplier of rolling bearings and seals, and its scope of business includes manufacturing bearings and seals, producing and promoting bearing-related tools, and providing customers with solutions and services. SKF's business is divided into five sectors: Industry, Automotive Division, electrical appliances department, service department, aerospace and steel.