As early as the fifties and sixties, Wang Zhongtuo began to engage in the construction of automation specialty, the introduction and research of automatic control theory and computer application, and developed an automatic control system for the first self-designed and processed oil pipe winding machine developed by Dalian.
In the early 1970s, in order to develop the city's high technology, the leading department of science and technology in Dalian proposed to develop a small computer for control by itself, with Wang Zhongtuo as the general manager. From the overall structure, instruction system design to the design and processing of chassis and power supply, they do it themselves. The successful trial production finally filled the gap in the development of Dalian's independent computer. At that time, with the support of workers and model workers, computer popularization education was carried out under pressure, which contributed to the information technology enlightenment in Dalian.
At the end of 1970s, Wang Zhongtuo was engaged in system engineering discipline and degree construction. Establish the first batch of system engineering research institutions and doctoral programs in Dalian University of Technology. Mainly engaged in energy system analysis, oil refining enterprise production planning and scheduling system analysis, county comprehensive social and economic development strategy research, meta-decision theory and application, comprehensive utilization of water resources, new methods and applications of network planning technology, intelligent interactive comprehensive decision support system and other fields. Some of these achievements have achieved great economic benefits, and 1 1 achievements won awards (including 2 national achievements). In addition to applied research, he also engaged in many theoretical studies and completed five projects of the National Natural Science Foundation (including key project 1). Published textbooks and monographs 10, translated 9, and published papers and reports 140.