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IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics,
IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, Neurocomputing,
Journal of the Franklin Institute, and
International Journal of Control, Automation, and Systems.
Yo-Ping Huang
Yo -Ping Hua ng
earned his Ph.D.
degree in electrical engineering
from Texas Tech
University, Lubbock. He is currently a professor in the Department
of Electrical Engineering and the
director of the AIoT R&D Center,
National Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan, where he served as
the secretary general. He was a professor and the dean of research and
development, the dean of the College of Electrical Engineering and
Computer Science, and the department chair with Tatung University,
Taipei, Taiwan. His current research
interests include fuzzy systems
design and modeling, deep learning
modeling, intelligent control, medical data mining, and rehabilitation
systems design.
Huang serves on the IEEE Technical Activities Board Awards and Recognition Committee; the IEEE Conference Publications Committee; the
IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics
Society (SMCS) Board of Governors;
and as chair of the IEEE SMCS Technical Committee on Intelligent Transportation Systems and the Taiwan
SIGSPATIAL Association for Computing Machinery Chapter. He is the associate editor of IEEE Transactions on
Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems; International Journal of Fuzzy
Systems; and IEEE Transactions on
Artificial Intelligence. He received
the Most Active Technical Committee Award (2019) and the Outstanding
Chapter Award both from the IEEE
SMCS (2016) and the Outstanding
Chapter Award from the IEEE SMCS
Taipei Chapter (2016).
He was the president of the Taiwan
Association of Systems Science and

Engineering, chair of
editor of IEEE SysIEEE SMCS Taipei
tems Journal, the
IEEE Fellow is
Chapter, chair of the
associate editor of
the highest grade
IEEE Computational
IEEE Transactions
of membership
Intelligence Society
on Cybernetics, and
and recognized
Taipei Chapter, and
the editor-in-chief
chief executive officer
of IEEE Systems,
by the technical
of the Joint CommisMan and Cybernetcommunity as
sion of Technological
ics Magazine. He is
a prestigious
and Vocational Cola fellow of the Aushonor and an
lege Admission Comtralian Academy of
mittee, Taiwan. He
Technological Sciimportant career
was elevated to IEEE
ences and Engineerachievement.
Fellow in 2020 "for
ing, of Engineers
contributions to fuzzy
Australia, and of the
and grey modeling in
Institution of Engiintelligent healthcare systems design."
neering and Technology (IET).
He is also a fellow of the Institution
He was elevated to IEEE Fellow in
of Engineering and Technology (IET)
2020 "for contributions to hapticallyand of the International Association of
enabled robotic systems."
Grey System and Uncertain Analysis.
Laurence T. Yang
Saeid Nahavandi
Laurence T. Yang
earned his B.E.
Saeid Nahavandi
degree in comearned his Ph.D.
puter science and
degree from Durtechnology and
ham University,
his B.Sc. degree
United Kingdom,
in applied physin 1991. He is an
ics, both from Tsinghua University,
A l f red Dea k i n
China, and his Ph.D. degree in comprofessor, pro-vice-chancellor (de puter science from the University of
fense), chair of engineering, and foundVictoria, British Columbia, Canada.
ing director for the Institute for
He is a professor and W.F. James
Intelligent Systems Research and
Research Chair at St. Francis Xavier
Innovation at Deakin University. His
University, Nova Scotia, Canada. His
research interests include the modelresearch includes parallel, distributing of complex systems, robotics, and
ed, and cloud computing; embedded
haptics. He has published more than
and ubiquitous/pervasive computing;
900 papers in various international
and big data.
journals and at conferences. His
He was elevated to IEEE Fellow in
research output has resulted in two
2020 "for his contributions to modelstart-ups: Universal Motion Simulation
ing and design for cyber-physical-soPty Ltd and FLAIM Systems Pty Ltd.
cial systems." He is also a fellow of the
Nahavandi was the recipient of the
Canadian Academy of Engineering,
Young Engineer of the Year Award for
the Engineering Institute of Canada,
his novel intelligent robotic end effecand the IET.
tor (1996), the Mobility Engineering
Excellence Gold Award-The SociAbout the Author
ety of Automotive Engineers (AusImre J. Rudas (rudas@uni-obuda
tralasia, 2016), the IEEE SMC Out.hu) is the president of the IEEE Sysstanding Contribution Award (2011),
tems, Man, and Cybernetics Society.
the IEEE SMC Best Chapter Award
He is a Fellow of IEEE.
(2018), the Barry Jones Medal for
Promotion of Research and Innovation (2018), and the IEEE SMC Meritorious Award (2019). He is the senior
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