Hao Ying, Ph.D., IEEE Fellow      Professor      Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering      Room 3144, Engineering Building      Wayne State University      5050 Anthony Wayne Drive      Detroit, MI, 48202, USA      Office Phone: 313-577-3738      E-mail: hao.ying@wayne.edu      Web: http://www.ece.eng.wayne.edu/~hying

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        Dr. Hao Ying (Ó¦ºÆ in Chinese) is a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Wayne State University, Michigan, USA. He published a single-author research monograph/advanced textbook, ¡°Fuzzy Control and Modeling: Analytical Foundations and Applications¡± (IEEE Press, 2000, 342 pages; foreword by Professor Lotfi A. Zadeh), showcasing his extensive original research findings. Additionally, he coauthored the book ¡°Introduction to Type-2 Fuzzy Logic Control: Theory and Applications¡± (IEEE Press and John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2014). Dr. Ying's other scholarly output includes over 140 peer-reviewed journal papers and more than 160 peer-reviewed conference papers. He holds a Google Scholar h-index 55, with over 11,500 total citations.

          Dr. Ying received the 2023 IEEE CIS Fuzzy Systems Pioneer Award, the highest honor from the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society, with the citation ¡°For fundamental contributions to model-free fuzzy control theory and its biomedical applications.¡± In the August 2025 data update* of the ¡°Updated Science-Wide Author Databases of Standardized Citation Indicators,¡± authors from 22 scientific fields and 174 sub-fields are ranked based on standardized metrics of citation impact and authorship contributions. The rankings for the "career-long impact" category include over 230,333 scientists, among whom Professor Ying is ranked 28,186, placing him in the top 12.2% globally. In the sub-field of Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing, which includes over 458,615 authors, he is ranked 596th (top 0.13%).

        Dr. Ying's research interests include machine learning, fuzzy control, and (learning) fuzzy discrete event systems, which he co-originated in 2001. Click here to see his recent introductory example of a fuzzy discrete event system in the Fuzzy Logic Toolbox of MATLAB.

         Dr. Ying is serving as an Associate Editor or a Member of Editorial Boards for 23 international journals, including the IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems and the IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems. His commitment extends to membership in the 2023 Fellows Committee of the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society, following previous roles in 2021 and 2020. In 2016, 2017, and 2020, he served the same committee for the IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society. His involvement in professional societies also encompasses his service as a Member of the IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems Outstanding Paper Award Subcommittee in 2023 and 2024. He has contributed his expertise to National Institutes of Health (NIH) review panels, including five panels in 2023 and 2024 and one panel in 2026. Dr. Ying was elected to two terms as a Board Member of the North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society (2005-2008 and 2008-2011). His leadership roles extend to Program Chair/Co-Chair for four international conferences as well as to such positions as Publication Chair for the 2000 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems and Competition Chair for its subsequent annual conferences from 2009 to 2011. Additionally, he has been invited to serve as an Organizing, Program, or Technical Committee Member for over 190 international conferences. Dr. Ying is an IEEE Fellow and a Fellow of Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association (AAIA).

* John P.A. Ioannidis, "August 2025 data-update for 'Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators" (Elsevier Data Repository, V8, published on September 19, 2025). See also Ioannidis et al., "A standardized citation metrics author database annotated for scientific field" (PLoS Biology 2019)."

Last updated on 06/18/2026