Machine Learning and Granular Computing: A Synergistic Design Environment

Shyi-Ming Chen is a Chair Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, Asia University, Taichung, Taiwan. He received the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, in June 1991. He is an IEEE Fellow, an IET Fellow, an IFSA Fellow, an AAIA Fellow, an IETI Distinguished Fellow, and a Fellow of the Pakistan Academy of Engineering. He was the Dean of the College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Jinwen University of Science and Technology, New Taipei City, Taiwan. He was the Vice President of the National Taichung University of Education, Taichung, Taiwan.

He was a Chair Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan. He was the President of the Taiwanese Association for Artificial Intelligence (TAAI). He was the President of the Taiwanese Association for Consumer Electronics (TACE). He has published more than 600 papers in referred journals, conference proceedings and book chapters. His research interests include Fuzzy Systems, Intelligent Systems, Fuzzy Decision Making, Computational Intelligence, Knowledge-Based Systems, Machine Learning, Data Mining, Big Data Analysis, Genetic Algorithms, and Particle Swam Optimization Techniques. He is an Editor-in-Chief of Granular Computing, an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence, an Associate Editor of Knowledge-Based Systems, an Editorial Board Member of Information Fusion, an Associate Editor of Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, an Associate Editor of International Journal on Artificial Intelligence Tools, an Associate Editor of International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence, an Associate Editor of International Journal of Fuzzy Systems, an Associate Editor of Journal of Information Science and Engineering, an Associate Editor of Fuzzy Optimization and Decision Making, an Associate Editor of Knowledge and Information Systems, an Editor of International Journal of Intelligent Systems, an Editor of Mathematical Problems in Engineering, and an Editor of Engineering applications of Artificial Intelligence.