Prof.C. L. Philip Chen

C. L. Philip Chen is the Chair Professor and Dean of the College of Computer Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology. He is a Fellow of IEEE, AAAS, IAPR, CAA, CAAI and HKIE; a member of Academia Europaea (AE), and a member of European Academy of Sciences and Arts (EASA). He received IEEE Norbert Wiener Award in 2018 for his contribution in systems and cybernetics, and machine learnings, and IEEE Joseph G. Wohl Outstanding Career award, and Wu WenJun Outstanding Contribution award from Chinese AI Association, received two times best transactions paper award from IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems for his papers in 2014 and 2018. He is a highly cited researcher by Clarivate Analytics from 2018-2022. His current research interests include cybernetics, systems, and computational intelligence. He was the Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, the Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems, and the President of IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society. He is the founding chair of the Polish chapter of the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society, which won the 2008 Outstanding Chapter Award. In 2004, he was awarded the IEEE Fellow membership grade for contributions to neurocomputing and flexible fuzzy systems. He received a degree honoris causa from the prestigious AGH University of Science and Technology in Cracow “in recognition of outstanding scientific achievements in the field of artificial intelligence - in particular, neuro-fuzzy systems.” He is a Full Member (Academician) of the Polish Academy of Sciences, elected in 2016, and a Member of the Academia Europaea, elected in 2022.

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