Welcome to Qiang Shen's Personal Page

General

I am a professor and currently, Head of the Department of Computer Science at Aberystwyth University.

Research

My major research interests include: computational intelligence, fuzzy and qualitative systems, reasoning under uncertainty, pattern recognition, data modelling, and real-world applications of such techniques for decision support (e.g. crime detection, consumer profiling, systems monitoring, and medical diagnosis). A slightly more detailed description of my interests can be found here.

• I am privileged to have worked with many colleagues who have made considerable contributions to the research I have been engaged with. These colleagues include:
• Current RAs and PhD Students
• Recent RAs and PhD Students
• Co-authors of published papers
  (which is as complete as my short memory goes, many apologies to those whose names I have managed to miss out of this list. If you are one of them please do let me know.)

• I have been involved in many professional activities, nationally and internationally. I am a long-serving associate editor/editorial board member of the following leading international journals amongst several others:
• IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems (Associate Editor. 2009 Impact Factor: 3.343; the impact factors of those commonly regarded as "leading" outlets in computer science hover just around 1.)
• IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part B: Cybernetics (Associate Editor. 2009 Impact Factor: 3.007.)
• Fuzzy Sets and Systems (Editorial Board Member. 2009 Impact Factor: 2.138.)

I have served as chair/co-chair/vice chair of, and presented a keynote lecture at, many national and international conferences in the area of computational intelligence. One recent such service was acting as the General Chair of the 16th IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (FUZZ-IEEE 2007), held in London, July 23-26, 2007.

• I have published 2 research monographs and over 280 peer-refereed papers. Here is a list of my recent publications. Comments and discussion welcome.
  (Contact me for details of my publications from 1983 to 2000, if interested.)

Teaching

I am scheduled, jointly with Dr Jun He, to teach the MSc module on Knowledge Representation and Reasoning in year 2011/2012. I am also responsible for supervision of a number of undergraduate and MSc projects this year.

Contact

See my official homepage.

Disclaimer

The information provided on this and other pages by me, Qiang Shen (qqs@aber.ac.uk), is under my own personal responsibility and not that of Aberystwyth University. Similarly, any opinions expressed are my own and are in no way to be taken as those of Aberystwyth University.