I am a Professor of Computer Science and have previously served two consecutive terms as Pro Vice-Chancellor (namely, Vice President in American terms) at Aberystwyth University.
I am a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering. I am also a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales and was twice elected as a Council member of this national academy of Wales.
I am currently Chair of the UK Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2029 Subpanel for Computer Science and Informatics and a member of Main Panel B: Physical Sciences, Engineering and Mathematics, having previously served on the People, Culture and Environment Pilot Panel for REF 2029 and the computing panels for REF 2014 and REF 2021.
I am the 25th recipient of the IEEE Computational Intelligence (Fuzzy Systems) Pioneer Award.
I am very proud to have been a London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay torchbearer, selected to carry the Olympic torch in celebration of the centenary of Alan Turing.
My research interests include computational intelligence, learning and reasoning under uncertainty, and real-world applications of such techniques for intelligent decision support (e.g., crime detection, space exploration, consumer profiling, systems monitoring, and medical diagnosis).
I am privileged to have worked with many people who have made considerable contributions to the research I have been engaged in. These colleagues include my supervisors (Professors Guirong Guo and Roy Leitch), my research collaborators, and all my former and current research students, as listed here.
I have been involved in many professional activities, nationally and internationally. For instance, I have served as chair or co-chair of, and presented keynote lectures at, numerous national and international conferences, and I have been a long-serving associate editor/editorial board member of the following leading international journals, amongst others:
IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems (2003-2022, 2024-2026)
IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part B: Cybernetics (since 2005)
Fuzzy Sets and Systems (since 2002)
I have published three research monographs and over 530 peer-refereed
papers. A number of my papers have received prestigious international prizes,
including one Outstanding IEEE Transactions Paper Award. Here is a list of my recent
publications (after REF 2021). Comments and discussion welcome.
(Contact me for details of my publications from 1983 to 2020 inclusive, if
interested.)
See my official homepage.
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.