John Yen
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John Yen is University Professor and Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Programs in the College of Information Sciences and Technology at Pennsylvania State University
. He is also the Director of the Intelligent Agents Laboratory there.
Yen's long-term research interest is the capturing and modeling of knowledge in software agents
for supporting decision making
, for improving the adaptibility of a system of systems. He is also interested in extracting patterns from networks, in developing dynamic models about the evolution of social networks.
Yen has been a Principal investigator
or co-Principal investigator of several multi-million-dollar research projects on these topics. Sponsors of his research projects include National Science Foundation, Army Research Laboratory, and Office of Naval Research.
Yen received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from University of California, Berkeley in 1986. His thesis advisor is Prof. Lotfi A. Zadeh, the father of fuzzy logic. Between 1986 and 1989, he was the main architect at USC
Information Sciences Institute
(ISI) for an AI architecture that pioneers a knowledge-level integration of a descriptive logic knowledge representation scheme with production rules. Before joining IST in 2001, he was a Professor of Computer Science and the Director of Center for Fuzzy Logic, Robotics, and Intelligent Systems at Texas A&M University. He was the Vice President of Publication for IEEE Neural Networks Council, now IEEE Computational Intelligence Society. Yen received the NSF Young Investigator Award in 1992. He is a Fellow of IEEE. He is currently the Chair of IEEE FIPA Working Group on Human Agent Communications.
Yen received his B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from National Taiwan University
in 1980, and M.S. degree in Computer Science from University of Santa Clara in 1982.
Pennsylvania State University
The Pennsylvania State University, commonly referred to as Penn State or PSU, is a public research university with campuses and facilities throughout the state of Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in 1855, the university has a threefold mission of teaching, research, and public service...
. He is also the Director of the Intelligent Agents Laboratory there.
Yen's long-term research interest is the capturing and modeling of knowledge in software agents
Intelligent agent
In artificial intelligence, an intelligent agent is an autonomous entity which observes through sensors and acts upon an environment using actuators and directs its activity towards achieving goals . Intelligent agents may also learn or use knowledge to achieve their goals...
for supporting decision making
Decision making
Decision making can be regarded as the mental processes resulting in the selection of a course of action among several alternative scenarios. Every decision making process produces a final choice. The output can be an action or an opinion of choice.- Overview :Human performance in decision terms...
, for improving the adaptibility of a system of systems. He is also interested in extracting patterns from networks, in developing dynamic models about the evolution of social networks.
Yen has been a Principal investigator
Principal investigator
A principal investigator is the lead scientist or engineer for a particular well-defined science project, such as a laboratory study or clinical trial....
or co-Principal investigator of several multi-million-dollar research projects on these topics. Sponsors of his research projects include National Science Foundation, Army Research Laboratory, and Office of Naval Research.
Yen received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from University of California, Berkeley in 1986. His thesis advisor is Prof. Lotfi A. Zadeh, the father of fuzzy logic. Between 1986 and 1989, he was the main architect at USC
University of Southern California
The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...
Information Sciences Institute
Information Sciences Institute
The Information Sciences Institute is a research and development unit of the University of Southern California's Viterbi School of Engineering which focuses on computer and communications technology and information processing...
(ISI) for an AI architecture that pioneers a knowledge-level integration of a descriptive logic knowledge representation scheme with production rules. Before joining IST in 2001, he was a Professor of Computer Science and the Director of Center for Fuzzy Logic, Robotics, and Intelligent Systems at Texas A&M University. He was the Vice President of Publication for IEEE Neural Networks Council, now IEEE Computational Intelligence Society. Yen received the NSF Young Investigator Award in 1992. He is a Fellow of IEEE. He is currently the Chair of IEEE FIPA Working Group on Human Agent Communications.
Yen received his B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from National Taiwan University
National Taiwan University
National Taiwan University is a national co-educational university located in Taipei, Republic of China . In Taiwan, it is colloquially known as "Táidà" . Its main campus is set upon 1,086,167 square meters in Taipei's Da'an District. In addition, the university has 6 other campuses in Taiwan,...
in 1980, and M.S. degree in Computer Science from University of Santa Clara in 1982.
Books
- Emergent Information Technologies and Enabling Policies for Counter-Terrorism, by Robert L. Popp, John Yen, 2006 (Amazon)
- Fuzzy Logic: Intelligence, Control, and Information, by John Yen and Reza Langari, 1998 (Amazon)