Biography

Yiming Tang was born in 1982 and received his Ph.D. degree from School of Computer and Information, Hefei University of Technology in 2011. He is now a Professor in Hefei University of Technology, and is also a visiting professor at University of Alberta, Canada. He is engaged in computer science and mathematics. His current research interests include Clustering, Fuzzy reasoning, Fuzzy system, Social systems, Cognitive system, Machine learning, Image processing, Affective computing, Computer-aided design.

He is an Associate Editor of Information Sciences, an Associate Editor of Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, an Associate Editor of IEEE Access, a member of Editorial Board of PLOS ONE, a Lead Guest Editor of Symmetry, an Associate Board Member of CAAI Transactions on Intelligent Systems, an Associate Editor of Journal of Mathematics and Informatics, and a member of Editorial Board of Mathematics and Computer Science, and also a senior member of CCF (China Computer Federation), a senior member of CAAI (Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence), and a member of IEEE. He was awarded an IEEE Access Outstanding Associate Editor of 2021.

He is a reviewer of more than 40 journals such as IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics: Systems, and IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computational Intelligence. He servers as a Program Committee of more than 10 conferences (e.g., AAAI).

He is the Chairperson of the Organizing Committee of 2015 Symposium of Fuzzy Logic and Intelligent Computing. He serves as a Standing Committee of Non-classical Logic and Computing of Chinese Society of Logic, an Executive Committee of Cooperative Computing of CCF, a Professional Committee of Machine Learning of CAAI, a Professional Committee of Granular Computing and Knowledge Discovery of CAAI, and a Professional Committee of Artificial Intelligence Fundamentals of CAAI.

He has published more than 80 papers in many journals and conferences (including IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computational Intelligence, Applied Soft Computing, International Journal of Approximate Reasoning, and so forth).

He has presided over more than 10 scientific research projects, which include the National Natural Science Foundation of China (General Program), National Natural Science Foundation of China (Youth Program), China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Special Fund), China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (General Program), Natural Science Foundation of Anhui Province, Innovative Foundation of Yong Teachers of Hefei University of Technology and so on. He also participated in the National Key Research and Development Program of China, the Key Project of National Natural Science Foundation of China (rank 3rd), National High-Tech Research and Development Program of China (863 Program) and so forth.

Note: Now we have a Special Issue "Symmetry/Asymmetry and Fuzzy Systems" in Symmetry (ISSN 2073-8994), and welcome your contributions. The website is as follows:  https://www.mdpi.com/journal/symmetry/special_issues/Asymmetry_Fuzzy_Systems.


Experiences

  • Professor :   Dec. 2021 - present, School of Computer and Information, Hefei University of Technology
  • Associate Professor :   Dec. 2014 - Nov. 2021, School of Computer and Information, Hefei University of Technology
  • Lecturer:   Sept. 2011 - Nov. 2014, School of Computer and Information, Hefei University of Technology
  • Doctor Degree:   Sept.2008 - June 2011, School of Computer and Information, Hefei University of Technology (supervisor: Xiaoping Liu)
  • Master Degree:   Sept.2005 - June 2008, School of Computer and Information, Hefei University of Technology (supervisor: Xiaoping Liu)

News (recently one year)

  • 2022.09   The deadline of Special Issue "Symmetry/Asymmetry and Fuzzy Systems" is changed from Nov. 30, 2022 to Nov. 30, 2023
  • 2022.09   Invited to serve as a Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computational Intelligence
  • 2022.08   Invited to serve as a Reviewer for Axioms
  • 2022.07   Invited to serve as a Program Committee Member for AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-23)

Publications

2023

[1] Yiming Tang, Zhifu Pan, Witold Pedrycz, Fuji Ren, Xiaocheng Song. "Viewpoint-based kernel fuzzy clustering with weight information granules ". IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computational Intelligence , 2022, DOI: 10.1109/TETCI.2022.3201620. [PDF]
[2] Xianghui Hu, Yiming Tang, Witold Pedrycz, Kai Di, Jiuchuan Jiang, Yichuan Jiang. " Fuzzy clustering with knowledge extraction and granulation ". IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, 2022, DOI: 10.1109/TFUZZ.2022.3195033. [PDF]

2022

[3] Yiming Tang, Witold Pedrycz. "Oscillation-bound estimation of perturbations under Bandler-Kohout subproduct ". IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, 2022, 52(7): 6269-6282. DOI: 10.1109/TCYB.2020.3025793. [PDF]
[4] Yiming Tang, Witold Pedrycz, Fuji Ren. "Granular symmetric implicational method ". IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computational Intelligence, 2022, 6(3): 710-723. DOI: 10.1109/TETCI.2021.3100597. [PDF]
[5] Yiming Tang, Li Zhang, Guangqing Bao, Fuji Ren, Witold Pedrycz. "Symmetric implicational algorithm derived from intuitionistic fuzzy entropy ". Iranian Journal of Fuzzy Systems, 2022, 19(4): 27-44. [PDF]

2021

[6] Yiming Tang, Lin Li, Xiaoping Liu. "State-of-the-art development of complex systems and their simulation methods ". Complex System Modeling and Simulation, 2021, 1(4):271-290. [PDF]

2020

[7] Yiming Tang, Fuji Ren, Witold Pedrycz. "Fuzzy C-Means Clustering Through SSIM and Patch for Image Segmentation ". Applied Soft Computing, 2020, vol. 87, Art. no. 105928. [PDF]

2019

[8] Yiming Tang, Xianghui Hu, Witold Pedrycz, Xiaocheng Song. "Possibilistic fuzzy clustering with high-density viewpoint ". Neurocomputing, 2019, vol. 329: 407-423. [PDF]
[9] Yiming Tang, Witold Pedrycz. "On Continuity of the Entropy-Based Differently Implicational Algorithm ". Kybernetika, 2019, 55(2):307-336. [PDF]

2018

[10] Yiming Tang, Witold Pedrycz. "On the α(u,v)-symmetric implicational method for R- and (S, N)-implications ". International Journal of Approximate Reasoning, 2018, vol. 92: 212-231. [PDF]

2017

[11] Yiming Tang, Fuji Ren. "Fuzzy systems based on universal triple I method and their response functions ". International Journal of Information Technology & Decision Making, 2017, 16(2): 443-471. [PDF]

2016

[12] Yiming Tang, Fuji Ren. "Variable differently implicational inference for R- and S-implications ". International Journal of Information Technology & Decision Making, 2016, 15(5): 1235-1264. [PDF]

2015

[13] Yiming Tang, Xuezhi Yang, Xiaoping Liu, Juan Yang. "Double fuzzy implications-based restriction inference algorithm ". Iranian Journal of Fuzzy Systems, 2015, 12 (6): 17-40. [PDF]

2012

[14] Yiming Tang, Fuji Ren, Yanxiang Chen. "Differently implicational α-universal triple I restriction method of (1, 2, 2) type ". Journal of Systems Engineering and Electronics, 2012, 23(4): 560-573. [PDF]

2010

[15] Yiming Tang, Xiaoping Liu. "Differently implicational universal triple I method of (1, 2, 2) type ". Computers & Mathematics with Applications, 2010, 59(6): 1965-1984. [PDF]


Activities

  • Reviewer: IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence
  • Reviewer: IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems
  • Reviewer: IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics: Systems
  • Reviewer: IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computational Intelligence
  • Reviewer: Information Sciences
  • Reviewer: International Journal of Approximate Reasoning
  • Reviewer: Iranian Journal of Fuzzy Systems
  • Reviewer: International Journal of fuzzy Systems
  • Reviewer: ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
  • Reviewer: Signal Processing
  • Reviewer: Symmetry
  • Reviewer: Sensors
  • Reviewer: Security and Communication Networks
  • Reviewer: Electronics
  • Reviewer: Computers, Materials & Continua
  • Reviewer: Energies
  • Reviewer: Mathematics
  • Reviewer: Diagnostics
  • Reviewer: Journal of Personalized Medicine
  • Reviewer: Imaging Science Journal
  • Reviewer: Applied Sciences
  • Reviewer: Healthcare
  • Reviewer: Axioms
  • Reviewer: Granular Computing
  • Reviewer: IEEE Access
  • Reviewer: Enterprise Information Systems
  • Reviewer: Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing
  • Reviewer: IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics
  • Reviewer: IEEE Intelligent Systems
  • Reviewer: Neurocomputing
  • Reviewer: Pattern Recognition
  • Reviewer: Digital Signal Processing
  • Reviewer: International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems
  • Reviewer: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems
  • Reviewer: Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering
  • Reviewer: International Journal of Cooperative Information Systems
  • Reviewer: International Journal of Machine Learning and Cybernetics
  • Reviewer: Journal of Experimental & Theoretical Artificial Intelligence