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Hao Ying

Hao Ying is a professor of electrical and computer engineering whose fuzzy-control work includes biomedical applications. He earned a B.S. in electrical engineering at Donghua University in 1982 and an M.S. in computer engineering there in 1984, then completed a biomedical engineering Ph.D. at the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 1990. He published Fuzzy Control and Modeling in 2000 and co-originated fuzzy discrete event systems in 2001. He became an IEEE Fellow in 2012, coauthored a type-2 fuzzy logic control book in 2014, and delivered a model-free fuzzy-control keynote at the 2023 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems, where he also received the IEEE CIS Fuzzy Systems Pioneer Award. He is a professor at Wayne State, where his 2026 coauthored work includes LLM-driven multimodal knowledge graph construction for an industrial process using prompt optimization and fuzzy RAG.

Timeline

  1. 1982–1990

    Degrees at Donghua and UAB

    He earns a B.S. in electrical engineering at Donghua University in January 1982 and an M.S. in computer engineering there in May 1984. He earns a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering at the University of Alabama at Birmingham in June 1990.

  2. 1992–2000

    A faculty role at UTMB

    He joins the University of Texas Medical Branch's Department of Physiology and Biophysics as an assistant professor in 1992. He becomes an associate professor in 1998 and serves through 2000.

  3. 2000

    Fuzzy Control and Modeling

    In 2000, he publishes Fuzzy Control and Modeling: Analytical Foundations and Applications, a book about the analytical foundations of fuzzy control and modeling.

  4. 2001–2003

    Fuzzy systems and Wayne State

    In 2001, he co-originates the theory of fuzzy discrete event systems. In August 2003, he becomes a professor in Wayne State University's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

  5. 2012–2014

    An IEEE fellowship and a book

    He becomes an IEEE Fellow in 2012 for contributions to the theory and biomedical applications of fuzzy control. In 2014, he coauthors Introduction To Type-2 Fuzzy Logic Control: Theory and Applications with Jerry Mendel, Hani Hagras, Woei-Wan Tan and William W. Melek.

  6. 2023

    A keynote and a Pioneer Award

    At the 2023 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems, he delivers the keynote “Model-Free Fuzzy Control Paradigm: Theoretical Challenges and Real-World Successes.” He receives the IEEE CIS Fuzzy Systems Pioneer Award in 2023 for contributions to model-free fuzzy control theory and its biomedical applications.

  7. As of October 2026

    Professor at Wayne State

    He is a professor in Wayne State University's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. His 2026 coauthored work includes a paper on LLM-driven multimodal knowledge graph construction for an industrial process using prompt optimization and fuzzy RAG.

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  1. Education engweb.eng.wayne.edu. Checked 19 October 2026.
  2. Job Experience engweb.eng.wayne.edu. Checked 19 October 2026.
  3. Fuzzy Control and Modeling: Analytical Foundations and Applications - Hao Ying - Google Books books.google.com. Checked 19 October 2026.
  4. Professor Hao Ying at Wayne State University engweb.eng.wayne.edu. Checked 19 October 2026.
  5. Professional Activities engweb.eng.wayne.edu. Checked 19 October 2026.
  6. Introduction To Type-2 Fuzzy Logic Control: Theory and Applications - Google Books books.google.com. Checked 19 October 2026.
  7. Keynotes | 2023 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems 2023.fuzz-ieee.org. Checked 19 October 2026.
  8. Journal Papers engweb.eng.wayne.edu. Checked 19 October 2026.