Researcher

Ming-Hsuan Yang

Ming-Hsuan Yang researches computer vision, pattern recognition, robotics, and machine learning. Yang received a computer science doctorate from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in 2000. He also studied AI, operations research, and brain theory. Yang worked as a senior research scientist at Honda Research Institute on vision problems related to humanoid robots.

Now at
University of California, Merced
Works
31
Citations
765
h-index
8

Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 14 October 2026.

Photo of Ming-Hsuan Yang

Timeline

  1. 2000

    Computer science doctorate

    Yang received a computer science doctorate from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in 2000. He also studied AI, operations research, and brain theory.

  2. 2014–2016

    Computer vision conference leadership

    Yang served as ACCV program chair in 2014 and general chair in 2016. These are professional service roles in the computer vision research community.

  3. 2019

    ICCV program chair

    Yang served as an ICCV program chair in 2019. His research areas include vision, pattern recognition, AI, and robotics.

  4. 2025

    Research recognition

    AAAI elected Ming-Hsuan Yang as a Fellow in 2025.

  5. As of October 2026

    Vision for humanoid robots

    Yang worked as a senior research scientist at Honda Research Institute on vision problems related to humanoid robots.

Sources and credits

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  1. Ming-Hsuan Yang is a Professor in Electrical Engineering and Computer faculty.ucmerced.edu. Checked 13 October 2026.
  2. Elected AAAI Fellows — 2025 — Ming-Hsuan Yang aaai.org. Checked 13 October 2026.