Recently, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) announced the list of newly elected Fellows for the 2026 class. Professors Tang Huajin and Yang Yi from our College have been elected.
Introduction to Professor Tang Huajin
Professor Tang Huajin has been elected as an IEEE Fellow for the 2026 class for his "contributions to brain-inspired computing and machine cognition".
Professor Tang Huajin, IEEE Fellow, is a Qiushi Distinguished Professor and doctoral supervisor at Zhejiang University, and has been selected for national high-level talent programs. He obtained his Bachelor's degree from Zhejiang University, Master's from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and Ph.D. from the National University of Singapore. He previously worked as a R&D Engineer at STMicroelectronics, served as the Director of the Cognitive Computing and Robotic Cognition Laboratory at the Institute for Infocomm Research, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, and was the Director of the Brain-Inspired Computing Research Center at Sichuan University. He has long been engaged in research on brain-inspired computing, neuromorphic computing and chips, and intelligent robotics. He has led several national-level projects, including a major project under the Ministry of Science and Technology's "Science and Technology Innovation 2030 - Next Generation Artificial Intelligence" initiative, key projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and projects from A*STAR, Singapore. His research achievements have been featured in international science and technology media such as MIT Technology Review and Communications of the ACM. He has received awards including the 2016 IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems Outstanding Paper Award, the 2019 IEEE Computational Intelligence Magazine Outstanding Paper Award, and the 2023 Neural Networks Best Paper Award. For his contributions to neural computing and related fields, he received the 2024 Asia Pacific Neural Network Society (APNNS) Outstanding Achievement Award. He serves as the Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems, a Councilor of the International Neural Network Society (INNS), and is the Vice Chair of the Brain-Inspired Visual Computing Committee and the Brain Atlas Committee of the China Society of Image and Graphics, among other roles.
Introducton to Professor Yang Yi
Professor Yang Yi has been elected as an IEEE Fellow for the 2026 class for his "contributions to multimedia signal processing, perception, and retrieval".
Professor Yang Yi, IEEE Fellow and IAPR Fellow, is a Qiushi Chair Professor and National Distinguished Expert at Zhejiang University. He currently serves as the Director of the Institute of Artificial Intelligence at Zhejiang University, the Director of the Microsoft-Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Visual Perception, the Deputy Director of the Provincial-Ministerial Co-construction Collaborative Innovation Center for Artificial Intelligence, and the Chair of the Digital Entertainment and Intelligent Generation Committee of the China Society of Image and Graphics. He also leads several major national scientific research projects, including as the Principal Investigator of the 2030 "Next Generation Artificial Intelligence" major project under the Ministry of Science and Technology and the key special project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China.
Professor Yang Yi received his Ph.D. in Computer Science and Technology from Zhejiang University in 2010. He conducted research at Carnegie Mellon University and The University of Queensland. He joined the University of Technology Sydney in 2015 and was promoted to Professor in 2017. He returned to Zhejiang University on a full-time basis at the end of 2021.
Professor Yang Yi has long been engaged in fundamental artificial intelligence theory and interdisciplinary applied research, achieving a series of groundbreaking results in multiple directions. His related publications have been cited over 90,000 times on Google Scholar with an H-index of 145, and he has been consecutively listed as a "Highly Cited Researcher" by Clarivate Analytics for the past six years. His scientific achievements have gained wide recognition both domestically and internationally, earning him numerous prestigious awards including the Ministry of Education National Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award (2010), the Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (2013), the Zhejiang Province Natural Science First Prize (2015), the Australian Computer Society Digital Disruptors Gold Award (2016), the Google Faculty Research Award (2016), the Australian Award for Excellence in Research (2019), the Amazon Machine Learning Research Award (2020), the China Society of Image and Graphics Natural Science First Prize (2023), the inaugural "Zu Chongzhi Award - AI Frontier Innovation Award" (2024), the ECCV Most Influential Paper Award (2018), the IJCAI Most Influential Paper Award (2018), the AAAI Most Influential Paper Award (2020), and the sole Best Paper Award at ACM MM (2023). He has also led teams to win over 30 world championships in international research competitions.
About IEEE
IEEE is the world's largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for the benefit of humanity, with over 480,000 members in more than 190 countries. IEEE Fellow is the highest grade of membership and a prestigious honor conferred by IEEE. It recognizes individuals with an extraordinary record of accomplishments that have made significant contributions to the advancement or application of engineering science and technology, bringing substantial value to society. IEEE Fellows are selected annually by peer experts from among members with outstanding contributions, with the number elected not exceeding one-tenth of one percent of the total IEEE membership.
Congratulations to the Elected Professors!
