Prof. WANG Jun (王鈞)

Jun Wang is a Chair Professor of Computational Intelligence in the Department of Computer Science and Department of Data Science at City University of Hong Kong. Prior to this position, he held various academic positions at Dalian University of Technology, Case Western Reserve University, University of North Dakota, and Chinese University of Hong Kong. He also held various part-time visiting positions at US Air Force Armstrong Laboratory, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, and Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He received a B.S. degree in electrical engineering and an M.S. degree in systems engineering from Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China. He received his Ph.D. degree in systems engineering from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. His current research interests include neural networks and their applications. He published about 330 journal papers, 16 book chapters, 11 edited books, and numerous conference papers in these areas. He has served on the editorial boards of many journals in different capacities, such as the IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence; IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics; IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks; IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics–Part C; International Journal of Neural Systems; and Neural Networks. He was also a guest editor of special issues in the European Journal of Operational Research; IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics: Systems; International Journal of Neural Systems; Neurocomputing; International Journal of Fuzzy Systems; and Journal of the Franklin Institute. He was an organizer of several international conferences. He was a distinguished lecturer of the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society and IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Society. In addition, he served as President of the Asia Pacific Neural Network Assembly  and many organizations such as the IEEE Fellow Committee; IEEE Computational Intelligence Society Awards Committee, IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society Board of Governors and Awards Committee. He is a life fellow of the IEEE, a fellow of the International Association for Pattern Recognition and Hong Kong Academy of Engineering, and a foreign member of Academia Europaea.

• 14 Jan 2016 - present, Chair Professor, City University of Hong Kong.
• 1 Jul 2023 - 30 Jun 2024, Dean of the School of Data Science, City University of Hong Kong.
• 1 Apr 2008 - 31 Mar 2011, Changjiang Chair Professor (part-time), Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
• 1 Jan 2002 - 14 Jan 2016, Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
• 29 Aug 1996 - 31 Dec 2001, Associate Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
• 1 Apr 1993 - 28 Aug 1995, Associate Professor, University of North Dakota.
• 15 Aug 1990 - 31 Mar 1993, Assistant Professor, University of North Dakota.

• 2025 -, Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence, USA
• 2014 - 2019, Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, USA.
• 2013 - 2019, Member, Board of Governors, IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Society, USA.
• 2012, Program Chair, IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Korea.
• 2011 - 2012, Member, IEEE Fellow Committee, IEEE, USA.
• 2008, General Chair, IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence, Hong Kong.
• 2006/2018, General Chair, 13th/25th International Conference on Neural Information Processing, Hong Kong/Cambodia.

• Computational inteligence
• Neural computation
• Optimization methods
• Data processing
• Intelligent control

Research Grants 

• Collaborative neurodynamic approaches to distributed optimization, global optimization and multi-objective optimization, Basic research, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Amount: CNY $620,000, 1 Jan 2017 - 31 Dec 2020, J. Wang (PI), H.S. Wong (Co-I).
• Intelligent Motion Control and Planning of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles , General Research Fund, Hong Kong Research Grants Council, Amount: HKD $500,000, 1 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2017, Jun Wang (PI), Yunhui Liu (Co-I).
• Neurodynamic Approaches to Constrained Optimization with Generalized-Convex and Multiple-Objective Functions, General Research Fund, Hong Kong Research Grants Council, Amount: HKD $905,425, 1 Jan 2013 - 31 Dec 2016, Jun Wang (PI), Duan Li (Co-I).