Yan Shi received the BSc degree in Applied Mathematics from Northeast Heavy Machinery Institute (now Yanshan University), China, 1982; the MSc degree in Applied Mathematics from Dalian Maritime University, China, 1988; the PhD degree in Information and Computer Sciences, from Osaka Electro-Communication University, Japan, 1997.
Dr. Shi is currently a professor at the Graduate School of Science and Technology, Tokai University, Japan. His research interests include approximate reasoning, fuzzy reasoning, fuzzy system modelling and applications, neuro-fuzzy learning algorithms for system identification. He has published over 200 papers in journals and conferences. He has actively served in a number of journals. He is the Executive Editor of International Journal of Innovative Computing, Information and Control; Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Biomedical Soft Computing and Human Sciences; and Editor-in-Chief of ICIC Express Letters. He is a member in the board of directors of Biomedical Fuzzy Systems Association, a Fellow of The Engineering Academy of Japan.