Dr. Ye is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Virginia Commonwealth University. He got the B.Eng. and M.Eng. degree from the Department of Precision Machinery and Precision Instrument, the University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, P. R. China and Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Hong Kong. He was a Research Fellow at the Mobile Robotics Lab of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. Since 2003, He was a research faculty at the same university. He joined UALR in 2005. Dr. Ye is a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE), a senior member of IEEE, and a member of IEEE SMC Technical Committee on Robotics and Intelligent Sensing.
Honors and Awards
Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE)
Arkansas Research Alliance Fellow
2009 Office of Naval Research Summer Faculty Research Fellow (SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific)
Best Paper Award, 2019 IEEE International Conference on Human Systems Integration
Finalist of Best Conference Paper Award, 2017 IEEE International Conference on Real-time Computing and Robotics, Okinawa, Japan.
Finalist of Best Conference Paper Award, 2016 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, Qingdao, China.
Best Student Paper Finalist Award, 2014 IEEE International Conference on Network, Sensing and Control
Best Student Paper Award, 2013 IEEE International Symposium on Robotic and Sensors Environments
Toshio Fukuda Best Paper Award in Mechatronics, 2010 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation
One of the eight featured inventions at the University of Michigan's Celebrate Invention 2005
