Education:

• BSc in Applied Math: China U. of Elec. Sci. and Tech.,1983

• MSc in Applied Math: Beijing Normal University, 1986

• PhD in Applied Math: Beijing Normal University, 1989

• PhD in Computer Science: University of British Columbia, 1994

Research Interests:

• Current Focus: Latent Variable Models and Applications, Multidimensional Clustering, Applications in Traditional Chinese Medicine.

• General: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Model-Based Clustering, Probabilistic Graphical Models, Reasoning and Decision under Uncertainty.

Professional Services:

• Member of Advisory Board: Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research (JAIR), 10/05 -12/11

• Associate Editor: Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research (JAIR), 10/02 -8/05

• Member of Editorial Board: Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research (JAIR), 10/99 - 9/02.
• Associate Editor: International Journal of Approximate Reasoning (IJAR) , 7/05 -
• Special Issue Editor:  International Journal of Approximate Reasoning (IJAR), 03-04.
• Conference Program Co-Chair: ECSQARU-2003.
• Conference Area Chair/SPC: AAAI12, UAI12, IJCAI11, UAI11, UAI10, IJCAI09, ICML09, UAI04, UAI03.
• Program Committee Member: ECAI, ICML,AIStats UAI, AAAI, Australian AI , ICTAI, IDA.
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