Ying Bi

Ying Bi

Professor, Zhengzhou University

Prof. Ying Bi

Professor, PhD Supervisor

School of Electrical and Information Engineering, (EIE)

Zhengzhou University (ZZU), Zhengzhou, China (ZZU)

Computaintional Intelligence Lab at ZZU (CILab)

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NEWS

  • I am invited as panel chair for WCCI/CEC 2026.
  • I am invited as LBA chair for GECCO 2027.
  • I am invited as program chair for IVCNZ 2025.
  • Our paper “Change detection in remote sensing images based on multi-tree genetic programming” has been accepted by Applied Soft Computing.
  • Our paper “Co-Evolutionary Dual-Tree Genetic Programming for Fine-Grained Flower Image Classification” has been accepted by IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation.
  • Our paper “Evolutionary Neural Architecture Search for Remote Sensing Image Classification” has been accepted by IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems.
  • I am upgraded to IEEE Senior Member, 2025.
  • I am selected as an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 2024.
  • I am selected as an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation, 2024.
  • I am selected as an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence, 2024.
  • I am selected as an Editorial Board Member of Applied Soft Computing, 2024.

Research Interests

My main research lies in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Computer Vision, and Evolutionary Computation.

  • Computer vision and image processing: Particularly image classification, image analysis, image segmentation, edge detection, and object detection.
  • Evolutionary computation: Particularly Genetic Programming, particle swarm optimization, bacterial foraging optimization, surrogate-assisted evolutionary algorithms, and evolutionary multi-objective optimization.
  • Evolutionary machine learning: Particularly genetic programming, supervised learning, classification, ensemble learning, transfer learning, few-shot learning, and evolutionary deep learning.
  • Feature engineering and learning: Particularly feature extraction, feature construction, and feature learning.
  • Applications: Particularly fault diagnosis, remote sensing image analysis, aquaculture data analysis, face recognition, emotion analysis, scene analysis, job shop scheduling, resource allocation, supply chain management, etc.

Biography

    Dr. Bi Ying is currently a distinguished professor at the School of Electrical and Information Engineering at Zhengzhou University. She was selected as a national high-level young talent in 2020 and a high-level talent in Henan Province Class C in 2024. She has been awarded 5+ national, provincial/ministerial grants as PI, published one monograph in English, and 100+ papers in SCI/EI journals or conferences, including IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation and IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics. She has applied for 10+ patents, and has been awarded the IEEE CIS Outstanding PhD Dissertation Award (only one in the field of computational intelligence in the world every year), the Gold Award of the 2nd National Postdoctoral Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition, and the PGSA Research Excellence Award of Victoria University of Wellington (only one person per faculty). She has served as an associate editor or editorial board member for seven journals, including IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation, IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence, and Applied Soft Computing. She serves as the chair of the IEEE CIS Women in Computational Intelligence Subcommittee, and the vice chair of the IEEE CIS Task Force on Evolutionary Computer Vision and Image Processing. She was the workshop chair of IEEE CEC 2024, student affairs chair of GECCO 2023, GECCO 2024, and student workshop chair of GECCO 2024. She has been organizing workshops/tutorials/special sessions in conferences related to machine learning, data mining, and evolutionary computation, such as workshops in IEEE ICDM 2021-2024, special sessions/workshops in IEEE CEC 2023-2024, symposiums in IEEE SSCI 2023, etc. She has served as a reviewer for 20+ important journals and a PC member of 20+ international conferences. She has been involved in organizing conferences or events, including IEEE CEC 2019, AJCAI 2018, ECLOE 2023, and IEEE CIS Summer School.