C. L. Philip Chen

C. L. Philip Chen (S’88–M’88–SM’94–F’07) received the M.S. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, in 1985, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA, in 1988. He was a Tenured Professor, the Department Head, and an Associate Dean with two different universities in the U.S. for 23 years. He is currently a Chair Professor with the Department of Computer and Information Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Macau, Macau, China. The University of Macaus Engineering and Computer Science programs receiving Hong Kong Institute of Engineers (HKIE) accreditation and Washington/Seoul Accord is his utmost contribution in engineering/computer science education for Macau as the Former Dean of the Faculty. His current research interests include systems, cybernetics, and computational intelligence. Dr. Chen was the IEEE SMC Society President from 2012 to 2013 and a Vice President of Chinese Association of Automation (CAA). He is currently a Fellow of AAAS, IAPR, CAA, and HKIE. He has been the Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transaction on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems, since 2014 and an Associate Editor for several IEEE Transactions. He was the Chair of TC 9.1 Economic and Business Systems of International Federation of Automatic Control (2015–2017), and also a Program Evaluator of the Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology Education (ABET) of the U.S. for computer engineering, electrical engineering, and software engineering programs. He was the recipient of the 2016 Outstanding Electrical and Computer Engineers award from his alma mater, Purdue University.