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Biography
I am a Professor of Artificial Intelligence and the Associate Head of School of Computer Science at Northumbria University. Prior to joining the University, I worked on an EU FP7 project Integrated In Silico Models for the Prediction of Human Repeated Dose Toxicity of COSMetics to Optimise Safety (COSMOS) at Bradford University. Before that, I obtained my PhD degree in Computer Science from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth (now Aberystwyth University) in 2011.
My research focuses on Artificial/Computational Intelligence, Machine Learning, Cybersecurity/Digital Forensics, Robotics, Planning/Scheduling, Automatic Control, Additive/Responsive Manufacturing, Decision Making Support and their real-world applications especially under uncertain environment. My research has been founded by EPSRC, ESRC, Innovate UK, RAEng, Newton Fund, Royal Society, and other industry partners.
Education/Academic qualification
Computing Science, PhD, Adaptive Fuzzy Rule Interpolation and Its Applications, Aberystwyth University
1 Oct 2007 → 18 Sept 2011
Award Date: 18 Sept 2011
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
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A Review of Supervised Learning for (Workplace) Mental Health and Wellbeing
Venugopal, R., Roll, D., Flynn, M. J., Bell, P. G. & Yang, L., 21 Jan 2026, In: Artificial Intelligence and Applications. 4, 1, p. 1-11 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Exclusive Lasso Assisted Two-Stage Fuzzy-Rough Feature Selection
Qu, Y., Tan, Y., Qiu, L., Yang, L., Shang, C. & Shen, Q., 1 Jun 2026, In: IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computational Intelligence. 10, 3, p. 2712-2724 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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From Numerals to Letters: A Meta Learning-based Robotic Calligraphy System
Chang, X., Guo, Z. H., Chao, F., Yang, L., Shang, C., Copner, N., Finlayson, C. & Shen, Q., 3 Feb 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence. p. 1-12 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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3C: Confidence-guided clustering and contrastive learning for unsupervised person re-identification
Zheng, M., Qu, Y., Li, D., Shang, C., Yang, L. & Shen, Q., 7 Aug 2025, In: Neurocomputing. 641, p. 1-14 14 p., 130368.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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From Nearest-Neighbour Classification to Attention
Ma, C., Qu, Y. & Yang, L., 7 Jul 2025, 2025 17th International Conference on Advanced Computational Intelligence (ICACI). Piscataway, NJ: IEEE, p. 237-242 6 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
Activities
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21th IEEE International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications (ICMLA)
Yang, L. (Chair)
12 Dec 2022 → 14 Dec 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop, ...
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19th UK Workshop on Computational Intelligence
Yang, L. (Chair)
4 Sept 2019 → 6 Sept 2019Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop, ...
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8th EAI International Conference on Cloud Computing
Yang, L. (Chair)
4 Sept 2018Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop, ...
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BMVC 2018 - British Machine Vision Conference
Yang, L. (Chair)
3 Sept 2018 → 7 Sept 2018Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop, ...
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COVER - Cooperative and intelligent unmanned aerial vehicles for emergency response applications
Chen, X. (PI), Woo, W. L. (CoI), Yang, L. (CoI), Yuan, Z. (CoI), Mao, H. (CoI) & Aslam, N. (CoI)
1/07/23 → 30/06/27
Project: Research
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Help to Grow Management 2021-2024
Wales, J. (PI), Hesselgreaves, H. (CoI), Lievesley, M. (CoI), Sutherland, M. (PI) & Yang, L. (CoI)
Chartered Association for Business Scholars
1/09/21 → 31/03/28
Project: Other
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KTP 3-D printed Models
Hackney, P. (PI), Yang, L. (CoI), Hu, S. (CoI), Scott-Harden, S. (CoI) & Blacklock, M. (PI)
1/12/21 → 31/03/24
Project: Research
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SportsAid Trust KTP
Sutherland, M. (PI), Yang, L. (CoI), Skoumpopoulou, D. (CoI) & Partington, S. (CoI)
1/11/19 → 31/10/21
Project: Research