Xinghuo Yu | RMIT University (original) (raw)

Professor Xinghuo Yu (余星火) is Associate Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research Capability and Distinguished Professor of RMIT University (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology), Melbourne, Australia. He started his academic career in 1989 as a Postdoctoral Fellow with the University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia. In 1991, he joined Central Queensland University (CQU), Rockhampton, Australia, where, before he left in 2002, he was Professor of Intelligent Systems and Associate Dean (Research) of Faculty of Informatics & Communication. Since March 2002, he has been with RMIT University, where he has held a number of managerial positions such as Associate Dean and Research Institute Director.

Professor Yu has worked extensively with industry in the sectors of energy, security, resources, manufacturing and transport. He was on the Board of Governors of the Australian Photonics Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) (2003-2006) and on the Science Advisory Committee of the Advanced Manufacturing CRC (2008-2013).

Professor Yu has published over 500 research papers. The citations for his work can be found from Google Scholar. He received a number of awards and honours for his contributions, including 2013 Dr.-Ing. Eugene Mittelmann Achievement Award of IEEE Industrial Electronics Society and 2012 IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine Best Paper Award.

Professor Yu was named in 2015 a Highly Cited Researcher by Thomson Reuters, making him one of about 3000 researchers in the world ranked the top 1% most cited for their subject field and year of publication.

Professor Yu is President-Elect (2016-2017) of IEEE Industrial Electronics Society. He is a Fellow of IEEE, Institution of Engineering and Technology, Engineers Australia, Australian Computer Society, Australian Institute of Company Directors, and International Energy Foundation.
Phone: +61417704091
Address: Room 3, Level 3, Building 91, 110 Victoria Sreet, Carlton 3053, Australia

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