Professor & Head, Department of Computer Science & Software Engineering, Xian Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, China.Steven Guan received his M.Sc. & Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is currently a professor in the computer science and software engineering department at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University. He served the head of department position at XJTLU for 4.5 years, created the department from scratch and now in shape. Before joining XJTLU, he was a professor and chair in intelligent systems at Brunel University, UK.Prof. Guan has worked in a prestigious R&D organization (ITRI/工研院) for several years, serving as a design engineer, project leader, and manager. After leaving the industry, he joined Yuan-Ze University in Taiwan for 3.5 years. He served as deputy director for the Computing Center and the chairman for the Department of Information & Communication Technology. Later he joined the Electrical & Computer Engineering Department at National University of Singapore as an associate professor.
Specialties:Genetic Algorithms, Neural Networks, Evolutionary Computation, Swarm Intelligence, Computational Intelligence, Hybrid Intelligence, Machine Learning, Intelligent Systems, Personalization, Data Mining, E-Commerce, M-Commerce, Mobile Agents, Computer Networks, Financial Computing, Security, Interactive Media, Adaptive Multimedia, Computer Supported Cooperative Work, Computer-Aided Learning, Operating Systems, Distributed Systems, Cellular Automata, Pseudorandom Number Generation, Coding Theory
