Rate My Professor Shigang Yue

Professor Shigang Yue is Professor of Computer Science in the School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences at the University of Leicester since 16 February 2023. He previously held the position of Professor of Computer Science at the University of Lincoln from 2012 to 2023, Reader in 2010, and Senior Lecturer from 2007. Earlier in his career, he worked at the University of Cambridge from 2006 to 2007, Newcastle University from 2003 to 2006, University College London from 2002 to 2003, and served as Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow at the University of Kaiserslautern, Germany, from 2000 to 2001. Additional appointments include Senior Research Assistant at City University of Hong Kong from 1998 to 1999, Associate Professor at Beijing University of Technology from 1998 to 1999, and Lecturer there from 1996 to 1998. He holds a PhD degree obtained in 1996, an MSc in 1993, both from Beijing University of Technology, and a BEng from Qingdao University of Technology.

Professor Yue's research specializations include artificial intelligence, computer vision, robotics, brains, neuroscience, biological visual neural systems, bio-inspired visual neural networks, and their applications to autonomous robots, vehicles and systems, as well as medical image analysis, machine learning, and swarm intelligence. He has published more than 200 journal and conference papers in these fields. Key publications encompass "Bio-inspired small target motion detection with spatio-temporal feedback in natural scenes" (IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, 2023), "An insect-inspired model facilitating autonomous navigation by incorporating goal approaching and collision avoidance" (Neural Networks, 2023), "A robust visual system for looming cue detection against translating motion" (IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, 2022), "A decentralised neural model explaining optimal integration of navigational strategies in insects" (eLife, 2020), and "A Robust Collision Perception Visual Neural Network with Specific Selectivity to Darker Objects" (IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, 2019). He has chaired international conferences, sits on editorial boards, acts as a reviewer for reputable journals, is a member of the EPSRC peer review college, has coordinated several EU FP7 and Horizon 2020 projects, and has examined 20 PhD theses and 2 MSc by Research as an examiner. His contributions have earned him the Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship (2000-2001), and his work is cited over 5,500 times according to Google Scholar, demonstrating significant impact in bio-inspired systems for robotics and AI.