Shen Yin is the DNV Endowed Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering. He earned his Dr.-Ing. and MSc degrees from the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany. His research interests include:
- Fault diagnosis, prognosis, and fault-tolerance strategies
- System and control theory
- Machine learning and data-driven approaches for modeling, optimization and diagnosis
- Reliability, maintenance, safety, security and AI/DT assurance
- Applications in cyber-physical systems, health diagnosis, medical technology, and sustainable energy.
Professional memberships:
- Member of the Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences
- IEEE Fellow
Selected editorials:
- Co-Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics
- Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems, IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics (2014-2023), IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics (2016-2023), IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering (2017-2020), etc.
- Guest Editor, Proceedings of the IEEE (2016), IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics (2016), Information Science (2016), IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems (2019), IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics (2023), IEEE Transactions of Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems (2023)
Selected committees and board:
- Vice Chair of the Fellow Evaluation Committee for the IEEE Reliability Society (2025)
- Member of the Fellow Evaluation Committee for the IEEE Reliability Society (2024)
- Administrative Committee (AdCom) Member of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (2024-2026, 2013-2016)
- Founder and Chair of the Technical Committee on Data-Driven Control and Monitoring within the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (2013-2016)
- Member of the IFAC (International Federation of Automatic Control) Technical Committee 6.4 on Fault Detection, Supervision, and Safety of Technical Processes (2014-)
- Technical Program/General Chair for IEEE conferences such as ISIE2014, ICICIP2016, IEEE IECON2017, IEEE ONCON2023, and more.
Selected awards/honors:
- NAMUR Award for Process Automation - Awarded by the User Association of Automation Technology in Process Industries (2012)
- Young Scientist Award, International Union of Radio Science (2014)
- Best Paper Award, IEEE Transaction on Industrial Electronics (2015)
- Highly Cited Researcher in Engineering, Clarivate Analytics (2016-2024)
- China Youth Science and Technology Award (2020)
- Elected as a Fellow of IEEE for Contributions to Fault Diagnosis and Fault-Tolerant Control of Complex Systems (2023)
- Elected Member of the Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences (2024)
