Professor, School of Electrical Engineering


 

Zhejiang University, Yuquan Campus
38 Zheda Road, Hangzhou, China 310027
 

Other Appointments

Vice Director, Research Institute for new Technology in Electronic and Electrical Engineering
 

Professional Activities

Board member, International COMPUMAG Society
International Steering Committee (ISC), the International Symposium on Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics (ISEM)
Member, Theory Electrotechnical Committee, The China Electrotechnical Society
Member, Superconducting Application Technique Committee, The China Electrotechnical Society
 

Education

Ph.D. –Shenyang University of Technology, Electrical Engineering, 1995
M. S –Shenyang University of Technology, Electrical Engineering, 1990
B.S. – Liaoning University of Technology, Automatic Control Engineering, 1985

Working Experience

1996.5~2010.4 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, (Associate) Professor, School of Electrical Engineering, Zhejiang University, China.
2009.2~2009.11 Senior Research Fellow, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong.
2007.12~2008.5 Visiting scholar, ECE Department, Duke University, USA
2006.8~2006.10 Senior Research Fellow, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong.
2005.8~2006.8 Research Fellow, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong.
2003.4~2004.3 Research Fellow, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong.
1999.9~2001.8 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, EE Department of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong.
1998.9~1999.8  Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Department of Computer Science and Statistics of Sau Paulo State University, Brazil.
 

Awards and Honors

Natural Science Award of Ministry of Education, First Prize, 2007
 

Research Interests

Computational Electromagnetics in both high and low frequency domains
The application of numerical techniques in design and analysis of electronic and electromagnetic devices
 

Current Projects

1. The integrated methodology for robust optimizations of constrained inverse electromagnetic problems
2. Numerical Analysis of 3D Inverse Scattering in Microwave Imaging
3. Wireless Power Transfer technology based on Strongly Coupled Magnetic Resonances

Publication List

Refereed Journal Publications in the latest 5 years
[1] Ho S. L., Yang Shiyou, “A population-based incremental learning method for robust optimal solutions,” IEEE Trans. Magn., vol. 46, no. 8, pp. 3189-3192, 2010.
[2] Ho S. L., Yang Shiyou, “The cross-entropy method and its application to inverse problems,” IEEE Trans. Magn., vol. 46, no. 8, pp. 3401-3404, 2010.
[3] Lei Liu, Junwei Lu, Shiyou Yang and Guangzheng Ni, “Multi-objective design optimization of an inverted-S antenna,” International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics, Volume 33, Number 3-4 / 2010, pp. 1049-1055.
[4] Shiyou Yang, Lie Wu, Lin Yang and Suming Xiong, “Robust oriented particle swarm optimization algorithm applied to inverse problems,” International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics,Volume 33, Number 3-4 / 2010, pp. 1057-1062.
[5] Wei Zhang, Shiyou Yang, Yanan Bai, José Márcio Machado, “The cross-entropy method and its application to minimize the ripple of magnetic levitation forces of a maglev system,” International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics,Volume 33, Number 3-4 / 2010, pp. 1063-1068.
[6] Jose Marcio Machadoa, Yang Shiyou, Nancy Mieko Abe, and Angelo Passaro, “Simultaneous recording of shadowgrams and schlieren images for the study of plasma assisted aerodynamics,” International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics,Volume 33, Number 3-4 / 2010, pp. 153-158.
[7] Jose Marcio Machadoa, Yang Shiyou, “Electrofluid dynamic (EFD) energy conversion in gas flows with suspended nanoparticles,” International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics,Volume 33, Number 3-4 / 2010, pp. 119-125.
[8] Ho S.L., Shiyou Yang, "Multiobjective synthesis of antenna arrays using a vector tabu search algorithm, " IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, vol. 8, pp.947-950, 2009.
[9] Shiyou Yang, Liu Q.H., Junwei Lu, Ho S.L., Guangzheng Ni, Peihong Ni, Suming Xiong, “Application of support vector machines to accelerate the solution speed of metaheuristic algorithms,” IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, vol.45, pp.1502-1505, 2009.
[10] S. L. Ho, Shiyou Yang, "An artificial bee colony algorithm for inverse problems," International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics, vol.31, 2009.
[11] Ho S.L., Shiyou Yang, Guangzheng Ni, Cheng K.W.E, "An efficient tabu search algorithm for robust solutions of electromagnetic design problems, " IEEE Transactions on Magnetics , vol. 44, pp.1042 – 1045,2008.
[12] Ho S.L., Shiyou Yang, Guangzheng Ni, “Incorporating a priori preferences in a vector PSO algorithm to find arbitrary fractions of the Pareto front of multiobjective design problems,” IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, vol. 44, pp.1038 – 1041, 2008.
[13] Ho S.L., Li Y., Tang R.Y., Cheng K.W.E., Yang S.Y., “Calculation of eddy current field in the ascending flange for the bushings and tank wall of a large power transformer,” IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, vol. 44, pp.1522 – 1525, 2008.
[14] Sau-Lau Ho, Shiyou Yang, “A Computationally efficient vector optimizer using ant colony optimizations algorithm for multobjective designs,” IEEE Transactions on Magnetics , vol. 44, pp.1034-1037, 2008.
[15] S. Y. Yang, S. L.Ho, G. Z.Ni, José Márcio Machado, and K. F. Wong, "A new implementation of population based incremental learning method for optimizations in electromagnetics," IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, vol. 43, pp. 1601-1604, 2007.
[16] S. L. Ho, S. Y. Yang, G. Z.Ni, and K. F. Wong, " An efficient multiobjective optimizer based on genetic algorithm and approximation techniques for electromagnetic design, " IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, vol. 43, pp. 1605-1608, 2007.
[17] S. L. Ho, S. Y. Yang, G. Z.Ni, and K. F. Wong, " An improved PSO method with application to multimodal functions of inverse problems, " IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, vol. 43, pp. 1597-1600, 2007.
[18] S. L. Ho, S. Y. Yang, P.H.Ni, and K. F. Wong, " An adaptive interpolating MLS based response surface model applied to design optimizations of electromagnetic devices, " IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, vol. 43, pp. 1593-1596, 2007.
[19] Man Nie, Shiyou Yang, Guangzheng Ni, S.L. Ho, Peihong Ni, "An improved vector evolutionary algorithm for multiobjective designs of electromagnetic devices, " International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics, vol. 25, pp.711-715, 2007.
[20] Ping Luo, Shiyou Yang, Lihai Yao, et al., "A fast global optimal method based on combinations of MLS and PSO algorithm," International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics, vol. 25, pp. 759-764, 2007.
[21] Jianyang Dong, Shiyou Yang, Gangzheng Ni, and Peihong Ni, "An Improved Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm for Global optimization," International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics, vol. 25, pp. 723-728, 2007.
[22] S. Y. Yang, S. L. Ho, P. H. Ni, and G. Z. Ni, "A combined wavelet-FE method for transient electromagnetic field computations, " IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, vol. 42, pp. 571-574, 2006.
[23] S. L. Ho, Shiyou Yang, Guangzheng Ni, and H. C. Wong, "A particle swarm optimization method with enhanced global search ability for design optimizations of electromagnetic devices, " IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, vol. 42, pp. 1107-1110, 2006.
[24] S. L. Ho, Shiyou Yang, Guangzheng Ni, and Josè Márcio Machado, "A modified ant colony optimization algorithm modeled on tabu search methods, " IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, vol. 42, pp. 1195-1198, 2006.
[25] S. L. Ho, Shiyou Yang, Guangzheng Ni, and H. C. Wong, "A fast global optimizer based on improved CS-RBF and stochastic optimal algorithm, " IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, vol. 42, pp. 1175-1178, 2006.