WEI-MIN SHEN, Ph.D.

          Dr. Wei-Min Shen is a Computer Science Research Assistant Professor at University of Southern California and a Project Leader and Senior Research Scientist at the Information Science Institute. He received his Ph.D. from the Computer Science Department at Carnegie-Mellon University in 1989 on the subject of Autonomous Learning and Discovery. Dr. Shen received his B.S. degree with High Honors in 1982 in Electronics and Computer Engineering from the Jiao-Tong University, Beijing, China, where he completed a 4 year program in 3 years. In 1983, he entered the Chinese Academy of Sciences/Automation Institute as the first-place student in a nation-wide entrance examination. Dr. Shen's current research interests include Self-Reconfigurable Robots, Autonomous Learning Agents, Multi-agent Systems, Data Mining, and Philosophy of Sciences. He is the author of  a book, Autonomous Learning from the Environment, (Computer Science Press, 1994) and about 60 technical papers in journals and conferences. He holds three pending patents along with his colleagues in Robotics and Complex Systems. Dr. Shen is the recipient of a 1996 AAAI Robotics Competition Silver Medal Award, a 1997 RoboCup World Championship Award, and a 1997 Meritorious Service Award at USC/ISI. Dr. Shen is an enthusiastic fan and practitioner of Yan Xin Qigong, a traditional Chinese Philosophy/Art/Practice Method for health, happiness, career and longevity.