Ying Tan

Biography

Dr. Ying Tan is a Professor in Mechanical Engineering at The University of Melbourne, Australia. She earned her bachelor's degree from Tianjin University, China, in 1995, and her PhD from the National University of Singapore in 2002. After a postdoctoral fellowship at McMaster University, she joined The University of Melbourne in 2004. Dr. Tan has received prestigious recognitions, including an Australian Postdoctoral Fellowship (2006-2008) and an ARC Future Fellowship (2009-2013). Currently, she serves on the ARC College of Experts (2024-2026) and holds several distinguished titles, including Fellow of IEEE (FIEEE), Engineers Australia (FIEAust), and the Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association. She is also a member of the IEEE Fellow Committee (2024-2025). Her research spans intelligent systems, nonlinear systems, data-driven optimization, rehabilitation robotics, human motor learning, wearable sensors, and model-guided machine learning.