Juyang Weng
Juyang Weng
Professor
Research Biography
Juyang (John) Weng is a professor of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Michigan State University, a member of the MSU Cognitive Science Program and a member of the MSU Neuroscience Program . His research interests lie in the intersection of the general fields of computer science and engineering, brain science, and cognitive science. He is a co-founder of the Embodied Intelligence Laboratory. Weng is the author or coauthor of over two hundred research articles and book chapters.
Research Interests
- artificial intelligence
- computer vision
- machine learning
Selected Publications
- J. Weng, "Muddy Tasks and the Necessity of Autonomous Mental Development," in Proc. 2005 AAAI Spring Symposium Series, Developmental Robotics Symposium, Stanford University, March 21-23, 2005.
- J. Weng, "On Developmental Mental Architectures,'' Neurocomputing, vol. 70, no. 13-15, pp. 2303-2323, 2007.
- J. Weng, J. McClelland, A. Pentland, O. Sporns, I. Stockman, M. Sur and E. Thelen, "Autonomous Mental Development by Robots and Animals,'' Science, vol. 291, no. 5504, pp. 599 - 600, Jan. 26, 2000.
- J. Weng, "Developmental Robotics: Theory and Experiments'' International Journal of Humanoid Robotics, vol. 1, no. 2, 2004.
Selected Achievements and Awards
- Fellow of the IEEE
- College of Engineering Withrow Distinguished Scholar Award, 1998
- Outstanding Mentor Award, MSU R. E. McNair PBA Program, 1997