Dr. Yang researches artificial intelligence, robotics, sensors and multi-sensor fusion, wireless sensor networks, control systems, bio-inspired intelligence, machine learning, neural networks, fuzzy systems, and computational neuroscience.
He has been very active in professional activities, including serving as the editor-in-chief of the "International Journal of Robotics and Automation"; an advisory editorial board member for "Intelligent Automation and Soft Computing"; and an associate editor of "IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics", "IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence", and several other journals.