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.