Political Affiliation: Member of the Communist Party of China (CPC)

Academic Title: Professor, Doctoral Supervisor

Position: Director of Brain-inspired Computing Research Center, School of Information Science and Engineering

Affiliation: Institute of Computer Application Technology

Office Address: Room 523, Feiyun Building

Educational Background

Sep. 1995 – Jun. 1999, Department of Electronics and Information Science, Lanzhou University, Major in Telecommunication, Bachelor of Science

Sep. 1999 – Jun. 2002, Department of Electronics and Information Science, Lanzhou University, Major in Communication Engineering, Master of Engineering

Sep. 2006 – Dec. 2011, Department of Electronics and Information Science, Lanzhou University, Major in Signal Processing, Doctor of Science

Professional Experience

May 2002 – May 2005, Teaching Assistant, School of Information Science and Engineering, Lanzhou University

May 2005 – May 2012, Lecturer, School of Information Science and Engineering, Lanzhou University

May 2012 – May 2017, Associate Professor, School of Information Science and Engineering, Lanzhou University

May 2017 – Present, Professor, School of Information Science and Engineering, Lanzhou University

Teaching Responsibilities

Course taught for undergraduate students: Digital Circuits and Logic Design

Graduate Supervision

From 2012 to 2023, he supervised 12 doctoral students (5 graduated and 6 currently enrolled) and 38 master’s students (23 graduated and 15 currently enrolled).

Research Interests: Medical Image Analysis, Ubiquitous Affective Computing, Data Mining, Machine Learning

He engages in research on brain science and artificial intelligence. Based on relevant theories in complexity science, he constructs brain models, commits himself to developing novel computational methods for brain connectomics and pattern recognition algorithms, and builds key biomarker mining models to realize computer-aided diagnosis and abnormal pattern recognition of related diseases.

Majors for Student Recruitment

Computer Application Technology (0812 Academic Doctorate)

Computer Science and Technology (0812 Academic Master’s Degree)

Electronic Information – Computer Technology (0854 Professional Master’s Degree in Engineering)

Applied Statistics (0252 Professional Master’s Degree in Engineering)

Research Projects and Achievements

He has presided over and participated in a number of ministerial and provincial-level research projects. Representative achievements are as follows:

Major Project of “Brain Science and Brain-Inspired Intelligence Research” under the Science and Technology Innovation 2030 Major Program, Ministry of Science and Technology (Grant No. 2021ZD0200701), Ongoing, Principal Investigator of the Project

Joint Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. U21A20520), Ongoing, Principal Investigator of the Project
Key R&D Program of Gansu Province (Grant No. 23YFGA0004), Ongoing, Principal Investigator

Natural Science Foundation Program of Gansu Province (Grant No. 20JR5RA292), Completed, Principal Investigator

Sub-project of the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) (Grant No. 2014CB744601-1), Completed, Principal Investigator
Publications

To date, he has published more than 60 SCI-indexed papers in prestigious academic journals including NeuroImage, CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics, Journal of Neurology, Journal of Affective Disorders and Computers in Biology and Medicine, and obtained 3 authorized national invention patents. Representative SCI papers are as follows:

[1] Shang Y, Yao Z*, Hu B*, et al. Functional connectome hierarchy distortions in female nurses with occupational burnout and its gene expression signatures [J]. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 2023, In Press.

[2] Zhang L, Yao Z*, Hu B*, et al. Fine-grained features characterize hippocampal and amygdaloid change pattern in Parkinson’s Disease and discriminate cognitive-deficit subtype [J]. CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics, 2023.

[3] Pang J, Guo H, Yao Z*, Hu B*, et al. Uncovering the global task-modulated brain network in chunk decomposition with Chinese characters[J]. NeuroImage, 2022, 247: 118826.

[4] Chen N, Yao Z*, Hu B*, et al. Decreased dynamism of overlapping brain sub-networks in major depressive disorder [J]. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 2021, 133: 197-204.

[5] Zheng W, Woo C W, Yao Z, et al. Pain-Evoked Reorganization in Functional Brain Networks [J]. Cerebral Cortex, 2020, 30(5): 2804-2822.

[6] Yao Z, Zou Y, et al. Structural alterations of the brain preceded functional alterations in major depressive disorder patients: Evidence from multimodal connectivity [J]. Journal of Affective Disorders, 2019, 253: 107-117.

[7] Zheng W, Yao Z, et al. Identification of Alzheimer’s disease and mild cognitive impairment using networks constructed based on multiple morphological brain features [J]. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, 2018, 3(10): 887-897.

[8] Yao Z, Zhang Y, et al. Abnormal cortical networks in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease [J]. PLoS Computational Biology, 2010, 6(11): e1001006.

Academic & Professional Services

He serves as Member of the Technical Committee on Brain Mapping, Chinese Society of Image and Graphics; Member of the Medical Neural Engineering Branch, Chinese Society of Biomedical Engineering; Member of the Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence; Member of the 7th Youth Editorial Committee, Sichuan Mental Health; Editorial Board Member, Software; and Associate Editor, Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease.

Contact information:

Mail: yaozj@lzu.edu.cn