Biyang Ma

Prof. Dr. Biyang Ma

School of Computer Science, Minnan Normal University, Zhangzhou, Fujian, China
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Biography

Ma Biyang (male) is an Associate Professor and Master's Supervisor at Minnan Normal University, and a Fujian Province High-Level Talent (Class B). He holds a Ph.D. in Engineering from Xiamen University (2019) and conducted postdoctoral research at Teesside University (2019–2020) and Northumbria University (2020–2021), UK. He founded the Research Institute for Embodied Interaction Science and Technology (RIEIST) in 2025 and was seconded as Associate Dean of Computer Science at Hunan First Normal University. Dr. Ma is an IEEE Senior Member, a member of CAAI and CCF, and serves on several CCF technical committees (Formal Methods, Cooperative Computing, AI & Pattern Recognition, and the Multi-Agent Systems Group). He is also a review expert for the China Ministry of Education Degree Center and for funding agencies in Fujian. His research focuses on multi-agent systems, reinforcement learning, and recommender systems. He has led one provincial project and two university projects, and participated in six national projects, four industry collaborations, and a UK EPSRC New Investigator Award. He has authored over 30 papers in the past five years, with more than ten SCI/SSCI papers as first/corresponding author in journals such as KBS, ESWA, and IEEE TETCI, as well as CCF-B conferences like AAMAS. He holds three invention patents and serves as a reviewer for top international journals and conference program committees.

Affiliations

Minnan Normal University

Zhangzhou, Fujian, China

School of Computer Science

Honors and Awards

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Class B High‑Level Talent of Fujian Province

Fujian Province

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Young Professional

IEEE

Experience

Institute, Department or Faculty Head

Minnan Normal University, Zhangzhou, China

01 Mar 2026 - present

Co‑Supervisor Candidate for PhD students

INTI International University, Kampung Baharu Nilai, Malaysia

01 Dec 2025 - present

Senior Scientist or Principal Investigator

Minnan Normal University, Zhangzhou, China

01 Dec 2021 - present

Institute, Department or Faculty Head

Hunan First Normal University, Changsha, China

01 Oct 2025 - 01 Jan 2026

Senior Scientist or Principal Investigator

Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

01 Jun 2020 - 01 Jun 2021

Post Doctoral Researcher

Teesside University, Middlesbrough, UK

01 Apr 2019 - 01 Jun 2020