Prof. Dr. Yixing Chen is a Professor at the College of Civil
Engineering, Hunan University. He completed his PhD studies in Mechanical
Engineering at Syracuse University, and has been awarded the Building
Simulation Journal Paper of the Year Award, and the Hunan Provincial Excellent
Youth Fund. He has published 60 papers, 11 of which are highly cited, and
serves as a Member of the Building Simulation Committee of the China Simulation
Society, and a Member of the Hunan Green Building Society Young Experts Committee.
His research topics mainly include: Urban Building Mass Energy Simulation
(UBEM), Building Energy Simulation, Builder Behavior, and Architectural
Artificial Intelligence (AI).