Jun Liu

Professor Jun Liu is a Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Director of the Artificial Intelligence Research Centre (AIRC) at the School of Computing, Ulster University. With over 270 publications and more than £18 million in research funding, he is a leading figure in artificial intelligence, particularly in trust and explainable AI systems and logic-based reasoning methods.

Dr. Liu received his BSc and MSc degrees in Applied Mathematics, and PhD degree in Information Engineering from Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, China, in 1993, 1996, and 1999, respectively. Prior to joining Ulster University, he held postdoctoral positions at The University of Manchester, UK (Feb. 2002 - Dec. 2004) and the Belgian Nuclear Research Centre (SCK*CEN) (Mar. 2000 - Feb. 2002).

Professor Liu's research focuses on trust and explainable data-knowledge integrated AI decision models with applications in safety and risk analysis, policy decision making, security/disaster management, and healthcare; and logic and automated reasoning methods for intelligent systems, including resolution-based automated reasoning and lattice-valued logics for handling incomparability, inconsistency, and imprecision. His work spans theoretical foundations to practical applications in smart homes, healthcare, and industrial settings.

His recent publications demonstrate a strong trend toward developing more trustworthy and explainable AI systems, with particular emphasis on belief rule-based approaches for handling uncertainty in decision-making. The research spans multiple domains including smart home activity recognition, medical imaging, food quality analysis, and environmental monitoring, showing the versatility and applicability of his methodologies.

• Ulster University best computer science paper award for 2016
• IEEE Senior Member including IEEESMC and IEEECI
• Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy
• Associate Editor of IEEE Transaction on Fuzzy Systems
• Current Chair of IEEE CIS Emergent Technologies Technical Committee

As Director of the Artificial Intelligence Research Centre, Professor Liu has secured significant research funding as principal investigator and co-investigator. His current projects include "The use of Agentic AI in judicial decision-making" funded by EPSRC and "Adaptive Modeling Method for Deep Belief Rule Base" for smart home applications. He serves on editorial boards of multiple high-impact journals and organizes international conferences including the 23rd UK Workshop on Computational Intelligence.

The Artificial Intelligence Research Centre under Professor Liu's leadership focuses on developing cutting-edge AI methodologies with practical applications. The center collaborates extensively with industry partners including BT through the BTIIC Phase 2 initiative and PwC through their Advanced Engineering and Research Centre, ensuring research has real-world impact across multiple sectors.