About the Author Hao Ying is an associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Wayne State University, after leaving the faculty of University of Texas Medical Branch in 2000. Dr. Ying began fuzzy control research in 1981. In 1987 he established the world's first analytical connection between a fuzzy controller and a conventional controller. In 1989 he developed the world's first clinical fuzzy control application-real-time control of blood pressure. He has been making systematic contributions to analytical issues fundamental to fuzzy control and systems.