• Ph.D., National University of Singapore, 2004
• M.Eng., Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1997
• B.Eng., Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1994

• Associate, Technology Application Staff (Knowledge Engineering Program), Institute of Systems Science, National University of Singapore, Jan 2009 - Present
• Project Specialist (Lecturer/Consultant, Knowledge Engineering Program), Institute of Systems Science, National University of Singapore, Jul 2005 – Dec 2008
• SMF Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Electric and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, May 2004 – Jul 2005
• SMF Research Officer, Department of Electric and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, Aug 2003 – Apr 2004

• Independent Reviewer to Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence.
• Programme Committee Member to IEEE CEC Congress on Evolutionary Computation 2009; Independent Reviewer to IEEE CEC.
• Independent Reviewer to IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks.

• Evolutionary Computation
• Neural Networks
• Data Mining
• Pattern Recognition
• Machine Learning

Journal Papers (Refereed)

• Zhu, F. and Guan, S.U. Cooperative co-evolution of GA-based classifiers based on input decomposition, Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, Volume 21, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1360-1369.
• Guan, S.U. and Zhu, F. An Incremental Approach to Genetic Algorithms Based Classification, IEEE Trans. on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Part B, 35 (2), 227-239, 2005.
• Guan, S.U. and Zhu, F. Class Decomposition for GA-based Classifier Agents – A Pitt Approach, IEEE Trans. on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Part B, 34 (1), 381-392, 2004.
• Zhu, F. and Guan, S.U. Feature Selection for Modular GA-based Classification, Applied Soft Computing, Elsevier Science, 4 (4), 381-393, 2004.
• Zhu, F. and Guan, S.U. Ordered Incremental Training with Genetic Algorithms, International Journal of Intelligent Systems, 19 (12), 1239-1256, 2004.
• Guan, S.U., Zhu, F. Ontology Acquisition and Exchange of Evolutionary Product-brokering Agents, Journal of Research and Practice in Information Technology