Dr. Yi Lu Murphey received a M.S. degree in computer science from Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, in 1983, and a Ph.D degree with a major in Computer Engineering and a minor in Control Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 1989.
She is currently a Full Professor at the ECE (Electrical and Computer Engineering) department. She has authored over 150 publications in refereed journals and conference proceedings in the areas of areas of machine learning, pattern recognition, computer vision and intelligent systems with applications to intelligent vehicle systems, optimal vehicle power management, data analytics, automated and connected vehicles and robotic vision systems.
She has received many research grants and contracts over the last twenty years from US National Science Foundation, US Department of Defense, and many industrial companies including Ford Motor Company, ZF-TRW Automotive, Hyundai, and Toyota Research Institute. Dr. Murphey is a Distinguished Lecturer for the IEEE Society of Vehicular Technologies and the IEEE Society of Computational Intelligence, and a fellow of IEEE.