Shu-Ching Chen

Shu-Ching Chen is the inaugural Executive Director of Data Science and Analytics Innovation Center (dSAIC).   dSAIC is a University of Missouri System-Wide Center and is based at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC). He provides the expertise and leadership to ensure the Center's overarching aspiration to become Missouri's hub for innovative research and expertise in data science, analytics, data protection (cybersecurity), artificial intelligence, and machine learning solving critical societal problems, being a state-of-the-art resource for industry and the UM universities, producing a skilled workforce to meet growing industry demands and spurring economic development becomes a reality.

His main research interests include data science, multimedia big data, disaster information management, AI, and machine learning. Dr. Chen has authored and coauthored more than 400 research papers in journals, refereed conference/symposium/workshop proceedings, book chapters, and four books. Dr. Chen has been the PI/Co-PI/Co-I of many research grants from NSF, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), National Institute of Health (NIH), Department of Energy, US Department of Education, Air Force, Army Research Office, Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Florida Office of Insurance Regulation, Missouri Department of Transportation, Florida Department of Transportation, IBM, and Microsoft.

He is currently the MOC Chair of the IEEE Computer Society. He was the Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Multimedia Magazine, a  steering committee member and past chair of the IEEE Computer Society Technical Community on Multimedia Computing (TCMC), and a steering committee member of the IEEE Transactions on Multimedia. He received the 2024 Impact Award and 2019 Service Award from TCMC. He received the Best Paper Award from several IEEE Conferences.  He is a fellow of IEEE, AAAS, and AIMBE. He is also an ACM Distinguished Scientist.