Published on Dec. 28, 2016
Updated on May 5, 2026
Department: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Concentration: Bioinformatics, Biomedical Informatics, Geoinformatics, Health Informatics
Chi-Ren Shyu (he/him/his) is Director of MUIDSI, Associate Dean for Graduate Education and Strategic Initiatives, and Chair of the Executive Committee for the Mizzou Quantum Innovation Center. Dr. Shyu has organized and chaired technical program committees for several IEEE conferences, including IEEE HealthCom, IEEE BigMM, IEEE BIBM, and IEEE BIBE. He represents MU on the Southeast Conference (SEC) Artificial Intelligence Consortium and the Missouri Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development’s Advisory Committee for Building Missouri’s AI Talent Pipeline (2026). He is the PI of Mizzou’s NSF CyberCorps SFS project ($3.6M). Since joining MU in 2000, Dr. Shyu has received numerous awards, including the National Science Foundation CAREER Award, Engineering Faculty Research Award, Engineering Teaching Excellence Award, MU Faculty Interdisciplinary Entrepreneurial Award, MU Faculty and Alumni Awards, the UM System President’s Leadership Award, and MU Outstanding Graduate Mentor Award (2026). His interdisciplinary research focuses on biomedical informatics, explainable AI, quantum computing, cybersecurity, and spatial Big Data analytics. Dr. Shyu is a member of Eta Kappa Nu, an elected Fellow of the American College of Medical Informatics (FACMI).