Shiyou Lian is a senior AI scholar. He was the guide of computer science and technology discipline and a postgraduate adviser. He was a member of China Computer Federation and a member of a professional board of Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence. He presided or participated in over 10 scientific research projects including the projects of National Natural Science Foundation of China and National 863 Hi-tech, and won multiple awards. Especially, he developed alone an expert system software, which was popularized and applied and won awards. He is the sole or first author of over 30 academic papers and sole author of 4 monographs and 8 textbooks, and he also won many awards in teaching, including 2 provincial second prizes.