Yes Yan is the dean of the School of Communication Engineering of Hangzhou Dianzi University, majoring in intelligent information processing, and has won many national and provincial awards and honors. Academician selection requires nomination, and the nomination qualifications are: the second prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award and the second prize of the Natural Science Award or above. Becoming an academician requires three rounds of selection. In principle, the age of academician candidates should not exceed 65 years old, and as of July 2023 10, this condition is strictly met. Therefore, Yan has the opportunity to become an academician, but he needs to meet the nomination qualifications and selection criteria.