| Prof. Badong Chen, Xi'an Jiaotong University, ChinaBadong Chen is a professor at the Institute of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, Xi 'anJiaotong University and a Yangtze River scholar of the Ministry of Education. In 2008, he graduated from Tsinghua University with a doctorate in computer science. The research fields include machine learning, artificial intelligence, brain-computer interface, and robotics. He has published more than 300 academic papers in internationally renowned journals and conferences, and the papers have been cited more than 15,000 times. More than 30 national invention patents were authorized and 6 academic monographs were published. He was included in the list of top 2 % scientists in the world and Elsevier 's list of China 's highly cited scholars. It won the first prize of natural science of the Ministry of Education, the first prize of natural science of the Chinese Society of Automation, and the young scientist award of the Chinese Society of Automation. He is the director of Chinese Cognitive Science Association and the editorial board member of IEEETNNLS /TCDS /TCSVT. He presided over the key projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the key support projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the key projects of the joint fund, the 973 plan project, the national key research and development plan project and other scientific research projects. |
| Prof. Ning Sun, Nankai University, ChinaNing Sun is a Young Scholar of the Changjiang Scholars Program and a professor with Nankai University, Tianjin, China, and the Shenzhen Research Institute of Nankai University, Shenzhen, China. He received the B.S. degree in measurement & control technology and instruments from Wuhan University, Wuhan, China, in 2009, and the Ph.D. degree in control theory and control engineering from Nankai University, Tianjin, China, in 2014; he was a Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Fellow from 2018 to 2019. His research interests include intelligent control for mechatronic/robotic systems with an emphasis on (industrial) applications. Dr. Sun received the 2021 IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics Outstanding Paper Award, the Machines 2021 Young Investigator Award, the 2019 Wu Wenjun Artificial Intelligence Excellent Youth Award, the ICCAR 2022 Young Scientist Award, the 2024 IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems Outstanding Associate Editor Award, the 2023 International Journal of Control, Automation, and Systems Best Associate Editor, the 2024 IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics Distinguished Reviewer, and several outstanding journal/conference paper awards. He serves as an Associate Editor for several journals, including the IEEE Trans. Industrial Electronics, IEEE Trans. SMC: Systems, IEEE Trans. Intelligent Transportation Systems, IEEE/ASME Trans. Mechatronics. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE. |
| Prof. Haoping Wang, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, ChinaHaoping Wang is currently IEEE Senior member, Professor and Ph.D Supervisor at Automation School, Nanjing University of Science and Technology (NJUST), China. He received Ph.D. degree in Automatic Control and Computer Science from Lille University of Science and Technology (LUST), France. His research interests include the theory and applications of hybrid systems, data driven model free adaptive control, state observation design, visual servo control, renewable energy systems optimal control and rehabilitation and augmented exoskeletons design and intelligent control, etc. He was/is the Principal Investigators and coordinators of Chinese National key R & D projects of national international science and technology cooperation Project, National Science Foundation of China Projects, Chinese-French project of Cai Yuanpei, etc. He has published over 277 refereed international journal and conference papers, in which 147 SCI journal papers, authored 2 books, 15 patents, and co-author 5 chapters in books. Prof. Wang is the editor of SCIE journal IJAMCS, and served as the General Chair of ICRCV2024-20233, Publication Chair of ICCAD2024, Co-chair of the ICRCV2021, Co-Chair of Program Committee of the 27th IEEE Int. Conf. on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (ROMAN’2018), and participation to more than 30 conference organization. He was selected as World's Top 2% Scientists, based on Stanford and Elsevier Data, in 2024, and enlisted also in ‘Jiangsu Provincial 333 High-Level Talent Training Program’, ‘Jiangsu Provincial Project Blue: Young Academic Leader’, ‘Six Talent Peaks of High Level Talents’, etc. Prof. Wang is currently Dean of Zhizhi Academy of NJUST, Executive deputy Director of the Sino-French International Joint Laboratory of Automatic Control and Signal Processing, Deputy Director of the Jiangsu Enterprise Development Engineering Association, and Deputy Director of the Rehabilitation Medicine Engineering and Transformation Committee of the Jiangsu Rehabilitation Medicine Association, member of Chinese Association of Automation (CAA), Committee member of Data Driven Control Learning and Optimization Professional Committee (DDCLS-CAA), and the Committee member of the energy Internet Committee –CAA, etc. |
| Prof. Zhengrong Xiang, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, China Zhengrong Xiang (Member, IEEE) received the B.S degree in theoretical physics and the M.S. degree in fundamental mathematics from Xinjiang University in 1989 and 1995 respectively, and received the Ph.D. degree in control theory and control engineering from the Nanjing University of Science and Technology in 1998. He was appointed as a Lecturer and an Associate Professor at the Nanjing University of Science and Technology in 1998 and 2001, respectively. Since 1998, he has been a Faculty Member with the Nanjing University of Science and Technology, where he is currently a Full Professor. He has coauthored around 380 journal and conference papers, many of which are highly-cited status, ESI 1%. One paper was selected as one of the "China's 100 most influential international academic papers". His main research interests include switched systems, nonlinear control, multi-agent systems, reinforcement learning, and networked control systems. Prof. Xiang was the recipient of many prestigious international awards and recognitions such as the CAA Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Nomination and Mentor Award in 2022 and the Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Supervisor in Jiangsu Province in 2021. |
| Prof. Tianlei Ma, Zhengzhou University, ChinaMa Tianlei, Ph.D., Professor and Doctoral supervisor at Zhengzhou University, Director of the Experimental Center of the School of Electrical and Information Engineering at Zhengzhou University, Outstanding postdoctoral researcher in national innovation and entrepreneurship, Excellent guiding teacher of the National Graduate Electronic Competition, High-level talent in Henan Province, Outstanding young talent in Central Plains, Science and technology innovation talent in Henan Province, Young scientist of the Henan Province Science and Technology Research and Development Plan Joint Fund, Young talent in Henan Province, Young backbone teacher in Henan Province, Deputy director of the Henan Digital Organization Engineering Technology Center, and Excellent bachelor's/master's thesis guiding teacher in Henan Province. Engaged in long-term research on artificial intelligence and multimodal perception, focusing on issues such as multi-dimensional information fusion and intelligent detection and recognition of targets, multimodal perception and decision-making of robots, proposing basic theoretical methods to promote the development of target recognition and robotics. |
