| Professor Simon X. Yang Fellow of Canadian Academy of Engineering, University of Guelph, Canada Simon X. Yang received the B.Sc. degree in Engineering Physics from Peking University, Beijing, China, the first of two M.Sc. degrees in Biophysics from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, the second M.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Houston, Houston, TX, and the Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. Dr. Yang is currently a Professor and the Head of the Advanced Robotics and Intelligent Systems Laboratory at the University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada. He is a Fellow of Canadian Academy of Engineering. Prof. Yang’s research interests include robotics, intelligent systems, control systems, sensors and multi-sensor fusion, wireless sensor networks, bio-inspired intelligence, neural networks, machine learning, fuzzy systems, evolutionary computation, intelligent agriculture, intelligent communications, intelligent transportation, and computational neuroscience. Prof. Yang has been very active in professional activities. He has been served as the Editor-in-Chief and Associate Editor of several international journals, and has involved in the organization of many international conferences. He was on the grant selection panel of NSERC, CIHR and several other grant agencies. |
| Professor Wenju Zhou Shanghai University, China Professor Wenju Zhou is a professor, Ph.D. in Engineering, and doctoral supervisor in the Department of Automation, School of Mechatronic Engineering and Automation, Shanghai University. He is also a designated "Jizi Scholar" of Shanghai University and a Taishan Industrial Leadership Talent of Shandong Province. He previously worked as a researcher at the Area Robotics Laboratory at the University of Essex, UK, and as a robotics engineer at the Vitec Videocom Group, a UK-based company with a history of over a century. He has received numerous awards and honors, including the Wu Wenjun Award for Scientific and Technological Progress from the Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence (6th edition), the second prize in the 6th China Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition in 2017, the Scientific and Technological Awards from the China Instrument and Control Society in both 2018 and 2020, the second prize in the Shandong Province Higher Education Institutions Science and Technology Progress Award, the Innovation Award at the International Industry Fair, and the title of Outstanding Supervisor (Model Case) in 2021. His main research interests include machine vision, artificial intelligence, advanced measurement and control technology, and the translation of medical-engineering related technologies. |
| Professor Baoquan LiTiangong University Baoquan Li received the B.Eng. degree in automation and the Ph.D. degree in control theory and control engineering from Nankai University, Tianjin, China, in 2010 and 2015, respectively. Since 2013 to 2014, he was a joint Ph.D. student with Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, awarded by China Scholarship Council. He is currently a Professor with the Tianjin Key Laboratory of Autonomous Intelligence Technology and Systems, and the School of Control Science and Engineering, Tiangong University, Tianjin. He is a senior member of IEEE. His current research interests include computer vision, sensor fusion, unmanned aerial vehicle, and nonlinear control. He has published over 50 technical papers in journals and conference proceedings, and he is a principal investigator of over 10 granted scientific projects, including National Natural Science Foundation of China, Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin, and Fundamental Research Funds for Universities of Tianjin City. He obtains Young Innovative Talent Award within Tianjin City Universities, and obtains Popular Supervisor Award by Tiangong University. He obtains 1st Class Prize of Outstanding Advisor Award for China Robot Competition by Chinese Association of Automation, and obtains Outstanding Advisor Award for China Engineering Robot Competition by Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence. |
| Professor Xiaoyan ChenTianjin University of Science and technology Chen Xiaoyan, Professor and Doctoral & Masteral Supervisor at Tianjin University of Science and Technology. She was a visiting scholar at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in the United States and the University of Kent in the UK, and a postdoctoral fellow at Tianjin University.She serves as Director of the Biomedical Electronics Branch of China Institute of Electronics, Director of Tianjin Electronic Society and Director of Tianjin Instrument and Control Society, as well as a peer reviewer for multiple SCI journals and top domestic academic journals.She focuses on process parameter detection and control, intelligent edge computing and biomedical parameter monitoring in long-term. She has presided over and participated in 5 projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, 4 projects supported by the Tianjin Natural Science Foundation, and more than 20 enterprise-commissioned research projects. She has been awarded the Second Prize of Tianjin Science and Technology Progress Award and the Third Prize of Tianjin Technological Invention Award. She has applied for over 20 patents, registered more than 60 software copyrights, and published over 130 academic papers including more than 30 high-level papers. |
| Professor Maki HabibThe American University in Cairo, Egypt Maki Habib obtained his Doctor of Engineering Sciences (DES) in Intelligent and Autonomous Robotics from the University of Tsukuba in 1990, Japan. He was a selected research scientist at RIKEN, Japan, and senior researcher at RISO-Laboratories, Japan, and visiting researcher at EPFL, Switzerland. He was a visiting expert under Asian Development Bank (ADB), Associate Professor at UTM, Malaysia, and a Senior Manager at MCRIA for engineering projects and industrial consultation, Malaysia. He was a leading senior research scientist with GMD-Japan, Japan leading Telecooperation research group. Associate Professor with Monash University (Australia/Malaysia), he developed and led the Mechatronics Engineering program. He was appointed as a full Professor of Robotics and Mechatronics at Swinburne University (Australia/Malaysia). Then, he was an invited Professor at KAIST, South Korea, Residing Professor at Saga University, Japan, and since Sept. 2007 he is a full Professor of Robotics and Mechatronics at AUC. Habib was a visiting professor (short term) at many Universities around the world, such as, Nagasaki University-Japan, Hokkoido University-Japan, Orebro University – Sweden, Norwegian University of Science and Technology – Norway, etc. Habib served as a consultant and Technical advisor to well-known international companies including Toyota group and ABB. Habib is Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Regional Editor and Associate Editor of 10 International Journals, and Editorial Board member of another 10 International Journals beside his leadership as a member of international organizing/program committee of more than 20 International Conference every year. Habib edited more than 14 books, published more than 26 book chapters and also more than 275 papers at international journals and international conferences. |
