Speakers

Prof. Yang Yue, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China (SPIE Fellow / IEEE Senior Member)
Associate Editor, IEEE Access
Areas of Expertise: Optical communication, microwave photons, three-dimensional vision, integrated photons
Brief Introduction:Yang Yue, Professor, PhD supervisor, School of Information and Communication Engineering, Xi 'an Jiaotong University, SPIE Fellow, IEEE/Optica Senior member, National Young Talent Program candidate, founder of Intelligent Photon Application Technology Laboratory (iPatLab) and current PI. He is committed to the basic and applied research in the field of intelligent photonics such as optical communication, light perception, and optical chips. He received his bachelor's degree in Electronic Information Science and Technology and Master's degree in optics from Nankai University in 2004 and 2007, respectively, and his Doctor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Southern California in 2012. After graduation, he worked for Silicon Valley Semiconductor Company and network equipment company. In 2021, he was selected into Xi 'an Jiaotong University's "Young Top Talent Support Program". He has published more than 260 papers (including Science), including nearly 20 invited papers, applied for and authorized more than 60 patents (including 25 US patents, 9 European patents, and more than 30 authorized patents), edited 6 English books and 2 English book chapters, and cited more than 10,000 times by Google Academic. He was invited to give more than 200 lectures (including 1 Tutorial,30 Plenary sessions and 50 Keynote sessions). He has presided over nearly 10 national, provincial and ministerial level and enterprise horizontal scientific research projects, with a total fund of more than 10 million yuan. He is an Associate editor of IEEE Access, Frontiers in Physics, an editorial board member of four academic journals, including Sensors and J. Lightw. Technol. He has been guest editor of special issues for more than 10 times, chairman of international conferences and members of technical committees for more than 100 times, and reviewer of more than 70 academic journals.
Homepage: https://gr.xjtu.edu.cn/en/web/yyue 

Prof. Shiling Zhang, State Grid Chongqing Electric Power Company, China (Director of the IEEE New Sensing and Monitoring Technology Sub-Committee)
Areas of Expertise: High voltage and insulation technology; intelligent data mining and digital twin
Brief Introduction: Dr.Shiling Zhang is currently the editorial board member of the Chinese core journal "Insulation Materials" of Peking University and the editorial board member of the Chinese core journal "Electrical Technology". He was awarded by IEEE Power & Energy Society China Technical Council as the “Power System Instrumentation & Measurement Satellite Committee-China” and “Innovative Sensing domestic and foreign and Monitoring Techniques Subcommittee” director. He also serves on the IEEE PES Substations Satellite Committee.. Director of the IEEE New Sensing and Monitoring Technology Sub-Committee, won the title of the State Grid Chongqing Electric Power Company Youth May 4th Medal, the State Grid Chongqing Electric Power Company Outstanding Communist Party Member, and the 2022 State Grid Corporation Science and Technology Support Youth (a total of 50 nationwide Nominated for the 2021 Top Young Talents in Chongqing.

Dr. Wasiq Khan, Liverpool John Moores University, UK (IEEE member)
Areas of Expertise: Domain of Artificial Intelligence, Deep/Machine Learning, Data Science, Speech and Video/Image data analysis.

Brief Introduction:Dr. Wasiq KHAN is a Senior Academic (SMIEEE) in Artificial Intelligence & Data Sciences within the Department of Computer Science at Liverpool John Moores University, UK. He has also been serving as a Visiting Professor of Artificial Intelligence (University of Anbar, Iraq). Wasiq received his B.Sc. in Mathematics, Physics, and Geography following an M.Sc. in Computer Science from Pakistan. At Bradford University UK, He received an M.Sc. in Artificial Intelligence for Board Games following by a Ph.D. in Speech Analysis & Intelligent Reasoning and a Post Graduate Certificate in Teaching & Learning in Higher Education (PGCHEP). Wasiq has been leading several large-scale research projects as Senior Research Scientist and Senior Consultant in collaborations with Academic Institutions and Industry across the globe. Currently, Wasiq is leading on several ongoing research projects mostly covering Applied AI and Data science in diverse domains including: National Security (e.g., suspect identification, deep behaviour analysis), Deep facial analysis (e.g., deception detection, mental health), Smart environments (e.g., deep vision for blind people mobility aid), and Healthcare technologies (e.g., Huntington disease, autism patterns etc.). Wasiq has been publishing the research outcomes in high impact Journals and international conferences. He has been active in public engagements and impact raising activities such as news blogs & media, scientific festivals, scientific show cases, and public demonstrations. He is an active reviewer for top-ranked Journals (e.g., IEEE Trans, Elsevier, Springer etc.) and government funding bodies (e.g., EPSRC, STFC, UKRI and NIHR). Along with his research activities, Wasiq is fully involved in teaching, administrative roles and Ph.D supervisions. Wasiq has established academic citizenship within his research domain along with his Fellowship of Higher Education Academy (FHEA) and Senior Member of IEEE (SMIEEE).

Prof, Mohamad Sawan, CenBRAIN Labs, Westlake University, China (IEEE Fellow
Areas of Expertise: Bridging micro/nano electronics with biomedical engineering to introduce smart medical devices dedicated to improving the quality of human life.)
Brief Introduction: Prof, Mohamad Sawan, Academician of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, Academician of the Engineering Institute of Canada, IEEE Fellow, an internationally renowned scientist in the field of smart biomedical devices, made major contributions to implantable and wearable smart medical devices based on smart microsystem technology. He has published more than 800 peer-reviewed papers, two monographs, ten monograph chapters, twelve invention patents, and 15 other patent applications are pending. He is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems (2016-2019), and the associate editor of IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering. He is the founder of the Polystim Neurotechnology Laboratory and the IEEE-NEWCAS International Conference, and the co-founder of the IEEE-BioCAS International Conference. Dr. Sawan hosted the IEEE International Circuits and Systems Conference (ISCAS) in Montreal in 2016 as the conference chair, and hosted the IEEE International Conference on Engineering, Medicine and Biology (EMBC) in Montreal in 2020. He has won several international awards, including Hangzhou Qianjiang Friendship Ambassador Award, Shanghai International Science and Technology Cooperation Award, Elizabeth II Jubilee Diamond Award, Lebanon Presidential Award, Barbara Turnbull Award, ACFAS-Bombardier Award, ACFAS Jacques Rousseau Award, Canada's Top Ten Inventions of the Year Award, Quebec Official Medal of Canada (Quebec's highest honor), etc.

Dr. Pavel Loskot, ZJU-UIUC Institute, China (IEEE Member)
Areas of Expertise: Statistical signal processing, mathematical modeling of stochastic systems, networks and distributed systems.

Brief Introduction: Dr. Pavel Loskot obtained BSc degree in Biomedical Engineering and MSc degree in Radioelectronics from the Czech Technical University of Prague, Czech Republic. He was then Research Scientist and Project Manager in the Centre for Wireless Communications at the University of Oulu, Finland before moving to Canada to earn the PhD degree in Wireless Communications from the University of Alberta. Since 2007, he was a Senior Lecturer in Engineering at Swansea University, UK. He is the Senior Member of the IEEE, Fellow of the Higher Education Academy in the UK, and the Recognized Research Supervisor of the UK Council for Graduate Education. His current research interests lie in applications of statistical signal processing methods to problems in telecommunication engineering and computational molecular biology.

Prof, Maode Ma, Qatar University, Qatar (IEEE Member / ACM Singapore Chapter Chair)
Areas of Expertise: Network security and wireless networking.

Brief Introduction: Maode Ma, A Fellow of IET, received his Ph.D. degree from the Department of Computer Science at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 1999. Now, Prof. Ma is a Research Professor in the College of Engineering at Qatar University in Qatar. Before joining Qatar University, he has been a faculty member at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore for over 20 years. He has led 26 research projects funded by the government, industry, military, and universities in various countries. He has supervised 24 research students to get their Ph. D degrees. He has been a conference chair, technical symposium chair, tutorial chair, publication chair, publicity chair, and session chair for over 100 international conferences. He has been a member of the technical program committees for more than 300 international conferences. Prof. Ma has about 500 international academic publications including over 250 journal papers and about 250 conference papers. He has edited a few technical books and produced over 28 book chapters. His publication has received close to 10,000 citations in Google Scholar. He has delivered over 90 keynote speeches and 11 tutorials at various international conferences. Prof. Ma currently serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Computer and Communication Engineering and the Journal of Communications. He also serves as a Senior Editor for IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, and an Associate Editor for the International Journal of Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing and the International Journal of Communication Systems. Prof. Ma is a senior member of the IEEE Communication Society and a member of ACM. He is now the Chair of the ACM, Singapore Chapter. He has been a Distinguished Lecturer for the IEEE Communication Society in 2013-2016 and 2023-2024.

Prof. Pascal Lorenz, University of Haute Alsace, France (IEEE Senior Member, IARIA Fellow, IEEE ComSoc France Chapter Chair)
Areas of Expertise: QoS, wireless networks and high-speed networks.
Brief Introduction: Prof. Pascal Lorenz received his M.Sc. (1990) and Ph.D. (1994) from the University of Nancy, France. Between 1990 and 1995 he was a research engineer at WorldFIP Europe and at Alcatel-Alsthom. He is a professor at the University of Haute-Alsace, France, since 1995. He is the author/co-author of 3 books, 3 patents and 200 international publications in refereed journals and conferences. He was Technical Editor of the IEEE Communications Magazine Editorial Board (2000-2006), IEEE Networks Magazine since 2015, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology since 2017, Chair of IEEE ComSoc France (2014-2020), Financial chair of IEEE France (2017-2022), Chair of Vertical Issues in Communication Systems Technical Committee Cluster (2008-2009), Chair of the Communications Systems Integration and Modeling Technical Committee (2003-2009), Chair of the Communications Software Technical Committee (2008-2010) and Chair of the Technical Committee on Information Infrastructure and Networking (2016-2017). He has served as Co-Program Chair of IEEE WCNC'2012 and ICC'2004, Executive Vice-Chair of ICC'2017, TPC Vice Chair of Globecom'2018, Panel sessions co-chair for Globecom'16, tutorial chair of VTC'2013 Spring and WCNC'2010, track chair of PIMRC'2012 and WCNC'2014, symposium Co-Chair at Globecom 2007-2011, Globecom'2019, ICC 2008-2010, ICC'2014 and '2016. He has served as Co-Guest Editor for special issues of IEEE Communications Magazine, Networks Magazine, Wireless Communications Magazine, Telecommunications Systems and LNCS. He is associate Editor for International Journal of Communication Systems (IJCS-Wiley), Journal on Security and Communication Networks (SCN-Wiley) and International Journal of Business Data Communications and Networking, Journal of Network and Computer Applications (JNCA-Elsevier). He is senior member of the IEEE, IARIA fellow and member of many international program committees. He has organized many conferences, chaired several technical sessions and gave tutorials at major international conferences. He was IEEE ComSoc Distinguished Lecturer Tour during 2013-2014.

Prof. Gang Wang, Hefei University of Technology, China (AIS / IEEE / ACM / HKCS member)
Areas of Expertise: Information management and information systems, data science and big data technology, and its application in manufacturing, business and scientific and technological services.
Brief Introduction: Prof.Gang Wang, Doctor of Management, Fudan University, selected as the national talent program, director of the information management department. Deputy editor of internationally renowned journal DSS, expert of ISO/IEC TC268 working group of the International Organization for Standardization, selected as a highly cited scholar of Elsevier China in 2021 and 2022. He is mainly engaged in research in the fields of information management and information systems, data science and big data technology. He presided over 5 projects of National Natural Science Foundation, more than 10 projects of provincial and ministerial level such as Anhui Outstanding Youth Fund, and more than 10 cooperation projects of Kekuochuang, Zoomlion, Ares, Anhui Electric Science Institute and other enterprises. He won the second prize of Natural Science Award of the Ministry of Education and the Outstanding scientific and Technological Achievement Award of the first Data Space Conference. He has published two academic monographs in Science Press, and more than 100 research papers in MIS Quarterly (UTD24, FT50), DSS, IEEE Journal, Journal of Systems Engineering, Journal of Computer Science and other domestic and foreign academic journals. He has authorized more than 20 national invention patents and software Copyrights, and participated in the formulation of one international standard and one local standard.

Prof. Fang Hu, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, China (IEEE / CCF Senior Member)
Areas of Expertise: Complex Networks, Mobile Computing, Blockchain, and Big Data Analytics.

Brief Introduction: Fang Hu received her Ph.D. in 2015 from the School of Computers, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China. Dr. Hu worked at the University of West Florida as a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics during 2018-2019. Dr. Hu is currently a Full Professor at the College of Information Engineering, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine. She is the Website Chair of the IEEE Computer Society Big Data STC, the Executive Committee of the China Computer Federation (CCF) on Pervasive Computing, the Communication Committee of the Chinese Institute of Electronics' Youth Professional Technical Committee of the Internet of Things, etc. She received 2023 Best Researcher Award, International Young Scientist Awards, ScienceFather. She is a Guest Editor or Reviewer for over 60 SCI journals, such as IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering, IEEE Systems Journal, etc. She is a Technical Program Committee, Program Committee for over 10 international conferences, such as EIIE, ISHCI, ICMIC, ISAIR, ICBSB, ICPMS, etc. She served as a keynote speaker of ICPHMS 2021, EEIE2022, ICITBT 2022, etc. As a first or corresponding author, she has published over 40 prestigious conference and journal articles. 

Prof. Lu Leng, Nanchang Hangkong University, China (IEEE/ACM/CCF/CSIG/CAAI Member)

Areas of Expertise: Biometric recognition and authentication, biometric template protection, computer vision, image processing and pattern recognition.
Brief Introduction: Prof. LuLeng received his Ph.D degree from Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, P. R. China, in 2012. He performed his postdoctoral research at Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea, and Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, P. R. China. He was a visiting scholar at West Virginia University, USA, and Yonsei University, South Korea. Currently, he is a full professor at Nanchang Hangkong University. Prof. Leng has published more than 100 international journal and conference papers, including about 60 SCI papers and three highly cited papers. He has been granted several scholarships and funding projects, including five projects supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC). He serves as a reviewer of more than 100 international journals and conferences. His research interests include computer vision, biometric template protection and biometric recognition. He is an outstanding representative of "Innovation Talent" of Jiangxi Enterprise in "Science and Technology China" in 2021, received "Jiangxi Youth May Fourth Medal" in 2019, "Jiangxi Hundred-Thousand-Ten-thousand Talent Project" in 2018, "Jiangxi Voyage Project" in 2014, etc.