Prof. C. L. Philip Chen (IEEE Fellow)

South China University of Technology, China

Biography:

C. L. Philip Chen (Fellow, IEEE) received the M.S. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, in 1985, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA, in 1988. He is currently a Chair Professor and the Dean of the School of Computer Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China. Being a Program Evaluator of the Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology Education (ABET) in the USA, for computer engineering, electrical engineering, and software engineering programs, he successfully architects the University of Macau's Engineering and Computer Science programs receiving accreditations from Washington/Seoul Accord through Hong Kong Institute of Engineers (HKIE), of which is considered as his utmost contribution in engineering/computer science education for Macau as the former Dean of the Faculty of Science and Technology. His current research interests include systems, cybernetics, and computational intelligence.,Prof. Chen is a Fellow of AAAS, IAPR, CAA, and HKIE; a Member of Academia Europaea (AE), European Academy of Sciences and Arts (EASA), and International Academy of Systems and Cybernetics Science (IASCYS). He was the recipient of the IEEE Norbert Wiener Award in 2018 for his contribution in systems and cybernetics, and machine learning. He is also a 2018 highly cited researcher in Computer Science by Clarivate Analytics in a 2018. He was the recipient of the 2016 Outstanding Electrical and Computer Engineers Award from his alma mater, Purdue University, after he graduated from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, USA in 1985. He was the President of the IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society from 2012 to 2013, and the Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems. Currently, he is the Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, and an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems. And currently, he is a Vice President of Chinese Association of Automation (CAA).

Prof. Maki Habib

The American University in Cairo, Egypt

Biography:

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.

Prof. Jian Yao

Wuhan University, China

Biography:

Jian Yao, born in December 1975, is from Lianyuan City, Hunan Province, China. Yao is a professor, Doctoral Supervisor, Distinguished Professor of "Chutian Scholar" Program of Hubei Province, Discipline Development Leader of the School of Remote Sensing Information Engineering of Wuhan University, a candidate of the National Major Talent Project A-type Youth Project, a member of the Strategic Talent Training Program of Changsha, a high-end talent of the 3551 Entrepreneurship and Innovation Program of Wuhan, a student of the Class 2019 of Baidu Alpha College, a leader of the Artificial Intelligence College of Guangdong Open University, director of the Artificial Intelligence Application Innovation Center of Guangdong Open University, dean of Research Institute of Desauto Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Professor of Xiamen University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, distinguished researcher of Songhua River Thousand People Industry Research Institute, director of Wuhan University Computer Vision and Remote Sensing Lab (WHU-CVRS Lab), director of 3D Big Data Artificial Intelligence Innovation Research Center of Wuhan University, incumbent Member of the Chinese Society of Artificial Intelligence, member of the Computer Vision Professional Committee of the Chinese Computer Society (CCF), member of the Imaging Detection and Perception Committee of the Chinese Society of Image and Graphics, member of the Machine Vision Specialty Committee of the Chinese Society of Image and Graphics, member of 3D Vision Specialist Committee of the Chinese Society of Image and Graphics, member of the Big Data and Artificial Intelligence Working Committee of the Chinese Society of Surveying and Mapping, and director of the New Overseas Chinese Professionals Association of Hubei Province and Wuhan City. In April 2012, he was introduced to the School of Remote Sensing and Information Engineering of Wuhan University as a discipline development leader and has been a faculty member since then. He was invited as a specially-appointed professor of “Hubei Scholar” Program of Hubei in 2013. He has participated in many large-scale projects such as the EU's sixth and seventh framework plans, as well as cooperation projects with the International Atomic Energy Agency. In recent years, he has published over 130 papers on international journals including Pattern Recognition, Computer Vision & Image Understanding, International Journal of Robotics Research, IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing (TGRS) and CVPR, applied for over 70 IPs and patents, with 30 authorized by the Chinese government. He has long been a reviewer of top journals and conference proceedings. After joining Wuhan University, Prof. Yao has established the WHU-CVRS Lab, which now consists of four advisors, one postdoctoral fellows, 30 PhDs and master students. Prof. Yao has chaired a series of research projects at national and provincial levels, including national key research programs, programs of the 973 Project, and the National Natural Science Fund. Meanwhile, in collaboration with well-known enterprises like Tencent, Huawei and Alibaba, he has initiated a range of joint research programs and talent training projects.

Prof. Hesheng Wang (IEEE Senior Member)

Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

Biography:

Dr. Hesheng Wang is currently a professor and doctoral supervisor at the Department of Automation of Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He is also awarded the National Natural Science Foundation Outstanding Youth Fund. He graduated from Harbin Institute of Technology in 2002, obtained master and doctor degrees from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2004 and 2007, and worked as a postdoctoral research assistant from the Chinese University of Hong Kong from 2007 to 2009.
Professor Wang won the Best Student Conference Paper of the International Integrated Technology Conference in 2007, won the Best Paper of the 8th World Intelligent Control and Automation Conference SUPCON in 2010, the Best Student Conference Paper of the International Real-Time Computing and Robot Conference in 2015, the Best Conference Paper of International Wearable Sensor and Robot Conference. In 2010, he was awarded the SMC-Morning Star Young Scholar C category of SJTU, and was awarded the SMC-Morning Star Young Scholar B category of SJTU in 2012. He was awarded Class A of Shanghai Youth Science and Technology Star in 2014.
In recent years, 150+ SCI/EI index papers have been published in domestic and foreign journals and conferences, including 49 SCI index papers, more than 20 IEEE TRANSACTIONS papers, 200+ SCI citations, and 1,400+ google scholar citations. He has published more than 20 papers in ICRA and IROS. Twenty-seven national invention patents have been authorized, in which one has been transferred, and seven have been published.
As project leader, Professor Wang chaired the National Natural Science Foundation Outstanding Youth Fund, Joint Fund Key Projects, Youth Fund, General Projects, Special Subprojects of the ITER Program of the Ministry of Science and Technology, International Cooperation Projects of the Ministry of Science and Technology, Doctoral Fund of the Ministry of Education and Shanghai Municipal Natural Science Foundation and many other projects. As the main member of the project, he participated in many projects including the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the special project of the ITER program of the Ministry of Science and Technology, the 863 key project, the Hong Kong Research Fund, the school medical research cooperation fund, and corporate projects.
He served as the Program Chair of the 2014 International Conference on Robotics and Bionics (IEEE ROBIO2014), and the General Chair of the 2016 International Conference on Real-Time Computing and Robotics (IEEE RCAR2016), and served as chairman of the conference program of the 2019 International Advanced Intelligence of the electromechanical system (IEEE AIM2019). He was chairman of many international conference organizing committees including IEEE ROBIO2009, IEEE ICRA2011, IEEE NANO2013, IEEE ROBIO2015, IEEE SII2016, etc. He is currently the Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Robotics (SCI), Assembly Automation (SCI), International Journal of Humanoid Robotics (SCI) and Robotics and Biomimetics, and Associate Editor of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Conference Editorial Board. He has served as the guest editor of Mathematical Problems in Engineering (SCI), International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems (SCI) and Journal of Applied Mathematics. Now he is a senior member of IEEE.

Prof. Xiuxian Li (IEEE Senior Member)

TongJi University, China

Biography:

Dr. Li received the B.S. degree in mathematics and applied mathematics and the M.S. degree in pure mathematics (number theory under the supervision of Prof. Jianya Liu) from Shandong University, China, in 2009 and 2012, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, in 2016, under the supervision of Prof. Michael Z. Q. Chen and Prof. James Lam. From 2016 to 2020, he has been a research fellow with the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, working with Prof. Lihua Xie, and a senior research associate with the Department of Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, working with Prof. Gary Feng. In 2020, he joined the Department of Control Science & Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, China, where he has been a full professor since 2022. He held a visit to the group of Prof. Peter Richtárik at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia, in September 2019. He was finalist for the best paper award at the 2018 IEEE International Conference on Real-time Computing and Robotics, and the recipient of best paper award at CCSICC 2023.