Honorary Conference Chair
Prof. Ljiljana Trajkovic IEEE Life Fellow Simon Fraser University, Canada | Ljiljana Trajkovic received the Dipl. Ing. degree from the University of Pristina, Yugoslavia, the M.Sc. degree in electrical engineering and computer engineering from Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of California at Los Angeles. She is currently a professor in the School of Engineering Science, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. Her research interests include communication networks and dynamical systems. She served as IEEE Division X Delegate/Director and President of the IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society and the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society. Dr. Trajkovic serves as Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems and Associate Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Open Journal of Systems Engineering. She is a Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE Circuits and System Society and the IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society and a Fellow of the IEEE. |
Prof. Vincenzo Piuri IEEE Fellow University of Milan, Italy | Vincenzo Piuri is Full Professor in Computer Engineering at the University of Milan, Italy (since 2000), where he has also been Department Chair (2007-2012). He was Associate Professor at Politecnico di Milano, Italy (1992-2000), visiting professor at the University of Texas at Austin, USA (summers 1996-1999), and visiting researcher at George Mason University, USA (summers 2012-2013). He received his M.S. and Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from Politecnico di Milano, Italy. His main research interests are: theory and industrial applications of neural networks, pattern analysis and recognition, machine learning, intelligent measurement systems, biometrics, signal and image processing for industrial applications, fault tolerance, application-specific digital processing architectures, and arithmetic architectures. His research was performed in national and European projects funded by industries, the European Union, the Italian Ministry of Research, and the National Research Council of Italy. He published innovative results in more than 350 papers in international journals, international conference proceedings, and book chapters. Vincenzo Piuri was very active in promoting technical activities and internationalization, especially in the IEEE. He served on various technical committees of the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society, the IEEE Computer Society, the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society, the IEEE Systems Council, and the IEEE Biometrics Council. He was Founding Chair or Co-Chair of various technical committees: Technical Committee on Emerging Technologies (2003-05) and Task Force on Homeland Security of the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society Technical Committee on Intelligent System Applications (2003-05), and Technical Committees on Emergent Technologies (since 1994), Intelligent Measurement Systems (1997-2002), and Security and Contraband Detection (since 2002) of the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society. He was Vice Chair of the IEEE NTDC Technical Committee on Biometrics (2005-08) and significantly contributed to the creation of the IEEE Biometric Council (2006-08). He also served as Chair of the Technical Activity Committee on Defect Tolerance of the IEEE Computer Society Test Technology Technical Committee (1995-2006). |
Conference Chair
Prof. Iickho Song IEEE Fellow Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea | Iickho Song (Fellow, IEEE) received the B.S.E. (magna cum laude) and M.S.E. degrees in electronics engineering from Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea, in 1982 and 1984, respectively, and the M.S.E. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA, in 1985 and 1987, respectively.,He was a member of the Technical Staff at Bell Communications Research, Morristown, NJ, USA, in 1987. In 1988, he joined the School of Electrical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, where he is currently a Professor. He has coauthored few books including Advanced Theory of Signal Detection (Springer, 2002), Random Variables and Stochastic Processes (Korean, Freedom Academy, 2014), and Probability and Random Variables: Theory and Applications (Springer, 2022); and has published papers on signal detection and mobile communications.,Prof. Song is a Fellow of the Korean Academy of Science and Technology (KAST), the IET, and the Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences (KICS), and a member of the Acoustical Society of Korea (ASK), the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea (IEEK), and the Korea Institute of Information, Electronics, and Communication Technology. He has received several awards including the Young Scientists Award (KAST) in 2000, the Achievement Award (IET) in 2006, and the Hae Dong Information and Communications Academic Award (KICS) in 2006. He has served as the Treasurer for the IEEE Korea Section, an Editor for the Journal of the ASK, Journal of the IEEK, Journal of the KICS, Journal of Communications and Networks (JCN), and a Division Editor for the Journal of Communications and Networks (JCN). |
Prof. Xiaoping Li Gungdong University of Technology, China | Dr. Xiaoping Li is a distinguished professor of the Hundred Talents Program in Gungdong University of Technology. He is an IEEE Senior member and a Distinguished member of China Computer Federation (CCF). He received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Applied Computer Science from the Harbin University of Science and Technology in 1993 and 1999, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in Applied Computer Science from the Harbin Institute of Technology in 2002. From Jan. 2003 to Dec. 2004, he did postdoctoral research at the Department of Automation at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. From Mar. 2009 to Mar. 2010, he was a visiting professor at the National Research Council, London, Ontario, Canada. He is a full professor at the School of Computer Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, China. He is the author or co-author over more than 100 academic papers, some of which have been published in international journals such as IEEE Transactions on Computers, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, IEEE Transactions on Services Computing, IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics: Systems, Information Sciences, Omega, European Journal of Operational Research, Future Generation Computer Systems, Journal of Grid Computing, Journal of Supercomputing, International Journal of Production Research, Expert Systems with Applications, Journal of Network and Computer Applications, Integrated Computer-Aided Engineering, Cluster Computing, Computers & Industrial Engineering, International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Engineering Optimization, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Science in China Series F: Information Sciences, ICSOC, ICPADS, ICWS, SMC, CASE, CSCWD. His research interests include Scheduling in Cloud Computing, Scheduling in Cloud Manufacturing, Service Computing, Big Data and Machine Learning. |
Prof. Fary Ghassemlooy IET Fellow Northumbria University, UK | Professor Ghassemlooy received his BSc (Hons) degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the Manchester Metropolitan University in 1981, and his MSc and PhD in Optical Communications from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST), in 1984 and 1987, respectively with Scholarships from the Engineering and Physical Science Research Council, UK. From 1986-87 worked in UMIST and from 1987 to 1988 was a Post-doctoral Research Fellow at the City University, London. In 1988 he joined Sheffield Hallam University as a Lecturer, becoming a Reader in 1995 and a Professor in Optical Communications in 1997. From 2004 until 2012, was an Associate Dean for Research in the School of Computing, Engineering and Information Sciences and in 2012 he became Associate Dean for Research and Innovation in the Faculty of Engineering and Environment, at Northumbria University at Newcastle, UK. He also heads the Northumbria Communications Research Laboratories within the Faculty. In 2001 he was a recipient of the Tan Chin Tuan Fellowship in Engineering from the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore to work on the photonic technology. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Optics and Applications, The Mediterranean Journal Electronics and Communications and currently serves on the Editorial Committees of number international journals. He is the founder and the Chairman of the IEEE, IET International Symposium on Communication Systems, Network and Digital Signal Processing. |
Technical Program Committee Chair
Prof. Javid Taheri IEEE Senior Member, Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK | Javid Taheri is a Full Professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK. He received his PhD in Mobile Computing from University of Sydney (Australia) in 2007, and his Bachelor and Masters of Electrical Engineering from Sharif University of Technology, Tehran (Iran) in 1998 and 2000, respectively. He is the recipient of many awards including being selected as one of the top 200 young researchers in the world by the Heidelberg Forum in 2013, the recipient of several best paper awards since 2007, and the recipient of the prestigious IEEE Middle Career Researcher award from TSCS in Scalable Computing in 2019. He holds several cloud/networking related industrial certification from VMware, Cisco, Microsoft and IBM. His research interests includes Cloud Computing, Edge/Fog Computing, Network Function Virtualization, Software-defined Networking, and AI-based optimization techniques. He is the editor of a book entitled ‘‘Big Data and Software Defined Networks’’, and is currently co-editing another book entitled ‘‘Edge Computing: Models, Technologies and Applications’’. He co-authored >180 scientific articles and papers, has been serving as an editor for >15 journals, as well as a member of organizing team for >30 international conferences. |
Prof. Dongning Liu Guangdong University of Technology, China | Dongning Liu is a full professor of Guangdong University of Technology in China (2009-now). He was born on Jan. in 1979. He is responsible for teaching discrete math in School of Computer Science and Technology. He is engaged in education and technology transfer on collaborative computing. He is a vice dean of School of Computer Science and Technology. Dr. Liu earned a Ph.D. in Logic at Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China (2007). He was a post Ph.D. in Math at Sun Yat-Sen University (2007-2009). He was a visiting professor in Nipissing University,North Bay, Canada (2015-2016). He has published more than 60 papers on computer magazines and international conferences. He is an associate editor for the IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Magazine. He is a reviewer for several IEEE Transactions and other journals. He is a Technical Committee member of TC on Distributed Intelligent Systems (DIS) of IEEE Society, Distinguished Member of China Computer Federation(CCF), and a Committee member of TC on Cooperative Computing of CCF. |
Prof. Qingchun Chen IEEE Senior Member, Guangzhou University, China | Chen Qingchun, male, doctor, professor, doctoral supervisor, first-level discipline leader of Information and Communication Engineering of Guangzhou University, senior member of IEEE, associate editor of IEEE Access, member of Information Theory Branch of Chinese Institute of Electronics, New Century Outstanding talents of the Ministry of Education, Visiting scholar (postdoctoral) of Harvard University, USA. He has won the second prize of the Natural Science Award of the Ministry of Education and the IEEE Globecom Best Paper Award in 2016. In July 1994, he graduated from Chongqing University with a bachelor's degree in automatic control; in July 1997, he graduated from Chongqing University with a master's degree in Pattern Recognition and Intelligent control; in March 2004, he graduated from Southwest Jiaotong University with a Doctor's degree in Traffic Information Engineering and control; his dissertation won the 2005 Sichuan Province Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Award. From July 2004 to February 2018, he worked in Southwest Jiaotong University as associate professor, professor and doctoral supervisor successively. Since March 2018, he has been working in the School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering of Guangzhou University. He is now a professor, doctoral supervisor, and deputy director of the Institute of Sound, Light and Video Technology of Guangzhou University. In the past 5 years, he has published more than 50 papers in IEEE and other international journals and IEEE top academic conferences, and applied for more than 20 Chinese invention patents. His research interests include information theory and coding, wireless communication network, computing and storage communication technology, etc. |
Publication Chair
Prof. Wai Lok Woo IEEE Fellow Northumbria University, UK | Prof Wai Lok Woo received the BEng and MSc degrees in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, and the PhD degree in Statistics and Machine Learning from the Newcastle University, UK. He is the recipient of the IEE Prize and the British Commonwealth Scholarship. Prof Woo currently holds the Chair in Machine Learning with Northumbria University, UK. He is the Faculty Postgraduate Research Director (Engineering and Environment), and Head of Research Cluster for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Technology. He was previously the Director of Research for Newcastle Research and Innovation Institute, and Director of Operations of Newcastle University. His major research is in the mathematical theory and algorithms for data science and analytics. This includes areas of artificial intelligence, machine learning, data mining, latent component analysis, multidimensional signal and image processing. He has an extensive portfolio of relevant research supported by a variety of funding agencies. He has published over 450 papers on these topics on various journals and international conference proceedings. He serves as Associate Editor to several international signal processing journals including IET Signal Processing, Journal of Acoustics, Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He actively participate in international conferences and workshops, and serves on their organizing and technical committees. He is a Fellow of the Institution Engineering Technology (IET) and Institution of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (IEEE). Prof Woo has delivered more than 20 keynote addresses in Singapore, China, Malaysia, Indonesia, Ireland, Latvia, Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom. He provides expert evaluation to several funding bodies in the UK, the EU (Horizon2020) and North America. |
Organizing Committee Chair
Prof. An Zeng Guangdong University of Technology, China | Zeng An is currently the Deputy Dean of the School of Computer Science, Guangdong University of Technology. From September 2008 to August 2010, he conducted postdoctoral research in the School of Computer Science and the School of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Canada. From December 2016 to December 2017, he went to Guizhou University of Finance and Economics for temporary training as a member of the 17th batch of doctoral service group, serving as assistant to the president and deputy dean of the School of Big Data Finance; He has presided over 2 National Natural Science Foundation projects, 2 Natural Science Foundation projects of Guangdong Province, 1 provincial science and technology plan project of Guangdong Province, 1 science and technology plan project of Guangzhou City, etc. He has published more than 50 papers in IEEE Intelligent Systems, Journals of Gerontology: Medical Sciences and Acta Electronica. Chinese Society of Biomedical Engineering Artificial Intelligence Branch (member), Guangdong Biomedical Engineering Society member, CCF Collaborative Computing Committee (member), CCF Artificial Intelligence Committee corresponding member, Chinese Society of Artificial Intelligence Bioinformatics and Artificial Life professional committee (member). Research field: Mainly engaged in artificial intelligence, machine learning, big data analysis and mining, deep learning and other theoretical research and application research in the fields of health and medical big data and disease assisted diagnosis. |
Local Committees
Prof. Jiliang Zhang, Hunan University, China
Prof. Yanan Sun, IEEE Member, Sichuan University, China
Prof. Jiawen Kang, IEEE Member, Guangdong University of Technology, China
Prof. Yang Yue, IEEE Senior Member, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China
Prof. Yulin Wang, Wuhan University, China
Prof. Xinsong Yang, Sichuan University, China
Prof. Lisu Yu, IEEE Member, Nanchang University, China
Prof. Qinmin Yang, Zhejiang University, China
Prof. Zhihan Lv, Qingdao University , China
Prof. Pravel Loskot, Zhejiang University ,China
Prof. Xiaoyong Lu, School of Physics and Electronic Engineering Northwest Normal University, China
A. Prof. Xumin Huang, Guangdong University of Technology, China
A. Prof. Zhenni Li, Guangdong University of Technology, China
Technical Programme Committee
Prof. Bo Ai, IEEE Fellow，Beijing Jiaotong University
Prof. Jerry Chun-Wei Lin, IET Fellow，Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Norway
Prof. Seifedine Kadry, IET Fellow, Noroff University College, Norway
Prof. Jinghui Zhong, IEEE senior member, South China University of Technology, China
Prof. Daowen Qiu, IEEE senior member, Sun Yat-sen University, China
Prof. Miaowen Wen, IEEE senior member, South China University of Technology, China
Prof. Jinming Wen, Jinan University, China
Prof. Johan DEBAYLE, MINES Saint-Etienne, France
Prof. Peter Sinčák, Technical University of Kosice, Slovakia
Prof. Ricardo Vinuesa, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sverige
Prof. Ning Sun, Nankai University, China
Prof. Guangbao Shan, Xidian University, China
