Keynote Speakers

Prof. Ting-Chung Poon, IEEE/IOP/OSA/SPIE Fellow

Virginia Tech, Virginia, USA

Biography: Ting-Chung Poon is Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech, USA. His current research interests include Information Optics and Optical Scanning Holography (OSH). He is Fellow of Optica, the SPIE, the IoP, and a life Fellow of the IEEE. In 2016, he received SPIE’s Dennis Gabor Award. He is the recipient of the 2024 Optica’s Emmett N. Leith Medal.

 

 

Prof. Wan Zuha Wan Hasan

Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia

Biography: Wan Zuha Wan Hasan is a Professor at the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). He has been actively involved in teaching, research, and academic development for over 20 years. He received his BSc in Electronic & Computer and MSc in Electronics from Universiti Putra Malaysia, and PhD in Electronic from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. His expertise lies in Artificial intelligent, Robotic & Automation and Sensor Technology, where he has published extensively in high-impact journals, conference proceedings, and technical books. Prof. Wan Zuha has supervised numerous postgraduate students, including PhD and Master’s candidates, and his research projects have gained national and international recognition. Currently, his research projects more on Autonomous Mechanisation System for Oil Palm Plantation, Home Service Robot, Rehabilitation Robots and Cancer Tumour Detection. He is also a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and actively participates in committees related to engineering education and professional accreditation. Prof. Wan Zuha is a Professional Technologies (PTech) registered with the Malaysia Board of Technologies (MBOT).

 

 

Prof. James Kwok, IEEE Fellow

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hongkong, China

Biography: James Kwok is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He is an IEEE Fellow.
Prof Kwok received his B.Sc. degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Hong Kong and his Ph.D. degree in computer science from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He then joined the Department of Computer Science, Hong Kong Baptist University as an Assistant Professor. He returned to the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and is now a Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering. He is serving / served as an Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, Neural Networks, Neurocomputing, Artificial Intelligence Journal, International Journal of Data Science and Analytics, and on the Editorial Board of Machine Learning. He is also serving as Senior Area Chairs of major machine learning / AI conferences including NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, IJCAI, and as Area Chairs of conferences including AAAI and ECML. He is on the IJCAI Board of Trustees. He is recognized as the Most Influential Scholar Award Honorable Mention for "outstanding and vibrant contributions to the field of AAAI/IJCAI between 2009 and 2019". Prof Kwok is the IJCAI-2025 Program Chair.

 

 

Invited Speaker

Prof. Pascal Lorenz

University of Haute-Alsace, France, France

Biography: 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. His research interests include QoS, wireless networks and high-speed networks. 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), Chair of IEEE/ComSoc Satellite and Space Communications Technical (2022-2023), IEEE R8 Finance Committee (2022-2023), IEEE R8 Conference Coordination Committee (2023). 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. Yen-Lin Han

Seattle University, USA

Biography: Dr. Yen-Lin Han, Professor and Chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Seattle University, Seattle, WA, USA, received her BS degree in Materials Science and Engineering from National Tsing-Hua University in Hsinchu, Taiwan, her PhD degree in Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, and her MS degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA. Her current research interest focuses on soft robotics in medical devices, for which she received the NSF Mid-Career Advancement (MCA) award in 2023. She holds four U.S. patents, and has more than two dozen pending patents worldwide iled by PACCAR, on autonomous vehicles since 2018. She is a passionate Engineering Educator and experienced in developing high-impact pedagogical practices. She was the Co-PI for the NSF Revolutionizing Engineering and Computer Science Departments grant a,warded to the Mechanical Engineering department at Seattle University t,o study how thchanges inepartment culture chn foster students' engineering identity w,ith the long-term goal of increasing the representation of women and minorities in the field of engineering.

 

Prof. Tao Liu

Zhejiang University, China

Biography: Tao Liu received the M. Eng. degrees in mechanical engineering from the Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China, in 2003 and the Doctorate degree in engineering from Kochi University of Technology, Kochi, Japan, in 2006. He has been an Assistant Professor in the Department of Intelligent Mechanical Systems Engineering, Kochi University of Technology, Japan, from 2009 to 2013. He is currently a Professor of the State Key Laboratory of Fluid Power Transmission and Control, School of Mechanical Engineering, Zhejiang University, China.
Dr Liu is also an inventor of one Japan patent about wearable sensors for gait analysis, which was commercialized. He was a recipient of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers Encouragement Prize. His current research interests include wearable sensor systems, rehabilitation robots, biomechanics, and human motion analysis.