Prof. Zhiyun Lin
Foreign academician of the Russian Academy of Engineering, Fellow of IEEE、Fellow of IET
Southern University of Science and Technology, China
Experience: ZhiyunLin, Deputy Dean/permanent Professor/doctoral supervisor of School of System Design and Intelligent Manufacturing, Southern University of Science and Technology, Foreign Full Member (Academician) of the Russian Academy of Engineering Engineering), International Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE Fellow), British Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET Fellow), Asia Pacific Institute of Artificial Intelligence (AAIA Fellow). He received his PhD from the University of Toronto in 2005. 2005-2007 Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Toronto; 2007-2011, the first batch of special researcher/doctoral supervisor of Zhejiang University; 2011-2017, Professor/doctoral Supervisor of Zhejiang University, Deputy Director of Electrical Automation Research Institute, Director of Robotics and Automation Research Center of South China Industrial Research Institute; 2017-2021 Director of the Institute of Artificial Intelligence, Hangzhou Dianzi University, Deputy Director of the "Perception and Control of Information Physical System" Innovation Base of the Ministry of Education; He joined Southern University of Science and Technology in 2021 and now serves as the deputy Dean of the School of System Design and Intelligent Manufacturing. From 2008 to 2014, he was a visiting professor at Yale University, the University of Tokyo, the Australian National University and other top international universities, and an outstanding visiting professor at the University of Technology Sydney. IEEE Systems Journal, IEEE Control Systems AE of many international journals such as Letter, Vice President of International Intelligent Networked Systems Society (INSAI), member of Technical Committee of International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC), standing member of Cluster Intelligence and Collaborative Control Professional Committee of China Command and Control Society. He is mainly engaged in cutting-edge research on multi-agent theory, distributed artificial intelligence, autonomous unmanned systems and intelligent robots, and intelligent perception and control of information and physical systems. He has presided over/participated in more than 30 cooperative scientific research projects of national and provincial ministries and commissions and enterprises, published 2 English academic monographs, and published more than 230 papers in international journals and conferences. More than 60 invention patents have been applied for/authorized, and more than 20 software Copyrights have been approved. His papers have been cited more than 8,000 times, and he has been listed in the "List of Highly Cited Scholars in China" by Elsevier for 9 consecutive years from 2014 to 2022. In 2021, he was selected into the "Lifetime Science Influence List" and "Annual Science Influence List" of the world's top 2% of top scientists released by Stanford University.
Prof. Weidong Li
Fellow of IMechE, Fellow of IET
University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, China
Experience: He is the dean, professor, doctoral supervisor of the School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Special Professor of Changjiang Scholars, Shanghai innovation leader, Fellow of the British Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE), Fellow of the International Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET), and scholar of the European Union's Maligurie Program. He has presided over more than 30 scientific research projects of EU Framework Programme (EU FP7, EU Horizon), UK Engineering and Physics Foundation (EP SRC), UK Innovation Agency (IUK) and European industry (Airbus, Rolls-Royce, Jaguar Land Rover). He has been the director of the European Union International cooperation project for three times, won the European Union "Success Case Award" twice, and presided over the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Shanghai Science and Technology Commission, the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission, and the horizontal scientific research projects of enterprises.
Prof. Yongsheng Ma
Southern University of Science and Technology, China
Experience: Professor Yongsheng Ma is a full professor at Southern University of Science and Technology, China, since 2021. Before that, Dr. Ma had been a full professor with the University of Alberta since 2007. He was an associate professor with Nanyang Technological University, Singapore during 2000-2007. Dr. Ma started his career as a polytechnic lecturer in Singapore (1993-1996); and then a research fellow, senior research fellow and group manager (1996-2000) at Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology. Prof. Ma earned his B.Eng. from Tsinghua University and both his M.Sc. and Ph.D. from the University of Manchester. His research focuses on CAD/CAE information integration, multi-scale topology optimization, advanced manufacturing methods, and complex surface modeling. He has published over 200 papers and holds editorial roles in journals such as Advanced Engineering Informatics and ASME Journal of Computer Information Science and Engineering (JCISE), and Scientific Reports (Springer Nature), and IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering. Prof. Ma had been a registered Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) in Alberta, Canada, since 2009. His industrial contributions include leading the development of an intelligent injection mold design software package, i.e.QuickMold, which was acquired by UGS (now Siemens PLM) and further commercialized as MouldWizard.
Prof. Wei Liu
Southern University of Science and Technology, China
Experience: WeiLiu, Ph.D., Doctoral Supervisor, Researcher. Research Professor, Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen high-level overseas talents, member of the special Committee of the Chinese Society of Automation, Shenzhen science and technology project evaluation expert. Research interests include machine vision, artificial intelligence, robot automation, etc. In recent years, he has presided over and participated in more than 20 projects, including the National Natural Science Foundation, industry-university-research projects of the Ministry of Education, key funds of Guangdong Province, science and technology research and development projects of Shenzhen and enterprise horizontal projects.
Asst. Prof. Jiangzhuo Ren
Chang' an University, China
Experience: Dr. Jiangzhuo Ren is an assistant professor at Chang'an University in China since 2022. He is a recipient of the National Plan for the Recruitment of Overseas Talent (Postdoctoral recruitment Project, First Batch) and the high-level innovation and entrepreneurship talent via the Qinchuangyuan Platform. Dr. Ren earned his Ph.D. from the University of Alberta, Canada, in 2021, and conducted postdoctoral research there in 2022. His research focuses on intelligent manufacturing and surface engineering technology. He has published 18 journal papers, including 14 as the first or corresponding author, with publications in Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, Advanced Engineering Informatics, and Journal of Manufacturing Processes. He has received multiple research projects, including Natural Science Basic Research Program of Shaanxi, the Postdoctoral Research Project Funding of Shaanxi Province, and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities.