Prof. Yang Yue - Fellow Optica, Fellow SPIE

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Bio: Yang Yue (Fellow, Optica; Fellow, SPIE) received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in electronic information science and technology and optics from Nankai University, Tianjin, China, in 2004 and 2007, respectively, and his Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA, in 2012. From 2012 to 2021, he worked in Silicon Valley semiconductor and network equipment companies in the United States. In 2021, he joined Xi’an Jiaotong University as a professor under the University’s “Young Top-Notch Talent Support Program”. He is the founder and current Principal Investigator of the intelligent Photonics Application Technology Laboratory (iPatLab).

Prof. Yue has published over 300 papers, including one in Science, more than 20 invited papers, two English monographs (Elsevier, Springer Nature), eight edited English books, and two English book chapters. He holds over 50 granted patents (including 30 U.S. patents and 6 European patents). His Google Scholar citations exceed 14,000. He has been invited to deliver more than 200 talks, including one tutorial, over 30 plenary lectures, and more than 100 keynote speeches. He has led more than 10 national, provincial, and industrial research projects with a total budget exceeding 10 million RMB.

Prof. Yue currently serves as an Associate Editor for IEEE Access and Frontiers in Physics, a member of the editorial board for four journals including Sensors, a guest editor for more than ten special issues (e.g., J. Lightw. Technol.), and has chaired over 100 international conferences. He also serves as a reviewer for more than 80 academic journals. His recent research interests include intelligent photonics, optical communications, optical sensing, and optical chip technology.

Assoc. Prof. Mohd Arfian Bin Ismail 

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Bio: Ts. Dr. Mohd Arfian Ismail, a distinguished Senior Lecturer at UMPSA's Faculty of Computing, possesses expertise in computer science, notably in machine learning and metaheuristic methods. Graduating with a B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. from UTM, his commitment to academic excellence defines his career. Focused on machine learning and metaheuristic intersections, he explores novel problem-solving techniques. Ts. Dr. Mohd Arfian's research, presented in esteemed publications and conferences, spans machine learning algorithms, metaheuristic optimization, and hybrid intelligence systems. His passion extends to teaching, mentoring future researchers, making him a significant contributor to UMPSA and the evolution of computer science. He epitomizes an accomplished academic driving innovation in machine learning and metaheuristic methods.Beyond his research pursuits, Ts. Dr. Mohd Arfian actively contributes to the academic community at UMPSA. He enjoys teaching undergraduate and postgraduate students, sharing his knowledge and passion for computer science with the next generation of researchers and innovators. Complementing his academic and research achievements, Ts. Dr. Mohd Arfian possesses professional certifications from Microsoft and Oracle. His Microsoft certifications, including Azure Administrator, Azure AI, Azure Data, Power Platform, and Microsoft Security and Compliance, underscore his proficiency in cloud administration and artificial intelligence within the Azure ecosystem. Furthermore, his Oracle certifications in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and Oracle Cloud Data Management demonstrate expertise in managing and optimizing cloud-based data systems.

Prof. Zhenghao Shi - IEEE Senior Member,  CCF Distinguished Member

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Bio: Dr. Zhenghao Shi is a Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at Xi'an University of Technology, and a member of the University’s Academic Committee. He is a Distinguished Member of the China Computer Federation (CCF) and a Senior Member of the IEEE. He has been honoured as a “500 Elite Talent” of Taizhou City, Zhejiang Province. He currently serves as Vice President of the Shaanxi Society of Clinical Medical Engineering, Executive Director of the Shaanxi Computer Federation, Chairman of the Federation’s Professional Committee on Computer Vision Technology, and Vice Chairman of its Professional Committee on Biomedical Intelligent Computing. He also leads the research group on Intelligent Image Processing and Applications at Xi'an University of Technology. His primary research interests encompass machine vision, medical image processing, and machine learning. He has published 60 academic papers as first or corresponding author and holds 15 granted invention patents, including one South African invention patent. His distinguished contributions have been recognised with two Second‑Class Prizes of the Shaanxi Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award (one as the first awardee), one Second‑Class Prize of the Xi'an Science and Technology Progress Award (ranked first), three Second‑Class Prizes of the Shaanxi Higher Education Science and Technology Award (all ranked first), and two Second‑Class Prizes of the Science and Technology Progress Award of the Shaanxi Computer Federation (both ranked first). In 2022, he received the Wiley China Open Science Highly Contributive Author Award.

Prof. Wei Peng - IEEE Senior Member

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Bio: Professor Wei Peng is a Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at Huazhong University of Science and Technology. She holds the titles of Chutian Scholar of Hubei Province and Distinguished Huazhong Scholar. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Hong Kong, and previously served as an Assistant Professor at Tohoku University in Japan and as a Visiting Scholar at Columbia University in the United States. Her research interests include integrated sensing and communications, artificial intelligence, physical layer security, and the electric power Internet of Things. She has published over 100 high-quality papers in prestigious journals such as the IEEE Internet of Things Journal, IEEE Transactions on Communications, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, IEEE Communications Magazine, and IEEE Network Magazine, as well as in leading international flagship conferences. She is the author or co-author of 4 textbooks in both Chinese and English. She holds more than 20 granted invention patents and has received the Best Paper Award three times at top international conferences. She has successively undertaken research projects including the National Key R&D Program of the Ministry of Science and Technology, the 863 Program, and the Young Scientists Fund, General Program, and Key Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China.

Prof. Aiwen Jiang - CCF  Senior Member

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Bio: Aiwen Jiang (born July 1984), Ph.D., Professor, is currently the Executive Dean of the College of Digital Industry and the Chair of the Degree Committee of the College of Computer and Information Engineering at Jiangxi Normal University. He is a member of the Technical Committee on Pattern Recognition and Machine Intelligence of the Chinese Association of Automation, a member of the Technical Committee on Pattern Recognition of the Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence, and a Senior Member of the China Computer Federation.