ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Conference Chair
Prof. Ke-Lin Du, Concordia University, Canada
IEEE Senior Member
Prof. Ke-Lin Du has been a research scientist at the Center for Signal Processing and Communications, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Concordia University, since 2001, where he became an Affiliate Associate Professor in 2011. He investigated signal processing, wireless communications, and soft computing.
In 2014, he founded Xonlink Inc. in Ningbo, China, where we work on the Internet of Things and big data. From 2011 to 2014, he was chief scientist and vice president at Enjoyor Inc., where we focused on intelligent solutions for smart cities, including video-based surveillance monitoring and intelligent transportation systems. In 2008, he spent six months with the Signal Processing and Communications Lab, Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China, where he worked on cognitive radios.
From 2000 to 2001, he was appointed as an assistant computer officer (and project manager) with the Microwave and Communications Laboratory at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), Hong Kong, via the Admission of Talents Scheme of the Hong Kong Special Administration Region. We developed a prototype software radio/smart antenna system for 3G mobile communications, which was funded by a governmental technical transfer project. From 1999 to 2000, he was an RF system engineer at the Center for Mobile Communications, TDD R&D Division, China Academy of Telecommunications Technology (CATT), Beijing, China. There, we worked with staff from Siemens on our joint TD-SCDMA project, which was approved by ITU as a 3G mobile communications standard. From 1998 to 1999, he was a software engineer with Huawei Technologies, Division of Wireless Services, on the development of DECT base stations. he worked on lower-layer protocol stack programming and real-time operating systems. he received a Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST) with a thesis on artificial intelligence and robotics in 1998. Currently, he is a member of the editorial boards of IEEE Spectrum Chinese Language Edition, IET Signal Processing, Circuits Systems & Signal Processing, Mathematics, Scientific Reports, AI, and Computer Systems Science and Engineering. He also served as program chair for dozens of international conferences. His current research interest is in signal processing for wireless communications, machine learning, and intelligent systems. On February 14, 2018, he was included in the Marquis Who's Who for professional excellence.
Prof. Jinghui Zhong, South China University of Technology, China
Jinghui Zhong is currently a professor at the School of Computer Science and Engineering, at the South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China. He received his Ph.D. degree from the School of Information Science and Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, China, in 2012. From 2013 to 2016, he worked as a research fellow at the School of Computer Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. His research interests include evolutionary computation (e.g., genetic programming), machine learning, and agent-based modeling and simulation.
Technical Program Committee Chair
Prof. Jemal Abawajy, Deakin University, Australia
Academic promotion and hiring: served on the promotion and hiring committee at the lecturer, senior lecturer, associate, and professor levels, as well as the Head of School in Australia (e.g., Deakin and SCU) and internationally (e.g., New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, and Pakistan).
Keynote/Invited Speaker: Delivered more than 75 keynote addresses, numerous invited seminars, and media briefings (e.g., Voice of America's English Radio).
Distinguished Faculty: Appointed a record four times under the GIAN (Global Initiative of Academic Networks), a prestigious program of the Ministry of Human Resource Development of the Government of India.
Academic program advisor, Serving as an advisor to undergraduate and postgraduate degree-offering institutions within Australia and internationally. Some examples:
International Academic Advisor, Faculty of Information Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 2021-2024.
Field expert, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Malaysia, Faculty of Computer Science & Information Technology, Period: ongoing.
Course Advisory Committee, Box Hill Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Period: 2012-2020.
Faculty Development Program (FDP): Regularly provide FDP at many academic institutions. The latest example is a 5-day FDP on "Quantum Computing," Department of Information Technology, Meerut Institute of Engineering and Technology, India.
Curriculum development, At Deakin University, I initiated and played a lead role in the conceptualization and formulation of new undergraduate-level degree programs (e.g., the IT Security degree program, the IT Security major program, and the Bachelor of Health Informatics degree program) and contributed to the development of new degree programs (e.g., Web and Mobile courses).
Research Grant Assessor: I have assessed all types of research grants run by the Australian Research Council (ARC) as well as many countries, including the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, South Africa’s National Research Foundation (NRF), the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO), the Swiss National Science Foundation, and many more.
Assoc. Prof. Hamed Taherdoost, University of Canada West, Canada
IEEE Senior Member
Hamed Taherdoost is an award-winning leader and R&D professional. He is the founder of Hamta Group, Hamta Business Corporation, and an associate professor at the University of Canada West. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, a Master of Computer Science (Information Security), and a Bachelor's degree in the field of Science in Power Electricity. With over 20 years of experience in both the industry and academic sectors, Dr. Hamed has established himself as an industry leader in the field of management and information systems.
Dr. Hamed has been a part of many important breakthroughs in IT and industrial projects. He specializes in information technology management and research and development. He started his career in 2001 as an electrical designer and programmer at Tablokar, a leading switchgear panel manufacturer in the Middle East. He has subsequently worked at international companies in Cyprus, the UK, Belize, Iran, Malaysia, and Canada and has held positions as varied as project manager, R&D manager, CTO, and CEO.
Publication Chair
Prof. Miaowen Wen, South China University of Technology, China
IEEE Senior Member
Miaowen Wen received a B.S. degree from Beijing Jiaotong University, China, in 2009 and a Ph.D. degree from Peking University, Beijing, China, in 2014. From September 2012 to September 2013, he was a visiting student research collaborator at Princeton University, Princeton, USA, under the supervision of Prof. H. Vincent Poor. He is currently at the South University of Technology, Guangzhou, China.
Dr. Wen has published about 30 research papers in refereed journals and conference proceedings. He received the outstanding Ph.D. thesis prize from Peking University and the best paper award from the IEEE International Conference on ITS Telecommunication (ITST 2012) and the IEEE International Conference on ITS (ITSC 2014). He has one issued China patent as well as four China patents and one PCT patent in application. He served as an IEEE member and a member of the Technical Program Committee for IEEE ICC 2014/2015, IEEE VTC 2014 Fall/2015 Spring, and IEEE GLOBECOM 2015. His recent research interests include spatial modulation, underwater acoustic digital signal processing, and information theory.
Assoc. Prof. Marcin Paprzycki, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
MARCIN PAPRZYCKI received the MS degree from Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland; the Ph.D. degree from Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas; and the doctor of science degree from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria. He is an associate professor with the Systems Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences. He is a senior member of the ACM, a senior Fulbright lecturer, and an IEEE Computer Society distinguished visitor. He has contributed to more than 500 publications and has been invited to the program committees of more than 800 international conferences.
Organizing Committees Chair
Assoc. Prof. Lingyu Liang, South China University of Technology, China
IEEE Member
Dr. Lingyu Liang is currently an Associate Professor with the School of Electronic and Information Engineering and with the School of Future Technology, the South China University of Technology. From 2016 to 2017, he was an honorary postdoctoral researcher at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He has published over 30 scientific papers in refereed journals and conference proceedings, including TCYB, TNNLS, TMM, TAFFC, TCSVT, PR, CVPR, NeurIPS, and IJCAI. He has been a principle investigator for 13 research projects, including the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the Guangdong Natural Science Foundation, the CAAI-Huawei MindSpore Open Fund, the SenseTime Research Fund for Young Scholars, etc. His current research interests include image analysis and recognition (covering images of faces, natural scenes, documents, text, and architectural design) and machine learning (including the analysis and application of GNN and PDE models).
Organizing Committees
Prof. Zhenkun Li,Computer Academy of Guangdong/ Guangdong University of Technology
Prof. Yunhua Chen, Computer Academy of Guangdong/ Guangdong University of Technology
Prof. Qimai Chen, Computer Academy of Guangdong/ South China Normal University
Dr. Hao Zhang, Computer Academy of Guangdong
Dr. Xiai Yang,Computer Academy of Guangdong
Prof. Jinming Wen, Jinan University, China
Prof. Nathan Bowen, American Industrial Technology Research Centre, USA
Prof. Tetsuro Majima, Osaka University, Japan
Prof. George A. O'Doherty, Northeastern University, USA
Prof. Carlos Caceres, The University of Queensland, Australia
Prof. Lam Kin Che, The Chinese University of Hongkong, China
Prof. Heinz-Gunter, Brokmeier, Technische Universitat Clausthal, Germany
Prof. Shahrum Abdullah, University Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia
Prof. Corrado lo Storto, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Prof. Mamoun Alazab, Charles Darwin University, Australia
Prof. Mauro Sassu, University of Pisa, Italy
Prof. Osiris Canciglieri Junior, Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná, Brazil
Prof. Zakaria Boumerzoug, University of Biskra, Algeria
Prof. Khalil El-Hami, Mohammed V University in Rabat, Scientific Institute, Morocco
Prof. Ching Jung Chang, Chung Hua University, Taiwan, China
Prof. Chih-Ming Wang, Cheng Shiu University, Taiwan, China
Prof. Peter Sugar, Slovak University of Technology, Slovakia
Prof. Haruki MATSUURA, Kanagawa University, Japan
Prof. Mariana Dumitrescu, University Dunarea de Jos Galati, Romania
Prof. Dewey Wollmann, Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná, Brazil
Prof. Jozef Jurko, Technical University in Košice, Slovak Republik
Prof. Pavel A. Akimov, Moscow State University of Civil Engineering, Russia
Prof. Viorel Sandu, National Institute of Materials Physics, Romania
Prof. Chien-Chang Chou, National Kaohsiung Marine University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, China
Prof. Jei-Pil Wang, Pukyong National University, Korea
Prof. Marina Yu. Zubkova, St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, Russia
Prof. Bachir ACHOUR, University of Biskra, Algeria
Prof. Raymond Riise, Narvik University College, Norway
Prof. Kyung Man Moon, Korea Maritime And Ocean University, South Korea
Prof. KIM Jee sang, Seokyeong University, South Korea
Prof. Wan-Shin Park, Chungnam National University, South Korea
Prof. Mauro Sassu, University of Pisa, Italy
Prof. Jei-Pil Wang, Pukyong National University, South Korea
Prof. Chang Yi KONG, Shizuoka University, Japan
Prof. Joanna M. Dulinska, Cracow University of Technology, Poland
Prof. Zakaria Boumerzoug, University of Biskra, Algeria
Prof. Chung-Neng Huang, National University of Tainan, China
Prof. Frantisek Duchon, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Slovakia
Prof. Huining Xiao, University of New Brunswick, Canada
Prof. Huey-Ling Chang, University of Technology, Taiwan, China
Prof. Cheng Chin, Newcastle University, Singapore
Visiting Researcher, Hamid R. Ghaeini, CISPA - Helmholtz Center for Information Security, Saarbrücken, Germany
Assoc. Prof. Nasir Saeed, United Arab Emirates University, United Arab Emirates
Program Committees
Jinping Jia, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China
George A . O'Doherty, Northeastern University, USA
Minsheng Huang, East China Normal University, China
Jingtao Han, University of Science & Technology Beijing, China
Aijie Wang, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
Huiwang Gao, Ocean University of China, China
Boxue Du, Tianjin University, China
Renjie Dong, China Agricultural University, China
Ming Dong, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Carlos Caceres, The University of Queensland, Australia
Shupei Cheng, Nanjing University, China
Haozhong Cheng, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Lam Kin Che, The Chinese University of Hongkong, HK, China
Zhenqian Chen, Southeast University, China
Wenbin Cai, Fudan University, China
Heinz-Gunter, Brokmeier, Technische Universitat Clausthal, Germany
Jinglong Bu, Hebei United University, China
Shahrum Abdullah, University Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia
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