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Nankai University, China

Xueliang Li received his PhD degree in University of Twente, the Netherlands, on October 3, 1991, major in Discrete Mathematics. He was a distinguished professor and a co-director of the Center for Combinatorics, Nankai University, China. He works mainly in graph theory and combinatorial optimizations, chemical graph theory, and he published more than 400 papers in reputable international journals, and more than 10 books in Springer etc. In five consecutive years 2021 through2025, he was in the Elsevier list of Most Cited Chinese Researchers. In 2023, he was in the list of Top 100-Thousand-Scientistsin the Global Ranking List for Academic Influence (Life-Time Academic Influence)(made by Database of Global Scientists). In 2024, he is also in the list of World’s Top 2% Scientists (made by Stanford University).He has trained 82 PhD students and 38 MSc students. 12Postdoctors worked with him. He is editorial members for more 10 international journals, including Discrete Applied Mathematics(Elsevier), Journal of Mathematical Chemistry(Springer), Graphs and Combinatorics(Springer), Acta Mathematicae Applicatae Sinica(Springer), etc.

Nanjing University, China

Wanyang Dai is a Distinguished Professor in Nanjing University, Member of Jiangsu AI 50 Person Think Tanks, Chief Scientist in Su Xia Control Technology. He is the President & CEO of International (Blockchain & Quantum-Computing) SIR Forum, Chairman of Jiangsu Big Data-Blockchain and Smart Information Special Committee, Chairman of Probability and Statistics Special Committee of Jiangsu Mathematical Society. He received his Ph.D. in mathematics and systems & industrial engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology in USA. He was an MTS and principal investigator in U.S. based AT&T Bell Labs (currently Nokia Bell Labs) with some project won “Technology Transfer” now called big model smart AI agents cloud system. He holds one “Invention Patent” and published numerous influential papers in big name journals including Journal of Applied Statistics, Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences, Quantum Information Processing, Operational Research, Operations Research, Mathematics, AIMS Mathematics, Computers & Mathematics with Applications, Communications in Mathematical Sciences, Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics, Queueing Systems, Mathematical and Computer Modeling of Dynamical Systems, etc. He received various academic awards and has presented over 90 keynote/plenary speeches in IEEE/ACM, power and energy system, big data and cloud computing, digital economy and intelligent computing, artificial intelligence and robot, quantum computing and communication technology, bioinformatics & biomedical engineering, neural computing and brain-computer interface (BCI), protein production and diagnosis, etc. He is an Editor of AIMS Mathematics, the Guest Editor of AIMS Mathematics Special Issue of Quantum Computing, AI Mathematics, and Stochastics with Applications, the Guest Editor of MDPI Mathematics Special Issue of Probability Statistics, a Guest Editor of (Springer Journal) Mobile Networks and Applications, an Associate Editor of (Elsevier Journal) Results in Applied Mathematics, and an Associate Editor of Quantum Research.

University of Haute Alsace, France

Pascal Lorenz (lorenz@ieee.org) 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 World FIP 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 referred journals and conferences. He was Technical Editor of the IEEE Communications Magazine Editorial Board (2000-2006), IEEE Networks Magazine since (2015-2020), IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology since 2017, IEEE Internet of Things Journal since 2024, Chair of IEEE Com Soc France (2020-2024), 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 (2022-2026), 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 Globe .com 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 a 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 and 2026-2027

University of Saskatchewan, Canada

Prof. Wenjun (Chris) Zhang received a Ph.D. from the Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands, in 1994. He is currently a full professor with the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Division of Biomedical Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.
He has published over 450 technical articles in peer-refereed journals or magazines and over 230 technical articles in peer-refereed conference proceedings, including those reputed journals such as Nature Communications, Journal of Soft Robotics, IEEE SMC: System, Mechanism and Machine Theory, Nature Communications Physics, Cell Device,MicrosystNanoeng, IEEE Transactions on Mechatronics. He held over 20 patents, among which 3 are US patents. His H-index (Google) is 82, and his H-index (Scopus) is 68. His current research interests include robotics, mechatronics, resilience engineering, design & control/management, ontology & AI. Professor Zhang has trained over 53 PhD students and over 107 MS (thesis) students and over 28 Master of Engineering students. Many of his PhD graduates and post-Doctor Fellows are appointed as faculty members in the US, UK, Canada, Hong Kong (China), Mainland China, including Fellow of Canadian Academy of Engineering, Fellow of ASME, Fellow of IEEE. He received Distinguished Graduating Supervisor Award by the University of Saskatchewan in 2012. He is Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering owing to his outstanding work on resilience engineering, Fellow of ASME owing to his outstanding work on the theory of machine and mechanism, Fellow of SME owing to his outstanding work on resilient manufacturing systems and electronics packaging, Fellow of AAIA for his contribution to ontology and AI. He is currently leading a multi-institution grant of NSERC to train graduate students for creative design and entrepreneurship in medical devices and systems. He is currently a Senior Editor of the Journal of Engineering Design, Associate Editor of International Journal of System Sciences, Robotics, Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, Enterprise Information Systems.

Indian Institute of Technology, India

Dr. Dilip Kumar Pratihar received his Ph.D. from IIT Kanpur, India. He received University Gold Medal; A.M. Das Memorial Medal; Institution of Engineers’ (I) Medal ;INSA Teachers’ Award 2020;New Code Of Education 2021 Award; Distinguished Alumnus Award 2021 from NIT Durgapur, India; Institute Chair Professor Award 2022 from IIT Kharagpur; Technologist of the Year Award 2022 from IEEE India Council; Faculty Excellence Award 2023 from IIT Kharagpur; VASVIK Award 2022 for Industrial Research; Shashtri Fellowship (Indo-Canadian);Special Jury Award under the Hall of Fame Category in KPR Legacy Award 2025; Engineering Excellence Award in IEMPOWER 2025 Conference; Innovative Teaching Award in Engineering Faculty Awards 2026 by AMET University, Chennai, India; and others. He has been included among the World’s Top 2% Scientists in the areas of Image Analysis and Artificial Intelligence in a survey carried out by Stanford University, USA. He completed his post-doctoral studies in Japan, and then, in Germany under the Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) Fellowship Program. He is working now as the Head of Mechanical Engineering Department at IIT Kharagpur, India. He has made significant contributions on the fundamentals and applications of Artificial Intelligence in Industrial Automation, Robotics, Health Care, Education Technology, and others. He has published about 375 research papers and book-chapters. He has written the textbooks on “Soft Computing and AI: Fundamentals and Applications”, “Fundamentals of Robotics and AI”, co-authored another textbook on “Analytical Engineering Mechanics”; edited four international books; co-authored four reference books. He has developed four on-line NPTEL courses on Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, which had been attended by more than 75,000 participants from various countries, till now. He has guided 34 PhDs, completed 33 projects. He has filed eleven patents (out of which four have been granted till date) and received two Copyrights, transferred eight technologies to the Industries. He is in editorial board of six International Journals. He is Associate Editor of two International Journals. He has been elected as the Fellow of Indian National Academy of Engineering (FNAE), Fellow of Institution of Engineers (I), SMIEEE, MASME, MAAAI.

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Xueliang Li

Nankai University, China

Wanyang Dai

Nanjing University, China

Luigi Fortuna

University of Catania, Italy

Dariusz Jacek Jakobczak

Koszalin University of Technology, Poland

Nasimuddin

ASTAR Institute of Advanced Intelligence and Computing (ASTAR IAIC), Singapore

Rachid Outbib

Aix-Marseille University, France

Pascal Lorenz

University of Haute Alsace, France

Wenjun (Chris) Zhang

University of Saskatchewan, Canada

Jianbo Su

Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

Jinzhu Gao

University of the Pacific, USA

Dilip Kumar Pratihar

Indian Institute of Technology, India

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Xueliang Li

Nankai University, China

Wanyang Dai

Nanjing University, China

Luigi Fortuna

University of Catania, Italy

Dariusz Jacek Jakobczak

Koszalin University of Technology, Poland

Nasimuddin

A*STAR Institute of Advanced Intelligence and Computing (A*STAR IAIC), Singapore

Rachid Outbib

Aix-Marseille University, France

Pascal Lorenz

University of Haute Alsace, France

Wenjun (Chris) Zhang

University of Saskatchewan, Canada

Jianbo Su

Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

Jinzhu Gao

University of the Pacific, USA

Dilip Kumar Pratihar

Indian Institute of Technology, India

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