 | Prof. Xiang ChengGuangdong University of Technology (GDUT), China Cheng, Xiang, received the Ph.D. degree jointly from Heriot-Watt University and the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, U.K., in 2009. He is currently a Boya Distinguished Professor with Peking University. His general research interests are in areas of channel modeling, wireless communications, and data analytics, subject on which he has published more than 280 journal and conference papers, 11 books, and holds 30 patents. He is a recipient of the IEEE Asia-Pacific Outstanding Young Researcher Award in 2015 and Xplorer Prize 2023. He was a co-recipient of the 2016 IEEE JSAC Best Paper Award: Leonard G. Abraham Prize, and the 2021 IET Communications Best Paper Award: Premium Award. He has also received the Best Paper Awards at IEEE ITST’12, ICCC’13, ITSC’14, ICC’16, ICNC’17, GLOBECOM’18, ICCS’18, and ICC’19. He has been a Highly Cited Chinese Researcher since 2020. In 2021 and 2023, he was selected into two world scientist lists, including World’s Top 2% Scientists released by Stanford University and top computer science scientists released by Guide2Research. He has served as the symposium lead chair, the co-chair, and a member of the Technical Program Committee for several international conferences. He led the establishment of 4 Chinese standards (including industry standards and group standards) and participated in the formulation of ten 3GPP international standards and 2 Chinese industry standards. He is currently a Subject Editor of IET Communications and an Associate Editor of the IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS, IEEE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS LETTERS, and the Journal of Communications and Information Networks, and is an IEEE Distinguished Lecturer. He was a Distinguished Lecturer of IEEE Vehicular Technology Society. |
 | Prof. Zhaoshui HeGuangdong University of Technology (GDUT), China Zhaoshui He is currently a Professor and Ph.D. supervisor at the School of Automation, Guangdong University of Technology (GDUT), and serves as Deputy Director of the Guangdong Key Laboratory of Internet of Things Information Technology. He was elected as a leading talent in the National High-Level Talents Special Support Plan (the "Ten Thousand Talents Plan") for Scientific and Technological Innovation, and is a recipient of the National Science Fund for Excellent Young Scholars, the Pearl River Scholar title of Guangdong Province, and the New Century Excellent Talents Award from the Ministry of Education of China. He has received the Second Prize of the National Natural Science Award, the First Prize of the Guangdong Natural Science Award, and the First Prize of the Natural Science Award of the Ministry of Education. He has published over 100 papers, including more than 20 long articles in IEEE Transactions, and has applied for nearly 70 national invention patents. His research interests include intelligent information processing, pattern recognition, machine learning, blind signal processing, and compressed sensing. |
 | Prof. Keke HuangCentral South University, China Keke Huang is currently a Full Professor and Ph.D. supervisor with the School of Automation, Central South University, Changsha, China, where he also serves as Vice Dean of both the School of Automation and the National Excellence Engineer School. He has been selected as a Distinguished Professor of the Changjiang Scholars Program, a Young Top-Notch Talent in the National "Ten Thousand Talents Plan," a Leading Talent in Scientific and Technological Innovation of Hunan Province, an Excellent Young Scholar of Hunan Province, a Young Talent Supported by the China Association for Science and Technology, and a Huxiang Young Talent. He was a recipient of the IEEE TCSDM Young Professional Award and has been recognized as one of the World's Top 2% Scientists (2023). His research interests include industrial big data, process monitoring and control, network sciences, AI for science, embodied intelligence, and machine vision. |
 | Prof. Xiaochun CaoSun Yat-sen University, China Xiaochun Cao is currently a Professor and the Dean of the School of Cyber Science and Technology at Sun Yat-sen University, where he also serves as Deputy Director of the Faculty of Information Science and a member of the University Academic Committee. He is a recipient of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars and the National Science Fund for Excellent Young Scholars of China, and has been selected for the National "Ten Thousand Talents Plan" for Young Top-Notch Talents, the "Hundred Talents Program" of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (with excellent completion), and the New Century Excellent Talents Program of the Ministry of Education. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), a Distinguished Member of the China Computer Federation (CCF), and a Senior Member of IEEE. His research interests include artificial intelligence (especially computer vision) and content analysis in cyberspace. |