Invited Speakers

Prof. Luefeng Chen
China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China

Biography：Luefeng Chen received the B.S. degree in automation and the M.S. degree in control science and engineering from Central South University, Changsha, China, in 2009 and 2012, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in computational intelligence and systems science from the Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan, in 2015. He is currently a Professor with the School of Automation, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China, where he was a Lecturer from 2015 to 2017. His current research interests include computational intelligence, human-robot interaction, deep learning, intelligent system, pattern recognition, machine learning, emotion recognition and intention understanding, multi-robot behavior coordination, and intelligent control of industrial process. Dr. Chen was recipient of the Best Paper Award of International Journal of Advanced Computational Intelligence and Intelligent Informatics in 2017 and the Best Paper Award in ASPIRE League Symposium 2012. He is a member of IEEE, the Chinese Association of Automation, the Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence, and the Japan Society for Fuzzy Theory and Intelligent Informatics.

Prof. Yangmin Xie
Shanghai University, China

Biography：Yangmin Xie received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in mechanical engineering from the School of Mechanical Engineering & Automation, Beihang University, Beijing, China, in 2005 and 2008 respectively. She received the Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA, in 2013. She was a Postdoctoral Associate with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is currently a Full Professor with the School of Mechatronics Engineering and Automation, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China. She is also the Deputy Director of the Shanghai Key Laboratory of Intelligent Manufacturing and Robotics, and the Deputy Director of the Shanghai Robotics Institute. Her research interests include intelligent sensing and control of mobile robots, environmental reconstruction, and autonavigation of unmanned systems. Dr. Xie was elected in the Youth Talent Promotion Project by the China Association for Science and Technology, and was the recipient of the Rising Star Program by the Shanghai Science and Technology Committee.

Prof. Yu Zhao
Northwestern Polytechnical University, China

Biography：Prof. Yu Zhao is a tenured professor and doctoral supervisor at Northwestern Polytechnical University, recognized as a National Outstanding Youth Fund recipient and a high-level talent of Shaanxi Province. Prof. Zhao has long been committed to research in cluster intelligence collaborative decision-making, as well as planning and control of multi-agent systems, achieving remarkable academic accomplishments. He has published over 100 academic papers, with 18 featured in top-tier control journals IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control and Automatic (including 8 full papers), a testament to the depth and significance of his work. He has led more than 10 key scientific research projects and earned numerous prestigious honors, such as the Second Prize of National Defense Science and Technology Progress, the First Prize of Shaanxi Provincial Graduate Education Achievement Award, the National Best Paper Award on Complex Networks, and twice the Shaanxi Provincial Excellent Academic Paper Award in Natural Sciences. Additionally, he has been consistently ranked among the world’s top scientists, underscoring his prominent standing in the global academic community.

Prof. Ze Tang
Jiangnan University, China

Biography：Ze Tang received the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Yeungnam University, Republic of Korea, in 2017. He joined Jiangnan University, China in 2017 as an Associate Professor, where he is currently a full Professor and Doctoral Supervisor. In 2016, he was a Visiting Fellow with the School of Computing, Engineering and Mathematics, Western Sydney University, Penrith, NSW, Australia. His current research interests include control of complex dynamical systems and control and applications of Internet of things. He was selected as an outstanding young backbone teacher under the Blue and Green Project of Jiangsu Province's universities. He is currently the Deputy Director of Jiangsu Province Engineering Research Center of Industrial Internet Intelligent Optimization Manufacturing. He serves as an Associate Editor for International Journal of Control, Automation and Systems, the Youth Editor of the Journal of System Simulation, Unmanned Autonomous System, Journal of Nanjing University of Science and Technology, and the Young Consulting Expert for the journal Information and Control.

Assoc. Prof. Guoqing Wang
China University of Mining and Technology (CUMT), China

Biography：Guoqing Wang received the B.S. degree from China University of Mining and Technology (CUMT), Xuzhou, China, in 2014, and the Ph.D. degree from Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, China, in 2019. From October 2017 to May 2019, he was a Visiting Scholar with the Electrical Engineering Department, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA. He is currently an Associate Professor of China University of Mining and Technology. His present research interests focus on robust state estimation, information fusion, and their applications in robot navigation. He is the recipient of the Best Poster Paper Award of the 7th Chinese Conference on Swarm Intelligence and Cooperative Control. He serves as an Associate Editor for Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Control Systems, and the Youth Editor for Chinese Journal of Information Fusion, Chinese Journal of Engineering, Unmanned Systems Technology, and Navigation Positioning and Timing.

Assoc. Prof. Laihao Yang
Xi'an Jiaotong University, China

Biography：Dr. Laihao Yang received his Ph.D. Degree in the School of Mechanical Engineering from Xi’an Jiaotong University. He was a research fellow of the Structural Dynamics & Acoustic Systems Laboratory (SDASL). He is now in the faculty of the School of Mechanical Engineering at Xi’an Jiaotong University. His research interests include nonlinear vibration modeling and analysis, data-driven structural dynamics, compressive sensing, interpretable AI, and soft robotics. He is the recipient of the first Prize of Science and Technology Award of Shaanxi Higher Education Institutions and the best paper award of CMMNO 2024. He is currently serving on the Junior Editorial Board Member of Soft Science and Robot Learning, the council member of the Professional Committee for Dynamic Testing in the Chinese Society of Vibration Engineering.

Assoc. Prof. Jiusi Zhang

University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China

Biography：Jiusi Zhang received the B.E. degree in automation from Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, China, in 2019, and the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in control science and engineering from Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China, in 2021 and 2024, respectively. He is currently an Associate Professor with the School of Automation Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China. His research interests include fault diagnosis and prognosis, predictive maintenance, reliability and safety, data-driven monitoring and optimization, prognostics and health management, and their intelligent applications in industrial systems.

Assoc. Prof. Ning Tan
Sun Yat-Sen University, China

Biography：Ning Tan received the Ph.D. degree in automation from the Department of Automatic Control and Micro-Mechatronic Systems, Université de Franche-Comté/Franche-Comté Electronics Mechanics Thermal Science and Optics-Sciences and Technologies Institute, Besançon, France, in 2014. He is currently an Associate Professor with Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China. From 2014 to 2018, he held a postdoctoral position and research fellow position with the Singapore University of Technology and Design and the National University of Singapore, Singapore. His research interests include continuum robotics, bioinspired design, and intelligent control.

Assoc. Prof. Xu Liang
Beijing Jiaotong University, China

Biography：Xu Liang received the B.E. degree in automation from Central South University, Changsha, China, in 2013, and the Ph.D. degree in control theory and control engineering from the Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, in 2020. He is currently an Associate Professor with the School of Automation and Intelligence, Beijing Jiaotong University. His research interests include rehabilitation robot, orthopedic robot, human–machine interaction, and intelligent systems. Dr. Liang was elected in the Beijing Nova Program, and was the recipient of the first prize of technical invention of the Chinese Association of Automation, the Grand Prize of the National Robot Patent Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition, the Gold medal of the Geneva International Invention Exhibition, and the outstanding paper award of the "Robot" journal. He serves as an excellent early career editorial board member of the “Biomimetic Intelligence and Robotics” journal, and the deputy secretary general of intelligent wearable technology professional committee of Chinese Institute of Command and Control.