Keynote Speakers

Jia Weijia

currently serves as Dean of the Institute of Artificial Intelligence and Future Networks, Director of the Interdisciplinary Intelligent Supercomputing Center, and doctoral supervisor at Beijing Normal University (Zhuhai), while also holding the position of Chair Professor at Beijing Normal University-Hong Kong Baptist University United International College, with distinctions as an IEEE Fellow and Distinguished Member of the China Computer Federation (CCF); his key computer science research areas include artificial intelligence algorithms, edge AI, cyberspace entity sensing, human-machine-thing integration knowledge graph, big data processing, next-generation wireless protocols, 5G IoT, and mobile edge computing, and he has achieved over 700 publications, 3 monographs, 12 co-authored books, 40+ authorized patents, rankings in Stanford University's global top 2% for "Annual" and "Lifetime Scientific Influence" from 2020–2024, the Ministry of Education's First Science and Technology Prize (2nd place), the Shenzhen High-Tech Fair's Best Product Award, and leadership of projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation, Ministry of Science and Technology's 973/863 programs, and research funds from China's Macao and Hong Kong SAR governments.

Yang Liang

Professor at the School of Communication Engineering, Hunan University, specializes in wireless communications and optical wireless communications, with over 160 SCI-indexed papers published, including more than 130 IEEE journal articles. He has been consecutively listed in Stanford University's Global Top 2% Scientists (both Career-long and Single-year Impact lists) for five years and was named an Elsevier Highly Cited Chinese Researcher in 2023 and 2024. As principal investigator, he has led five NSFC projects (including four general programs and one youth program) and one key project under the National Key R&D Program of China, while also participating in one NSFC Regional Innovation and Development Joint Fund key project. He serves or has served as an editorial board member for several prestigious international and domestic journals, such as IEEE Transactions on Communications, IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, IEEE Communications Letters, Science China: Information Sciences, Journal of Communications, Chinese Journal on Internet of Things, and Acta Electronica Sinica. He was a committee member of the 8th and 9th Communication Theory & Signal Processing Committees under the China Institute of Communications. In 2020, he received the Second Prize of the Hunan Provincial Natural Science Award (ranked first) and was recognized as an Outstanding Scientific and Technological Worker by the Chinese Institute of Electronics. He currently holds the position of Vice Chairman of the Hunan Electronics Society.

Teh Ying Wah

Professor of Data Mining at the Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, University of Malaya, serves as the Director of the Research Center for Security Control Technology and the Leader of the Innovation Team in Key Areas under the Ministry of Transport. His research interests span data mining, deep learning, Internet of Things (IoT), edge computing, task scheduling, data streams, mobile computing, speaker verification, language recognition, and clustering algorithms. He has published over 90 papers in both domestic and international journals and conferences, including renowned publications such as Information Fusion and International Journal of Information Management. Currently, he holds the position of Associate Editor for Human-Media Interaction - Frontiers in Psychology and serves as a reviewer for multiple high-impact journals. Additionally, he is a member of the Expert Advisory Panel for the Master of Data Science program at UTP, a Course Advisory Panel member for the Bachelor of Business Analytics program at TARUC, and an External Assessor for the Bachelor of Computer Science program at Swinburne University of Technology.

Pascal Lorenz

Professor at the University of Haute-Alsace, recognized as a Senior Member of IEEE, Fellow of IARIA, and Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE Communications Society. His research focuses on QoS, wireless networks, and high-speed networks. He has published 3 monographs, holds 3 patents, and authored 200 international papers. Lorenz has held editorial roles at IEEE Communications Magazine (2000-2006), IEEE Networks Magazine (since 2015), and IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (since 2017). He chaired IEEE ComSoc France (2014-2020) and IEEE France Finance (2017-2022), and led the IEEE ComSoc Satellite and Space Communications Technical Committee (2022-2023). Currently, he serves on the IEEE Region 8 Conference Coordination Committee and as an Associate Editor for several journals, including IJCS-Wiley, SCN-Wiley, and JNCA-Elsevier.

Nasir Saeed

Associate Professor at the United Arab Emirates University (UAEU), focuses on cutting-edge research areas such as aerial networks, data visualization, localization in extreme environments, and visible light communication. He has published over 100 papers in high-impact journals, which have been cited more than 6,000 times, achieving an H-index of 39. He serves as an Editor for IEEE Wireless Communications Letters and an Associate Editor for Frontiers in Communications and Networks, as well as a reviewer for several top-tier journals, including IEEE Transactions on Communications, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, IEEE Networks Magazine, and Elsevier Physical Communications.

Xinheng Wang

founding Head of Mechatronics and Robotics at Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University. As an IET Fellow, IEEE Senior Member, and leader of Jiangsu's "Innovation and Entrepreneurship" team, his research spans intelligent/connected vehicles, airport robotics, smart manufacturing, edge computing, digital twins, acoustic sensing, healthcare, motion detection, and power system monitoring, including SLAM/navigation in robotics. With 230+ publications and dozens of patents (6 granted in the U.S./Japan/Korea, 18 in China), his work was rated "World Leading" in the UK's REF. He has led/contributed to 30+ projects funded by the EU, UK EPSRC, Innovate UK, NSFC, and industry, driving technological and industrial advancements.

Dimitrios A. Karras

Professor in the Department of Computer Engineering at EPOKA University, Albania, specializes in research areas including intelligent and distributed systems, complex systems and sustainability, multi-agent systems, pattern recognition and computational intelligence, image and signal processing systems, biomedical systems, communications and networks, and security and sustainability applications. He has published over 99 high-quality journal papers and 191 conference papers in related fields, and has edited more than 20 books. As of September 10, 2024, his research has been cited over 3,500 times by other researchers, with H-index and G-index values of 25 and 73, respectively (Google Scholar). His Research Interest Score on ResearchGate is 1402, placing him in the top 5% of the ResearchGate member database. Currently, he serves as the Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Innovative Technology and Interdisciplinary Sciences (IJITIS) and International Journal of Applied Mathematics, Computational Science and Systems Engineering. Additionally, he is an editorial board member for journals such as Journal Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence and Journal CAAI Transactions on Intelligence Technology.