Committees
General Chair
| Prof Dr. Biao Huang, University of Alberta, Canada Biao Huang received his Ph.D. degree in Process Control from the University of Alberta, Canada, in 1997. He joined the University of Alberta in 1997 as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering and is currently a Full Professor, and NSERC Senior Industrial Research Chair. He is an IEEE Fellow, Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, and Fellow of the Chemical Institute of Canada. He is a recipient of awards including Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship from Germany, Best Paper award from IFAC Journal of Process Control, APEGA Summit Award in Research Excellence, AsTech Outstanding Achievement in Science & Engineering Award and Bantrel Award in Design and Industrial Practice, etc. He has published five books and more than 400 peer-reviewed journal papers. His research interests include process control, data analytics, machine learning, Bayesian inference. He is currently the Editor-in-Chief for IFAC Journal Control Engineering Practice, Subject Editor for Journal of the Franklin Institute, and Associate Editor for Journal of Process Control. |
Co-General Chair
| Prof. Dr. Xilong Qu, Changsha Normal University, China Prof. Xilong Qu is the dean of School of Information Science and Engineering, Changsha Normal University. he is also the master degree student advisor for both Xiangtan University and Hunan Institute of Engineering. Prof. Xilong Qu received his Ph.D on Southwest Jiaotong University, he finished his post-doctor study in Post-doctoral Research Center of Computer Science and Technology, South China University of Technology. Prof. Xilong Qu is the young core teacher of Hunan and a member of “121” talents program of Hunan. Prof.Xilong Qu joined 4 projects from the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (863 Program) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China, also he led the National Natural Science Foundation of Hunan, the Research Foundation of Education Bureau of Hunan Province, China and the National Science Foundation for Post-doctoral Scientists of China for 3, 1 and 1 times respectively. Prof. Xilong Qu published 4 books 35 articles (5 articles are indexed by SCI and the rest are indexed by EI). Prof. Xilong Qu is also invited for chairs and keynote speakers of numerous conferences and forums in China. |
Program Chair
| Prof. Dr. Srikanta Patnaik, I.I.M.T., Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India Prof. Srikanta Patnaik is Director of I.I.M.T., Bhubaneswar, India. He has received his Ph. D. (Engineering) on Computational Intelligence from Jadavpur University, India in 1999. He has supervised more than 30 Ph. D. Theses and 100 Master theses in the area of Computational Intelligence, Machine Learning, Soft Computing Applications and Re-Engineering. Dr. Patnaik has published around 100 research papers in international journals and conference proceedings. He is author of 2 text books and 55 edited volumes and few invited book chapters, published by leading international publisher like IEEE, Elsevier, Springer-Verlag, Kluwer Academic, etc.. Dr. SrikantaPatnaik is the Editors-in-Chief of International Journal of Information and Communication Technology and International Journal of Computational Vision and Robotics published from Inderscience Publishing House, England and, Editor of Journal of Information and Communication Convegence Engineering and Associate Editor of Journal of Intelligent and Fuzzy Systems (JIFS), which are all Scopus Index journals. He is also Editors-in-Chief of Book Series on “Modeling and Optimization in Science and Technology” published from Springer, Germany and Advances in Computer and Electrical Engineering (ACEE) and Advances in Medical Technologies and Clinical Practice (AMTCP), published by IGI Global, USA. He is a member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (IEEE) and Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). He is also Fellow of IETE, Life Member of ISTE, and CSI. Dr. Patnaik has visited more than 20 countries across the globe and visiting professors to some of the universities. |
Program Co-Chair
| Prof. Florin Popenţiu Vlădicescu, University “Politehnica” in Bucharest, Faculty Automatic Control and Computer Science, Romanian Professor Florin Popenţiu Vlădicescu, was born on 17 September 1950, graduated in Electronicsand Telecommunications from University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest in 1974, holds a PhD in Reliability since 1981. He has been appointed Director of the “UNESCO Chair in Information Technologies Department” at University of Oradea. Also, he is Professor to University “Politehnica” of Bucharest, Faculty of Automatic Control and Computer Science. Professor Florin Popenţiu Vlădicescu is the founder of the first “UNESCO Chair of Information Engineering” , in UK, established at City University London, in 1998. He published over 150 papers in international journals and conference proceedings. Also he is author of one book co-author of 4 books. He has worked for many years on problems associated with software reliability and has been Co-Director of two NATO Research Projects. Also he is on the advisory board of several international journals, including “Reliability and Risk Analysis: Theory & Applications” and is a reviewer to “ACM Computing Reviews. He is currently Associated Editorto the International Journal of Information and Communication Technology (IJICT) – Inderscience Publishers. He is an independent expert to the European Commission - H2020 programme, for Net Services – Software and Services, Cloud. Professor Florin Popenţiu Vlădicescu is currently Visiting Professor to: Telecom Paris, ENST Ecole Nationale Superieure des Mines Paris, ENSMP Ecole Nationale Superieure de Techniques Avancees, ENSTA ETH - Zurich Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris, UPMC Delft University of Technology University of Twente Enschede Technical University of Denmark Lyngby Sultan Qaboos University University of Calcutta He was elected Fellow of the Academy of Romanian Scientists in 2008. |
Publication Chair
| Prof. Dr. Vipul JAIN, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand Dr Vipul Jain is a Senior Lecturer in Operations and Supply Chain Management atVictoria Business School, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. He has also worked as a French Government researcher for the French National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control at Nancy, France, and was also involved in theEuropean project I* PROMS (Innovative Production Machines and Systems) from UK. Vipul has more than 85 archival publications to his credit in high impact factorjournals, as well as conference papers and books chapters, is the Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Intelligent Enterprise, and an Editorial Board member forseven international journals. Vipul is ranked 7th in India in a list of top 20 Indian leading academicians publishing in the area of Logistics and Supply Chain management in an exhaustive study entitled “Analysis of the Logistics research in India- white paper (2012), pp.1-11” conducted by researchers from Institute of Transport Logistics, Dortmund University, Institute for Supply Chain and Network Management, TechnischeUniversität Darmstadt, and University of Münster, Germany. Vipul is involved as a scientific and advisory committee member for various international conferences. He was the Programme Coordinator for the Masters in Industrial Engineering Programme at IIT Delhi, and has been actively involved in conducting Management Development Programmes/Training Programmes for Senior Managers andExecutives of Public and Private Organisations in India on various issues and challenges encountered in Operations, Logistics, and Supply Chain Management. |
Organising Chair
| Prof. Shengqing Li, Hunan University of Technology, China Shengqing Li was born in 1961 in Hunan province, China. He is a Doctor of Engineering, professor, doctoral supervisor and the expert entitled to government special allowance（GSA）. Meanwhile, he is serving as the Chairman of Hunan Engineering Research Center, the academic leader of provincial key discipline as well as the permanent member of Hunan Electrotechnical Society and Hunan Electrical Engineering Society. Professor Li's extensive experiences with electricity and engineering lead to his broader interest in Power Quality Control Strategy for Distribution Network, New Energy Grid-Connected System Power and Electrical Energy-saving Technology. He currently hosted and participated in 20 important research projects of the Provincial Natural Science Foundation, the National Natural Science Foundation and National Key R&D Program of China etc. He received 9 ministerial Second Prizes and honored prizes of Progress in Science and Technology, Science and Technology Award of China Electrotechnical Society etc. with his papers, researches, 14 Authorized Patents and Software Copyright. Professor Li is the author of 6 book including 2 of them were published by China Science Press. He has published numerous papers, 45 of which are included by SCI/EI consisting of Proceedings of the CSEE and International Journal of Robotics and Automation etc. |
| Prof. Dr. Jianqi Li, Hunan university of Arts and Science, China Li Jianqi holds a Ph.D. and is a Professor, as well as the Director of the Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory for Control Technology of Distributed Electric Propulsion Aircraft. Additionally, he serves as the Vice Chairman of the Hunan Instrument and Control Society. Prof. Dr. Li's expertise lies in the field of computer control and detection technology. He is a master student tutor at both Hunan University and Xiangtan University. He is also an expert on the Changde City Major Administrative Decision-making Advisory Committee. Under Prof. Dr. Li's guidance, his students have achieved remarkable success, receiving over 10 provincial competition awards. Furthermore, his students have published more than 10 papers, and their work has been recognized with the third prize of provincial teaching achievements. As a principal investigator, Prof. Dr. Li has led 2 National Natural Science Foundation projects and 2 provincial self-finance fund projects. He has published over 50 academic papers, including 30 articles in SCI/EI. Additionally, he holds 5 invention patents, 8 utility model patents, and 15 software copyrights. Prof. Dr. Li has also made significant contributions outside of academia. He has served as a special commissioner of Changde City Science and Technology, successfully developing more than 10 horizontal projects for enterprises. These projects have achieved notable economic and social benefits. One of his notable achievements is the high-precision steel strip parameter measurement system, which is an innovative project in China. |
Technical Program Committee
Prof. Dr. Leandros A. Maglaras，De Montfort University, UK
Prof. Dr. Maode Ma，Nanyang Technological University, SINGAPORE
Prof. Dr. Masoud Barati，Cardiff University, UK
Prof. Dr. Peng Zhang，Vanderbilt University, Tennessee.
Prof. Dr. Ramjeevan Singh Thakur，Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, INDIA
Prof. Dr. Richard John Fairchild，University of Bath, UK
Prof. Dr. Georgios Mamanis，Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
Prof. Dr. Rangan Gupta，University of Pretoria, South Africa
Prof. Dr. Naliniprava Tripathy，Indian Institute of Management Shillong, India
Prof. Dr. Jaafar M. Alghazo，Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University, KSA
Prof. Dr. GAJANAND M. S.，Indian Institute of Management Tiruchirappalli, India
Prof. Dr. Rojers P Joseph，Indian Institute of Management Rohtak, India
Prof. Dr. Sarandis Mitropoulos，Ionian University, Greece
Prof. Dr. S.G. Sapate，Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur, India
Prof. Dr. Kevin Deng，Jilin University, Changchun, China
Prof. Dr. Janusz Kacprzyk，Polish Academy of Science, Poland
Prof. Dr. VINCENZO PALLOTTA，Swiss Applied Science University - Canton Vaud
Prof. Dr. Marco Ceccarelli，University of Cassino and South Latium, Italy
Prof. Dr. Tapio Varis，University of Tampere, Finland
Prof. Dr. Valentina Emilia Balas ，Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad, Romania
Prof. Dr. Brian SIU，City University of Hong Kong
Prof. Dr. Roman Szewczyk，Industrial Research Institute for Automation and Measurements PIAP,Poland
Prof. Dr. Guodong Wang ，Computer Science Department, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts(MCLA), Massachusetts, USA
Prof. Dr. Florin Vladicescu Popentiu，City University, UK
Prof. Dr. Guangzhi Qu，Oakland University, USA
Prof. Dr. VS SarmaYadavalli，University of Pretoria, South Africa
Prof. Dr. Brunoi Apollon，Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy
Prof. Dr. W.A.G.A.(Harry)Bouwman，Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
Prof. Dr. Yahaya Coulibaly，University Technology Malaysia, Malaysia
Prof. Dr. Ing Kong，RMIT University, Australia
Prof. Dr. Gerald Midgley，Centre for Systems Studies, Business School, University of Hull, UK
Prof. Dr. Moustafa Mohammed , Eissa，Faculty of Engineering-Helwan University, Egypt
Prof. Dr. FernandoBoronat Seguí，UNIVERSIDAD POLITéCNICA DE VALENCIA, SPAIN
Prof. Dr. Alexandros Fragkiadakis，Institute of Computer Science (FORTH-ICS), Greece
Prof. Dr. Cristina Alcaraz，University of Malaga, Spain
Prof. Dr. Mohamed Atef，United Arab Emirates University, Abu Dhabi - United Arab Emirates
Prof. Dr. Weilin Wang，University of Georgia, USA
Prof. Dr. Bensafi Abd-Ei-Hamid，World Islamic Sciences and Education University, Jordan
Prof. Dr. Hadi Arabshahi，Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran
Prof. Dr. Alojz Poredo，University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Prof. Dr. Mohamed F. El-Santawy，Cairo University, Egypt
Prof. Dr. Tongpin Liu，University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA
Prof. Dr. Seema Verma，Banasthali University, India
Prof. Dr. Loc Nguyen，Director of International Engineering and Technology Institute (IETI), Vietnam
Prof. Dr. Hyunsung Kim，Kyungil University, Korea
Prof. Dr. Faisal Syafar，UNM Parangtambung, Indonesia
Prof. Dr. Nikolaos Pellas，University of the Aegean, Greek
Prof. Dr. Alexey Nekrasov，Southern Federal University, Russia
Prof. Dr. Wen-Cheng Lai，National Penghu University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Prof. Dr. ARUN AGARWAL，Siksha 'O' Anusandhan Deeemed to be University, India
Prof. Dr. Biju T. Sayed Mohammed，Dhofar University, Indian
Prof. Dr. Wuyi Yue，Konan University, Japan
Prof. Dr. Juan M. Carrillo，Universidad de Murcia, Spain
Prof. Dr. Ioan-Lucian Popa，University Alba Iulia, Romania
Prof. Dr. HAMIDA Souraya，Université Batna 2, Algérie, Algeria
Prof. Dr. Teodor Lucian Grigorie，Ecole de Technologie Superieure, Romania
Prof. Dr. Ong Pauline，Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Malaysia
Prof. Dr. Soumyadip Bandyopadhyay，System Analysis and Modeling Group Hasso Plattner Institute, Germany
Prof. Dr. Dariusz Jacek Jakóbczak，Koszalin University of Technology, Poland
Prof. Dr. Xu Wang，Heriot Watt University, UK