Prof. Yingxu Wang(Keynote Speaker) University of Calgary, Canada (Fellow of IEEE) Biography: Dr. Yingxu Wang is professor of cognitive systems, brain science, software science, and intelligent mathematics. He is the founding President of International Institute of Cognitive Informatics and Cognitive Computing (I2CICC). He is FIEEE, FBCS, FI2CICC, FAAIA, and FWIF. He has held visiting professor positions at Univ. of Oxford (1995, 2018-22), Stanford Univ. (2008, 16), UC Berkeley (2008), MIT (2012), and distinguished visiting professor at Tsinghua Univ. (2019-22). He received a PhD in Computer Science from the Nottingham Trent University, UK, in 1998 and has been a full professor since 1994. He is the founder and steering committee chair of IEEE Int’l Conference Series on Cognitive Informatics and Cognitive Computing (ICCI*CC) since 2002. He is founding Editor-in-Chiefs and Associate Editors of 10+ Int’l Journals and IEEE Transactions. He is Chair of IEEE SMCS TC-BCS on Brain-inspired Cognitive Systems, and Co-Chair of IEEE CS TC-CLS on Computational Life Science. His basic research has been across contemporary science disciplines of intelligence, mathematics, knowledge, robotics, computer, information, brain, cognition, software, data, systems, cybernetics, neurology, and linguistics. He has published 600+ peer reviewed papers and 38 books/proceedings. He has presented 62 invited keynote speeches in international conferences. He has served as honorary, general, and program chairs for 39 international conferences. He has led 10+ international, European, and Canadian research projects as PI. He is recognized by Google Scholar as world top 1 in Software Science, top 1 in Cognitive Robots, top 7 in Autonomous Systems, top 2 in Cognitive Computing, and top 1 in Knowledge Science with h-index 58. He is recognized by Research Gate as among the world’s top 2.5% scholars with read-index 472,300+.
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Prof.Shipeng Li(Keynote Speaker) Applied Intelligence Research Institute of Suzhou Industrial Technology Research Institute, China (Academician/Fellow of IEEE) Speech: Linking Cognitive Science and Cognitive Intelligence: New Path to AI development? Biography: Dr. Li Shipeng is the Managing Director of SAIL Labs, a Chair Scientist of IDEA, and an Adjunct Professor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen. He was the Chief Scientist and Executive President of Shenzhen Institute of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics for Society (AIRS), Corporate Vice President and Co-President of Research of iFLYTEK, and the CTO of Cogobuy Group. He was a founding member of Microsoft Research Asia (MSRA) and served as the Research Area Manager. Dr. Li was the EiC (2018-2019) of IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology. He is quite influential in multimedia, IoT and artificial intelligence areas, and holds 205 US patents and published 330+ papers with 26,526 citations (H-index: 84). He is named as one of the top 1,000 computer scientists in the world by Guide2Research. He has trained 4 MIT TR35 Innovator Award Winners. Dr. Li received B.S. and M.S. from USTC and Ph.D. from Lehigh University. He is a Standing Director for the Chinese Institute of Electronics, the co-founder and Joint Secretary General of AI Industry Technology Innovation Strategic Alliance (AITISA) under China MOST. Dr. Li is an IEEE Fellow and an IEAS (International Eurasian Academy of Science) Academician. ……<More>
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Prof. Shahram Latifi(Keynote Speaker) University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA (Fellow of IEEE) Speech: Advanced Biometrics Biography: Shahram Latifi, an IEEE Fellow, received the Master of Science and the PhD degrees both in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, in 1986 and 1989, respectively. He is currently a Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Dr. Latifi is the co-director of the Center for Information Technology and Algorithms (CITA) at UNLV. He has designed and taught undergraduate and graduate courses in the broad spectrum of Computer Science and Engineering in the past four decades. He has given keynotes and seminars on machine learning/AI and IT-related topics all over the world. He has authored over 250 technical articles in the areas of networking, cybersecurity, image processing, biosurveillance, biometrics, document analysis, fault tolerant computing, parallel processing, and data compression. His research has been funded by NSF, NASA, DOE, DoD, Boeing, Lockheed and Cray Inc. Dr. Latifi was an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Computers (1999-2006), an IEEE Distinguished Speaker (1997-2000), and Co-founder and General Chair of the IEEE Int'l Conf. on Information Technology (2004-2015). Dr. Latifi is the recipient of several research awards, the most recent being the Barrick Distinguished Research Award (2021). Dr. Latifi was recognized to be among the top 2% researchers around the world in December 2020, according to Stanford top 2% list (publication data in Scopus, Mendeley). He is a Registered Professional Engineer in the State of Nevada.
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Prof. Yulin Wang(Keynote Speaker) Wuhan University, China Speech: Image Authentication and Tamper Localization Biography: Prof. Yulin Wang is a full professor and PhD supervisor in the School of Computer Science, Wuhan University, China. He got PhD degree in 2005 in University of London, UK. Before that, he has worked in high-tech industry for more than ten years. He led or participated in many important research programs, and achieved several ministry level awards.
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Prof. Irwin King The Chinese University of Hong Kong, S. A. R., China |
Prof. Yingxu Wang University of Calgary, Canada |
Prof. Cheng-Lin Liu Institute of Automation of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China |
Prof. He Qingbo University of Science and |
Prof. Dongbin Zhao Chinese Academy of Sciences, China |
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Prof. Peter Han Joo Chong Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand |
Prof. Guandong Xu University Technology of Sydney, Australia |
Prof. Donald Bailey Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand |
Prof. Yizhou Yu The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong S. A. R., China |
Prof. Jinghui Zhong South China University of Technology, China |
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Prof. Zenglin Xu Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen, China |
Prof. Lei Zhang The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong S. A. R., China |
Prof. Zhijun Fang Shanghai University of |
Dr. Haoran Xie Lingnan University, Hong Kong S. A. R., China |