Prof. Qinglai Wei, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Qinglai Wei is currently a researcher at the Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and a member of IEEE. His main research areas include: computational intelligence, learning control, intelligent control, optimal control, brain-like learning control, reinforcement learning and deep learning, smart grid, and industrial control system optimisation. He has published more than 40 SCI and EI retrieved papers, including the authoritative international journals on neural networks and intelligent control, such asIEEE Transactions on Neural Networks,IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics- Part B: Cybernetics,IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering,Automatica, and so on. 

Prof. Xiaojun Chang, University of Science and Technology of China

Xiaojun Chang is a Chair Professor at the University of Science and Technology of China, a national high-level talent, and the recipient of the Australian Research Council Early Career Researcher Award. He mainly focuses on multimodal learning, computer vision, and green artificial intelligence, as well as their applications in social welfare. He has led over ten national-level projects, including research grants from the Australian Research Council and corporate joint funds (Linkage Program). His research成果 have been published in more than 150 papers in top international journals such as T-PAMI and TIP, as well as CCF Class A conferences, with over 15,000 citations on Google Scholar. Among his publications, 21 papers have been selected as ESI Highly Cited or Hot Papers. From 2019 to 2023, he was continuously recognized as a Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate Analytics. He serves as Associate Editor for top international journals such as IEEE TCSVT, IEEE TNNLS, and ACM TOMM, and as Area Chair for CCF Class A conferences. 

Prof. Anders Lindquist, Anhui University

Anders Lindquist is a foreign Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), an Academician of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences, an Academician of the European Academy (Academia Europaea), and a foreign Academician of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences. He is a Life Fellow of IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), a Fellow of SIAM (Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics), and a Fellow of IFAC (International Federation of Automatic Control.). He was the winner of the 2009 Reid Price in Mathematics from SIAM and the 2020 IEEE Systems and Control Award, the top prize in Systems and Control. He has been a professor in three continents (United States, Sweden and China).

Prof. Chaoyang Chen, Hunan University of Science and Technology

ChaoyangChen is a professor, doctoral supervisor, chief scientist of the National Key R&D Program, national-level young talent, and "Leading Talent" at Hunan University of Science and Technology. He serves as the dean of the School of Information and Electrical Engineering, director of the Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Intelligent Control and Operation and Maintenance of Complex Systems, and a visiting researcher at the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He is a recipient of the National "Excellent Young Scientists Fund," the Hunan Provincial "Outstanding Young Talent Fund," Hunan Province "Huxiang Young Talents," Hunan Province "Science and Technology Innovation Talent," Hunan Province "Young Backbone Teachers," and a winner of the Hunan Province Science and Technology Award.

He has led one project under the National Key R&D Program and three projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation; he has also hosted more than ten provincial and ministerial projects. He has published over 80 research papers, including more than 50 in SCI journals; he has applied for over 50 invention patents (including 6 foreign patents, 5 of which have been authorized) and has more than 30 authorized patents. He has obtained 10 software copyrights and published two monographs. Currently, he serves as an executive director of IEEE PES iGET in China, a senior member of IEEE, vice president of the Chinese Society of Energy, deputy head of the Expert Committee of the Chinese Society of Energy, and an executive member of the Youth Working Committee of the Chinese Association of Automation.