KEYNOTE SPEAKER I

Li Qing, IEEE FELLOW, AAIA FELLOW, IET FELLOW
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China

 

Qing Li is a Chair Professor and Head of the Department of Computing, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He received his B.Eng. from Hunan University (Changsha), and M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Southern California (Los Angeles), all in computer science. His research interests include multi-modal data management, conceptual data modeling, social media, Web services, and e-learning systems. He has authored/co-authored over 500 publications in these areas, with over 61,000 citations and H-index of 99 (source: Google Scholars). He is actively involved in the research community and has served as an Editor-in-Chief of Computer & Education: X Reality (CEXR) by Elsevier, an associate editor of IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence (TAI), IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems (TCDS), IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering (TKDE), ACM Transactions on Internet Technology (TOIT), Data Science and Engineering (DSE), and World Wide Web (WWW) Journal, in addition to being a Conference and Program Chair/Co-Chair of numerous major international conferences. He also sits/sat in the Steering Committees of DASFAA, ACM RecSys, IEEE U-MEDIA, WISE and ICWL. Prof. Li is a Fellow of IEEE.

 

KEYNOTE SPEAKER II

Hamid Reza Karimi, MAE, IIAV Fellow, ISCM Fellow, AAIA Fellow, IEEE Senior Member
Milan Polytechnic University, Italy

 

Hamid Reza Karimi is a Professor of Applied Mechanics in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy. Prof. Karimi’s original research and development achievements span a broad spectrum within the topic of automation/control systems, and intelligence systems with applications to complex systems such as vehicles, robotics and mechatronics. Prof. Karimi is an ordinary Member of Academia Europaea (MAE), Member of European Academy of Sciences and Arts (EASA), Member of The European Academy of Sciences (MEurASc), Member of Agder Academy of Science and Letters in Norway, Member of National Academy of Artificial Intelligence (NAAI), Honorary Academic Member of National Academy of Sciences of Bolivia, Distinguished Fellow of the International Institute of Acoustics and Vibration (IIAV), Fellow of The International Society for Condition Monitoring (ISCM), Fellow of the Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association (AAIA), and also a member of the IFAC Technical Committee on Mechatronic Systems, the IFAC Technical Committee on Robust Control, the IFAC Technical Committee on Automotive Control, member of the board of Directors of The International Institute of Acoustics and Vibration (IIAV) and member of Management Committee of The International Society for Condition Monitoring (ISCM). Prof. Karimi is the recipient of the 2025 NAAI Distinguished Artificial Intelligence Scholar Award, the 2021 BINDT CM Innovation Award, the Web of Science Highly Cited Researcher in Engineering, August-Wilhelm-Scheer Visiting Professorship Award, JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) Research Award, and Alexander-von-Humboldt-Stiftung research Award, for instance. Prof. Karimi serves/served as Editor-in-Chief and Book Series Editor for Springer, CRC Press and Elsevier. He has also participated as General Chair, keynote/plenary speaker, distinguished speaker or program chair for several international conferences in the areas of Control Systems, Robotics and Mechatronics. Prof. Karimi has served as vice-president for International Prize "Lombardia è ricerca" and is also the conference chair for the 2026 World Congress on Condition Monitoring (WCCM2026) to be held in Milan, Italy. Additionally, he is an Honorary Visiting Professor in the School of Computing & Engineering at the University of Huddersfield, UK.

 

KEYNOTE SPEAKER III

Wen-Hua CHEN, IEEE Fellow、IMechE Fellow、IET Fellow
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China

 

Wen-Hua Chen (Fellow, IEEE) is currently the Chair Professor of Robotics and Autonomous Systems, the Director of the Research Centre for Low Altitude Economy, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, and the Chair of Autonomous Vehicles with the Department of Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering, Loughborough University, Loughborough, U.K. He is also a Chartered Engineer and a fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and the Institution of Engineering and Technology, U.K. He holds a five-year EPSRC Established Career Fellowship. He has authored or co-authored 350 articles and two books. He has considerable experience in control, signal processing, and artificial intelligence, and their applications in robotics, aerospace, and automotive systems. He has contributed significantly to a number of areas, including disturbance-observer-based control, model predictive control, and autonomous aerial vehicles.