| Prof. Weishan Zhang, China University of Petroleum (East China), ChinaProfessor Zhang is a visiting researcher at the Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the head of the Shandong Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence Ecosystem Data Open Innovation Application Laboratory. He serves as the chairman of the Qingdao Artificial Intelligence Society, deputy director of the Federal Data and Federated Intelligence Committee of the Chinese Automation Society, and a senior member of the Chinese Computer Federation. Associate Editor with IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles et al. He was consecutively listed in the top 2% of global scientists (World's Top 2% Scientists) in 2023 and 2024. From 2007 to 2010, he was an associate professor/senior researcher at the Department of Computer Science, Aarhus University, Denmark. Since August 2008, he has been the technical lead for the Aarhus University on the EU Sixth Framework Programme project Hydra IoT middleware. From 2006 to 2007, he visited the Department of Systems and Computer Engineering at Carleton University University, Canada. From 2001 to 2003, he conducted postdoctoral research at the National University of Singapore. |
Prof. Hongbing Cheng, Zhejiang University of Technology, ChinaHongbingCheng is a professor, doctoral supervisor in Zhejiang University of Technology, he is also an outstanding member of CCF, member of IEEE, high-level talent training and funding objects of "Six Talent Peaks" in Jiangsu Province, and he is the distinguished expert of "Tianchi Talent" in Xinjiang. He is the leader of the Information and Privacy Protection Research Team. His research interest mainly include software technology and theory, cryptographic technology and applications, big data security, network and information security, cloud computing privacy protection, blockchain technology, etc. |  |
| Prof.Lin Chen, Macao Polytechnic University, ChinaLin Chen, a distinguished scholar and innovator in Computer Science, serves as a full professor at Macao Polytechnic University since 2025. He obtained his B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from Southeast University (2002), an M.Sc. in Networking from the University of Paris 6 (2005), and an Engineer Diploma and Ph.D. in Computer Science from Telecom ParisTech (2005, 2008). Dr. Chen further achieved his Habilitation thesis at the University of Paris-Sud in 2017. His illustrious career spans academia and research, including tenures as an associate professor at the University of Paris-Sud and a full professor at Sun Yat-sen University. Renowned for contributions to distributed algorithms, energy-efficient systems, and network security, he has published over 100 papers, with several receiving accolades. He is a Junior Member of the Institut Universitaire de France (IUF) and an editor for IEEE Systems Journals, demonstrating leadership in advancing the field of networked systems. |
