Xingjian Jing

City University of Hong Kong

Bio: Prof. Xing Jing is Professor of Mechanical Engineering at City University of Hong Kong. He received his BSc from Zhejiang University, MSc & PhD in robotics from Shenyang Institute of Automation, CAS, and a second PhD in nonlinear systems from the University of Sheffield, UK. He worked as a research fellow at the University of Southampton and held academic positions at Hong Kong Polytechnic University before joining CityU in 2021. His research covers nonlinear dynamics, vibration suppression, bio-inspired robotics, energy harvesting and fault diagnosis. He pioneered the X-mechanism design theory and nCOS frequency-domain method. He has published over 260 SCI papers and seven Springer monographs, ranking among the world’s top 2% most cited scientists. He serves as Editor-in-Chief/Associate Editor of multiple top IEEE journals and has received numerous international awards including IEEE SMC Best Paper Award and HKIE Outstanding Paper Award.

Hongliang Ren

The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)

Bio: Prof. Hongliang Ren, Senior Member of IEEE, received his Ph.D. in Electronic Engineering (Biomedical Engineering specialization) from The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2008. He pursued research at UC Berkeley, Johns Hopkins University, Harvard Medical School and NUS. His research covers intelligent surgical robots, continuum soft robots, flexible sensing, medical mechatronics, multi-sensory perception and AI control for image-guided intervention.
He serves as associate editor for IEEE T-ASE and MBEC, and organizing committee member of ICRA, IROS, MICCAI etc. He has won over 30 international research awards. He reviews research proposals for funding bodies across more than 10 regions and over 317 manuscripts for top journals including Science Robotics and Nature Biomedical Engineering. He has published extensive high-quality papers on soft robotics, medical artificial intelligence and multi-modal perception.

Zhiguo He

Zhejiang University

Bio: Prof. Zhiguo He is Professor and PhD Supervisor at Ocean College, Zhejiang University, Director of the Institute of Port, Coastal and Offshore Engineering, and Chair of IAHR Coastal & Maritime Hydraulics Committee. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Mississippi in 2007 and was a visiting scholar at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. His research covers sediment hydrodynamics, CFD, underwater robotics, estuarine-coastal dynamics and marine disaster prevention. He has presided over more than 30 national research projects, published over 120 papers and obtained over 10 patents, winning multiple provincial science & technology awards. He is a recipient of Zhejiang Outstanding Youth Fund and Zhejiang Ten-Thousand Talents Program, and has supervised dozens of outstanding postgraduates.

Wei Dai

China University of Mining and Technology

Bio: Prof. Wei Dai serves as Vice Dean of the School of Information and Control Engineering & AI Research Institute at China University of Mining and Technology, holding the title of Professor and PhD Supervisor. He received his Ph.D. in Control Theory and Control Engineering from Northeastern University, and is an IEEE Senior Member. He is a recipient of the National Ten-Thousand Talents Young Top-notch Program and Jiangsu Outstanding Youth Fund. His research covers data-driven industrial modeling, intelligent operational optimization, federated and incremental learning. He has published over 60 papers, authorized 20 invention patents with four industrial transformations. He has won many provincial and ministerial awards, and supervised dozens of student innovation programs.

Pengcheng Jiao

Zhejiang University

Bio: Dr Pengcheng Jiao is Hundred-Talent Research Fellow and PhD Supervisor at Ocean College, Zhejiang University. He received his MS in Civil Engineering from West Virginia University, PhD from Michigan State University, and finished postdoctoral research at the University of Pennsylvania before joining ZJU in 2018. His research focuses on mechanical metamaterials, underwater soft robotics, marine disaster mitigation, energy harvesting, structural health monitoring and engineering AI. He is listed among the world’s top 2% scientists, JSPS Research Fellow and Fellow of IAM. He has published over 110 SCI papers including articles in Nature Communications and Soft Robotics, authored two English monographs, and holds patents in China, Japan and Luxembourg. He leads national key research projects and acts as Associate Editor/Editor for several SCI journals.

Yuchen Jiang

Harbin Institute of Technology

Bio: Dr. Yuchen Jiang is an Associate Professor and Doctoral Supervisor from Harbin Institute of Technology. His research interests include fault diagnosis, safety monitoring, artificial intelligence for complex industrial systems and intelligent medical diagnosis applications. He is a member of the Professional Committee on Fault Diagnosis and Safety of Technical Processes, as well as the Professional Committee on Process Control, Chinese Association of Automation. He is an IEEE Senior Member and the Secretary of Technical Committee on Data-Driven Control and Monitoring, IEEE Industrial Electronics Society. He also serves as an Associate Editor for multiple international journals, including IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing, and Journal of Industrial Information Integration.