Dr. Ian McAndrew
Dean of Doctoral Programs
Capitol Technology University, USA
Areas of Expertise: Mathematics & Statistics, Engineering, Electrical Science and systems, Aviation
Brief Introduction: An internationally recognized leader in research and expert on low-speed flight, Dr. McAndrew has five degrees: a PhD, two master's degrees and two bachelor's degrees. He is a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society. ...more...
Dr. Hussein Mouftah
Canada Research Chair in Wireless Sensor Networks
Distinguished University Professor, University of Ottawa, Canada
Areas of Expertise: Computer Networks, Optical Networking, Wireless Communication Networks, Wireless Sensor Networks
Brief Introduction: Dr. Mouftah has published over 1000 technical papers, 7 books and 48 book chapters. To his credit he has 12 patents and 140 industrial reports. Dr. Mouftah has served the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (IEEE) Communications Society ...more...
Professor Yang Yue
School of Information and Communications Engineering
Xi'an Jiaotong University, China
Areas of Expertise: Intelligent photonics, including optical communications, optical perception, and optical chip
Brief Introduction: Dr. Yue has published over 200 peer-reviewed journal papers (including Science) and conference proceedings with >9,000 citations, five edited books, two book chapters, >50 issued or pending patents, >170 invited presentations ...more...
Professor Nikolaos M. Freris
School of Computer Science and Technology & Vice Dean of the International College
University of Science and Technology of China
Areas of Expertise: Machine learning, distributed optimization, data mining, wireless networks, control, and signal processing, with applications in power systems, sensor networks, transportation, cyber security, and robotics
Brief Introduction: Dr. Freris has published several papers in high-profile conferences and journals held by IEEE, ACM, and SIAM and holds three patents. His research has been sponsored by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China, ...more...
Assoc Prof Selvakumar Manickam
National Advanced IPv6 Centre
Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
Areas of Expertise: Cybersecurity, Internet of Things, Industry 4.0, Cloud Computing, Big Data, and Machine Learning
Brief Introduction: Dr. Selvakumar Manickam has authored and co-authored more than210 articles in journals, conference proceedings, and book reviews and graduated 18PhDs in addition to masters and undergraduate students. He has given several keynote speeches ...more...
Assoc Prof Guanglei Wu
School of Mechanical Engineering
Dalian University of Technology, China
Areas of Expertise: Robotic technologies including robot design and their industrial applications
Brief Introduction: Guanglei Wu received his PhD in mechanical engineering on the topic of parallel robotics from Aalborg University, Denmark, 2013. He was granted an industrial project by Innovation Fund Denmark and worked as a postdoc fellow ...more...
Professor Kun Li
Distinguished Professor of "Hongshen Young Scholars"
Chongqing University, China
Areas of Expertise: Additive manufacturing of high-performance materials, Intelligent mechanical processing integrated with high-throughput materials design, Laser processing and manufacturing technologies, Artificial Intelligence processing and machine learning methodology, Materials computation and phase transformation
Brief Introduction: Dr. Li obtained his Bachelor degree at Jilin University, and obtained Ph.D. degree at Tsinghua University. Then he worked as a postdoctoral scientist at University of Texas at El Paso in USA. ...more...
Speech Title: Research progress and prospects of additive and intelligent manufacturing of high-performance metal materials
Abstract: As an important branch in the field of 3D printing, metals additive manufacturing, has demonstrated great value and broad application in strategic emerging industries such as aerospace like turbo engine and blades, ...more...
Professor Hongli Gao
School of Mechanical Engineering
Southwest Jiaotong University, China
Areas of Expertise: Prognostics and health management; Mechatronics technology; Intelligent Robot; High-speed structure design and dynamic analysis
Assoc Prof Javaid Butt
Faculty of Science & Engineering
Anglia Ruskin University, UK
Areas of Expertise: 3D/4D Printing; Additive/Hybrid Manufacturing; composite & Hybrid Materials; Graphene Processing; Industry 4.0; Metal & Polymer Prototyping; Product Design & Development
Brief Introduction: Javaid is an active researcher in the field of additive manufacturing and has a wealth of experience in characterising and analysing varied materials for product development. ...more...
Speech Title: Digital twins in manufacturing
Professor Hui Lv
School of mechanical and automotive engineering
South China University of Technology, China
Areas of Expertise: Analysis and control of vehicle vibration and noise (NVH); Numerical analysis and optimization design of engineering reliability (uncertainty); Control and development design of uncertain system
Assoc Prof Xiaogang Liu
School of mechanical and electrical engineering
Wuhan University of Technology, China
Areas of Expertise: Advanced rail transit equipment and related dynamics analysis; Design and development of automobile transmission system and intelligent manufacturing of key components; Research on intelligent navigation and positioning automatic inspection robot based on machine vision