 | Prof. Huiyu ZhouUniversity of Leicester Prof. Huiyu Zhou received a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Radio Technology from Huazhong University of Science and Technology of China and a Master of Science degree in Biomedical Engineering from University of Dundee of United Kingdom, respectively. He was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Computer Vision from Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, supervised by Professors Patrick Green (Psychology) and Andrew Wallace (Computer Engineering). Prof. Zhou heads the AI and Machine Learning Group and leads the Biomedical Image Processing Lab (BIPL) at University of Leicester. He was PGR Director of CMS (2022-2025), Director of MSc Programme (2018-2019) and Coordinator of MSc Distance Learning at Informatics (2018-2022), and currently is Deputy Director of Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence, Data Analytics and Modelling (AIDAM), Member of the Executive Group of Apollo-Leicester Centre for Digital Health and Precision Medicine (CDHPM). Prior to this appointment, he worked as Reader (2018-2020) at University of Leicester, and Lecturer (2012-2017) at the School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Queen's University Belfast (QUB). He was a visiting scholar of QUB during 2018-2020. |
 | Prof. Feng DingJiangnan University Professor Feng Ding, a doctoral supervisor, mainly focuses on research in system identification, adaptive control, numerical methods, etc. He has undertaken and completed seven projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China. He has published 375 SCI papers in international journals, with over 15,000 SCI citations. Among them, 35 papers are ESI highly cited papers (as of September 1, 2022). Eight of his papers were selected as the "Top 100 Most Influential International Academic Papers of China" in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2020. He has published 45 papers in two authoritative journals in the field of control, namely "Automatica" and "IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control" (equivalent to "Nature" and "Science" in the field of control), as well as in the top journal of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, "SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization". |
 | Prof. Hanyu HongWuhan Institute of Technology Hanyu Hong, a second-level professor, doctoral supervisor. He is a distinguished young and middle-aged expert in Hubei Province, an excellent Party member in Hubei Province, a recipient of the Hubei Province May 1st Labor Medal, and the leader of the Hubei Province Labor Model Innovation Studio. He serves as the responsible professor of Hubei Province's scientific research innovation group, the executive deputy director of the Provincial Key Laboratory of Optical Information and Pattern Recognition, and currently the dean of the School of Electrical Information at Wuhan Institute of Technology. In 2023, he was appointed as a top talent at Wuhan Institute of Technology.Professor Hong Hanyu has achieved significant scientific research results in the field of high-speed aircraft imaging detection. The imaging restoration and recognition theories, models, methods, and algorithms he proposed under moving platform conditions have been widely adopted by scholars both domestically and internationally. His five representative papers have been cited 1,385 times in total. He has led one major national basic research project, collaborated on two national aerospace engineering projects, and the unified restoration method for spatially varying degradation of aerodynamic optical effects he proposed has achieved significant applications in China's aerospace field. |
| Prof. Zhangqing HeHubei University of Technology Zhangqing He, male, is a visiting scholar at the University of Missouri, USA, and serves as the Deputy Dean of the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. He is also an Executive Committee Member of the CCF Fault-Tolerance Committee. In recent years, he has been engaged in research on integrated circuit hardware security, leading or participating as a core member in over 10 scientific research projects including the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province, and key projects of the Hubei Provincial Department of Education. He has published more than 10 SCI/EI indexed papers as the first author or corresponding author in top journals such as IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I, and IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems. He has obtained 8 authorized invention patents. He has won 1 first prize and 2 second prizes for teaching achievements in Hubei Province. He has been awarded titles including "Hubei Province Young Teaching Expert," "Hubei University of Technology Model Teacher," "Hubei University of Technology Top 10 Outstanding Teacher," and "Hubei University of Technology Outstanding Communist Party Member." |
 | Prof. Ling XuChangzhou University Ling Xu, Ph.D., Post-Doctoral Fellow, Professor, Master's Supervisor, Visiting Scholar at the University of Victoria, Canada, and Director of the Jiangsu Provincial University Outstanding Scientific and Technological Innovation Team on "Industrial Process Modeling, Optimization, and Intelligent Manufacturing." Her research focuses on system identification, signal processing, control theory and applications. She has been selected as a Young and Middle-Aged Academic Leader under the Jiangsu Provincial University "Qinglan Project," an Outstanding Young Faculty Member under the Jiangsu Provincial University "Qinglan Project," and a Third-Level Candidate of the Fifth Phase of the Jiangsu Provincial "333 Talent Project." She has presided over one General Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, one Provincial Post-Doctoral Research Funding Project, one Project funded by the Jiangsu Provincial "333 Talent Project," and one General Project of the Jiangsu Provincial University Natural Science Research Program. She has received two Third-Class Prizes of the Jiangsu Provincial Science and Technology Award, two First-Class Prizes of the Jiangsu Provincial Higher Education Scientific Research Achievement Award (Natural Science), and one First-Class Prize of the China Petroleum and Chemical Automation Industry Science and Technology Award (Natural Science Award). She has published over 70 SCI-indexed papers with more than 4,000 citations. Her papers have been selected as 8 ESI Hot Papers and 25 ESI Highly Cited Papers. She was selected as a 2019 "Clarivate" Global Highly Cited Researcher in the field of Engineering. |
 | Prof. Zhenghua HuangWuhan Institute of Technology Dr. Huang Zhenghua, Associate Professor and Master's Supervisor, graduated from the School of Artificial Intelligence and Automation at Huazhong University of Science and Technology in September 2017. He is a member of Hubei Province's "8th Batch of Doctoral Service Corps" and a recipient of the third batch of "Hubei Youth Talent Development Program" by the Hubei Provincial Youth League Committee. He has presided over one project each from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Youth Program and the Hubei Provincial Natural Science Foundation General Program. As a key team member, he participated in one project each from the NSFC 973 Basic Research Program/Key Program/Major Instrument Special Program, as well as multiple defense industry and horizontal research projects. In the past three years, he has published 14 internationally influential SCI papers (including 2 hot papers and 4 highly cited papers) as the first author, 6 international EI conference papers, and obtained 15 authorized national invention patents. He has also published 2 teaching and research papers. He serves as a reviewer for prestigious SCI international journals including IEEE TGRS, IEEE GRSL, Biomedical Signal Processing & Control, IEEE Access, IET series, Infrared Physics & Technology, and OPTIK. From November 2019 to October 2022, he served as a member of the Rail Transit Division at the World Transport Convention. |
