Prof. Guangren Duan

Harbin Institute of Technology

Prof. Guangren Duan is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and a Fellow of several prestigious professional organizations, including the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), and the Chinese Association of Automation (CAA). He currently serves as the principal investigator for major projects under the National Natural Science Foundation of China’s Innovative Research Group Program and the Basic Science Center Program. Duan has held or currently holds social and academic positions such as membership in the 5th, 6th, and 8th Committees of the Information Science Division of the Ministry of Education's Science and Technology Committee. His research interests focus on parameterized design of control systems and their applications in areas such as aircraft and robotics. He founded the “Theory and Application of Fully Actuated Systems” specialized committee under both the Chinese Association of Automation and the Asian Control Association. He also established the international annual conference on “Theory and Application of Fully Actuated Systems” (FASTA), which has successfully held four sessions and gained widespread influence. Duan has led teams awarded two second-class prizes of the National Natural Science Award and one special prize of the Heilongjiang Provincial Natural Science Award. His related achievements have been selected as one of the “Top Ten Scientific and Technological Advances in Chinese Higher Education.”

Prof. Yanjun Liu

Liaoning University of Technology

Prof. Yanjun Liu is currently an editorial board member of international journals including IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, and IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica. He served as Program Chair of the 2016 International Conference on Informative and Cybernetics for Computational Social Systems and is a member of several specialized committees such as the Control Theory Committee of the Chinese Association of Automation. He is also a Senior Member of IEEE.

Prof. Hairong Dong

Tongji University

Prof. Hairong Dong has long been engaged in fundamental theories and key technologies research in autonomous perception and cooperative control, industrial artificial intelligence, and intelligent transportation. In recent years, she has successively led major projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, major instrument development projects, and industry-collaborative project funds. She has published over 300 academic papers and holds more than 100 granted national invention patents. 

Prof. Yungang Liu

Shandong University

Prof. Yungang Liu is the Director of the Key Laboratory of Machine Intelligence and System Control, Ministry of Education of China; the Director of the Institute of Artificial Intelligence and Systems and Control, SDU; the Director of the Technical Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Vision, Shandong Institute of Electronics; and the Director of the SDU-IBM Research Center on Big Data and Analytics. He is also the Vice Director of the Engineering Research Center of Intelligent Unmanned System, Ministry of Education of China. His current research interests include stochastic control, nonlinear control design and system analysis, cooperative control, distributed parameter systems, adaptive control and applications, robots and motion control, and artificial intelligence. 

Prof. Yang Cong

South China University of Technology

Prof. Yang Cong is a recipient of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (NSFC Outstanding Young Scientist Award), and a doctoral supervisor. He serves as the Assistant Director of the State Key Laboratory of Robotics and the Director of the Liaoning Key Laboratory of Machine Intelligence. His primary research areas include robotic vision, machine learning, medical image analysis, big data processing, and robotic servo control. He holds key positions such as a council member of the Chinese Society of Image and Graphics and Deputy Chair of the Youth Working Committee of the Chinese Association of Automation. Professor Cong has led multiple significant projects, including those under the National Key Research and Development Program, the National Natural Science Foundation of China’s Instrument Special Fund, and the Distinguished Young Scholars Program. His honors include the First Prize of Liaoning Provincial Natural Science Award, the First Prize of the Natural Science Award from the Chinese Association of Automation, the Chinese Association of Automation Young Scientist Award, the Liaoning Province Youth Science and Technology Award, the Special Prize for Natural Science Achievements of Liaoning Province, and the Excellent Member Award from the Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He has published over 80 papers in national and international journals and conferences, and serves on the editorial boards of prominent journals such as IEEE Transactions and Acta Automatica Sinica.