Speakers

 

 

 

 

Prof. David Yau
Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore

David Yau obtained the B.Sc. from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin, all in computer science. Since 2013, he has been Professor in the Information Systems Technology and Design pillar of the Singapore University of Technology and Design. During 2010-2022, he was Distinguished Scientist at the Advanced Digital Sciences Center, Singapore, where he was also Cybersecurity Program Director. Prior to Singapore, he was Assistant Professor and then Associate Professor of Computer Science at Purdue University (West Lafayette). His research interests are in networked computer systems, including the security and privacy of cyber-physical systems. His papers have been selected as Best Paper winners (e.g., IEEE/ACM IPSN 2017) or finalists in several conferences. He has served as TPC co-chair or in the organizing committees of several international conferences in computer networks. He is currently an Associate Editor for ACM Trans. Sensor Networks. He was previously on the editorial boards of IEEE Trans. Network Science and Engineering (awarded Excellent Editor in 2022), IEEE/ACM Trans. Networking, and IEEE Trans. Smart Grid, Special Section on Smart Grid Cyber-Physical Security. He has served in the Management Committee of the Singapore Cybersecurity Consortium (SCC) and chaired the SCC’s SIG in IoT and CPS security.

 

 

 

Prof Dr Abdullah Gani
University of Malaya, Malaysia

He obtains all his degrees from UK universities and works in various type of educational institutions locally and overseas. His works were mainly on Computer Networking and Artificial Intelligence with specific research areas include Reinforcement Learning, Big Data Analytics, Mobile Cloud Computing, cryptocurrencies and lately on Quantum Networking. He has published more than 280 highly quality papers in highly reputable Tier 1 journals and receiving a big number of citations. He was awarded as Highly Cited Researcher by Elsevier for several years and was recognized as top 2% World Scientist in Computer Science by Stanford University, and for several years. At the national level, he serves as Fellow of Academy Science, Malaysia.