Speakers

 

 

 

 

Prof. Fumiyuki Adachi, IEEE Life Fellow,

Tohoku University, Japan

Fumiyuki Adachi (Life Fellow, IEEE) received the B.S. and Dr. Eng. degrees in electrical B engineering from Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, in 1973 and 1984, respectively. In April 1973, he joined the Electrical Communications Laboratories with Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT), Tokyo, Japan, and conducted research on digital cellular mobile communications. From July 1992 to December 1999, he was with NTT DOCOMO, Tokyo, where he led a Research Group on wideband/broadband wireless access for 3G and beyond. Since January 2000, he has been with Tohoku University. He is currently leading a Resilient Wireless Communication Research Group with the International Research Institute of Disaster Science, Tohoku University, towards the development of beyond 5G systems. His research interests include the area of wireless signal processing and networking, multi-access, equalization, antenna diversity, adaptive transmission, channel coding, radio resource management. Dr. Adachi was the recipient of IEEE VTS Avant Garde Award 2000, IEICE Achievement Award 2002, Thomson Scientific Research Front Award

 

 

 

Prof. Gang Zhou, IEEE Fellow

William & Mary, USA

Dr. Gang Zhou is a professor of computer science at William & Mary, where he previously served as the Graduate Program Director from 2015 to 2017. He is an IEEE Fellow, an AAIA Fellow, a co-Editor-In-Chief of ACM Transactions on Computing for Healthcare, and a co-Area-Editor of IEEE Internet of Things Journal. He earned his Ph.D. degree from the University of Virginia in 2007. His research interests encompass a range of cutting-edge topics, including wearables & sensor systems, smart health, internet of things, wireless, ubiquitous & mobile computing.
Dr. Zhou has served as a Steering Committee member (2018-present), General Chair (2019), and TPC Chair (2018 and 2024) of CHASE---ACM/IEEE’s premier conference on Connected Health: Applications, Systems and Engineering Technologies. He has also been recognized with several prestigious awards, including the NSF CAREER Award in 2013, the Best Paper Award from IEEE Internet Computing in 2020, and the Best Paper Award from IEEE ICNP in 2010.

 

Prof. Ainuddin Wahid Bin Abdul Wahab
University of Malaya, Malaysia

 

 

Prof. Seokwon Yeom,
Daegu University Gyeongsan, Korea

Seokwon (Seok-Won, Sekwon) Yeom has been a faculty member of Daegu University since 2007. He is now a full professor of the same university, School of AI. He has a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Connecticut in 2006. 
His research interests are intelligent image/optical information processing, deep/machine learning, and target tracking. He has researched on multiple target tracking for the airborne early warning (AEW) system, three-dimensional image processing with digital holography and integral imaging, photon-counting linear discriminant analysis (LDA) and photon-counting nonlinear matched filter, millimeter wave (MMW) and infrared (IR) image analysis, and long-distance target tracking for aerial surveillance and search and rescue (SAR) mission with a small drone.  
He has been a guest editor of Applied Sciences and Drones in MDPI since 2019. He has served as a board member of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems, and a member of the board of directors of the Korean Institute of Convergence Signal Processing. He was program chair of ICCCS2015, ISIS2017, iFUZZY2018, ICCCS2019, ADIP2021-2024, IPMV2024, ICESP2024. He was a vice director of the AI homecare center and a head of the department of IT convergence engineering at Daegu University in 2020, a visiting scholar at the University of Maryland in 2014, and a director of the Gyeongbuk techno-park specialization center in 2013. 

 

Prof. Habil.Udo Birk
University of Applied Sciences of the Grisons, Switzerland

Udo Birk is Head of Advanced Training Technics and Professor at the University of Applied Sciences of the Grisons in Chur, Switzerland. Udo Birk obtained his PhD in 2004 at the University of Heidelberg. As Marie Curie Fellow he developed optical imaging devices at King’s College, London, UK and at FORTH, Heraklion, Greece. He worked on tissue imaging and spectroscopy at Roche Diagnostics and at the Medical Laser Center Lübeck and obtained his venia legendi in Experimental Physics from the University of Mainz in 2017. He is lecturer on Image Processing and Artificial Intelligence at University of Applied Sciences of the Grisons.

 

 

Prof. Anand Nayyar
Duy Tan University, Vietnam

Dr. Anand Nayyar received Ph.D (Computer Science) from Desh Bhagat University in 2017 in the area of Wireless Sensor Networks, Swarm Intelligence and Network Simulation. He is currently working in School of Computer Science-Duy Tan University, Da Nang, Vietnam as Professor, Scientist, Vice-Chairman (Research) and Director- IoT and Intelligent Systems Lab. A Certified Professional with 125+ Professional certifications from CISCO, Microsoft, Amazon, EC-Council, Oracle, Google, Beingcert, EXIN, GAQM, Cyberoam and many more. Published more than 180+ Research Papers in various High-Quality ISI-SCI/SCIE/SSCI Impact Factor- Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4 Journals cum Scopus/ESCI indexed Journals, 70+ Papers in International Conferences indexed with Springer, IEEE and ACM Digital Library, 40+ Book Chapters in various SCOPUS/WEB OF SCIENCE Indexed Books with Springer, CRC Press, Wiley, IET, Elsevier with Citations: 11600+, H-Index: 57 and I-Index: 210. Member of more than 60+ Associations as Senior and Life Member like: IEEE (Senior Member) and ACM (Senior Member). He has authored/co-authored cum Edited 50+ Books of Computer Science. Associated with more than 600+ International Conferences as Programme Committee/Chair/Advisory Board/Review Board member. He has 18 Australian Patents, 7 German Patents, 4 Japanese Patents, 34 Indian Design cum Utility Patents, 10 UK Patents, 1 USA Patent, 3 Indian Copyrights and 2 Canadian Copyrights to his credit in the area of Wireless Communications, Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Computing, IoT, Healthcare, Drones, Robotics and Image Processing. Awarded 46 Awards for Teaching and Research—Young Scientist, Best Scientist, Best Senior Scientist, Asia Top 50 Academicians and Researchers, Young Researcher Award, Outstanding Researcher Award, Excellence in Teaching, Best Senior Scientist Award, DTU Best Professor and Researcher Award- 2019, 2020-2021, 2022, Distinguished Scientist Award by National University of Singapore, Obada Prize 2024, Lifetime Achievement Award 2024 and many more. He is listed in Top 2% Scientists as per Stanford University (2020, 2021, 2022) , Ad Index (Rank No:1 Duy Tan University, Rank No:1 Computer Science in Viet Nam) and Listed on Research.com (Top Scientist of Computer Science in Viet Nam- National Ranking: 2; D-Index: 31).

He is acting as Associate Editor for Wireless Networks (Springer), Computer Communications (Elsevier), International Journal of Sensor Networks (IJSNET) (Inderscience), Frontiers in Computer Science, PeerJ Computer Science, Human Centric Computing and Information Sciences (HCIS), Tech Science Press- IASC, Computers Materials and Continua (CMC), IET-Quantum Communications, IET Wireless Sensor Systems, IET Networks, IJDST, IJISP, IJCINI, IJGC, IJSIR. He is acting as Managing Editor of IGI-Global Journal, USA titled “International Journal of Knowledge and Systems Science (IJKSS)” and Editor-in-Chief of IGI-Global, USA Journal titled “International Journal of Smart Vehicles and Smart Transportation (IJSVST)”. He has reviewed more than 2500+ Articles for diverse Web of Science and Scopus Indexed Journals. He is currently researching in the area of Wireless Sensor Networks, Internet of Things, Swarm Intelligence, Cloud Computing, Artificial Intelligence, Drones, Blockchain, Cyber Security, Healthcare Informatics, Big Data and Wireless Communications.

Assoc.Prof. Siti Hajar Binti Halili
Unversity of Malaya, Malaysia

Ts.Dr. Siti Hajar Halili is an Associate Professor at the University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur. She is the Head of the Department of Curriculum & Instructional Technology. She was formerly with the Research Division, Prime Minister Department, Malaysia. She holds a Degree in Information System Management from the University Technology MARA, a Master's in Educational Technology, and PhD. in Adult Education Technology from the University Sains Malaysia. Her works are published in ISI, SCOPUS, Malaysian and International journals. She has also published books and chapters in books. She has received awards such as the Deans’ Award, Best of Presentation Award, Excellent Service Award, Gold Award, The Most Outstanding Reviewer, Appreciation Certificate from Jabatan Pendidikan Selangor, and scholarships from MyBrain15 and USM Fellowship. She has broad experience in teaching and training in the area of Instructional Design & Technology. She also serves as Chief Editor of Jurnal Penyelidikan Pendidikan, and article reviewer for several journals and conferences. She is also being appointed as the university open distance learning (ODL) expert, Programme Coordinator for the university ODL and Master of Instructional Technology program, Head of Auditor for the faculty of education, and one of the committee members of the University Malaya Family Research & Development Center. Currently, she is active in research and publishes in Instructional Design & Technology, Open Education, Curriculum Instructional Design & Technology, Educational Technology And Media (Flipped Learning, Open-Badges Learning, and Digital Learning).