| Prof. Haibin Zhu, Nipissing University, CanadaIEEE Fellow, AAIA Fellow, Vice President for IEEE SMC Systems Science & Engineering, Co-Chair of IEEE SMC Technical Committee on Distributed Intelligent Systems Dr. Haibin Zhu is a Full Professor and the Coordinator of the Computer Science Program, the Founding Director of the Collaborative Systems Laboratory, a member of Arts and Science Executive Committee, Nipissing University, Canada. He is an affiliate full professor of Concordia Univ. and an adjunct professor of Laurentian Univ., Canada. He received a BSc degree in computer engineering from the Institute of Engineering and Technology, China (1983), and MSc (1988) and PhD (1997) degrees in computer science from the National Univ. of Defense Tech. (NUDT), China. He was the chair of the Department of Computer Science and Mathematics, Nipissing University, Canada (2019-2021), a visiting professor and special lecturer in the College of Computing Sciences, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA (1999-2002) and a lecturer, an associate professor and a full professor at NUDT (1988-2000). He has accomplished (published or in press) over 320 research works including 60 IEEE Transactions articles, six books, five book chapters, four journal issues, and four conference proceedings. He is a Fellow of I2CICC (International Institute of Cognitive Informatics and Cognitive Computing), a senior member of ACM, a full member of Sigma Xi, and a life member of CAST-USA (Chinese Association of Science and Technology, USA).
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| Prof. Ren C. Luo, National Taiwan University, Taiwan, ChinaIEEE Fellow; Emeritus Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University; Director, International Center of Excellence on Intelligent Robotics and Automation Research Prof. Luo has conducted teaching and research in the area of Intelligent Robotics and Automation for more than twenty years including in Germany, Japan, USA and Taiwan. His research covers both theoretical aspects and practical applications,for example, robotics motion planning,3D robot vision,visual controlled object detection (e.g. obstacles, human body and human face etc.), tracking and recognition. Prof.Luo has published more than 450 refereed papers and more than 20 patents from USA and Taiwan. His research interests are summarized as follows: (1) Sensor-controlled Intelligent Robot system--- Medical Robot( e.g. surgical robotics,minimum invasive surgery etc.), Service Robot, Autonomous Mobile Robot, Humanoid Robot, Security Robot, Home Education and Entertainment Companion Robot; (2) Multisensor Fusion and Integration for Intelligent Systems; (3) Visual Servo Feedback Control Systems; (4) 3D printing and Rapid Prototyping for Advanced Manufacturing Automation Systems; (5) Intelligent Mechatronics Systems.
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| Prof. Youmin Zhang, Concordia University, CanadaFellow IEEE, Fellow CSME Youmin Zhang (Fellow, IEEE) received the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in automatic control from the Department of Automatic Control, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, China, in 1983, 1986, and 1995, respectively.,He is currently a Professor with the Department of Mechanical, Industrial and Aerospace Engineering and Concordia Institute of Aerospace Design and Innovation (CIADI), Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada. He has authored ten books and more than 700 journal and conference papers with high citations and high rankings at Google Scholar and ScholarGPS. His current research interests include fault/attack diagnosis, fault-tolerant and attack-resilient control, cooperative guidance, navigation, control, remote sensing, and imaging processing for unmanned aerial/space/ground/marine vehicles with applications to forest fire monitoring and fighting, renewable energies, smart grids, and smart cities under the framework of cyber–physical systems.,Dr. Zhang is a registered Professional Engineer in ON, Canada, a fellow of the Canadian Society of Mechanical Engineering (CSME), and a member of the Technical Committee for several scientific societies. He has been consistently listed in Stanford’s “World’s Top 2% Scientists” since 2020 for both “Career” and “Single Year” and selected as a 2025 “Highly Cited Researcher” by Clarivate. He has served as the (Honorary) General Chair, the Program Chair, and an IPC Member of several autonomous/unmanned systems and renewable energies relevant international conferences. He served as the President of the International Society of Intelligent Unmanned Systems (ISIUS), from 2019 to 2022. He is currently the International Director (Region 7) of the IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society (AESS). He is an Editorial Board Member, an Associate/Deputy Editor-in-Chief, and an Editor/Associate Editor of more than 20 international journals, including IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Guidance Navigation and Control, Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, Unmanned Systems, Drones, Drone Systems and Applications, and Security and Safety.
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| Prof. Houxiang Zhang, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NorwayInstitute Leader for Research; IEEE Senior Member Houxiang Zhang received Ph.D. degree in Mechanical and Electronic Engineering in 2003. From 2004, he worked as Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute of Technical Aspects of Multimodal Systems (TAMS), Department of Informatics, Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Natural Sciences, University of Hamburg, Germany. In Feb. 2011, he finished the Habilitation on Informatics at University of Hamburg. Dr. Zhang joined the NTNU, Norway in April 2011 where he is a Professor on Mechatronics. From 2011-2016, he hold a gift professorship on product and system design from the industry too. The focus of his research lies on two areas. One is on biological robots and modular robotics. The second focus is on virtual prototyping and maritime mechatronics. In these areas, he has published over 300 journal and conference papers and book chapters as author or co-author. Recently, he received four best paper awards at the Robotic conferences, and four finalist awards for best conference paper at IEEE Robotics and Automation conferences.
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