Speakers

Prof. Ning Sun

IEEE Senior Member, Nankai University, China

Sun Ning, born in 1988, is a professor and doctoral supervisor at Nankai University, an outstanding teacher of Baosteel, and a IEEE Senior Member. He has received or been selected for the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Special Research Fellowship Fund, the "Hundred Young Discipline Leaders Training Program" of Nankai University, and multiple provincial/ministerial/talent honors. He graduated with a bachelor's degree from Wuhan University in 2009 and obtained his Ph.D. from Nankai University in 2014. 

Research interests: (1) underdriven robots; (2) bionic and variable structure robots; (3) special industrial robots; (4) intelligent control methods and applications.

Assoc. Prof. Dimitrios A. Karras

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

Dimitrios A. Karras completed his Diploma and M.Sc. Degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece in 1985. He continued his academic journey by obtaining a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from NTUA, Greece in 1995, graduating with honors. For fourteen years, from 1990 to 2004, Dr. Karras worked as a visiting professor and researcher at various universities and research institutes throughout Greece. Since 2004, he has been associated with the Sterea Hellas Institute of Technology, in the Automation Department, serving as an Associate Professor in Digital Systems and Signal Processing until December 2018. Concurrently, he held a position as a visiting professor in Communication Systems at the Hellenic Open University, Department of Informatics from 2002 to 2010. Starting from January 2019, Dr. Karras serves as an AssociateDimitrios A. Karras obtained his Diploma and M.Sc. Degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) in Greece in 1985, followed by a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from NTUA in 1995, graduating with honors. From 1990 to 2004, he worked as a visiting professor and researcher at various universities and research institutes in Greece. Since 2004, Dr. Karras has held positions at the Sterea Hellas Institute of Technology in Greece in the Automation Department, where he served as an associate professor in Digital Systems and Signal Processing until December 2018. He has also been a visiting professor in Communication Systems at the Hellenic Open University since 2002 until 2010. Since January 2019, Dr. Karras has been an Associate Professor in Digital Systems and Intelligent Systems, focusing on Signal Processing at the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Science, Department of General Studies. Additionally, he holds adjunct professor roles at GLA University in Mathura, India, BIHER (Bharath University) in India, as well as at Epoka University and CIT Universit

Assoc. Prof. Fengming Du

Dalian Maritime University, China

Du Fengming, Ph.D. from Dalian University of Technology, Associate Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at the School of Marine Engineering, Dalian Maritime University, Postdoctoral Fellow in Ship and Ocean Engineering Flow Station. His main research areas include engine optimization design, advanced material preparation, artificial intelligence, machine vision. Received the titles of "Million Talents Project" talent in Liaoning Province, "Dalian Youth Science and Technology Star", and "Dalian High level Talent Youth Talent", as well as one Liaoning Province Natural Science Academic Achievement Award. Hosted 2 key projects of the Vehicle and Ship Power Special Project of the State Administration of Science and Technology for National Defense, 1 key project of the Liaoning Provincial Natural Science Foundation, 1 joint project of the Liaoning Provincial Shipping Joint Fund, 1 general project of the China Postdoctoral Fund, 1 project of the Dalian High level Talent Innovation Support Program, 2 special funds for undergraduate research and business expenses of central universities, and 7 horizontal projects. Participated in more than 10 projects, including the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the Ministry of Equipment Development's pre research project, and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology's high-tech shipbuilding project. Published over 60 academic papers and 7 invention patents and 2 international invention patents. He is a senior member of the Chinese Society of Mechanical Engineering and industry and technology expert of dalian municipal bureau of industry and information technology, serving as a reviewer for journals such as Journal of Materials Processing Technology, The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Steel Research International, and International Journal of Engine Research. Served as a guest editor for journals such as Lubricants and Coatings.

Prof. Tao Lei

IEEE Senior Member, Dalian Maritime University, China

Lei Tao, Professor, Doctoral Supervisor, Member of the University Academic Committee, Deputy Dean of the School of Electronics Information and Artificial Intelligence, Senior Member of CCF/CSIG/IEEE; serves as a member of the Visual Sensing Committee of the Chinese Society for Image and Graphics, a member of the Image Analysis Branch of the Chinese Society of Stereoscopic Science, Standing Director of the Shaanxi Society for Image and Graphics, co-chair of the 16th International Conference on Neural Computation, Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Discovery ICNC-FSKD2020, Chair of the organizing committee, publicity chair, and award committee chair for multiple international conferences, member of the program committee for top AI conferences AAAI2020-2024 and IJCAI2019-2024, Associate Editor of Frontiers in Signal Processing, Editorial Board Member of Remote Sensing and *Radio Engineering*, Assistant Editor of *Journal of Intelligent Systems*, and Guest Editor of IEEE J-STARS.

His main research directions include artificial intelligence, computer vision, and machine learning; to date, over 80 academic papers have been published in authoritative journals and conferences both domestically and internationally, including IEEE TIP, IEEE TMI, IEEE TFS, IEEE TGRS, IJCAI, with 6 papers selected as ESI highly cited papers; he has led projects such as the National Natural Science Foundation (5 grants), Shaanxi Provincial Outstanding Youth Fund, Shaanxi Provincial Key Research and Development Program, and China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (special funding, general funding).