KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Keynote Speaker I
Prof. Witold Pedrycz (IEEE
Fellow)
University of Alberta, Canada
Dr. Witold Pedrycz (IEEE Fellow, 1998) is Professor and Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Computational Intelligence in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. He is also with the Systems Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland. In 2009 Dr. Pedrycz was elected a foreign member of the Polish Academy of Sciences. In 2012 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. In 2007 he received a prestigious Norbert Wiener award from the IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society. He is a recipient of the IEEE Canada Computer Engineering Medal, a Cajastur Prize for Soft Computing from the European Centre for Soft Computing, a Killam Prize, a Fuzzy Pioneer Award from the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society, and 2019 Meritorious Service Award from the IEEE Systems Man and Cybernetics Society. His main research directions involve Computational Intelligence, fuzzy modeling and Granular Computing, knowledge discovery and data science, pattern recognition, data science, knowledge-based neural networks, and control engineering. He has published papers in these areas. He is also an author of 21 research monographs and edited volumes covering various aspects of Computational Intelligence, data mining, and Software Engineering. Dr. Pedrycz is vigorously involved in editorial activities. He is an Editor-in-Chief of Information Sciences, Editor-in-Chief of WIREs Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery (Wiley), and Co-editor-in-Chief of Int. J. of Granular Computing (Springer) and J. of Data Information and Management (Springer). He serves on an Advisory Board of IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems and is a member of a number of editorial boards of international journals.
Keynote Speaker II
Prof. Xudong Jiang (IEEE Fellow)
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Dr. Xudong Jiang received the B.Eng. and M.Eng. from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), and the Ph.D. degree from Helmut Schmidt University, Hamburg, Germany. From 1986 to 1993, he was a Lecturer with UESTC, where he received two Science and Technology Awards from the Ministry for Electronic Industry of China. From 1998 to 2004, he was with the Institute for Infocomm Research, A-Star, Singapore, as a Lead Scientist and the Head of the Biometrics Laboratory, where he developed a system that achieved the most efficiency and the second most accuracy at the International Fingerprint Verification Competition in 2000. He joined Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, as a Faculty Member, in 2004, and served as the Director of the Centre for Information Security from 2005 to 2011. Currently, he is a professor in NTU. Dr Jiang holds 7 patents and has authored over 150 papers with over 40 papers in the IEEE journals, including 11 papers in IEEE T-IP and 6 papers in IEEE T-PAMI. Three of his papers have been listed as the top 1% highly cited papers in the academic field of Engineering by Essential Science Indicators. He served as IFS TC Member of the IEEE Signal Processing Society from 2015 to 2017, Associate Editor for IEEE SPL from 2014 to 2018, Associate Editor for IEEE T-IP from 2016 to 2020 and the founding editorial board member for IET Biometrics form 2012 to 2019. Dr Jiang is currently an IEEE Fellow and serves as Senior Area Editor for IEEE T-IP and Editor-in-Chief for IET Biometrics. His current research interests include image processing, pattern recognition, computer vision, machine learning, and biometrics.
Invited Speaker I
Prof. Abhijit Sen
Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Canada
Dr. Abhijit
Sen is a Professor of Computing Science and
Information Technology at Kwantlen Polytechnic
University in BC, Canada. Holding a Ph.D. from
McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario,
Canada, a Master of Science degree from the
University of California, Berkeley, USA, and a
B.Tech in Electrical Engineering from the Indian
Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India, Dr.
Sen brings a wealth of academic and industry
expertise to his role.
With over 30 years of experience, Dr. Sen has
made significant contributions in both academia
and industry. He has held key roles in
organizations such as Canadian Aviation
Electronics, Montreal, Canada, and Microtel
Pacific Research, Burnaby, Canada. His
consulting experience includes notable projects
with Canada Post, Montreal, and InfoElectonics,
Montréal, Canada.
Dr. Sen's international impact extends beyond
Canada. He has served as a visiting professor at
prestigious institutions including Waikato
University, Hamilton, New Zealand, University of
Applied Sciences, Munich, Germany, Centre for
Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC), India,
North China Institute of Aerospace Engineering,
China, and Technical University of Applied
Sciences, Regensburg, Germany.
Throughout his career, Dr. Sen has been a
keynote speaker at various international
conferences, demonstrating his thought
leadership in the field. He has also contributed
significantly to the academic community by
serving as a reviewer and technical committee
member for numerous international conferences,
and notably, he has served on the editorial
boards for a number of conference proceedings
publications. Additionally, he has acted as an
external examiner for Ph.D. theses at several
universities.
His current research interests span diverse
domains, including Wireless Networking and
Security, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID),
Computing Education and Teaching Methodologies,
Distributed Systems and Databases, System
Developments, DevOps, and Artificial
Intelligence.
Dr. Sen's dedication to education is underscored
by his receipt of the Distinguished Teaching
Award from Kwantlen Polytechnic University, BC,
Canada. He is a Life Member of the Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and
has actively served in the Executive Committee
of IEEE, Vancouver Chapter. His contributions
have been recognized by the IEEE, Vancouver
chapter, highlighting his unwavering commitment
and individual contributions to the
organization.
Invited Speaker II
Associate Professor Marshima Mohd Rosli
Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
Marshima Mohd Rosli is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computing Sciences at the College of Computing, Informatics, and Mathematics, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. She holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Auckland, New Zealand. Her research primarily focuses on software engineering, system development, artificial intelligence, and data analytics. She has contributed numerous publications to renowned conferences and journals such as IEEE and ACM.
Invited Speaker III
Dr. Chen Zhang
Hang Seng University of Hong Kong
Dr. Chen Zhang is an assistant professor in the department of computer science, the Hang Seng University of Hong Kong. She received her PhD degree in Computer Science from City University of Hong Kong. Her research interests include data privacy and security in cloud computing, IoT security, and mobile edge computing. She has contributed a series of publications in renowned conferences and journals such as IEEE INFOCOM, IEEE TPDS, IEEE TIFS, IEEE TC, IEEE TSC, IEEE TCC, etc.