Dr. F. Richard Yu is an internationally recognized research leader in mobile systems. His pioneering contributions have significantly impacted research and development in this area through over 600 highly-cited publications and 28 granted patents. His mobility management algorithms have been adopted in mobile systems standards. He is among the top 1% of highly cited researchers on Web of Science, demonstrating his worldwide influence. He is a Fellow of IEEE, IET, and EIC, an elected member of the Board of Governors of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society, and the recipient of numerous ...

Songnian Zhou, CEO & Chairman of Platform Computing Corp, is a software engineer of remarkable creativity and a successful entrepreneur. His pioneering research at Berkeley led the foundation of the Internet 'postal office'. He later broke ground in computing resource management in large distributed computing systems. His new system, Utopia, was adopted by Northern Telecom on over 1,000 computers with 30-40% productivity increase. In 1992 he co-founded Platform Computing with no venture capital funding and built it into a leading software company with 300 people and sales of $ 60M in more ...

Dr. Q. M. Jonathan Wu is a University of Windsor Engineering Professor and a Tier-1 Canada Research Chair, first awarded in 2005 and renewed in 2012. He is a world-leading expert in the field of computer vision and machine learning with one book and 350 publications in prestigious journals and conference proceedings. His works have been cited more than 7,300 times. He has developed many novel methodologies and systems for a wide variety of real-world applications, ranging from machine vision systems for manufacturing automation, machine learning and sensor fusion for autonomous driving to big ...

Dr. Zhang is an internationally renowned geomatics engineering professor, researcher, and inventor in the field of advanced geomatics image processing. In addition to his substantial list of research publications and international recognition, Dr. Zhang and his team have worked successfully to transform award-winning research into viable products that are helping transform satellite mapping and image surveillance processes and move them into mainstream use and onto smartphones. His work is widely cited in literature, and results of his collaborative research are now embedded in products ...

Dr. Xiao has made significant contribution to polymer and pulp & paper science and engineering. His research on multidisciplinary areas is unique and enables his to develop various cutting edge technologies that have remarkable benefit to papermaking, polymer and packaging industries. The various functional polymers and nanoparticle systems Dr. Xiao developed not only addressed the issues related to industrial demands from a fundamental point of view, but also are implementable and feasible for commercialization. Apart from the excellent track record of research in terms of the number and ...

Dr. Chengshan Xiao has made outstanding contributions to the fields of wireless communications and signal processing. His patented mobile speed estimation algorithm and robust channel equalization algorithm have been implemented into Nortel's base station radio products which saw massive production levels at the time. His wireless fading channel models and simulators have been widely adopted by academia and industry. He pioneered innovative designs of linear precoders for transceivers with finite alphabet signaling. His novel multiple input multiple output turbo equalization algorithms have ...

Professor Xiao-Ping Zhang is a world-class researcher and an influential entrepreneur. He has substantially impacted the development of multiple areas of research and industrial practices. His extensive research on signal and data processing theories, methods, and cross-disciplinary applications has significantly advanced the field. A widely recognized and respected leader in engineering communities, he provides exemplary service and has nurtured and inspired a generation of young engineers and researchers. His innovative technology-based business initiatives have fostered the development and ...

Dr. Chris Zhang has made outstanding contributions to systems design, control or operation management technology, and robotics. His work pays particular attention to integrated design and control of dynamic systems for high performance with resilience. This has led to the improvement of disaster management practice and development of highly-resilient robots used for rescue during natural disasters. He has trained a large number of highly qualified personnel and is widely recognized as an excellent educator, having received the University of Saskatchewan's Distinguished Graduate Supervisor ...

Prof. Qiang Yang is an international leader in the engineering practice of large-scale artificial-intelligence and data-mining solutions for the benefit of our society. He leads in the area of transfer learning and federated learning to tackle small data, data silos, user privacy and data security problems in practice. He has developed open-source and industrial-strength systems for inclusive finance, health and ecommerce applications for millions of users and businesses worldwide. His work has made deep impact with large-scale AI and data mining engineering systems and applications, new ...

Dr. Yang is a Principal Research Scientist at the National Research Council Canada. He is a Fellow of the Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligent Association. Throughout his career, he has made significant contributions to Applied AI,including machine learning, hybrid reasoning, and intelligent systems. Inparticular, he developed a transformative AI-based PHM(prognostic and healthmanagement) technology for smart maintenance of complex systems, which has beenapplied to various industry sectors such as aerospace, railway, and energy, toimprove the reliability and availability of the complex systems. ...