 | Prof. Yajun LiuSouth China University of Technology, ChinaDoctor of Engineering, Professor, School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, South China University of Technology. His research areas include signal testing, analysis, characterization, control, and performance optimization of mechanical systems; mechanisms and optimal control technologies of manufacturing processes; intelligent manufacturing processes and equipment. His application fields cover mechanical manufacturing technologies and equipment. He has published over 270 papers in professional journals and international conferences in the fields of mechanical process mechanics, signal system process mechanisms, and optimal control research; more than 10 papers on scientific teaching research; and has been granted over 40 national invention patents. He was a principal drafter of the national standard "General Technical Requirements for Digital Workshops" (GB/T 37393-2019) and a main contributor to the "Report on the Development of Automation Discipline in China: Intelligent Manufacturing." He has been granted more than 20 national invention patents. |
 | Assoc. Prof. Lei ChenShandong University, ChinaDr. Lei Chen, Associate Professor and Master’s Supervisor at the School of Information Science and Engineering, Shandong University. He received his Ph.D. from the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Ottawa, Canada, and his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the School of Information Science and Engineering, Shandong University. He is a recipient of the Young Scholars Future Program of Shandong University and a member of the Chinese Association of Automation. His research interests cover image processing and computer vision, visual quality assessment and image enhancement, abnormal behavior analysis, digital watermarking, machine learning and artificial intelligence. He currently serves as the principal investigator for multiple national and provincial research projects including the National Natural Science Foundation of China, sub-projects of the National Key R&D Program of China, the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province and the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, and has participated in research supported by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). He has published a number of papers in leading international journals and conferences and holds several national invention patents. He works as a reviewer for well-known international journals and an area chair for international conferences, and has been invited to deliver keynote and invited talks at international conferences many times. |