| Prof. Xiaoli LiSingapore University of Technology and Design, SingaporeTitle: Cutting-Edge AI for Sensor Time Series Analytics Experience: Xiaoli is currently the Head of the ISTD Pillar at SUTD and a Fellow of IEEE and AAIA. Previously, he served as Head of A*STAR’s Machine Intellection Department, where he led Singapore’s largest AI and data science research group. He is also an Adjunct Full Professor at the School of Computer Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University. His research covers AI, data mining, machine learning, and bioinformatics, resulting in over 380 peer-reviewed publications, more than 30,000 citations, an h-index of 84, and over ten best paper awards. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Annual Review of Artificial Intelligence and serves as an Associate Editor for leading journals such as IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence and Knowledge and Information Systems. He has also taken on leadership roles as conference chair or area chair at premier venues including AAAI, IJCAI, ICLR, NeurIPS, KDD, and ICDM. Beyond academia, Xiaoli brings extensive industry experience, having led several industry joint labs and driven over 10 major R&D collaborations with global partners across aerospace, telecom, insurance, and professional services. His contributions have earned him recognition as one of the world’s top 2% scientists in AI (Stanford University) and as a Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher. |
 | Prof. Yuanyan TangUniversity of Macau, ChinaTitle: My Experience with Artificial Intelligence Experience: Professor Yuanyan Tang is currently the Director of the Smart City Research and Development Center at the Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Macau (Hengqin), a Chair Professor Emeritus at the University of Macau, and a Chair Professor Emeritus at Hong Kong Baptist University. He previously served as an Honorary Lecturer at the University of Hong Kong, a Visiting Professor and Researcher at the Centre for Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence at Concordia University, Canada, Dean of the School of Computer Science at Chongqing University, and Chair Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Science and Technology at the University of Wollongong (Hong Kong Campus), Australia. Professor Tang is a reviewer, deputy group leader, and group leader of the Information Science Group II of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, a reviewer for the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, and a reviewer for the Yangtze River Scholars Program of the Ministry of Education. He is the Founding Vice Chairman of the Hong Kong University and Colleges Information Technology and Management Association and a Founding Director of the Hong Kong Overseas Students Association. He has received one first prize of the Natural Science Award from the Ministry of Education of China, and five second and third prizes of the Natural Science Award from the Macao Special Administrative Region and Chongqing Municipality. He holds 7 Chinese patents, and his research results have been applied to 15 US patents and 2 European patents. He has been invited to deliver academic reports at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the General Office of the CPC Central Committee, over 50 universities, and in more than 10 countries including the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada. Professor Yuan Yan Tang has been engaged in research on artificial intelligence, pattern recognition, image processing, and Chinese computer processing since the 1980s. He has published over 600 international academic papers, including over 400 SCI-indexed papers, and 25 English monographs and books. Internationally, he was the first to introduce entropy theory and fractal theory into the field of text analysis and understanding in artificial intelligence, establishing the theoretical framework for this field. |
 | Prof.Lingling NingShandong University of Engineering and Vocational Technology, ChinaTitle: Digital transformation of intelligent manufacturing engineering technology major Experience: Professor Ning Lingling has successively won honorary titles such as Teaching Master of Higher Vocational Colleges in Shandong Province, May 1st Labor Medal of National Defense Machinery and Electronics Industry System in Shandong Province, D-class High level Talent in Jinan City, Top Professional and Technical Talent in Jinan City, Outstanding Science and Technology Worker in Jinan City, and Nomination Award for Top Ten Teacher Ethics Models of Shandong Universities in the "Volkswagen Cup"; Serving as a member of the Shandong Society of Mechanical Engineering, an expert of the Shandong Association for Science and Technology, a member of the Jinan Association for Science and Technology, a member of the Industrial Robot and Intelligent Manufacturing Industry Teaching and Research Alliance, a member of the Intelligent Manufacturing Expert Guidance Committee, and an expert of the Standardization Working Committee of the Shandong Association for Machinery Industry Science and Technology. |
