| Prof. Nikhil R. Pal, Indian Statistical Institute, IndianIEEE Fellow, Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy Prof. Nikhil R. Pal is a professor at the Techno India University, Calcutta and an Honorary Visiting Professor at the South Asian University, New Delhi. He was a Professor in the Electronics and Communication Sciences Unit and was the founding Head of the Center for Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning of Indian Statistical Institute. His current research interest includes brain science, computational intelligence, machine learning and data mining. He was the Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems for the period January 2005-December 2010. He served/has been serving on the editorial /advisory board/ steering committee of several journals including the International Journal of Approximate Reasoning, Applied Soft Computing, International Journal of Neural Systems, Fuzzy Sets and Systems, IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems and theIEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems He is a recipient of the 2015 IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (CIS) Fuzzy Systems Pioneer Award and 2021 IEEE CIS Meritorious Service Award. He has given many plenary/keynote speeches in different premier international conferences in the area of computational intelligence. He has served as the General Chair, Program Chair, and co-Program chair of several conferences. He has been a Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE CIS (2010-2012, 2016-2018, 2022-2024) and was a member of the Administrative Committee of the IEEE CIS (2010-2012). He has served as the Vice-President for Publications of the IEEE CIS (2013-2016) and the President of the IEEE CIS (2018-2019). He is a Fellow of the West Bengal Academy of Science and Technology, Institution of Electronics and Tele Communication Engineers, National Academy of Sciences, India, Indian National Academy of Engineering, Indian National Science Academy, International Fuzzy Systems Association (IFSA), The World Academy of Sciences, and a Fellow of the IEEE, USA. |
![]() | Prof. Dunwei Gong, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, ChinaIEEE Senior Member Prof. Gong Dunwei, a Second-Class Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at the College of Automation and Electronic Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, serves as the Discipline Leader in Control Science and Engineering and the Executive Vice Dean. He has been recognized as a New Century Excellent Talent by the Ministry of Education, a Flying Scholar (Lecture Professor) in the inaugural batch of Gansu Province, a Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate Analytics, and a Top 2% Most-Cited Scientist Worldwide (Career-Long Impact). He is a Senior Member of IEEE, a Distinguished Member of the China Computer Federation (CCF), and a Senior Member of the Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence (CAAI). His academic roles include serving as a Standing Committee Member of the Intelligent Simulation, Optimization, and Scheduling Technical Committee of the Chinese Association for System Simulation, and as a Committee Member of the Machine Learning Technical Committee, the Granular Computing and Knowledge Discovery Technical Committee of CAAI, the Software Engineering Technical Committee of CCF, and the Big Data Technical Committee of the Chinese Association of Automation. He is also the Founding Editor-in-Chief of Current Artificial Intelligence and an Editorial Board Member of Control and Decision. His primary research interests focus on intelligent optimization theories and methods, with applications in software engineering, integrated energy systems, integrated circuits, and chemical processes. As the principal investigator, he is currently leading two major projects: a National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Key Program and a Shandong Provincial Natural Science Foundation Major Basic Research Project. He has completed one National Key R&D Program of China, six NSFC projects, and sub-projects under the National "973" Program and the National Key R&D Program, as well as a CCF-Huawei Populus Fund Project. His research achievements have been honored with five national and provincial-level awards, including the Natural Science Award of the Higher Education Scientific Research Outstanding Achievement Award, the Shandong Natural Science Award, the Jiangsu Science and Technology Award, and the CAA Natural Science Award, all ranking first in completion. He has authored or co-authored over 70 first/corresponding-author papers published in journals classified as Tier 1 or Top journals by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and holds 31 authorized invention patents. |
![]() | Prof. Yingjie Wang, Yantai University, ChinaWang Yingjie, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Researcher, member of the Communist Party of China. She currently serves as a Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at the School of Computer and Control Engineering, Yantai University, and holds the position of Deputy Director of the Development Planning and Discipline Construction Office. She is a recipient of the Shandong Provincial Outstanding Youth Fund and was selected for the "Double Hundred Plan" for Top Talents in Yantai City. She also serves as the Director of the Shandong Provincial Higher Education Future Industry Engineering Research Center for Aerospace Information Fusion and Service Computing. She is a Distinguished Member of the China Computer Federation (CCF) and holds roles as the Publicity Chair and Diversity Chair of IEEE TCSVC. Additionally, she is a Standing Committee Member and Deputy Secretary-General of the CCF Technical Committee on Service Computing, a Standing Committee Member of the Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence (CAAI) Technical Committee on Intelligent Services, and an Executive Committee Member of both the CCF Technical Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Pattern Recognition and the CCF Technical Committee on Collaborative Computing. She also serves as a Corresponding Committee Member of the CAAI Technical Committee on Machine Learning, a Youth Expert Group Member of the China Electronics Society IoT Expert Committee, and holds multiple positions in the Shandong Artificial Intelligence Society, including Standing Council Member, Deputy Secretary-General, and Secretary-General of the Standardization Working Committee. She is also a Council Member of the Shandong Computer Federation. Her primary research focuses on crowd intelligence sensing networks, service computing, and artificial intelligence. |