MLNLP 2022 Speakers

 

Keynote Speaker I

Prof. De-Shuang Huang, Tongji University, China (IEEE Fellow / IAPR Fellow / AAIA Fellow)

De-Shuang Huang is a Professor in Institute of Machine Learning and Systems Biology, EIT Institute for Advanced Study, China. He is currently the Fellow of the IEEE (IEEE Fellow), the Fellow of the International Association of Pattern Recognition (IAPR Fellow), the Fellow of the Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association (AAIA), and associated editors of IEEE/ACM Transactions on Computational Biology & Bioinformatics and IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems, etc. He founded the International Conference on Intelligent Computing (ICIC) in 2005. ICIC has since been successfully held annually with him serving as General or Steering Committee Chair. He also served as the 2015 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN2015) General Chair, July12-17, 2015, Killarney, Ireland, the 2014 11th IEEE Computational Intelligence in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Conference (IEEE-CIBCBC) Program Committee Chair, May 21-24, 2014, Honolulu, USA. He has published over 470 papers in international journals, international conferences proceedings, and book chapters. Particularly, he has published over 240 SCI indexed papers. His Google Scholar citation number is over 20300 times and H index 76. His main research interest includes neural networks, pattern recognition and bioinformatics. His main research interest includes neural networks, pattern recognition and bioinformatics.

 

 

Keynote Speaker II

Distinguished Prof. Zhijun Li, University of Science and Technology of China, China (IEEE Fellow)

Zhijun Li is currently a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Automation, University of Science and Technology, China, where he has been the Vice Dean of the School of Information Science and Technology since 2019. He received the Ph.D. degree in mechatronics from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, in 2002. From 2003 to 2006, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo, Japan, and the National University of Singapore, Singapore. He He has published over 400 papers and more than fifty patents, where the prestigious contributions were wearable robotics and biomechatronics systems. He has received the 2021 Outstanding Paper Award (TNNLS), the 2020 Best Paper Award Finalist (TMECH), the 2019 Norbert Wiener Review Award (JAS), the Distinguished Lecturer (RAS), the Web of Science Highly Cited Researcher (2019~2021), the 2018 National Ten-thousand Talents Program in China. He is the Fellow of IEEE.

 

 

Keynote Speaker III

Prof. Kin-Choong Yow, University of Regina, Canada (IEEE Senior Member)

Kin-Choong Yow obtained his B.Eng (Elect) with 1st Class Honours from the National University of Singapore in 1993, and his Ph.D. from Cambridge University, UK in 1998. He joined the University of Regina in September 2018, where he is presently a Professor in the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science. Prior to joining UofR, he was an Associate Professor in the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Republic of Korea, (2013-2018), Professor at the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology (SIAT), P.R. China (2012-2013), and Associate Professor at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore (1998-2013). In 1999-2005, he served as the Sub-Dean of Computer Engineering in NTU, and in 2006-2008, he served as the Associate Dean of Admissions in NTU.

Kin-Choong Yow’s research interest is in Artificial General Intelligence and Smart Environments. Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) is a higher form of Machine Intelligence (or Artificial Intelligence) where the intelligent agent (or machine) is able to successfully perform any intellectual task that a human being can. Kin-Choong Yow has published over 100 top quality international journal and conference papers, and he has served as reviewer for a number of premier journals and conferences, including the IEEE Wireless Communications and the IEEE Transactions on Education. He has been invited to give presentations at various scientific meetings and workshops, such as ACIRS, in 2018 and 2019; ICSPIC, in 2018; and ICATME, in 2021. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Advances in Information Technology (JAIT), a Managing Editor of the International Journal of Information Technology (IntJIT), and a Guest Editor of MDPI Applied Sciences. He is also a member of APEGS and ACM, and a senior member with the IEEE.

His pioneering work in Mobile and Interactive Learning won the HP Philanthropy grant in 2003 for applying Mobile Technologies in a Learning Environment. Only 7 awards were given to the 21 Asia Pacific Countries who were invited, and his project was the only one from Singapore to win it. Also, in 2003, he was one of the only 2 Singaporeans to be awarded participation to the ASEAN Technology Program on Multi Robot Cooperation Development held in KAIST, Korea.

He was the winner of the NTU Excellence in Teaching Award 2005, and he won the Most Popular SCE Year 1 lecturer for 4 consecutive years 2004-2007. He has led numerous student teams to National and International victories such as the IEEE Computer Society International Design Competition (CSIDC) (2001), the Microsoft Imagine Cup (2002, 2003 and 2005), and the Wireless Challenge (2003).

Keynote Speaker IV

Prof. Chun-Yi Su, Concordia University, Canada

Dr. Chun-Yi Su received his Ph.D. degree from the South China University of Technology in 1990. After a seven-year stint at the University of Victoria, he joined Concordia University in 1998, where he is currently a Professor and Honorary Concordia University Research Chair. His research covers intelligent control and its applications to various mechanical systems, with a focus on intelligent control of systems involving hysteresis nonlinearities. He is the author or co-author of over 500 publications, which have appeared in journals, as book chapters and in conference proceedings. He has been identified as Highly Cited Researchers from Clarivate since 2019.

Dr. Su has served as Associate Editor for several journals, including IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, and several other journals. He is a Distinguished Lecturer of IEEE RA Society. He served for many conferences as an Organizing Committee Member, including the General Chairs and Program Chairs.