Prof. Simon X. Yang
University of Guelph, Canada
Biodata: Simon X. Yang
received the B.Sc. degree in Engineering Physics from Peking
University, Beijing, China, the first of two M.Sc. degrees
in Biophysics from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing,
the second M.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from the
University of Houston, Houston, TX, and the Ph.D. degree in
Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of
Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. Dr. Yang is currently a
Professor and the Head of the Advanced Robotics and
Intelligent Systems Laboratory at the University of Guelph,
Guelph, ON, Canada.
Prof. Yang’s research interests include robotics,
intelligent systems, control systems, sensors and
multi-sensor fusion, wireless sensor networks, bio-inspired
intelligence, neural networks, machine learning, fuzzy
systems, evolutionary computation, intelligent agriculture,
intelligent communications, intelligent transportation, and
computational neuroscience. Prof. Yang has been very active
in professional activities. He has been served as the
Editor-in-Chief and Associate Editor of several
international journals, and has involved in the organization
of many international conferences. He was on the grant
review panel of NSERC, CIHR and several other grant
agencies.
Prof. Jing Zhou
University of Agder, Norway
Biodata: Jing Zhou is a
professor and research director of the Priority Research
Center of Mechatronics in the Faculty of Engineering and
Science, University of Agder, Norway. She received the
Ph.D.degree from the Nanyang Technological University,
Singapore, in 2006. Dr. Zhou has holds positions as a senior
research scientist at the International Research Center of
Stavanger, Norway, and as a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway. Her
research interests include adaptive control, nonlinear
control, networked control, learning-based control, and
control applications to mechatronics systems including
cranes, marine vessels, oil drilling systems, robotics.
Dr. Zhou is a Fellow of Norwegian Academy of Technological
Sciences. She serves as an associate editor of several
journals, including IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control,
IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Systems &
Control Letter. She has contributed to numerous conferences, serving as general chair and technical
program chair and is an AdCom member-at large for IEEE IES.
Prof. Hiromasa Oku
Gunma University, Japan
Biodata: Hiromasa Oku received the Dr. Eng. degree in mathematical engineering and information physics from The University of Tokyo, Japan, in 2003. He was a Researcher with PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency, from 2003 to 2005. He was a Research Associate (2005–2007), an Assistant Professor (2007–2011), and a Lecturer/an Assistant Professor (2011–2014) with The University of Tokyo. He has been an Associate Professor with the School of Science and Technology, Gunma University, since 2014, where he is currently a Professor with the Faculty of Informatics. He is also a member of the Gunma University Council on Education and Research (2025-). He has received numerous awards in robotics, virtual reality, and human-computer interaction, including the Best Paper Award at VRST 2017, the Advanced Robotics Best Paper Award (2016), and multiple honors from JSME, SICE, and METI. His research interests include high-speed image processing, high-speed optical devices, and dynamic image control.