Speakers

Prof. David Bassir

French University of Technology, Centre Borelli, (UMR-CNRS), University of Paris-Saclay, ENS-Cachan, France

Profile: David BASSIR  holds a Master and a PhD degree in structural optimization from the University of Franche-Comte (France), with the most honorable mention. Previously, he was the Dean of the University of Technology (IUT) at the University of Lorraine (France), Consult for Science and Technology at the French Embassy in China, General Director of Research at the ESTP-ENSAM (Paris) and Space Craft engineer at GECI Technology in different Space Agencies such as Arianespace (France) and Matra Marconi Space (Astrium Group). He joined the French University of Technology as associate professor in 2001 and then was qualified as Full professor in 2009. Prof. Bassir hold Doctor Honoris Causa title and was invited as visiting professor in top universities and institutes such as (TUDelft (NL), Shanghai Jiaotong (Shanghai), Northwestern Polytechnical University (Xian),  University of Oviedo (Spain), Chinese Academy of Sciences (Guangzhou), … etc). He has published over 150 papers in journals, books and conference proceedings, including more than 50 Sci. journals. He also supervised over 15 Phd. and  50 Master degrees. Most of his students have won best paper awards at conferences. And all of them are now either full professor in high ranked universities or well-known companies.

Prof. Bassir serves as or chairman or active member of various expert committees in many international organizations and highly estimated scientific societies. He is also acting as editor-in-chief and guest editors in different journals. Since 2012, he is the president of the well-recognized Sino-French Association for Sciences and Technology. In 2021 he was awarded a top 5% scientific award from the French ministry of high education and research. 

Prof. Ning Sun

Nankai University, China

IEEE Senior Member

Profile: Ning Sun received the B.S. degree in measurement & control technology and instruments (with honors) from Wuhan University, Wuhan, China, in 2009, and the Ph.D. degree in control theory and control engineering (with honors) from Nankai University, Tianjin, China, in 2014. He is currently a Professor with the Institute of Robotics and Automatic Information Systems, Nankai University, Tianjin, China. His research interests include intelligent control for mechatronic/robotic systems with an emphasis on (industrial) applications.

Dr. Sun received the Machines 2021 Young Investigator Award, the prestigious Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Postdoctoral Fellowship for Research in Japan (Standard), the Wu Wenjun Artificial Intelligence Excellent Youth Award in 2019, the ICCAR 2022 Young Scientist Award, the China 10 Scientific and Technological Developments in Intelligent Manufacturing of 2019, several outstanding journal/conference paper awards, etc. He serves as an Associate Editor for several journals, including IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions on Systems, etc. In addition, he has been an Associate Editor of the IEEE CSS Conference Editorial Board since July 2019, and he is/was an Associate Editor for the top robotics conferences IEEE ICRA and IEEE/RSJ IROS.

Prof. Dezhang Xu

Anhui Polytechnic University, China

Profile: Dezhang Xu, doctor, professor, doctoral tutor. Member of Robotics Committee of China Automation Society, Intelligent Robotics Committee of China Artificial Intelligence Society, Sensor Branch of China Instrumentation Society, Expert Committee of China Science and Technology Industry Alliance, Vice President of Anhui Machinery Industry Federation and Expert Committee of Anhui Robot Industry Technology Innovation Strategic Alliance. His research field is robot perception, and he has published more than 60 papers in academic journals at home and abroad. He has won the titles of provincial strategic emerging industry technology leader and provincial excellent teacher.

Assoc. Prof. Xiaojun Yuan

University at Albany, State University of New York, America

Profile: Xiaojun (Jenny) Yuan, Associate Professor, College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity, Information Sciences and Technology.She received a master's degree in statistics from Rutgers University, a doctorate in computer application from Chinese Academy of Sciences, and a doctorate in information science from Rutgers University. Her research areas include Information-Seeking Behavior, Information Retrieval, User Interface Design and Evaluation, Information Visualization, Usability Testing, Human-Computer Interaction, Digital Libraries.