Prof. Zhenmin Zhu

East China Jiaotong University, China

Professor Zhenmin Zhu (Ph.D. supervisor, since April 1984) is the leader of the doctoral program discipline in Control Science and Engineering. He is a member of the Traffic Video Professional Committee of the China Society of Image and Graphics and an executive director of the Jiangxi Automation Society. He has been selected for the Jiangxi Provincial Outstanding Young Talent Support Program, Young Jinggang Scholar, "Light of the West" Visiting Scholar by the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee, the Hundred Talents Sailing Project, among others. He serves as an expert reviewer for scientific and technological projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, Jiangxi Province, Shanxi Province, and Anhui Province. He has hosted or completed two projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation, more than ten provincial and ministerial-level projects including the Jiangxi Provincial Outstanding Young Talent Project, key provincial invention patent industrialization projects, and the Provincial Natural Science Foundation, as well as enterprise-commissioned projects. His current research focuses on precision visual measurement, intelligent inspection, and automation systems. As the first or corresponding author, he has published over 50 research papers in internationally authoritative optical measurement journals such as Optics Express and Optics and Lasers in Engineering (including 28 indexed by SCI). He is the primary inventor on 24 national invention patent applications. The project he led, titled "Key Technologies and Applications for Enhancing Visual Imaging Contrast," won the Second Prize for Technological Invention in Jiangxi Province. He has also participated in projects awarded the Second Prize for Graduate Teaching Achievements and the Second Prize for Scientific and Technological Achievements in Provincial Universities, respectively. He currently serves as the Deputy Dean of the School of Electrical and Automation Engineering.

Prof. Jiantao Chang

Xidian University, China

Jiantao Chang, a native of Weifang, Shandong Province, is a professor, doctoral supervisor, and master’s supervisor. He is a recipient of the Shaanxi Provincial Outstanding Youth Science Fund. He serves as the Principal Investigator (PI) of the National Key Laboratory of Mechatronic Integration Manufacturing for High-Performance Electronic Equipment, and is the director of the Shaanxi Engineering Center for Big Data on Electronic Manufacturing Quality.

He is a member of the Industrial Big Data and Intelligent Systems Branch of the Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society and a member of the Standardization Committee of the Chinese Association of Automation. He has been recognized as an innovative talent in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province, and serves as a “Digital Transformation Special Commissioner” for enterprises in Shaanxi Province.

His research focuses on intelligent manufacturing and digital manufacturing, industrial AI big data and large models, as well as industrial digital twins and intelligent systems. His work covers theoretical method exploration, technology development, and applications across the entire lifecycle—including R&D, manufacturing, and service—of high-performance electronic equipment, integrated circuit equipment, advanced CNC equipment, and production lines.

He has been awarded the Second Prize for Scientific and Technological Progress in Henan Province and the First Prize for Scientific and Technological Progress from the Shaanxi Computer Society.

He has published over 30 papers indexed by SCI/EI and holds more than 30 applied and granted invention patents, along with over 10 software copyrights.

He has led more than ten major projects including the Ministry of Science and Technology’s National Key R&D Program, National Natural Science Foundation of China general projects, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology’s national major science and technology projects (project 04), the MIIT national industrial internet special projects, major science and technology projects in Shaanxi Province, key R&D plans of Shaanxi Province (key industry innovation chain), and national postdoctoral general projects. Additionally, he has led over ten industry-university-research cooperation projects with large manufacturing enterprises.He has participated in two general projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation, one big data special project of the National Development and Reform Commission, one integrated standardization project of intelligent manufacturing by MIIT, one national industrial internet project by MIIT, and two key R&D projects in Shaanxi Province. Furthermore, he has contributed to over ten industry-university-research collaborative projects with major manufacturing enterprises.

He has co-authored four national and industry standards. A typical industrial big data case study led by him was selected for inclusion in the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology’s “White Paper on Industrial Quality Big Data.”

He serves as the deputy editor-in-chief of the “Industrial Internet Technology and Applications” textbook for the 14th Five-Year Plan.