Li Qing
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China
Professor Qing Li is currently Chair Professor of Data Science and Head of
the Department of Computing at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Previously, he was a Professor at
City University of Hong Kong (1998–2018), where he founded the Multimedia Software Engineering Research
Centre (MERC). He has also held teaching positions at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
and the Australian National University.
Prof. Li has served as a consultant for Microsoft Research Asia, Motorola
Global Computing and Telecommunications Division, and Australia's CSIRO. He holds adjunct or guest
professorships at several leading institutions, including the University of Science and Technology of
China, Wuhan University, Hunan University (from which he received his BEng in Computer Science in 1982),
and Zhejiang University.
An active contributor to the research community, Prof. Li has been involved
in organizing numerous international conferences such as APWeb-WAIM, ICDM, WISE, and DASFAA, and has
served on the program committees of major forums including VLDB, ICDE, and WWW. He is a Fellow of both
IEEE and IET, and currently chairs the Hong Kong Web Society. He also holds leadership roles in the IEEE
Hong Kong Computer Chapter, ACM Hong Kong Chapter, and the Database Society of the China Computer
Federation (CCF). Additionally, he serves on the steering committees of several international
conferences including DASFAA, ER, and WISE.
Simon K.S. Cheung
Hong Kong Metropolitan University, China
Dr. Simon K.S. Cheung is currently the Chief Information Officer at the
Hong Kong Metropolitan University, responsible for overseeing IT services that support teaching,
learning, research, and administration. He holds a BSc and a PhD in Computer Science from the City
University of Hong Kong, and a Master of Public Administration with Distinction from the University of
Hong Kong. He has also completed executive education at the University of Oxford's Saïd Business
School and Harvard Kennedy School.
With over 35 years of experience in the higher education sector, Dr.
Cheung has held various administrative and academic roles at several institutions including the Hong
Kong Metropolitan University, the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Baptist University, and the
Chinese University of Hong Kong. He has led major initiatives in digital transformation, AI adoption,
enterprise systems, blended learning, and open educational resources. Among his significant
achievements is the establishment of Hong Kong’s first open-access textbook platform.
An active researcher, Dr. Cheung has authored one research monograph,
edited 35 books, and published around 200 refereed articles in educational technology and software
engineering. He has delivered 20 keynote speeches at international conferences. He serves on the
editorial boards of several prestigious journals, including the International Journal of Educational
Technology in Higher Education (SSCI Q1) and the Australasian Journal of Educational Technology (SSCI
Q1). A Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (FIET), his contributions have been
recognized with multiple awards including the Outstanding CIO Award and the Outstanding Research
Publication Award.
Huiyu Zhou
University of Leicester, UK
Prof. Huiyu Zhou is a Professor of Machine Learning at the University of Leicester, where he leads the AI and Machine Learning Research Group and the Biomedical Image Processing Lab. He holds a BEng from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, an MSc from the University of Dundee, and a PhD from Heriot-Watt University.
Prof. Zhou serves as Deputy Director of the Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence, Data Analytics and Modelling (AIDAM) and is a Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Artificial Intelligence (NAAI). His research focuses on AI, computer vision, and medical image processing, with over 500 publications. He has received multiple awards, including the 2025 NAAI Distinguished AI Scholar Award, and has led major grants from EPSRC and MRC.
He serves as an Associate Editor for several IEEE and Pattern Recognition journals, and has held editorial roles at ICRA and area chair positions at IJCAI and BMVC.
Xiaodong (Aaron) Xu
Central South University, China
Xiaodong Xu (Member, IEEE) received the B.Eng. degree in process control from the Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China, in 2010, and the Ph.D. degree in process control from the University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, in 2017.,He is currently a Full Professor with the School of Automation, Central South University, Changsha, China, and a Visiting Scholar with the University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. His research interests include robust/optimal control and fault estimation of infinite-dimensional systems including energy systems.
Quanxin Zhu
Hunan Normal University, China
Quanxin Zhu (Senior Member, IEEE) received the M.S. degree in probability and statistics from Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China, in 2002, and the Ph.D. degree in probability and statistics from Sun Yat-sen (Zhongshan) University, Guangzhou, China, in 2005.,He is currently a Professor with Hunan Normal University, a Distinguished Professor in Hunan, and the Leading Talent of Scientific and Technological Innovation in Hunan, the Deputy Director of the Key Laboratory of Computing and Stochastic Mathematics of the Ministry of Education, and the Director of Control and Optimization of Complex Systems of Hunan Key Laboratory of Colleges and Universities. He has authored or co-authored more than 300 journal articles. His research interests include stochastic control, stochastic systems, stochastic stability, stochastic delayed systems, Markovian jump systems, and stochastic complex networks.,Dr. Zhu received the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation of Germany and the Highly Cited Researcher Award by Clarivate Analytics from 2018 to 2022. He received the First Prize of Hunan Natural Science Award and the list of 2% top Scientists in the World from 2020 to 2022.