Prof. Xiaodong LI, IEEE Fellow,
RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia

Xiaodong Li (M’03-SM’07-Fellow’20) received his B.Sc. degree from Xidian University, Xi'an, China, and Ph.D. degree in information science from University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, respectively. He is a Professor with the School of Science (Computer Science and Software Engineering), RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia. His research interests include machine learning, evolutionary computation, neural networks, data analytics, multiobjective optimization, multimodal optimization, and swarm intelligence. He serves as an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation, Swarm Intelligence (Springer), and International Journal of Swarm Intelligence Research. He is a founding member of IEEE CIS Task Force on Swarm Intelligence, a vice-chair of IEEE Task Force on Multi-modal Optimization, and a former chair of IEEE CIS Task Force on Large Scale Global Optimization. He is the recipient of 2013 ACM SIGEVO Impact Award and 2017 IEEE CIS "IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation Outstanding Paper Award". He is an IEEE Fellow.

 

Prof. Yanan Sun,
Sichuan University, China

Research Professor of Sichuan University, Doctoral Supervisor, Sichuan Province Overseas High-level Talents, Sichuan Province Scientific and Technological Innovation Talents. In June 2017, he graduated from the School of Computer Science and Technology of Sichuan University and received his Doctor of Engineering degree. From August 2015 to February 2017, he was jointly trained as a state-sponsored doctor in Oklahoma State University, USA. From July 2017 to March 2019, he worked at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, as the head of the evolutionary deep learning in the field of artificial intelligence, the strategic research direction of the university. At the end of March 2019, he was introduced by Sichuan University as a Distinguished Research Fellow. His research interests include machine learning, evolutionary computing, intelligent optimization, and their applications (automated machine learning, neural architecture search).

 

Prof. Yiping Liu
Hunan University, China

Liu Yiping, Associate Professor, Yuelu Scholar.  He received his bachelor's and doctor's degrees from China University of Mining and Technology in June 2012 and December 2017, respectively.  From August 2016 to September 2017, jointly trained in Oklahoma State University, USA.  From January 2018 to March 2020, he was the Distinguished Assistant Professor of Osaka Prefectural University, Japan.  He has been a visiting researcher at Osaka Prefectural University since April 2020.  In May 2020, joined the School of Information Science and Engineering, Hunan University. His research interest including Computational Intelligence and its Applications, Evolutionary Computation, Optimization, Machine Learning.

 

Assoc. Prof. Hui Zhang
Wuhan University of Technology, China

Assoc. Prof. Hui Zhang received his post-doctoral degree from the University of Alberta, Canada. He graduated from Wuhan University of Technology in 2006 with a double bachelor's degree in traffic Engineering and finance. In 2009, he graduated from Intelligent Transportation System Research Center of Wuhan University of Technology with a master's degree in Intelligent Transportation Engineering. In 2013, he graduated from the Intelligent Transportation System Research Center of Wuhan University of Technology with a doctorate degree in intelligent Transportation Engineering. From 2013 to 2015, he was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Alberta, Canada. He was appointed as an assistant Researcher in Wuhan University of Technology in 2016 and an Associate Researcher (associate professor) in September 2017. His research interests include vehicle-road collaboration, traffic simulation, digital city, and big data.