Prof. Xiangjie Kong

Zhejiang University of Technology, China

Dr. Xiangjie Kong is currently a Full Professor and Acacemic Associate Dean in the College of Computer Science & Technology, Zhejiang University of Technology (ZJUT), China. Previously, he was an Associate Professor in School of Software, Dalian University of Technology (DUT), China, where he was the Head of the Department of Cyber Engineering. He is the Founding Director of City Science of Social Computing Lab (The CSSC Lab) (http://cssclab.cn/). He is/was on the Editorial Boards of 6 International journals. He has served as the General Chair or Program Chair of more than 10 conferences. Dr. Kong has authored/co-authored over 200 scientific papers in international journals and conferences including IEEE TKDE, IJCAI, ACL, IEEE TMC, ACM CSUR, ACM TKDD, IEEE TNSE, IEEE TII, IEEE TITS, IEEE NETW, IEEE COMMUN MAG, IEEE TVT, IEEE IOJ, IEEE TSMC, IEEE TETC, IEEE TASE, IEEE TCSS, ACM TSON, ACM TSAS, WWWJ, etc.. 5 of his papers is selected as ESI- Hot Paper (Top 1‰), and 20 papers are ESI-Highly Cited Papers (Top 1%).  His research has been reported by Nature Index and other medias. He has been invited as Reviewers for numerous prestigious journals including IEEE TKDE, IEEE TMC, IEEE TNNLS, IEEE TNSE, IEEE TII, IEEE IOTJ, IEEE COMMUN MAG, IEEE NETW, IEEE TITS, TCJ, JASIST, etc.. Dr. Kong has authored/co-authored three books (in Chinese). He has contributed to the development of 14 copyrighted software systems and 30 filed patents. He has an h-index of 51 and i10-index of 122, and a total of more than 8600 citations to his work according to Google Scholar. He is named in the 2019 - 2023 world’s top 2% of Scientists List published by Stanford University. He is named in the 2022-2024 Best Computer Science Scientists List published by Research.com. Dr. Kong received IEEE Vehicular Technology Society 2020 Best Land Transportation Paper Award, IEEE CSCWD 2024 Best Paper Award, and The Natural Science Fund of Zhejiang Province for Distinguished Young Scholars. He has been invited as Keynote Speaker at more thant 10 international conferences, and delivered a number of Invited Talks at international conferences and many universities worldwide.  His research interests include big data, network science, and computational social science. He is a Distinguished Member of CCF, a Senior Member of IEEE, a Full Member of Sigma Xi, and a Member of ACM.

Prof. Han Huang

South China University of Technology, China

Han Huang, male, Ph.D., Professor and Doctoral Supervisor, School of Software, South China University of Technology, selected by National Young Talent Program, also serves as Associate Editor of international academic journals IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation (IF: 14.3), Complex&Intelligent Systems (IF: 5.8), and IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computational Intelligence (IF: 5.3). 5.8), Complex&Intelligent Systems (IF: 5.8) and IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computational Intelligence (IF: 5.3), Deputy Director of the Intelligent Simulation Optimization and Scheduling Committee of the Chinese Society of Simulation, Deputy Secretary General of the Big Data and Artificial Intelligence Committee of the Chinese Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Deputy Director of the Key Laboratory of Intelligent Robotics of the Ministry of Education, Deputy Director of the Key Laboratory of Big Data and Intelligent Robotics of the Chinese Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics, and Intelligent Robotics, Deputy Director of the Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education of China, Chairman of the Software Engineering Steering Committee of Undergraduate Colleges and Universities of Guangdong Province, Deputy Director of the Finance and Artificial Intelligence Committee of the Guangdong Mathematical Society, Head of the Information Technology Consulting Expert Group of the Guangdong Provincial Fiscal and Taxation Key Laboratory of Big Data, Vice President of the Guangdong Provincial Operational Research Society of Logistics, Secretary General of the Software Engineering Committee of the Guangdong Provincial Computer Society, Guangdong Insurance Industry consulting expert, deputy director of the 11th blockchain special committee of Guangdong Computer Society, deputy director of the Guangzhou Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics, director of the technical committee of Guangdong Province Engineering Research Center for Big Data and Computational Advertisement, distinguished member of CCF and senior member of IEEE; presided over a total of more than 10 topics, such as major projects at the national level and the provincial and ministerial level; published two books, “Intelligent Algorithms Theory and Practice” and "Evolutionary Theory, Methods and Tools for Time Complexity Analysis of Algorithms"; published more than 80 papers in IEEE TCYB, IEEE TETC, IEEE TSE, IEEE TEVC, IEEE TIP, IEEE TFS, Science China and other professional academic journals as the first author or corresponding author, and his representative works have been selected by ESI; applied for 63 national invention patents and authorized 41 national invention patents, and applied for 1 national invention patent. 41 national invention patents, 16 PCT applications, and 7 authorized U.S. invention patents; formulated the national group standard of “white-boxed test standard for passive code” as the first complete person; won the China Patent Excellence Award (ranked first), the first prize of Guangdong Provincial Scientific and Technological Progress, the second prize of Guangdong Provincial Natural Science, the Excellent Paper Award of China Simulation Society, and the second prize of Scientific and Technological Progress of China Graphics and Imaging Society, etc.; has devoted himself to the long-term development of He has long been devoted to the research on the theory, application and industrial ecology of intelligent algorithms.

Prof. Huang Han's research interests include: microcomputing theory and methods, intelligent software engineering, data intelligence engineering, and biochemical reaction computers.

Prof. Hong-Liang Dai

Guangzhou University, China

Hong-Liang Dai is currently a professor in the Department of Statistics at Guangzhou University, a Distinguished Professor of Guangzhou Scholars, a doctoral supervisor, and a postdoctoral mentor. He also serves as the head of the Data Science and Big Data Technology program. In June 2003, he graduated with a master's degree in Applied Mathematics from WuHan University. In June 2013, he obtained his Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from Sun Yat-Sen University. In November 2015, he was awarded the title of Professor of Artificial Intelligence. He is an expert reviewer for the National Social Science Fund project and an appraiser for its outcomes. He is a member of IEEE, ACM, and CCF. He is a standing director of the History and Culture Branch of the Chinese Society for Field Statistics Research, a board member of the Data Science and Artificial Intelligence Branch, a board member of the Educational Statistics and Management Branch, a standing director of the Guangdong Computational Mathematics Society, and a committee member of the Big Data Professional Committee of the Guangdong Computer Society. He is an anonymous reviewer for several renowned academic journals including SCI Journal 《IEEE Transactions on Neural Networksand Learning Systems》,《IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems》,《IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering》,《Pattern Recognition》. He has served as an expert reviewer for science and technology projects and awards at the provincial and municipal levels, including those from the Ministry of Education, Guangdong Province, Jiangxi Province, Jiangsu Province, Shandong Province, Guangzhou City, and Foshan City. In recent years, he has been engaged in research work in machine learning and big data analysis, publishing over 60 research papers in international prestigious academic journals such as 《Pattern Recogtion》, 《Expert Systems With Applications》, 《Knowledge-Based Systems》, 《Applied Soft Computing》, 《Computers & Industrial Engineering》, 《Information Sciences》, among which 22 papers have been indexed by JCR SCI Q1,13 by CAS SCI Q1, and 5 ESI highly cited and hot papers. He holds 3 invention patents, 2 application patents, and 4 software copyrights. His research projects include sub-projects of major national social science fund projects, general national social science fund projects, key national statistical science projects, general humanities and social sciences fund projects of the Ministry of Education, and general natural science fund projects of Guangdong Province. He has received the titles of "Most Popular Teacher" at the 11th and 12th sessions of Guangzhou University and "Outstanding Young Teacher" in the third youth teacher teaching competition at Guangdong University of Finance and Economics.