Keynote Speakers
Prof. Chin-Chen Chang
(IEEE Fellow/ IEE Fellow)
Feng Chia University
Professor C.C. Chang obtained his Ph.D. degree in computer
engineering from NCTU. He's first degree
is Bachelor of Science in Applied Mathematics and master degree is
Master of Science in computer and decision sciences. Both were
awarded in National Tsing Hua University. Dr. Chang served in
National Chung Cheng University from 1989 to 2005. His current title
is Chair Professor in Department of Information Engineering and
Computer Science, Feng Chia University, from Feb. 2005.
Prior to joining Feng Chia University, Professor Chang was an
associate professor in Chiao Tung University, professor in National
Chung Hsing University, chair professor in National Chung Cheng
University. He had also been Visiting Researcher and Visiting
Scientist to Tokyo University and Kyoto University, Japan. During
his service in Chung Cheng, Professor Chang served as Chairman of
the Institute of Computer Science and Information Engineering, Dean
of College of Engineering, Provost and then Acting President of
Chung Cheng University and Director of Advisory Office in Ministry
of Education, Taiwan.
Professor Chang's specialties include, but not limited to, data
engineering, database systems, computer cryptography and information
security. A researcher of acclaimed and distinguished services and
contributions to his country and advancing human knowledge in the
field of information science, Professor Chang has won many research
awards and honorary positions by and in prestigious organizations
both nationally and internationally. He is currently a Fellow of
IEEE and a Fellow of IEE, UK. On numerous occasions, he was invited
to serve as Visiting Professor, Chair Professor, Honorary Professor,
Honorary Director, Honorary Chairman, Distinguished Alumnus,
Distinguished Researcher, Research Fellow by universities and
research institutes. He also published over 1,100 papers in
Information Sciences. In the meantime, he participates actively in
international academic organizations and performs advisory work to
government agencies and academic organizations.
Prof.
Yiyu Yao (IRSS Fellow)
University of Regina, Canada
Yiyu Yao is a professor of computer science with the Department of Computer Science, University of Regina, Canada. His research interests include three-way decision, granular computing, web intelligence, rough sets, formal concept analysis, information retrieval, and data mining. He proposed a theory of three-way decision, a decision-theoretic rough set model, and a triarchic theory of granular computing. He has published over 500 papers. He was selected as a highly cited researcher by Clarivate from 2015 to 2019. His Google Scholar citation number is over 36,000, with an h-index 97 and i10-index 331.
Prof.
Shiwen Mao (IEEE Fellow)
Auburn University, USA
Shiwen Mao received his BE and ME, both in Electronic Engineering,
from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China in 1994 and 1997,
respectively. He also received a BEc in Enterprise Management from
Tsinghua University in 1994 and an MS in Systems Engineering from
Polytechnic University (now NYU Tandon School of Engineering),
Brooklyn, NY, in 2000. He received a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering
from Polytechnic University in 2004. He was a Postdoctoral Research
Associate and then a Research Scientist in the Bradley Department of
Electrical and Computer Engineering at Virginia Polytechnic
Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, VA from
2003 to 2006. In 2006, he joined Auburn University, Auburn, AL as an
Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer
Engineering. He held the McWane Endowed Professorship from 2012 to
2015 and the Samuel Ginn Endowed Professorship from 2015 to 2020.
Currently, he is a Professor and Earle C. Williams Eminent Scholar,
and Director of the Wireless Engineering Research and Education
Center (WEREC) at Auburn University.
Dr. Mao's research interest includes wireless networks, multimedia
communications, and smart grid. He is a Distinguished Lecturer of
IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc, 2021-2023), IEEE Council of
RFID (2021-2023), and IEEE Vehicular Technology Society (VTS,
2014-2018), and a Distinguished Speaker of IEEE VTS (2018-2021). He
received the SEC (Southeastern Conference) 2023 Faculty Achievement
Award for Auburn, the IEEE ComSoc TC-CSR Distinguished Technical
Achievement Award in 2019, the Auburn University Creative Research &
Scholarship Award in 2018, the NSF CAREER Award in 2010, and several
service awards from IEEE ComSoc. He is a Fellow of IEEE, IET, and
AAIA, and a life member of ACM.