2020 Keynote Speakers

Shuzhi Sam GE

National University of Singapore, Singapore

IEEE Fellow, IFAC Fellow, IET Fellow, IES Fellow

I was born in Anqiu County, Shandong, China, on 20 September, 1963, and moved to Linko County, Helongjiang, China. I received the B.Sc. degree from Department of Automatic Control, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (BUAA), Beijing, China, in July 1986, and the Ph.D. degree and the Diploma of Imperial College (DIC) from Mechanical Engineering and Eletrical Engineering Departments, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, University of London, London, United Kingdom, in January 1993.

From May 1992 to June 1993, I was engaged in postdoctoral research at Leicester University, UK, working on Robust Full Flight Envelope Control of Aero-Engines in collaboration with Lucas Aerospace Ltd and University of Southampton and The University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom. I have been with the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, The National University of Singapore, Singapore as a Lecturer from July 1993 to June 1998, a Senior Lecturer from July 1998 to June 2000, an Associate Professor from July 2000 to December 2004, and a Full Professor from January 2005- Present. A Senior Faculty Fellow, NUS Graduate School for Integrative Science and Engineering (NGS), the National University of Singapore, 2003-Present.

I had the privileged of visiting a number of distinguished research groups and universities including Laboratoire de'Automatique de Grenoble (LAG), Grenoble, France; Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia ; Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China, Concordia University, Canada, University of Western Australia, City University of Hong Kong, Yale University, USA, Harbin Institute of Technology, and many other invitations yet to fulfill.

Ferial El-Hawary

Dalhousie University, Canada

IEEE Life Fellow

Dr. Ferial El-Hawary (M'82-S'86-F'99) received the B.Eng. degree from University of Alexandria, and the M. Sc. from the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, in Electrical Engineering; and the Ph.D. in Oceans Engineering from Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada. Dr. El-Hawary is President of BH Engineering Systems Ltd. She served on the Faculty of Engineering at Dalhousie University, where she established and directed the Modeling & Signal Analysis Research Laboratory. Sustained research contribution devoted to OCEANS Application with significant impact on defense, navigation and Oil & Gas exploration. She has published widely in IEEE Journals. She is Editor-in-Chief of The Ocean Engineering Handbook and served as Associate Editor of IEEE Oceanic Engineering Journal. With more than twenty-five years experience in teaching Electrical and Signal Processing for Oceanic Engineering applications, she has made significant and sustainable contributions in promoting and developing continuing education programs. She is the founder of the Modeling and Signal Analysis Research Laboratory at the Faculty of Engineering at Dalhousie University, and founder of BH Engineering Systems Ltd., specializing in technology transfer and professional development courses, linking academic innovations to industrial needs Ferial has been invited by many of the IEEE International Conferences and University Institutions as a Plenary Speaker. Recently, invited by the World Ocean Council (WOC/SOS’19), Muscat, Oman, Feb. 2019, invited by HKUST Univ. Hong Kong, January 2018, talk on: “Overview of Robotics Evolutions Emphasizing Underwater Applications” and Invited by the World Ocean Council (WOC/SOS’17), Halifax, NS, Canada, December, 2017 Also, she was invited by Guangdong Univ. Guangzhou, China, April, 2017, talk on: “Overview of Robotics Evolutions Emphasizing Underwater Applications”.

Ferial has been a devoted IEEE volunteer for over 30 years by serving IEEE and Oceanic Engineering Society (OES) with many different capacities as: IEEE-Board of Directors, Board MGA (2008-2009), IEEE-Honorary Membership Committee and IEEE Fellows Committee member. Served EEE/OES Administrative Committee Member as OES Vice-President International Activities, and OES Membership Committee Chair. Ferial is recognized for her leadership in establishing many of the OES Chapters Globally. Served many of IEEE OCEANS Conferences as General Chair and Co-Chair, as well as IEEE Section Congress’08.

Ferial is the recipient for many awards recognizing her contributions with devoting services to IEEE and some of its Technical Societies: She is the recipient of 2017 -“Murugan Memorial Award” for her contributions to the Canadian Atlantic Section and IEEE, the IEEE-Systems Man & Cybernetics Society (SMC) Outstanding Contribution Award, 2008, IEEE- Educational Activities Board (EAB) Meritorious Achievement Award in Continuing Education, 2007, Marine Technology Society (MTS) Ocean Engineering Compass International Award, 2005, the J.J. Archambault IEEE/Eastern Canada Council Merit Award, 2002, IEEE Third Millennium Medal, 2000, IEEE/RAB Achievement Award, 1999 IEEE/OES Distinguished Service Award, 1997, Fellow of MTS, 1985, Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC),1997 and She is a Fellow of IEEE since 1999.

Hamid Reza Karimi

Politecnico di Milano, Italy

"Distributed Control of Multiagent Systems: Theory and Applications"

Hamid Reza Karimi is a professor of Applied Mechanics with the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy. His current research interests include control systems and mechatronics with applications to automotive control systems, vibration systems and wind energy. Prof. Karimi is currently the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Cyber-Physical Systems, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Machines, Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Aerospace System Science and Engineering, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Designs, Section Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Electronics, Section Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Science Progress, Subject Editor for Journal of The Franklin Institute and a Technical Editor, Moderator for IEEE TechRxiv or Associate Editor for some international journals, such as the IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, the IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, the IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, the IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems-I: Regular Papers, the IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, the IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics: Systems, Information Sciences, IFAC-Mechatronics, International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control. He is a member of Agder Academy of Science and Letters and also a member of the IEEE Technical Committee on Systems with Uncertainty, the Committee on Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems, the IFAC Technical Committee on Mechatronic Systems, the Committee on Robust Control, and the Committee on Automotive Control. Prof. Karimi awarded as the 2016-2019 Web of Science Highly Cited Researcher in Engineering.

2020 Invited Speakers

Qingsong Xu

University of Macau, China

"Design and Application of Force-Sensing Robotic Systems for Micromanipulation"

Qingsong Xu is a Full Professor with the Department of Electromechanical Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Macau, and Director of Smart and Micro/Nano Systems Laboratory. He was a Visiting Scholar at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), USA, the RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia, the National University of Singapore, Singapore, and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich), Switzerland. His current research area involves mechatronics, robotics and mechanisms, control and automation, smart and micro/nano systems, micro/nano-manipulation robots and applications, etc. Prof. Xu is a Senior Member of IEEE. He has published 3 monographs in Springer and Wiley and over 280 technical papers in international journals and conferences. His publications have been cited by over 6600 times in Google Scholar with h-index of 46. He currently serves as a Technical Editor of IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, and Associate Editor of IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. Prof. Xu is the recipient of several Best Paper Awards from IEEE international conferences. He has received multiple times of Macao Science and Technology Awards (2014, 2016, and 2018) from Macao SAR, China.

Qing Guo

University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

"Speech: A Class Model-Based Control Techniques Used in Electro-hydraulic System and Wearable Exoskeleton"

Qing Guo received the B.E. degree in Automation from Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China, in 2003, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Control Science and Engineering from Harbin Institute of Technology, in 2005 and 2008, respectively. Now he is a full professor in School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China. Dr. Guo is also the Academic and Technical Leaders Reserve Candidates of Sichuan Province, China, the IEEE Senior member, the Youth Expert Group Leader of Fluid Control Engineering Branch, the member of Fluid Transmission and Control Branch, Hydraulic Branch, Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society. From December 2013 to December 2014, he was an academic visitor with Center for Power Transmission and Motion Control, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Bath, UK. His research interests include Fluid Transmission and Control, Exoskeleton Robot, and Aircraft Guidance and Control. He has published more than 50 papers as the first and corresponding authors. He also publishes one English monograph in CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group and organizes two academic workshops, gives an invitation report in an international conference and gets the best academic paper award of ICACC2012. Dr. Guo has five authorized invention patents with one technology transferring patent about the switch control of electro-hydraulic system.

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