Keynote Speakers
Keynote Speaker I-Prof. Hamid Reza Karimi
Politecnico di Milano, Italy | Full Professor
Hamid Reza
Karimi (M’06–SM’09) received the B.Sc. (First Hons.)
degree in power systems from the Sharif University of
Technology, Tehran, Iran, in 1998, and the M.Sc. and
Ph.D. (First Hons.) degrees in control systems
engineering from the University of Tehran, Tehran, in
2001 and 2005, respectively. He is currently 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, for instance, 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 and received the 2020 IEEE Transactions on
Circuits and Systems Guillemin-Cauer Best Paper Award.
Keynote Speaker II-Prof. Wenqiang Zhang
Fudan
University, China | Full Professor
Dr. Wenqiang
Zhang, Professor and doctoral supervisor of School of
computer science,Fudan University. Vice President of AI
& Intelligent Robot Institute of Fudan University, and
Vice Director of Shanghai Key Laboratory of Intelligent
Information.
He engaged in the research
work of robotics, AI, and Intelligent Equipment, etc. He
has published more than 100 papers and applied for more
than 50 invention patents. He has undertaken more than
30 research projects from Science and Technology
Commission of Shanghai Municipality (STCSM), National
Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), Ministry of
Education, Shanghai Electric Group, etc. He has created
the China’s first autonomous mental development robot,
and successfully developed robots of Fuwa, Ato, Haibao,
etc
Keynote Speaker III-Prof. Xuechao Duan
Xidian University, China | Full Professor
Dr. Xuechao
Duan received his B.E., M.E and PhD degrees in 2003,
2006, 2008, respectively, in Xidian University, Xi\'an,
China. He was a visiting scholar in Department of
Mechanical Engineering from Apr. 2013 to Apr. 2014, in
the Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.
Now he is a memeber of Key Labarotory of Electronic
Structure Design, Ministry of Education, China.
He is also a Senior Member of Chinese Mechanical
Engineering Society ,a member of the Institution of
Engineering Technology and a member of the Chinese
Institute of Electronics.
Research Interests
1. Parallel robots: redundantly actuated,flexure based-,
and lower-mobility parallel manipulators.
2. Mechatronics: Novel actuating and measuring
technology for advanced electronic equipments.