Keynote Speakers

Prof. Jhing-Fa Wang (IEEE Fellow)
National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan

Abstract: Jhing-Fa Wang received the bachelor's and master's degrees from National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Taiwan, in 1973 and 1979, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree from the Stevens Institute of Technology, USA, in 1983. He is currently the Chair and Distinguished Professor with the Department of Electrical Engineering, NCKU. He has published about 100 and 60 journal articles in IEEE, SIAM, IEICE, and IEE, and about 300 international conference papers since 1983. Recently, he has explored his research on orange technology. Orange technology refers to a newly evolved interdisciplinary research area for the integration and innovation of health, happiness, and care technologies. The objective of orange technology is to bring more health, happiness, and warming care to the society. His research interests include multimedia signal processing, including speech signal processing, image processing, VLSI system design, and AI robots. He was also the President of Tajen University in 2012 and 2020, the Formal Chair of the IEEE Tainan Section in 2005 and 2009, the Coordinator of Section/Chapter, IEEE Region 10, in 2011 and 2012, and the Industry Liaison-Coordinator of IEEE Region 10 in 2009 and 2011. He was elected as a fellow of IEEE in 1999 for his contribution to “Hardware and Software Co-Design on Speech Signal Processing.” He was also the General Chair of ISCAS 2009. He received the Outstanding Researcher Award from the National Science Council in 1990, 1995, 1997, and 2006. He also received Outstanding Industrial Awards from ACER and the Institute of Information Industry and the Outstanding Professor Award from the Chinese Engineer Association, Taiwan in 1991 and 1996, respectively. He also received the Culture Service Award from the Ministry of Education, Taiwan, in 2008, the Distinguished Scholar Award of KT Li from NCKU in 2009, the IEEE Tainan Section Best Service Award in 2011, the Innovation Education Award in 2013 Seoul International Invention Fair, and a Special Award from the 2017 Kuwait International Invention Fair. He was also invited to give the keynote speeches at PACLIC 12 in Singapore, in 1998, UWN 2005 in Taipei, WirlessCom 2005 in Hawaii, IIH-MSP 2006 in Pasadena, USA, ISM 2007 in Taichung, PCM 2008 in Tainan, 2011 ICAST in Dalian, China, 2011 ICSPCC in Xi'an, China, Keer 2012 in Penghu, Taiwan, HIS 2017 in Moscow Region, Russia, and ICOT 2015, ICOT 2016, and ICOT 2017 in Hong Kong, Australia, and Singapore, respectively. He also served as an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems and IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems and the Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Chinese Engineering from 1995 to 2000.

Prof. Seyedali Mirjalili (IEEE Senior Member)
Torrens University Australia

Abstract: Professor Seyedali Mirjalili (Ali) founded the Centre for Artificial Intelligence Research and Optimization in 2019. He is currently a Professor of Artificial Intelligence at Torrens University Australia. He is internationally recognized for his advances in Optimization and Swarm Intelligence, including the first set of algorithms from a synthetic intelligence standpoint - a radical departure from how natural systems are typically understood - and a systematic design framework to reliably benchmark, evaluate, and propose computationally cheap robust optimization algorithms. Ali has published over 500 publications with over 80,000 citations and an H-index of 95. As the most cited researcher in Robust Optimization, he has been on the list of 1% highly-cited researchers and named as one of the most influential researchers in the world by Web of Science for three consecutive years since 2019. In 2020, he was ranked 21st across all disciplines and 4th in Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing in the Stanford University's list of World's Top Scientists. In 2021, The Australian newspaper named him as the top researcher in Australia in three fields of Artificial Intelligence, Evolutionary Computation, and Fuzzy Systems. Ali is a senior member of IEEE and an associate editor of several AI journals including Neurocomputing, Applied Soft Computing, Advances in Engineering Software, Computers in Biology and Medicine, Healthcare Analytics, Applied Intelligence, and IEEE Access. His research interests include Optimization, Swarm Intelligence, Evolutionary Algorithms, and Machine Learning.

Prof. Adrian David Cheok (IEEE Senior Member)
Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, China

Abstract: Adrian David Cheok is Full Professor at Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Director of the Imagineering Institute, Malaysia, Visiting Professor at Raffles University, Malaysia, Visiting Professor at University of Novi Sad-Serbia, on Technical faculty “Mihailo Pupin”, Serbia, Faculty of Ducere Business School, and CEO of Nikola Tesla Technologies Corporation. In 2024, Professor Adrian David Cheok was honored with induction as a Full Member into Sigma Xi USA, The Scientific Research Honor Society, a recognition that not only signifies his dedication to scientific excellence but also aligns his contributions with those of groundbreaking researchers. Sigma Xi is a beacon of distinction within the global scientific community, boasting over 200 Nobel Laureates among its members, including luminaries such as Albert Einstein. This prestigious society is renowned for its commitment to the advancement of science and engineering and includes among its distinguished members other eminent personalities like Linus Pauling and Guglielmo Marconi, whose pioneering work has indelibly shaped the landscape of modern science and innovation. Professor Cheok's association with Sigma Xi marks a pinnacle in his career, affirming his commitment to the ethos of rigorous and impactful scientific inquiry.