Prof. Yong Yue, IET Fellow, IMechE Fellow
Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China
Yong Yue (BEng Northeastern China, PhD Heriot-Watt UK, CEng, FIET, FIMechE,
FHEA) is a Professor at the Department of Computing, and Director of the Virtual Engineering Centre
(VEC) and Suzhou Municipal Key Lab for Intelligent Virtual Engineering. He was Head of the Department of
Computer Science and Software Engineering (2013-2019). Prior to joining XJTLU, he had held various
positions in industry and academia in China and the UK, including Engineer, Project Manager, Professor,
Director of Research and Head of Department. Professor Yue has experience in learning and teaching,
research and enterprise as well as management. He has led a variety of research and professional
projects supported by major funding bodies and industry. He has also led curriculum development at both
undergraduate and postgraduate levels. He has nearly 300 peer-reviewed publications and supervised 38
PhD students to successful completion.
Prof. Junhui Zhao, IET Fellow, IEEE Senior Member
Beijing Jiaotong University, China
Professor, School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Beijing
Jiaotong University. His research interests include 6G, vehicular networks (IoV), rail transit
communications, and AI applications. He is a Fellow of the China Institute of Communications (CIC), a
Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) and a member of its Fellowship
Assessment Panel, a Distinguished Member of the China Computer Federation (CCF), and Deputy Director
of the CCF Smart Transportation Chapter, among other appointments. He has served as PI for a Key Joint
Program of the NSFC, project leader for tasks under the National Key R&D Program of China, and PI for
multiple NSFC General Programs. He serves on the editorial boards of over ten authoritative journals,
including several IEEE Transactions. He has published 200+ papers. His work has received over ten
science and technology awards, including the CIC Science and Technology Award (First Class), the CIE
Science and Technology Award (First Class), the Ministry of Education Second Prize for Science and
Technology Progress, and the IEEE Jack Neubauer Memorial Award.
Prof. Hamid Reza Karimi, MAE, IIAV Fellow, ISCM Fellow, AAIA Fellow
Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Hamid Reza Karimi is a Professor of Applied Mechanics in the Department
of Mechanical Engineering at Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy. Prof. Karimi’s original research
and development achievements span a broad spectrum within the topic of automation/control systems,
and intelligence systems with applications to complex systems such as vehicles, robotics and
mechatronics. Prof. Karimi is an ordinary Member of Academia Europaea (MAE), Member of European
Academy of Sciences and Arts (EASA), Member of The European Academy of Sciences (MEurASc), Member of
Agder Academy of Science and Letters in Norway, Member of National Academy of Artificial
Intelligence (NAAI), Honorary Academic Member of National Academy of Sciences of Bolivia,
Distinguished Fellow of the International Institute of Acoustics and Vibration (IIAV), Fellow of The
International Society for Condition Monitoring (ISCM), Fellow of the Asia-Pacific Artificial
Intelligence Association (AAIA), and also a member of the IFAC Technical Committee on Mechatronic
Systems, the IFAC Technical Committee on Robust Control, the IFAC Technical Committee on Automotive
Control, member of the board of Directors of The International Institute of Acoustics and Vibration
(IIAV) and member of Management Committee of The International Society for Condition Monitoring
(ISCM). Prof. Karimi is the recipient of the 2025 NAAI Distinguished Artificial Intelligence Scholar
Award, the 2021 BINDT CM Innovation Award, the Web of Science Highly Cited Researcher in
Engineering, August-Wilhelm-Scheer Visiting Professorship Award, JSPS (Japan Society for the
Promotion of Science) Research Award, and Alexander-von-Humboldt-Stiftung research Award, for
instance. Prof. Karimi serves/served as Editor-in-Chief and Book Series Editor for Springer, CRC
Press and Elsevier. He has also participated as General Chair, keynote/plenary speaker,
distinguished speaker or program chair for several international conferences in the areas of Control
Systems, Robotics and Mechatronics. Prof. Karimi has served as vice-president for International
Prize "Lombardia è ricerca" and is also the conference chair for the 2026 World Congress on
Condition Monitoring (WCCM2026) to be held in Milan, Italy. Additionally, he is an Honorary Visiting
Professor in the School of Computing & Engineering at the University of Huddersfield, UK.
Prof. Wei Xu, IEEE Fellow, IET Fellow
Institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, China
Prof. Wei Xu is a Professor at the Institute of Electrical
Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IEECAS), and Director of the State Key Laboratory of
High-Density Electromagnetic Power and Systems. He received his Ph.D. from IEECAS in 2008 and
subsequently held postdoctoral and research positions at the University of Technology Sydney,
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, and Meiji University. From 2013 to 2023, he was a
Professor at Huazhong University of Science and Technology, before rejoining IEECAS in 2024. He is
a Fellow of both the IEEE and the IET. His research focuses on the design, control, and system
integration of linear machines and drives. He has served as General Chair for multiple
international conferences and is an Associate Editor for several IEEE journals, including IEEE
Transactions on Industrial Electronics and IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics.
Prof. Giuseppe Carbone
East China Jiaotong University, China
Quanxin Zhu (Senior Member, IEEE) received the M.S. degree in
Giuseppe Carbone is Professor at DIMEG, University of Calabria, since 2018. Since 2020 he is
Chair of the IFToMM TC on Robotics and Mechatronics. He has got the Master and Ph.D. degree at
University of Cassino (Italy) where he has been a Key Member of LARM (Laboratory of Robotics and
Mechatronics) for about 20 years. He has carried out several periods of study and research
abroad in Germany, Japan, China, South Korea, Brazil, Spain, UK, France, also delivering regular
teaching courses in Spain and UK. The duties of his academic position include supervising or co-
supervising students at bachelor, master, and PhD level as well as the supervision of several
visiting scholars/researchers/professors from foreign countries.
His research interests cover aspects of Robotics, Mechatronics,
Engineering Design, Mechanics of Manipulation and Grasp with over 500 research paper outputs, 20
patents, and 16 Phd completions. He edited/co-edited four books that have been published by
Springer and Elsevier International Publishers. He has been member of about 20 PhD evaluation
Commissions and Viva in Italy, Spain, Finland, UK, Romania, Mexico. He has delivered Invited
Keynote or Plenary speeches or Seminars at more than 30 International events. He has been
principal Investigator (PI) or co-PI of more than 20 projects including 7th European Framework,
H2020 funds, Horizon Europe collecting more than 7 million Euros in competitive funds. He serves
in the editorial board of several international journals, including being Editor-in-Chief of
ROBOTICA (Cambridge Univ. Press), Section Editor in Chief of Journal of Bionic Engineering
(Springer), Machines (MDPI), Robotics (MDPI), Technical Editor of IEEE/ASME Transactions on
Mechatronics, Associate editor of IEEE RA-L, ASME Journal of Autonomous Vehicles and Systems,
Advanced Robotic Systems and many others.