Speakers    

kEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Prof. Zhirong Shen  

Xiamen University, China

Bio-sketch: Dr. Zhirong Shen received the B.S. degree from University of Electronic Science and Technology of China in 2010, and the Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from Tsinghua University in 2016. He is now a professor at Xiamen University. His current research interests include storage reliability and storage security. He has published more than 50 research papers at premier conferences and journals on computer systems, including USENIX ATC, ICDE, INFOCOM.

 

Prof.Leyuan Liu 

Central China Normal University, China

Speech Title: High-Fidelity Twin Digital Human Generation Technology and Its Application in Autism Intervention

Bio-sketch: Leyuan Liu is a Doctoral and Master’s Supervisor and Professor at Central China Normal University. He received his Ph.D. in Pattern Recognition and Intelligent Systems from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, and has been with the National Engineering Research Center for E-Learning since 2012.

His primary research interests encompass computer vision and computer graphics, AI-assisted special education, the educational metaverse, and educational robotics. In recent years, his research has been primarily devoted to leveraging AI and robotics technologies to support the screening, assessment, compensatory resource generation, and educational intervention of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

Professor Liu has led more than ten projects funded by organizations such as the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the National Key Research and Development Program of China, and the Hubei Provincial Natural Science Foundation, and has also been a key participant in several major national initiatives. He has published over eighty research papers in leading journals, including IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, and at top-tier AI conferences such as CVPR, ECCV, and ACM MM. He holds more than twenty authorized Chinese patents and has received multiple academic honors, including the First Prize of the Hubei Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award (2020), the Second Prize of the Hubei Provincial Award for Outstanding Achievements in Social Science (2018 & 2020), and the First Prize of the Hubei Provincial Award for Excellent Papers in Natural Science (2012). In addition, he has supervised students to win more than twenty awards in prestigious academic competitions.

For more detailed information, please visit the personal web page:

http://faculty.ccnu.edu.cn/2012980050

 

Prof. Kaizhu Huang
Duke Kunshan University, China

Speech Title: Exploring Trustworthy AI: Fundamentals, Challenges, and Outlooks（Downoad abstract)

Bio-sketch: Kaizhu Huang is Tenured Professor and Director of Digital Innovation Research Center, at Duke Kunshan University (DKU). He was Professor and Associate Dean of Research, School of Advanced Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University before joining DKU. Prof. Huang obtained his PhD degree from Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) in 2004. He worked in Fujitsu Research Centre, CUHK, University of Bristol, National Laboratory of Pattern Recognition, Chinese Academy of Sciences from 2004 to 2012. He published more than 280 international papers including 140+ journal papers. He was the recipient of the 2011 Asia Pacific Neural Network Society Young Researcher Award. He also received the best (or runner-up) paper or book awards about 10 times in major AI and machine learning conferences. In particular, he received the 2024 IEEE ICDM 10 Years Highest-Impact Paper Award. He acts as Editor-in-Chief of Elsevier CSSI and serves as associated editors/advisory board members in 6 international journals and book series (e.g. Pattern Recognition Journal, and Neural Network Journal). He was invited as a keynote/tutorial speaker to more than 50 international conferences or workshops.

 

Prof. Huiyu Zhou  
University of Leicester, UK

Speech Title: Tooth segmentation and datasets in oral health （Downoad abstract)

Bio-sketch: Prof. Huiyu Zhou received a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Radio Technology from Huazhong University of Science and Technology of China, and a Master of Science degree in Biomedical Engineering from University of Dundee of United Kingdom, respectively. He was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Computer Vision from Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom. Prof. Zhou currently is a full Professor at School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, University of Leicester, United Kingdom. He has received Distinguished AI Scholar and Exemplary Awards of NAAI in 2025. His research work has been or is being supported by UK EPSRC, ESRC, AHRC, MRC, EU, Innovate UK, Royal Society, British Heart Foundation, Leverhulme Trust, Puffin Trust, Alzheimer’s Research UK, Invest NI and industry.
Homepage: https://le.ac.uk/people/huiyu-zhou