Keynote Speakers
Prof. Dan Zhang
York University,
Canada
（加拿大约克大学）
Biography:
Dr. Dan Zhang is a
Kaneff Professor in
Advanced Robotics
and Mechatronics, as
well as the Chair of
the Department of
Mechanical
Engineering at York
University. Before
2016, Dr. Zhang was
a Professor and
Canada Research
Chair in Advanced
Robotics and
Automation, and was
a founding Chair of
the Department of
Automotive,
Mechanical, and
Manufacturing
Engineering at the
University of
Ontario Institute of
Technology. He
received his Ph.D.
in Mechanical
Engineering from
Laval University,
Canada, in June
2000.
Dr. Zhang's research
interests include
robotics and
mechatronics; high
performance parallel
robotic machine
development;
sustainable/green
manufacturing
systems;
rehabilitation robot
and rescue robot.
Dr. Zhang’s
contributions to and
leadership within
the field of robotic
and automation have
been recognized with
several prestigious
awards, within his
own university
(Research Excellence
Award both from
university level and
faculty level) and
Kaneff
Professorship, the
Province of Ontario
(Early Researcher
Award), the
professional
societies (Fellow of
the ASME, the CAE,
the EIC and the
CSME), and federal
funding agencies
(Canada Research
Chair in January
2009 and renewed in
January 2014). Dr.
Zhang is the
editor-in-chief for
International
Journal of
Mechanisms and
Robotic Systems, the
editor-in-chief for
International
Journal of Robotics
Applications and
Technologies. Dr.
Zhang served as a
member of Natural
Sciences and
Engineering Research
Council of Canada
(NSERC) Grant
Selection Committee.
Dr. Zhang is a
Fellow of the
Canadian Academy of
Engineering (CAE), a
Fellow of the
Engineering
Institute of Canada
(EIC), a Fellow of
American Society of
Mechanical Engineers
(ASME), and a Fellow
of Canadian Society
for Mechanical
Engineering (CSME),
a Senior Member
IEEE, and a Senior
Member of SME.
Prof. WEIDONG Chen (陈卫东 教授)
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
（上海交通大学）
Biography: Weidong Chen received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Control Engineering in 1990 and 1993, and Ph.D. degree in Mechatronics in 1996, respectively, all from the Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China. Since 1996, he has been at the Shanghai Jiao Tong University where he is currently Chair and Professor of the Department of Automation, and Director of the Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Processing. He is the founder of the Autonomous Robot Laboratory. From August 2003 to February 2004, he was a visiting associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The Ohio State University. In July and August 2012, he was a visiting professor in the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at the University of Zurich in Switzerland. He is a visiting professor in the Brain Science Life Support Research Center at the University of Electro-Communications in Japan from 2016 to 2018.
Dr. Chen’s current research interests include autonomous robotics, collective robotics, assistive robotics, and medical robotics. His research has been supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), National High-tech R&D Program (863 Program), Ministry of Education (MOE), etc. Dr. Chen has served on numerous program and organizing committees of international conferences. Most recently, he was an Organizing co-Chairs of the 2015 International Symposium on InfoComm & Media Technology in Bio-Medical & Healthcare Application (2015 IS-3T-in-3A), Chiba, Japan, November 15-18, 2015, and is serving as the General Chair of the 14th International Conference on Intelligent Autonomous Systems (IAS-14), Shanghai, China, July 3-7, 2016.
Personal website: http://robotics.sjtu.edu.cn/
Prof. Ghassan Beydoun
University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Biography: Professor Ghassan Beydoun is currently based at the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology in University of Technology Sydney, where he is also deputy Head of School (Research) Systems, Management and Leadership at the University of Technology Sydney. He is also an adjunct senior research fellow at the School of Information Systems, Management and Technology at the University of New South Wales, an associate editor of the International Journal of Intelligent Information Technologies (IJIIT) and an Editorial member of the Journal of Software. He received a degree in computer science and a PhD degree in knowledge systems from the University of New South Wales in 2000. His research interests include multi agent systems applications, ontologies and their applications, and knowledge acquisition. He is currently working on a project sponsored by an Australian Research Council Discovery Grant to investigate the best uses of ontologies in developing methodologies for complex systems and another project with SES on exploring the use of ontologies for flood management decision support. He has authored more than 100 journal and conference papers in these areas over the past 15 years. His most recent publication appeared in IEEE Transactions of Software Engineering, Information Systems journal, Information and Management, International Journal of Human Computer Studies, Information Processing and management and others.