Yu Rong, Professor
Guangdong University of Technology, China
Biography: Prof. Yu Rong is currently a distinguished professor and a doctoral supervisor at Guangdong University of Technology. He is also the recipient of the National Natural Science Foundation Outstanding Youth Award. His main research interests are Artificial Intelligence, Edge Computing, and the Internet of Things, with applications in fields like intelligent transportation, smart grid, smart home, and intelligent medical treatment. He has led over 20 scientific research projects, including those funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and major key projects of Guangdong Province's science and technology plan. He has published over 150 academic papers in prestigious journals and conferences, with his work receiving more than 13,000 citations on Google Scholar. He holds over 50 authorized invention patents and has taken the lead in formulating two national standards that have been officially promulgated. He has trained over 40 postgraduate and doctoral students, and his outstanding graduates have been honored with titles such as "National 100 Excellent Graduate Party Members" and "Star of Self-Improvement of Chinese College Students".
Zhijia Zhao, Professor
Guangzhou University, China
Biography: Zhijia Zhao is a Professor and Vice Dean of the School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering at Guangzhou University, China, and serves as a Ph.D. Supervisor. He has been selected for the National High-Level Talent Program for Young Professionals (Young Top-notch Talent) and the Guangdong Special Support Program as a Young Pearl River Scholar. His research interests include robot control, intelligent control, and autonomous intelligent unmanned systems. In recent years, he has led more than ten national and provincial research projects. He has published over 100 SCI-indexed journal papers and has been granted more than ten invention patents. He received the Second Prize of the Guangdong Provincial Natural Science Award in 2023 (ranked first) and the Guangdong Youth Science and Technology Innovation Award in 2025. He has also been listed among the World's Top 2% Scientists in the Annual Scientific Impact Rankings released by Stanford University from 2019 to 2025. He currently serves as the Deputy Secretary-General of the 9th Youth Working Committee of the Chinese Association of Automation. He is also a member of the Early Career Advisory Board of the IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica and serves as an Associate Editor for several prestigious journals, including IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, and IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems.