Dr. 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. Dr. Zhou currently is a full Professor at School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, University of Leicester, United Kingdom. He has published over 450 peer-reviewed papers in the field. He was the recipient of "CVIU 2012 Most Cited Paper Award", “MIUA 2020 Best Paper Award”, “ICPRAM 2016 Best Paper Award” and was nominated for “ICPRAM 2017 Best Student Paper Award” and "MBEC 2006 Nightingale Prize". His research work has been or is being supported by UK EPSRC, ESRC, AHRC, MRC, EU, Royal Society, Leverhulme Trust, Invest NI, Puffin Trust, Alzheimer’s Research UK, Invest NI and industry.

Application of artificial intelligence technology, computer graphics image, computer vision, digital media.

Simon X. Yang (Senior Member, IEEE) received the B.Sc. degree in engineering physics from Beijing University, Beijing, China, in 1987, the M.Sc. degree in biophysics from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, in 1990, the M.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA, in 1996, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, in 1999.,He is currently a Professor and the Head of the Advanced Robotics and Intelligent Systems Laboratory, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada. He has been very active in professional activities. His research interests include robotics, intelligent systems, sensors and multisensor fusion, wireless sensor networks, control systems, machine learning, fuzzy systems, and computational neuroscience.

GYU MYOUNG LEE (Senior Member, IEEE) received the BS degree from the Hong Ik University, Seoul, South Korea, in 1999, and the MS and PhD degrees from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, South Korea, in 2000 and 2007. He is with the Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU), United Kingdom, as reader from 2014 and with KAIST Institute for IT convergence, Korea, as adjunct professor from 2012. Prior to joining the LJMU, he has worked with the Institut Mines-Telecom, Telecom SudParis, France, from 2008. Until 2012, he had been invited to work with the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI), Korea. He also worked as a research professor with KAIST, Korea and as a guest researcher with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in 2007. His research interests include Internet of things, future networks, multimedia services, and energy saving technologies including smart grids. He has been actively working for standardization in ITU-T, IETF, and oneM2M, etc. In ITU-T, he currently serves as a WP chair in SG13, the Rapporteur of Q16/13 and Q4/20 as well as the chair of FG-DPM.

Gian Luca Brunetti graduated in Architecture at the Polytechnic University of Milan in 1991. From 1992 to 1995 he worked as an architectural designer in the architectural workshop of Marcello Pietrantoni in Milan. In 1995 he obtained a scholarship for a PhD research at the Polytechnic University of Milan. He defended his PhD thesis on thermal transition spaces in Architecture in April 1999 (supervisor: Prof. Bianca Bottero). In 1998 he became a graduate technician at the ABITA Laboratory, Polytechnic University of Milan, Department of Building, Environment and Sciences (BEST, now ABC). In 2006 he became a researcher of Architectural Technology at the Polytechnic University of Milan, Faculty of Architecture and Society. Since 2016 he is associate professor of Architectural Technology at the Polytechnic of Milan. In 2020 he has been habilitated to the full professorship in Italy, in the disciplinary sector of Building Technology.

Gautam Srivastava (Senior Member, IEEE) received the B.Sc. degree from Briar Cliff University, USA, in 2004, and the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada, in 2006 and 2012, respectively. He taught for three years with the Department of Computer Science, University of Victoria, where he was regarded as one of the top undergraduate professors in computer science. In 2014, he will be joining a tenuretrack position with Brandon University, Brandon, MB, Canada, where he is currently active in various professional and scholarly activities. He was promoted to the rank of Associate Professor in January 2018. He is also active in research in the field of cryptography, data mining, security and privacy, and blockchain technology. In his five years as a research academic, he has published a total of 400 papers in high-impact conferences in many countries and high-status journals (SCI, SCIE) and has also delivered guest lectures on big data, cloud computing, the Internet of Things (IoT), and cryptography at many universities worldwide. He is an Editor of several SCI/SCIE journals (IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems, Information Sciences, AEJ, and ISA Transactions). He has active research projects with other academics in Taiwan, Singapore, Canada, Czech Republic, Poland, and the USA. He has an H-index of 50 which is strong for an early career researcher. He is currently a Guest Editor for IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems and IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics. His research is funded by federal grants from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and the Mathematics of Information Technology and Complex Systems (MITACS)

Associate Professor, Gunma University, Japan.

Md Abdus Samad KAMAL got his master and doctor degrees from Dept. of Electrical and Electronics Systems Engineering, Kyushu University, Japan in 2003 and 2006 respectively. And then he served as a researcher in Department of Electrical and Electronics Systems Engineering, Kyushu University, Japan. From 2019, he starts working in Division of Mechanical Science and Technology, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Gunma University, Japan as an associate professor. Now, he is a member of Chartered Engineer (C.Eng.), IET, UK, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) and Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). In addition, he undertakes editors, gust editors for international journals, and has delivered keynote speeches for more than 15 conferences.

Prof Dr Hamid Doost Mohammadian is Director for International Management at Fachhochschule des Mittelstands (FHM) Germany. At the same time, he is German Professor for international management, sustainability and future studies at FHM.
For 3 years he has been external lecturer at the TU-Campus EUREF at the TU Belin and guest professor at ICD Academy for Cultural Diplomacy in Berlin, external professor at World Executive Education Institute (WEEI) in USA, visiting professor at Technical & Vocational University (TVU), International University of Chabahar (IUC) and Industrial Management Institute (IMI) in Iran.
Prior to his academic life he worked as management consultant for SMEs and industrial sectors. He has published many articles, books, presentation, and special issues as well as conferences. He is member of editorial board at some high ranked international Journals in USA, Switzerland, India, UK, Pakistan, and Iran e.g.: SciencePG, DavidPublishing, SCIREA, MDPI, SRJ, DergiPark, CSR, Tadbir, IJBST, IMI and JMR.