Dr. Dong Zhang | Color Image Processing | Young Scientist Award

Dr. Dong Zhang | Color Image Processing | Young Scientist Award

Doctorate at Qufu Normal University, China

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📜 Summary

Dr. Dong Zhang, a dedicated scholar from Cao County, Shandong, is a Junior Researcher at North-Eastern Federal University, Russia. With a focus on big data processing, image compression, and artificial intelligence, he has made significant contributions to quaternion matrix computations and optimization techniques. A recipient of prestigious Chinese and Russian government scholarships, Dr. Zhang is also recognized for his outstanding academic achievements and innovative research.

🎓 Education

  • PhD in Informatics and Computing Technologies (2021–Present): North-Eastern Federal University, Russia. Successfully defended thesis six months early due to exceptional performance.
  • Master’s in Applied Mathematics (2018–2021): Shandong University of Science and Technology, China.
  • Bachelor’s in Mathematics and Applied Mathematics (2014–2018): Heze University, China.

💼 Work Experience

  • Junior Researcher (2024–Present): International Research Laboratory on Multiscale Mathematical Modeling and High-Performance Computing, North-Eastern Federal University, Russia.
  • Leader and contributor to multiple international projects, including software development for image compression and educational programs for scientific training.

🔬 Research Interests

Big Data Processing, Optimization and Decision-Making, Image and Signal Processing, Artificial Intelligence, and Pattern Recognition.

🏆 Awards and Honors

  • 2024: Russian State Registration Certificate for Software: “Computational Library for Reliable Image Compression Schemes.”
  • 2024: Invention Patent: “Color Image Compression Scheme Based on Quaternion Matrix Singular Value Decomposition.”
  • 2021: Chinese and Russian Government Scholarships for academic excellence.
  • 2021: “Outstanding Graduate” at Shandong University of Science and Technology.

 

Publications

An algebraic algorithm for the total least squares problem in commutative quaternionic theory

  • Author: Jiang, T.; Zhang, D.; Guo, Z.; Vasil’ev, V.I.
  • Journal: Applied Mathematics and Computation
  • Year: 2025

Color image watermarking scheme based on singular value decomposition of split quaternion matrices

  • Author: Wang, G.; Jiang, T.; Zhang, D.; Vasil’ev, V.I.
  • Journal: Journal of the Franklin Institute
  • Year: 2025

Real and complex solutions of the total least squares problem in commutative quaternionic theory

  • Author: Zhang, D.; Jiang, T.; Guo, Z.; Vasil’ev, V.I.
  • Journal: Computational and Applied Mathematics
  • Year: 2024

An algebraic algorithm for the diagonalization of a biquaternion matrix in the biquaternionic mechanics

  • Author: Zhang, D.; Jiang, T.; Guo, Z.; Vasil’ev, V.I.
  • Journal: Computational and Applied Mathematics
  • Year: 2024

Algebraic algorithms for a class of Schrödinger equations in split quaternionic mechanics

  • Author: Jiang, T.; Wang, G.; Guo, Z.; Zhang, D.
  • Journal: Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences
  • Year: 2024

 

Prof. Liang Yang | Autonomous Systems | Best Innovation Award

Prof. Liang Yang | Autonomous Systems | Best Innovation Award

Professor at University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China

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🎓 Early Academic Pursuits

Prof. Yang Liang began his academic journey with a strong foundation in electronic and control engineering. He earned a Bachelor’s degree in Electronic Engineering from Nanchang University (1998–2002) and further honed his expertise by pursuing a Master’s degree in Control Theory and Control Engineering at Guangdong University of Technology (2002–2005). His academic background laid the groundwork for his future endeavors in advanced research and innovative technology development.

💼 Professional Endeavors

Prof. Yang Liang’s professional career spans over two decades, marked by diverse roles in academia and industry. Since 2009, he has served as a Professor at the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Zhongshan Institute. His responsibilities include leading research initiatives, mentoring students, and contributing to the institution’s academic excellence.
Before this, he gained significant industry experience as a Team Leader at Lexpect Co., Ltd. (2006–2009), where he spearheaded projects like the development of Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA) Controllers, enabling seamless roaming between Wi-Fi and GSM networks. Additionally, as a Software Engineer at Huawei Technologies (2005–2006), he contributed to the design and implementation of WCDMA soft switch software.

🛠️ Contributions and Research Focus

Prof. Yang Liang’s research focuses on control systems, robotics, and mobile communication technologies. He has led multiple projects funded by prestigious organizations such as the National Natural Science Foundation and the Guangdong Provincial R&D Program in Key Areas. His work includes:

  • Development of an automatic spray disinfection and sterilization robot.
  • Creation of intelligent control systems for high-precision machining and home appliances.
  • Designing a mobile file-sharing system that facilitates seamless file transfer over various networks.

🌟 Impact and Influence

Prof. Yang Liang’s research has resulted in over 20 publications in reputed journals, including the Journal of Franklin Institute, Nonlinear Dynamics, and Control and Decision. As the first inventor, he holds 18 authorized invention patents. His innovations, such as robotics and intelligent control systems, have been successfully adopted by enterprises, yielding significant economic and social benefits.

📚 Academic Cites

His publications have garnered recognition for their practical and theoretical contributions to engineering and technology. His work in robotics, system optimization, and mobile communication has been widely cited, reflecting its relevance and influence in the academic community.

💻 Technical Skills

  • Expertise in Linux kernel optimization and high-performance server design.
  • Proficiency in C/C++ and other programming languages.
  • Hands-on experience with GPRS/WCDMA/TD/Wi-Fi networks and TCP server design.

👨‍🏫 Teaching Experience

As a dedicated educator, Prof. Yang Liang has mentored countless students, equipping them with the knowledge and skills to excel in control engineering and robotics. His courses are renowned for their practical approach, integrating theoretical concepts with hands-on applications.

🏆 Legacy and Future Contributions

Prof. Yang Liang’s legacy lies in his ability to bridge the gap between academia and industry. His innovations have not only advanced technological frontiers but also inspired a new generation of engineers and researchers. Looking forward, he aims to further his contributions to robotics, intelligent systems, and mobile communication technologies, ensuring their continued relevance and impact.

 

Publications

Three-Dimensional Lidar Localization and Mapping with Loop-Closure Detection Based on Dense Depth Information

  • Author: Liang Yang, Zhenbiao Yu, Chunjian Deng, Guanyu Lai
  • Journal: Mathematics
  • Year: 2023

Adaptive Sliding Mode Control of Robot Manipulators with System Failures

  • Author: Rui Li, Liang Yang, Yong Chen, Guanyu Lai
  • Journal: Mathematics
  • Year: 2022

Online Control for Biped Robot with Incremental Learning Mechanism

  • Author: Liang Yang, Guanyu Lai, Yong Chen, Zhihui Guo
  • Journal: Applied Sciences
  • Year: 2021

Simultaneous Optimisation of Cable Connection Schemes and Capacity for Offshore Wind Farms via a Modified Bat Algorithm

  • Author: Yuanhang Qi, Peng Hou, Liang Yang, Guangya Yang
  • Journal: Applied Sciences
  • Year: 2019

Dr. Xueqiao Xu | Benchmark Datasets | Best Researcher Award

Dr. Xueqiao Xu | Benchmark Datasets | Best Researcher Award

Doctorate at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, United States

Publications

How turbulence spreading improves power handling in quiescent high confinement fusion plasmas

  • Author: Li, Z., Chen, X., Diamond, P.H., Khabanov, F., McKee, G.R.
  • Journal: Communications Physics
  • Year: 2024

Overview of recent experimental results on the EAST Tokamak

  • Author: Song, Y., Wan, B., Li, J., Salewski, M., Schuster, E.
  • Journal: Nuclear Fusion
  • Year: 2024

DIII-D research to provide solutions for ITER and fusion energy

  • Author: Holcomb, C.T., Abbate, J., Abe, A., Zimmerman, J., Zuniga, C.
  • Journal: Nuclear Fusion
  • Year: 2024

Turbulence simulations with BOUT++ by using SOLPS grids for SOLPS/BOUT++ coupling

  • Author: Zhang, D.R., Ding, R., Si, H., Xu, X.Q., Xia, T.Y.
  • Journal: Contributions to Plasma Physics
  • Year: 2024

Theoretical and global simulation analysis of collisional microtearing modes

  • Author: Zhu, M., Ma, L.
  • Journal: Physics of Plasmas
  • Year: 2024

Dr. Manfu Zhu | Emerging Trends | Best Researcher Award

Dr. Manfu Zhu | Emerging Trends | Best Researcher Award

Doctorate at Tsinghua University, China

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A durable superhydrophobic surface with bud-particle structure prepared by one-step spray method

  • Author: Huang, Z., Zhu, S., Zhu, M., Tian, Y., Ma, L.
  • Journal: Applied Surface Science
  • Year: 2025

L*—An index for evaluating long range performance of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs)

  • Authors: Zhu, M., Ma, L., Luo, J.
  • Journal: Friction
  • Year: 2024

Influence of surface slip on hydrodynamics and flow field around a two-dimensional hydrofoil at a moderate Reynolds number

  • Author: Zhu, M., Huang, W., Ma, L., Luo, J.
  • Journal: Physics of Fluids
  • Year: 2024

Friction Reduction Achieved by Ultraviolet Illumination on TiO2 Surface

  • Author: Sang, X., Han, K., Zhu, M., Ma, L.
  • Journal: Materials
  • Year: 2024

A review of recent advances in the effects of surface and interface properties on marine propellers

  • Author: Zhu, M., Ma, L.
  • Journal: Friction
  • Year: 2024

Mrs. Emna BenSaid | Biometrics and Security | Best Researcher Award

Mrs. Emna BenSaid | Biometrics and Security | Best Researcher Award

Emna BenSaid at National School of Engineers of Sfax, Tunisia

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Deep keypoints adversarial attack on face recognition systems

  • Authors: BenSaid, E., Neji, M., Jabberi, M., Alimi, A.M.
  • Journal: Neurocomputing
  • Year: 2025

Facial Dataset Anonymization: Striking the Balance between Privacy and Utility

  • Authors: Bensaid, E., Neji, M., Chabchoub, H., Ouahada, K., Alimi, A.M.
  • Journal: IEEE Access
  • Year: 2024

FaceAnonym: Face Anonymization Model via Latent Space Mapping

  • Authors: Bensaid, E., Neji, M., Alimi, A.M.
  • Journal: Proceedings – 2023 International Conference on Cyberworlds
  • Year: 2023

Natural Face Anonymization via Latent Space Layers Swapping

  • Authors: Bensaid, E., Neji, M., Alimi, A.M.
  • Journal: Proceedings – IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications
  • Year: 2023

Dr. Emer Shannon | Biomedical | Best Researcher Award

Dr. Emer Shannon | Biomedical | Best Researcher Award

Doctorate at APC Microbiome Ireland, Ireland

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In vitro enzyme inhibitory effects of green and brown Australian seaweeds and potential impact on metabolic syndrome

  • Authors: Shannon, E., Conlon, M., Hayes, M.
  • Journal: Journal of Applied Phycology
  • Year: 2023

The Prebiotic Effect of Australian Seaweeds on Commensal Bacteria and Short Chain Fatty Acid Production in a Simulated Gut Model

  • Authors: Shannon, E., Conlon, M., Hayes, M.
  • Journal: Nutrients
  • Year: 2022

Seaweed components as potential modulators of the gut microbiota

  • Authors: Shannon, E., Conlon, M., Hayes, M.
  • Journal: Marine Drugs
  • Year: 2021

Seaweeds as nutraceuticals for health and nutrition

  • Authors: Shannon, E., Abu-Ghannam, N.
  • Journal: Phycologia
  • Year: 2019

Lactic acid fermentation of Arthrospira platensis (spirulina) biomass for probiotic-based products

  • Authors: Niccolai, A., Shannon, E., Abu-Ghannam, N., Rodolfi, L., Tredici, M.R.
  • Journal: Journal of Applied Phycology
  • Year: 2019

Mr. Liang Li | Cross-modal Vision | Excellence in Research

Mr. Liang Li | Cross-Modal Vision | Excellence in Research

Liang Li at Shanghai Dianji University, China

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TVT-Transformer: A Tactile-visual-textual fusion network for object recognition

  • Author: Li, B., Li, L., Wang, H., Wang, B., Qiu, S.
  • Journal: Information Fusion
  • Year: 2025

Grasp with push policy for multi-finger dexterity hand based on deep reinforcement learning

  • Author: Li, B., Qiu, S., Bai, J., Li, L., Wang, X.
  • Journal: Applied Soft Computing
  • Year: 2024

Interactive learning for multi-finger dexterous hand: A model-free hierarchical deep reinforcement learning approach

  • Author: Li, B., Qiu, S., Bai, J., Wang, H., Wang, X.
  • Journal: Knowledge-Based Systems
  • Year: 2024

Object Recognition Using Shape and Texture Tactile Information: A Fusion Network Based on Data Augmentation and Attention Mechanism

  • Author: Wang, B., Li, B., Li, L., Wang, H., Wang, X.
  • Journal: IEEE Transactions on Haptics
  • Year: 2024

Assoc Prof Dr. Qi Jia | Object Detection and Recognition | Best Researcher Award

Publications

Temporal refinement and multi-grained matching for moment retrieval and highlight detection

  • Authors: Zhu, C., Zhang, Y., Jia, Q., Wang, W., Liu, Y.
  • Journal: Multimedia Systems
  • Year: 2025

Bilevel progressive homography estimation via correlative region-focused transformer

  • Authors: Jia, Q., Feng, X., Zhang, W., Pu, N., Sebe, N.
  • Journal: Computer Vision and Image Understanding
  • Year: 2025

PMGNet: Disentanglement and entanglement benefit mutually for compositional zero-shot learning

  • Authors: Liu, Y., Li, J., Zhang, Y., Pu, N., Sebe, N.
  • Journal: Computer Vision and Image Understanding
  • Year: 2024

WBNet: Weakly-supervised salient object detection via scribble and pseudo-background priors

  • Authors: Wang, Y., Wang, R., He, X., Jia, Q., Fan, X.
  • Journal: Pattern Recognition
  • Year: 2024

A rotation robust shape transformer for cartoon character recognition

  • Authors: Jia, Q., Chen, X., Wang, Y., Ling, H., Latecki, L.J.
  • Journal: Visual Computer
  • Year: 2024

Prof. Nita Sukdeo | Emerging Trends and Future Directions | Best Researcher Award

Prof. Nita Sukdeo | Emerging Trends and Future Directions | Best Researcher Award

Professor at University of Johannesburg, South Africa

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The Role of Industry 4.0 in Enhancing Quality in the Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) Industry

  • Author: Makgabo, M.L., Sukdeo, N., Lumbwe, A.K., Mukwakungu, S.C.
  • Journal: Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering
  • Year: 2025

The Effect of Service Delivery Automation (SDA) on the South African Banking Industry

  • Authors: Akilimalissiga, S., Sukdeo, N.I.
  • Journal: South African Journal of Industrial Engineering
  • Year: 2024

Culture-driven Quality Enhancement: Uncovering the Impact of Robotics Integration in the South African Construction Sector

  • Author: Faltein, S.A., Sukdeo, N.I.
  • Journal: Ain Shams Engineering Journal
  • Year: 2024

Silicon Nanoparticles Derived from Waste Rice Husk as Potential Siliconizing Material for Mild Steel

  • Author: Aigbodion, V.S., Ozor, P.A., Sukdeo, N.
  • Journal: Solid State Phenomena
  • Year: 2024

Assoc Prof Dr. Junbing Cheng | Autonomous Systems | Best Researcher Award

Assoc Prof Dr. Junbing Cheng | Autonomous Systems | Best Researcher Award

Junbing Cheng at Taiyuan University of Technology, China

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📝 Summary

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Junbing Cheng specializes in multi-source information fusion, robot positioning, and navigation. He is the Deputy Director of the Shanxi Key Laboratory of Beidou Information Service Technology and an Executive Member of the CCF Internet of Things Committee.

🎓 Education

  • Ph.D. in Electronic Science and Technology
    Taiyuan University of Technology (09/2016–12/2019)
  • B.Sc. in Measurement and Control Technology and Instruments
    Xidian University (09/2003–07/2007)

💼 Professional Experience

  • Deputy Director, Shanxi Key Laboratory of Beidou Information Service Technology
  • Research Lead, Shanxi Province Key Research and Development Project (01/2022–01/2026)

🔬 Research Interests

  • Multi-source information fusion
  • Robot positioning and navigation

Publications

Vision-assisted GNSS/INS high precision positioning method based on adaptive maximum correntropy criterion in urban traffic environment

  • Authors: Cheng, J., Gao, Y., Wang, H., Ma, W., Wu, J.
  • Journal: Measurement: Journal of the International Measurement Confederation
  • Year: 2025

An Adaptive Integrated Positioning Method for Urban Vehicles Based on Multitask Heterogeneous Deep Learning During GNSS Outages

  • Author: Cheng, J., Gao, Y., Wu, J.
  • Journal: IEEE Sensors Journal
  • Year: 2023

Channel compensation multipath mitigation technique for Kalman-Based Least Mean Square based on Kalman estimation

  • Author: Li, D., Wang, X., Zhao, J., Cheng, J.
  • Journal: Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience
  • Year: 2021

Research on BDS fast and precise positioning method in complex environment

  • Author: Cheng, J.
  • Journal: Cehui Xuebao/Acta Geodaetica et Cartographica Sinica
  • Year: 2021

Multipath Mitigation in GNSS Positioning by the Dual-Path Compression Estimation

  • Author: Zhang, P., Li, D., Zhao, J., Cheng, J.
  • Journal: IEEE Sensors Journal
  • Year: 2020