Speakers

Keynote Speaker I

Prof. Zuqing Zhu
IEEE Fellow
The University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), China

Keynote Lecture: TBD

Abstract: TBD

Biography: Zuqing Zhu is a Full Professor at the School of Information Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC). Since Jan. 2011, he has been leading the Intelligent Networking system & Future InterNet InfrasTructurE (INFINITE) Lab in USTC. Dr. Zhu is currently the Chair of the Technical Committee on Optical Networking (ONTC) of the IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc). He has been the Lead Series Editor of the Optical Communications and Networks Series in IEEE Communications Magazine, and is currently on the editorial boards of IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, Optics Express, IEEE Transactions on Communications, IEEE Communications Magazine, Optical Switching and Networking (Elsevier), etc. Dr. Zhu is the Steering Committee Chair of the IEEE International Conference on High Performance Switching and Routing (HPSR), and has been a Member-at-Large of the GLOBECOM/ICC Technical Content (GITC) Committee and an IEEE ComSoc Distinguished Lecturer (2018-2021). He has published more than 360 papers in referred journals and conferences of IEEE and Optica. His h-index is 58 (from Google Scholar, 06/2024), his Google Scholar Profile is here, and his ResearchGate Profile can be found here. He has received the 2023 Distinguished Technical Achievement Award from the Communications Switching and Routing Technical Committee (CSR-TC) of ComSoc, and the 2023 Malathi Veeraraghavan Service Award from the Optical Networking Technical Committee (ONTC) of ComSoc. Dr. Zhu is a Fellow of IEEE, a Fellow of the Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association (AAIA), and a Senior Member of Optica (formerly OSA). <Learn More>

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Keynote Speaker II

Prof. Peter Chong
Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand

Keynote Lecture: TBD

Abstract: TBD

Biography: Professor Peter Han Joo Chong is the Associate Head of School (Research) at the School of Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand. Between 2016 and 2021, he was the Head of Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at AUT. He received the B.Eng. (with distinction) in Electrical Engineering from the Technical University of Nova Scotia, Canada, in 1993, and the M.A.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of British Columbia, Canada, in 1996 and 2000, respectively. He has visited Tohoku University, Japan, as a Visiting Scientist in 2010 and Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), Hong Kong, between 2011 and 2012. He is currently an Adjunct Professor at the Department of Information Engineering, CUHK. He is an Honorary Professor at Amity University, India. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (FIET), UK. Prof. Chong is listed in the World's Top 2% Scientists published by Stanford University in 2022. Prof. Chong received the Research Excellence Award from the Faculty of Design and Creative Technologies in 2023. <Learn More>

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