Prof. Zhishen Cheng

Great Bay University, China

Brief: Professor Julian Cheng is the Dean and Chair Professor of the School of Information Science and Technology at Great Bay University, Dongguan, China. He is a Yangtze River Chair Professor of the Ministry of Education of China, a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, a Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada, a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and an Optica Fellow. He is also Professor Emeritus in the Faculty of Applied Science at The University of British Columbia, Chair Professor in Wireless Systems (2023–2028), recipient of the 2021 Researcher of the Year Award, and served as a Visiting Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Stanford University (2022–2023). 

Over the years, he has made significant and pioneering contributions to the field of wireless communications. He has published over 500 research papers, and his work has been cited more than 18,000 times according to Google Scholar. As a co-inventor of the Angle Difference of Arrival (ADOA) positioning method, his technology has become a core solution in indoor optical wireless positioning. Under his leadership, the UBC team achieved one of the first demonstrations of non-line-of-sight solar-blind ultraviolet signal positioning. 

SpeechTitle: School of Computing Information Technology at GBU：Present and Future

Prof. Jun Cai

Guangdong Polytechnic Normal University, China

Brief: Member of the Party Committee and Vice President of Guangdong Polytechnic Normal University, National-Level High-Level TalentPh.D., Professor (Level 2), doctoral supervisor, Pearl River Scholar (Young), recipient of the Guangdong Provincial May 1st Labor Medal, YoungBackbone Teacher in Guangdong Higher Education Institutions, and head of a national first-class undergraduate program.Awarded theFirst Prize of Guangdong Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award (first author),twice the First Prize of Guangdong Provincial Teaching Achievement Award (first author), the 2021 China Industry-University-ResearchCollaboration Innovation Award (individual), and the Special Prize of Guangdong Provincial Teaching Achievement Award (second author).(Master's supervisor for Network and Information Security, and Science and Technology Education)Serves concurrently as Dean of the Guangdong Provincial Demonstration Industry College for Information Innovation and Cybersecurity,Head of the Innovation Team at Guangdong's Ordinary Higher Education Institutions, Director of the Guangzhou Key Laboratory for Software-DefinedLow-Latency Networks, Director of the Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Center for Future Networks, Director of the Guangdong HigherEducation Institutions Engineering Research Center for Future Networks, Director of the Cai Jun Model Worker and Craftsmanship Talent InnovationStudio under the Guangdong Education, Science, Culture, Health and Sports Trade Union, Chairperson of the Cybersecurity Special Committee of theGuangdong Association for Industry-Education Integration, Chairperson of the Secondary Vocational Education Professional Committee of theGuangdong Computer Society, Chairperson of the Information Innovation Special Committee of the Guangdong Computer Information NetworkSecurity Association, and President of the Southern Institute of Network Information Security.

Speech Title: Exploration and Practice of Training Models for Application-Oriented Talents in Domestic Information Technology in the AI Era

Prof. Weigang  Wu

Sun Yat-sen University, China

Brief: Weigang Wu, Professor at School of Computer Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from Xi’an Jiaotong University in 1998 and 2003, respectively, and his Ph.D. in Computer Science from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2007. He served as Vice Dean of the School of Computer Science from August 2020 to March 2026. His research focuses on distributed computing systems, including AI computing clusters and LLM serving systems. He has published over 100 academic papers in prestigious journals and conferences such as IEEE TPDS, IEEE TIFS, ICSE, FSE, INFOCOM, and DSN. He has been awarded the First Prize of Guangdong Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award (2021), the Second Prize of National Teaching Achievement Award (2022), and the First Prize of Guangdong Provincial Teaching Achievement Award (2025). He also serves as Deputy Secretary-General of Guangdong Computer Society, Vice Chairman of Guangzhou Computer Society, and a member of multiple technical committees of the China Computer Federation.

Speech Title: Fostering Computing‑AI Integrated Innovation Capabilities for Computer‑Discipline Graduate Students

Prof. Yongsheng Ma

Southern University of Science and Technology, China

Brief: Yongsheng Ma is a Tenured Professor and Associate Department Head of the Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering at Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech). A recipient of theNational TalentScholar Award, he returned to China in 2021 from his position as a tenured full professor at the University of Alberta, Canada.Prof. Ma earned his Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Manufacturing and Automation fromTsinghua Universityin 1986. He then obtained both his Master’s(1991)andPh.D. in CAD/CAM（1994）from UMIST (University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology) in the UK andwas a licensed Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) in Alberta, Canada.

Professor Ma has accumulated over three decades of experience in top-tier international research, engineering education and industrial applications. His research focuses on engineering software informatics, smart design and manufacturing, and digital twins. Notably, he pioneered the "Associative Feature" theory in 1999. He has led 50+ research projects worldwide, published over 260 papers, and authored two monographs. Academically active, he serves as an Associate Editor for Advanced Engineering Informatics. He also directs the Zhejiang Tiantai Institute of Intelligent Manufacturing, driving the integration of industry, academia, and research.

Speech Title: The approach of Knowledge-ability training balanced, Industry-research collaborative, and  Proactive undergraduate education at SUSTech

Abstract: As a newly established research university, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) actively explores a engineering teaching model aligned with the needs of our era, striving to develop a competitive and highly effective undergraduate education model. Through extensive reflection and refinement across multiple schools and departments, SUSTech has established a teaching management framework characterized by parallel development of diverse functions, integrated industry–research cultivation, and proactive student learning. This report will elaborate on SUSTech’s educational model, presenting innovative approaches alongside concrete measures for implementation.

Feng Tian

GRGBanking, China

Brief: Dr. Tian Feng is Chief Engineer and Dean of the General Research Institute at GRGBanking Equipment Co., Ltd., and a Professor-Level Senior Engineer in Computer Science. He has more than 20 years of R&D and technology management experience, with extensive expertise in artificial intelligence, big data, and information and communications technology (ICT).

Dr. Tian is a recipient of the National May Day Labor Medal and a registered expert on the expert databases of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China, and the Department of Science and Technology of Guangdong Province.

Since joining GRGBanking, he has led the development of the company’s proprietary and independently controlled AI and big data platform, the aiCore System. He has led or played a key role in more than ten major scientific research projects and filed more than 70 invention patent applications.

Speech Title:AI-Driven Industrial Transformation and the Intelligent Upgrade of Education