Keynote Speakers of 2018 Conference
Prof. Ce Zhu, IEEE and IET Felllow, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Ce Zhu is currently a Professor with the School of Electronic Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China. His research interests include image/video coding, streaming and processing, 3D video, visual perception and applications. He has served on the editorial boards of a few journals, including as an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, and IEEE Signal Processing Letters. He has served on technical committees, organizing committees and as track/area/session chairs for over 60 international conferences, including serving as a Technical Program Co-Chair of IEEE ICME 2017. He is a Fellow of IEEE and a Fellow of IET.
For more information, please visit his homepage at http://www.avc2-lab.net/~eczhu.
Prof. Yao Liang, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, USA
Yao Liang received his B.S. degree in
Computer Engineering and M.S. degree in Computer Science
from Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China. He received
his Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from Clemson
University, Clemson, USA, in 1997.
He is currently a Professor in the Department of Computer
and Information Science, Purdue University School of
Science, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis
(IUPUI), USA. His research interests include wireless sensor
networks, Internet of Things, cyberinfrastructure,
multimedia networking, adaptive network control and
management, machine learning, neural networks, data mining,
data fusion, data management and integration, and
distributed systems. His research projects have been funded
by NSF. Prior to joining IUPUI, he was on the faculty of
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at
Virginia Tech, USA. He also had extensive industrial R&D
experiences as a Technical Staff Member in Alcatel USA. Dr.
Liang has published numerous papers on various prestigious
journals and international conferences, and received two US
patents. He has served regularly on Program Committees for
various major international conferences, and served as a
reviewer for numerous prestigious journals. Dr. Liang has
given invited talks and lectures at various universities in
US, Europe and China. He is a Senior Member of IEEE, and a
Member of ACM.
Prof. Yan Yang, Southwest Jiaotong University, China
Dr. Yan Yang is currently Professor and
vice dean of Information Science and Technology, Southwest
Jiaotong University. She worked as a visiting scholar at the
Center of Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (CPAMI)
in Waterloo University of Canada for one and half year. Her
research interests include artificial intelligence, big data
analysis and mining, ensemble learning, cloud computing and
service. Prof. Yang has participated in more than 10
high-Yao Liang received his B.S. degree in Computer
Engineering and M.S. degree in Computer Science from Xi’an
Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China. He received his Ph.D.
degree in Computer Science from Clemson University, Clemson,
USA, in 1997.
He is currently a Professor in the Department of Computer
and Information Science, Purdue University School of
Science, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis
(IUPUI), USA. His research interests include wireless sensor
networks, Internet of Things, cyberinfrastructure,
multimedia networking, adaptive network control and
management, machine learning, neural networks, data mining,
data fusion, data management and integration, and
distributed systems. His research projects have been funded
by NSF. Prior to joining IUPUI, he was on the faculty of
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at
Virginia Tech, USA. He also had extensive industrial R&D
experiences as a Technical Staff Member in Alcatel USA. Dr.
Liang has published numerous papers on various prestigious
journals and international conferences, and received two US
patents. He has served regularly on Program Committees for
various major international conferences, and served as a
reviewer for numerous prestigious journals. Dr. Liang has
given invited talks and lectures at various universities in
US, Europe and China. He is a Senior Member of IEEE, and a
Member of ACM.level projects recently. And have taken charge
of two programs supported by the National Natural Science
Foundation of China (NSFC), one NSFC International
(Regional) Cooperation and Exchanges program, one Project of
National Science and Technology Support Program, and one
Supporting Program for Science and Technology of Sichuan
Province. She has authored and co-authored over 150 papers
in journals and international conference proceedings, 1
special issue of international journal, 1 proceeding and 2
books. She also serves as the Vice Chair of ACM Chengdu
Chapter, Member of IEEE, Senior Member of CCF and CAAI,
Member of CCF Education Work, Artificial Intelligence and
Pattern Recognition, Theoretical Computer Science Committee,
Member of CAAI Machine Learning, Rough Set and Soft
Computing Committee, Deputy Secretary General of Sichuan
Province Computer Society and Vice Chair of Big Data
Industry University Research Council of Sichuan Institute of
Electronics.