Biography: Research Areas: Motor design; Motor control; System integration optimization; Power electronics modulation.
He has led over 20 research projects, including the National Key R&D Program of China, four National Natural Science Foundation projects (two successfully concluded with excellence), and projects under the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Pioneer Initiative. With extensive experience in linear motor systems research, he has achieved a series of original breakthroughs in steady-state and dynamic equivalent modeling, multi-parameter identification, minimum-loss control, and system-level optimization. These innovations significantly enhanced the energy efficiency of linear motor systems and have been adopted and applied across industries such as urban rail transit, steel smelting, and petroleum extraction.

Prof. Yiming Zhang Fuzhou University, China IEEE Senior Member

Biography: Research Areas: Wireless power transfer technology, power electronics and power conversion technology, new energy power generation, etc. Zhang Yiming, a recipient of the National Overseas Young Talents award, is a Professor and doctoral supervisor at Fuzhou University, a Senior Member of IEEE, and a Standing Committee Member of the Youth Working Committee of the China Power Supply Society. He has been recognized as one of the World's Top 2% Scientists by Elsevier. His main research focuses on wireless power transfer technology and power electronics power conversion technology. He has published one English monograph as the sole author with Springer. He has authored over 100 papers, including 37 SCI-indexed papers as first/corresponding author, with a total citation count of 3,564, an H-index of 33, and 2 ESI Highly Cited Papers. He has received multiple outstanding conference paper awards at prestigious international conferences including ECCE, EVS, EVCP, and CIEEC. He has led research projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Overseas Young Talents Project and Young Scientists Project), the Fujian Provincial Outstanding Youth Science Foundation, the Fuzhou Municipal Science and Technology Bureau International Cooperation Project, and the Ministry of Education Industry-Academia Collaboration Program.

Assoc. Prof. Chao Shang Tsinghua University, China IEEE Member

Biography: Shang Chao is a Tenured Associate Professor and Doctoral Supervisor in the Department of Automation at Tsinghua University, where he currently serves as the Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of the Department. His primary research areas include Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), Cooperative Vehicle Infrastructure Systems (CVIS), and Connected and Automated Vehicles (CAV), with a specific focus on traffic flow theory modeling and optimal control, collaborative perception and decision-making for connected transportation systems, and mixed traffic flow simulation and management. He has achieved prolific research outcomes in these fields, leading or playing a core role in several major research projects such as the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Key Program and projects under the National Key R&D Program of China. He has published extensively in prestigious journals and conferences. His honors include the First Prize of the Science and Technology Award from the China Intelligent Transportation Systems Association and the Second Prize of the Beijing Higher Education Teaching Achievement Award. He also serves as an Associate Editor for several leading international journals in the transportation field.

Prof. Xiangyu Wang Southeast University, China IEEE Senior Member

Biography: Wang Xiangyu, a native of Fengxian, Jiangsu Province, is a Young Chief Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at Southeast University, and has been recognized as a National Young Talent. His primary research focuses on nonsmooth control, disturbance rejection control, and their applications in multi-agent systems, aircraft systems, and power electronic systems. He has led or participated in multiple national and provincial-level research projects, including those funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China. He has published over 20 papers in top-tier journals such as Automatica and IEEE Transactions, and holds 19 authorized invention patents (first inventor on 10). He has also authored one monograph. His accolades include the First Prize of the Natural Science Award from the Ministry of Education and the Gold Medal at the Geneva International Exhibition of Inventions. He has been named to Stanford University's World's Top 2% Scientists list. He serves in significant academic roles such as Secretary-General of the Jiangsu Association of Automation and as an Associate Editor for international journals.

Prof. Zehui Mao Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China IEEE Senior Member

Biography: Mao Zehui, born in May 1981, is a Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (NUAA), and a recipient of the National Science Fund for Excellent Young Scholars. She holds a Ph.D. in Engineering from NUAA and conducted postdoctoral research at Tsinghua University followed by a visiting scholar appointment at the University of Virginia, USA. Her research focuses on fault diagnosis and fault-tolerant control with applications in flight control systems and high-speed rail traction systems. She has led over 12 research projects including the National Natural Science Foundation for Excellent Young Scholars, General Programs, a key project under the National AI Major Project ("Scientific Innovation 2030"), and the Aeronautical Science Foundation. Professor Mao has published more than 60 papers and holds 10+ patents. Her notable honors include the National Natural Science Award (Second Class, fourth recipient), the Natural Science Award (First Class) from the Ministry of Education (fourth recipient), the Jiangsu Provincial Science and Technology Award (Natural Science, First Class, third recipient), and the Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award of Jiangsu Province. She was named an Outstanding Young Backbone Teacher in Jiangsu's "Qinglan Project" and serves as a committee member of the Technical Committee on Fault Diagnosis and Safety for Technical Processes (Chinese Association of Automation), a committee member of the Technical Committee on Data Driven Control, Learning and Optimization (Chinese Association of Automation), and a council member of the Jiangsu Association of Automation.