Yaochu Jin is presently a Chair Professor for AI with the School of Engineering, Westlake University, Hangzhou, China, the Head of the Artificial Intelligence Department and the Founding Director of the Trustworthy and General AI Laboratory. He was an Alexander von Humboldt Professor for AI with the Faculty of Technology, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany, and a Surrey Distinguished Chair of Computational Intelligence with the Department of Computer Science, University of Surrey, Guildford, U.K. He was a Finland Distinguished Professor in Finland and a Changjiang Distinguished Visiting Professor in China. His main research interests include data-driven evolutionary optimization, trustworthy machine learning, multiobjective evolutionary learning, and evolutionary developmental systems.
He was named a “Highly Cited Researcher” for 2019–2025 by Clarivate Analytics. He is currently the President of the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society and the Editor-in-Chief of Complex & Intelligent Systems. He is a member of Academia Europaea.
Wei Wei is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Applied Sciences at Macao Polytechnic University and serves as Coordinator of the PhD in Educational Technology and Innovation. He obtained his PhD from School of Education, University of Leeds, UK. His research interests include learning-oriented assessment and computer-assisted teaching and learning.
Dr. Wei has authored more than 40 research articles published in internationally recognized journals, such as Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, BMC Medical Education, Computer Assisted Language Learning, Educational Technology & Society, Interactive Learning Environments, RELC Journal, System, Teachers and Teaching, Teaching in Higher Education, and Technology, Pedagogy and Education. He has led multiple funded research projects supported by organizations in the UK, Vietnam, and Macao.
Zhuo Zou is with Fudan University Shanghai as a Full Professor, where he is conducting research on intelligent chips and systems for AIoT. Prior to joining Fudan, he was the assistant director and a project leader at VINN iPack Excellence Center, KTH, Sweden. His current research interests include low-power circuits, energy-efficient SoC, neuromorphic computing, and their applications in AIoT and autonomous systems. Dr. Zou has also been an adjunct professor and docent at the University of Turku, Finland.
His research focuses on Chips and Systems for AIoT, Energy-Efficient Processing and Application-Specific Processor Design, Embedded and Distributed Intelligence Systems, Brain-Inspired Computing and Neuromorphic System. He is vice chairman of IFIP WG-8.12 and a senior member of IEEE.
Zhiwu Li received the B.S. degree in electronic equipment structure, the M.S. degree in mechatronic engineering, and the Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering from Xidian University, Xi'an, China, in 1989, 1992, and 1995, respectively. He held visiting professor positions at the University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; Technion (Israel Institute of Technology), Haifa, Israel; Martin-Luther University at Halle (supported by Alexander von Humboldt Foundation), Halle, Germany; University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy; Politecnico di Bari, Bari, Italy; Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (Cnam, supported by the program of Research in Paris), Paris, France; King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; and Meliksah University, Talas, Türkiye.
He has published three monographs in Springer (2009; 2023) and CRC Press (2013). His research was cited by leading business giants including IBM, HP, ABB, Volvo, GE, GM, Mitsubishi, Ford Car, and Huawei. His current research interests include Petri net theory and applications, supervisory control of discrete event systems, and production automation. Dr. Li was selected as Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researchers in the category of Engineering from 2014–2018.
