Prof. Xiaodong Liu has been very active in the research in AI-driven software engineering, focusing on pervasive systems (Internet of Things), service-oriented architecture, evolution of cloud services, and intelligence-driven smart systems. He has won 12 external grants and successfully led or leading these externally funded projects with the role of principal investigator. Currently Prof. Liu leads the Intelligence-Driven Software Engineering Research Group. He is the founder a spin out company, FlexiCAGE Ltd. He has published 170 papers in refereed international journals and conferences and 5 book chapters. He is the inventor of 1 patent in Generative Component Adaptation registered in UK, USA and at International Level (PCT). He has been the chair, co-chair or PC member of a number of IEEE and IASTED International Conferences. He is the associate editor of 2 international journals and the editorial board member of 3 international journals. He is the chief editor of 3 IGI Global Research Handbooks. He is the regular reviewer of other 6 international journals. He is a senior member of IEEE Computer Society, and a member of British Computer Society.

Dr. Huiyu Zhou received a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Radio Technology from Huazhong University of Science and Technology of China, and a Master of Science degree in Biomedical Engineering from University of Dundee of United Kingdom, respectively. He was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Computer Vision from Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom. Dr. Zhou currently is a full Professor at School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, University of Leicester, United Kingdom. He has published over 450 peer-reviewed papers in the field. He was the recipient of "CVIU 2012 Most Cited Paper Award", “MIUA 2020 Best Paper Award”, “ICPRAM 2016 Best Paper Award” and was nominated for “ICPRAM 2017 Best Student Paper Award” and "MBEC 2006 Nightingale Prize". His research work has been or is being supported by UK EPSRC, ESRC, AHRC, MRC, EU, Royal Society, Leverhulme Trust, Invest NI, Puffin Trust, Alzheimer’s Research UK, Invest NI and industry.

Simon X. Yang (Senior Member, IEEE) received the B.Sc. degree in engineering physics from Beijing University, Beijing, China, in 1987, the M.Sc. degree in biophysics from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, in 1990, the M.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA, in 1996, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, in 1999.,He is currently a Professor and the Head of the Advanced Robotics and Intelligent Systems Laboratory, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada. He has been very active in professional activities. His research interests include robotics, intelligent systems, sensors and multisensor fusion, wireless sensor networks, control systems, machine learning, fuzzy systems, and computational neuroscience.

Hamid Reza Karimi is Professor of Applied Mechanics with the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Politecnico   di   Milano,  Milan, Italy. Karimi’s original research and development achievements span a broad spectrum within the topic of automation/control systems, and intelligence systems with applications to complex systems such as wind turbines, vehicles, robotics and mechatronics. Prof. Karimi is an ordinary Member of Academia Europa (MAE), Honorary Academic Member of National Academy of Sciences of Bolivia, Distinguished Fellow of the International Institute of Acoustics and Vibration (IIAV), Fellow of The International Society for Condition Monitoring (ISCM), Fellow of the Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association (AAIA), Member of Agder Academy of Science and Letters and also a member of the IFAC Technical Committee on Mechatronic Systems, the IFAC Technical Committee on Robust Control, the IFAC Technical Committee on Automotive Control as well as member of the board of Directors of The International Institute of Acoustics and Vibration (IIAV). Prof. Karimi is the recipient of the 2021 BINDT CM Innovation Award, the Web of Science Highly Cited Researcher in Engineering, the 2020 IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems Guillemin-Cauer Best Paper Award, August-Wilhelm-Scheer Visiting Professorship Award, JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) Research Award, and Alexander-von-Humboldt-Stiftung research Award, for instance. Prof. Karimi is currently the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Cyber-Physical Systems, Subject Editor, Technical Editor or Associate Editor for  some international  journals and Book Series Editor for Springer, CRC Press and Elsevier. He has also participated as General Chair, keynote/plenary speaker, distinguished speaker or program chair for several international conferences in the areas of Control Systems, Robotics and Mechatronics.

Dr. Dimitrios A. Karras received the Diploma and M.Sc. degrees in electrical and electronic engineering and the Ph.D. degree (with honors) in electrical engineering from the National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece, in 1985 and 1995, respectively. Currently, Dr. Dimitrios A. Karras is a professor in Data and AI Science, Digital and autonomous Intelligent Systems with the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece, as well as adjunct Prof. Dr. with the GLA University, Mathura, India and EPOKA & CIT universities, Computer Engineering, Tirana. He has served in universities and research institutes for more than 25 years and published more than 75 refereed journal papers and more than 185 research papers in International refereed Conferences in the fields of intelligent and distributed/multi-agent systems, pattern recognition, image/signal processing and neural networks. He has served as program/general chair at several international conferences and, moreover as editor at several international journals in the fields of signal, image, communication and automation systems. He has been cited in more than 2500 research papers, being in the highest 10% of worldwide researchers.

Dr Jun Liu (Senior Member, IEEE) received BSc. and MSc. degrees in Applied Mathematics, and PhD. degree in Information Engineering from Southwest Jiaotong University, China, in 1993, 1996, and 1999, respectively. He is currently a Reader in Computer Science, Director of Artificial Intelligence Research Center (AIRC) at School of Computing, Ulster University, Northern Ireland, UK. He worked in the field of AI for many years. He has authored or co-authored over 270 peer-reviewed publications in the field. He is the current Chair of IEEE CIS Emergent Technologies Technical Committee (ETTC), also the past Chair of IEEE System, Man and Cybernetics (SMC) Ireland Chapter (SMC28). He serves as an Associated Editor of IEEE Transaction on Fuzzy Systems, Knowledge-Based Systems, Human-Centric Computing and Information Sciences, and International Journal of Computational Intelligence Systems; also an Editor of Information Fusion, Journal of Universal Computer Science, and International Journal of Knowledge and Systems Science. He serves as chairs or co-chairs and program committees of a number of international conferences and workshops.

Dr. Siddhartha Bhattacharyya (Senior Member, IEEE) completed PhD in Computer Science and Engineering from Jadavpur University, India in 2008. He has been appointed as the ACM Distinguished Speaker for the tenure 2018-2020. He is a co-author of 5 books and the co-editor of 54 books and has more than 280 research publications in international journals and conference proceedings to his credit. He is the Associate Editor of several reputed journals including Applied Soft Computing, IEEE Access, Evolutionary Intelligence and IET Quantum Communications. He is the editor of International Journal of Pattern Recognition Research and the founding Editor in Chief of International Journal of Hybrid Intelligence, Inderscience. Dr. Bhattacharyya is a life fellow of Optical Society of India (OSI), India, life fellow of International Society of Research and Development (ISRD), UK, a fellow of Institute of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE), India and a fellow of Institution of Engineers (IEI), India. He is also a senior member of International Institute of Engineering and Technology (IETI), Hong Kong and Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), USA. He is a life member of Cryptology Research Society of India (CRSI), Computer Society of India (CSI), Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), Indian Unit for Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence (IUPRAI). He is a member of Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), UK, International Rough Set Society, International Association for Engineers (IAENG), Hong Kong, Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA), USA, International Association of Academicians, Scholars, Scientists and Engineers (IAASSE), USA, The International Society of Service Innovation Professionals (ISSIP) and The Society of Digital Information and Wireless Communications (SDIWC). He is also a certified Chartered Engineer of Institution of Engineers (IEI), India.

Aron Tanos graduated from Eötvös Loránd University of Sciences – Budapest, HU in 2001. From 2002 to 2006, he worked as a software developer for a number of companies. After being a software developer, then a Scrum Master, He is now working in robotics. he build and program robots, manage robotics projects, purchase and sell complex sensors and other parts, present on various conferences. In 2016 he and  his collaborators turned into the Hungarian Robot Builders' Association. They purchased parts in bulk quantities, held robot building courses for children and adults, and participated in many events popularizing STEM.

Md Abdus Samad Kamal received the B.Sc. Engineering degree from Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (KUET), Bangladesh, in 1997 and the Master and Ph.D. degrees from Kyushu University, Japan, in 2003 and 2006, respectively. He was a Lecturer with KUET from 1997 to 2000, a Researcher with Kyushu University in 2006, and 2008 to 2011, an Assistant Professor with International Islamic University Malaysia, Malaysia from 2006 to 2008, a Researcher with The University of Tokyo, Japan from 2011 to 2014. He worked as a Visiting Researcher with Toyota Central R \& D Labs., Inc., Japan, from 2014 to 2016. He was a Senior Lecturer in the School of Engineering, Monash University Malaysia from 2016 to 2019. Currently, he is an Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Science and Technology, Gunma University, Japan. His research interests include intelligent transportation systems, connected and automated vehicles, and the applications of machine learning and model predictive control. Dr. Kamal is a member of the Society of Instrument and Control Engineers (SICE), a Senior Member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and a Chartered Engineer of Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET).