KeynoteⅠ: Fully-Actuated System Theory and Applications
Prof. Guang‑Ren Duan
Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, FIEEE, FIET, FCAA and FIFAC
Harbin Institute of Technology, China
Abstract: TBD
Biography: Guang-Ren Duan is Fellow of CAA, IEEE, IFAC and IET, and Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He received his Ph.D. in Control Science and Engineering from Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT), Harbin, P. R. China, in 1989. After a two-year post-doctoral experience at the same university, he became professor of control systems theory at HIT in 1991. He visited the University of Hull, the University of Sheffield, and also the Queen's University of Belfast, UK, from December 1996 to October 2002. He is the author and coauthor of five books and over 600 SCI-indexed publications. His research interests include both linear and nonlinear control, and their applications in spacecraft and robotics. He founded the annual Internatinal Conference on Fully Actuated System Theory and Applications (FASTA) in 2022, with both FASTA 2025 and 2026 already attracted more than a thousand participants. He also founded the TC on Fully Actuated System Approach, IEEE SMC Society, in 2024, and has been general chairs for several international conferences including IFAC ACA 2025 and FASTA 2022-2026, and has been invited to give plenary talks at more than 40 international conferences, including IFAC TDS 2021, IEEE ARM 2020, IEEE ICRA 2021, IEEE IECON 2023, SICE-ICASE 2006, SICE 2014, CCC 2021, and CAC 2024. He is the winner of several awards, including two Chinese National Awards of Natural Sciences and the IEEE Rudolf Chope Award, and was ranked No.1 in the subfield of Industry Engineering and Automation in the Elsevier-Stanford "World's Top 2% Scientists" program by Single Recent Year Scientific Impact (2025).
KeynoteⅡ: Multi-Objective AI Applied to Electronic Engineering
Prof. Gary Yen
FIEEE, FIET, FIAPR
Oklahoma State University, USA / Sichuan University, China
Abstract: TBD
Biography: Gary G. Yen received his Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Notre Dame in 1992. He was a Regents Professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Oklahoma State University. He recently joined Sichuan University, College of Computer Science as a Chair Professor. His research interest includes intelligent control, computational intelligence, evolutionary multiobjective optimization, conditional health monitoring, signal processing and their industrial/defense applications.
Prof Yen serves as Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation (TEVC) from 2027, is currently serving as an Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence and IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, and was an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks, IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics on Computational Intelligence, IEEE Control Systems Magazine, IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (Parts A and B) and IFAC Journal Automatica and Mechatronics. He served as Vice President for the Technical Activities, IEEE Computational Intelligence Society in 2004-2005 and was the founding editor-in-chief of the IEEE Computational Intelligence Magazine, 2006-2009. He was elected to serve as the President of the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society in 2010-2011 and is elected as a Distinguished Lecturer for the term 2012-2014, 2016-2018, 2021-2023, and 2025-2027. He received Regents Distinguished Research Award from OSU in 2009, 2011 Andrew P Sage Best Transactions Paper award from IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Society, 2013 Meritorious Service award from IEEE Computational Intelligence Society and 2014 Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Excellence Teaching award. He is a Fellow of IEEE, IET and IAPR.
Keynote Ⅲ: Iterative Learning Systems and Control
Prof. Eric Rogers
FIEEE, FIET, FIMechE
University of Southampton, UK
Abstract: TBD
Biography: Professor Eric Rogers is a member of research groups including the Vision, Learning and Control group, Centre for Robotics, and CRAFT at University of Southampton. His research focuses heavily on control systems theory, particularly Iterative Learning Control (ILC), repetitive processes, and multidimensional systems theory. He has applied this expertise to healthcare and rehabilitation robotics—such as stroke recovery via functional electrical stimulation and haptic feedback—as well as autonomous systems, satellite formation flying, and fluid flow control. He has 637 publications and has served as Editor-in-Chief for prominent academic journals including the International Journal of Control, and Multidimensional Systems and Signal Processing.
Keynote Ⅳ: Multi‑Agent Systems and Intelligent Decision‑Making for Complex Systems
Prof. Guo‑Ping Liu
MAE, FIEEE, FIET, FCAA
Southern University of Science and Technology, China
Abstract: TBD
Biography: Professor Guo‑Ping Liu is a Chair Professor at the School of Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing, Southern University of Science and Technology. He earned his PhD from the University of Manchester, UK, followed by post‑doctoral research at the University of York. He is a Member of the Academy of Europe, IEEE Fellow, IET Fellow and CAA Fellow, and previously held senior academic positions at multiple British universities, accumulating extensive experience leading national and international research projects funded by UK EPSRC, European Framework Programmes and industrial partners. His core research covers networked control systems, multi‑agent systems, intelligent decision‑making for complex systems, energy‑internet control and industrial internet‑of‑things technologies, with substantial theoretical contributions and practical engineering applications in advanced industrial control. He has received two Second‑Class National Science and Technology Awards in China, the Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship, and has been recognised as a Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher for his scholarly output.
Keynote Ⅴ: Active learning for Intelligent Robots and Autonomous Systems
Prof. Wen-Hua Chen
FIEEE, FIET, FIMechE
Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China
Abstract: TBD
Biography: Professor Wen-Hua CHEN is Head of Department of Aeronautical and Aviation Engineering, and Director of the Research Centre for Low Altitude Economy at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Director of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University - University of Macau Joint research centre for Robotics and Embodied Intelligence. An internationally renowned scholar in control systems and autonomous vehicles and Chair Professor in Robotics and Autonomous Systems, he has made pioneering contributions to nonlinear disturbance observer-based control, model predictive control, and unmanned aerial vehicles for more than two decades, and founded the Loughborough Centre for Autonomous Systems and Control. Prof. Chen has published over 350 papers with more than 29,000 citations, earning recognition among Stanford University's "World's Top 2% Scientists" for his influential work in industrial engineering and automation.