Keynote Speakers-WCMEIM 2024

Prof. Mingcong Deng, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan

Fellow of IEEE/AAIA, Fellow of The Engineering Academy of Japan

Prof. Mingcong Deng received his PhD in Systems Science from Kumamoto University, Japan, in 1997. From 1997.04 to 2010.09, he was with Kumamoto University; University of Exeter, UK; NTT Communication Science Laboratories; Okayama University. From 2010.10, he has been with Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan, as a professor. Now he is the head of Department of EE. Prof. Deng has over 550 publications including 210 journal papers in peer reviewed journals including IEEE Transactions, IEEE Press and other top tier outlets. He serves as a chief editor for 2 international journals, and associate editors of 6 international journals. Prof. Deng is a co-chair of agricultural robotics and automation technical committee, IEEE Robotics and Automation Society; Also a chair of the environmental sensing, networking, and decision making technical committee, IEEE SMC Society. He was the recipient of 2014 & 2019 Meritorious Services Award of IEEE SMC Society, 2020 IEEE RAS Most Active Technical Committee Award (IEEE RAS Society) and 2024 IEEE Most Active SMC Technical Committee Award (IEEE RAS Society). He is a fellow of The Engineering Academy of Japan, and a fellow of IEEE, AAIA.

Prof. Youfu Li, City University of Hong Kong, China

Fellow of IEEE

You-Fu Li received the PhD degree in robotics from the Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford in 1993. From 1993 to 1995 he was a research staff in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, UK. He joined City University of Hong Kong in 1995 and is currently professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. His research interests include robot sensing, robot vision, and visual tracking. In these areas, he has published over 400 papers including over 180 SCI listed journal papers. Dr Li has received many awards in robot sensing and vision including IEEE Sensors Journal Best Paper Award by IEEE Sensors Council, Second Prize of Natural Science Research Award by the Ministry of Education, China. He has served as an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering (T-ASE), Associate Editor and Guest Editor for IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine (RAM), and Editor for CEB, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). He is a fellow of IEEE.

Prof. Guryev Alexey, Altai State Technical University, Russia

Guryev Alexey, Male, born in June 1960, Russian nationality, doctor of Science and Technology of Altai National Engineering University, Russia, currently a professor and doctoral supervisor of Altai National Technical University, Russia, academician of Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, selected expert of China's major talent project. He served as the vice president of the Russian Casting Society, vice president of the Russian School of Metal Materials Science and Engineering and Heat Treatment Society, and standing director of the Society of The European College of Metal Materials Science and Engineering. Mainly engaged in the research of advanced design and manufacturing of key parts of textile and light industry machinery. In 2016, it won the "chime Bell Award" of Hubei Provincial Government,in 2017, he was warmly received by Premier Li Keqiang in Beijing and won the Chinese Government Friendship Award in 2022.

Prof. Undrakh Mishigdorzhiyn, Institute of Physical Materials Science of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Siberian Branch, Russia

Undrakh Mishigdorzhiyn, Male, born on April 5th 1984 in Ulan-Ude,Head of the Laboratory of Physical Materials Science, Institute of Physical Materials Science of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Siberian Branch; Major in Materials Science, Surface Engineering, Thermal-chemical treatment, Boriding, Boroaluminizing, Electron beam alloying, Fe-Me-B coatings and layers, Surface layer quality, Residual stresses, Die steels, Hemp composites.