 | Prof. Shaopeng ZhongDalian University of TechnologyShort Bio: Shaopeng Zhong, is currently a professor and doctoral supervisor at the School of Management of Dalian University of Technology, and the deputy director of the Smart Transportation Research Institute. As an outstanding scientific and technological innovation talent of the China Intelligent Transportation Association, he focuses on areas such as transportation planning and management, intelligent transportation, and vehicle route optimization. Professor Zhong obtained his doctoral degree from Southeast University in 2010 and has conducted academic exchanges at the University of North Carolina in the United States and the Technical University of Denmark. He has published over 30 papers in authoritative journals, among which 14 are indexed by SCI, 15 by SSCI, and 26 by EI. As the first author, he has published 7 papers in top journals recognized by Dalian University of Technology (5 JCR Q1 papers), including 2 TOP 1 journals. He has published 3 academic monographs and obtained multiple patents from both the United States and China. Professor Zhong has participated in several national-level research projects and received several academic awards, such as the nomination for the Qian Xuesen Urban Science Award. He also serves as a referee and editor for several international journals and is dedicated to promoting intelligent transportation and sustainable urban development. Keynote's Title: |
 | Prof. Meng YangXi'an Jiaotong UniversityShort Bio: Yang Meng, Ph.D. in Engineering, is a Category A Distinguished Professor of the Young Top-notch Talent Program at Xi’an Jiaotong University and has been selected for the National Young Talent Program. His research interests lie in machine vision and intelligent systems. He has published over 60 papers as the first or corresponding author in prestigious journals and conferences in the fields of artificial intelligence and robotics, including TPAMI, IJCV, TIP, CVPR, ICCV, and AAAI. He has led more than 10 major research projects, including those funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the National Key Research and Development Program, the National Science and Technology Major Project, and the Guangdong Provincial Key Research and Development Program (as project/topic/subtopic leader). As a key member, he has received several important awards, including the First Prize of National Teaching Achievement Award, the Special Prize of Shaanxi Provincial Teaching Achievement Award, the Science Popularization Award of the Chinese Association of Automation, the National Bronze Award of the China International "Internet+" College Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition, and the Shaanxi Provincial Gold Award. Keynote's Title: |
 | Prof. Yuxiong JiTongji UniversityShort Bio: Yuxiong Ji received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in transport engineering from Tongji University in 2001 and 2004, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in civil engineering from The Ohio State University, USA, in 2011.,He is currently a Professor with the College of Transportation Engineering, Tongji University. His research interests include cooperative vehicle-infrastructure systems, data mining, smart transit, and traffic operation and control. Keynote's Title: |
 | Assoc. Prof. Shuo FengTsinghua UniversityShort Bio: Shuo Feng (Member, IEEE) received the bachelor’s and Ph.D. degrees from the Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, China, in 2014 and 2019, respectively. He was a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow with the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and also an Assistant Research Scientist with the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He is currently an Associate Professor with the Department of Automation, Tsinghua University. His research interests include the development and validation of safety-critical machine learning, particularly for connected and automated vehicles. He was a recipient of the Best Ph.D. Dissertation Award from the IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society in 2020 and the ITS Best Paper Award from the INFORMS TSL society in 2021. He is an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles and an Academic Editor of the Automotive Innovation. Keynote's Title: |