Keynote Speakers
Prof. Quan Yang, University of Science and Technology Beijing
Prof. Yang is the director of the National Engineering Technology Research Center of Advanced Equipment for Plate and Strip Production. He mainly researches nondestructive testing and control technology of industrial production lines, digital twin 3D visualization technology and intelligent unmanned system. The research results have been successfully applied in the running condition monitoring and product quality control of plate and strip rolling mills which has made important contributions to the scientific and technological progress of iron enterprises and non-ferrous metal processing enterprises. He has won one first prize of National Science and Technology Progress, one second prize of National Science and Technology Progress, one first prize of Science and Technology Progress of the Ministry of Education, one first prize and one third prize of Science and Technology Progress of the Ministry of Metallurgical Industry, and was a member of the Discipline Review Group of the Fifth and Sixth Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council (Mechanical Engineering).
Prof. Xiaochen Wang, University of Science and Technology Beijing
Prof. Xiaochen Wang is the director of the Institute of Information Technology, University of Science and Technology Beijing. His research interests include process industry quality measurement and control technology, unmanned and intelligent control technology and equipment, industrial information system construction and big data application. He won the second prize of Hebei Province Science and Technology Progress Award and the third prize of Metallurgical Science and Technology Award of China Iron and Steel Association and China Metal Society
Prof. Baoquan Li ，Tiangong University, China
Baoquan Li received the B.Eng. degree in automation and the Ph.D. degree in control theory and control engineering from Nankai University, Tianjin, China, in 2010 and 2015, respectively. Since 2013 to 2014, he was a joint Ph.D. student with Nanyang Technological University, Sin-gapore, awarded by China Scholarship Council. He is currently a Professor with the Tianjin Key Laboratory of Autonomous Intelligence Technology and Systems, and the School of Control Science and Engineering, Tiangong University, Tianjin. He is a senior member of IEEE. His cur-rent research interests include computer vision, sensor fusion, unmanned aerial vehicle, and non-linear control. He has published over 50 technical papers in journals and conference proceedings, and he is a principal investigator of over 10 granted scientific projects, including National Natural Science Foundation of China, Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin, and Fundamental Research Funds for Universities of Tianjin City. He is a 2nd Level Candidate for Innovative Talent Project Award of Tianjin City, obtains Young Innovative Talent Award within Tianjin City Universities, and obtains Popular Supervisor Award by Tiangong University. He obtains 1st Class Prize of Outstanding Advisor Award for China Robot Competition by Chinese Association of Automation, and obtains Outstanding Advisor Award for China Engineering Robot Competition by Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence.