| Prof. Lu LengNanchang Hangkong University, China Prof. Leng Lu holds a Ph.D. from Southwest Jiaotong University, and completed postdoctoral research at Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics and Yonsei University (South Korea). She was also a visiting scholar at West Virginia University (USA) and Yonsei University (South Korea). Currently, she serves as a Professor at the School of Software, Nanchang Hangkong University, Director of the Computer Vision Research Institute, and Office Director of the Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Image Processing and Pattern Recognition. Professor Leng Lu has published over 100 international journal and conference papers, including more than 70 SCI-indexed papers and 3 highly cited papers. She has led multiple research projects, including six National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) grants, and has served as a reviewer for over 100 international journals and conferences. Her research areas include computer vision, biometric template protection, biometric recognition, medical image processing, and information hiding. |
| Assoc. Prof. Hengrong JuNantong University, China Prof.Hengrong Ju graduated from Nanjing University in 2019. In 2018, he was sponsored by the China Scholarship Council to pursue a joint Ph.D. training program at the University of Alberta in Canada. He currently serves as the Associate Dean of the School of Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science at Nantong University. He has been recognized as an Outstanding Young Backbone Teacher in the Jiangsu Province “Qinglan Project” and awarded the title of “Double-Innovation Doctor” in Jiangsu Province. His research primarily focuses on uncertain artificial intelligence, big data mining, graph convolutional networks, granular computing, and knowledge discovery. He has led several research projects, including those funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the General Program of Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, and the Basic Research Program of Nantong Science and Technology Bureau. He has also participated in multiple projects such as the General Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions. In recent years, he has published over 30 papers as the first author in prominent international and domestic journals, including IEEE TFS, IEEE TETCI, KBS, ASOC, INS, IJAR, and Systems Engineering – Theory & Practice. Additionally, he holds three authorized national invention patents as the first inventor. He has supervised undergraduate students in publishing multiple academic papers and guided three National College Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program projects. |