1) Intelligent vehicles and autonomous driving

Professor Zhenfei (James) Zhan, Chongqing Jiaotong University

Dr. Zhenfei (James) Zhan is a Professor at School of Mechatronics and Vehicle Engineering, Chongqing Jiaotong University, and a Deputy Director of the Economic Information Commission at Fuling, Chongqing. He worked as a Data scientist and research engineer at Ford Motor Company (Michigan, USA), and a Research Professor at Chongqing University. His current research involves issues such as Smart mobility, automotive safety, new energy vehicle virtual design and big data analytic and so on. He is the principal investigator of over 30 research projects including National Natural Science Foundation of China and Ford global alliance project. He has authored over 100 SCI/EI indexed research articles in the cross-disciplinary fields of automotive industry, mechanical engineering, applied statistics, and data analytics. Dr. Zhan also serves as Associate secretory of Chongqing Chamber of Commerce for Automotive Industry, Committee member of several ISO, ASME, SAE tehnical committees. He was granted the China Automotive Industry Scientific Innovation Grand Award 1st Price and Chongqing Scientific Innovation Grand Award 2nd Price for his contributions on Automotive Active & Passive Safety research.

 

2) Intelligent Cognitive and Operation and Maintenance Large Model

Professor Minghang Zhao, Harbin Institute of Technology, Weihai

Minghang Zhao, Associate Professor and Doctoral Advisor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Harbin Institute of Technology, Weihai, focuses on research in the areas of intelligent performance monitoring of high-end equipment, industrial big data analysis and mining, artificial intelligence, and deep learning. He earned his Bachelor's and Doctoral degrees from Chongqing University in 2013 and 2018, and was previously a visiting student at the University of Maryland, College Park, from 2016 to 2017. He has presided over several projects, including the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) General Program and Young Scientists Fund, sub-projects of the National Key Research and Development Program, the Shandong Provincial Natural Science Foundation for Young Scholars, and various corporate projects. He has published over 40 SCI papers in international journals such as IEEE TII, IEEE TIE, MSSP, RESS, ESWA, and IEEE TIM, with over 20 papers as the first/corresponding author. Among these, over 10 papers are published in Top journals of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Zone 1, with 4 highly cited papers. His publications have been cited over 3,600 times in total, with a single paper receiving over 1,300 citations.

 

3) Intelligent fault diagnosis for equipment

Professor Weiguo Huang, Soochow University

Weiguo Huang is the Vice Dean of the School of Rail Transportation at Soochow University, Young and Middle-aged Academic Leader under Jiangsu Province’s “Qinglan Project”, Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, the World's Top 2% Scientist. He Received both the B.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Science and Technology of China, and was a Visiting Scholar at New York University. He is the Member of the Rotor dynamics and Dynamic Signal Analysis committees of the Chinese Society for Vibration Engineering. He has presided three projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and more than ten provincial, municipal, and industry-funded research projects. His honors include: Second Prize of Natural Science Award from the Ministry of Education; Second Prize of the Science and Technology Progress Award from the China Instrument and Control Society, Second Prize of the Science and Technology Award from the Chinese Society for Vibration Engineering, Second Prize of the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Award from the China Association of Inventions, Silver Medal at the International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva. As first or corresponding author, he has published over 70 SCI/EI-indexed academic papers, including 3 ESI Highly Cited Papers. His work has been cited over 3,800 times on Google Scholar, with an h-index of 31 and an i10-index of 78.

 

4) Equipment life assessment and prediction

Associate Professor Haidong Shao, Hunan University
Haidong Shao (Senior Member, IEEE) received the B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering and Automation and the Ph.D. degree in Vehicle Operation Engineering from Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, China, in 2013 and 2018, respectively. He is currently an Associate Professor in the College of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering at Hunan University, Changsha, China. From 2019 to 2021, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow with the Division of Operation and Maintenance Engineering, Lulea University of Technology, Lulea, Sweden. His current research interests include prognostics and health management, intelligent diagnosis and maintenance, multi-source information fusion, and industrial internet.

He won the Highly Cited Researchers (Clarivate Analytics), Highly Cited Chinese Researchers (Elsevier), and World’s Top 2% Scientists (Stanford University). He has served as the Associate Editors of IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Structural Health Monitoring, IEEE Sensors Journal, Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation, and Journal of Vibration and Control.

 

5) Reliability of complex system

Associate Professor Jie Liu，Beihang University

Jie Liu, Associate Professor and Doctoral Supervisor, is currently working at the School of Reliability and Systems Engineering, Beihang University. He obtained his doctoral degree from the Université Paris - Saclay in 2015. His main research directions include reliable condition monitoring, fault diagnosis, life prediction, and health management of complex systems. He has published more than 50 SCI - indexed papers in related fields. From 2022 to 2024, he was continuously listed in the annual list of the top 2% of scientists.Currently, he serves as an editorial board member of the SCI-indexed journal Journal of Risk and Reliability, and a guest editor of Reliability Engineering & System Safety.

Assistant Professor Jialin Li, Chongqing Jiaotong University

Jialin Li received the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Northeastern University, Shenyang, in 2017 and 2021, respectively. He currently works at the School of Mechatronics and Vehicle Engineering, Chongqing Jiaotong University, Chongqing, China. His current research interests include data-driven methods to fault diagnosis, pattern recognition, deep learning, remaining useful life estimation, and their application to critical components of mechanical equipment.

 

6) Intelligent sensing and information fusion

Professor Wenyi Liu, Jiangsu Normal University

Wenyi Liu is a professor of mechanical and electrical engineering at Jiangsu Normal University, holds a doctoral degree in engineering from Chongqing University, and is a visiting scholar at Case Western Reserve University. He was selected as one of the top 2% of the world's top scientists (Annual Scientific Impact Rankings 2020-2023).  The main research direction is intelligent operation and maintenance of high-end equipment. He is a member of the Vehicle Engineering Teaching Committee of the China Machinery Industry Education Association, and an expert in discipline evaluation at the Academic Degrees and Graduate Education Development Center of the Ministry of Education. He is also a young science and technology leader in the fifth phase of the 333 Project in Jiangsu Province. He has presided over more than 10 projects at or above the provincial level, including the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and has won 8 provincial and departmental-level teaching and research awards, including the second prize of the National Teaching Innovation Competition for College Teachers. He has published 1 academic monograph and more than 50 SCI papers as the first or corresponding author, including 2 ESI highly cited papers. He has been granted 6 national invention patents.

 

7) Intelligent robots and unmanned systems

Professor Zhongliang Lv, Chongqing University of Science and Technology

Zhongliang Lv, Acting Dean of the School of Mechanical Engineering and Intelligent Manufacturing, is a Ph.D. holder, Professor, and Master's Supervisor. Recognized with awards including the National Baosteel Excellent Teacher Award, Bayu Youth Scholar, and Chongqing Youth Pioneer Model, Professor Lv is selected for prestigious programs like the Chongqing Talent Program Innovation & Entrepreneurship Team, Chongqing Returnee Entrepreneurship Program, and Longxiang Talent Program. Serving as a review expert for numerous national and provincial bodies (including the National Natural Science Foundation, Chinese Ministry of Education, MIIT, Chongqing Science Bureau, and Chongqing Economy and Information Commission), Professor Lv has led 17 national/provincial research projects. Authoring 37 papers (25 SCI/EI indexed, with 3 high-impact papers in CNKI's Academic Essentials Database) and holding 21 granted patents from 25 applications, achievements include the Chongqing Science and Technology Progress Award (First Class), China Industry-University-Research Collaboration Innovation Award, and Global Outstanding Engineer Award for Achievement Transformation. Seven presentations have been delivered at international/domestic conferences. Primary research focuses on Vibration Energy Harvesting, Big Data Intelligent Operations & Maintenance, and Advanced Equipment Intelligent Manufacturing.

 

8) Structural health monitoring and evaluation

Professor Xiang Li, Xi’an Jiaotong University
Xiang Li, Professor at Xi'an Jiaotong University, China. He is an IET Fellow. His research interests include industrial AI, machine vision, multimodal large model, neuromorphic computing, embodied intelligence, etc. He has published over 100 high-level research papers, including 28 ESI highly cited papers and 11 ESI hot papers. He is serving as the Associate Editors for IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, Expert Systems with Applications, and Pattern Recognition. His citations on Google Scholar are over 12000 with H-index of 48. He is honored to be selected as Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate, and top 2% scientists in career worldwide. His personal home page is https://gr.xjtu.edu.cn/web/lixiang/english