Yuan Yan TANG, IEEE Life Fellow, IAPR Fellow, AAIA Fellow
University of Macau, China

Yuan Yan Tang (Life Fellow, IEEE) is currently the Director of the Smart City Research Center, Zhuhai UM Science and Technology Research Institute, Zhuhai, China; the Emeritus Chair Professor with the University of Macau, Macau, and Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong; and an Adjunct Professor with Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada. He has published more than 600 academic papers and is the author (or co-author) of over 25 monographs, books, and book chapters. His research interests include artificial intelligence, wavelets, pattern recognition, and image processing.,Dr. Tang is an IAPR Fellow and an AAIA Fellow. He is the Founder and the General Chair of the series International Conferences on Wavelets Analysis and Pattern Recognition (ICWAPRs). He is the Founder and the Chair of Macau Branch of International Associate of Pattern Recognition (IAPR). He has served as the General Chair, the Program Chair, and a committee member for many international conferences. He served as the Chairperson for the 18th ICPR, which is the first time that the ICPR was hosted in China. He is the Founder and the Editor-in-Chief of SCI journal International Journal on Wavelets, Multiresolution, and Information Processing (IJWMIP).

Huawei Huang,IEEE Senior Member
Sun Yat-sen University, China

Huawei Huang is a professor at Sun Yat-sen University and a dual-appointment professor at Lingnan College of SYSU. Since 2021, he has been consecutively recognized among the Top 2% Scientists Worldwide by Stanford University. His research interests include blockchain systems and protocols, blockchain finance, DeFi protocols, and Web3 infrastructure. He has published numerous research papers in CCF-A journals and conferences such as IEEE/ACM ToN, JSAC, TPDS, TSC, TDSC, TIFS, TMC, TC, and INFOCOM. He has served as chair for many academic conferences, workshops, and symposiums. He is the author of two blockchain monographs, “From Blockchain to Web3 & Metaverse” and “Blockchain Sharding: Theory and Practice,” as well as a popular blockchain science book, namely “From Blockchain to Web3: building the next-generation Internet”. Under his leadership, his team developed and open-sourced a blockchain experimental tool, BlockEmulator, that provides researchers with a mature, high-quality experimental framework and code. BlockEmulator has served researchers from over 90 countries and regions worldwide.

Normi Sham Awang Abu Bakar
International Islamic University Malaysia, Malaysia

Normi Sham Awang Abu Bakar is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Information and Communication Technology, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), and a distinguished researcher in Software Quality Assurance, Software Testing, Artificial Intelligence, Data Quality, and Blockchain Technologies. She is the Founder of the IIUM Blockchain Lab and Research Leader of the Blockchain Research Group, where she spearheads interdisciplinary research on blockchain, trustworthy AI, software quality engineering, and intelligent digital solutions. She also serves as the Deputy Director of the Entrepreneurship Development Centre, leading strategic initiatives that foster innovation, entrepreneurship, and university–industry collaboration. Her research has contributed to advancing software quality metrics, AI-enabled software testing, blockchain-based credential verification, central bank digital currencies, and software quality assurance in AI-driven system. A recipient of multiple innovation awards, including Sustainability Award as Project of the Year and an invited keynote speaker at international conferences, she is widely recognised for bridging cutting-edge research with practical impact, particularly in the areas of Trustworthy AI, Explainable AI, software quality engineering, digital transformation, and sustainable innovation.

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