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Professor Xuemin Shen has received numerous prestigious international honors, including the University of Waterloo President’s Award for Excellence in Research, the Premier’s Research Excellence Award (PREA) of Ontario, Canada, the West Lake Friendship Award of Zhejiang Province, as well as several of IEEE’s highest technical achievement and pioneering awards. He has published more than 1,500 papers in top international journals and conferences, with over 180,000 citations on Google Scholar. Over the years, he has led major national research projects funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), along with top-tier collaborative projects involving industry, academia, and research institutions, overseeing a cumulative research budget of tens of millions of Canadian dollars. Professor Shen previously served as President of the IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc), the world’s leading academic organization in the communications field, and also as Vice President for Technical and Educational Activities. In addition, he has served as a Distinguished Lecturer for both the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society and the IEEE Communications Society, and as Editor-in-Chief of several leading international journals, including IEEE Internet of Things Journal, IEEE Network, and IET Communications.

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Professor Yunhao Liu is Dean of the Global Innovation Exchange (GIX) at Tsinghua University and a Professor in the Department of Automation. He was elected a Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2025, and is also an ACM Fellow, IEEE Fellow, and CCF Fellow. His research focuses on the Internet of Things and Industrial Internet, indoor localization and network diagnosis, RFID systems, and embodied-intelligence navigation. Professor Yunhao Liu has received numerous major honors and awards, including the Second Prize of the National Natural Science Award, the First Prize of the Ministry of Education Natural Science Award, the First Prize of the Ministry of Education Technological Invention Award, the First Prize of the Natural Science Award of the China Computer Federation, the First Prize of the Natural Science Award of the Chinese Institute of Electronics, the ACM Presidential Award, the CCF Wang Xuan Award, and the ACM SenSys 2023 Test of Time Award. He has also received multiple best paper awards at leading international conferences such as ACM MobiCom, ACM SenSys, and ACM SIGCOMM. He has published more than 400 papers in leading journals and conferences. As of June 2025, his Google Scholar citations exceeded 50,000, with an h-index of 107. Over the years, he has led major research projects including major and key projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China as well as national key R&D programs. He previously served as Dean of the School of Software at Tsinghua University, MSU Foundation Professor and Chair of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Michigan State University, and is also Editor-in-Chief of ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks and Honorary Chair of ACM China. Professor Liu has been invited many times to deliver keynote speeches at major international conferences in computer networks and systems.

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Professor Jamal Deen is a Distinguished University Professor and Dr. S. Haykin Distinguished Engineering Professor at McMaster University, Canada, and Director of the Micro- and Nano-Systems Laboratory. He previously held the Senior Canada Research Chair in Information Technology from 2001 to 2022. Professor Deen has received numerous prestigious international honours, including appointment as a Member of the Order of Canada, election as a Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and fellowships in the Royal Society of Canada, the Canadian Academy of Engineering, IEEE, the American Physical Society, the Electrochemical Society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the Engineering Institute of Canada. He served as elected President of the Academy of Science of the Royal Society of Canada from 2015 to 2017, and is widely recognized for his outstanding contributions to electrical engineering and applied physics, especially in semiconductor devices and circuits, micro-/nano-/opto-electronics, biosensors, smart sensing, and health-related technologies. According to McMaster’s official materials and his public Google Scholar profile, he holds seven patents, has published more than 400 peer-reviewed scholarly articles, and has been cited more than 35,000 times. He has also received many major distinctions, including the inaugural IEEE Electron Devices Society Simon M. Sze Education Award, the King Charles III Coronation Medal, the IEEE Canada A.G.L. McNaughton Gold Medal, the IEEE Canada R.A. Fessenden Silver Medal, the IEEE Canada Ham Outstanding Engineering Educator Award, the Royal Society of Canada’s Eadie Medal, and the Humboldt Research Award.

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Professor Weihua Zhuang has received numerous important international honors, including the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society Distinguished Women in Engineering Career Award, the IEEE Canada R.A. Fessenden Award, the Achievement Award of the Federation of Chinese Canadian Professionals, and the IEEE Communications Society Technical Recognition Award in Ad Hoc & Sensor Networks, among many others. She has been devoted to research on frontier topics such as network architecture, algorithms, and protocols for future telecommunication systems, and held the Canada Research Chair (Tier I) in wireless communication networks for 14 years. In recognition of her outstanding academic achievements and international leadership, the University of Waterloo awarded her its highest academic title, University Professor. Professor Zhuang also served as President of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society (VTS), Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (IEEE TVT), and a member of the editorial board of IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (IEEE TWC), among other key academic publishing roles. In addition, she has served as General Co-Chair or Technical Program Chair for a number of major international flagship conferences, including IEEE/CIC ICCC, IEEE VTC, and IEEE GLOBECOM, making significant contributions to the development of global platforms for academic exchange.

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Professor Nei Kato has received numerous top international and national honors, including the Science and Technology Award from the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan, the Outstanding Contribution Award for R&D in Disaster-Prevention Networks from Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society Stuart Meyer Memorial Award, the IEEE Communications Society Technical Committee on Green Communications and Computing Outstanding Technical Achievement Award, and the IEEE Computer Society Best Paper Award, among many others. He has published more than 600 papers in leading international journals and top-tier conferences, with over 40,000 citations on Google Scholar and an h-index of 100. Owing to his profound academic influence, he has been named a Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher for seven consecutive years. He has also received multiple Best Paper Awards at major communications conferences such as IEEE ICC and IEEE GLOBECOM. Professor Kato previously served as Dean of the Graduate School of Information Sciences at Tohoku University, Japan. He has also held a remarkable number of top academic leadership roles, including Editor-in-Chief of three major IEEE journals — IEEE Internet of Things Journal, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (TVT), and IEEE Network — as well as Vice President of the IEEE Communications Society for two terms, a Member of the Board of Governors (BoG), Chair of multiple key technical committees, and Chair of major flagship conferences such as IEEE GLOBECOM and IEEE ICC.