Committee
Zhe Yan
Zhe Yan received his Ph.D degree in power engineering and engineering thermophysics from Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He is currently a young associate professor in Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences. He is also the Hong Kong Scholar in The Chinese University of Hong Kong. His research interests include efficient thermal management (integrated circuits, power electronics, and data centers), bubble dynamics, and phase change heat transfer. He has published more than 25 papers (as first/corresponding author) in reputed venues such as AIChE J., Int. J. Heat Mass Transf., Chem. Eng. Sci., and Phys. Fluids.
Yung-Gi Wu
Professor Yung-Gi Wu is a seasoned academic and researcher specializing in computer science and information engineering. He earned his Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering (Computer Division) from National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, and his B.S. in Computer Science from Chung Yuan Christian University. Currently a professor and director of the Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering at Chang Jung Christian University (CJCU), Professor Wu has held numerous academic leadership roles, including dean, institute director, and program head for AI and automation initiatives. His teaching covers a broad range of core computer science subjects, and his evaluations consistently reflect high student satisfaction. Professor Wu’s research spans multimedia data processing, evolutionary computing, image compression, big data analysis, AI systems, and smart healthcare technologies. He has published over 60 journal and conference articles and presented at numerous international conferences. His representative works appear in prestigious journals. He has led or co-led more than 20 government-funded research projects, including interdisciplinary AI applications in healthcare and elder care. With a strong focus on integrating AI into practical and social applications, Professor Wu continues to advance cross-disciplinary research and education, nurturing innovation at the intersection of technology, care, and learning.
Yahya Kemal Baykal
Yahya Kemal Baykal received his BSc and MSc degrees from Electrical Enginnering in Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, Turkey and his PhD degree from Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA in 1982. He worked as assistant professor in the Electronics Engineering Departments of METU and Hacettepe University, as Fiber Optics Project Manager in R&D of Teletaş Company (Alcatel), Professional Systems Manager with Türk Philips Trades A.Ş. Company, General Manager with İltek Telekomünikasyon (Iskratel) Company, Chairman in Electronic and Communication Engineering and Electrical-Electronics Engineering Departments and Vice Rector in Çankaya University, Ankara, Turkey. He is currently working as Professor in Electrical-Electronics Engineering Department, doing active research and lecturing mainly telecommunication courses. His main research areas cover optical wave propagation, effects of atmospheric turbulence, coherence, types of incidences in optical wireless communication systems and telecommunication infrastructure systems. He has 230 SCI papers and around 70 conference publications in these fields.
Zhihong Li
Dr. Zhihong Li is an Associate Professor at Wenzhou University, China, where he also serves as the Academic Vice Dean of Rui'an Graduate School. He is a Senior Member of IEEE and a Member of Optica (formerly OSA), the Optical Society of Zhejiang Province, and CAAI. Dr. Li is a Guest Editor for the journal Photonics, an Editorial Board Member for Frontiers in Sensors, and a Technical Committee Member for the 7th International Conference on Intelligent Medicine and Image Processing (IMIP 2025). His research has led to several advancements in optical fiber sensing, particularly in fiber grating devices, fiber surface waves, fiber optics/waveguide theory, and fiber lasers. Dr. Li has published over 60 peer-reviewed papers and holds 18 patents. He has led 11 research projects, serving as Principal Investigator (PI) or Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI).
Yang Yue
Yang Yue received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering and optics from Nankai University, China, in 2004 and 2007, respectively. He received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Southern California, USA, in 2012. He is a Professor with the School of Information and Communications Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China. Dr. Yue’s current research interest is intelligent photonics, including optical communications, optical perception, and optical chip. He has published over 270 journal papers (including Science) and conference proceedings with >12,000 citations, one book, six edited books, two book chapters, >60 issued or pending patents, >200 invited presentations (including 1 tutorial, >30 plenary and >70 keynote talks). Dr. Yue is a Fellow of SPIE, a Senior Member of IEEE and Optica. He is an Associate Editor for IEEE Access and Frontiers in Physics, Editor Board Member for four other scientific journals, Guest Editor for >10 journal special issues. He also served as Chair or Committee Member for >100 international conferences, Reviewer for >70 prestigious journals.
Shi Hai Dong
Dr. Dong was born in 1969 at Dalian, China. He received his Ph.D. at Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, in 1999. After that, Dr. Dong joined the Physical Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory of University of Oxford as a Visiting Professor, Kansas State University as Postdoc Fellow, the National Autonomous University of Mexico as a Visiting Professor, the Mexican Institute of Petroleum as Postdoc Fellow and Distinguished Visiting Professor, and the Superior School of Physics and Mathematics, National Polytechnic Institute (IPN) as full-time Professor through the program of excellent position, and he has a permanent position as Professor at IPN since 2007. He is the Regular Member of Mexican Academy of Sciences since 2012 and Visiting Professor at Louisiana State University in 2013. Dr. Dong was awarded the certificate by Pakistan president Mamnoon Hussain at 41th International Nathiagali Summer College in 2016. He received the maximum top prize “Presea Lazaro Cardenas” and was awarded by Mexico President Lic. Enrique Peña Nieto in President Palace in 2017. Dr. Dong is SNI III (Mexico National Investigator maximum top level in Mexico) since 2019 and the (Academic, Chief) Editors and Editorial Board Members of over 10 International Journals. He has authored and co-authored more than 290 papers (JCR), one book Chapter, 5 edited books, two books published by Springer. The citations are more than 11000 and H-index 65 by Google Scholar.
Tsipenyuk Dmitry Yu
Tsipenyuk Dmitry Yu. PhD in Physics and Mathematics, works: Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Russia; Prokhorov general physics institute of the Russian academy of sciences; Moscow Polytechnic University, Moscow, Russia ResearcherID: E-7571-2015 Orcid.org/0000-0001-8367-0883 Scopus authore ID 16025872400 Grants from: American Physical Society, American Optical Society, International Science Foundation, Rockwell Int. USA. 1985 - Graduated from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Faculty of Physics and Power Engineering with a degree in Automation and Electronics (including quantum). 1992 - defended his Ph.D. thesis for the degree of Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences. in the specialty "Laser Physics", dedicated to the development of experimental methods of sensing the earth's surface. Author of over 70 scientific works and 10 patents on 5-dimensional space, quantum electronics, laser physics, remote sensing, contactless analysis of the elemental composition of matter. - Tsipenyuk D.Yu. has 5 joint works and 1 patent with Nobel laureate A.M. Prokhorov. During the period 1991-2025, the works of Tsipenyuk D.Yu. were repeatedly presented at conferences in Russia and leading international conferences in the USA, Holland, Austria, Switzerland. In 1999-2020, in collaboration with Andreev V.A. (FIAN RAS) developed a model of an extended 5-dimensional space generalizing the special theory of relativity. As the 5th coordinate in the model, it is proposed to consider an interval that has the physical meaning of an action. In the extended space model, the generation of a gravitational field during the deceleration of charged massive particles in matter was predicted, and such work was been experimentally carried out to verify the prediction. In 2017-2025 Tsipenyuk D.Yu, published set of experimental results devoted extra long phosphorescence in organic materials and microwave tho and three interference experiments.
Vittorio Cecconi
Vittorio completed his PhD in 2022 at the Emergent Photonics (EPic) Laboratory at the University of Sussex. Thesis title “Spatiotemporal Control of Terahertz Waves in Random Media via Nonlinear Ghost Imaging”. His PhD - funded by the ERC-Consolidator project “TIMING” (PI: Prof. Marco Peccianti) - was initially focused on investigating the Nonlinear Ghost Imaging methodology and then focused on studying terahertz field propagation in random scattering media, which represents the continuation of the ERC-Consolidator project “TIMING”. Moreover, Vittorio worked on ultrafast nonlinear interaction for terahertz generation and field manipulation in complex photonic systems and surfaces. For instance, in 2020, he joined the research project to develop random terahertz emitters “THink”, a random terahertz-emitting-ink. He is an inventor of the core patent developed in the ERC-Proof-of-Concept project “THink” (PI: Prof. Marco Peccianti), aiming to identify the best route to commercialisation. In September 2022, he joined Loughborough University with the Emergent Photonics Research Centre as a Research Fellow in Photonics. In 2024 he was awarded one of ten Vice Chancellor Independent Research Fellowships at Loughborough University.
