Speakers


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Prof.Azhar Imran

Beijing University Of Technology

Dr. Azhar Imran is an Associate Professor at the Department of Computer Science, Beijing University of Technology, China, specializing in Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, and Machine Learning. With over 13 years of academic experience, he has made significant contributions in Natural Language Processing (NLP), Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs), Computer Vision, and Cyber Intelligence. Dr. Imran has published 85 research articles and delivered keynote speeches at prestigious conferences, including ICBDDM-24, ICCTEC, CCET25, CVIT-24, ICDSP24, and CVIT-23. He is a Senior Member of IEEE and serves on the editorial boards of multiple high-impact journals. Dr. Imran has received numerous awards, including the Outstanding Graduate Award and Best Researcher Award from Beijing University of Technology, as well as the Embassy Honored Award from the Pakistan Embassy in Beijing. His work continues to bridge the gap between academic research and real-world AI applications.




Assoc.Prof. Lei Chen

Shandong University, China

Lei Chen received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in electrical engineering from Shandong University, Jinan, China, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering from University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He is currently an Associate Professor with the School of Information Science and Engineering, Shandong University, China. His research interests include image processing and computer vision, visual quality assessment and pattern recognition, machine learning and artificial intelligence. He was the principal investigator of projects granted from the National Natural Science Foundation of China, National Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province, China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, etc. He has published more than 50 papers on top international journals and conferences in recent years including IEEE TIP, Signal Process., ICME, etc. He was awarded the Future Plan for Young Scholars of Shandong University. He served for many international conferences including the ICIGP 2021, CSAI2022, MLCCIM2022, and ICIVC 2023 as Program Chair, Technical Chair or Publicity Chair.


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