| Prof. Xianmin ZhangSouth China University of Technology, China Bio: Professor Xianmin Zhang is currently the Dean of the School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering at South China University of Technology, a Professor, and a Ph.D. Supervisor. He also serves as the Director of the Precision Equipment and Intelligent Robotics Research Center. He is a recipient of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (2008), a national candidate of the "New Century Talents Project", and the Chief Scientist of a National Key R&D Program project. He has been awarded the National Model Teacher (2001) and the "Most Beautiful Scientific and Technological Worker" of Guangdong (2023). Professor Zhang has long been devoted to research in precision equipment and modern control technology. His main research interests include robotics, precision parallel robots, mechanism kinematics and dynamics, machine vision, and vibration control of mechatronic systems. He has presided over more than 60 research projects, published over 500 SCI/EI-indexed papers, authored multiple academic books, and been granted over 200 domestic and international patents. |
| Prof. Jing XuTsinghua University, China Bio: Professor Jing Xu is a tenured Professor and Ph.D. Supervisor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Tsinghua University, and currently serves as the Party Secretary of the Institute of Mechatronic Engineering. He is a recipient of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars and was selected for the National Young Talent Program. He received his B.S. degree from Harbin Institute of Technology in 2003 and his Ph.D. degree from Tsinghua University in 2008. From 2008 to 2010, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Michigan State University, USA, before joining Tsinghua University in 2010. Professor Xu has long been engaged in research on intelligent robotics and intelligent manufacturing, focusing on cutting-edge fields such as robotic intelligent manipulation, embodied intelligence, 3D visual and tactile perception for robots, and bio-inspired robots. He has undertaken more than 30 research projects, including the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, Key Projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and projects of the National Key R&D Program of the Ministry of Science and Technology. He has published over 100 SCI-indexed papers in journals such as IEEE TRO, IEEE TPAMI, and Science Advances, with multiple papers selected as highly cited papers or winning Best Paper Awards at international conferences. He holds more than 60 authorized invention patents. |
