Prof. Kung Wong, LAU (Nick)
Head & Professor, Department of Applied Data Science
Director of Virtual Reality Laboratory
Director of Game Development Laboratory
Hong Kong Shue Yan University


Biography: Prof. Lau is an active researcher specializing in XR technology and related studies. He obtained his PhD in studying human/user experiences and virtual reality from the IoE, University College London (UCL), and finished his MSc and BA from the University of Kong (HKU) and The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (HKPolyU) respectively. Prof. Lau’s interdisciplinary background encompasses virtual technologies, human-interaction research, design thinking, education and creative industries, making him a recognized expert in these fields. Prof. Lau has been working in various universities and tertiary institutes for over 27 years, where he has simultaneously engaged in the publication of high-end papers internationally. His publications contribute to the consolidation of related theories and explorations in the aforementioned areas. Until 2024, he had hitherto published around 100 research papers in diverse internationally referred journals (including SCI, SSCI and ESCI journals), books, and invited book chapters and conferences (with the best presenter award). Likewise, Prof. Lau has been undertaking 22 research projects studying human-computer interaction, the use of virtual reality, augmented reality, serious games, and other interactive platforms for various purposes.

Prof. Lau's contributions extend beyond academia. He is an advisor to UNESCO and has served as a chief examiner at the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority (HKEAA). He has been a subject specialist in the creative industry for the Hong Kong Council for Academic Accreditation (HKCAA) and a member of the British Education Research Association (BERA) and the Hong Kong Designers' Association (HKDA). Additionally, Prof. Lau has actively participated in government-related committees and NGOs, providing continuous consultancy in both formal and informal capacities.

 

Prof. Ruidong Li
Kanazawa University, Japan


Biography: Dr. Ruidong Li received the Ph.D. degree from University of Tsukuba, Japan in 2008. He was with National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Japan from 2008 to 2021 as an expert researcher, researcher, and senior researcher. Then he joined Kanazawa University, Japan as an associate professor since 2021. His research interests include future networks, metaverse, digital twin, big data, quantum network, blockchain, B5G/6G, Internet of Things (IoT), machine learning, and security.

He has published technical research papers in leading journals and conferences, such as IEEE JSAC, ACM/IEEE TON, IEEE TWC, IEEE TCCN, IEEE TNSE, IEEE Network, and IEEE INFOCOM. He is the recipient of the best paper awards for IEEE ICC 2022 and IWCMC 2022, IEEE Network 2022 Editor Appreciation Award, and IEEE MMTC Outstanding Leadership Award 2023. He serves as the chair of IEEE ComSoc Internet Technical Committee (ITC) and founding chairs for IEEE SIG on Big Data Intelligent Networking, Intelligent Internet Edge, and Metaverse. He serves as the associate editor of IEEE TCOM, IEEE Network and IEEE OJCS, and leading guest editors for prestigious journals and magazines, such as IEEE Network series on quantum communications and networking and IEEE TNSE special issue on smart systems and intelligent networking powered with big data analytics. He also served as chairs for conferences, such as the general chair for ICNC 2025, IEEE HealthCom 2024, MOBILWare 2022, MSN 2021, CPSCom 2021, Area TPC chair for INFOCOM 2023, TPC chair for ICCCN 2025, IEEE AIoT 2024, QCNC 2024, ICNC 2024, MetaCom 2023, HotICN 2022, IEEE/ACM IWQoS 2021, MSN 2020, BRAINS 2020, and ICCSSE 2019, and keynote chair for IEEE WF-IoT 2025.

 

Prof. Tatsuya Yamazaki
Niigata University, Japan


Biography: Tatsuya Yamazaki received the B.E., M.E. and Ph.D. degrees in information engineering from Niigata University, Niigata, Japan, in 1987, 1989 and 2002, respectively.He joined Communications Research Laboratory (at present, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology) as a researcher in 1989.
Since August 2013, he has been with the Faculty of Engineering, Niigata University, Niigata, where he is currently a Professor. Currently, he is alsothe director at the Big Data Activation Research Center of Niigata University.
From 1992 to 1993 and 1995 to 1996 he was a visiting researcher at the National Optics Institute, Canada.From 1997 to 2001 he was a senior researcher at ATR Adaptive Communications Research Laboratories.

His research interests include pattern recognition, statistical image processing, sensing data analysis, and communication service quality management.

He served as general co-chair of IEEE Workshop on Knowledge Media Networking (KMN'02) and general chair of the 5th International Conference On SmartHomes and Health Telematics (ICOST 2007).

He is a member of the IEEE, the Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers, the Information Processing Society of Japan, the Institute of Image Information and Television Engineers, and the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence.

 

 

Prof. Margarita Favorskaya
Reshetnev Siberian State University of Science and Technology, Russia


Biography: Margarita Favorskaya received her engineering diploma from Rybinsk State Aviation Technological University, Russia, in 1980 and was awarded a Ph. D. by S.-Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation, S.-Petersburg, in 1985. Since 1986 she is working in the Siberian State Aerospace University, Krasnoyarsk, in which she is responsible for the Digital Image and Videos Processing Laboratory. Prof. Dr. Margarita Favorskaya is the Head of the Department of Informatics and Computer Techniques at Reshetnev Siberian State University of Science and Technology.
Her main research interests are in the areas of digital image and videos processing, pattern recognition, fractal image processing, artificial intelligence, information technologies, and remote sensing. She is the authored/ co-authored more than 130 publications.
Margarita Favorskaya is a member of KES International organization and the IPC member of a number of National and International Conferences. She is on the editorial board of Int. J. Computer and Information Science and International Journal of Intelligent Decision Technology.
She has a number of awards from the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation for significant contribution in educating and training a number of highly qualified specialists over a number of years.

 

Prof. Srikanta Patnaik
I.I.M.T., India


Biography: Srikanta Patnaik has received his Bachelor in Engineering from University College of Engineering, Burla (presently VSSUT, Burla) in 1989, MBA from Sambalpur University in 1991 and Ph. D. (Engineering) from Jadavpur University, India in 1999. He has served at University College of Engineering, Burla and Fakir Mohan University and SOA University for more than 30 years. Presently, Prof. Srikanta Patnaik is Director of I.I.M.T., Bhubaneswar, which is an AICTE approved management institute. He has supervised more than 30 Ph. D. Theses and 100 Master theses in the area of Computational Intelligence, Machine Learning, Soft Computing Applications and Re-Engineering. Dr. Patnaik has published more than 100 research papers in international journals and conference proceedings. He is author of 3 text books and edited more than 100 books and few invited book chapters, published by leading international publisher like IEEE, Elsevier, Springer-Verlag, Kluwer Academic, IOS Press and SPIE. He is the Editors-in-Chief of International Journal of Information and Communication Technology and International Journal of Computational Vision and Robotics published from Inderscience Publishing House, England and, Editor of Journal of Information and Communication Convegence Engineering and Associate Editor of Journal of Intelligent and Fuzzy Systems (JIFS). He is also Editors-in-Chief of Book Series on “Modeling and Optimization in Science and Technology” published from Springer, Germany and Advances in Computer and Electrical Engineering (ACEE) and Advances in Medical Technologies and Clinical Practice (AMTCP), published by IGI Global, USA. Prof. Patnaik is a Guest Professor to Hunan University of Finance and Economics, Changsha and Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China. He is a member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (IEEE) and Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). He is also Fellow of IETE, Life Member of ISTE, and CSI. He has visited various countries such as Japan, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Philippines, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, Morocco, Algeria, Thailand and Vietnam for delivering Key note addresses at various conferences and symposiums.