Prof. Jianming Zhang

Hangzhou Dianzi University, China

Experience: Professor Zhang Jianmin, male, is currently a professor and doctoral and master's supervisor in the Department of Electrical Power Engineering at Huazhong University of Science and Technology. He obtained his bachelor's and master's degrees from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, and later received his engineering master's degree from the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee. He serves as the head of the Electric Power Systems and Automation direction in the Electrical Engineering discipline, deputy director of the Zhejiang Provincial Engineering Laboratory for Regional Energy Internet Technology, and director of the Smart Grid Information Engineering Laboratory.

Professor Zhang is a Senior Member of IEEE and actively participates in the IEEE PES Smart Grid and New Technologies Committee and the Power System Communication and Cybersecurity Committee. He is also a council member of the Zhejiang Electric Power Society and a member of the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Consulting Expert Committee of State Grid Zhejiang Electric Power Company.

Since 1987, he has worked at various organizations, including the Rural Electrification Research Institute of the Ministry of Water Resources, where he served as the head of the Power Grid Division and the Electromechanical Division, and held positions such as Deputy Chief Engineer of Zheda Kawaii and Chief Engineer of Shenzhen Guodian Information Technology Co., Ltd. He joined Hangzhou Dianzi University in 2001 and was promoted to professor in December 2004. He has since received one provincial and ministerial science and technology progress award and three third prizes, and has led multiple national and provincial research projects.

Professor Zhang has compiled national and industry standards, published over 130 papers, including 48 in top domestic journals, and has trained 54 master's students.

Prof. Azlan Mohd Zain

Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia

Experience: Azlan Mohd Zain (Member, IEEE) received the master’s degree in science (productivity and quality improvement) from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) and the Ph.D. degree in computer science from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), in 2010. He is currently a Professor with the Faculty of Engineering, School of Computing, UTM. He is also the Director of the UTM Big Data Research Centre. As an academic staff, he has successfully supervised more than 25 postgraduate students and received more than 20 research grant funding to support research students. He has published more than 100 research papers. He has been invited as keynote speaker at over five international conferences, serves on numerous committees, and has served on editorial board for three international journals.