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Prof. James Kwok |
| James Kwok is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He is an IEEE Fellow. Prof Kwok received his B.Sc. degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Hong Kong and his Ph.D. degree in computer science from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He then joined the Department of Computer Science, Hong Kong Baptist University as an Assistant Professor. He returned to the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and is now a Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering. He is serving as an Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, Neural Networks, Neurocomputing, Artificial Intelligence Journal, International Journal of Data Science and Analytics, and on the Editorial Board of Machine Learning. He is also serving / served as Senior Area Chairs of major machine learning / AI conferences including NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, IJCAI, and as Area Chairs of conferences including AAAI and ECML. He is on the IJCAI Board of Trustees. He is recognized as the Most Influential Scholar Award Honorable Mention for "outstanding and vibrant contributions to the field of AAAI/IJCAI between 2009 and 2019". Prof Kwok will be the IJCAI-2025 Program Chair. |
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Prof. Badong Chen |
| Badong Chen received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in control theory and
engineering from Chongqing University, in 1997 and 2003, respectively,
and the Ph.D. degree in computer science and technology from Tsinghua
University in 2008. He was a Postdoctoral Researcher with Tsinghua
University from 2008 to 2010, and a Postdoctoral Associate at the
University of Florida Computational NeuroEngineering Laboratory (CNEL)
during the period October, 2010 to September, 2012. In 2015, he visited
the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) as a visiting research
scientist. He also served as a senior research fellow with The Hong Kong
Polytechnic University in 2017. Currently he is a professor at the
Institute of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (IAIR), Xi’an Jiaotong
University. His research interests are in signal processing, machine
learning, artificial intelligence, neural engineering and robotics. He
has published 2 books, 4 chapters, and over 200 papers in various
journals and conference proceedings. Dr. Chen is an IEEE Senior Member
and serves (or has served) as the Technical Committee Member of IEEE SPS
Machine Learning for Signal Processing (MLSP), and the Technical
Committee Member of IEEE CIS Cognitive and Developmental Systems (CDS),
and an Associate Editor (or Editor Board Member) for several
international journals including IEEE Transactions on Circuits and
Systems for Video Technology (TCSVT), IEEE Transactions on Neural
Networks and Learning Systems (TNNLS), IEEE Transactions on Cognitive
and Developmental Systems (TCDS), Neural Networks, Journal of The
Franklin Institute, and Entropy. |