Prof. Yubin Lan, South China Agricultural University, China

兰玉彬，教授，华南农业大学

Brief Introduction: Lan Yubin, Distinguished Expert in Precision Agricultural Aviation and National Key Talent Program. Graduated from Texas A&M University in 1994 with a Ph.D. in Agricultural Engineering. He currently serves as President of the International Society for Precision Agricultural Aviation (ISPAA), Chair of the Precision Agricultural Aviation Working Committee at the International Commission of Agricultural and Biological Engineering (CIGR), Vice President of the World UAV Federation, Director and Chief Scientist of the National Joint Research Center for Precision Agricultural Aviation Application Technology, Executive Vice Chairman of the National Aviation Plant Protection Technology Innovation Alliance, Chair of the Academic Committee at the Key Laboratory of Agricultural Aviation Plant Protection under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, and Position Scientist for Cotton Field Management Machinery within the Ministry's Industrial Technology System. and Dean of the School of Electronic Engineering (School of Artificial Intelligence) at South China Agricultural University. He has been honored as a Leading Talent under Guangdong Province's “Pearl River Talent Plan” and a Beijing Specially Appointed Expert. Long-term engagement in precision agricultural aviation application technology research. Pioneered the concept and technical framework of “precision agricultural aviation” internationally, and spearheaded the integration of agricultural aviation remote sensing with precision aerial application. Recognized as the founder of international precision agricultural aviation, his team leads global innovation in key technologies and equipment for precision agricultural aviation, establishing China's first ecological unmanned farm. He has made outstanding contributions to advancing agricultural aviation in the United States, promoting global precision agricultural aviation development and exchange, and particularly to the growth of China's agricultural aviation and plant protection drones. Media outlets have praised him for “leading China's agricultural aviation to new heights” (Science and Technology Daily). He has published 334 papers, including over 200 indexed in SCI/EI, and holds 68 invention patents, 65 utility model patents, and 16 software copyrights. His publications have received awards such as the China Association for Science and Technology Outstanding Paper Award. He has authored two monographs: Precision Agricultural Aviation Technology and Application and Precision Agricultural Aviation Plant Protection Technology. His accolades include the First Prize of the Harvest Award from China's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the Second Prize of the Jiangsu Provincial Science and Technology Award, the “Contribution Award for Agricultural Aviation Development” from the Agricultural Aviation Branch of the Chinese Society of Agricultural Engineering, the “Outstanding Young Agricultural Engineer” award from the Texas Chapter of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers (ASAE), the “Lifetime Achievement Award in Agricultural Engineering” from the Texas Chapter of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, and the “China Drone Industry Leadership and Promotion Award” from the World UAV Federation. In 2018, he was elected as a member of the European Academy of Sciences, Arts and Humanities. In 2019, he was elected as a foreign member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences and a foreign member of the Georgian National Academy of Sciences.

Prof. Keyou You, Tsinghua University, China

游科友，教授，清华大学

Brief Introduction: Keyou You received the B.S. degree in Statistical Science from Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China, in 2007 and the Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, in 2012. After briefly working as a Research Fellow at NTU, he joined Tsinghua University in Beijing, China where he is now a Full Professor in the Department of Automation. He held visiting positions at Politecnico di Torino, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, University of Melbourne and etc. Prof. You’s research interests focus on the intersections between control, optimization and learning as well as their applications in autonomous systems. He currently serves as an Associate Editor for international journals such as Automatica and IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems, and leads major research projects including the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Distinguished Young Scholars and Key Program) and the National Key R&D Program “Next-Generation Artificial Intelligence”. He has received the First Prize of CAA Natural Science Award, the ACA Temasek Young Educator Award, and Guan Zhao-Zhi Best Paper Award, among others. He has also contributed to three first prizes awarded by Beijing Municipality, the Ministry of Education, and the Ministry of Natural Resources. His supervised doctoral students have received honors including the IFAC Young Author Award, the CAA Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award, and the National Postdoctoral Innovative Talent Support Program.

Prof. Renquan Lu, Guangdong University of Technology, China

鲁仁全，教授，广东工业大学

Brief Introduction: Renquan Lu, doctoral director, Ministry of Education high-level talents, national high-level talent special support program for scientific and technological innovation leader, National Outstanding Youth Fund project, the Ministry of Science and Technology key areas of innovation team leader, the Ministry of Science and Technology Innovation Talent Cultivation Base, Guangdong Province, Guangdong Province Natural Science Foundation research team leader, Guangdong Province, Director of the Key Laboratory, enjoying the State Council's special allowances, Pearl River Scholars Distinguished Professor, He is a member of the Control Theory Committee of the Chinese Society of Automation (TCCT), and a member of the Outstanding Youth Fund of the National Natural Science Foundation of China. He has received one Outstanding Youth Fund from the National Natural Science Foundation of China, two 863 projects, one NSFC-Guangdong Big Data Science Center project (a key support project), one innovation team project in key areas of the Ministry of Science and Technology, one National Key R&D Program, one talent cultivation and innovation team construction project funded by the Central Government to support the reform and development of local colleges and universities, and one project funded by the Guangdong Province's Science and Technology Innovation Strategy Special Fund. 1 project. He won the first prize of Natural Science of Ministry of Education (two), the first prize of Science and Technology Award of Zhejiang Province, the second prize of Science and Technology Progress Award of Ministry of Education, and the second prize of Science and Technology Progress Award of China Textile Industry Association. His main research work includes control theory and application of networked systems, cooperative control and robust control of quantized feedback systems. So far, he has published more than 140 SCI papers, including 9 papers in Automatica, more than 60 papers in IEEE repertoire, more than 3400 SCI citations, 27 highly cited papers, 3 monographs, nearly 20 authorized invention patents, and more than 60 applications for invention patents.

Prof. Huijun Gao, Harbin Institute of Technology, China

高会军，教授，哈尔滨工业大学

Brief Introduction: Huijun Gao is a Professor and a doctoral supervisor at Harbin Institute of Technology. He is a National High-Level Talent, a Recipient of the National Science Found for Distinguished Young Scholars, a Foreign Member of the Academia Europaea, and an IEEE Fellow. He served as a Member of Standing Committee of All-China Youth Federation and Vice-Chairman of Heilongjiang Provincial Youth Federation. His research focuses on intelligent control and instrumentation. He has been awarded two National Natural Science Awards (Second Prizes, ranking first and fifth), one Special Prize and five First Prizes at the provincial/ministerial level or national society level (all ranking first). He was also awarded China Patent Gold Award, Tan Kah Kee Young Scientist Award, China Youth Science and Technology Award, Xplorer Prize, National Advanced Worker, and the China Youth May Fourth Medal. He serves/served as Vice President of the Chinese Association of Automation, President of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society and Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics. He has received the IEEE Norbert Wiener Award and the IEEE Dr.-Ing. Eugene Mittelmann Achievement Award.

Prof. Weineng Chen, South China University of Technology, China

陈伟能，教授，华南理工大学