Speakers

Prof. Wenbing Zhao

Cleveland State University, USA

Profile: Wenbing Zhao (Senior Member, IEEE) received the Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering from the University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, in 2002.,He joined Cleveland State University (CSU), Cleveland, OH, USA, in 2004, as an Assistant Professor. He is currently a Full Professor with the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, CSU. He is the author of two research monographs titled Building Dependable Distributed Systems (Wiley-Scrivener, 2004) and From Traditional Fault Tolerance to Blockchain (Wiley-Scrivener, 2021). He has published over 200 peer-reviewed journals and conference papers. His current research interests include dependable distributed computing and human-centered computing.,Dr. Zhao has served on the organizing and technical committees of numerous IEEE conferences. He has received the 2018 and 2020 IEEE Access Outstanding Associate Editor Award. He is an Associate Editor of IEEE Access.

Prof. Zhaolong Ning

Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China

Profile: Zhaolong Ning received his MS and Ph.D. from Northeastern University, Shenyang, China. He was an associate professor at the Dalian University of Technology, China. Currently, he is a Full Professor with the Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China. His research interests include internet of vehicles, mobile edge computing, and artificial intelligence. He was awarded the first prize of natural science academic achievements in Liaoning Province for three times (two times as the first and one time as the second finisher), the Best Land Transportation Paper Award in 2020 by IEEE Vehicle Technology Association (the only one in the world), the Best Paper Award in 2019 by IEEE Systems Association (four in total, the only one in Asia), the 100 most influential international academic papers in China, and the Best Paper Award in international conferences for three times. Member of Young Scientists Club of Chinese Institute of Electronics, senior member of IEEE, Chinese Institute of Electronics, china institute of communications and china computer federation. Invited to be the editorial board or guest editorial board of international journals such as IEEE TII, IEEE TCSS, The Computer Journal, China Communications and IJCS.

Prof. Pascal Lorenz

IRIMAS, University of Haute-Alsace, France

Profile: Pascal Lorenz received his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Nancy, France, in 1990 and 1994, respectively. From 1990 to 1995, he was a research engineer with WorldFIP Europe and Alcatel-Alsthom, Boulogne-Billan-court, France. His research interests include QoS, wireless networks, and high-speed networks. He was a Technical Editor on the IEEE Communications Magazine Editorial Board from 2000 to 2006. He has been a Technical Editor of IEEE Network since 2015 and IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology since 2017. He is an Associate Editor for the International Journal of Communication Systems (Wiley), the Journal on Security and Communication Networks (Wiley), the International Journal of Business Data Communications and Networking, and the Journal of Network and Computer Applications (Elsevier). He is an IARIA Fellow and a member of many international program committees. He has organized many conferences, chaired several technical sessions, and given tutorials at major international conferences. He was an IEEE Com-Soc Distinguished Lecturer from 2013 to 2014.