Invited Speaker
Dr. Laurence T. Yang, FCAE, FEIC, MAE, MNAAI, MRAE, FIEEE
Academic Vice President and Dean
School of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence
School of Software
Zhengzhou University, China, 450001
Biography:
Dr. Laurence T. Yang is a professor and W.F. James Research Chair at St. Francis Xavier University, Canada. He has published 250+ papers in the Cyber-Physical-Social Systems area on top IEEE/ACM Transactions including 7 and 28 papers as top 0.1% and top 1% highly-cited ESI papers, respectively. He has been involved actively as a chair of 4 IEEE Technical Committees and a steering chair for 10+ IEEE international conferences, invited to give around 50 keynote talks at various international conferences and symposia. He is a member of Academia Europaea, the Academy of Europe (2021), a fellow of Institution of Engineering and Technology (2020), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (2020), Engineering Institute of Canada (2019), Canadian Academy of Engineering (2017), respectively. He is the recipient of the John B. Stirling Medal (2021) from Engineering Institute of Canada, IEEE Sensor Council Technical Achievement Award (2020), IEEE Canada C. C. Gotlieb Computer Medal (2020), etc.
