 | Prof. Simon X. Yang University of Guelph, Canada Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering Professor Simon X. Yang is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering and the Director of the Advanced Robotics and Intelligent Systems Laboratory at the University of Guelph, Canada, where he is a tenured Full Professor. He received his B.Sc. degree in Technical Physics from Peking University in 1987, his M.Sc. degree in Biophysics from the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1990, his M.Sc. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Houston, USA, in 1996, and his Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Alberta, Canada, in 1999. His research interests and academic contributions primarily focus on mobile robot path planning and control, multi-sensor information fusion, wireless sensor networks, and intelligent computation and optimization. He is recognized as one of the pioneers in applying bio-inspired approaches to robotics and control systems. He has published over 650 academic papers, including more than 380 journal articles. His Google Scholar h-index is 70, and his SCI h-index is 64. Since 2022, he has been consistently listed among the World's Top 2% Most Highly Cited Scientists. |
 | Prof. Ying-En Ge Chang'an University, China Dean of the School of Transportation Engineering Professor Ying-En Ge is Dean of the School of Transportation Engineering at Chang'an University, China. He was selected into the Shanghai Overseas High-Level Talent Program in 2016. He currently serves as the Editor-in-Chief ofTransportation Research Part D: Transport & Environment, Associate Editor ofTransport Policy andTransport, and Editorial Board Member of theInternational Journal of Sustainable Transportation and theChina Journal of Highway and Transport. He is also a Council Member of the Society of Management Science and Engineering and Deputy Director of the Transportation Management Branch of its 4th Council. His research is characterized by an interdisciplinary approach, applying the theories, models and methods of management science and operations research to the solution of transportation problems. His research contributions lie mainly in transportation management, transportation and environment, international transport and logistics, transportation economics and policy, as well as transportation modeling and applications. He has published more than 150 papers in academic journals. |