Keynote Speakers
Prof.
Cheng-Zhong XU (IEEE Fellow)
University of Macau, China
Dr. Cheng-Zhong Xu, IEEE Fellow, is the Dean of Faculty of Science and Technology and the Interim Director of Institute of Collaborative Innovation, University of Macau, and a Chair Professor of Computer and Information Science. He was a professor of Wayne State University and the Director of Institute of Advanced Computing of Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technologies, Chinese Academy of Sciences before he joined UM in 2019. Dr. Xu is a Chief Scientist of Key Project on Smart City of MOST, China and a Principal Instigator of the Key Project on Autonomous Driving of FDCT, Macau SAR. Dr. Xu’s main research interests lie in parallel and distributed computing and cloud computing, in particular, with an emphasis on resource management for system’s performance, reliability, availability, power efficiency, and security, and in big data and data-driven intelligence applications in smart city and self-driving vehicles. The systems of particular interest include distributed systems and the Internet, servers and cloud datacenters, scalable parallel computers, and wireless embedded devices and mobile edge systems. He published two research monographs and more than 300 peer-reviewed papers in journals and conference proceedings; his papers received over 10K citations with an H-index of 57. He was a Best Paper Nominee or Awardee of the 2013 IEEE High Performance Computer Architecture (HPCA), the 2013 ACM High Performance Distributed Computing (HPDC), IEEE Cluster’2015, ICPP’2015, GPC’2018, UIC’2018, AIMS’2019. He also received more than 100 patents or PCT patents and spun off a business “Shenzhen Baidou Applied Technology” with dedication to location-based services and technologies. Dr. Xu received the most prestigious “President’s Awards for Excellence in Teaching” of Wayne State University in 2002. He serves or served on a number of journal editorial boards, including IEEE Transactions on Computers (TC), IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing (TCC), IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems (TPDS), Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing (JPDC), Science China: Information Science and ZTE Communication. Dr. Xu has been the Chair of IEEE Technical Committee on Distributed Processing (TCDP) from 2015 to 2020. He obtained BSc and MSc degrees from Nanjing University in 1986 and 1989 respectively, and a PhD degree from the University of Hong Kong in 1993, all in Computer Science and Engineering.
Prof. Chin-Chen Chang
(IEEE Fellow)
Feng Chia University, Taiwan
Professor C.C. Chang obtained his Ph.D. degree in
computer engineering from National Chiao Tung
University. He's first degree is Bachelor of Science in
Applied Mathematics and master degree is Master of
Science in computer and decision sciences. Both were
awarded in National Tsing Hua University. Dr. Chang
served in National Chung Cheng University from 1989 to
2005. His current title is Chair Professor in Department
of Information Engineering and Computer Science, Feng
Chia University, from Feb. 2005.
Prior to joining Feng Chia University, Professor Chang
was an associate professor in Chiao Tung University,
professor in National Chung Hsing University, chair
professor in National Chung Cheng University. He had
also been Visiting Researcher and Visiting Scientist to
Tokyo University and Kyoto University, Japan. During his
service in Chung Cheng, Professor Chang served as
Chairman of the Institute of Computer Science and
Information Engineering, Dean of College of Engineering,
Provost and then Acting President of Chung Cheng
University and Director of Advisory Office in Ministry
of Education, Taiwan.
Professor Chang's specialties include, but not limited
to, data engineering, database systems, computer
cryptography and information security. A researcher of
acclaimed and distinguished services and contributions
to his country and advancing human knowledge in the
field of information science, Professor Chang has won
many research awards and honorary positions by and in
prestigious organizations both nationally and
internationally. He is currently a Fellow of IEEE and a
Fellow of IEE, UK. On numerous occasions, he was invited
to serve as Visiting Professor, Chair Professor,
Honorary Professor, Honorary Director, Honorary
Chairman, Distinguished Alumnus, Distinguished
Researcher, Research Fellow by universities and research
institutes. He also published over 1,100 papers in
Information Sciences. In the meantime, he participates
actively in international academic organizations and
performs advisory work to government agencies and
academic organizations.