KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Prof. & Dr. Pengcheng Liu, University of York, United Kingdom

Pengcheng Liu is an Associate Professor at the Department of Computer Science, University of York, UK. Before joining York, I have held several academic positions including a Senior Lecturer at Cardiff School of Technologies, Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK, a joint Research Fellowship at Lincoln Centre for Autonomous Systems (LCAS) and Lincoln Institute of Agri-Food Technology (LIAT), University of Lincoln, UK, a Research Assistant and a Teaching Assistant at Bournemouth University, UK, and a Lectureship at Zhongyuan University of Technology, China. I also held academic positions as a Visiting Fellow at Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China and Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China.

He is a senior member of IEEE, IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (RAS), IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Society (SMC), IEEE Control Systems Society (CSS) and IFAC. I'm member of IEEE Technical Committees (TC) on Bio Robotics, Soft Robotics, Robot Learning, and Safety, Security and Rescue Robotics. I've published over 100 journal and conference papers. I serve as an Associate Editor for IEEE Access and PeerJ Computer Science. I received the Global Peer Review Awards from Web of Science in 2019, and the Outstanding Contribution Awards from Elsevier in 2017. I was selected as regular Fundings/Grants reviewer for EPSRC, NIHR and NSFC. I have great experience in securing and involving in research projects and grants, including EPSRC, Innovate UK, Horizon 2020, Erasmus Mundus, FP7-PEOPLE, HEIF, NHS I4I, NSFC, etc. I also serve as a regular reviewer for about 30 mainstream journals and 8 flagship conferences across the domains of Robotics, artificial intelligence, and Control.

Prof. & Dr. Prof. Samia Nefti-Meziani OBE, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom

Professor Samia Nefti-Meziani OBE is Director of the Birmingham Robotics Institute and Chair in Robotics and AI at the University of Birmingham. With more than 25 years of pioneering research, she is internationally recognised as a leading authority in robotics, intelligent automation, and AI. She received the OBE in the Queen’s Jubilee Birthday Honours for services to robotics and was named among Robohub Silicon Valley’s Top 30 Women in Robotics Worldwide.

She has led major UK and EU-funded research programmes supported by EPSRC, Innovate UK and UKRI, advancing robotic technologies across nuclear, aerospace, transport, food manufacturing and healthcare. She is Academic Co-Chair of the UK Cross-Sector Robotics and Autonomous Systems Task Force.

Professor Nefti-Meziani combines technical leadership with a strong focus on the conditions required for the successful deployment and commercialisation of robotics and AI. She has long championed collaboration between engineers, industry leaders and policymakers to accelerate national adoption and secure economic and societal benefit.

One of her most significant contributions is the establishment of the National Committee on Robotics Regulations and Standards, created to bring coherence to the UK’s regulatory landscape. The Committee unites 16 regulators, standards bodies and major infrastructure organisations.

Her collaborative ethos also shapes her leadership of major national initiatives such as the £34.6M RESCu-M² programme, which supports the UK’s transition to a circular manufacturing ecosystem. She has extensive experience directing large-scale and multidisciplinary research efforts, including co-directing the EPSRC National Hub FAIR-SPACE, and has driven major investment in the North of England Robotics Innovation Centre by translating laboratory innovation into practical, industry-ready solutions.

Prof. & Dr. Aditi Sharma, SIT, Symbiosis International (Deemed) University, Pune, India

Aditi Sharma, Ph.D (Senior Member, IEEE) received the B.Tech. degree in Computer Science and engineering from Mody Institute of Technology and Science, Lakshmangarh, India in 2008 and also qualified GATE in 2008. She received her Ph.D. degree from MBM Engineering College,JNVU, India in Computer Science and Engineering in 2018. She has worked as Post Doctoral Fellow in School of Engineering and Digital Sciences at Nazarbayev University Kazakhstan in the area of Intelligent Cryptosystems , IOT and cloud in Robotics. She is designated as Associate Professor in Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Symbiosis Institute of Technology, Symbiosis International University, Pune. She is the visiting faculty at Astana IT University, Kazakhstan and University of Uyo Nigeria. She has 65 publications including conference and journal papers. She is an Active member of IEEE 5G security group. Prior to that she has worked as Associate Professor in Parul University, Vadodara, ITM Vocational University Vadodara, Quantum University Roorkee, Uttarakhand. Her overall experience is almost 15 years. She has published 65 research papers in international journals SCI,ESCI, Scopus and national/international conferences and authored four books. She has published ten patents and also having 19 patents grant in her credit. Her research area includes Cryptography, Block chaining, VLSI, Cellular Automata, Machine Learning, AI chatbots, IOT and artificial intelligence. She is the Life Member of Professional Bodies such as Cryptology Society of India, IEANG and N2women society. She is a reviewer of IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics and IEEE transactions on Big Data. She is serving as Conference Chair, General Chair, Technical Programme Committee (TPC) Member and a Reviewer in various Springer, IEEE international conferences, CSNT 2022,DASA'22,IAICT'2022,AIARS 2022,ISI 2022, ICCAIS 2021, ICDSIE- 2020, IAPCS 2020, ICSELM 2017, INAIT 2019,Global Open Online Conference System, WCI'18 and many more. She was invited for invited speaker/ Resource Person in TEQIP III Faculty Development Programs and in International conferences such as ICASTEM-2020. She is an Associate Editor of IAES International Journal of Artificial Intelligence (IJ-AI), International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (IJECE) Scopus Indexed Journal, Reviewer of Bulletin of Electrical Engineering and Informatics (BEEI) Scopus (Elsevier) and International Journal of Computing and Digital Systems (IJCDS), e-ISSN 2210-142X, Scopus Indexed Journal and Editorial Board Member: IJBST Journal Group and International Journals and Research epublications in Engineering & Science IJRPES, GRD group of journals, Guest Editor of Bentham Science, scopus indexed journal. She has been the Faculty Mentor of Smart India Hackathon and 1st AICTE Chatra Vishwakarma Award. She served as Coordinator IIT Bombay Spoken Tutorial, NPTEL, Atal Incubation Center at MITS Jadan. She also organized various workshops, Industrial visits and conferences during her career. She is also working as University Examiner for Rajasthan Technical University Kota and Jai Narain Vyas University, Jodhpur. She achieved many awards and scholarships including Nav Shakti Award by North Eastern Council, Ministry of DoNER, Government of India.Parvati-Chanda Devi and Gargi scholarships and Awards from Madan Lal Khurana, Sunil Dutt, APJ Abdul Kalam. She also got Best Teacher Award by Rajasthan Patrika Group.

Prof. & Dr. Prof. & Dr. Smain Femmam, SMIEEE, University of Haute-Alsace (UHA), France

Prof. Smain FEMMAM is Director of research at the University of Haute-Alsace France and responsible of the Research team on Signals & Safety Systems of Polytechnic Engineers School Sceaux France. He received the MS and Ph.D. degrees in Signal Processing and Computers from Versailles University, France in 1997 and 1999 respectively. Since 2013 he is promoted to a rank of senior director of research (HDR). After that, he joined the CMU Carnegie Mellon University & West Virginia University as Postdoc Fellow and Distinguished Visiting Professor. His main research area is signal processing, safety systems, communication and embedded systems. He has a strong interest in perception and characterization of signals, optimal filtering, spectral analysis, wavelets and perception haptics. Dr. Femmam is a senior member of IEEE, SEE and GDR ISIS. Member of IEEE C.A. committee France section. Board of Director of the Institute for Engineering and Technology Innovations in the World. He has guided numerous thesis projects, including some doctoral theses. He is active reviewer for several scientific academic journals and committee member of international conferences. He is the (Academic, Chief) Editor-in-Chief, Editor, Editorial Board, Guest Editor & Advisory Board members of more than 20 International Journals. He has authored and co-authored more than 90 papers, four Chapters, one edited Book, seven Books published by Wiley & Elsevier.