Keynote Speakers

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  Kazem Abhary

  Research field：Engineering; Mechanical Engineering; Manufacturing Engineering; Applied Mathematics; Information and Computing Sciences.

  Associate Professor, University of South Australia, Australia

  Kazem Abhary obtained his Bachelor and Master of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering from Tehran University, and Masters by Research and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Manchester, England. Since then he has been continuously engaged in tertiary education and has acted as a consulting engineer to variety of industries. His publications, exceeding 200, include numerous international journal and conference papers, two handbook chapters, 13 book chapters, five books, and a bi-lingual (English-Persian) Mechanical Engineering Lexicon. He has also published two books and a number of non-technical articles on social, spiritual and literary issues. He has undertaken and supervised over 140 engineering projects in Australia, Singapore, Malaysia and Iran, has educated a few thousand engineers and supervised many post-graduate students (Masters and PhD). He has been on the international advisory board of a number of international engineering conferences and engineering journals; associate editor of an engineering journal; reviewer to a number of international engineering journals and conferences, and keynote speaker to international engineering conferences and engineering graduation ceremonies. His publications include eight new methods in Design of Machinery (Mechanical Design, Mechanisms and Vibrations) some of which have won awards and downgraded project-type design-problems to the level of classroom tutorials. He is also a co-inventor of a machine. He was on the Council of the University of South Australia as the representative of academics for two terms (2001-2004) and has been a member of Standards-Australia/Standards-New Zealand since 1994.
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  Danilo Avola

  Research field：Computer Vision; Image/Video Processing; Human Computer Interaction; Wi-Fi Signal Processing; EGG Signal Processing; Machine/Deep Learning; Multimodal Systems; Pattern Recognition; Event/Action/Affect Recognition; Action; Scene Understanding; Body Language.

  Assistant Professor, IEEE Senior Member, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.

  Danilo Avola earned his Ph.D. degree in Molecular and Ultrastructural Imaging from University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy, in 2014. Since 2021 he is Assistant Professor at the Department of Computer Science of Sapienza University of Rome, where he leads both the Robotics Vision and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (TITAN Lab) and the Computer Vison Laboratory (VisionLab). In addition, since 2018 he is R&D Senior Engineer at the W•SENSE s.r.l., a spin-off of Sapienza University of Rome, where he leads the Computer Vision Team (CVT), and since 2010 he provides consultation and collaboration to companies engaged in computer science, computer vision, and artificial intelligence research projects. Previously, he was postdoc researcher at the Department of Mathematics, Computer Science and Physics (DMIF), University of Udine, Udine, Italy, and R&D Senior Engineer at the Artificial Vision and Real-Time Systems Laboratory (AVIRES Lab) at the same University. Even before, he was R&D Senior Engineer and Supervisor, earlier, at the Multimodal & Multimedia Laboratory (M&M Lab) of the National Research Council, Rome, Italy, and, later, both at the Pictorial Computing Laboratory (PCL Lab) and at the Artificial Vision Laboratory (AV Lab) of Sapienza University of Rome. Among other awards and prizes, Danilo Avola received, in 2020, the Outstanding Paper Award for IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics (TII). Currently, he is Reviewer of top International Journals in Computer Vision, including Pattern Recognition, Pattern Recognition Letters, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems, and International Journal of Computer Vision; in addition, he is Associate Editor and Guest Editor of different ranked International Journals. His research interests include Computer Vision, Image/Video Processing, Human Computer Interaction, Wi-Fi Signal Processing, EGG Signal Processing, Machine/Deep Learning, Multimodal Systems, Pattern Recognition, Event/Action/Affect Recognition, Action, Scene Understanding, Body Language and Face Expression Interpretation, Robotics (UAVs, AUVs, ROVs, Humanoids), and has published around 100 papers on these topics. Since 2011, Danilo Avola is member of IAPR, CVPL, and IEEE.
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  Anand Nayyar

  Research field：Wireless Sensor Networks; IoT, Swarm Intelligence; Cloud Computing; Artificial Intelligence; Drones; Blockchain; Cyber Security; Network Simulation; Wireless Communications.

  Professor, IEEE/ACM Senior Member, Duy Tan University, Vietnam.

  Dr. Anand Nayyar received Ph.D (Computer Science) from Desh Bhagat University in 2017 in the area of Wireless Sensor Networks, Swarm Intelligence and Network Simulation. He is currently working in School of Computer Science-Duy Tan University, Da Nang, Vietnam as Assistant Professor, Scientist, Vice-Chairman (Research) and Director- IoT and Intelligent Systems Lab. A Certified Professional with 100+ Professional certificates from CISCO, Microsoft, Amazon, EC-Council, Oracle, Google, Beingcert, EXIN, GAQM, Cyberoam and many more. Published more than 130+ Research Papers in various High-Quality ISI-SCI/SCIE/SSCI Impact Factor Journals cum Scopus/ESCI indexed Journals, 100+ Papers in International Conferences indexed with Springer, IEEE Xplore and ACM Digital Library, 40+ Book Chapters in various SCOPUS, WEB OF SCIENCE Indexed Books with Springer, CRC Press, Wiley, IET, Elsevier with Citations: 6300+, H-Index: 40 and I-Index: 150. Member of more than 60+ Associations as Senior and Life Member including IEEE, ACM. He has authored/co-authored cum Edited 40+ Books of Computer Science. Associated with more than 500+ International Conferences as Programme Committee/Chair/Advisory Board/Review Board member. He has 18 Australian Patents, 11 Indian Design cum Utility Patents, 3 Indian Copyrights, 2 Canadian Copyrights and 3 German Patents to his credit in the area of Wireless Communications, Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Computing, IoT and Image Processing. Awarded 38 Awards for Teaching and Research—Young Scientist, Best Scientist, Young Researcher Award, Outstanding Researcher Award, Excellence in Teaching and many more. He is acting as Associate Editor for Wireless Networks (Springer), Computer Communications (Elsevier), International Journal of Sensor Networks (IJSNET) (Inderscience), Frontiers in Computer Science, PeerJ Computer Science, Human Centric Computing and Information Sciences (HCIS), IET-Quantum Communications, IET Wireless Sensor Systems, IET Networks, IJDST, IJISP, IJCINI, IJGC. He is acting as Editor-in-Chief of IGI-Global, USA Journal titled “International Journal of Smart Vehicles and Smart Transportation (IJSVST)”. He has reviewed more than 1800+ Articles for various Web of Science Indexed Journals He is currently researching in the area of Wireless Sensor Networks, Internet of Things, Swarm Intelligence, Cloud Computing, Artificial Intelligence, Drones, Blockchain, Cyber Security, Network Simulation, Software Engineering and Wireless Communications.
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  Sadegh Vaez-Zadeh

  Research field：Advanced Rotary and Linear Electric Machines and Drives; Wireless Power Transfer; Renewable Energy Integration and Energy Policy.

  Professor, IEEE Senior Member, University of Tehran, Iran.

  Sadegh Vaez-Zadeh received the B.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from the Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran, in 1985, and the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada, in 1993 and 1997, respectively. In 1997, he joined the University of Tehran, Tehran, as an Assistant Professor and became an Associate Professor, in 2001, and a Full Professor, in 2005. Prior to this, he was with several research and educational institutions in different positions. He was the Head of the Power Department, University of Tehran, where he is currently the Director of the Advanced Motion Systems Research Laboratory, which he founded, in 1998. He has coauthored more than 200 research papers. He holds a U.S. patent. He is the author of the book Control of Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors, (Oxford University Press, 2018); with its Chinese translation published, in 2022. His research interests include advanced rotary and linear electric machines and drives, wireless power transfer, renewable energy integration, and energy policy. He is a member of the Energy Internet Coordinating Committee, Motor Subcommittee, and the Power System Stability Control Subcommittee of the IEEE Power and Energy Society. He received several domestic and international awards for his contributions to the fields. He is an Editor of IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy and IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion. He is a Subject Editor of IET Renewable Power Generation. He has been active in IEEE-sponsored conferences, as the General Chair, a keynote speaker, and a member of technical and steering committees.
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  Umesh Chandra Pati

  Research field：Image/Video Processing; Computer Vision; Internet of Things (IoT); Artificial Intelligence; Industrial Automation; Instrumentation Systems.

  Full Professor, National Institute of Technology (NIT), India.

  Dr. Umesh C. Pati is a Full Professor at the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, National Institute of Technology (NIT), Rourkela. He has obtained his B.Tech. Degree in Electrical Engineering from National Institute of Technology (NIT), Rourkela, Odisha. He received both M.Tech. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering with specialization in Instrumentation and Image Processing, respectively, from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur. He is currently serving as Chairperson, International Students Cell, NIT Rourkela. He has  also served as Head, Career Development Center, NIT Rourkela for three years.

  His current areas of interest are Image/Video Processing, Computer Vision, Artificial Intelligence, Medical Imaging, Internet of Things (IoT), Industrial Automation, and Instrumentation Systems. He has authored/edited two books and published more than 125 articles in the peer-reviewed international journals as well as conference proceedings. He has served as a reviewer in a wide range of reputed international journals and conferences. He has delivered a number of Keynote/Invited Talks at various International/National platforms. He has also guest-edited Special Issues of Cognitive Neurodynamics and the International Journal of Signal and Imaging System Engineering. Dr. Pati has filed 3 Indian patents. Besides other sponsored projects, he is currently associated with a high-value IMPRINT project, “Intelligent Surveillance Data Retriever (ISDR) for Smart City Applications,” which is an initiative of the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Govt. of India.

  He has visited countries like the USA, Italy, Austria, Australia, Singapore, Mauritius, Bangladesh, Nepal, etc., in connection with research collaboration and paper presentations. He was also an academic visitor to the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, San Diego State University, USA, and the Institute for Automation, University of Leoben, Austria. He is a Senior member of IEEE, Fellow of The Institution of Engineers (India), Fellow of The Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE), and life member of various professional bodies like MIR Labs (USA), The Indian Society for Technical Education, Instrument Society of India, Computer Society of India, and Odisha Bigyan Academy. His biography has been included in the 32nd edition of MARQUIS Who’s Who in the World 2015. He is also recipient of Torchbearer of Education Award 2020 by Coding Ninjas.
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  Bhaveshkumar N. Pasi

  Research field：Industry 4.0; Structural Analysis of Inflatable Materials.

  Associate Professor, Vishwaniketan' s iMEET (ViMEET), India.

  Dr. Bhaveshkumar N. Pasi is an Associate Professor and Head of Mechanical Engineering Department at Vishwaniketan’s iMEET (ViMEET). He has completed Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sardar Patel College of Engineering, Mumbai. His current areas of research are Industry 4.0, structural analysis of Inflatable materials and supervisors’ role in PBL.

  He has more than 10 years of experience in Industry and Technical education. He has obtained 06 Patents (out of 08 Filed Patents). He has written 04 textbooks in the field of Mechanical Engineering. He has published more than 30 research papers in National and International Journals and Conferences. Based on the research work, he has received prestigious National and International awards from the eminent organizations such as CII, IEI, IIIE, NITIE, University of Mumbai, etc.

  He has received an opportunity to work as a task manager in CBHE EU ERASMUS+ CENTRAL Project. He is a Reviewer for many International Journals. He was invited by various esteemed institutions such as Parul University, Viva Institute, etc. to deliver talk on Industry 4.0. He has trained faculties on Project-Based Learning (PBL) in various workshops and faculty development programs organized by reputed institutes in India.