IRCE 2026 Keynote Speakers

Aiguo Song 宋爱国
Southeast University, China 东南大学

Biodata: Aiguo Song received the Ph.D degree in Measurement and Control from Southeast University, Nanjing, China in 1996. From 1996 to 1998, he was an Associate Researcher with the Intelligent Information Processing Laboratory, Southeast University, China. From 1998 to 2000, He was an associate Professor with the School of Instrument Science and Engineering, Southeast University, China. From 2000 to 2003, he was the Director of the Robot Sensor and Control Lab, Southeast University, China. From April, 2003 to April, 2004, he was a visiting scientist with the Lab for Intelligent Mechanical Systems (LIMS), Northwestern University, Evanston, USA. He is currently the Professor with the School of Instrument Science and Engineering, Southeast University, China, and also the Director of Robot Sensor and Control Laboratory, the President of Nanjing Advanced Robotics Research Institute. His current interests concentrate on human-robot interaction teleoperation robot, force/tactile sensors, haptic display, space robot, and rehabilitation robot. He has published more than 280 peer reviewed journal papers, and 180+ papers have been indexed by SCIE, and SCI cited time is 2000+. He received the best paper awards 12 times. He is a member of Chinese Instrument and Control Association, IEEE senior member, Chair of IEEE Nanjing Section Robotics and Automation Society Chapter. He serves as Associate Editor for 5 SCIE indexed Journals, and served as Chair or Co-Chair of 30+ International Conference/Symposium. He was recipient of the second prize of the National Scientific and Technological Progress in 2017, and recipient of the National Outstanding Youth Fund of National Natural Science Foundation of China.
宋爱国,东南大学仪器科学与工程学院院长、教授、博导。主持国家各类重大项目45项。作为第一完成人获国家技术发明二等奖,以及教育部技术发明一等奖2项、江苏省科技进步一等奖2项等科技成果奖12项。发表学术论文280余篇,授权发明专利100余项;编写国家特种机器人标准4项。宋爱国教授为国家杰出青年基金获得者、中国青年科技奖获得者,教育部高校青年教师奖获得者,全国优秀科技工作者,国家“万人计划”教学名师。宋爱国教授领衔的《人机交互遥操作机器人的力觉感知与反馈技术》项目获得2017年度国家技术发明二等奖。
2021年4月,被授予江苏省先进工作者荣誉称号。2021年4月23日,入选中国工程院2021年院士增选有效候选人名单。

 

Prof. Jinjun Shan 陕晋军
Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering
York University, Canada 约克大学

Bio: Prof. Jinjun Shan is an internationally recognized expert in the areas of dynamics, control and navigation. He is a Full Professor of Space Engineering at the Department of Earth and Space Science and Engineering, York University. Prof. Shan received his Ph.D. degree from Harbin Institute of Technology, China, in 2002. His research progress is demonstrated through over 240 peer-reviewed journal and conference publications and 2 issued patents. Prof. Shan's accomplishments in research and engineering education have seen him recognized with prestigious recognitions such as the Fellow of Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE), the Fellow of Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC), the Fellow of American Astronautical Society (AAS), and a member of European Academy of Sciences and Arts (EASA). He serves the profession as the Associate Editor for several field-leading journals. He is the founding director of Spacecraft Dynamics Control and Navigation Laboratory (SDCNLab) at York University.
陕晋军教授是加拿大工程院院士、加拿大工程研究院院士、美国宇航学会会士、欧洲科学与艺术院院士。陕晋军教授于2002年获得哈尔滨工业大学博士学位,2006年加入约克大学地球及空间科学技术系空间工程专业,2016年晋升为正教授。2018年-2023年间担任约克大学地球及空间科学技术系系主任。陕晋军教授创立了约克大学飞行器动力学、控制及导航研究室。其研究方向包括多智能体系统动力学、控制及导航,智能材料及结构,空间工程及空间有效载荷设计。陕晋军教授已发表超过240篇论文、被授予两项专利、以及担任多个学术期刊的副主编。陕晋军教授还曾获得德国洪堡基金及日本学术振兴会基金。

 

Prof. Simon X. Yang 杨先一
Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering 加拿大工程院院士
University of Guelph, Canada 圭尔夫大学

Biodata: Prof. Simon X. Yang is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering. He received the B.Sc. degree in engineering physics from Beijing University, China in 1987, the first of two M.Sc. degrees in biophysics from Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China in 1990, the second M.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Houston, USA in 1996, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada in 1999. Currently he is a Professor and the Head of the Advanced Robotics & Intelligent Systems (ARIS) Laboratory at the University of Guelph in Canada.
Prof. Yang has diversified research expertise. His research interests include robotics, intelligent systems, control systems, sensors and multi-sensor fusion, wireless sensor networks, intelligent communication, intelligent transportation, machine learning, fuzzy systems, and computational neuroscience. He has published over 700 refereed papers, including over 420 refereed journal papers (over 100 papers in IEEE Transactions). Prof. Yang has been very active in professional activities. He is the Founding Editor-in-Chief of Intelligence and Robotics; and serves as an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence and several other journals. He has been involved in the organization of many international conferences.

Chao Shen 沈超
Fellow of IEEE
Xi'an Jiaotong University, China 西安交通大学

Bio: Prof. Chao Shen (IEEE Fellow) is a Chair Professor at Xi'an Jiaotong University and a Distinguished Professor under the Ministry of Education's Changjiang Scholars Program. He has received honors such as the XPLORER Prize, Damo Academy Young Fellow, and NSFC Excellent Young Scientist. He leads an NSFC Innovation Research Group (Type B), a Ministry of Education Innovation Team, and an MOE Engineering Research Center. He also serves as Chief Scientist of National Key R&D and Basic Strengthening Programs, and as a panel expert for the “Advanced Computing and Emerging Software” program. He is also an IEEE Fellow.

His research focuses on trustworthy AI, AI security, and controllable intelligent systems. He has received 13 Best Paper Awards and led teams to win 3 First Prizes in provincial and ministerial science and technology (S&T) Awards. He has contributed to six national/international standards and three policy proposals adopted by top government agencies. Prof. Shen serves on the editorial boards of Science China: Information Sciences and the Journal of Software, as well as several IEEE journals, and holds leadership roles in IEEE SMC&CS Xi'an, ACM SIGSAC China, CAAI, and CICC.
沈超,IEEE Fellow,西安交通大学人才办、电子与信息学部二级教授,长江学者特聘教授,国家自然基金委创新群体负责人、教育部创新团队负责人、教育部重点实验室主任,科学探索奖、达摩院青橙奖、国家自然基金委优青获得者,国家重点研发计划首席科学家,国家基础加强计划技术首席科学家,重点研发计划“先进计算与新兴软件”重点专项指南专家组成员。主要从事人工智能可信、安全与控制的研究工作,在计算机与自动化领域发表论文100余篇,撰写专著3部,获最佳论文奖13次,牵头获3项省部级/一级学会科学技术一等奖、霍英东青年教师一等奖、MIT TR35 China、IEEE SMC Early Career Award、IEEE Outstanding SMC Chapter Award等。制定国内外标准6项,4份建言被中央办公厅、中宣部等采纳,担任Associate Vice President of IEEE SMCS、IEEE Trustworthy and Controllable Intelligent Systems技术委员会主席、IEEE SMC&CS Xian主席、ACM SIGSAC China副主席、中国人工智能学会组织工委副主任、中国指控学会智能测评专委会副主任、中国网络空间安全学会青年工委副主任等,以及IEEE TDSC、IEEE TCYB等多个IEEE汇刊和中国科学:信息科学、电子学报、软件学报等副主编或编委。