Speakers

Prof. Ruxu Du
（Invited Speaker）
The Zhongke Jianchi Biotechnology Co., Ltd, China

Biography: Prof. Ruxu Du was born in China in 1955. He received his Master’s degree from the South China University of Technology in 1983 and his Ph.D. degree from the University of Michigan in 1989. He has taught in the University of Windsor, in Windsor, Ontario, Canada (1991⎯1999), the University of Miami, in Coral Gables, Florida. USA (1999⎯2001), the Chinese University of Hong Kong in Hong Kong SAR (2001⎯2018), and the South China University of Technology (2018⎯2021).

Prof. Du is the founding director of the Guangzhou Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Advanced Technology (2011⎯2016), the founding dean of S. M. Wu School of Intelligent Engineering, South China University of Technology, as well as the founding director of the Institute of Precision Engineering in the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Porf. Du’s areas of research include AI applications in medicine, precision engineering, design and manufacturing (metal forming, machining, plastic injection molding and etc.), as well as robotics and automation. He has published over 500 papers in various academic journals and international conferences. He is the associate editor / the members of editorial board of six international journals. He has received a number of prestigious international and regional awards and recognitions, including:
• Fellow of Canadian Academy of Engineering;
• Fellow of SME (Society of Manufacturing Engineers);
• Fellow of ASME (Society of American Mechanical Engineers);
• Fellow of HKIE (Hong Kong Institute of Engineers);

Prof. Rongjing Zhang
（Invited Speaker）
Beihang University, China

Biography: Rongjing Zhang，Professor at the Robotics Institute, School of Mechanical Engineering, Beihang University; Alexander von Humboldt Fellow and National Youth Talent. Her research focuses on robotics design, intelligent system control, multi-robot collaboration, and perception, aiming to enhance robotic flexibility and adaptability through bio-inspired intelligence. She earned his Ph.D. in 2022 from the Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials at the University of Groningen, Netherlands, and conducted postdoctoral research (2022–2024) at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Germany. In 2023, she received the Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship for her work on Intelligent Robotic Systems Control and was selected for the National Youth Talent Program in 2024. Her research findings have been published in top-tier journals such as Science Advances, ACS Nano, Physics of Fluids, Advanced Functional Materials.

Mr Quwei HE
（Invited Speaker）
Shanghai Honjo Information Technology Co., Ltd (General Manager)