Speakers

Keynote Speakers

Prof. Juin J. Liou (FIEEE), Shenzhen University, China

Biography: Prof. Juin J. Liou received the B.S. (honors), M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Florida, Gainesville, in 1982, 1983, and 1987, respectively. In 1987, he joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Central Florida (UCF), Orlando, Florida where he held the positions of Pegasus Distinguished Professor, Lockheed Martin St. Laurent Professor, and UCF-Analog Devices Fellow. Currently, Dr. Liou is a chair professor at Shenzhen University, China. His research interests are electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection design, modeling and simulation, and characterization. Dr. Liou holds 18 patents and has published 13 books, more than 320 journal papers (including 21 invited review articles), and more than 260 papers (including more than 110 keynote and invited papers) in international and national conference proceedings. Dr. Liou received ten different awards on excellence in teaching and research from the University of Central Florida (UCF) and six different awards from the IEEE. Among them, he was awarded the UCF Pegasus Distinguished Professor (2009) – the highest honor bestowed to a faculty member at UCF, IEEE Joseph M. Biedenbach Outstanding Engineering Educator Award in 2004 for exemplary engineering teaching, research, and international collaboration, and IEEE Electron Devices Society Education Award in 2014 for promoting and inspiring global education and learning in the field of electron devices. His other honors are Fellow of IEEE, Fellow of IET, Fellow of Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology, Distinguished Lecturer of IEEE Electron Device Society (EDS), Distinguished Lecturer of National Science Council, and Chang Jiang Scholar Endowed Professor of Ministry of Education, China – the highest honorary professorship in China..

 

Prof. Xiaoqing Wen (FIEEE), Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan

Biography: Xiaoqing WEN  received a B.E. degree from Tsinghua University, China, in 1986, a M.E. degree from Hiroshima University, Japan, in 1990, and a Ph.D. degree from Osaka University, Japan, in 1993. From 1993 to 1997, he was a Lecturer at Akita University, Japan. He was a Visiting Researcher at University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA, from October 1995 to March 1996. He worked at SynTest Technologies, Inc., USA, from 1998 to 2003 and served as its Vice President and Chief Technology Officer. In 2004, he joined Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan, where he is currently a Professor and Chair of Department of Creative Informatics. He is a Co-Founder/Co-Chair of the Technical Activity Committee on Power-Aware Testing under the Test Technology Technical Council of the IEEE Computer Society. He is serving as Associate Editors for IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems as well as IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration Systems. He co-authored and co-edited two widely-referred books: “VLSI Test Principles and Architectures: Design for Testability” and “Power-Aware Testing and Test Strategies for Low Power Devices”. His research interests include design, test, and diagnosis of VLSI circuits. He holds 43 U.S. Patents and 14 Japan Patents. He received the 2008 Society Best Paper Award from the Information Systems Society of Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers for his pioneering work on mitigating capture power in at-speed scan testing of low-power VLSI circuits. He was elevated to a Fellow of IEEE in 2012 for contributions to testing of integrated circuits.

 

 

Prof. Daohua Zhang (FInstP, FIET), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Biography: Professor Dao Hua ZHANG received his MSc degree from Shandong University, China and PhD degree from the University of New South Wales, Australia. He joined Nanyang Technological University in 1991 as a lecturer and is currently a full professor, Deputy Director, Centre for Semiconductor lighting and Display, Director, Photonic Nano-Structure and Applications program and Senator. He also served as Deputy Head of Microelectronics Division, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Senator of NTU etc. Professor Zhang’s main research interests include semiconductor materials, devices and technology, photonic metamaterials and applications. He has successfully completed over 30 research projects. One of them is the first $10M Competitive Research Program (CRP) of NTU (as Lead Principal Investigator), which was assessed as “outstanding word class research progress” by the international evaluation committee members including a Nobel laureate. He has published over 530 papers in international journals and international conferences, 6 books/ proceedings, and 3 book chapters and he also filed 7 patents. He received Singapore President national day medal and several best paper awards. Professor Zhang is the editor and guest editor of over 10 international journals. He is in International Advisory Committee of several international conferences. He has also chaired and co-chair of over 10 international conferences. He is a fellow of Institute of Physics (FInstP) and Institute of Engineering and Technology (FIET).

 

Invited Speakers

Assoc. Prof. Jun Wu, Southeast University, China

Biography: Dr Jun Wu received his MSc and PhD degree from Southeast University, China. From 2010 to 2012, he was a Visiting Scholar at University of California in Los Angeles, USA. He worked at Singapore-MIT Alliance as a Research Fellow from January 2013 to July 2013. Since 2014, he joined Southeast University and served as Vice Dean, School of Electronic Science and Engineering.
Dr Wu’s main research interests involve stretchable sensors and flexible hybrid electronic systems, aiming to provide potential solutions for body area network. He mainly explores human-based applications including human-machine interfaces, human behavior monitoring and analysis, health monitoring, smart home, and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) based on flexible sensors and electronic systems. Dr. Wu had published more than 30 high-quality papers in international journals and conference. Besides, she served as reviewers for many international journals, such as, ACS Nano, Applied Physics Letters, Small, Organic Electronics, Optics Letters, and Scientific Reports etc.

Assoc. Prof. Damian C Onwudiwe, North-West University, South Africa

Biography: Damian C Onwudiwe obtained his PhD in Chemistry (Inorganic and Materials) at the University of Fort-Hare, South Africa in 2011. He gained a Postdoctoral research fellowship at North-West University, Potchefstroom campus, before becoming a Senior Lecturer in the Mafikeng campus in 2015 and was promoted to Associate Professorship in 2019. He is the group Leader of the Inorganic and Materials Chemistry Research Group of the North-West University, South Africa. His area of research encompasses Inorganic synthesis, the controlled manipulation of materials' physical and chemical properties, advanced oxidation processes, engineering of nanostructured materials, and advanced functional materials for energy application. He has published several research papers on diverse aspects of Inorganic and Materials chemistry and he is a recipient of different research awards including TWAS-DFG fellowship as a visiting scientist to University of Cologne, Germany; the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Research Fellowship to Kings College London, UK and the institutional Capacity Development Grant (UCDG). Damian is the principal investigator of different NRF funded projects, and has collaboration at both National and international levels. He is a Faculty award recipient in recognition of his exceptional research track records and immense contribution in terms of innovative research and development in the Focus Area of Materials Science Innovation and Modelling. He is a college member of the International Development Peer Review of the United Kingdom Research Initiative (UKRI) and also a National Research Foundation (NRF) of South Africa rated researcher in the Y2 category. Damian is on a Topics and Guest Editorial Boards for different journals including Frontiers in Materials and Catalysts.

Prof. Shumin Xiao, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, China

Biography: Professor Shumin Xiao received his MSc degree from Fudan University, China and PhD degree from Purdue University, USA. He joined Harbin Institute of Technology in 2011 as a professor after finish her post-doctoral research at Purdue University, USA. Since 2012, she joined Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, China. Professor Shumin Xiao’s main research interests include Integrated optoelectronic devices, semiconductor devices, nano Photonics and metamaterials and other new optical materials and devices. Prof. Xiao had published more than 100 high-quality papers in international journals and conference. Such as Nature, Advanced Materials, ACS Nano, etc. Since 2010, she servied as reviewers for many international journals, such as Optics Letters, Optics Express, Applied Physics B, JOSA B, Scientific Reports, Nano Letters, Optics Communications, etc. And Prof. Xiao is a member of Optical Society of America (OSA).

Prof. Byung Seong Bae, Hoseo University, Korea

Biography: Byung Seong Bae received the B.S. degree in atomic nuclear engineering from the Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, in 1984 and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in applied physics from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, Korea in 1986, and 1991, respectively. Between 1991 and 1998, he worked at the Samsung Electronics on the development of amorphous and poly-silicon TFT LCD with integrated driver. From 1999 to 2003, he set up the high-temperature poly-silicon TFT LCD factory and developed micro-display for projection display at ILJIN Display. Since 2006, he is a Professor, School of Electronics and Display Engineering of the Hoseo University, Asan, Korea.