Keynote Speaker
Weidong Zhang , Professor
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
BIO: Weidong Zhang received the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees from Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, in 1990, 1993, and 1996, respectively.,He was an Associate Professor with Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China, in 1998 and has been a Full Professor since 1999. He is the author of more than 300 papers and one book. From 2003 to 2004, he was an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow with the University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany. From 2013 to 2017, he serviced as a Deputy Dean of the Department of Automation, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He is currently the Director of the Engineering Research Center of Marine Automation, Shanghai Municipal Education Commission, and the Marine Intelligent System Engineering Research Center, Ministry of Education, China. He is also currently the Yangtze River Scholar Chair Professor with Hainan University, Haikou, China. His research interests include control theory, machine learning theory, and their applications.,Prof. Zhang has been recognized as an Elseviser’s Most Cited Researcher. He is a recipient of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars of China.