Prof. Dr. Mohd Shafry Mohd Rahim

Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia

BIO: Mohd Shafry Mohd Rahim is a Professor of Image Processing at School of Computing, Faculty of Engineering, University Technology Malaysia, Skudai, Johor, Malaysia. Presently, he has appointed as Chair of Institute for Life Ready Graduate, University Technology Malaysia (UTM iLeaGue) from Jun 2020 and also as a Research Fellow of Media and Game Innovation Centre of Excellence (MaGICX), Institute of Human-Centred Engineering (iHuMEN), University Technology Malaysia. Besides, he is member of the Board of Governance (BOG), SPACE College since 2014. He received his Diploma in Computer Science (1997), B.Sc.of Computer Science majoring in Computer Graphics (1999), and MSc. Of Computer Science (2004) from the University Technology Malaysia (UTM), Malaysia and his PhD of Spatial Modelling (2008) from University Putra Malaysia (UPM), Malaysia.

Prof. Dr. Azham Hussain

Universiti Utara Malaysia, Malaysia

BIO: Dr. Azham Hussain is the Professor of Software Engineering at UUM School of Computing. He is the founder and head of Human-Centered Computing Research Group which is affiliated with the Software Technology Research Platform Center at School of Computing, Universiti Utara Malaysia. Azham Hussain is a member of the US-based Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), and actively involved in both IEEE Communications and IEEE Computer societies. Azham is published in the areas of software evaluation and testing, user behaviours, group collaboration, and ubiquitous and mobile technology design. He has authored and co-authored more than 200 refereed technical publications, served as reviewer and referee for refereed journals and conferences on computing as well as the examiner for more...

2012, PhD, Computer Science, University of Salford, United Kingdom 2000, Masters, Information Technology, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Universiti Utara Malaysia 1999, Bachelor Degree, Computer Science, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Prof. Yonghui Li (ARC Future Fellow, Fellow IEEE)

The University of Sydney, Australia

BIO: Yonghui Li is now a Professor and Director of Wireless Engineering Laboratory in School of Electrical and Information Engineering, University of Sydney. He is the recipient of the Australian Research Council (ARC)Queen Elizabeth II Fellowship in 2008 and ARC Future Fellowship in 2012. He is an IEEE Fellow. His current research interests are in the area of wireless communications. Professor Li was an editor for IEEE transactions on communications, IEEE transactions on vehicular technology and guest editors for several special issues of IEEE journals, such as IEEE JSAC, IEEE IoT Journals, IEEE Communications Magazine. He received the best paper awards from several conferences. He has published one book, more than 300 papers in premier IEEE journals and more than 200 papers in premier IEEE conferences. His publications have been cited more than 20000 times.

Speech Title: Beyond 5G towards a Super-connected World

Abstract: Connected smart objects, platforms and environments have been identified as the next big technology development, enabling significant society changes and economic growth. The entire physical world will be connected to the Internet, referred to as Internet of Things (IoT). The intelligent IoT network for automatic interaction and processing between objects and environments will become an inherent part of areas such as electricity, transportation, industrial control, utilities management, healthcare, water resources management and mining. Wireless networks are one of the key enabling technologies of the IoT. They are likely to be universally used for last mile connectivity due to their flexibility, scalability and cost effectiveness. The attributes and traffic models of IoT networks are essentially different from those of conventional communication systems, which are designed to transmit voice, data and multimedia. IoT access networks face many unique challenges that cannot be addressed by existing network protocols; these include support for a truly massive number of devices, the transmission of huge volumes of data burst in large-scale networks over limited bandwidth, and the ability to accommodate diverse traffic patterns and quality of service (QoS) requirements. Some IoT applications have much stringent latency and reliability requirements which cannot be accommodated by existing wireless networks. Addressing these challenges requires the development of new wireless access technologies, underlying network protocols, signal processing techniques and security protocols. In this talk, I will present the IoT network development, architecture, key challenges, requirements, potential solutions and recent research progress in this area, particularly in 5G and beyond 5G.

Prof. Xinguo Yu

Central China Normal University, China

BIO: Prof. Yu Xinguo is Professor at the National Engineering Research Center for E-Learning, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China. He also holds an adjunct professorship at the University of Wollongong, Australia. He is the Chair of the Hubei Society of Artificial Intelligence in Research and Education. Prof. Yu's research primarily focuses on intelligent educational technology, intelligent research, educational robotics, multimedia analysis, computer vision, and machine learning. With over 200 published research papers including over 30 SCI papers. Prof. Yu serves as an Associate Editor and Guest Editor for several international journals and has contributed significantly to the global academic community by serving as General Chair, Keynote Speaker, and Program Chair for more than 30 international conferences. Since 2021, he has pioneered and led the annual International Conference on Intelligent Education and Intelligent Research.