| Prof. Thomas T. Y. Wong, IAAM FellowIllinois Institute of Technology, USAThomas T. Y. Wong obtained a Bachelor of Engineering degree from the University of Hong Kong in 1975, and earned his Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from Northwestern University, USA, in 1978 and 1980, respectively. In 1981, he joined the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) in the United States, where he is currently a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. From 1987 to 1995, he served as the Director of the Graduate Program in the department, and from 2001 to 2005, he was the Department Chair. He is the author of *Fundamentals of Distributed Amplifiers* (Artech House, 1993) and co-author, with R. Yang, of *Electromagnetic Fields and Waves* (Higher Education Press, first edition 2006, second edition 2012). He holds several patents related to microwave electronics and wireless system design. His current research interests include applied electromagnetics and microwave instrumentation. Thomas T. Y. Wong has served multiple times as a member of organizing committees for international technical conferences and was the Chair of the IEEE Chicago AP-MTT Joint Chapter from 1987 to 1988. |
| Prof. JianweiYou, National-level Young TalentSoutheast University, ChinaJianwei You, Professor, National High-Level Young Talent, Young Chief Professor at Southeast University, is a member of the Circuits and Systems Committee of the Chinese Institute of Electronics and the Micro-Nano Special Committee of the Chinese Optical Engineering Society. He has long been engaged in both hardware and software development in the fields of computational electromagnetics and electromagnetic metamaterials. His research achievements include over 100 academic papers and 5 monographs/chapters, with first or corresponding author publications in flagship journals such as Science sub-journals, Nature sub-journals, and IEEE Transactions. The hardware and software platforms with independent intellectual property rights developed by his team have been applied in many key institutions in China. His work has been recognized with honors including the Top Ten Scientific and Technological Advances in Chinese Higher Education, the Excellent Young Research Team Award from Central Universities, and the First Prize of Jiangsu Province Science and Technology Award. |
 | Prof. Shaolin LiaoSun Yat-sen University, ChinaProfessor Liao Shaolin is a high-level talent recognized by the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee, the leader of the Guangdong Pearl River Innovation and Entrepreneurship Team, a leading talent of the Guangdong Pearl River Talent Plan, and a leading talent under the Sun Yat-sen University Hundred Talents Program. Prof. Liao is a PhD supervisor at the School of Electronics and Information Engineering (School of Microelectronics), Sun Yat-sen University. Prof. Liao also serves as an adjunct professor at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), Chicago, USA. In addition, he is also a visiting professor at Purdue University, USA, collaborating under the mentorship of Professor Weng Cho Chew, a member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering and IEEE Fellow. Nowadays, Prof. Liao currently holds editorial board positions in several prominent international journals, including: (1) Associate Editor of the Chinese Academy of Sciences top-tier journal IEEE Internet of Things Journal, which currently has an impact factor of 8.9 (classified under CAS “Computer: Information Systems” and “Telecommunications” categories and JCR Q1); (2) Guest Editor of special issues for IEEE Selected Areas in Sensors; (3) Guest Editor of special issues for IET Microwave Antennas and Propagation. Prof. Liao earned his Bachelor's degree in Materials Science and Engineering from Tsinghua University and his PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Wisconsin–Madison (UW Madison). He also obtained dual Master’s degrees in Materials Science and Electrical Engineering from UW-Madison. He completed two postdoctoral fellowships focusing on interdisciplinary research at the City University of New York (CUNY) Physics Department and the Engineering Physics Division of Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), the first national laboratory under the U.S. Department of Energy. In November 2009, Prof. Liao was promoted to Adjunct Assistant Professor at CUNY, and in November 2013, he was promoted to a tenured Electronics Engineer position at ANL. In February 2019, he was appointed as Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at IIT. In 2021, Professor Liao joined the School of Electronics and Information Engineering (School of Microelectronics) at Sun Yat-sen University and was appointed as a Visiting Professor at the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University starting in 2024. His research team leverages top-tier national platforms including the National First-Class Discipline of Electronics and Information Science and Technology at Sun Yat-sen University, the National Supercomputer Center in Guangzhou, and the State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies to conduct innovative interdisciplinary research integrating AI, electromagnetic waves, and photonics. Their main research focuses are next-generation artificial intelligence technologies, electromagnetics, optoelectronics, multiphysics scientific computation, communication, and sensing |
