Keynote Speakers

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He Zhixin

Vice Director, National Engineering Research Center. Guangzhou Metro Group, China
He Zhixin, the Vice Director of the National Engineering Research Center of Guangzhou Metro Group, is a professor senior engineer who has been engaged in the design and research of urban rail transit for over 20 years. He has accumulated rich practical experience in engineering theory, system concepts, and technological innovation, and has conducted in-depth research in the fields of urban rail transit electromechanical systems, green and low-carbon technologies, and digitalization. He has obtained 20 invention patents, participated in 12 international and industry standards, published 25 papers, and completed 3 books. His research and engineering achievements have successively won 58 industry awards.
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David R. Fuhrman

Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
David R. Fuhrman is Professor of Coastal Dynamics at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering. His research focuses on many aspects of coastal and ocean engineering, including: surf zone and coastal dynamics, sediment and pollutant transport, coastal morphology, scour, turbulence modelling, wave boundary layers, and nonlinear wave hydrodynamics. He has published approximately 100 peer-reviewed articles in leading international journals on such topics. He presently serves as Editor in Chief of Applied Ocean Research, as Associate Editor of ASCE J. Waterways, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering, and on the Editorial Boards for Coastal Engineering, OpenFOAM Journal, and Journal of Marine Science and Application. His research on turbulence modelling is featured in the CFD software OpenFOAM (since 2019) and Star CCM+ (since 2024). He is co-author of the textbook: Turbulence in Coastal and Civil Engineering.
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Xuan-Kien Dang

University of Transport HCMC, Vietnam
Xuan-Kien Dang was born in Hai Phong City, Vietnam. He received a Ph.D. in Control Science and Engineering from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in June 2012. He is the Head of the Science and R&D Department at Ho Chi Minh City University of Transport, Vietnam. He has been awarded the Best Paper Award at the Conference of Science and Technology, Ho Chi Minh City University of Transport (2018, 2023, 2025), Conference on “Smart Technology Application in Industry 4.0, Smart Cities and Sustainable Development” - STAIS (2024, 2025), the President Prize for Award Winner of the Excellent Paper of The 17th Asia Maritime & Fisheries Universities Forum (2018), and Doctoral Scholarship - Huazhong Univ. of Science & Tech., China, 2008-2012. His current research interests focus on Artificial Intelligent Transportation, Control Theory, Automation, Maritime Technology, Underwater Vehicles, Optimal and Robust Control, and Networked Control Systems. Dr. Dang has authored and co-authored multiple publications in international and national journals, conference proceedings, and technical reports. His research has been published in reputable journals indexed by ISI/Scopus. He has also presented his work at various international conferences on control systems, automation, maritime engineering, and intelligent transportation systems. His publications often focus on applying artificial intelligence, robust control techniques, and optimal control algorithms for complex systems such as autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), maritime navigation, and networked control systems. Additionally, Dr. Dang has participated in multiple scientific research projects at institutional and national levels, and he actively contributes as a reviewer for several peer-reviewed journals in the fields of control engineering and intelligent systems, Dr. Dang is also Editor-in-Chief of EAI Endorsed Transactions on Transportation Systems and Ocean Engineering.
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Jun-Ho Huh

National Korea Maritime and Ocean University, Republic of Korea
Dr. Jun-Ho Huh Since April 2025, he has been a Full Professor (Tenured) with the Department of Data Informatics/Data Science, National Korea Maritime and Ocean University, Republic of Korea. Also, since September 2020, he has been an Center Chair (Director) of Big Data Center for Total Lifecycle of Shipbuilding and Shipping at National Korea Maritime and Ocean University. Also, since April 2025, he has been Join a Full Professor (Tenured) (Sep. 2022~Mar. 2025: Associate Professor) of Global R&E Program for Interdisciplinary Technologies of Ocean Renewable Energy (BK 21 Four Research Group) of Interdisciplinary Major of Ocean Renewable Energy Engineering, National Korea Maritime and Ocean University, Republic of Korea. Also, since April 2025, he has been a Full Professor (Tenured) (Mar. 2024~Mar. 2025: Associate Professor) of Research Group of Marine Safety and Disasters, Dept. of Convergence Paper on the Ocean Science and Technology, Ocean Science and Technology School (OST School: KMOU & KIOST: Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology). He was a Research Professor at Dankook University at Jukjeon, Yongin, Republic of Korea, from July 2016 to September 2016. Also, he was an Assistant Professor with the Department of Software, Catholic University of Pusan, Republic of Korea, from December 2016 to August 2019. Also, he was an Assistant Professor with the Department of Data Informatics, National Korea Maritime and Ocean University, Republic of Korea, from Sep., 2019 to Sep., 2021. Also, he was an Associate Professor (Tenured) with the Department of Data Informatics, National Korea Maritime and Ocean University from Oct., 2021 to Mar., 2024. He received B.S. in Science Degree from Department of Major of Applied Marine Sciences, And, B.E. in Engineering Degree (Double Major) from Department of Computer Engineering from Jeju National University, Republic of Korea in Aug. 2007. And he received M.A. degree in education from Department of Computer Science Education, Pukyoug National University in Aug. 2012. Also, he received the Ph.D. in Engineering Degree from Department of Computer Engineering, Pukyoug National University, Republic of Korea in Feb. 2016. He received Best Paper Minister Award (Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, Korean Government) the 16th International Conference on Control, Automation and Systems (Oct. 2016), ICROS with IEEE Xplore. Also, he received Springer Nature Most Cited Paper Award, Human-centric Computing and Information Sciences most cited paper award 2019 (Research published in the journal between 2016-2018; SCIE). Also, he was awarded the Commendation for Meritorious Service in the Promotion of Busan's Data Industry in December 2023. (Commendation by the Mayor of Busan, Republic of Korea Government). He was General/Head Professor of Catholic University of Pusan on International Game Exhibition G-Star 2017 (G-Star 2017). Also, he was the Organizing Chair of 15th International Conference on Multimedia Information Technology and Applications (MITA 2019: University of Economics and Law (UEL), Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam). Also, he was the Organizing Chair of 17th International Conference on Multimedia Information Technology and Applications (MITA 2021). He was Editors (ME/AE) at Journal of Information Processing Systems (JIPS), Korea Information Processing Society (SCOPUS/ESCI indexed) from Managing Editor (ME) Jan. 2020 to Dec. 2021/from Associate Editor (AE) Apr. 2016 to Dec. 2023. Also, he was Managing Editor (ME) at Journal of Multimedia Information System (JMIS), Korea Multimedia Society (EI/KCI indexed) from Jan. 2017 to Dec. 2022. He is the Book Author of “Smart Grid Test Bed Using OPNET and Power Line Communication” pp.1-425, IGI Global, USA, 2017. Also, He is the Book Author of “Principles, Policies, and Applications of Kotlin Programming” pp.1-457, IGI Global, USA, 2023. And, he has authored/edited 10 books and edited 10 special issues in reputed Clarivate Analytics Index journals. Since Mar. 2025, he has been an Managing Editor (ME) of JICCE (SCOPUS/KCI) (Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering/former Korean Institute of Maritime Information & Communication Sciences). Also, he has published more than 117 articles in Clarivate Analytics Index (SCI/SCIE/SSCI indexed) with over 4500 citations and has an h-index of 34. He has given three invited talks Chi Minh University of Banking (HUB) (Oct. 2023), Vietnam National University HCM, University of Economics and Law (Aug. 2023, May 2025) and two keynote speeches (The 41st Conference of The Malacological Society of Korea: June 2025, Soonchunhyang University) (17th ICFICE 2025: July 2025, Guam USA) at conferences. He is Stanford/Elsevier/SCOPUS World Top 2% Scientist (2023, 2024). https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=cr5wjNYAAAAJ&hl=en