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Prof. Yan Zhang is currently Head of Department and Chief Scientist, Department of Networks at Simula Research Laboratory, Norway. He is also an Associate Professor at the Department of Informatics, University of Oslo, Norway. From 1 September 2016, he will take the new position as a full-time Full Professor at the Department of Informatics, University of Oslo, Norway. His main responsibility is to lead the Energy Informatics related research, education and collaboration programs at the University. He received a PhD degree in School of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He is IEEE Access Associate Editor. He also serves as the guest editor for IEEE Communications Magazine, IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine, IEEE Network Magazine, IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, IEEE Systems Journal, IEEE Access, and IEEE Internet of Things journal. 

He serves as chair positions in a number of conferences, including IEEE PIMRC 2016, IEEE CloudCom 2016, IEEE ICCC 2016, IEEE CCNC 2016, WCSP 2016, WICON 2016, IEEE SmartGridComm 2015, and IEEE CloudCom 2015. He serves as TPC member for numerous international conference including IEEE INFOCOM, IEEE ICC, IEEE GLOBECOM, and IEEE WCNC. His current research interest include: next-generation wireless networks leading to 5G, reliable and secure cyber-physical systems (e.g., smart grid, healthcare, and transport), machine-to-machine communications, Internet-of-Things, economic approaches (e.g., game theory) for networks performance optimization. He has received 8 Best Paper Awards. He has 5 ESI “Highly Cited Papers”.

Song Guo is a Full Professor leading the Research Group of Networking and Mobile Computing at the Department of Computing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He also holds a Changjiang Chair Professorship awarded by the Ministry of Education of China. Prof. Guo is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering (FCAE), Fellow of the IEEE (FIEEE), and Member of Academia Europaea (MAE). He is the current Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Open Journal of the Computer Society.

Prof. Guo is the founding director of the Edge Intelligence Lab at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PEIL). His research interests are mainly in edge AI, 6G, big data and machine learning, mobile computing, and distributed systems. Prof. Guo's research has been sponsored by RGC, NSFC, ITF, MOST, NRC, JSPS, MIC, JST, industry, etc. He published many papers in top venues with wide impact in these areas and was recognized as a Highly Cited Researcher (Clarivate Web of Science). He is the recipient of the 2020 Best Paper Award for IEEE Transactions on Computers, 2019 IEEE TCBD Best Conference Paper Award, 2018 IEEE TCGCC Best Magazine Paper Award, 2019 & 2017 IEEE Systems Journal Annual Best Paper Award, and other 8 Best Paper Awards from IEEE/ACM conferences. He also received the Faculty Award for Outstanding Achievement in Research and Scholarly Activities twice.