Committee

Gary Pickrell is a Professor in Materials Science and Engineering; Associate Director of the Center for Photonics Technology in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Virginia Tech; Rolls Royce Commonwealth Director and Technical Advisory Board voting member to CCAM. He has been honored as a Fellow of SPIE, Senior member of IEEE, Faculty Fellow, Outstanding Assistant Professor, and with an R&D 100 award. He has over 250 publications, including 20 books, 5 special Journal issues, and 20 patents issued. He has chaired ~ 35 international conferences on sensors and advanced materials, served on the organizing committee for ~ 50 conferences and has been the PI on over $10 million in funded research and a PI or co-PI on over $20 million while at Virginia Tech. Previous to academia, he held various industrial positions such as process engineer, R&D Scientist, Technical Director, and member of the Board of Directors for various organizations. He has served on many technical advisory boards and review panels for both industry and government including NSF, DOE and twice on a Triennial Review Team of the Naval Research Lab facilities, personnel and research projects and currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing, a partnership whose members have included Rolls Royce, Airbus, Siemens, Canon, Aerojet, Sandvik, Chromalloy, Sulzer-Metco, Alcoa, Newport News Shipbuilding, NASA, the State of Virginia, UVA and Virginia Tech among others.

Dr. Bimal K. Bose (Life Fellow, IEEE) is an Emeritus Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA. A world-renowned pioneer in power electronics, he held the Condra Chair of Excellence from 1987-2003 and served as Chief Scientist at EPRI PEAC. He previously worked at GE Global Research (1976-1987) and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Dr. Bose has made groundbreaking contributions in areas such as high-frequency link converters, AI in power electronics, and advanced motor drive control. He has authored over 200 papers, holds 21 U.S. patents, and published 8 influential books. His numerous honors include the IEEE Lamme Gold Medal, IEEE Millennium Medal, election to the U.S. National Academy of Engineering, and the naming of the IEEE IES "Dr. Bimal Bose Energy Systems Award" in his honor. He is widely recognized as a leading global figure in power electronics.

Dr. Maxim G. Ponomarev is the CEO, Director, and Founder of Cambridge Research and Consultancy. Born on January 24, 1968, he is widely recognized for his contributions to academia and innovation. With a distinguished career spanning multiple disciplines, Dr. Ponomarev is known for his leadership and commitment to advancing research and development on a global scale.

Grigoris Kaltsas is a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at the University of West Attica. He has led and participated in numerous European and national research projects, collaborating with various foundations, industries, and research groups across Europe. He has authored over 200 papers in peer-reviewed journals and conferences and holds five patents, including two PCTs. Dr. Kaltsas has served on multiple committees and boards in the fields of electronics, microsystems, and sensors. He is a member of international program committees for major conferences on Sensors and Micro-Nano Devices and has delivered invited talks worldwide. He is also an active reviewer for leading journals and heads the microSENSES Laboratory.

Genxi Li, received his BA in Polymer Chem., MA in Anal. Chem., and PhD also in Anal. Chem., from the Chem. Dept. at Nanjing University, China, in 1988, 1991, and 1994, respectively. Then, he was a postdoctor in the Biochem. Dept also at this University. In 1996, he was an Asso. Prof., and from 2001, he is a full professor. He worked as a visiting scholar in the Department of Biology, Munich University in 1998; Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University in 1999, and Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard University in 2000. From 2006, he is also a Professor affiliated with the School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University. From January in 1999 to May in 2010, he was the Chair of the Biochem. Dept. at Naning University, and from November in 2008 to October in 2011, he was the Dean of the School of Life Sciences at Shanghai University. His research interests include biosensor and the related areas. He has published 360 SCI-indexed articles, 18 review papers, and has dedicated 3 books and 10 book chapters. He was the former Vice-president and Secretary-General of the Chinese Protein Society (2011-2015), and member of the Committee for Chemical Sensor, China Instrument & Control Society (2006--), member of the Council of the Biophysical Society of China (2009--2021), member of the Council of the Chinese Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (2010--2022). He isamember of the Editorial Board of sixinternational journals, and from 2018, he is an Associate Editor of the journal, Biosensors and Bioelectronics.

Prof. Patrick Siarry was born on May 28, 1952, in Pertuis. His research area is relatively (since 1982) new “metaheuristic” optimization such as simulated annealing, which are indicated for the so-called problems of “hard optimization” because of their ability to avoid in principle, trapping in sub-optimal solutions. This topic is multidisciplinary in nature, both by the source of the methods studied (physics, biology, ethology). Much of his work is explicitly one or the other keywords – in particular, modeling, identification, learning rule bases (artificial intelligence), control, nondestructive testing and maintaining the biological and medical engineering.

Prof. Yew Kee Wong (Eric) is a seasoned academic and researcher with over 30 years of experience in AI, Quantum Computing, Web3 Technology, and Big Data Analytics. A former Professor and Associate Vice-President at Hong Kong Chu Hai College, he holds a PhD in AI from Nottingham Trent University, where he was the youngest admitted PhD student at age 19. He has held senior roles at institutions including HKU-SPACE and is currently a Research Supervisor at the Southern Institute of Technology, New Zealand. Prof. Wong has published over 180 peer-reviewed papers, served on more than 3,000 international conference committees, and holds editorial roles in 45 journals. He is a Fellow or member of 12 global professional organizations including IEEE, ACM, and AAAI.

Prof. Hamid Ali Abed Al-Asadi, born in Iraq, received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Electrical and Communication Engineering from Basrah University (1987, 1994) and his Ph.D. in Computer and Communication Network Engineering from University Putra Malaysia (2011). He has served as a professor at the University of Basrah since 2014 and is currently Head of the Department of Computer Science at CSPS, University of Basrah. He has also held leadership roles at Iraq University College. His research spans optical communications, wireless and sensor networks, AI, swarm intelligence, and computer engineering. He has authored numerous papers, holds several international patents, and is actively involved in global journals and conferences, serving in over 1,400 editorial and reviewing positions.