Welcome Prof. Youfu Li, City University of Hong Kong, China to be the Conference Chair and keynote speaker!

 Prof. Youfu Li, City University of Hong Kong, China（IEEE Fellow）

李友福 教授，香港城市大学

You-Fu Li received the PhD degree in robotics from the Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford in 1993. From 1993 to 1995 he was a research staff in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, UK. He joined City University of Hong Kong in 1995 and is currently professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. His research interests include robot sensing, robot vision, and visual tracking. In these areas, he has published over 400 papers including over 180 SCI listed journal papers. Dr Li has received many awards in robot sensing and vision including IEEE Sensors Journal Best Paper Award by IEEE Sensors Council, Second Prize of Natural Science Research Award by the Ministry of Education, 1st Prize of Natural Science Research Award of Hubei Province, 1st Prize of Natural Science Research Award of Zhejiang Province, China.  He was on Top 2% of the world’s most highly cited scientists by Stanford University, 2023 and Career Long. He has served as an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering (T-ASE), Associate Editor and Guest Editor for IEEE  Robotics and Automation Magazine (RAM), and Editor for CEB, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). He is a fellow of IEEE.

李友福，香港城市大学，教授，IEEE fellow。他的研究兴趣包括机器人传感、机器人视觉和视觉跟踪。在这些领域，他发表了400多篇论文，其中包括180多篇SCI上市期刊论文。李博士在机器人传感和视觉方面获得了许多奖项，包括IEEE传感器理事会颁发的IEEE传感器期刊最佳论文奖，教育部自然科学研究奖二等奖，湖北省自然科学研究奖一等奖，浙江省自然科学研究奖一等奖。他是斯坦福大学，2020年和Career Long世界上引用次数最多的科学家的前2%。他曾担任IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering（T-ASE）的副主编，IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine（RAM）的副主编和客座编辑。