The Speakers

Wen Qi (Senior Member, IEEE) received the M.Sc. degree from South China University of Technology in 2015 and the Ph.D. degree from Politecnico di Milano in 2020. She is currently an Associate Researcher/Professor at South China University of Technology and has over 10 years of experience in Human-Robot-Environment perception and interaction, with research focusing on robot teleoperation, complex interaction modeling, and wearable systems. She has served as principal investigator for more than 10 research projects and has published over 70 papers with more than 2,930 citations, including 35 first or corresponding-author papers, 9 Q1 journal articles, and 5 top-tier conference papers, with five recognized as ESI Highly Cited or Hot Papers. She has delivered nearly 20 invited and keynote talks and received six IEEE best paper awards or finalist honors, including the Andrew P. Sage Best Paper Award (2021). She holds six Chinese invention patents (five granted) and one PCT patent, and currently serves as an Associate Editor or Editorial Board Member for several journals and as an organizer of international conference sessions and workshops.