Keynote Speaker

Andrea Aliverti
Politecnico di Milano

Prof. Andrea Aliverti, MSc in Electronic Engineering (1992) and PhD in Biomedical Engineering (1997) from Politecnico di Milano, is a Full Professor and Deputy Head of the Department of Electronics, Information, and Bioengineering at his alma mater. He concurrently directs the Laboratory for Respiratory Analysis (Lares) and is an active contributor to the Biomedical Technology Laboratory (TBMLab). Prof. Aliverti specializes in respiratory bioengineering, physiological measurements, functional pulmonary imaging, respiratory mechanics, wearable technologies, digital health, and AI applications. His distinguished career boasts over 300 publications, 4 edited books, 15 patents, and international honors including the ERS COPD Award (2004), Vertex Innovation Award (VIA, 2018), and Andrew P. Sage Prize from IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems (2021). An active IEEE member, he currently serves as General Chair of the IEEE-STAR International Conference.

Myunghee Kim
University of Illinois Chicago

Myunghee Kim’s primary focus is the development of assistive robotic devices for improving mobility and quality of life through integrative approaches of numerical dynamic models, machine learning techniques, experimental testbeds, and controlled human-subject experiments. At present, she works on developing assistance methods to enhance balance and walking economy using wearable devices (e.g., exoskeletons and prostheses). As a part of this effort, she is also interested in using those devices to understand further impaired gait and advance training methods of motor function. In line with this research, Prof. Kim also explores the control of autonomous devices (e.g., legged robots).

Stavros Ntalampiras
University of Milan

Stavros Ntalampiras  is an Associate Professor at the Department of Computer Science, University of Milan, Italy. He received the engineering and Ph.D. degrees from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Patras, Greece, in 2006 and 2010, respectively. He has carried out research and/or didactic activities at Politecnico di Milano, the Joint Research Center of the European Commission, the National Research Council of Italy, and Bocconi University. Currently, he is an Associate Editor of IEEE TNNLS, IEEE Access, PLOS One, IET Signal Processing and CAAI Transactions on Intelligence Technology, as well as member of the IEEE Computational Intelligent Society Task Force on Computational Audio Processing. His research interests include content-based signal processing, machine learning, audio pattern recognition, bioacoustics, medical acoustics, and cyber-physical systems.

Xiangmin  Xu
South China University of Technology

Xiangmin Xu is the Second-Grade Professor of South China University of Technology, Doctoral Supervisor, Vice President of South China University of Technology，Dean of the school of Future Technology, Member of Electronic Information Teaching Steering Committee of Ministry of Education, Director of Engineering Research Center of Ministry of Education on Human Body Data Perception. His recent research focuses on computer vision, natural interaction, affective computing and so on, and the doctoral student he trained won the Excellent Doctoral Dissertation of the Chinese Society of Electronics in 2020. He has undertaken more than 20 projects, published more than 60 articles in top journals and conferences, including 1 ESI hot paper with high citation (SCI, 0.1%), 50 invention patents were authorized, and the research achievements of Computational Psychophysiology were granted with the 2nd class of National Technology Invention Award in 2018. He has published 7 papers in important educational journals and been awarded the 2nd class of the National Teaching Achievements Award for three consecutive years.