Prof. Lining Sun

Suzhou University, China

Lining Sun, Ph.D., Professor, Ph.D. Supervisor, recipient of the Ho Leung Ho Lee Prize, recipient of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, Changjiang Scholar Distinguished Professor, National High-Level Expert, Professor at the State Key Laboratory of Robotics and Systems, Harbin Institute of Technology, Director of the Center for Robotics and Microsystems at Soochow University, Director of the Jiangsu Provincial Innovation Center for Intelligent Robotics, and Chief Expert of the Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Embodied Intelligent Robot Technology. He served as a thematic expert in the field of robotics and micro/nano manufacturing technology under the Advanced Manufacturing sector of the National 863 Program during the 10th, 11th, and 12th Five-Year Plans, and is the Vice Chairman of the National Technical Committee on Robotics Standardization. He was shortlisted as a candidate for the Chinese Academy of Engineering in 2023 and 2025.

His primary research focuses on industrial robots and electromechanical integration equipment, micro/nano manipulation robots and equipment, as well as medical and special-purpose robots. He has presided over more than 20 national-level projects, including the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the National 863 Program, the National 973 Program, and National Major Projects. He has won two National Second Prizes for Technological Invention and Scientific and Technological Progress, and five Provincial/Ministerial First Prizes for Technological Invention and Scientific and Technological Progress. He has published more than 500 papers and holds over 50 authorized national invention patents, with multiple research outcomes successfully commercialized.

Prof. Zhengchun Wangzeng Kong

Wanzeng Kong, Vice-President, Professor, and doctoral supervisor. He is an innovative talent of the National WX Program and a leading talent for scientific and technological innovation of Zhejiang Ten-thousand Talents Program. He received his Ph.D. degree from Zhejiang University in 2008. He serves as Deputy Director of the International Joint Research Center for Brain‑Computer Collaborative Intelligence Technology (Ministry of Science and Technology of China), and Director of Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Brain‑Computer Collaborative Intelligence Technology and Applications. He has been continuously listed in the World’s Top 2% Scientists from 2023 to 2025. His honors include the Outstanding Youth Award of Huanao Award for Brain‑Computer Interface in China, Excellent Science and Technology Worker of Chinese Institute of Electronics, and Distinguished Member of China Computer Federation (accounting for 3‰ of professional members). He has presided over and completed numerous research projects, including the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Youth Project, two General Projects, two Key Projects), the Key Special Project for International Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation under the National Key R&D Program, the National International Science and Technology Cooperation Special Project, JWKJW 173 Program Fund, and Zhejiang Provincial Key R&D Program. He is Associate Editor of the SCI journal Cognitive Neurodynamics, an IEEE Senior Member, and Chairman of Hangzhou Association for Artificial Intelligence. He has published more than 100 high-quality academic papers in top conferences including NeurIPS, CVPR, ACL, ACM MM and authoritative journals such as IEEE TPAMI, TNNLS, TIFS, TAFFC, TCDS and TIM in the fields of artificial intelligence and brain-computer interaction. One English monograph was published by Springer. His Google Scholar citations exceed 6900. He has been granted more than 40 Chinese invention patents and 2 US invention patents. His research achievements have won 4 provincial‑ministerial‑level science and technology awards, Silver Award at Geneva International Exhibition of Inventions and Silver Award of International Invention Exhibition. For teaching achievements, he has obtained the Second‑Class National Teaching Achievement Award, the Second Prize of Electronic Information Teaching Achievement Competition of Chinese Institute of Electronics, and the First Prize of Zhejiang Provincial Postgraduate Education Achievement Award.