Panel Discussion
In the AI era, networks have transcended their role as passive infrastructure to become the dynamic catalysts of global change. This panel investigates the profound interplay between next-generation connectivity and artificial intelligence. We will analyze how robust network ecosystems accelerate intelligence diffusion, enable real-time global collaboration, and fundamentally reshape societal frameworks. Join us to explore the pivotal mechanisms by which connectivity is redefining the boundaries of innovation, economy, and human interaction in an increasingly intelligent world.
Director of Key Lab of Computer Network and Information Integration, Ministry of Education, at the School of Computer Science and Engineering. Her research interests include distributed computing, middleware, edge computing, and fault-tolerant theory. She has extensive experience in complex software systems architecture, middleware software, industrial software, and efficient cross-network data integration between cloud, edge and end devices.
Director of the Computer Application Research Institute at Nanjing University. His research focuses on intelligent computing systems, edge AI and cloud computing. He has led 10 national scientific research projects and over 20 technology projects for organizations such as State Grid, Huawei, and Tencent. He has received the National Teaching Achievement Award First Prize, 5 provincial first prizes, published more than 100 papers, and received 6 Best Paper Awards at international conferences.
Dean of the School of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics and School of Future Technology at Hunan University, and Deputy Director of the National Engineering Research Center for Visual Sensing and Control. His research focuses on robotic visual inspection, deep-learning-based image recognition, and intelligent manufacturing robots. He has led 20+ projects, published over 70 papers, holds 42 invention patents, and received the National Technological Invention Award Second Prize (2018).
Full Professor at the School of Computer Science and Engineering, Southeast University, and recipient of the National Science Fund for Excellent Young Scholars. His research interests include anonymous networks, systems security, IoT and industrial control system security, confidential computing, and AI security. His work has been presented at Black Hat and featured on CCTV-10.
IEEE member, professor and doctoral supervisor at Dalian University of Technology since 2007. His research focuses on big data and artificial intelligence, and he serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Superintelligence.
Young Chair Professor at Southeast University and Director of the Big Data Computing Center. Selected into the National-level Young Talent Program. His research covers edge intelligence, cloud computing and industrial internet. He has published 100+ papers in IEEE/ACM TON, IEEE TMC, IEEE JSAC, IEEE INFOCOM, and others. Member of IEEE and ACM, and co-chair of ACM Nanjing Chapter.