Prof. Jie Lu
IEEE Fellow, IFSA Fellow
University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Distinguished Professor Jie Lu is a
scientist in the field of computational
intelligence, primarily known for her
work in fuzzy transfer learning, concept
drift, recommender systems, and decision
support systems. She is an IEEE Fellow,
IFSA Fellow, and Australian Laureate
Fellow. Currently, Prof Lu is the
Director of the Australian Artificial
Intelligence Institute (AAII) and
Associate Dean (Research Excellence) at
the Faculty of Engineering and
Information Technology, University of
Technology Sydney (UTS). She has
published over 400 papers in leading
journals and conferences; won 10
Australian Research Council (ARC)
Discovery Projects and led 15 ARC
Linkage and industry projects; and
supervised 50 doctoral students to
completion. Prof Lu serves as
Editor-In-Chief for Knowledge-Based
Systems and International Journal of
Computational Intelligence Systems, and
is a recognized keynote speaker,
delivering 30 keynote speeches at
international conferences. She is the
recipient of the IEEE Transactions on
Fuzzy Systems Outstanding Paper Award
(2019), the Computer Journal Wilkes
Award (2018), Australia's Most
Innovative Engineer Award (2019), and
the UTS Chancellor's Medal for Research
Excellence (2019).
Prof.
James Tin-Yau Kwok
IEEE Fellow
Hong Kong University of Science and
Technology, Hong Kong, China
Prof. Kwok is a Professor in the
Department of Computer Science and
Engineering, Hong Kong University of
Science and Technology. He received his
B.Sc. degree in Electrical and
Electronic Engineering from the
University of Hong Kong and his PhD
degree in computer science from the Hong
Kong University of Science and
Technology. Prof. Kwok served/is serving
as an Associate Editor for the IEEE
Transactions on Neural Networks and
Learning Systems, Neural Networks,
Neurocomputing, Artificial Intelligence
Journal, International Journal of Data
Science and Analytics, Editorial Board
Member of Machine Learning, Governing
Board Member and Vice President for
Publications of the Asia Pacific Neural
Network Society. He also served/is
serving as Senior Area Chairs / Area
Chairs of major machine learning / AI
conferences including NeurIPS, ICML,
ICLR, IJCAI, AAAI and ECML. He is
recognized as the Most Influential
Scholar Award Honorable Mention for
"outstanding and vibrant contributions
to the field of AAAI/IJCAI between 2009
and 2019". He is an IEEE Fellow.