Prof. Shoufeng Lu

Nanjing Tech University, China

Biography:

Professor Shoufeng Lu is a master's and Ph.D. supervisor and the leader of the Transportation Engineering discipline at Nanjing Tech University. He is also the deputy director of the Jiangsu Provincial Transportation Infrastructure Safety Assurance Engineering Research Center and the head of the "Intelligent Transportation and Smart Highways" micro-specialization. His main research areas include intelligent transportation systems and mesoscopic traffic flow modeling. He serves as a communication review expert for the National Natural Science Foundation and is a member of the China Transportation Association and the East Asia Transportation Association.

Prof. Petros Ioannou

University of Southern California，USA

IEEE Fellow

Biography:

Petros A. Ioannou received his B.Sc. with First Class Honors from University College London in 1978 and his M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Illinois in 1980 and 1982. He joined the University of Southern California (USC) in 1982, where he currently holds the A.V. ‘Bal’ Balakrishnan Chair and directs the Center of Advanced Transportation Technologies and the METRANS research program. He has held visiting positions at universities in Australia, Cyprus, and Greece. Dr. Ioannou is a leading researcher in robust adaptive control, intelligent transportation systems (ITS), and vehicle dynamics. His accolades include the IEEE ITSS Outstanding ITS Application and Research Awards, the IEEE Transportation Technologies Field Award, the IET Heaviside Medal, and the 2022 induction to the National Academy of Engineering. He is a Fellow of IEEE, IFAC, AAAS, and the National Academy of Inventors. He has authored over 400 publications and nine books. Dr. Ioannou has held significant leadership roles, including Vice President for Membership of the IEEE ITS Society and Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems. He is a co-founder of the Mediterranean Control Association and the METRANS University Transportation Center.