Prof. Ting-Chung Poon(IEEE/IOP/OSA/SPIE Fellow)

Virginia Tech, Virginia, USA

Ting-Chung Poon is Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech, USA. His current research interests include Information Optics and Optical Scanning Holography (OSH). He is Fellow of Optica, the SPIE, the IoP, and a life Fellow of the IEEE. In 2016, he received SPIE’s Dennis Gabor Award. He is the recipient of the 2024 Optica’s Emmett N. Leith Medal.

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hongkong, China

James Kwok is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He is an IEEE Fellow.

Prof Kwok received his B.Sc. degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Hong Kong and his Ph.D. degree in computer science from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He then joined the Department of Computer Science, Hong Kong Baptist University as an Assistant Professor. He returned to the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and is now a Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering. He is serving / served 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, and on the Editorial Board of Machine Learning. He is also serving as Senior Area Chairs of major machine learning / AI conferences including NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, IJCAI, and as Area Chairs of conferences including AAAI and ECML. He is on the IJCAI Board of Trustees. 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". Prof Kwok is the IJCAI-2025 Program Chair.