STAIM 2026 Speakers
Keynote Speaker I
Prof. Hesheng Wang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Dr. Hesheng Wang is a Distinguished Professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Dean of the Global College. Dr. Hesheng Wang received the B.Eng. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Harbin Institute of Technology. Harbin, China, in 2002, the M.Phil. and Ph.D. degrees in Automation & Computer-Aided Engineering from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, in 2004 and 2007, respectively. From 2007 to 2009, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow and Research Assistant in the Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He joined Shanghai Jiao Tong University as an Associate Professor in 2009. Currently, he is a Distinguished Professor of Department of Automation, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China. Dr. Wang is/was an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Robotics, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, Assembly Automation, IET Cyber-systems and Robotics, the International Journal of Humanoid Robotics, a Senior Editor of the IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, an Editorial Advisory Board in Advanced Intelligent Systems, an Editor-in-Chief of Robot Learning. He was the general chair of RCAR 2016, ROBIO 2022 and IROS 2025.
Keynote Speaker II
Prof. Rao Yunqing, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, China
Prof. Yunqing Rao is a Ph. D supervisor Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China. Several national major projects, including 973 projects, the National Natural Science Foundation of China project, 863 key projects, sub-projects of national major science and technology projects, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology special sub-project of intelligent manufacturing, etc., have been presided over and undertaken. The 12 invention patents authorized by China have been obtained, five academic works and two textbooks have been published, and more than 200 academic papers have been published (including over 100 collected by SCI/EI). One second prize of the national scientific and technological progress award and two first prizes of the provincial and ministerial scientific and technological progress awards are won, respectively.
Keynote Speaker III
Prof. Junhui Hu, Nanjing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics, China
Junhui Hu received his Ph.D. Degree from Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan, in 1997, and B. E. and M. E. degrees in electrical engineering from Zhejiang University, China, in 1986 and 1989, respectively. Currently he works for Nanjing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics, China, as a full professor. His research interest is in ultrasonic manipulations, ultrasonic sensors and actuators, ultrasonic nano fabrication, etc. He is a Chang-Jiang Distinguished Professor, China, and an IAAM Fellow. He was recognized among the World’s Top 2% Scientists in the years of 2022, 2023 and 2024 (by Stanford University and Elsevier). He was an assistant and associate professor at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, from 2001 to 2010, and an R&D engineer at Tokin, Japan, from 1997 to 1999. He authored and co-authored more than 300 publications, including more than 100 full research papers published in SCI journals, three monographs, 1 editorial review in an international journal and more than 60 disclosed/empowered China and Japan patents. He is the sole author of monographs “Ultrasonic Micro/Nano Manipulations: Principles and Examples” (2014, World Scientific) and “Ultrasonic Nano/Micro Fabrication, Handling And Driving”(2024, CRC). He has given more than 40 keynote/invited lectures at international conferences, and his research work has been highlighted by 7 international scientific media. He served lots of international conferences as a Chairman/Honorary Chairman/Co-chair/Technical Program/Organizing/Scientific Committee member (China, USA, Germany, Japan, etc).