Jianglong Yang | Artificial Intelligence | Best Researcher Award

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Dr. Jianglong Yang | Artificial Intelligence | Best Researcher Award

Deputy Director of Collaborative Innovation Center at Beijing Wuzi University, China

Dr. Jianglong Yang is a prominent scholar in the field of logistics and supply chain management, currently serving at Beijing Wuzi University. With a Doctorate in Management, Dr. Yang has developed an outstanding portfolio of interdisciplinary research focused on intelligent logistics systems, optimization of e-commerce warehousing, and green supply chain innovations. His scholarly contributions include top-tier SCI and CSSCI publications, project leadership roles in national and municipal research programs, and a growing presence in China’s logistics innovation and policymaking circles.

Publication Profile 

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Educational Background 🎓

  • Degree: Doctor of Management

  • Major: Logistics and Supply Chain Management

  • Institution: Not explicitly stated, but affiliated with major universities like Beijing Wuzi University and Beijing University of Technology.

Professional Experience 💼

Dr. Jianglong Yang has held a series of prominent academic and leadership roles across China’s logistics and information management sectors. Since June 2024, he has been serving as the Party Secretary of the Information Management Teachers’ Party Branch at the School of Information, Beijing University of Technology, where he contributes to academic leadership and institutional governance. In August 2022, he was appointed Deputy Director of the Beijing Intelligent Logistics System Collaborative Innovation Center, a position that places him at the forefront of logistics innovation and policy research. He also currently serves as the Deputy Secretary-General of the Beijing System Engineering Society (since March 2024), reflecting his influence in advancing system-level thinking within logistics and engineering domains. In addition, Dr. Yang became an Assistant Researcher at the China Logistics Group Science and Technology Research Institute in June 2023, where he engages in cutting-edge research on national logistics strategies. Most recently, in May 2024, he was appointed Director of the Expert Committee of Beijing Huixu Technology Co., Ltd., further expanding his influence in industry-academic integration and application of intelligent logistics technologies.

Research Interests 🔬

  • Intelligent logistics systems

  • E-commerce packaging and warehousing optimization

  • Genetic algorithms and spatial modeling for logistics

  • Multimodal transportation under the Belt and Road Initiative

  • Green and circular economy in logistics

  • Smart supply chain coordination and service quality improvement

Awards and Honors🏆✨

  1. Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award, China Logistics Society Annual Conference (2024)

  2. First Prize, China Logistics Academic Annual Conference (2021) – Global Supply Chain Restructuring Research

  3. Research Awards, China Logistics Society & China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing (2021) – First and Third Prizes

  4. First-Class Doctoral Academic Scholarships, Two consecutive years (2019–2021)

Conclusion🌟

Dr. Jianglong Yang exemplifies the qualities of a leading researcher through his consistent output of high-impact publications, strategic roles in academic and industry organizations, and project leadership in pioneering logistics research. His work contributes significantly to the modernization of China’s intelligent logistics systems, with practical implications for sustainable e-commerce and supply chain management. His research excellence and active participation in the advancement of logistics innovation make him a strong candidate for competitive research awards and international collaborations.

Publications 📚

  • 📘 Monograph

    • Yang Jianglong, Liu Huwei, Zhou Li. Research on Intelligent Optimization of E-commerce Warehousing Packing Decision-making Based on Data Driven. Capital University of Economics and Business Press, Sept. 2023.
      (Academic monograph, 440,000 words – First Author)

  • 🧠 Journal Article

    • Yang Jianglong, Shan Man, Liang Kaibo, et al. “Research on intelligent decision-making of e-commerce three-dimensional packing based on spatial particle model.” Frontiers of Engineering Management Science and Technology, 2024, 43(06): 41–48.
      (First Author, CSSCI Core, A-level Journal)

  • 🧬 Algorithm & AI

    • Yang J, Liu H, Liang K, et al. “Variable neighborhood genetic algorithm for multi-order multi-bin open packing optimization.” Applied Soft Computing, 2024: 111890.
      (SCI Zone 1 TOP, First Author)

  • 🤖 AI in Logistics

    • Yang J, Liu H, Liang K, et al. “A Genetic Algorithm with Lower Neighborhood Search for the Three‐Dimensional Multiorder Open‐Size Rectangular Packing Problem.” International Journal of Intelligent Systems, 2024(1): 4456261.
      (SCI Zone II TOP, First Author)

  • 📦 E-commerce Optimization

    • Yang J, Liang K, Liu H, et al. “Optimizing e-commerce warehousing through open dimension management in a three-dimensional bin packing system.” PeerJ Computer Science, 2023, 9: e1613.
      (SCI Zone 4, First Author)

  • 🚨 Emergency Logistics

    • Liu Huwei, Zhou Li, Yang Jianglong*. “Research on hierarchical collaborative distribution of emergency materials under sudden public events.” Journal of Engineering Mathematics, 2024, 41(01): 53–66.
      (CSCD Core Journal, Corresponding Author)

  • 🚆 Multimodal Transport Policy

    • Yu Lin, Yang Jianglong. “Problems and policy recommendations for the development of multimodal transport under the ‘Belt and Road’ strategy.” SASAC Research Center, Oct. 2023.
      (Think Tank Report, Second Author)

  • 📡 Smart Picking Systems

    • Zhou Li, Yang Jianglong*. “Research on multi-channel intensive mobile shelf order picking based on genetic algorithm.” Operations Research and Management, 2021, 30(2):7.
      (CSCD Core Journal, Corresponding Author)

  • 🧮 Batch Order Optimization

    • Yang J, Zhou L, Liu H. “Hybrid genetic algorithm-based optimisation of the batch order picking in a dense mobile rack warehouse.” PLOS ONE, 2021, 16.
      (SCI Zone 2, First Author)

  • 🔐 Security in IoT

    • Yang J, Yang W, Liu H, et al. “Design and Simulation of Lightweight Identity Authentication Mechanism in Body Area Network.” Security and Communication Networks, 2021(3):1–18.
      (SCI Zone 4, First Author)

 

 

 

 

Yangyang Shu | Low-supervised Learning | Best Researcher Award

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Dr. Yangyang Shu | Low-supervised Learning | Best Researcher Award

Associate Lecturer at University of New South Wales, Australia

Yangyang Shu is a computer science researcher specializing in machine learning and artificial intelligence, with a current appointment as Associate Lecturer at the University of New South Wales (UNSW). His research spans self-supervised learning, domain adaptation, privileged information, and their applications in areas like fine-grained visual recognition and music understanding. With a strong academic background from institutions in China and Australia, he has published extensively in top-tier venues (CVPR, IJCAI, ECCV) and actively contributes to peer review for A* conferences and journals. Yangyang is also skilled in symbolic music generation and performance modeling, especially in the context of large language models.

Publication Profile 

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Educational Background 🎓

  • Ph.D. in Engineering & Information Technology
    University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia
    Duration: July 2018 – November 2021
    Supervisor: Prof. Guandong Xu

  • M.Sc. in Computer Science
    University of Science and Technology of China (USTC)
    Duration: September 2015 – July 2018
    Supervisor: Prof. Shangfei Wang

  • B.Sc. in Computer Science
    Anhui University (AHU)
    Duration: September 2011 – July 2015

Professional Experience 💼

  • Associate Lecturer
    University of New South Wales (UNSW), School of Systems and Computing
    March 2025 – Present
    Supervisor: Prof. Roland Göcke

  • Research Fellow
    University of Adelaide, Australian Institute for Machine Learning (AIML)
    December 2021 – December 2024
    Supervisor: A/Prof. Lingqiao Liu

  • Academic Supervision
    Unofficially supervised 1 PhD student, 3 master’s students, and 2 undergraduates at USTC, UTS, Adelaide, and UNSW.

  • Teaching Experience

    • ZEIT 2103 – Data Structures and Representation, 2025 Semester 1

    • ZEIT 1112 – Introduction to Programming, 2025 Semester 2

Research Interests 🔬

  • Core Areas:

    • Machine Learning (Self/Semi-Supervised Learning)

    • Unsupervised Domain Adaptation

    • Learning with Privileged Information

    • Multi-task Learning and Fine-Grained Visual Recognition

    • Music Emotion Recognition and Aesthetic Assessment

  • Recent Research Focus:

    • Rationale-Guided Learning: Developing regularizations based on prediction rationale to improve generalization and data efficiency.

    • Large Language Models for Music: Enhancing training, generation control, and inference for symbolic music generation models.

Awards and Honors🏆✨

  • 🥇 National Scholarship, University of Science and Technology of China (14/150) – 2017

  • 🏅 Outstanding Graduate, USTC – 2018 (17/150)

  • 🎓 Excellent Graduate, Anhui Province – 2015 (2/391)

  • 🧮 Second Prize, National College Student Mathematics Competition – 2014

Conclusion🌟

Yangyang Shu is an emerging leader in artificial intelligence research, particularly in areas intersecting machine learning theory and creative applications like music AI. His consistent contributions to high-impact venues, combined with interdisciplinary research and teaching experience across major institutions in China and Australia, mark him as a promising figure in the AI and computer vision communities. His pursuit of rationale-aware and efficient learning systems shows a clear vision for the next generation of interpretable and human-aligned AI technologies.

Publications 📚

  1. 🎵 MuseBarControl
    Enhancing Fine-Grained Control in Symbolic Music Generation through Pre-Training and Counterfactual Loss
    Yangyang Shu, Haiming Xu, Ziqin Zhou, Anton van den Hengel, Lingqiao Liu
    📄 arXiv:2402.01157, 2024

  2. 🧠 Unlocking the Potential of Pre-trained Vision Transformers
    for Few-Shot Semantic Segmentation through Relationship Descriptors
    Ziqin Zhou, Haiming Xu, Yangyang Shu, Lingqiao Liu
    🎯 CVPR 2024 (⭐ Core Rank A*)

  3. ⚡ MSVIT: Improving Spiking Vision Transformer Using Multi-scale Attention Fusion
    Wei Hua, Chenlin Zhou, Jibin Wu, Yansong Chua, Yangyang Shu
    🤖 IJCAI 2025 (⭐ Core Rank A*)

  4. 🧩 Learning Common Rationale to Improve Self-Supervised Representation
    for Fine-Grained Visual Recognition Problems
    Yangyang Shu, Anton van den Hengel, Lingqiao Liu
    🎯 CVPR 2023 (⭐ Core Rank A*)

  5. 🔄 Source-Free Unsupervised Domain Adaptation
    with Hypothesis Consolidation of Prediction Rationale
    Yangyang Shu, Xiaofeng Cao, Qi Chen, Bowen Zhang, Ziqin Zhou, Anton van den Hengel, Lingqiao Liu
    📄 arXiv:2402.01157, 2024

  6. 📉 Improving Fine-Grained Visual Recognition in Low Data Regimes
    Via Self-Boosting Attention Mechanism
    Yangyang Shu, Lingqiao Liu, Baosheng Yu, Haiming Xu
    🖼️ ECCV 2022 (⭐ Core Rank A*)

  7. 🌇 Semi-Supervised Adversarial Learning
    for Attribute-Aware Photo Aesthetic Assessment
    Yangyang Shu, Qian Li, Lingqiao Liu, Guandong Xu
    📰 IEEE TMM 2021 (⭐ Core Rank A*)

  8. 🎨 Privileged Multi-Task Learning for Attribute-Aware Aesthetic Assessment
    Yangyang Shu, Qian Li, Guandong Xu
    📘 Pattern Recognition (PR) 2022 (⭐ Core Rank A*)

  9. ➕ V-SVR+: Support Vector Regression with Variational Privileged Information
    Yangyang Shu, Qian Li, Chang Xu, Shaowu Liu, Guandong Xu
    📰 IEEE TMM 2021 (⭐ Core Rank A*)

  10. 🧪 Perf-AL: Performance Prediction for Configurable Software through Adversarial Learning
    Yangyang Shu, Yulei Sui, Hongyu Zhang, Guandong Xu
    🛠️ ESEM 2020, pp. 1–11 (⭐ Core Rank A)

  11. 🖼️ Learning with Privileged Information for Photo Aesthetic Assessment
    Yangyang Shu, Qian Li, Shaowu Liu, Guandong Xu
    🧮 Neurocomputing 2020, Vol. 404, pp. 304–316 (⭐ Core Rank B)

  12. 🎻 Emotion Recognition from Music Enhanced by Domain Knowledge
    Yangyang Shu, Guandong Xu
    🌊 PRICAI 2019, Fiji, pp. 121–134 (⭐ Core Rank B)

  13. 🧠 Emotion Recognition through Integrating EEG and Peripheral Signals
    Yangyang Shu, Shangfei Wang
    🔊 ICASSP 2017, USA, pp. 2871–2875 (⭐ Core Rank B)

 

 

 

 

Dehong Gao | Artificial Intelligence | Outstanding Scientist Award

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Assoc. Prof. Dr. Dehong Gao | Artificial Intelligence | Outstanding Scientist Award

Associate Professor at Northwestern Polytechnical University, China

Dehong Gao is a distinguished expert in the fields of natural language processing, machine learning, and large language models. With over a decade of research and practical experience, he has made significant contributions to advertising technologies, multimodal AI models, and AI-driven e-commerce solutions. Gao currently leads groundbreaking work on multimodal pre-training models, including the award-winning 70B-FashionGPT model. As an associate professor at Northwestern Polytechnical University and a distinguished researcher at Zhejiang University of Technology, Gao continues to advance AI research, particularly in the areas of large language models, multimodal learning, and cross-lingual search. 🚀📚💡

Publication Profile : 

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Educational Background 🎓

  • Ph.D. in Computer Science from Hong Kong Polytechnic University (2014-2022), under the supervision of Li Wenjie.
  • Master’s in Automation from Northwestern Polytechnical University (2010).
  • Bachelor’s in Automation from Northwestern Polytechnical University (2007).

Professional Experience 💼

Dehong Gao’s career spans both academia and industry. He is currently an Associate Professor at the School of Cyberspace Security at Northwestern Polytechnical University. He also serves as a Distinguished Researcher at the Zhejiang University of Technology Artificial Intelligence Innovation Institute. Gao previously held the position of Senior Algorithm Expert (P8) at Alibaba Group, where he led a team of over 20 full-time algorithm engineers and contributed to the development of large-scale machine translation and AI-driven e-commerce solutions. As an expert in Alibaba AIR Project, Gao has been instrumental in technical breakthroughs related to large model technologies, fine-tuning multimodal models, and advancing AI-based search and advertising systems. 💻📈

Research Interests 🔬

Gao’s research interests are focused on:

  • Large Language Models (LLMs) and Multimodal Learning 🌐🤖
  • Natural Language Processing: Information retrieval, recommendation systems, sentiment analysis, and automated summarization 📑🔍
  • E-commerce AI: Developing search algorithms and multilingual representation learning for cross-border e-commerce applications 🌏🛒
  • Federated Learning and AI-driven personalization in business settings 🔒🤖

He has authored and co-authored several influential papers and has been a leading figure in the development of multimodal AI models for industries such as fashion, e-commerce, and healthcare. His work continues to push the boundaries of AI application in real-world environments. 🏆📚

Publications 📚

  1. Gao, D., Chen, K., Chen, B., et al. (2024). LLMs-based Machine Translation for E-commerce. Expert Systems with Applications, Volume 258 (SCI Zone 1, Top Journal).
  2. Chen, K., Chen, B., Gao, D., Dai, H., et al. (2024). General2Specialized LLMs Translation for E-commerce. The Web Conference (WWW), short paper (CCF-A).
  3. Shen, G., Sun, S., Gao, D., Yang, L., et al. (2023). EdgeNet: Encoder-decoder generative Network for Auction Design in E-commerce Online Advertising. The 32nd ACM International Conference on Information & Knowledge Management (CIKM), (CCF-B).
  4. Gao, D., Ma, Y., Liu, S., Song, M., Jin, L., et al. (2024). FashionGPT: LLM Instruction Fine-tuning with Multiple LoRA-adapter Fusion. Knowledge-Based Systems, Volume 299 (SCI, Top Journal).
  5. Chen, B., Jin, L., Wang, X., Gao, D., et al. (2023). Unified Vision-Language Representation Modeling for E-Commerce Same-Style Products Retrieval. Industry Track of The Web Conference (WWW), (CCF-A).
  6. Mei, X., Yang, L., Jiang, Z., Cai, X., Gao, D., et al. (2024). An Inductive Reasoning Model Based on Interpretable Logical Rules Over Temporal Knowledge Graphs. Neural Networks, Volume 174, Pages (SCI Zone 1, Top Journal).
  7. Liang, Z., Chen, B., Ran, Z., Wang, Z., Gao, D., et al. (2024). Self-Renewal Prompt Optimizing with Implicit Reasoning. The 2024 Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP) findings (CCF-A).
  8. Yang, Z., Gao, H., Gao, D., Yang, L., et al. (2024). MLoRA: Multi-Domain Low-Rank Adaptive Network for CTR Prediction. The 18th ACM Conference on Recommender Systems (RecSys), (CCF-B).
  9. Zhang, X., Wang, D., Gao, D., Jiang, W., et al. (2022). Revisiting Cold-Start Problem in CTR Prediction: Augmenting Embedding via GAN. The 31st ACM International Conference on Information & Knowledge Management (CIKM), (CCF-B).
  10. Zhang, F., Zhang, Z., Gao, D., Zhuang, F., et al. (2022). Mind the Gap: Cross-lingual Information Retrieval with Hierarchical Knowledge Enhancement. The 36th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), (CCF-A).