Prof. Nobuo Funabiki

Okayama University, Japan

 

Nobuo Funabiki received the B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in mathematical engineering and information physics from the University of Tokyo, Japan, in 1984 and 1993, respectively. He received the M.S. degree in electrical engineering from Case Western Reserve University, USA, in 1991. From 1984 to 1994, he was with the System Engineering Division, Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd., Japan. In 1994, he joined the Department of Information and Computer Sciences at Osaka University, Japan, as an assistant professor, and became an associate professor in 1995. He stayed at University of California, Santa Barbara, in 2000-2001, as a visiting researcher. In 2001, he moved to the Department of Information and Communication Systems at Okayama University as a professor. His research interests include computer networks, IoT, optimization algorithms, educational technology, and web application systems. He is a member of IEEE, IEICE, and IPSJ. He was a vice president for conferences at IEEE Consumer Technology Society (CTSoC) in 2023 and 2024, and the chairman at IEEE Hiroshima Section in 2015 and 2016.

Prof. Tzai-Hung Wen

National Taiwan University

 

Tzai-Hung Wen received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Bioenvironmental Systems Engineering from National Taiwan University in 1996, 1998, and 2006, respectively. He subsequently served as a postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Geographic Information Science, Academia Sinica, from 2007 to 2008. In 2009, he joined the faculty of the Department of Geography at National Taiwan University, where he served as department chair from 2018 to 2021. He also holds joint appointments as a professor in the Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine and the Graduate Institute of Public Affairs. Additionally, he served as Chairman of the Chinese Cartographic Association from 2019 to 2023. His research primarily focuses on modeling geospatial processes in human environments, with an emphasis on the spatial diffusion of epidemics, population mobility structures, and human-environment interactions. His recent significant research has been published in IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems, International Journal of Health Geographics, and Applied Geography.

Prof. Fahim Khan

Toyo University, Japan

 

Dr. Fahim Khan is a Professor at the Department of Information Networking for Innovation and Design (INIAD) in Toyo University, Tokyo, Japan. Prior to joining Toyo University, he served as a faculty member at the University of Tokyo, from where he also obtained his MS and PhD in Applied Computer Science. His recent research encompasses several avenues of applied computing, including: developing security measures for IoT and smart spaces; designing distributed systems using machine learning, generative AI, and blockchain; and leveraging EdTech and learning sciences for CS, STEM and SDGs education. His research publications have won multiple best paper awards at IEEE conferences. He actively serves as a committee member at numerous IEEE and ACM conferences. A Senior Member of IEEE, Khan is a recipient of IEEE Japan Medal. He is also a globally selected member of ACM Future of Computing Academy (ACM-FCA), an initiative that brings together next-generation leaders in computing to carry the computing community into the future.