Zhao Zhao | Computer Vision for Robotics and Autonomous Systems | Research Excellence Award

Mr. Zhao Zhao | Computer Vision for Robotics and Autonomous Systems | Research Excellence Award

Tianjin University | Canada

Mr. Zhao Zhao is a researcher at Tianjin University specializing in intelligent transportation systems, autonomous mobile robot (AMR) scheduling, and sustainable urban logistics. His work focuses on optimization models integrating energy consumption, time-dependent electricity pricing, and real-world operational constraints. He has published in leading journals including Transportation Research Part C and International Journal of Production Research. Zhao has collaborated with international institutions such as Tsinghua University, Sichuan University, Tilburg University, and KEDGE Business School, and with industry partners including Toyota Tianjin and Hikvision, contributing to large-scale AMR deployment and innovative last-mile delivery solutions with significant societal and sustainability impact.

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In-plant autonomous mobile robot scheduling and routing problem considering battery consumption model.

– Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies  (2025). Cited By : 1

Irenilza De Alencar Nääs | Object Detection and Recognition | Women Researcher Award

Prof. Irenilza De Alencar Nääs | Object Detection and Recognition | Women Researcher Award

Professor | Universidade Paulista | Brazil

Prof. Irenilza de Alencar Nääs is a leading researcher at Universidade Paulista, São Paulo, Brazil, specializing in precision livestock farming, agricultural engineering, and AI-driven animal welfare assessment. She has authored over 339 peer-reviewed publications with more than 3,311 citations h-index 32, reflecting strong international impact and extensive collaboration with more than 400 co-authors worldwide. Her recent work integrates thermography, computer vision (YOLOv8), and machine learning to improve broiler welfare, postharvest quality, and occupational health in agri-food systems. Dr. Nääs’s research significantly advances sustainable agriculture and data-driven decision-making for global food security.

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Princípios de conforto térmico na produção animal .

– Ícone Editora.. (1989). Cited By : 251

Infrared thermal image for assessing animal health and welfare.

-Journal of Animal Behaviour and Biometeorology. (2014). Cited By: 143

Impact of lameness on broiler well-being.

– Journal of Applied Poultry Research. (2009). Cited By: 116

Real time computer stress monitoring of piglets using vocalization analysis.

– Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. (2025). Cited By: 108

Nada Alzaben | Deep Learning for Computer Vision | Research Excellence Award

Dr. Nada Alzaben | Deep Learning for Computer Vision | Research Excellence Award

Assistant Professor | Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University | Saudi Arabia

Dr. Nada Alzaben is an Assistant Professor at Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University (PNU), Saudi Arabia, and a recipient of the Research Excellence Award. Her expertise spans networking, scheduling algorithms, IoT systems, reinforcement learning, deep learning, and remote sensing analytics. She has authored 28 peer-reviewed publications with 49 citations, an h-index of 4, and sustained scholarly impact since 2020. Her research integrates AI-driven optimization with real-world applications including phishing detection, SDN routing, UAV surveillance, landslide monitoring, smart agriculture, and marine pollution mapping. Through extensive international collaborations, Dr. Alzaben contributes to advancing sustainable digital infrastructures and intelligent societal systems.

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End-to-end routing in SDN controllers using max-flow min-cut route selection algorithm.

-In Proceedings of the 2021 23rd International Conference on Advanced Communication Technology (ICACT). (2021). Cited By: 10

The most promising scheduling algorithm to provide guaranteed QoS to all types of traffic in multiservice 4G wireless networks.

-In Proceedings of the 2012 Ninth International Joint Conference on Computer Science and Software Engineering (JCSSE). (2012). Cited By: 6

Tao Chen | Object Detection and Recognition | Research Excellence Award

Dr. Tao Chen | Object Detection and Recognition | Research Excellence Award

Professor | Fudan University | China

Dr. Tao Chen is a leading researcher at Fudan University, specializing in deep learning and computer vision, with a focus on human motion understanding, 3D shape generation, and semantic segmentation. He has contributed to over 249 high-impact publications in top-tier venues including CVPR, NeurIPS, and IEEE Transactions, accumulating more than 6294 citations. His work integrates advanced neural architectures, motion diffusion, and cross-domain adaptation techniques, often in collaboration with international researchers such as G. Yu and W. Liu. Dr. Chen’s research has significant societal impact, advancing intelligent systems for medical imaging, autonomous perception, and interactive 3D applications, bridging fundamental AI research with practical real-world solutions.

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Executing your commands via motion diffusion in latent space.

– In Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) . (2023). Cited By : 580

TopFormer: Token pyramid transformer for mobile semantic segmentation.

-In Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR). (2022). Cited By: 388

b‑DARTS: Beta‑decay regularization for differentiable architecture search.

– In Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR). (2022). Cited By: 194

LL3DA: Visual interactive instruction tuning for omni‑3D understanding, reasoning, and planning.

– In Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR). (2024). Cited By: 178

Steven Sheng-Uei Guan | Machine Learning for Computer Vision | Research Excellence Award

Prof. Dr. Steven Sheng-Uei Guan | Machine Learning for Computer Vision | Research Excellence Award

Professor | Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University | Australia

Prof. Dr. Steven Sheng Uei Guan is an accomplished researcher at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China, with a Scopus h-index of 25, over 244 publications, and more than 2,362 citations. His research expertise spans human–object interaction detection, graph neural networks, continual learning, human–robot interaction, blockchain-enabled data trading, and intelligent healthcare systems. Dr. Guan has collaborated with over 200 international co-authors, reflecting his strong global research network. His work contributes significantly to advancing artificial intelligence for real-world perception, secure data sharing, and socially beneficial intelligent systems, impacting domains such as robotics, medical informatics, and computational social systems.

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Encyclopedia of information science and technology.

– IGI Global. (2018). Cited By : 454

Parameter estimation of photovoltaic models via cuckoo search.

-Parameter estimation of photovoltaic models via cuckoo search. (2013). Cited By: 303

An incremental approach to genetic-algorithms-based classification.

-Multimedia Tools and Applications. (2005). Cited By: 124

Investigation of neural networks for function approximation.

– Procedia Computer Science. (2013). Cited By: 111

Riadh Harizi | Deep Learning For Computer Vision | Research Excellence Award

Dr. Riadh Harizi | Deep Learning For Computer Vision | Research Excellence Award

Teacher | Ecole Nationale d’IngĂ©nieurs de Sfax | Tunisia

Dr. Riadh Harizi is a researcher at the École Nationale d’Ingénieurs de Sfax, Tunisia, with expertise in Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision, Deep Learning, and Data Science. He has authored 5 research outputs, receiving 33 citations across 25 citing documents and achieving an h-index of 3. His work spans scene text understanding, reinforcement learning, and AI-driven educational analytics, with publications in Applied Soft Computing, Multimedia Tools and Applications, and leading international conferences. He has collaborated with interdisciplinary teams and contributed an open Latin and Arabic scene character dataset to IEEE Dataport, supporting reproducible research and societal impact in education and intelligent visual systems.

 

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Deep-learning based end-to-end system for text reading in the wild.

-Multimedia Tools and Applications. (2022) Cited By: 10

SIFT-ResNet synergy for accurate scene word detection in complex scenarios.

– In Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence (ICAART) . (2024). Cited By: 3

Zeng Gao | Applications of Computer Vision | Research Excellence Award

Dr. Zeng Gao | Applications of Computer Vision | Research Excellence Award

Lecturer | Henan University of Technology | China 

Dr. Zeng Gao is a researcher at Henan University of Technology specializing in machine learning, image processing, and visual tracking. His work focuses on intelligent optimization–driven visual tracking and motion analysis, with influential contributions to abrupt and long-term tracking. He has published over 12 peer-reviewed papers in leading international journals and conferences, including IEEE Access, Expert Systems with Applications, Applied Soft Computing, Digital Signal Processing, and PRCV, accumulating 98 citations. He has participated in two National Natural Science Foundation of China projects and holds three granted invention patents. Dr. Gao actively collaborates with domestic and international institutions, serves as a reviewer for journals such as ACM TOMM and Digital Signal Processing, and contributes to advancing intelligent perception technologies with real-world societal impact.

 

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Visual tracking with levy flight grasshopper optimization algorithm.

– Pattern Recognition and Computer Vision: Second Chinese Conference, PRCV  (2019). Cited By : 19

Nawel Benchaabane | Medical Image Analysis | Research Excellence Award

Dr. Nawel Benchaabane | Medical Image Analysis | Research Excellence Award

Dr Chef De Projects | Audensiel Technologies | France 

Dr. Nawel Benchaabane is a researcher at Audensiel Technologies, Paris, France, specializing in artificial intelligence for healthcare and medical decision support. Her research focuses on AI-driven gait analysis, medical image understanding, and visual question answering for clinical diagnosis. She has authored 2 Scopus-indexed publications, with 17 citations and an h-index of 1, reflecting early but growing scientific impact. Her work has been published in high-impact venues such as Scientific Reports, IEEE EMBS Conference, and Intelligent Systems with Applications. Through interdisciplinary collaborations between AI and medical domains, her research contributes to improved diagnosis, patient monitoring, and data-driven healthcare innovation with tangible societal benefits.

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Visual question answering for medical diagnosis.

-Intelligent Systems with Applications. (2025).

Gait deviation change prediction for patients with gait disorders using artificial intelligence.

– IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC). (2023).

Quantification de la qualité de la marche par intelligence artificielle.

– Recherche en Imagerie et Technologies pour la SantĂ© (RITS). (2023).

Ramzi Ayadi | Hardware and Acceleration for Computer Vision | Research Excellence Award

Mr. Ramzi Ayadi | Hardware and Acceleration for Computer Vision | Research Excellence Award

Assistant Professor | Kairouan University | Tunisia

Dr. Ramzi Ayadi is an Assistant Professor specializing in reconfigurable computing and system architecture, with a focus on temporal partitioning, scheduling, and placement techniques for dynamically reconfigurable systems. He has authored over 15 peer-reviewed publications, accumulating more than 81 citations h index 6, reflecting the global impact of his research. His work emphasizes optimizing communication costs, design latency, and resource management in FPGA-based and programmable architectures. Dr. Ayadi has collaborated extensively with researchers including B. Ouni, A. Mtibaa, and M. Abid, contributing to advancements in both theoretical and applied computing. His research fosters more efficient, adaptive computing systems with significant implications for engineering and technology development worldwide.

 

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Temporal partitioning of data flow graph for dynamically reconfigurable architecture.

– Journal of Systems Architecture (2011). Cited By: 18

A partitioning methodology that optimizes the communication cost for reconfigurable computing systems.

-International Journal of Automation and Computing. (2012). Cited By: 15

Partitioning and scheduling technique for run time reconfigured systems.

– International Journal of Computer Aided Engineering and Technology. (2011). Cited By: 11

Naourez Benhadj | Deep Learning | Excellence in Research

Prof. Naourez Benhadj | Deep Learning | Excellence in Research

Associate Professor | Ecole Nationale d’IngĂ©nieurs de Sfax | Tunisian

Dr. Naourez Benhadj is a researcher at the Ecole Nationale d’IngĂ©nieurs de Sfax (ENIS), Tunisia, specializing in electric machines, PMSM design, hybrid/electric vehicle energy management, and intelligent optimization techniques. With 32 scientific publications, 243 citations, and an h-index of 9, he has contributed significantly to fault detection, finite-element modeling, and advanced optimization algorithms, including recent work on transformer-based solar power prediction and PMSM design using chaotic PSO. Collaborating with over 30 international co-authors, his research supports sustainable mobility, smart energy systems, and high-efficiency electric transportation, fostering technological advancement and environmental impact on a global scale.

 

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Eccentricity faults diagnosis in permanent magnet synchronous motors: A finite element-based approach.

– International Journal on Energy Conversion  (2019). Cited By : 7

Comparison of fuel consumption and emissions of two hybrid electric vehicle configurations.

-International Conference on Sciences and Techniques of Automatic Control and Computer Engineering. (2018) Cited By: 4

Design simulation and realization of solar battery charge controller using Arduino Uno..

-International Conference on Sciences and Techniques of Automatic Control and Computer Engineering . (2017) Cited By: 21

Torque ripple and harmonic density current study in induction motor: Two rotor slot shapes.

– International Review on Modelling and Simulations.(2007). Cited By: 5

Thermal modeling of permanent magnet motor with finite element method.

– International Conference on Sciences and Techniques of Automatic Control and Computer Engineering. (2014). Cited By: 5