Prof.WAH Wan Sang

The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China

Bio: Dr. WAH Wan Sang, Benjamin, is a Professor Emeritus at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and Franklin W. Woeltge Emeritus Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), USA. He received his BS and MS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Columbia University, and his MS and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA, in 1979. He previously served as Provost and Wei Lun Professor of Computer Science and Engineering of CUHK (2010-2019), Chair of the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong (2013-2018), and Franklin W. Woeltge Professor of UIUC.

Benjamin’s contributions to computer science and engineering have been recognized with numerous prestigious honors and awards. These include the IEEE CS Technical Achievement Award, the IEEE Millennium Medal, the IEEE-CS W. Wallace-McDowell Award, the IEEE-CS Richard E. Merwin Award, the IEEE-CS Tsutomu Kanai Award, and the Distinguished Alumni Award in Computer Science of the University of California, Berkeley. In 2026, he was awarded an Honorary Fellow of CUHK for his outstanding contributions to the University. His current research interests in big data and multimedia systems have led to significant advancements in these areas. His recent book, entitled Perceptual Quality: Online Real-Time Interactive Multimedia, was published by Springer-Nature in 2026.
Benjamin has served the IEEE Computer Society in various capacities, including Vice President for Publications (1998 and 1999) and President (2001). He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM), and the Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Sciences, and a Life Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). 

Prof. Weiming Hu

Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Bio: Research Professor (Grade II) at the National Laboratory of Pattern Recognition, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Doctoral Supervisor; Head of the Video Content Security Research Team; Chief Scientist of People Zhongke Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd.; Recipient of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (2008); Selected into the Ten Thousand Talents Program Scientific and Technological Innovation Leading Talents of the Central Organization Department (2016); Selected as a Young and Middle-aged Scientific and Technological Innovation Leading Talent of the Ministry of Science and Technology (2013); National-level candidate of the Hundred-Thousand-Ten Thousand Talents Project of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (2015); National Young and Middle-aged Expert with Outstanding Contributions (2015); Recipient of the Special Government Allowance of the State Council (2016); Chief Expert of a National 863 Key Special Project (2011). Member of the 12th and 13th Expert Review Groups of the National Natural Science Foundation of China; Expert of the National Working Group on Basic Standards for the Internet of Things; Associate Editor of the internationally authoritative journal IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics. Main research interests include video motion understanding and network multimedia content security analysis. In 2004, received the First Prize of the Beijing Science and Technology Award (Basic Research Category) as the second contributor; in 2008, received the Second Prize of the Beijing Science and Technology Award (Basic Research Category) as the first contributor; in 2012, received the First Prize of the Beijing Science and Technology Award (Technical Invention Category) as the first contributor; in 2013, received the First Prize of the Beijing Invention Patent Award and the Excellence Award of China Patent as the first contributor; in 2015, received the First Prize of the Wu Wenjun Artificial Intelligence Science and Technology Award as the sole contributor; in 2020, received the Second Prize of the National Natural Science Award as the first contributor (publicly announced). Has led more than 40 research projects, including Key Programs of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, Major International Cooperation Projects, Key Support Projects of the General Joint Fund, Artificial Intelligence Basic Emergency Management Projects, National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars Projects, National 863 Key Special Projects and goal-oriented research projects, projects under the National Major Research Special Program, projects of the National Defense Science and Technology Innovation Special Zone, key projects of the National 242 Information Security Plan, Key Research Programs of Frontier Sciences and Key International Cooperation Projects of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Key Projects of the Beijing Natural Science Foundation, Key Research Special Projects of the Haidian Original Innovation Joint Fund, and Key International Cooperation Projects. Has published more than 300 papers in international journals such as IEEE TPAMI and IJCV, domestic first-tier journals, and major international academic conferences such as ICCV, ECCV, and CVPR, including 50 first-author papers.