Keynote Speakers
Prof. Hossam Gaber
Ontario Tech University, Canada
Dr. Gabbar is a full Professor in the Faculty of Energy Systems and Nuclear Science, and cross appointed in the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, at Ontario Tech University (UOIT), where he has established the Energy Safety and Control Lab (ESCL), Smart Energy Systems Lab, and Advanced Plasma Engineering Lab. He is the recipient of the Senior Research Excellence Aware for 2016, UOIT. He is recognized among the top 2% of worldwide scientists with high citation in the area of energy. He is leading national and international research in the areas of smart energy grids, energy safety and control systems, and waste to energy using advanced plasma technologies. Dr. Gabbar obtained his B.Sc. degree in 1988 with first class of honor from the Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University (Egypt). In 2001, he obtained his Ph.D. degree from Okayama University (Japan). From 2001 till 2004, he joined Tokyo Institute of Technology (Japan), as a research associate. From 2004 till 2008, he joined Okayama University (Japan) as an Associate Professor, in the Division of Industrial Innovation Sciences. From 2007 till 2008, he was a Visiting Professor at the University of Toronto. He also worked as process control, safety, and automation specialist in energy and oil & gas industries. Dr. Gabbar has more than 230 publications, including patents, books / chapters, journal and conference papers.
Prof. Mingcong Deng, IEEE FELLOW
Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan
Prof. Mingcong Deng received his PhD in Systems Science from Kumamoto University, Japan, in 1997. From 1997.04 to 2010.09, he was with Kumamoto University; University of Exeter, UK; NTT Communication Science Laboratories; Okayama University. From 2010.10, he has been with Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan, as a professor. Prof. Deng has over 550 publications including 195 journal papers, in peer reviewed journals including IEEE Transactions, IEEE Press and other top tier outlets. Prof. Deng is a chair of agricultural robotics and automation technical committee, IEEE RA Society; Chair of the environmental sensing, networking, and decision making technical committee, IEEE SMC Society; Member of IEEE SMC SSE committee; Representative of IEEE Systems Council AdCom. He was the recipient of 2014 & 2019 Meritorious Services Award of IEEE SMC Society, 2020 IEEE RAS Most Active Technical Committee Award. He is a fellow of AAIA, and a member of The Engineering Academy of Japan.
Prof. Yamada Hirohito
Tohoku University, Japan
Hirohito Yamada received his B.E. degree in electronics engineering from Kanazawa University in 1981, and his M.E. and Ph.D. degrees in electronics engineering from Tohoku University in 1983 and 1987, respectively. In 1987 he joined the Opto-Electronics Research Laboratories, NEC Corporation, where he has been engaged in research on semiconductor lasers for optical communications. From 1991 to 1997 he researched semiconductor lasers especially for use in access network systems in Kansai Electronics Research Laboratory. From 1998, he researched Si nano-photonic devices especially for photonic crystals and Si-wire waveguides in NEC Tsukuba Labs. In 2006, he moved on Tohoku University. Now he is a Professor of Tohoku University.
Prof. Yoshiyuki Yamashita,
Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT), Japan
Prof. Yoshiyuki Yamashita is Professor Emeritus at the Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT), where he established and directed the Process Systems Engineering (PSE) Laboratory from 2007 to 2025. Prior to joining TUAT, he was an associate professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Tohoku University, Japan. He is leading national and international research in the areas of Process Systems Engineering, Process Control and Process Monitoring. He is deeply involved in the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry's (METI) policy on the digitalization of chemical plants. He served as President of the PSE Committee in Japan, Vice President of the Society of Instrument and Control Engineers (SICE), Japan. He was the General Chair of the PSE 2021+ Symposium.
Prof. Hyunook Kim
University of Seoul, Korea
Dr. Hyunook Kim is Professor at Environmental Engineering, University of Seoul, Korea, and Director of R&D Center of Core Technologies for Water Treatment. Professor Kim earned his B.S. degree in Environmental Science from Yonsei University, Korea in 1994, and an M.S. degree in Environmental Engineering from Johns Hopkins University in 1997, and a Ph.D. from University of Maryland at College Park in 2000. Before he joined the faculty member at University of Seoul in 2002, he worked as Environmental Engineer for US Dept. of Agriculture, MD, USA. Professor Kim’s research in the area of water pollution control includes a number of projects on process control and operation of water and wastewater treatment plants. Especially he is interested in monitoring and control of contaminants of emerging concern. He has published numerous journal papers and made conference presentations. He has been received a few awards for his academic and research achievements.