Biography: Yang Yue received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering and optics from Nankai University, China, in 2004 and 2007, respectively. He received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Southern California, USA, in 2012. He is a Professor with the School of Information and Communications Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China. Dr. Yue’s current research interest is intelligent photonics, including optical communications, optical perception, and optical chip. He has published over 260 journal papers (including Science) and conference proceedings with >10,000 citations, six edited books, two book chapters, >60 issued or pending patents, >200 invited presentations (including 1 tutorial, >30 plenary and >50 keynote talks). Dr. Yue is a Fellow of SPIE, a Senior Member of IEEE and Optica. He is an Associate Editor for IEEE Access and Frontiers in Physics, and an Editor Board Member for four other scientific journals. He also served as Guest Editor for >10 journal special issues, Chair or Committee Member for >100 international conferences, Reviewer for >70 prestigious journals.

Biography: Academician Ke Xizheng is a well-known expert in the field of optical wireless communication, a foreign academician of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, a famous teaching teacher in Shaanxi Province, a member of the Chinese Institute of Electronics, an expert in the evaluation of national science and technology awards, and a member of the Disciplinary Evaluation Group of the Third Academic Degree Committee of Shaanxi Province. For more than 20 years, he has actively explored and is not afraid to move forward; he has worked quietly on the road of teaching and educating people and has not forgotten his mission. Since 2001, he has won 20 provincial and ministerial science and technology awards, more than 30 invention patents authorized by the state, published more than 20 monographs in Science Press and Springer Press, and published more than 400 academic papers. and more than 10 journal editorial board members, and a part-time job in more than 10 academic groups including the Chinese Institute of Electronics, enjoying a high reputation in the field of electronic information.

Biography: Ping Lu is a Professor at the School of Optical and Electronic Information at Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China, and Next Generation Internet Access National Engineering Laboratory. She got her Ph.D. degree in optical engineering in 2005 from Huazhong University of Science and Technology. Since 2006, she has worked at the School of Optical and Electronic Information at Huazhong University of Science and Technology, starting in 2011, as a full professor. Her research mainly focuses on optical sensors, multicomponent trace gas detection, and the application of laser spectroscopy in environmental monitoring.