Professor Mahmoud Shafik
University of Hertfordshire, UK
Biography: Professor
Mahmoud Shafik is a well-known expert in Digital Innovation in
Engineering with over 20 years of industrial applied research
experience. His expertise spans various fields, including,
Intelligent Systems and Digital Technology, Innovation for
Sustainable Engineering, Industry 4.0, Artificial Intelligence
(AI) and Industrial Automation, Robotic Systems, Autonomous
Systems, Internet of Everything (IoE), Intelligent Traffic and
Transportation Systems, Fly, Drive and Steer-by-wire, 3D Smart
Sensors and Actuators, Machine Vision, Cancer Treatment using
CVD Diamond Radio Therapy Technology, Information Technology for
Blind and Visually Impaired people, Electro-Rheological Fluid
Micro Actuators Technology, AD-HOC Wireless Technology, Assisted
Living Technology, Chronic Diseases ICT Technological Solutions,
Telehealth, Telecare, Climate Change, and Software Tools. Shafik
has also a number of patents in these areas of industrial
applied research and sustainable technology.
Shafik has been
leading several industrial applied research projects from
European Commission, Innovate UK and UK Research Councils, of a
budget of several millions of euros and have made an
international technical, economic and social impact in his area
of expertise. His research work has brought many groundbreaking
outcomes that have been commercially explored by several Small
to Medium (SME’s) and large enterprise (LE’s) organisations.
This includes and not limited to: Intersurgical Ltd – UK,
Veslatec Oy – Finland, Semelab plc. – UK, PTW Freiburg –
Germany, Neotek – France, Kirchmayer Handel & Consulting GmbH –
Austria, Spectrum Telecom Installations Ltd – Ireland, Diamond
Materials GmbH – Germany, Fireworks International Ltd – UK,
Pirotecnia Oscense SA – Spain, Total Motion Systems Ltd –UK,
Micromech Limited – UK, Smart Technology Ltd – UK, Audi
-Germany, Ford – UK, Schlumberger – France, Nissan – Japan and
Rolls Royce - UK.
Shafik is the co-founder of Institute of
Innovation in Sustainable Engineering (IISE) -
https://www.derby.ac.uk/colleges/science-engineering/iise/,
founder of International Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics -
http://ojs.unsysdigital.com/index.php/ijrm, Editor-In-Chief of
both Journal of Traffic and Logistics - http://www.jtle.net/ and
International Journal of Mechatronics Engineering -
https://www.svedbergopen.com/journals/ijme/about-the-journal/.
He is serving as a chairman and plenary speaker of:
International Conference on Intelligent Traffic and
Transportation (ICITT) - http://www.icitt.org/, International
Conference in Automation and Mechatronics Engineering -
https://www.icame.org/, International Conference in
Communication and Network Technology -
http://www.iccnt.org/index.html, and Co-general Chair of
International Conference Mechanical Engineering and Robotics
Research - http://www.icmerr.com/index.html.
Shafik has
joined the University of Hertfordshire in September 2025. He is
CEO of GIES Innovation Ltd and formal senior lead academic and
MSc course director of MSc in Mechatronics University of Derby -
http://www.derby.ac.uk/. He has been supervising and external
examiners for several PhD, and MSc research programmes across
worldwide. He is a visiting professor, industrial and curriculum
consultant for a few organisations in EU, Japan, China, and
Middle East. He is also a committee member of The Consortium of
UK University Manufacturing and Engineering (COMEH) for the
Engineering Professorial Council -
https://epc.ac.uk/network/communities/comeh/ and is serving as
an Assessor and Knowledge Transfer Expert for the UK Knowledge
Transfer Network, UKRC, Innovate-UK and EC Research Programmes.
For more information of Professor Shafik profile, career,
achievements and selected publications please visit:
https://www.linkedin.com/pub/mahmoud-shafik-ph-d/7/237/60 &
ORCID: Mahmoud Shafik (PhD) BEng MSc PhD FHEA MIET MASME,
Intelligent Systems and Digital Technology (0000-0001-8296-5698)
- ORCID &
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mahmoud_Shafik.
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Prof. Agus Budiyono
Indonesia Center for Technology Empowerment, Indonesia
Biography: Professor Dr Agus Budivono is a
graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, having
received his qualifications in 1998 and 2000. His academic
accomplishments extend to acquiring four degrees in
Aeronautics and Astronautics from the reputable institutions
of Institut Teknologi Bandung and MIT. His rich professional
journey spans over three decades, which includes a productive
15-year tenure in academia.
Throughout his academic career,
Agus has established a scholarly footprint by publishing more
than 300 research papers (with about 6000 citations and an
H-index of 24). His expertise was further honed through his
service as a professor at different institutions around the
globe. From 2008 to 2015, he held the position of Foreign
Professor at KKU-Seoul and later, between 2015 and 2017,
served as an Associate Professor of Aerospace at RMIT
Melbourne.
Beyond academia, Agus has been an active
participant in various industry-related pursuits. These
experiences catalyzed his involvement in startup activities
across the United States, South Korea, and Indonesia. As a
leading figure in these entrepreneurial endeavors, Agus
co-founded and provides advisory services to over 10 small and
medium-sized technology enterprises. His knowledge and skills
are often sought after, enabling him to offer consulting
services to various companies both in the country and abroad,
including some Fortune 500 firms.
In addition to his
academic and professional undertakings, Agus has made
contributions to the field of robotics and unmanned systems
through his published works. His authored books include
"Autonomous Control System and Vehicles. Intelligent Unmanned
System," published by Springer Verlag in April 2013, co-edited
with Kenzo Nonami, Muljowidodo Kartidjo, and Kwang-Joon Yoon.
His other notable work, "Intelligent Unmanned Systems: Theory
and Applications," co-edited with B. Riyanto and E. Joelianto,
was published under the Studies in Computational Intelligence
(SCI) series by Springer Verlag in April 2009.
Agus's
influence extends to the world of academic journals, where he
has served in prominent editorial roles. Since 2013, he has
been the Editor-in-chief of the Journal of Unmanned System
Technology (JUST), published by UNSYSdigital, Korea. He was
also the founding Editor-in-chief of the International Journal
of Intelligent Unmanned System (IJIUS), produced by Emerald
Publishing, UK, between 2012 and 2016. He is presently the
President of International Society of Intelligent Unmanned
Systems (ISIUS), the society has organized its flagship
international conference (ICIUS) for the last 21 years.
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Reader Xiaojun Zhai
University of Essex, UK
Biography: Dr Xiaojun Zhai is a Reader in
the Embedded Intelligent Systems (EIS) Laboratory and
co-leader of the Robotics and Embedded Systems Research Group
within the National Centre for Nuclear Robotics (NCNR). He has
led the technical development of resilient cyber-physical
systems designed for operation in extreme radiation
environments.
Since 2020, Dr Zhai has secured a portfolio
of prestigious research grants totalling approximately £8.5
million as PI or Co-I. These include the EPSRC New
Investigator Award (EP/V034111/1), EU CELTIC-NEXT, Royal
Society funding, EPSRC awards in the areas of digitally
enabled circular economy and sustainable digital technologies
(EP/Z533749/1), EPSRC Digital Security by Design (DSbD)
programme awards (EP/V000462/1 and EP/X52590X/1), the EPSRC
New Horizons Award (EP/X015955/1), and multiple Innovate UK
projects (FORENSIC, FollowPV, SensiChain, UltraNetAI).
Supported by these grants, Dr Zhai has been building a
research team focused on high-performance and energy-efficient
AI solutions for emerging intelligent devices and autonomous
systems deployed in homes, workplaces, and extreme
environments. His research emphasises intelligence,
performance, security, power efficiency, and reliability.
Dr Zhai has published more than 160 peer-reviewed papers
across reconfigurable computing, connected health, the
Internet of Things, image and signal processing, and
acceleration techniques using multicore, FPGA, and GPU-based
systems.
He is a Senior Member of the IEEE, a Fellow of the
Higher Education Academy, and a member of both the British
Computer Society and ACM. His research interests include
embedded systems, high-performance reconfigurable computing,
hardware–software co-design, connected health applications,
and image and video processing.
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Prof. Chun Sing Lai
Tianjin University, China
Biography: Prof Chun Sing Lai received the
B.Eng. (First Class Hons.) in electronic and electrical
engineering from Brunel University of London, UK, in 2013, and
the D.Phil. degree in engineering science from the University
of Oxford, UK, in 2019.
He is currently a Yingcai
Professor with the School of Electrical and Information
Engineering at Tianjin University. His interests are in smart
grid, energy system modeling, computational intelligence, and
electric vehicle systems. He organized the workshop on Smart
Grid and Smart City, IEEE SMC 2017 in Canada and a workshop on
Blockchain for Smart Grid, IEEE SMC 2018 in Japan. He was a
Publications Co-Chair for IEEE International Smart Cities
Conference ISC2 (2020 and 2021). Prof Lai was also a Technical
Program Co-Chair for 2022 IEEE International Smart Cities
Conference. He was Conference Chair for the 2024 5th
International Conference on Intelligent Computing and
Human-Computer Interaction, technically sponsored by the IEEE.
He is a member of the International Advisory Committee of the
4th International Conference on Smart City and Green Energy,
Sydney, Australia. He is the Vice-Chair of the IEEE Smart
Cities Publications Committee. He is a Senior Editor for IEEE
Transactions on Consumer Electronics and an Associate Editor
for IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics
(IEEE/SMCS): Systems and IET Energy Conversion and Economics.
He is the Working Group Chair for IEEE P2814 and P3166
Standards, an Associate Vice President, Systems Science and
Engineering of the IEEE/SMCS and Chair of the IEEE/SMCS
Intelligent Power and Energy Systems Technical Committee. Prof
Lai was a recipient of the best paper award in the 2020 IEEE
International Smart Cities Conference. He was a recipient of
the 2022 Meritorious Service Award from the IEEE SMC Society
for "meritorious and significant service to IEEE SMC Society
technical activities and standards development". Prof Lai
received the IEEE Most Active SMC Technical Committee Award:
Systems Science and Engineering in 2024. He was awarded first
place in the Chester W. Sall Memorial Awards by the IEEE
Consumer Technology Society in 2025. He was awarded a Best
Associate Editor Award for IEEE Transactions on Consumer
Electronics, and Excellent Reviewer Award for IET Energy
Conversion and Economics in 2024. Prof Lai is recipient of
IEEE SMC Early Career Award in 2025. He has co-authored "Smart
Energy for Transportation and Health in a Smart City", IEEE
Press/Wiley, 2023. He has contributed to six journal papers
that appear on Web of Science as Highly Cited Papers with
three as the lead author. Since 2021, he is recognized as the
top 2% of world active scientists by survey conducted by
Stanford University. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE, UK
Chartered Engineer, and Fellow of the Higher Education
Academy, UK.
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