BDIOT2026 INVITED SPEAKERS

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Assoc. Prof. Pan Yu
Beijing University of Technology (BJUT), China

Biosketch: Pan Yu is currently an Associate Professor at Beijing University of Technology, China. She is a recipient of the Young Talent Support Program sponsored by the Beijing Association for Science and Technology, and a member of the Broad-Spectrum Human Support Systems Technical Committee of the Asian Control Association.
Her research mainly covers robust disturbance rejection control for complex uncertain systems, intelligent robot control, and high-performance electromechanical system control. Dr. Yu has presided over a number of scientific research projects, including the Young Scientists Fund of the National Natural Science Foundation of China. Focusing on disturbance perception, robust control and online optimization of uncertain systems, she has conducted systematic and in-depth research, and proposed a series of innovative theories and methods including the two-degree-of-freedom control framework for uncertain systems, tunable nonlinear disturbance estimators, and learning-based optimal control strategies for complex environments. She has established an integrated theoretical system ranging from disturbance modeling and state estimation to control optimization.
Dr. Yu has published more than 40 papers as the first and corresponding author in prestigious international journals, such as Automatica, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, and International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control. Her research findings have attracted extensive attention from international peers.

Assoc. Prof. Azhar Imran
Beijing University of Technology (BJUT), China

Biosketch: Dr. Azhar Imran is an Associate Professor at Beijing University of Technology (BJUT), China, and a Senior Member of IEEE. His research focuses on Artificial Intelligence, machine learning, and biomedical applications, particularly explainable and multimodal AI systems for healthcare. He has published over 100 research articles in leading venues, including IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging (TMI), IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems (TNNLS), and top Elsevier journals such as Neural Networks and Information Sciences. He is a recipient of the Young Marconi Award, the Outstanding Award from the Ministry of Education, China, and has been recognized among the Top 2% Scientists Worldwide (Stanford University ranking). Dr. Imran is a frequent keynote speaker at international conferences, contributing to advancements in intelligent biomedical systems and precision healthcare.