Speakers

Prof. Guoqiang Zhang, Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT)， China

Biography: Prof. Guoqiang Zhang currently serves as a Professor and Doctoral Advisor, holding the distinction of IEEE Senior Member. His research focuses on high-performance AC motor drives, including position sensorless control, efficiency optimization, and electrolytic capacitor-less drives. To date, he has authored four English monographs published by Springer (serving as Lead Editor for one and co-author for three). He has published over 100 high-impact academic papers and holds more than 40 authorized invention patents. Prof. Zhang is an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion and serves on the PCIM Asia Technical Committee.

Prof. Zipeng Wang, Beijing University of Technology, China

Biography: Zi-Peng Wang (Senior Member, lEEE) received the Ph.D. degree in control theory and control engineering from Beihang University, Beijing, China in 2017. From July 2017 to August 2022, he was an Associate Professor with the School of Electrical Engineering, U niversity of Jinan, Jinan, Shandong, China. In September 2022, he joined the Faculty of Information Technology, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing. He was a ResearchAssistant with the City University of Hong Kong for six months in 2016. From December 2019 to January 2020, he was a Postdoctoral Research Associate with Texas A&M University at Qatar, Doha, Qatar. His current research interests include robust control and filtering, fuzzy modeling and control, secure control, discontinuous control systems, networked control systems, distributed parameter systems, and neural networks. Dr. Wang serves as an Associate Editor/Editorial Board Member for the IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering , the IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybemetics Magazine, the Applied Soft Computing and the Neural Prcessing Letters.

Prof. Maged Al-Barashi, Guilin University of Aerospace Technology, China

Biography:  Maged Al-Barashi, Ph.D., is a Professor of Aircraft Quality and Reliability at the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Guilin University of Aerospace Technology (GUAT), Guilin, China. He has been engaged in teaching and research in electrical engineering for many years and has published more than 20 papers indexed in SCI and EI.
He received his B.Sc. in Power Systems Engineering from Aleppo University, Syria (2009), his M.Sc. in Power and Machines Engineering from Cairo University, Egypt (2015), and his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Southwest Jiaotong University, China (2023).
From 2010 to 2017, he served as a Lecturer in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Dhamar Industrial Technical Institute, Yemen. Between 2009 and 2012, he worked as a Sales Support Engineer and Legrand Showroom Supervisor at MAM International Corporation, Sana’a, Yemen. From 2015 to 2017, he was a Senior Technical Engineer at NEDCO for Engineering Contracting and Supplies, Cairo, Egypt. 
He has participated as a general contributor in one National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) project, one Guangxi Key R&D Plan project, one Guangxi regional science and technology innovation platform capacity-building project, one joint special project of Guilin University of Aerospace Technology, one horizontal project, and one project sponsored by the Department of Education of Guangxi Province aimed at enhancing the basic capabilities of young and middle-aged teachers.
Dr. Al-Barashi currently serves as a reviewer for several international journals and has acted as a session chair, committee member, and reviewer for multiple international conferences. He has received several academic awards.
His current research interests include power quality in electronic-based power systems, aircraft quality and reliability, passive filters and their applications in high-speed railways, electric power utilization, and renewable energy.