Prof. Youmin Zhang

IEEE Fellow, Concordia University, Canada

Biography: Dr. Youmin Zhang is currently a Professor in the Department of Mechanical, Industrial, and Aerospace Engineering at Concordia University, Canada. His research interests include monitoring, diagnosis, and physical fault/cyber-attack tolerant /resilient control of unmanned systems and smart grids. These research areas have applications in forest fire management and smart cities within the framework of cyber-physical systems, combining remote sensing and image processing techniques. He has published 10 books and over 700 journal and conference papers, which have been cited up to 33,667 times on Google Scholar with an h-index of 90 and i10-index of 451. His publications have been ranked #1 worldwide in "Aircraft Systems" and "Fault Tolerance" (lifetime) and #2 worldwide in "Unmanned Aerial Vehicle" (lifetime) according to the rankings by ScholarGPS. Prof. Zhang is a Fellow of IEEE and CSME and served as the President of the International Society of Intelligent Unmanned Systems from 2019 to 2022. He has held roles as (Associate/Deputy) Editor-in-Chief, and (Advisory) Editorial Board Member and Associate Editor for more than 30 journals. Additionally, he has served as (Honorary) General Chair and Program Chair for several conferences related to autonomous/unmanned systems, renewable energies, and smart cities many times. More detailed information can be found at:http://users.encs.concordia.ca/~ymzhang/.

Speech Title: Safety and Security (S&S) Challenges and New Developments in Autonomous Systems towards Low-Altitude Economy Applications

Prof. David Bassir

Sino-French Institute,Dongguan University of Technology, China

Paris-Saclay University, France

Biography: David BASSIR is as Professor at the French University of Technology UTBM and also a Senior Research at Ecole Normal Superieur ENS- Paris Saclay University. Previously, he was the dean of IUT at the University of Lorraine (France), Consult for Science and Technology at the French Embassy to serve at the Consulate General of France in Guangzhou (China), General Director of Research at the Ecole Spéciale des Travaux Publics, du Batiment et de l'Industrie (Paris) and Space Craft engineer at GECI Technology in different space agencies such as Arianespace and Astrium Group. He joined the mechanical department of the UTBM as associate professor in 2001 and the Chair Aerospace Structures in 2008 at Technical University of Delft as visiting professor. He holds a Master and a PhD degree in structural optimization from the University of Franche-Comté (France). He has published more than 150 papers in journals, books and conference proceedings, including more than 56 articles in indexed journals. He is also the Editor-in-Chief of the Int. journal IJSMDO (Scopus, EI) that is published by EDP Sciences.

Prof. Pascal Lorenz

IEEE Senior Member, University of Haute-Alsace, France

Biography: Pascal Lorenz (lorenz@ieee.org) received his M.Sc. (1990) and Ph.D. (1994) from the University of Nancy, France. Between 1990 and 1995 he was a research engineer at WorldFIP Europe and at Alcatel-Alsthom. He is a professor at the University of Haute-Alsace, France, since 1995. His research interests include QoS, wireless networks and high-speed networks. He is the author/co-author of 3 books, 3 patents and 200 international publications in refereed journals and conferences. He was Technical Editor of the IEEE Communications Magazine Editorial Board (2000-2006), IEEE Networks Magazine since 2015, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology since 2017, Chair of IEEE ComSoc France (2014-2020), Financial chair of IEEE France (2017-2022), Chair of Vertical Issues in Communication Systems Technical Committee Cluster (2008-2009), Chair of the Communications Systems Integration and Modeling Technical Committee (2003-2009), Chair of the Communications Software Technical Committee (2008-2010) and Chair of the Technical Committee on Information Infrastructure and Networking (2016-2017), Chair of IEEE/ComSoc Satellite and Space Communications Technical (2022-2023), IEEE R8 Finance Committee (2022-2023), IEEE R8 Conference Coordination Committee (2023). He has served as Co-Program Chair of IEEE WCNC'2012 and ICC'2004, Executive Vice-Chair of ICC'2017, TPC Vice Chair of Globecom'2018, Panel sessions co-chair for Globecom'16, tutorial chair of VTC'2013 Spring and WCNC'2010, track chair of PIMRC'2012 and WCNC'2014, symposium Co-Chair at Globecom 2007-2011, Globecom'2019, ICC 2008-2010, ICC'2014 and '2016. He has served as Co-Guest Editor for special issues of IEEE Communications Magazine, Networks Magazine, Wireless Communications Magazine, Telecommunications Systems and LNCS. He is associate Editor for International Journal of Communication Systems (IJCS-Wiley), Journal on Security and Communication Networks (SCN-Wiley) and International Journal of Business Data Communications and Networking, Journal of Network and Computer Applications (JNCA-Elsevier). He is senior member of the IEEE, IARIA fellow and member of many international program committees. He has organized many conferences, chaired several technical sessions and gave tutorials at major international conferences. He was IEEE ComSoc Distinguished Lecturer Tour during 2013-2014.

Speech Title: Architectures of Next Generation Wireless Networks

Prof. Pierre Richard Lindsay DAHOO

Paris-Saclay University, France

Biography: 

Scientific Output

• 95 peer-reviewed journal articles, incl. 18 (2020–2025)

• 40 oral presentations & 65 proceedings at international conferences

• 19 scientific books and 8 book chapters (English & French)

• 1 patent (2013)

• 14 PhD students supervised + 2 postdocs

• Organizer of 12 workshops / 15 international schools

• Supervision of PhD students across France, Mauritius, and international programs

• Examiner for 27 doctoral theses and 2 HDRs (France, Morocco, India, CERN)

• President or rapporteur for numerous PhD/HDR juries

Scientific Committees & Societies

• Board Member, French Physical Society (SFP),

• President of Committee of Physics and Optics without borders, (SFP) 

• Chair, International Commission on Physics & Optics, SFP

• Member, NEXTMOVE (former MOVEO) Competitiveness Cluster (2006–2025)

• Scientific Committees: UVSQ, SFP PAMO, APE-EMM, ENS Recruitment Panel

Administrative Leadership

• Director, ISTY Engineering School, UVSQ (2019–2022)

• Director, IUT of Mantes-en-Yvelines (2016–2019)

• Vice President, UVSQ – Industrial Partnerships (2008–2012)

• Chairholder, “Materials Simulation & Engineering” Chair (2012–2022)