✨ Keynote Speakers

Distinguished Professor (Changjiang Scholar) at Sino‑French Institute, DGUT. Head of Smart Structural Health Monitoring and Control Lab. Expert for European Commission research funds. President of Sino‑French Association for Science and Technology. Former Professor at UTBM & ENS Paris‑Saclay, Dean at University of Lorraine, Attaché for Science at French Embassy in China, and spacecraft engineer at Arianespace / Astrium.

Prof. Yusri Yusof is a Professor in the Faculty of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering at the Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM), appointed as UTHM Board of Director (BoD) member for 3 years from 10 May, 2021 by the Minister of Higher Education, Malaysia, and University Senate member for more than 10 years.  

Currently, Prof. Yusri Yusof is a Professor in the Faculty of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering at the UTHM. Prof. Yusri has over 22 years of experience teaching in higher education. Prof. Yusri has been invited 40 times as a Keynote speaker at local and International conferences and has served on International Committee for almost 50 conferences in his area for the last 5 years. Prof. Yusri has multidisciplinary research interests, and his main research areas focus on the Manufacturing of Smart Devices & Technology Development and Digitalization & Retro-Fit CNC machines. He has published 88 Scopus papers, mainly in CAD/CAM and advanced manufacturing. 

Prof. Ye Dai is a peer review expert for the National Natural Science Foundation of China and an evaluation expert for doctoral/master’s theses under the Ministry of Education. He serves as a council member of the Simulation Technology Industry Branch of the China Industrial Cooperation Association and a council member of the Heilongjiang Provincial Mechanical Engineering Society. He has been recognized as a recipient of the Provincial Youth Innovation Talent Program, the “Science and Technology Talent” Scientific Fund, and the University Youth May Fourth Medal.

His research primarily focuses on the design of high-end intelligent equipment, high-speed electric spindle technology, and space cell robotics. He has led two National Natural Science Foundation projects, two Provincial Natural Science Foundation projects, and three postdoctoral fund projects at both national and provincial levels. Additionally, he has participated in over 20 research projects, including the National 863 Program, key international cooperation projects under the Ministry of Science and Technology, and industry-sponsored projects. He has published more than 50 SCI/EI-indexed academic papers, holds 39 authorized invention patents, and has authored three monographs and textbooks. Professor Dai has been awarded a provincial-level special prize for teaching achievements and has supervised over 20 doctoral and master’s students.