Keynote Speakers

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Keynote Speaker I

Prof. Tomoaki Otsuki, Keio University, Japan

Tomoaki Otsuki (Ohtsuki) received the B.E., M.E., and Ph. D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Keio University, Yokohama, Japan in 1990, 1992, and 1994, respectively. From 1994 to 1995, he was a post-doctoral fellow and a Visiting Researcher in Electrical Engineering at Keio University. From 1993 to 1995, he was a Special Researcher at the Fellowships of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science for Japanese Junior Scientists. From 1995 to 2005, he was with the Science University of Tokyo. In 2005, he joined Keio University. He is now a Professor at Keio University. From 1998 to 1999, he was with the department of electrical engineering and computer sciences, University of California, Berkeley. He is engaged in research on wireless communications, optical communications, signal processing, and information theory. Dr. Ohtsuki is a recipient of the 1997 Inoue Research Award for Young Scientist, the 1997 Hiroshi Ando Memorial Young Engineering Award, Ericsson Young Scientist Award 2000, 2002 Funai Information and Science Award for Young Scientist, IEEE the 1st Asia-Pacific Young Researcher Award 2001, the 5th International Communication Foundation (ICF) Research Award, 2011 IEEE SPCE Outstanding Service Award, the 27th TELECOM System Technology Award, ETRI Journal’s 2012 Best Reviewer Award, 9th International Conference on Communications and Networking in China 2014 (CHINACOM ’14) Best Paper Award, 2020 Yagami Award, The 26th Asia-Pacific Conference on Communications (APCC2021) Best Paper Award, International Conference on Internet of Things, Communication and Intelligent Technology (IoTCIT) 2024 Best Paper Award, and the 2024 6th International Conference on Robotics, Intelligent Control and Artificial Intelligence (RICAI2024) Best Paper Award. He has published more than 325 journal papers and 550 international conference papers.
He served as a Chair of IEEE Communications Society, Signal Processing for Communications and Electronics Technical Committee. He served as a technical editor of the IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine and an editor of Elsevier Physical Communications. He is now serving as an Area Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology and an editor of the IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials. He is also serving as the IEEE Communications Society, Asia Pacific Board Director. He has served as general-co chair, symposium co-chair, and TPC co-chair of many conferences, including IEEE GLOBECOM 2008, SPC, IEEE ICC 2011, CTS, IEEE GLOBECOM 2012, SPC, IEEE ICC 2020, SPC, IEEE APWCS, IEEE SPAWC, and IEEE VTC. He gave tutorials and keynote speeches at many international conferences including IEEE VTC, IEEE PIMRC, IEEE WCNC, and so on. He was Vice President and President of the Communications Society of the IEICE, also he was a distinguished lecturer of the IEEE. He is a fellow of the IEICE, a Fellow of Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association (AAIA), a senior member of the IEEE, and a member of the Engineering Academy of Japan.
 

Keynote Speaker II

Prof. Lei Zhong, Toyota Motor Corporation, Japan

Lei Zhong received the Ph.D. degree from the Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Japan, in 2011. He is a Principal Researcher in the InfoTech Division at Toyota Motor Corporation, where he leads research and standardization efforts in intelligent connected vehicles. He serves as Toyota’s chief delegate to several major standardization bodies, including 3GPP, IEEE, and the Wi-Fi Alliance, and also chairs the Automotive Edge Computing Consortium. His research interests include wireless networking, edge computing, machine learning, connected vehicles, and big data analytics. He has co-authored over 80 technical publications and holds more than 40 patent applications in these fields. Dr. Zhong also actively contributes to the academic community as Vice-Chair of the IEEE TCGCC Special Interest Group on Green Internet of Vehicles and serves on the editorial boards of Elsevier Vehicular Communications, IEEE Internet Computing, and the IEEE Open Journal of the Computer Society.