| Prof. Weishan ZhangChina University of Petroleum (East China), China Outstanding Talent of Qingdao City, Outstanding Talent of West Coast New Area, Deputy Director of the Federal Data and Federal Intelligence Special Committee of the Chinese Association of Automation, Deputy Director of the Blockchain Special Committee of the Chinese Association of Automation, Director of the Shandong Province Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence Ecosystem Laboratory, and President of the Qingdao Artificial Intelligence Society. Selected for the "Lifetime Scientific Impact" list of the world's top 2% of scientists. More than 200 papers have been published. Currently, the H-index is 32 and the i10 index is 106. 18 invention patents have been authorized. He/She has presided over major basic research projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province, etc. |
| Prof. Guojian ChengXijing University & Xi'an Shiyou University, China He has long been engaged in teaching and research in artificial intelligence and machine learning. The main research topics involve the application of artificial intelligence and machine learning in geoscience and petroleum engineering. His research interests include artificial intelligence, machine learning, data science, big data technology, pattern recognition, data mining, image processing, and intelligent reservoir engineering. He has presided over and completed two National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) projects, "Theoretical and Practical Research on Hybrid Soft Computing System for Reservoir Simulation" and "Research on Reservoir History Fitting Agent Model Based on Kernel Vector Machines". During his visit to the Department of Petroleum Engineering of West Virginia University, he organized a series of seven lectures on "Computational Intelligence and its Applications in Petroleum Engineering". He has published more than 200 articles in related academic research fields and international conferences, and more than 20 books in the fields of artificial intelligence, big data and machine learning. He initiated the "Intelligent Digital Oilfield Forum (iDOF)" and the annual academic conference, and gave lectures on "Artificial Intelligence and Digital Oilfield Technology Application and International Dynamics" for oilfield enterprises and institutions; he has given lectures on "Artificial Intelligence, the Future is Now" in the training courses for cadres of provincial organs. "He has been invited to be the speaker and chairman of many international academic conferences. He is a member of CCF of China Computer Society, a member of Microelectronics Committee of CCF of Shaanxi Province, a director of Computer Education Society of Shaanxi Province, a member of SPE of International Society of Petroleum Engineers; a member of European Geophysical Society; an editorial board member of Journal of Xi'an University of Petroleum (Natural Science Edition); and an assessor of National Natural Science Foundation of China. He has been the leader of the master's program of Software Engineering and Theory in the School of Computer Science of Xi'an Petroleum University, the director of the Institute of Intelligent Digital Oilfield, and was honored with the title of Outstanding Returned Scholar in Shaanxi Province in 2009. |
