Prof. Yonghui LI

Prof. Yonghui Li received his PhD degree in November 2002. Since 2003, he has been with the Centre of Excellence in Telecommunications, The University of Sydney, Australia. He is now a Professor and Director of Wireless Engineering Laboratory in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of Sydney.

Prof. Li is the recipient of the Australian Research Council (ARC) Queen Elizabeth II Fellowship in 2008, ARC Future Fellowship in 2012, and ARC Industry Laureate Fellowship in 2025. He is an IEEE Fellow for his contributions to cooperative communications technologies and a Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher.

His current research interests include wireless communications, IoT and wireless networked control, with particular focus on 5G/6G, WiFi systems, wireless sensing, IIoT, machine-to-machine communications, MIMO, millimeter-wave communications, channel coding techniques, game theory, machine learning and signal processing, human-machine collaboration, and wireless networked control. He also holds a number of granted and pending patents in these fields.

Prof. Li has served as an editor for IEEE Transactions on Communications and IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, as well as guest editor for several IEEE journals, including IEEE JSAC, IEEE IoT Journal, IEEE TII, and IEEE Communications Magazine. He currently serves as the Specialty Chief Editor of Frontiers Signal Processing Journal. He received Best Paper Awards from IEEE ICC 2014, IEEE PIMRC 2017, and IEEE Wireless Days (WD) 2014.

He has published two books, more than 300 papers in premier IEEE journals, and over 300 papers in leading IEEE conferences. His publications have received more than 30,000 citations, and several of his papers have ranked among the top 10 most cited papers in their respective journals. He has also been listed as an AMINER AI2000 Most Influential Scholar in the field of Internet of Things (IoT).

Over the past 10 years, Prof. Li has attracted more than AUD $25 million in competitive research funding, including over 14 ARC grants. He participated in the AUD $500 million Australian national demonstration project “Smart Grid Smart City” and contributed to the design of last-mile access networks.

He is also the founder and director of the IoT undergraduate major at The University of Sydney.

Prof. Girija CHETTY

Dr. Girija Chetty has a Bachelors and Masters degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from India, and PhD in Information Sciences and Engineering from Australia. She has more than 35 years of experience in Industry, Research and Teaching from Universities and Research and Development Organisations from India and Australia, and has held several leadership positions including Head of Software Engineering and Computer Science, Program Director of ITS courses, and Course Director for Master of Computing and Information Technology Courses. Currently, she is a Full Professor in Computing and Information Technology at School of Information Technology and Systems, at University of Canberra, Australia, and leads a research group with several PhD students, Post Docs, research assistants and regular International and National visiting researchers. She is a Senior Member of IEEE, USA, and senior member of Australian Computer Society, and ACM member, and her research interests are in the area of multimodal systems, computer vision, pattern recognition, data mining, and medical image computing. She has published extensively with more than 200 fully refereed publications in several invited book chapters, edited books, high quality conference and journals, and she is in the editorial boards, technical review committees and regular reviewer for several IEEE, Elsevier and IET journals in the area related to her research interests. She is highly interested in seeking wide and interdisciplinary collaborations, research scholars and visitors in her research group.

Fuzhou University, China

Dr. Tejeswar Reddy Velpucharla

Tejeswar Reddy Velpucharla is a technology leader and researcher specializing in Enterprise Software System Architecture and AI-driven automation. He currently serves as Director of Technology & Operations at Eficens Systems LLC, where he leads the design and deployment of scalable, AI-powered enterprise platforms. He is the founder and chief architect of FLAIR, an intelligent Human Capital Management system that integrates automation, predictive analytics, and secure enterprise workflows.
Previously, Mr. Velpucharla worked at GE Transportation, where he contributed to the digital transformation of large-scale rail operations through the Precision Dispatch System (PDS)—a mission-critical platform for rail network optimization, real-time decision-making, and operational efficiency across thousands of miles of rail infrastructure.
His work spans AI-driven enterprise systems, intelligent infrastructure, automation, cybersecurity, and large-scale distributed platforms. He has authored peer-reviewed research articles, served on Technical Program Committees for international conferences, acted as a juror for global technology awards, and has been invited as a keynote and invited speaker at international academic forums. His work bridges academic research and real-world system implementation, with a focus on building resilient, scalable, and intelligent digital infrastructure.