Prof. Chenguang Yang

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China

IEEE Fellow, IET Fellow

Professor Chenguang Yang (Charlie) received the B.Eng. in Measurement and Control Technology from Northwestern Polytechnical University, China, and the Ph.D. in Adaptive and Neural Network Control from the National University of Singapore. He completed postdoctoral research in human robotics at Imperial College London, UK. Previously, he held professorships at University of Liverpool, University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) as well as South China University of Technology. He was leading the Robotics and Autonomous Systems Group at University of Liverpool and was leading the Robot Teleoperation Group at Bristol Robotics Laboratory. He holds fellowships with Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET), Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE), Aisa-Pacific AI Association (AAIA), and British Computer Society (BCS). He is a member of European Academy of Sciences and Arts (EASA) and a member of National Academy of Artificial Intelligence (NAAI).

Prof. Mohamed-Slim Alouini

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia

IEEE Fellow

Throughout his 30-year academic career, Professor Mohamed-Slim Alouini, an IEEE, OPTICA, and SPIE Fellow, has developed analytical and simulation tools for evaluating the performance of radio-frequency and optical wireless communication systems. He has also designed and optimized innovative technologies for emerging wireless networks.

Professor Alouini, a co-founder of KAUST's ECE program, inspires future engineers through his pioneering work in wireless communications. His integrated space-air-ground networks, spectrum sharing schemes, and optical wireless communication systems research shape connectivity's future and embody KAUST's scientific excellence and global impact.

Professor Alouini has published numerous conference and journal papers and co-authored the textbook Digital Communication over Fading Channels, published by Wiley Interscience. A former editor of IEEE Transactions on Communications and IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communication, he also served as an editor for IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing and the Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing journal. He was also a series editor for the IEEE Communication Magazine's Optical Communication and Networks Special Series and the founding field chief editor for the Frontiers in Communications and Networks journal. He is now the Founding Editor-in-Chief for the Nature Partnership Journal (npj) on Wireless Technologies (since 2025) and an editor for the IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronics Systems (since 2022).

Professor Alouini has been an IEEE Distinguished Lecturer for the IEEE Communication Society (2016-2017), the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society  (2018-2022), the IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society (2023-2024), the IEEE Photonics Society (2025), and the IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology (2026-Present).