Speaker Bio: Wei Chen, Qiushi Distinguished Professor at Zhejiang University, National 'Ten Thousand Talents Program' leading talent in scientific and technological innovation, and CCF Fellow. He is currently Deputy Director of the National Key Laboratory of Computer-Aided Design and Graphics Systems at Zhejiang University, Executive Deputy Director of the Art and Archaeological Image Data Laboratory, Dean of the School of Computing at ZJU City College (concurrent), Chairman of the Gongshu Research Institute, and Director of the Digitalization of Intangible Cultural Heritage Committee of the China Society for Graphics. He has led more than ten major projects including National Natural Science Foundation key projects. He is an expert group member of the '13th Five-Year' National Key R&D Program 'Cloud Computing and Big Data' and the '14th Five-Year' National Key R&D Program 'Advanced Computing and Emerging Software.' His research focuses on big data visual analytics and human-machine hybrid intelligence. His achievements have won the First Prize of CCF Technical Invention Award (2020), First Prize of Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Award (2017, 2021), First Prize of Zhejiang Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award (2023), Second Prize of Ministry of Education Science and Technology Progress Award, and Second Prize of Zhejiang Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award.

Speaker Bio: Kwan-Liu Ma (马匡六) is a distinguished professor of computer science at the University of California, Davis, where he leads the VIDI Research Group. Before joining UC Davis, he was a staff scientist at ICASE of the NASA Langley Research Center (1993-1999). Professor Ma received his PhD degree in computer science from the University of Utah in 1993. His research interests include visualization, computer graphics, human computer interaction, and high-performance computing. For his significant research accomplishments, Professor Ma has received many recognitions, including the NSF PECASE award in 2000, elected IEEE Fellow in 2012, the IEEE VGTC Visualization Technical Achievement Award in 2013, inducted into the IEEE Visualization Academy in 2019, and elected ACM Fellow in 2023. Professor Ma presently serves on both the IEEE VIS Steering Committee and IEEE PacificVis Steering Committee.

Speaker Bio: Xiaoru Yuan, Researcher at the School of Intelligence Science and Technology, Peking University, Boya Distinguished Professor for Textbook Construction, and Executive Deputy Director of the National Engineering Laboratory for Big Data Analysis and Application Technology. His main research direction is general basic methods of visualization and their applications in social and humanistic fields. He has won best paper awards or nominations at IEEE VIS, ChinaVis and other visualization conferences, and currently serves as a member of the steering committees of IEEE VIS, PacificVis, and ChinaVis. He is a distinguished member of the China Computer Federation and director of the Visualization and Visual Analytics Professional Committee of the China Society of Image and Graphics.

Speaker Bio: Jiawan Zhang, Professor and doctoral supervisor at the School of Intelligence and Computing, Tianjin University, currently Party Committee member and Vice President (counterpart support) of Guiyang University. He serves as Executive Director of CSIG, Director of Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory for Digital Protection and Utilization of Cultural Heritage, Deputy Director of the Ministry of Culture Key Laboratory for Information Technology of Architectural Cultural Heritage Protection and Inheritance, and Director of Tianjin Engineering Technology Center for Cultural Heritage Protection and Inheritance. He has led one National Key Research Program project and one major National Social Science Fund project as chief scientist. He has published over 100 academic papers as first author or corresponding author in international journals and conferences, and holds more than 20 authorized national invention patents.

Speaker Bio: Dr. Xiaolong Zhang is an Associate Professor at the College of Information Sciences and Technology, Pennsylvania State University, and Director of the Knowledge Visualization Lab. His main research involves human-computer interaction, information visualization and visual analytics, social network analysis, and collaborative systems. Dr. Zhang is a committee member of the CCF Human-Computer Interaction Committee and the CSIG Visualization and Visual Analytics Committee. He holds bachelor's and master's degrees from Tsinghua University and a PhD from the University of Michigan.