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Jimmy Liu Jiang, Chair Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Program Director of Artificial Intelligence at the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), and Distinguished Professor at SUSTech Hospital. He previously served as Chair of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS) Singapore Chapter, Principal Scientist of the Singapore Eye Research Institute, and Director of the Cixi Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences. In AI ophthalmology research, he has published more than 500 research papers covering AI-based ophthalmic image processing, AI ophthalmic video analysis, and AI-guided ophthalmic surgical navigation. For AI in education, he has taught core university courses and authored five supporting textbooks: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence, Multimedia Computing for Artificial Intelligence, Introduction to Medical Artificial Intelligence, Intelligent Ophthalmic Imaging Technology, and Introduction to AI in Education. He has been consecutively honored as one of SUSTech’s Most Popular Teachers among undergraduate graduates for the past three years. Internationally, he is an Advisor to the UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) International Centre for Higher Education Innovation. His three online micro-credential courses AI+Medicine, AI+Education, and AI+Ophthalmic Healthcare are hosted on the UNESCO IIOE platform, available in English, French, Spanish and Russian.

Heng Li is an Assistant Professor in the School of Biomedical Engineering at Shenzhen University of Advanced Technology (SUAT). He was previously an Assistant Professor at the Southern University of Science and Technology. He received his Ph.D. from the Beijing Institute of Technology. His research focuses on computer-aided diagnosis, medical image processing, and artificial intelligence in healthcare. He has published extensively in top-tier journals and conferences, including IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging and MICCAI.

Chenglin Yao is a Postdoctoral Researcher with Prof. Jimmy Liu at the Southern University of Science and Technology. He holds a PhD in Computer Science and Operations Research from the University of Nottingham. His research focuses on biomedical signal processing, sensor array signal processing, and low vision. He has published his work in top-tier conferences and journals, including AAAI, MICCAI, IEEE TIFS, and JBHI.

Jie Chen, MD, PhD, is a Professor and the current President of the Eye Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University. As one of China’s pioneering experts in low vision research, she established the nation’s first Low Vision and Visual Rehabilitation Demonstration Center.