| Prof. Daowen QiuSun Yat-sen University, China Prof. Daowen Qiu’s main research contributions include quantum models of computation, quantum query algorithms, quantum cryptography and communication, quantum state distinguishability and cloning, quantum and lattice-valued logic-based computation theory, and applications of fuzzy and probabilistic automata in discrete event systems. He has published over 130 journal papers and 25 conference papers. Notably, Prof. Qiu systematically studied various quantum finite automata (QFA) models, resolving equivalence and minimization problems for QFAs, answering open questions posed by Professors Gudder, Gruska, Moore, and Crutchfield. He introduced the one-way quantum finite automata with classical states model and investigated properties of 2QFAC, quantum pushdown automata, and quantum Turing machines. His work in quantum query algorithms includes characterizing Boolean functions solvable by one-query quantum algorithms. Prof. Qiu also advanced understanding of quantum state discrimination, cloning, and probabilistic deleting machines, and contributed to semi-quantum cryptography by proving unconditional security of certain protocols. Furthermore, he established residuated lattice-valued automata theory and developed supervisory control frameworks for fuzzy and probabilistic discrete event systems. |
| Assoc. Prof. Siow Kim ShyongThe National University of Malaysia, Malaysia A/Prof Dr. Kim S Siow, is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Micro-Engineering and Nanoelectronics, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. His primary research interests are plasma modifications, sintered bonding (electronics packaging) and TRIZ. His past 21 years of working experiences range from technology identification, initial fundamental research, applied research, and technology scale-up to mass-production (e.g., QFN package and Pb free plating in the 2000s). Before joining UKM, he has worked as a materials-plating engineer in multi-national companies (i.e., Infineon Technologies and Onsemiconductor) and the National University of Singapore, as well as a technology transfer officer at the commercialization arm of A*STAR research institutes. His academic and professional education includes Ph.D. in Engineering (Uni. South Australia), LLM in Intellectual Properties (Uni. Turin-WIPO), MASc (NTU, Singapore), B.A.Sc. Hons. (Mat. Eng.) (NTU, Singapore), PMP (Project Management Institute), and MATRiZ (*Theory of Inventive Problem Solving-TRIZ) Practitioner Level 3. Hitherto, Dr. Siow has published 69 refereed-scientific journals, seven book chapters, 3 academic books, filed four patents and one industry design, and presented numerous invited and conference talks. |
