Mohamed Benbouzid, FIEEE, FIET
University of Brest, France

Mohamed Benbouzid (Fellow, IEEE) received the Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering from the National Polytechnic Institute of Grenoble, Grenoble, France, in 1994, and the Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches degree in electrical engineering from the University of Amiens, Amiens, France, in 2000.,After receiving the Ph.D. degree, he joined the University of Amiens, where he was an Associate Professor of electrical and computer engineering. Since September 2004, he has been with the University of Brest, Brest, France, where he is currently a Full Professor of electrical engineering. He is also a Distinguished Professor and a 1000 Talent Expert with Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai, China. His main research interests include the analysis, design, and control of electric machines; variable-speed drives for traction, propulsion, and renewable energy applications; and fault diagnosis of electric machines.,Dr. Benbouzid is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). He is the Editor-in-Chief for the International Journal on Energy Conversion and the Applied Sciences (MDPI) Section on Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering. He is a Subject Editor of the IET Renewable Power Generation.

Kai-Kit Wong, IEEE Fellow, IET Fellow

University College London, U.K.

Kai-Kit Wong received the BEng, the MPhil, and the PhD degrees, all in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), Hong Kong, in 1996, 1998, and 2001, respectively. His PhD research, under the supervision of Professor Ross Murch (Primary Supervisor) and Professor Khaled Ben Letaief (Co-Supervisor), focused on the optimisation of multiuser MIMO antenna systems in the downlink. His paper in WCNC 2000 (Chicago, USA) marked the first ever research work on multiuser MIMO in the field. After graduation, he worked closely with Professor Tung-Sang Ng at the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Hong Kong (HKU) as a Research Assistant Professor, to continue his multiuser MIMO research. From July 2003 to December 2003, he paid a visit to the Wireless Communications Research Department of Lucent Technologies, Bell-Labs, Holmdel, NJ, U.S., to learn and collaborate with Dr. G. J. Foschini and Dr. R. Valenzuela. After that, he spent time in the Smart Antennas Research Group of Stanford University as a Visiting Assistant Professor conducting research on overloaded MIMO detection, under the supervision of Professor Arogyaswami Paulraj. His life in the UK began in December 2004 when he joined the Department of Engineering, University of Hull, to work as a Lecturer. Since August 2006, he has been with University College London (UCL), first at the Adastral Park Campus in Martlesham Heath and then from July 2009 the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering in Bloomsbury, where he has become Chair in Wireless Communications (i.e., Chair Professor) since October 2015.

Professor Wong is Fellow of IEEE and Fellow of IET. He is the Subject Editor-in-Chief for IET Electronics Letters - Wireless Communications. He also served as Editor-in-Chief for IEEE Wireless Communications Letters from 2020-2023, Senior Editor for IEEE Communications Letters from 2012-2019, Editor for IEEE ComSoc/KICS Journal of Communications and Networks from 2010-2017, IET Communicationsfrom 2009-2016, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications from 2005-2011 and IEEE Signal Processing Letters from 2009-2012.

Gokturk Poyrazoglu, IEEE Senior Member

Department Head, Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Director, Grid Operations and Planning Laboratory

Ozyegin University, Turkey

Gokturk Poyrazoglu (Senior Member, IEEE) received the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA, in 2013 and 2015, respectively. He was with Alevo Analytics and Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), Charlotte, NC, USA. Since 2017, he has been a Faculty Member with Ozyegin University, İstanbul, Türkiye. He is currently the Department Head of the Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department and Director of the Grid Operations and Planning Laboratory, Ozyegin University. He was the recipient of the Turkish Council of Higher Education 2022 Outstanding Achievement on University-Business World Cooperation Award.