Hong Zhang
Dr.HongZhangreceivedhisB.S.fromNortheasternUniversity(Boston)in1982,andPh.D.fromPurdueUniversityin1986,bothinElectricalEngineering.Subsequentlyhespent18monthswiththeGRASPLabattheUniversityofPennsylvaniaaspost-doctoralfellowbeforejoiningtheUniversityofAlberta,Canada,in1988,whereheiscurrentlyaProfessorintheDepartmentofComputingScience.Dr.Zhang’sresearchinterestsincluderobotics,computervision,andimageprocessing,andhehaspublishedover200papersininternationaljournalsandconferencesintheseareas.Amonghisnumerousprofessionalactivities,Dr.ZhangiscurrentlyamemberofIEEERoboticsandAutomationSocietyAdministrativeCommittee,andisservingastheGeneralChairof2017IEEE/RSJInternationalConferenceonIntelligentRobotsandSystems(IROS),tobeheldinVancouver,Canada.Dr.ZhangholdstheNSERCIndustrialResearchChairinIntelligentSensingSystems.HeisaFellowoftheIEEE,andaFellowoftheCanadianAcademyofEngineering.