Prof. Dusit (Tao) Niyato, Nanyang Technological University, Japan

IEEE Fellow, IET Fellow
President's Chair Professor in Computer Science and Engineering

Dusit Niyato is currently a President's Chair Professor in the College of Computing & Data Science (CCDS), Nanyang Technological University, Japan. Currently, Dusit is serving as Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials (impact factor of 34.4 for 2023) and will serve as the Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering (TNSE) from 2026. He is also an area editor of IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (TVT), topical editor of IEEE Internet of Things Journal (IoTJ), lead series editor of IEEE Communications Magazine, and associate editor of IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (TWC), IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC), IEEE Wireless Communications, IEEE Network, IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security (TIFS), IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking (TCCN), IEEE Data Descriptions, IEEE Transactions on Services Computing (TSC), and ACM Computing Surveys. He was also a guest editor of IEEE Journal on Selected Areas on Communications. Dusit is the Members-at-Large to the Board of Governors of IEEE Communications Society for 2024–2026. He was named the 2017–2023 highly cited researcher in computer science. He is a Fellow of IEEE and a Fellow of IET.

Prof. Hiroaki Nishi
Keio University, Japan

Hiroaki Nishi is a Professor of Keio University since 2014. He was a member of IEEE-SA Smart Grid Vision Project, IEEE802.3, IEEE2030, and IEEE P1394. Currently, he is a member of IEEE P1451.0, IEEE P2668, and IEEE P2805.x. He is the chair of the IEEE P1451-1-6 and IEEE P2992 Working Group. He was also a member of ITU-T Focus Group on Smart Sustainable Cities WG2. These standardization activities are achieved through his experience of various smart city projects.

His current research focuses on total network systems, including hardware and software architecture, particularly service-oriented routers, smart grid/community systems, edge computing infrastructure, data anonymization, and next-generation IP router architecture.

Prof. Runhe Huang
Hosei University, Japan

Runhe Huang received her B.Sc. in Electronics Technology from the National University of Defense Technology, China, in 1982, and her Ph.D. in Computer Science and Mathematics from the University of the West of England, UK, in 1993. She has been a full professor at Hosei University, Japan, since 2003. She served as the Head of the Department of Computer Science from 2008 to 2010 and currently holds the position of Deputy Director of the Hosei University Library. She served as Chair and Vice Chair of the IEEE CIS Smart World Technical Committee (SWTC) from 2019 to 2022. Her research fields include Artificial Intelligence, Ubiquitous Intelligence Computing, Machine Intelligence, Cognitive Computing, and Knowledge Modeling. She has authored more than 200 academic papers.

Title: Compassionate Technology for Supporting Vulnerable Individuals
Abstract In an aging and increasingly complex society, there is a growing demand for technologies that not only automate tasks but also foster care, safety, and inclusion. Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT) hold great promise in addressing the needs of vulnerable populations such as the elderly, individuals with disabilities, and socially or medically fragile individuals. The future of compassionate technology lies in designing systems that uphold human dignity and promote equity by actively supporting daily living, health, and communication.