Xusheng Wan | Engineering | Best Researcher Award

Southwest Petroleum University | China

Wan Xusheng, from Jingning, Gansu Province, is a distinguished professor, assistant dean, and doctoral supervisor at the School of Civil Engineering and Surveying, Southwest Petroleum University. He earned his Ph.D. in geotechnical engineering from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Sichuan University. Professor Wan has led three National Natural Science Foundation projects and over ten other provincial and key laboratory-funded research initiatives. His work has earned him significant recognition, including a first prize in the Gansu Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award and a second prize in the National Association Award. He has published over 100 academic papers, 56 of which are SCI-indexed, garnering more than 1,200 citations, and holds over 40 national patents and four software copyrights. He serves on the editorial boards of the ASCE Journal of Cold Regions Engineering and the Glacier and Permafrost Institute and reviews for more than 40 international and domestic journals. Professor Wan teaches undergraduate courses in Soil Mechanics and Advanced Soil Mechanics, and graduate courses including Geotechnical Engineering Testing and Construction Monitoring, having guided more than 60 undergraduate projects and trained numerous master’s students. He has contributed extensively to teaching reform, leading provincial- and university-level projects, co-editing a graduate textbook, and publishing multiple educational reform papers. His students have achieved national and regional awards under his mentorship. Actively involved in professional organizations, he serves on committees related to cold regions engineering, geosciences, and civil engineering education, and is committed to advancing research, innovation, and talent cultivation in geotechnical engineering, particularly in cold and arid regions.

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Featured Publications

Wan, X., Lai, Y., & Wang, C. (2015). Experimental study on the freezing temperatures of saline silty soils. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, 26(2), 175–187.
Wan, X., You, Z., Wen, H., & Crossley, W. (2017). An experimental study of salt expansion in sodium saline soils under transient conditions. Journal of Arid Land, 9(6), 865–878.
Wan, X., Gong, F., Mengfei, [et al.]. (2019). Experimental study of the salt transfer in a cold sodium sulfate soil. KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering, 23(4), 1573–1585.
Wan, X., & Yang, Z. (2020). Pore water freezing characteristic in saline soils based on pore size distribution. Cold Regions Science and Technology, 173, 103030.
Wan, X., Zhong, C., Mohamed, H. S., Qiu, E., & Qu, M. (2020). Study on the thermal conductivity model of sodium sulfate soils. Experimental Heat Transfer.
Wan, X., Liu, E., & Qiu, E. (2021). Study on ice nucleation temperature and water freezing in saline soils. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, 32(1), 119–138.

Kwang Baek Kim | Computer Science | Best Researcher Award

Silla University | South Korea

Dr. Kwang Baek Kim, South Korea, is a distinguished computer scientist and academic leader, currently serving as Professor in the Department of Computer Engineering at Silla University, South Korea. He earned his M.S. and Ph.D. in Computer Science from Pusan National University, and has been a dedicated faculty member at Silla University, where he has contributed significantly to research, education, and academic administration. His professional journey includes notable leadership roles such as Director for Planning at The Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems (KIIS) and President of The Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering (KIICE). With a strong focus on intelligent systems, fuzzy logic, artificial intelligence, and computational vision, Dr. Kim has actively advanced scholarly communication through his editorial engagements, serving as Associate Editor for the International Journal of Fuzzy Logic and Intelligent Systems, the Journal of Intelligence and Information Systems, and previously for The Open Artificial Intelligence Journal (USA). He has also been Guest Editor for the International Journal of Computational Vision and Robotics and the International Journal of Information and Communication Technology, as well as Lead Guest Editor for Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience (SCIE). he has been the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Computer and Information. Dr. Kim’s extensive academic service, research contributions, and leadership have established him as a respected figure in computer science, particularly in the areas of artificial intelligence, fuzzy systems, and intelligent information processing. Married and residing in South Korea, he continues to inspire future generations of computer engineers and contribute actively to the global scientific community.

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Featured Publications

Kim, K.-B., Kim, S., & Kim, G.-H. (2006). Vector quantizer of medical image using wavelet transform and enhanced SOM algorithm. Neural Computing & Applications, 15, 245–251.
Kim, K.-B., & Kim, S. (2008). A passport recognition and face verification using enhanced fuzzy ART based RBF network and PCA algorithm. Neurocomputing, 71(16–18), 3202–3210.
Kim, K.-B., Kim, C. W., & Kim, G. H. (2008). Area extraction of the liver and hepatocellular carcinoma in CT scans. Journal of Digital Imaging, 21, 89–103.
Kim, K. B., Song, D. H., & Park, H. J. (2016). Automatic extraction of appendix from ultrasonography with self-organizing map and shape-brightness pattern learning. BioMed Research International, 2016, Article 6172480.
Kim, K. B., Song, Y.-S., Park, H. J., Song, D. H., & Choi, B. K. (2018). A fuzzy C-means quantization based automatic extraction of rotator cuff tendon tears from ultrasound images. Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, 35(1), 149–158.