Nobel Prize-2024

Imperial College London
UK

Peter Childs is the Professorial Lead in Design Engineering at Imperial College London and Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering. Peter was the proposer and Founding Head of the Dyson School of Design Engineering at Imperial College London, helping to grow the school from an initial idea to a community of practice of over 900 students and staff. His general interests include creativity, innovation, design, energy and sustainability, and robotics. He is Editor in Chief of the Journal of Design for Augmented Humanity, Honorary Professor at Guangdong University of Technology, Founder Director at Q-Bot Ltd and Chair and Director at BladeBUG Ltd.

Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Hongkong

Professor Yang Gao FIET FRAeS, is a world-renowned space roboticist with over 20 years of R&D and space mission experience including European Space Agency (ESA)’s ExoMars, Proba-3 and lunar VMMO; UK's CLEAR, MoonLITE and Moonraker; and China's Chang'E-3. She is currently the Professor of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering and Founding Director of the Centre for AI Robotics in Space Sustainability (CAIRSS) in the Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST), where to pioneer AI robotics solutions for orbital debris mitigation, autonomous space systems, and in-situ resource utilization for future crewed/uncrewed missions. Before joining HKUST in mid-2025, she has been a Professor of Robotics and Head of the Centre for Robotics Research at King's College London, where she maintains active ties and collaborations. Founder of the multi-award-winning Space Technology for Autonomous and Robotic Systems Laboratory (STAR-LAB, est. 2007), she has led projects for ESA, UK Space Agency, UKRI, EU, and industry companies. Her honours include the Mulan Award for Contributions to Science, Technology and Engineering (2019) and Distinguished Global Leadership Award (2025), and research under her leadership has won IAF 3AF Edmond Brun Silver Medal (2013), COSPAR Outstanding Paper Award (2016), ESA SysNova Challenge First Prize (2018), IEEE-ICRA Space Workshop Wiley Poster Award First Prize (2020), and Sino-UK Entrepreneurship Competition First Prize (2022), among others.

University of Surrey
UK

Adrian Hilton is Professor of Computer Vision, founding Director of the Surrey Institute for People-Centred AI and Director of the Centre for Vision, Speech and Signal Processing at the University of Surrey. The focus of his research is Perceptual AI enabling machines to understand and interact with the world through seeing and hearing. This combines the fields of computer vision and machine learning to develop new methods for reconstruction, modelling and understanding natural scenes from video and audio. Since joining CVSSP in 1992, he has led research in 3D and 4D computer vision exploited in entertainment manufacture and healthcare. He has received two EU IST Prizes, a DTI Manufacturing Industry Achievement Award, and a Computer Graphics World Innovation award; eight best paper awards in international journals and conferences; and co-founded the European Conference on Visual Media Production. He held a Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award (2013--18) and a Royal Society Industry Fellowship (2008--11) with Framestore to investigate multi-view and 3D video in film production. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2019 and Fellow of the Institute of Engineering and Technology 2012 and received the IET Achievement Medal in 2018.

University of Brunel
UK

Professor Braganza is Dean of Brunel Business School and holds the Chair in Business Transformation. Prior to being appointed Dean, Professor Braganza was the Deputy Dean of the College of Business, Arts and Social Sciences. He is the Founder and co-Director of Brunel’s interdisciplinary Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence, launched in 2018, which incorporates a dedicated AI Lab. The Centre and Lab are part of the wider Brunel’s AI Ecosystem, led by Professor Braganza. In the 22/23 academic year, the Centre won £3.5 million in grants. Most recently, Professor Braganza is part of a consortium that has won a €5.8 million bid for the ELOQUENCE EU project (2024-2027). He devised and launched a Masters in AI Strategy, which is aim at training the next generation of AI leaders. Professor Braganza’s scholarly contribution is to the field of change implementation and, specifically, leadership of strategic organisational change. His interest in the implementation of cross-functional change was sparked during his doctoral journey, and continues to inform his research projects, teaching, and consultancy assignments. His research is practice-based, demonstrated by his leadership of over numerous consultancy projects with global, public and private sector organisations. His past collaborations with senior managers in organisations exemplified by BT, Microsoft, McDonald's, Astra Zeneca, Friends Provident, Volkswagen Financial Services and the various UN agencies have co-created knowledge and practical ways of implementing complex change programmes. The British Academy of Management elected Professor Braganza to the College of Fellows. His Fellowship recognises the substantial contribution, over twenty-five years, to the wider business and management academic community through the British Academy of Management. He joined BAM initially as a doctoral student and, since then, fulfilled a number of leadership roles. These include serving on BAM Council as an elected member, founding the Organisational Transformation, Change and Development SIG, creating the conference track and, over the years, chairing the SIG and track along with serving on the SIG committee. He has organised, led and delivered numerous BAM events.

Zhejiang University, China

University of Tsukuba, Japan

Keio, University, Japan

National University of Singapore, Singapore

ThinkingNode Life Science Inc, USA

University of Moncton
Canada

Keio University, Japan

Université de Toulon, France

Florida Atlantic University, USA

Shermeen Yousif is a tenure-track assistant professor, the director of the Environmental Design and Natural Materials lab at the School of Architecture, Florida Atlantic University, and the founder and director of the Deep-Ecology Design Studio, a research practice with a focus on deep learning and performance-driven design. Her interdisciplinary line of research is situated at the intersection of artificial intelligence, advanced computational design methods, and performance-based design systems. Shermeen’s research contributions have led to the development of multiple computational methods and deep learning-driven frameworks for augmenting design systems and have led to multiple peer-reviewed publications and research grants. Also, Shermeen has become a recognized speaker and received multiple recognitions and awards, including the AIA Florida Award for research (2022, 2024), the AIA Fort Lauderdale Educator of the Year Award (2023), the Broward Achievement Award (2023-2024), and was elected to the ACADIA Board of Directors for 2023–2025, and the International Journal of Architectural Computing (2025-2027) among other accolades. Shermeen has cultivated impactful relationships with esteemed architectural firms globally, such as Perkins Eastman, where she delivered a keynote lecture on AI and architecture during their technology marathon in 2023. As a featured speaker, she was invited to speak at multiple venues, including the Smart Cities MIAMI Conference in April 2024, the AutoRobo Expo 2024, and DigitalFutures (2020, 2021, 2022, 2024). Additionally, Shermeen has actively contributed to and participated in international computational conferences, including ACADIA, CAAD-Futures, and CAADRIA.

University of Kansas, USA

Peking University, China

Oliver Tian Associates, Singapore