Assist. Prof. Dr. Yan Zeng | AI in Engineering | Best Researcher Award

Assist. Prof. Dr. Yan Zeng | AI in Engineering | Best Researcher Award

Assist. Prof. Dr. Yan Zeng | Hangzhou Dianzi University | China

Assist. Prof. Dr. Yan Zeng, an accomplished associate professor at the School of Computer Science, Hangzhou Dianzi University, has made significant contributions in the fields of distributed and parallel computing, distributed machine learning, and big data analytics. After earning her PhD from the Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2016, her research has focused on advancing large-scale computation and data-intensive systems.  The Key Research and Development Program of Zhejiang Province, the Yangtze River Delta Project, and the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province. Her academic influence is reflected in 173 citations by 161 documents, 42 published papers, and an h-index of 9, demonstrating strong research impact and visibility. With 10 peer-reviewed publications in SCI and Scopus-indexed journals, Yan Zeng’s scholarly output showcases innovation in computational frameworks and distributed systems. Furthermore, she has been actively involved in practical technological advancements, holding 34 patents that bridge theoretical insights with industrial applications. Through her extensive research, publication record, and innovation-driven approach, Yan Zeng continues to play a pivotal role in shaping advancements in computer science and data engineering.

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Featured Publications

Zeng, Y., et al. (2025). FedAMM: Federated learning for brain tumor segmentation with arbitrary missing modalities [Conference paper]. Proceedings of the International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.

Zeng, Y., et al. (2025). TransAware: An automatic parallel method for deep learning model training with global model structure awareness [Conference paper]. Proceedings of the International Conference on Advanced Computing and Applications.

Zeng, Y., et al. (2025). A correlation analysis-based federated learning framework for defending against collusion-free-riding attacks. Cybersecurity, 2025(1), 1–12.

Zeng, Y., et al. (2025). FedAEF: Optimizing federated learning with mining and enhancing local data features. Cluster Computing, 2025(1), 1–15.

Dr. Zahra Beheshti | AI in Engineering | Best Researcher Award

Dr. Zahra Beheshti | AI in Engineering | Best Researcher Award

Dr. Zahra Beheshti | Islamic Azad University | Iran

Dr. Zahra Beheshti is an Assistant Professor at the Islamic Azad University, Najafabad Branch, with a distinguished background in computer engineering and artificial intelligence. She holds a B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Computer Engineering (Software) and a Ph.D. in Computer Science with a focus on Artificial Intelligence, followed by postdoctoral research in Soft Computing. Dr. Beheshti has made significant contributions to the field, including the compilation of the book Centripetal Accelerated Particle Swarm Optimization and Applications. Her academic excellence has been recognized through scholarships awarded to top international Ph.D. students. She is actively involved in knowledge dissemination, having conducted multiple workshops on advanced topics such as Machine Learning, Fuzzy Expert Systems and their application in algorithm parameter determination, and Introduction to Fuzzy Logic along with the Design and Implementation of Fuzzy Expert Systems. Her research output includes 34 documents, cited 1,865 times by 1,698 publications, with an h-index of 20, reflecting the significant impact of her work. Through her teaching, research, and publications, Dr. Beheshti demonstrates a strong commitment to advancing computational intelligence, fostering innovation, and mentoring the next generation of researchers in AI and soft computing, combining both academic rigor and practical application.

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Featured Publications

  • Z Beheshti, SMH Shamsuddin, A review of population-based meta-heuristic algorithms, Int. J. Adv. Soft Comput. Appl 5 (1), 1-35, 744 citations, 2013

  • H Abedinpourshotorban, SM Shamsuddin, Z Beheshti, DNA Jawawi, Electromagnetic field optimization: a physics-inspired metaheuristic optimization algorithm, Swarm and Evolutionary Computation 26, 8-22, 414 citations, 2016

  • M Jafarzadegan, F Safi-esfahani, Z Beheshti, Combining Hierarchical Clustering approaches using the PCA Method, Expert Systems with Applications 137, 1-10, 156 citations, 2019

  • Z Beheshti, SM Shamsuddin, S Hasan, Memetic binary particle swarm optimization for discrete optimization problems, Information Sciences 299, 58-84, 129 citations, 2015

  • Z Beheshti, SMH Shamsuddin, CAPSO: centripetal accelerated particle swarm optimization, Information Sciences 258, 54-79, 120 citations, 2014

  • M Banaie-Dezfouli, MH Nadimi-Shahraki, Z Beheshti, R-GWO: Representative-based grey wolf optimizer for solving engineering problems, Applied Soft Computing 106, 1-28, 108 citations, 2021