Ching Chih Tsai | Fuzzy Statistics and Uncertainty Modelling | Best Researcher Award

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Prof. Ching Chih Tsai | Fuzzy Statistics and Uncertainty Modelling | Best Researcher Award

Prof. Ching Chih Tsai |  National Chung Hsing University | Taiwan

Prof. Ching Chih Tsai is a distinguished academic in electrical engineering and control systems, currently serving as a Life Distinguished Professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering, National Chung Hsing University (NCHU), Taiwan. He earned his Ph.D. from Northwestern University in 1991. Dr. Tsai has held significant leadership roles, including serving as the President of the Chinese Automatic Control Society (CACS), the Robotics Society of Taiwan (RST), and the International Fuzzy Systems Association (IFSA). He has also been a Board of Governors member of IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society (SMCS) and is currently the Dean of the College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at NCHU. An IEEE Fellow, his research focuses on intelligent control systems, mobile robotics, and automation intelligence. Dr. Tsai has published over 700 technical articles, with more than 20 in the International Journal of Fuzzy Systems since 2005. His recent work includes a 2025 paper on intelligent adaptive formation control for multi-quadrotors, introducing a hybrid controller combining Output Recurrent Fuzzy Broad Learning Systems (ORFBLS), reinforcement learning, and adaptive backstepping sliding mode control. According to Scopus, he has an h-index of 29, with 3,902 citations from 272 documents.

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Featured Publications

Rospawan, A., Tsai, C.-C., & Hung, C.-C. (2025). Two-layer intelligent learning control using output recurrent fuzzy neural long short-term memory broad learning system with RMSprop. IEEE Access.

Tsai, C.-C., Hung, C.-C., Mao, C.-F., Wu, H.-S., & Chen, C.-H. (2025). Fuzzy neural LSTM-RBLS for fractional-order PID sliding-mode motion control of autonomous mobile robots with four ISID wheels. International Journal of Fuzzy Systems.

Tsai, C.-C., Mao, C.-F., & Hussain, K. (2025). Intelligent adaptive formation control using ORFBLS and reinforcement learning for uncertain tilting multi-quadrotors. International Journal of Fuzzy Systems. =

Rospawan, A., Tsai, C.-C., & Hung, C.-C. (2025). Intelligent MIMO ORFBLS-based setpoint tracking control with its application to temperature control of an industrial extrusion barrel. International Journal of Fuzzy Systems.

Tsai, C.-C., Huang, H.-C., Chen, H.-Y., Hung, C.-C., & Chen, S.-T. (2024). Intelligent collision-free formation control of ball-riding robots using output recurrent broad learning in industrial cyber-physical systems. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems.

Ahmed A. Ahmed | Regression and Correlation Analysis | Best Researcher Award

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Assoc Prof. Dr. Ahmed A. Ahmed | Regression and Correlation Analysis | Best Researcher Award

Mustansiriyah University | Iraq

Dr. Ahmed A. Ahmed, Ph.D, is a distinguished faculty member in the Civil Engineering Department at Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad, Iraq, with a robust research profile emphasizing new and advanced infrastructure materials, durability of engineering materials, infrastructure sustainability, green building materials, material characterization, corrosion and carbonation assessment, microstructure analysis, and evaluation of concrete deterioration processes and mechanisms. With an h-index of 5, 70 citations, and a ResearchGate score of 83.5, Dr. Ahmed has contributed extensively to the field through numerous high-impact publications, including studies on corrosion resistance of calcium sulfoaluminate cementitious systems, reliability of chloride testing in cementitious systems, and experimental investigations on reinforcing steel behavior under corrosive conditions. Since 2012, he has served as a faculty member at Mustansiriyah University and held leadership roles such as Head of the Training and Development Unit in the Continuing Education Branch and active membership in professional societies including the American Concrete Institute, American Society of Civil Engineers, Iraqi Academic Syndicate, Iraqi Engineers Union, and Iraqi Teachers Union. Dr. Ahmed earned his Ph.D. in Infrastructure Materials with a minor in Statistics from Oregon State University and holds multiple advanced teaching certificates and engineering degrees. He has also presented at international conventions and workshops across the United States and Malaysia, highlighting his commitment to research excellence, pedagogy, and professional development in civil engineering.

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Featured Publications

“Assessing the Impact of Graphene Nanoplatelets Aggregates on the Performance Characteristics of Cement-Based Materials”

“Performance Evaluation of Concrete Masonry Unit Mixtures Incorporating Citric Acid-Treated Corn Stover Ash and Alkalinized Corn Stover Fibers”

“Evaluating the Characteristics of Fibrous Pure Gypsum Containing Chopped Carbon Fiber (CCF)”

“Evaluating the performance of thermomechanically beneficiated fly ash blended mortar”

“Reliability of chloride testing results in cementitious systems containing admixed chlorides”