Announcing EAI Distinguished Members Class of 2020

We are proud to announce the first class of EAI Distinguished Members – 435 individuals who achieved the top 0.5% in their EAI Index value among the entire EAI Community in the calendar year 2019, earning them an objective and transparent nomination for the extraordinary accomplishments in their technical areas as evaluated by members of the EAI Community around the world. 

Congratulations to the following EAI Members awarded the Distinguished Member title in 2020!
(In alphabetical order)

A. B. M. Alim Al IslamBangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
Ababacar NdiayeUniversité Assane Seck de Ziguinchor – Senegal
Abderrahim BenslimaneUniversity of Avignon
Abdulhameed MamboNile University of Nigeria
Abdulkadir Aman HassenAddis Ababa Institute of Technology, Addis Ababa University
Abdullah LakhanSoutheast University China
Abdullahi Uwaisu MuhammadHohai University
Adama Mamery SerifouUniversity Felix Houphouët Boigny
Agata ManolovaTechnical University of Sofia
Alejandro CatalaCiTIUS, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
Alexandre SantosUniversidade do Minho
Alexey VasilyevVIM
Ali AdjorluAalborg University Copenhagen
Amando P Singun Jr.University of Technology and Applied Sciences in Muscat, Oman
Aminata GarbaCarnegie Mellon University
Amreesh PhokeerAFRINIC
Ana MartinsISCTE-IUL
Anand NayyarDuy Tan University
Andrea MichienziUniversity of Pisa
Annamaria BehunovaTechnical University of Kosice
Antonio CostaUniversidade do Minho
Armir BujariUniversity of Padua
Atikilt Abebe KetemaBahir Dar University
Audrey GirouardCarleton University
Ayman RadwanInstituto de Telecomunicaoes
Bai XuHarbin Institute of Technology
Bei LiuTsinghua University
Benedict TephilaSri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology
Berhanu GeremewBahir Dar University Institute of Technology
Berhanu Assefa DemessieAddis Ababa University
Bert ArnrichHasso-Plattner-Institute, University of Potsdam
Bi Tra GooreUniversity Felix Houphouët Boigny
Bisrat YilmaBahir Dar Institute of Technology
Bowei ShanChang’an University
Bruno RibeiroUniversity of Minho
Bruno DiasDepartment of Informatics – University of Minho
Carl SmithRave University
Catia PrandiUniversity of Bologna
Chang LuVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Chao YanChengdu University of Technology
Chaoyang LiBeijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
Charles Gouin-VallerandUniversité TÉLUQ
Chen YiChongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications
Cheng ZhangZhejiang University of Technology
Cheng YinQueen’s University Belfast
Cheng-yong LiuBeijing Institute of Technology
Chenglin ZhaoBeijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
Chengyan LiHarbin University of Science and Technology
Chih-Cheng TsengNational Ilan University
Chih-Kun KeNational Taichung University of Science and Technology
Christian F. R. ScullyAalborg University Copenhagen
Chuanlin ZhangJinan University
Chun-Cheng LinNational Chiao Tung University
Chundong WangTianjin University of Technology
Chunjie ZhangHarbin Engineering University
Cristina BotellaUniversitat Jaume I
Cuixia LiAnyang Normal University
Dan RenSanya Aviation and Tourism College
Danyang LiYunnan Normal University
Daosen ZhaiNorthwestern Polytechnical University
Debasis DasIndian Institute of Technology
Deze ZengChina University of Geosciences
Dezhi LiHarbin Institute of Technology
Ding XuNanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications
Ding-Jung ChiangTaipei Chengshih University of Science and Technology
Dirk PlettemeierTechnische Universitat Dresden
Dmitry BudnikovFederal Scientific Agroengeneering Center VIM
Doguparthy RaoBahir Dar Institute of Technology
Douglas ZabranskyVirginia Tech
Duo LiuHarbin Engieering University
Edjikémé EmeruwaUniversity Felix Houphouët Boigny
Edmund LaiAuckland University of Technology
Elke BeckOFFIS Institute for Information Technology
Eman AlashwaliUniversity of Oxford
Emanuele Lindo SeccoLiverpool Hope University
Emi Garcia-PalaciosECIT Queens University Belfast
Emil Rosenlund HøegAalborg University
Fabio GoncalvesUniversity of Minho
Fabio SalicePolitecnico di Milano
Fang-Jung ShiouNational Taiwan University of Science and Technology
Fang-Yie LeuTunghai University
Fangjin ChenNanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Fangmin XuBeijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
Federico AltieriUniversity of Padua
Fei ShenChinese Academy of Sciences
Fei QinUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Fei DingNanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications
Feng YangShanghai Jiao Tong University
Feng PanHeilongjiang University
Feng JinNational University of Defense Technology
Feng LiZhejiang University of Technology
Fetene TeshomeBahir Dar University
Firew DerejeMettu University
Flora SalimRMIT University
Fu HengfengHarbin Engineering University
Georgios TriantafyllidisAalborg University Copenhagen
Georgios PalamasAalborg University Copenhagen
Giancarlo FortinoUniversity of Calabria
Giovanni DelnevoUniversity of Bologna
Gongliang LiuHarbin Institute of Technology
Guangying WangNanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Guobing ZouShanghai University
Hai WangNorthwest University
Haimanot AtinkutCollege of Agriculture and Environmental science, University of Gondar
Hang LongBeijing University of Posts & Telecommunications
Hannan XiaoUniversity of Hertfordshire
Hany FerdinandoUniversity of Oulu
Hao JiangSchool of Electronic Information of Wuhan University
Hao Rui CanBeijing Polytechnic
Hao GaoNanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications
Haoliang RenChongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications
Haotong CaoNanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications
He LiVirginia Tech
Heikki KokkinenFairspectrum
Hengji LiBeijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
Hien NguyenDuy Tan University
Hiep HuynhCan Tho University
Hong DuanYunnan Normal University
Hong ZhouNokia Bell Labs
Hongtao ZhuHarbin Institute of Technology
Hongwei ZhaoNorthwestern Polytechnical University
Hongxu TaoHarbin Engineering University
Hongyu YangCivil Aviation University of China, School of Computer Science and Technology
Hua WangVictoria University
Huaikou MiaoShanghai University
Huber Nieto-ChaupisUniversidad Autonoma Del Peru
Hugo SilvaPLUX – Engenharia de Biosensores, Lda.
Hui LiuNational Ocean Technology Center
Hui QiChangchun University of Science and Technology
Huibin JiaNorth China Electric Power University, Baoding, China
Hyoungseop KimKyushu Institute of Technology
Imran ZualkernanAmerican University of Sharjah
Iqrar AhmedUniversity of Oulu
Ivan CviticFaculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, University of Zagreb
Ivan PavlenkoSumy State University
Jacob TaylorSam Houston State University
Jacob KritikosNational Technical University of Athens
Jania SaucedoUniversidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon
Jason LinCollege of Computer Science, National Chiao Tung University
Javier Fernandez-AlvarezDepartment of Psychology of the Catholic University, Milan
Jazz RasoolRavensbourne University London
Jean-Michel RedouteMonash University
Jelle HofmanIMEC
Jiajun ShiZhejiang University of Technology
Jian WangNanjing University
Jiang QianUniversity of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Jiang XiaolinHei Long Jiang University of Science and Technology
Jiang PengchunChongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications
Jiayan ZhangHarbin Institute of Technology
Jie ZhengNorthwest University
Jie WangHarbin Engineering University
Jie ZengTsinghua University
Jie GongSchool of Data and Computer Science, Sun Yat-sen University
Jie WangSchool of Software Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116620, China
Jin ChenPLA University of Science and Technology
Jin NakazawaKeio University
Jing ZhuNanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Jingjing WangQingdao University of Science and Technology
Jingjing GuNanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Jingling LiChina Academy of Space Technology
Jingqiu RenNortheast Petroleum University
Joao C. FerreiraISCTE-IUL
Joao Martinho MouraPolytechnic Institute of Cavado and Ave (IPCA)
Joaquim MacedoUniversidade do Minho
Jochen MeyerOFFIS Institute for Information Technology
John CarrollPennsylvania State University
Jon Ram Bruun-PedersenAalborg University
Jose AfonsoUniversity of Minho
Jose MachadoUniversity of Minho
Josiah ChavulaUniversity of Cape Town
Jozef ZajacFaculty of Manufacturing Technologies with a seat in Prešov, Bayerova 1, Prešov, Slovak Republic
Jozef HusarTechnical University of Kosice
Jun Liang JiaBeijing Polytechnic
Juraj PancikAMBIS
Kai PengHuaqiao University
Karin FrohlichAalto University
Katsuhiko KajiAichi Institute of Technology, Japan
Kevin BouchardUQAC
Keyi ShiXidian University
Kira Rambow-HoescheleRobert Bosch GmbH
Krasimir TonchevTechnical University of Sofia
Kun QiuUniversity of Electronic Science and Technology in China
Lee JonesCarleton University
Lei MaBeijing Polytechnic University
Leilei LiBeijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
Li JinhongNorthwestern Polytechnical University
Li SunXi’an Jiaotong University
Li PingDalian Polytechnic University
Li KuangCentral South University
Liang KouliangHarbin Engineering University
Lianghui DingShanghai Jiao Tong University
Libao DengHarbin Institute of Technology, Weihai
Ling GaoNorthwest University
Ling-Han WangNational Ilan University
Ling Guo MengTsinghua University
Lingxia LiChongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications
Linjie XieZhejiang University of Technology
Litao ZhangZhengzhou University of Aeronautics
Liu BaoDalian Polytechnic University
Liu HaiyingShandong University of Science and Technology
Lixin ZhengHuaqiao University
Lixin LiGeorgia Southern University
Liyan TuInner Mongolia University for the Nationalities
Liying ZhaoChangchun Institute Of Technology
Lorenzo MontiUniversity of Bologna
Ludmila NagyovaSlovak University of Agriculture in Nitra
Luis BarrosUniversity of Minho
Luís FerreiraIPCA
Luiz Henrique Costa CavalcantiIUPUI
Lun-Ping HungNational Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences
Man ZhouHuazhong University of Science and Technology
Manik SharmaDAV University, India
Marcel BehunTechnical University of Kosice
Marco RoccettiUniversity of Bologna
Marco LaurinoInstitute of Clinical Physiology, National Research Council
Marcos KatzUniversity of Oulu
Maria Joao NicolauUniversidade do Minho
Mariet TheuneHuman Media Interaction, University of Twente
Marko NieminenAalto University
Martin SaintCarnegie Mellon University
Mate BoticaOiV Transmitters and Communications Ltd.
Matthias WölfelKarlsruhe University of Applied Sciences
Michael TyagunovMoscow Power Engineering Institute
Michael BeiglUniversity of Karlsruhe
Michal HatalaTechnical University of Kosice
Michal HolubcikUniversity of Zilina
Michelle TotiInstituto Auxologico Milano
Min ZhaoHeilongjiang University
Min LeiBeijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
Mingyuan LuoNanchang University
Minzhen WangChangchun Institute Of Technology
Mohamed A. ArefUniversity of New Mexico
Mohannad TakrouriAmerican University of Sharjah
Morshed ChowdhuryDeakin University – Melbourne
Mulugeta DebebeAddis Ababa Science and Technology University
Muralidhar AvvariBIT Bahir Dar
Muthoni MasindeCentral University of Technology
Naser Ojaroudi ParchinUniversity of Bradford
Nianyu ZouDalian Polytechnic University
Noelia CorreiaUniversity of Algarve
Nuno CorreiaUniversidade Nova de Lisboa
Nurul SarkarAuckland University of Technology
Omar HiariGerman Jordanian University
Ombretta GaggiUniversity of Padua
Oscar GamaUniversity of Minho
Peng WangXidian University
Peter MesarosTechnical University of Kosice
Peter HrabovskyUniversity of Zilina
Peter TrebunaTechnical University of Kosice
Petra SchmitterInternational Water Management Institute (IWMI), Addis Abeba, Ethiopia
Phuoc Tran VinhHo Chi Minh City Open University, Vietnam
Pietro ManzoniUniversitat Politècnica de València
Pietro CipressoIRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano
Ping JiHeilongjiang University
Ping YangAlibaba Network Technology Co., Ltd.
Predrag NikolicShanghaiTech University
Qi HanColorado School of Mines
Qingzhong LiuSam Houston S tate University (SHSU)
Qiong WangDresden University of Technology
Qiong WuJiangnan University
Quang-Nhat TranHo Chi Minh City University of Transport
Qun LiNanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications
Rached DhaouadiAmerican University of Sharjah
Rajanarender ReddyController of Examinations
Rajwinder SinghPunjabi University
Ran WangHarbin University of Commerce
Richard HoldenIUPUI
Rida KhanTallinn University of Technology
Rimiao LiDalian Polytechnic University
Rongrong ChenHunan University of Technology
Rosaldo RossettiUniversidade do Porto – LIACC
Ruhiyati Idayu Abu TalibMedia and Game Innovation Centre of Excellence, Institute of Human Centered Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
Rundong ZuoHarbin Institute of Technology
Ruolin GuoHeilongjiang University
Samuel OuyaEcole Supérieure Polytechnique
Santoshkumar HampannavarAdama University
Sara JayousiUniversity of Florence
Sebastien GabouryUQAC
Sen NiuShanghai Polytechnic University
Shao-yu LienNational Chung Cheng University
Shengye PangShanghai University
Shi JinSoutheast University
Shih-Yung WeiYulin Normal University
Shishun LiuDalian Polytechnic University
Shuai LiuHunan Normal University
Shuang-cheng JiaAlibaba Network Technology Co., Ltd.
Shushi GuHarbin Institute of Technology
Sidi Zakari IbrahimAbdou Moumouni University
Silvia SerinoCHUV
Simone MorosiUniversity of Florence – CNIT
Sisay G. GebeyehuBahir Dar University Ethiopia
Siyue SunShanghai Engineering Center for Micro-satellites, China
Sozo InoueKyushu Institute of Technology
Sriram ChellappanUniversity of South Florida
Stefan WagnerAarhus University
Sun JiachenArmy Engineering University, Nanjing
Suriya MuruganVel Tech Rangarajan Dr.Sangunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology
Suzhi BiShenzhen University
Takuro YonezawaKeio University
Tao HuangSilicon Lake College
Tao PengBeijing University of Post and Telecommunications
Tapio SeppanenUniversity of Oulu
Tatyana ShestopalovaMoscow Power Engineering Institute
Teresa RomãoUniversidade Nova de Lisboa
Thirumarai Selvi ChandrarajuSri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology
Thomas WestinStockholm University
Tien Huu DoVrije Universiteit Brussel
Tiffany KnearemPennsylvania State University
Tigist Wolde GebrePunjabi University
Tiong Hoo LimUniversiti Teknologi Brunei
Todor GavrilovTechnical University of Sofia
Tomas MandicakTechnical University of Kosice
Tomas Salais-FierroUniversidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon
Tsutomu TeradaKobe University
Valerio Panzica La MannaIMEC
Van-Ca PhanHCMC University of Technology and Education
Varadharajan VijayakumarVIT University
Victor LeungThe University of British Columbia
Vladimir PoulkovTechnical University of Sofia
Wajid RafiqueNanjing University
Wang WeiSanya Aviation and Tourism College
Wang QinglingYunnan Normal University
Wanlong ZhaoHarbin Institute of Technology
Wei HuangNanchang University
Wei ZhongYunnan Normal University
Wei SunNanjing University of Information Science and Technology
Wei ShaoRMIT
Wei LiuXidian University
Wei LiangChina Academy of Space Technology
Weilun LiuAirforce Engineering University
Weiqiang ShenJinan University
Weitian TongEastern Michigan University
Weiwei YuanNanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Weizhong ZhangCommunication Research Center Harbin Institute of Technology
Wen ZhongJiangxi University of Science and Technology
Wenqiu WeiHarbin Institute of Technology
Wentai ChenSoutheast University
Wilfried PhilipsGhent University
William LiuAuckland University of Technology
Wu YuezhongHunan University of Technology
Xi LiuNanchang University
Xia LiuSanya Aviation and Tourism College
Xiang ChenState Key Laboratory of Complex Electromagnetic Environmental Effects on Electronics and Information System
Xiang GaoUniversity of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Xiangbin YuNanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China
Xiangfeng LiDalian Polytechnic University
Xiangmao ChangNanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Xiangping ZhaiNanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Xiangxue TaiHarbin Institute of Technology
Xiao FangDresden University of Technology
Xiaodong LiHohai University
Xiaoge HuangChongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications
Xiaohan QiHarbin Institute of Technology
Xiaohui LinShenzhen University
Xiaoling ZhongChengdu University of Technology
Xiaolu ZhouGeorgia Southern University
Xiao Xiang XuNanjing Unversity of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Xingang LiuUniversity of Electronic and Technology of China, China
Xiubo ChenBeijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
Xiying WangPennsylvania State University
Xu BoUniversity of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Xuan ZhangXiamen University
Xuan Nam TranLe Quy Don Technical University
Xuening QinGhent University
Xuming AnBeijing Institute of Technology
Yaling YangVirginia Tech
Yan KangChina Cargo Airlines
Yang YangPLA Army Engineering University
Yang LiuJiangnan University
Yanglan GanDonghua University
Yanqing WangNanjing Xiaozhuang University
Yasir Al-YasirUniversity of Bradford
Yavor SofronovTechnical University of Sofia
Ye WangHarbin Institute of Technology
Ye YanTianjin Artificial Intelligence Innovation Center
Yi WuFujian Normal University
Yi-Bing LinNational Chiao Tung University
Yihenew Wondie MaryeAddis Ababa Institute of Technology
Yijie LuoArmy Engineering University of PLA
Yin HanqiHarbin Engineering University
Yinan ChenSanya Aviation and Tourism College
Ying SunHohai University
Ying LiHarbin Engineering University
Ying-jian KangBeijing Polytechnic
Yini ZhangDalian Polytechnic University
Yirui WuHohai University
Yiewi MaNTUST
Yong GuoChengdu University of Technology
Yong FangChang’an University
Yong JiaChengdu University of Technology
Yong NiuBeijing Jiaotong University
Yong DingGuilin University Of Electronic Technology
Yong WangUniversity of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Yong-biao YangSoutheast University
Yongjun RenNanjing University of Information Science & Technology
Yongmei CaiXinjiang University of Finance and Economics,
Yu DuChina Academy of Space Technology
Yu JianhaiWuzhou University
Yuan ZhouTianjin University
Yuan YanNorthwestern Polytechnical University
Yuan YaoSanya Aviation and Tourism College
Yuanbing DuanYunnan Normal University
Yuancheng CaiUniversity of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Yuanqi LiDalian Polytechnic University
Yubin LiXi’an Jiaotong University
Yucheng XieIndiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Yuchuan FuXidian university
Yue LiHarbin Institute of Technology
Yuguang YangBeijing University of Technology
Yujue WangGuilin University of Electronic Technology
Yuli ZhangArmy Engineering University of PLA
Yulong GaoHarbin Institute of Technology
Yun-Wei LinNational Chiao Tung University
Yunsheng ChenGuangzhou Huali Science and Technology Vocational College
Yunyi LiNanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications
Zeeshan KaleemCOMSATS University Islamabad, Wah Campus
Zhang XiaojuHetao University
Zhang YeFanZhejiang University of Technology
Zhang FangyiShandong University of Science and Technology
Zhangdui ZhongBeijing Jiaotong University
Zhao GangShandong University of Science and Technology
Zhenbang WangHarbin Institute of Technology
Zhenyong WangHarbin Institute of Technology
Zhenzhe LinRutgers University
Zhian DengHarbin Engineering University
Zhicheng QuNanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications
Zhijiang XuZhejiang University of Technology
Zhiming YinHarbin Engineering University
Zhizhong ZhangChongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications
Zhongqin BiShanghai University of Electric Power
Zhou LingjieHohai University
Zhufei LuYichang Testing Institute of Technology Research
Zhuoming LiHarbin Institute of Technology
Zuohong XuNational University of Defense Technology
Zuzana KolkovaUniversity of Zilina

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