Universal Village (UV) is a new concept proposed by MIT’s Universal Village Program which exemplifies an ideal future society that pursues harmony between humans and nature through the wise use of advanced technology. IEEE International Conference on Universal Village (UV) explores systematic methodologies for improving the quality of life by advancing the technology of the Universal Village and its major subsystems, including intelligent health care, intelligent transportation, intelligent environment, intelligent energy management, and protection of the environment. It is technically co-sponsored by the IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society.

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Executive Committee

Executive Committee

UV2020 CONFERENCE COMMITTEE

Honorary Chairs

  • Berthold K.P. Horn (MIT, USA)

General Chairs

  • Roy E. Welsch (MIT, USA)
  • Ichiro Masaki (Universal Village Society, USA)
  • Lionel C. Kimerling (MIT, USA)
  • Kazuya Takeda (Nagoya Univ., Japan)
  • Shuguang Zhang (MIT, USA)
  • Zhang Xiong (Beihang Univ., China)

International Chairs

  • Yajun Fang (Universal Village Society, USA)
  • Xiaoman Duan (Universal Village Society, USA)
  • Yasha Yi (Univ. of Michigan, USA)

Conference Chairs

  • Juejun Hu (MIT, USA)
  • Lin Zhang (Beihang University, China)

Local Chairs

  • Lin Zhang (MIT, USA)
  • Wei Wang (Americar.ai, USA)
  • Stanly Tao (Universal Village Society, Canada)

Program Chairs

  • Longfei Zhou (MIT, USA)
  • Hao Sheng (Beihang Univ., China)
  • Qingyang Du (MIT, USA)
  • Hiro Aoki (Nagoya Univ., Japan)
  • Yang Liu (Universal Village Society, USA)
  • Lijuan Su (Shenzhen Joy Smart AI Co. Ltd., Chian)
  • Shengsheng Cao (Ningbo University, China)
  • Wenhe Zhan (Shenzhen PIAT, China)

Administrative Chairs

  • Cory James (MIT, USA)
  • Wenya Du  (Universal Village Society, USA)
  • Gina Franzetta (MIT, USA)

IT Chairs

  • Guanghua Cheng (Universal Village Society USA)
  • Yi Tao (Universal Village Society, USA)

Public Relation Chairs

  • Yang Gao (Harvard Univ., USA)
  • Yilin Wang (MIT Analytics, USA)
  • Yohji Suhara (Community Technology Institute, Japan)
  • Guoping Zhang(Nankai University/Harvard University)

Education Chairs

  • Jun Wan (Sage Hill Consulting, USA)
  • Faan Chen (Tongji Univ., China) 

Publication Chairs

  • Hongyan Cui (MIT/BUPT, USA/China)
  • Lin Zhang (MIT, USA)

Media Chairs

  • Ronghua Chen (Oriental Foco Films, China)
  • Benjamin Cheung (SmugMug Inc., USA)

International Coordinators

  • Javier Sanchez-Medina (EU/ULPGC, Spain)
  • Toshimitsu Hamada (Tsukuba Gakuin Univ., Japan)

Student Forum Chairs

  • Lifeng Zhang (BUPT/UMASS Boston, China/USA)
  • Zhiyuan Yang (Beijing Institute of Technology, China)
  • Hao Yuan (Vanderbilt University, USA)
  • Yuanhong Cao (Cornell University, USA) 

Pitch Competition Chairs

  • Zhiyu Chen (Chongqing University, USA)
  • Qiansheng Zhou (Penn State University, USA)

K-12 Challenge Chairs

  • Jingyuan Chen (Universal Village Society, USA)
  • Yuhao Dong (Boston University, USA)

Student Committee

  • Chaoyi Wang (Southern University of Science & Technology, China)
  • Lin Li (Hunan University, China)
  • Kaijun Jin (Hong Kong Baptist University, China)
  • Yu Zhang (Xi’an Jiao Tong Liverpool University, China/UK)
  • Yiyang Gao (Universal Village Society, USA)
  • Ruoyu Xue (University of Maryland, USA)
  • Songze Wu (College of William, USA)
  • Mo Song (High school of NNU, China)
  • Weijie Du (University of CA Irvine, USA)
  • Wenjie Lin (University of Science and Technology, China)
  • Zhixiang Yang (University of Washington, USA)
  • Fangyuan Sha (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
  • Chen Xiong (University of Toronto, Canada)
  • Yifan Zhou (Boston College, USA)
  • Lixin Xu (Qingdao University, China)
  • Shuyu Jia (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, USA)