Program

Opening Remarks

Yong (Peter) Lian

Yong (Peter) Lian (M'90–SM'99–F'09) is the Vice Chair of IEEE Fellow Committee, Member-at-Large of IEEE Innovation Committee, member of IEEE New Initiative Committee, and a 2026 Candidate of Vice President-Elect of IEEE Technical Activities. Over the years, he has held numerous leadership positions within IEEE, including the IEEE Board of Directors, Division I Director, member of the IEEE TAB, Member-at-Large of the IEEE Publication Services and Products Board (PSPB), Chair of the IEEE Periodicals Partnership Opportunities Committee, Chair of the IEEE Ad Hoc Committee on Accelerating Partnerships with Chinese Publications, and membership in the IEEE Periodicals Committee, the Periodicals Review and Advisory Committee, the Products and Services Committee, the PSPB Strategic Planning Committee, the MGA Strategic Planning Committee, and the Fellow Committee. He also served as the President of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society, Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs, Vice President for Publications, and Vice President for Region 10 of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society. Dr. Lian is the founding Editor-in-Chief of the journal Integrated Circuits and Systems.

Dr. Lian is a leading researcher in ultra-low power smart wireless sensors, energy-efficient event-driven signal processing, and biomedical circuits and systems. His pioneering contributions to these fields have earned him more than 20 awards, including the 2023 IEEE Circuits and Systems Society Mac Van Valkenburg Award, the 2023 IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems Best Paper Award, the Design Contest Award at the 2015 International Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design, the 2011 Institution of Engineers Singapore Prestigious Engineering Achievement Award, the 2008 IEEE Communications Society Multimedia Communications Best Paper Award, and the 1996 IEEE Circuits and Systems Society Guillemin-Cauer Award.