2024 International Conference on Test Automation

The 2024 International Conference on Test Automation and Instrumentation (ISTAI 2024) was successfully held at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen from August 14 to 16, 2024. The conference was hosted by the Chinese Instrument Society, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen and Beijing Information Science and Technology University, and co-organized by the Electronic Measurement and Instrumentation Branch of the Chinese Instrument Society, Chongqing University, the Chinese Journal of Instrumentation and Shenzhen Institute of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, and co-organized by the Chinese Journal of Electronic Measurement and Instrumentation, INSTRUMENTATION, the Joint Research Center for Deep Space Exploration of the Ministry of Education, the Key Laboratory of Modern Measurement and Control Technology of the Ministry of Education, the Beijing Key Laboratory of High Dynamic Navigation Technology, the Beijing Key Laboratory of Electromechanical System Measurement and Control, the Beijing Key Laboratory of Sensors, the Beijing International Science and Technology Cooperation Base for Intelligent Perception and Control of High-end Equipment, and the Beijing Science and Technology Achievement Transformation Service Center. It attracted top scholars, experts and researchers from all over the world to gather together to discuss cutting-edge issues and the latest research results in the field of "Sensing the World, Enlightening the Future".

Opening Ceremony Guest Speech

On the morning of August 15, the conference officially opened. The chairman of the conference, Academician Xu Yangsheng, president of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, attended the conference. The executive chairman of the conference, Ding Ning, executive vice president of Shenzhen Institute of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, Zhang Li, deputy secretary-general of the Chinese Instrumentation Society, and Professor Chen Xin, vice president of Beijing Information Science and Technology University, delivered enthusiastic speeches, expressing their warm welcome to all participants and emphasizing the importance of this conference in promoting international academic exchanges and cooperation. Professor Li Xuejin, secretary of the Party Committee of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Professor Shi Weiren, deputy editor-in-chief of the Journal of Instrumentation, Chongqing University, Gong Rui, deputy director of the Research Office of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Xie Gengxin, executive deputy director of the Joint Research Center for Deep Space Exploration of the Ministry of Education, dean of the Advanced Technology Research Institute of Chongqing University, Cao Lin, director of the Science and Technology Office of Beijing Information Science and Technology University, Su Zhong, director of the Laboratory of Modern Measurement and Control Technology of the Ministry of Education, Wang Liyong, deputy director of the Personnel Office, Fan Junfang, dean of the School of Automation, Wu Guoxin, vice dean of the School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Xu Zhan, vice dean of the School of Communication, and many other experts also attended the meeting to jointly support the holding of this international event. After 20 years, the ISTAI conference has built an international academic and technical exchange platform that combines tradition and modernity, innovation and cutting-edge, Chinese and Western cultures, cross-border integration, and interdisciplinary studies. Academic and technical personnel in related fields can share each other's research results and jointly promote the development of the test automation and instrumentation fields.

The conference attracted top scholars, experts and researchers from China, France, Australia, Spain, South Korea and other countries and regions to discuss cutting-edge issues and the latest research results in the field of automatic control and instrumentation. A total of 10 wonderful keynote speeches and academic reports were arranged throughout the day on the 15th. Scholars carried out in-depth exchanges and discussions around the conference theme of "Sensing the World, Enlightening the Future". Professor Xie Gengxin of Chongqing University attracted widespread attention from the participants with his latest research results. His report was titled "The First Biological Experiment on the Moon and Study on the Construction of a Habitational Station Base on Planet Cave". He explained the current status and future development trends of the "Chang'e 4 Mission Biological Experiment" through detailed data and vivid cases, and demonstrated a series of innovative results and key technologies. Professor Wei Xiang of Australia's Troubled University discussed the past, present and future directions of artificial intelligence with the theme of "Artificial Intelligence of Things-Past, Present and Future Directions", and gave a detailed explanation of the lead topic "Why merge AI and loT, how to quickly process the large amount of data generated by IoT, and how to protect yourself and exert your potential in the AIoT era". In his report "Date-Driven Callbration for RF Communication Systems", Professor Quan Zhi from Shenzhen University discussed the importance of balancing performance and cost of RF equipment from the perspective of RF systems, and discussed its importance from two aspects: RF circuit power calibration and frequency calibration. In her report "VOC Bio Sniffers for Food Quality Control and Breath Control", Professor Nicole Jaffrezic-Renault from the University of Franche-Comté in France explained the relevant detection of volatile organic compounds (VOC) in a simple and easy-to-understand manner, and introduced the key technologies of biosniffers, which laid a good foundation for future food quality control. Professor Basilio Pueo from the University of Alicante in Spain brought a wonderful report entitled "Precision in Athletic Performance in Sports Science: Advances in Instrumentation and Test Automation for Measuring Jump Height", emphasizing that accurate measurement of jump height is crucial to the development of various sports and athletes, and made a strong argument through actual cases and simulation experiments.

Experts of the keynote speech took a group photo

Associate Professor Jian Zhu of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, gave a report titled "Soft Actuators and Soft Robots" that focused on the hot topics of soft actuators and soft robots. Associate Professor Jian Zhu introduced the application of soft robots. He took transparent jellyfish robots and soft facial robots as examples to introduce the concept of soft actuators, and introduced the production field of soft actuators through conventional 3D and embedded 3D printing. The soft robots and soft actuators shown in the report are expected to inject new impetus into the development of related industries and make greater contributions to the development of human society. Professor Kelvin Yuen of the University of Macau, with the title of "Online Health Monitoring of Bridges with Simultaneous Estimation of Vehicle Loads and Positions Using Strain Measurements Only", deeply explored the cutting-edge issues of vehicle load estimation, vehicle position tracking and structure identification of highway bridges through rigorous experimental design and data analysis. Assistant Professor Zhenglong Sun of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, gave a report titled "Towards Next Generation of Surgical Robots: Future Direction and Challenges", which deeply explored the future direction and challenges faced by the next generation of surgical robots. Professor Gwanggil Jeon of Incheon University in South Korea introduced the application of artificial intelligence technology in the industry and SME cooperation in his report "Application of Artificial Intelligence Technology to Industry Collaboration with SME", demonstrated technologies such as object detection, optical character recognition (OCR), cell division, depth estimation, and detailed the application fields. Finally, Associate Professor Gong Yi of Beijing Information Science and Technology University focused on the RF chain design of ISAC system with the title "Toward Green RF Chain Design for Integrated Sensing and Communications (ISAC): Technologies and Future Directions". With the low-energy architecture as the basic concept, he proposed an innovative shared architecture model for the RF chain and ADC, which significantly improved the existing energy efficiency and laid a good foundation for solving the complexity and high computing requirements of deep learning in ISAC in the future.

On August 16, there were 6 sub-forums for exchange and discussion, with topics including electronic measurement and instrumentation, intelligent systems and artificial intelligence, vision and image measurement, data acquisition and signal processing, intelligent manufacturing, automation and fault diagnosis, sensors and their applications. At the sub-forum meetings, the participants made active and in-depth reports and exchanges, which attracted the attention of many participants and won the recognition and praise of the review experts at each venue for their wonderful performance. This conference has achieved fruitful results. It not only showcased the latest research results in the fields of test automation, instrumentation and artificial intelligence, but also pointed out the direction for future research. I believe that through the exchanges and cooperation of this conference, we will be able to make greater breakthroughs and progress in the direction of "sensing the world and enlightening the future." "