Prof. Nan Chi (Fudan University, China) is with the School of Information Science and Engineering, Fudan University, China. She received her BS degree and PhD degree in electrical engineering from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China. She is the author or co-author of more than 300 papers and has been cited more than 13000 times. She has been awarded The National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, the New Century Excellent Talents Awards from the Education Ministry of China, and the Shanghai Shu Guang scholarship. Her current research interests include optical packet/label switching, optical fiber communication, and visible light communication. She is a fellow of the OSA.

Prof. Chi-Wai Chow (National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan) received the B.Eng. (First-Class Hons) and Ph.D. degrees both from the Department of Electronic Engineering, the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) in 2001 and 2004, respectively. Between 2005-2007, he was a Postdoctoral Research Scientist involved in two European Union Projects: PIEMAN (Photonic Integrated Extended Metro and Access Network) and TRIUMPH (Transparent Ring Interconnection Using Multi-wavelength Photonic switches) in the Tyndall National Institute and Department of Physics, University College Cork (UCC) in Ireland. In 2007, he joined the Department of Photonics at National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU) (formerly National Chiao Tung University (NCTU)) in Taiwan. He is a full Professor in this department. He is currently the Associate editor of the Journal of Lightwave Technology and IEEE Photonics Journal. He has served and is serving TPCs of conferences, such as OFC (2021-2023), ECOC (2020-2023), OECC (2020-2021), etc. He has co-authored more than 600 papers in journals and conferences.

Prof. Abdellah Chehri (Royal Military College of Canada, Canada) is an Associate Professor at the Royal Military College of Canada (RMC), Kingston, Ontario. Before joining the RMC, he was an associate professor at the University of Quebec (UQAC). He is an affiliate professor at the University of Quebec UQO, UQAT and an adjunct professor at the University of Ottawa. From 2009-2012, he worked as a research fellow at the University of Ottawa. Dr. Chehri completed his Ph.D. at the University Laval (Canada) and his Master's studies at the University Nice-Sophia Antipolis-Eurecom (France). He has served as guest/associate editor for several well-reputed journals. Dr. Chehri is a Senior Member of IEEE, a member of the IEEE Communication Society (ComSoc), IEEE Vehicular Technology Society (VTS), IEEE Photonics Society, IEEE Public Safety Transportation Committee Co-Chair, and IEEE Canadian Humanitarian Initiatives Committee.

Dr. Toshimasa Umezawa (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Japan) (Member, IEEE) received B.E. and M.E. degrees in electronics from Nagaoka University of Technology, Niigata, Japan, in 1984 and 1986, respectively. From 1987 to 2011, he worked for the Yokogawa Electric Corporation; he was with the Central Research Laboratory and with the Photonics Business Department. In 1992, he was a visiting scholar in the Department of Applied Physics at Stanford University, and he received a Ph.D. degree in electronics from Tokyo University, Tokyo, Japan, in 1995, where he was engaged in research on superconductor devices, photonics devices, and their applications. In 2011, he joined the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Tokyo, Japan. He is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the Institute of Electronics, Information, and Communication Engineers (IEICE), and the Japan Society of Applied Physics (JSAP). His current research interests are E/O devices, photonic integrated circuits, and millimeter-wave photonics.