The Plenary and Keynote Speakers for the 14th International Conference of Control, Dynamic Systems, and Robotics (CDSR 2027) are listed below:
Dr. Christos Anagnostopoulos
University of Glasgow, UK – CDSR 2027 Plenary Speaker
I am an Associate Professor (Reader) in Artificial Intelligence and Distributed Systems at the School of Computing Science, University of Glasgow. My research lies at the intersection of large-scale Distributed Computing, Federated and Decentralised AI/ML, and Data-centric AI, with a focus on scalable, trustworthy, and intelligent distributed systems. I have secured research funding from the European Commission, including H2020 and Horizon Europe programmes, UK EPSRC, and industry partners such as BMW. My scholarly output includes more than 230 scientific publications in leading journals and conferences [Google scholar]. I lead the Knowledge and Data Engineering Systems Group at the University of Glasgow and contribute actively to the international research community through editorial, conference, and project leadership roles. I serve as Editor-in-Chief of Open Computer Science (De Gruyter) and as Associate Editor of IEEE Access. I also served as General Chair of IEEE ICDCS 2025, one of the flagship international conferences in distributed computing systems.
I serve as Principal Investigator and Technical Coordinator across several EU Horizon projects, including INNOVATE, TRACE, COIN-3D, ELLIE, and TERRA. These projects reflect the breadth and impact of my work across artificial intelligence, federated learning, distributed systems, data engineering, trustworthy computing, and large-scale intelligent infrastructures. I am an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a professional member of ACM, IEEE, IEEE TCDP, and IEEE STC. Before joining the University of Glasgow, I held academic and research appointments at Ionian University, the University of Athens, and the University of Glasgow, including a Research Fellowship from 2015 to 2018 and an MSCA Fellowship Supervisor role from 2018 to 2020. I hold a BSc with Honours and Valedictorian distinction in Computer Science and Telecommunications, an MSc with Distinction in Advanced Computing Systems, and a PhD in Computing Science from the University of Athens.
Dr. Calin Belta
University of Maryland, USA – CDSR 2027 Plenary Speaker
Calin Belta is the Brendan Iribe Endowed Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Maryland, College Park, where is also part of the Maryland Robotics Center (MRC) and the Institute for Systems Research (ISR). He is also a Research Professor in the College of Engineering at Boston University. His research focuses on dynamics and control theory, with particular emphasis on cyber-physical systems, formal methods, and applications to robotics, autonomous driving, and systems biology.
Dr. Ji Liu
Stony Brook University, USA – CDSR 2027 Plenary Speaker
Ji Liu is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Stony Brook University. He received his B.S. in information engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2006 and his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Yale University in 2013. He was a postdoc at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Arizona State University. He is an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems. His current research interests include distributed control and optimization, distributed reinforcement learning, distributed quantum computing, and resiliency of distributed algorithms. His coauthored work has received the 2023 IEEE Control Systems Society Roberto Tempo Best CDC Paper Award and a Distinguished Paper Award at 2024 IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems.
Dr. Behrad Khamesee
University of Waterloo, Canada – CDSR 2027 Keynote Speaker
Dr. Behrad Khamesee is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, University of Waterloo, Canada. He is the director of MagLev Microrobotics Laboratory and co-PI of the RoboHub state-of-the-art robotics facility at the University of Waterloo. His research interests and expertise include design, modeling, and control of advanced mechatronics systems, particularly microrobotic magnetic levitation and semi-active electromagnetic dampers for vehicles. His research has resulted in 125 refereed Journal and conference papers, and his research group is a recipient of several best paper awards. His research group developed the world’s smallest magnetically-levitated microrobot which is equipped with a gripper. Dr. Khamesee is involved in conferences program committees, has organized several sessions at international conferences, and is a technical reviewer for several IEEE Journals.