Professor Junyu Dong obtained his Bachelor's and Master's degrees from Ocean University of China in 1993 and 1999, respectively, and his Ph.D. from Heriot-Watt University in the UK in 2003. He was awarded a Leading Talent of Science and Technology Innovation under National High-level Talent Special Support Plan and currently serves as the Dean of the Faculty of Information Science and Engineering at Ocean University of China. He is also the Co-Chair of the ACM Qingdao Chapter, a member of the International Academic Council of Interdisciplinary Graduate School for the Blue Planet (ISBlue), the founding Editor-in-Chief of the international journal Intelligent Marine Technology and Systems, and an editorial board member of the Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (JMSE). He was the first professor in the science and technology sector from Mainland China who was awarded a Visiting Professorship by the Leverhulme Trust in the UK.
Professor Dong has long been engaged in research and teaching in the fields of Computer Vision, Marine Artificial Intelligence, 3D Vision, and Underwater Information Processing. He has led and undertaken more than 10 national-level projects, including the Key R&D Program of Shandong Province - Major Science and Technology Innovation Project, National Key Research and Development Program of China of "New Generation Artificial Intelligence", the NSFC-National Major Scientific Research Instrument Development Project, and the Key International Science and Technology Cooperation Project. He has been granted over 30 national invention patents and has received 5 provincial or ministerial scientific awards, including the Second Prize of the Shandong Natural Science Award (first rank). He has published more than 200 academic papers in mainstream domestic and international journals.
Professor Dong led the development of a high-resolution underwater optical 3D imager, designed for large-scale high-resolution 3D moving imaging in underwater environments. The device can be flexibly mounted on underwater submersibles or robots for operations. Additionally, he developed a high-precision 3D imaging technology based on close-range photometric stereo underwater, achieving the first-ever acquisition of millimeter-level true height data of the seabed, both domestically and internationally. This technology has been applied at the National Deep Sea Center. Furthermore, he created an interactive operating system for underwater robots, providing robust technical support for their autonomous applications.
Many of Professor Dong's other research achievements have been validated in practical applications by organizations such as the North Sea Bureau of the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Shandong Port Group, significantly advancing the theoretical and technical development of underwater 3D imaging in China. His team has also addressed technical challenges in the field of artificial intelligence for various entities, including Scientific Games Corporation in the United States, Hisense Group in Qingdao, Qingdao Soft Control Group, and the Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University. To date, one of his invention patents has been successfully transferred, generating substantial economic and social benefits for the related enterprises.