James Kwok is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Hong KongUniversity ofScience and Technology. He is an lEEE Fellow..Prof Kwok received his B.Sc. degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the Universityof Hong Kong and his Ph,D, degree in computer science from the Hong Kong University of Sciengand Technology. He then joined the Department of Computer Science, Hong Kong BaptisUniversity as an Assistant Professor. He returned to the Hong Kong University of Science andTechnology and is now a Professor in the Department ofComSclence ana Fnoineerhg.e1serving/served as an Associate Fditor for the lEEE Transana eatn1nSystems, Neural Networks. NeuroouthaofData Science and Analytics, and an Action Editor of Machine Learning, Hle is also serying asSenior Area Chairs of maior machine learning/ AI conferences including NeurIPS. ICML. ICIRIICAl, and as Area Chairs of conferences including AAAl and FCMl, He is on the JICAl Board oIrustees, Hle is recognized as the Most Influential Scholar Award onorable Mention for"outstanding and vibrant contributions to the field of AAAI/JCAI between 2009 and 2019", and ainaugural Highly Ranked Scholar and 2024 Hlighly Ranked Scholar by ScholarGPS, Prof'K wok isthe IJCAI-2025 Program Chair.