2025 Annual Conference of the Association of Chinese Computer Scientists in Germany
Heidelberg and online
October 31–November 2, 2025
Organizer:
G.C.I.
Association of Chinese Computer Scientists in Germany
Gesellschaft Chinesischer Infomatiker in Deutschland e.V.
Co-organizers：
China Computer Federation(CCF)
Zhongguancun German Innovation Center
Huali IT Forum
ALCiDES Robotics Co. Ltd.
Morningsun Technology Co. Ltd.
Koushare
Association of Chinese Computer Scientists in Germany (GCI) plans to host its 2025 Annual Conference themed “Large Model and Agent” from October 31 to November 2, 2025, in Heidelberg, Germany. During the conference, Chinese and German scientists, corporate executives, and experts will engage in in-depth discussions on technological advancements and trends in areas such as robotics, generative AI, artificial general intelligence, computer vision, brain-computer interfaces and autonomous driving.
Conference Format:
The event will be held in a hybrid format, with in-person participation in Heidelberg as the main mode, and online access via Tencent Meeting and livestreaming also available.
Call for Submissions:
Submissions are open to Chinese and German scholars. Presenters must submit a 1–2 page extended abstract in Chinese or English. Selected authors will be invited by the organizing committee to present at the conference. Accepted abstracts will be published in the conference proceedings and featured in the technical column of the association’s official WeChat account.
Outstanding submissions may be recommended for publication in renowned international journals after further expansion.
Important Dates:
Registration is open now until October 15, 2025, or until capacity is reached.
Presentation Topics:
Topics include but are not limited to: Large models, Intelligent agents, Generative AI, Artificial general intelligence, Computer vision, Brain-computer interfaces, Autonomous driving. Requirements: Clear focus, structured content, accurate data, rigorous analysis, and well-defined conclusions, No plagiarism, Presentations may be in Chinese or English. Time slots: Invited talks: 30 minutes, Regular talks: 20 minutes (15 minutes presentation + 5 minutes Q&A). Slides may be in Chinese or English; Microsoft PowerPoint is recommended. A video projector will be provided.
Registration Details & Notes:
You may register even if you are not submitting a presentation.Registration is open until October 15, 2025, or until full. Due to venue limitations, early registration is encouraged for in-person attendance.After the organizing committee’s reserved hotel rooms are filled, attendees must book accommodations independently. Final selection of in-person attendees will be made by the organizing committee, and invitations will be sent accordingly (please provide a valid email address when registering).
- Registration Form: https://jsj.top/f/SQSvFY.Click “Submit”. By doing so, you agree to the “’Participation Terms of the Association of Chinese Computer Scientists in Germany https://www.fcpae.com/GCITeilnahmebedingungen.pdf” and successfully registered.
- Registration becomes official upon receipt of payment, which secures your hotel, buffet, and seating. After payment, please send your transfer receipt to: biyan727@gmail.com.We will confirm your payment status promptly.
- Membership Application: If you wish to join theAssociation of Chinese Computer Scientists in Germany, please fill out the membership application form (downloadable at the bottom of the registration form) and send it to biyan727@gmail.com.
Sponsorship:
We welcome sponsorship for this annual conference. Your company’s name will appear in the call for papers, on the conference website, and at the event venue. For sponsorship details, please contact the organizing committee at: annual_conference@gci-online.de.
Program:
Check in at the ISG Hotel Heidelberg, Im Eichwald 19, 69126 Heidelberg, on the afternoon of Friday, October 31, 2025.
Plenary Session at 9:00-12:00 on Nov. 1 in Heidelberg Bürgerhaus, Kleiner Saal, Forum 1, 69126 Heidelberg
9:00 Registration
9:30 Introduction to VIPs
9:35 Prof. Hamid Reza Karimi (Rotating Chairman of China-Europe Scientists Forum, Academician of the European Academy of Sciences, Professor of Politecnico di Milano)：Welcome Speech
9:40 Chinese Officer：Speech
9:50 German Officer：Speech
10:00 Prof. Michael Levitt (Nobel Laureate in Chemistry in 2013)：Video Speech
10:01 Representative of All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese and other Chinese Associations：Speech
10:05 Dr. Jie Zhou (Chairman of Federation of Chinese Associations in Europe e.V.)：Speech
Keynote Speech ：
10:10 Prof. Istvan Szabo (Vice-Rector of Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences (MATE), Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, Hungary)
10:35 Prof.. Lionel Ni (President of Hong Kong Univ of Sci & Tech (HKUST), Guangzhou, Fellow of Hong Kong Academy of Engineering, IEEE Fellow)：AI for Education
11:00 Prof.Dr.Gianaurelio Cuniberti (Professor of TU Dresden, a member of the European Academy of Sciences and of the Germany National Academy of Science and Engineering )：Machine Learning for Molecular Sensing
11:25 Prof. Gernot Schullerusi (Professor of Reutlingen University, Germany )
11:50 Signing and Award Ceremony
11:55 Group Photo
12:00 Lunch and Break
12:00 The representative of the Suzhou Institute for Advanced Study, University of Science and Technology of China：Speech
Click the link below to watch the live stream：https://www.koushare.com/live/details/45869
Parallel Forum:
Location: 1/3 Saal mit Bühne
Host: Dr. Xipeng Xiao (Head of Data Communications Standard & Industry Dev.,
Huawei Europe; IETF v6ops WG chair)
13:00 Dr. Xipeng Xiao: Introduction to VIPs and Welcome Speech
13:05 Dr. Qiang Li (Chairman of Association of Chinese Computer Scientists in Germany)：Speech
13:10 VIP：Speech
13:20 Ms. Fei Xun (Director of Zhongguancun German Innovation Center)：Speech
13:25 Prof. Xing Li (Professor of Tsinghua Univ, Deputy Director, China CERNETr)：IPv6: Vital for AI Progress
13: 55 Dr. Yongqing Zhu (Head of IP Networks, China Telecom Guangzhou Research
Institute)：Next-Gen Network for AI
14:15 Dr. Huanxun Chen (Assistant Professor of Hong Kong Univ of Sci & Tech,
Guangzhou; ACM SIGCOMM 2022 Best Paper Award winner)：Augmenter or Replacer:
Rethinking LLM’s Role in Managing Heterogeneous Network Configuration Languages
14:35 Dr. Xipeng Xiao (Head of Data Communications Standard & Industry Dev.,
Huawei Europe; IETF v6ops WG chair) : AI Agent for IPv6 Deployment
& Operations
14: 55 Dr. Zhong Hong (Former Senior Vice President and Chief IT Architect of Evonik Industries AG (Germany))：Tariff Economics
15: 15 The Representative of Suzhou Industrial Park : Speech
15: 20 Group photo and break
Host: Prof. Shengzong Zhou (Executive Chair of Federation of Chinese Professional Associations in Europe e.V.)
15: 30 Dr. Qiang Li: Annual report from GCI Board
15: 40 Ms. Yan Bi: Financial Report from GCI Board
15: 45 Election of a new GCI Board
16:10 Dr. Jiahua Xu（Postdoctoral Researcher of Danish Nuclear Magnetic Research Center and Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research, Germany): AI-Driven Closed-Loop Brain stimulation: Technologies and Applications
16:30 Prof. Tianxiang Lu (Senior Fellow of Higher Education Academy): Machine Reasoning and Its Implementation in ChatGPT and DeepSeek
16:50 Dr. Hu Cao Senior Research Scientist at the Technical University of Munich): Robotic Intelligence: From Perception to Safety
17:10 Dr. Shengguang Lei Technical Director at LiangDao Intelligence (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd.）: End-to-End Data Solutions for Autonomous Driving Training and Testing
17:30 Dr. Tao Hu Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Munich): Flexible, Scalable Medium Generation
17:50 Dr. Liguang Xie (Director of Engineering, Tiktok/ByteDance USA and IEEE Infocom
2023 Test of Time Award winner): Accelerate LLM Inference at Scale
19:00 Dinner
Click the link below to watch the live stream： https://www.koushare.com/live/details/45581
Complex Systems with Applications Forum
Location: 1/3 Saal Mitte
Host: Prof. Hamid Reza Karimi
Organizer: International Society for Condition Monitoring (ISCM), UK
13:00 Opening Speech
13:05 Prof. Naim Bajcinca (University of Kaiserslautern, Germany)
13:25 Prof. Hang Su (Paris-Saclay University, France)
13:45 Prof. Waldemar Bauer (AGH University of Krakow, Poland)
14:05 Dr. Junyu Qi (Reutlingen University, Germany)
14:25 Prof. Peiwu Qin (Tsinghua University Shenzhen , China)
14:45 Prof. Zhibin Jiang (Shanghai Jiaotong University, China)
15:05 Break
Click the link below to watch the live stream：https://www.koushare.com/live/details/45885
Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Manufacturing Forum
Location：1/3 Saal Mitte
Host: Prof. Linhua Jiang (Overseas Chinese Science and Technology Innovation Alliance, National Academy of Sciences of Plurinational State of Bolivia)
15:30 Prof. Simon X. Yang (Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, University of Guelph, Canada)
16:00 Prof. Nuria lloret (Vice-Dean of the Innovation Academy, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain)
16:20 Prof. Huiyu Zhou (University of Leicester, UK, Corresponding Fellow of the American Academy of Artificial Intelligence)
16:40 Prof. Dimitrios A. Karras (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece)
17:00 Prof. Attila Vidacs (Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary)
17:20 Prof. Siddhartha Bhattacharyya (VSB Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic)
17:40 Prof. Sajjad Hussain Chauhdary (Huzhou University, China)
18:00 Dr. Yingbo Li (Chief Technology Officer, BilliMD, USA)
18:20 Dr. Ming Chen (Senior Researcher in the Department of Clinical Microbiology at the Royal Hospital of Denmark) : Empowering Medical Clinical Microbiological Testing with Artificial Intelligence: Practical Breakthroughs and Future Prospects
18:20 Awards
19:00 Dinner
November 2: Plenary Session
Location: Kleiner Saal
8:30: Registration
9:00: Introduction of VIPs by the host
9:05: Welcome speech by Dr. Jie Zhou (Chairman of the Federation of Chinese Professional Associations in Europe e.V.)
9:10: Speech by VIPs
9:20: Speech by Prof. Dr. Linhua Jiang (Chairman of the China-Europe Scientists Forum e.V.)
9:25: Gratulation letters and Video Speeches
9:30: Prof. Dr. Nektarios Tavernarakis (Chairman of the board of Directors at the Foundation for Research and Technology, Director of the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Vice President of the European Research Council)
10:00: Prof. Dr. Lixin Zhang (Director of State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, an member of the European Academy of Sciences）
10:30: Prof. Dr. Xiaoming Fu (Professor of the Department of Computer Science, University of Göttingen, an member of the European Academy of Sciences)
11:00 Dr. Hui Gao (Chairwoman of Sino European Federation of Life Sciences, Chairwoman of Chinese Association of Science and Technology in Switzerland)
11:25 Ms. Ling Liu (Chairwoman of China University of Political Science and Law Alumni Association of Germany): Legal Challenges Faced by Chinese Enterprises Expanding into Europe
11:50 Signing Ceremony
11:55 Group photo
12:00 Lunch break
Click the link below to watch the live stream: https://www.koushare.com/live/details/45915
14:00: Visit the castle ruins on the hillside of Heidelberg. Enjoy the Renaissance-style courtyard and the panoramic terrace view of Heidelberg along the Neckar River. Afterward, explore:
- Heidelberg University
- The “Student Prison” on the main street
- The Holy Spirit Church in the market square
- The Old Bridge to see the statue of Elector Karl Theodore (notably reputed to have fathered over 200 illegitimate children)
- The brass monkey believed to bring wealth
- The Goldener Hecht Hotel, historically noted for once having refused accommodation to Goethe
18:00 Return
Location of Conference
Bürgerhaus Heidelberg, Forum 1, 69115 Heidelberg
Location of Hotel
Hotel ISG Heidelberg，Im Eichwald 19，69126 Heidelberg. www.isg-hotel.de. Take bus RNV 28 from the South Bus Terminal of Heidelberg Main Station and get off at Boxberg, Buchwaldweg stop A.
Conference Fees:
Accommodation Fees: *Note: Fees include service charges but do not cover breakfast or other meals.
| Room Type | Price (EUR, per person per night)* |
| Bed in a double room | €56 |
| Single room | €112 |
- Conference Registration Fee: All participants are required to pay a standard registration fee of €20 or ¥160 (RMB). Student members pay half price.
- All other beverages during the conference (including the banquet, meals, and in-room drinks) are at the participant’s own expense.
- All listed fees include applicable VAT.
- Parking fees are not included and must be paid separately.
- To ensure proper accommodation arrangements, please book your room in advance.
Subsidies for Presenters*:
According to the relevant regulations of the Association of Chinese Computer Scientists in Germany, this conference will subsidize presenters with one bed in a double room on the night of November 1 (€56). Costs for breakfast, the single room price difference (€56), accommodation on October 31, and parking are self-funded.
For presenters unable to reimburse travel expenses, the conference will subsidize:A second-class train ticket or Fuel costs at €0.30 per kilometer. Maximum travel subsidies: up to €70 for distances within 400 km, up to €150 for distances over 400 km.
Subsidies for Assoociation Members*:
Official members of the Association of Chinese Computer Scientists in Germany will receive a subsidy for one bed in a double room on the night of November 1 (€56). Costs for breakfast, the single room price difference (€56), accommodation on October 31, parking, and travel are self-funded.
*Note: Each subsidy cannot be claimed more than once.
Payment Method:
To streamline registration on the day of the event, all participants are kindly requested to transfer the conference fee, hotel costs, and meal expenses to the following conference account before October 15. Please indicate “Hotelkosten für GCl2025” and the participant’s full name on the transfer slip:
Account holder: GCI E.V.
IBAN: DE70661900000010406366
SWIFT: GENODE61KA1
Bank: Volksbank Karlsruhe
Note: The specific content of the presentations may be subject to change. The final right of interpretation for this conference event rests with the Board of the Association of Chinese Computer Scientists in Germany.
About the Association of Chinese Computer Scientists in Germany:
The Association of Chinese Computer Scientists in Germany was founded in 1986 in Karlsruhe, Germany. It is a non-profit organization officially registered with the Karlsruhe court and is a group member of the China Computer Federation (CCF). The association currently has nearly 1,000 members, most of whom are experts engaged in IT management, research, or production, having earned master’s or doctoral degrees in Germany. GCI boasts a large pool of talent proficient in areas such as: Internet technologies, Big data, Artificial intelligence, Advanced intelligent manufacturing, Brain-inspired computing, Robotics.
Previous Annual Conferences:
2017 Bad Hönnef
2018 Düsseldorf
2019 Hamburg
2021 Magdeburg
2022 Hamburg
2023 Tübingen
2024 Frankfurt am Main
About Heidelberg： 
Heidelberg is a renowned cultural and tourist city in Germany, a historic town and university city nestled along the Neckar River. It is considered a symbol of romantic Germany, with winding and tranquil alleys connecting the ancient castle and the river, creating a poetic and picturesque atmosphere.The castle sits atop the Königstuhl (King’s Throne) hill by the Neckar River. It is a reddish-brown medieval fortress, once the site of an imperial palace. Built primarily from Neckar sandstone, its architecture is complex and stylistically diverse. Though partially in ruins today, it still exudes a regal aura.Heidelberg University was founded in 1386 and had already become a center of European science and culture by the 16th century. Its reputation remains strong to this day.
Notable figures who studied or worked at Heidelberg University include: the philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Hermeneutic philosopher Hans-Georg Gadamer, Sociologist Jürgen Habermas, Discourse philosopher Karl-Otto Apel, Karl Drais, inventor of the bicycle in 1817, Romantic poet Joseph von Eichendorff. With one-fifth of its population made up of students, Heidelberg has the youngest average age of any city in Germany. There, you can dine at the famous “Knight’s House” or take a stroll along the “Philosopher way”.
Contact：
Eamil：annual_conference@gci-online.de
Webpage： wwww.gci-online.de
WeChat public account: GCI中国留德学者计算机学会
Board of Association of Chinese Computer Scientists in Germany
September 1, 2025