The 6th International Conference on Business and Information Management

Prof. Shuang-Hua Yang, FIET, FInstMC, SMIEEE, is currently serving as the Vice Dean for Academic Affairs of Graduate School and a chair professor in the Department of Computer Science and engineering at SUSTech. He was the Head of Department of Computer Science at Loughborough University from 2014 to 2016.

Daniel E. O’Leary is a tenured full professor at the University of Southern California (USC), in the Marshall School of Business. He received his Ph. D. from Case Western Reserve University and his master’s degree in management science and statistics from the University of Michigan. Professor O’Leary’s research focuses primarily on the use of emerging technologies, big data and artificial intelligence in business.

Dr. Vinod Kumar is a Chancellor’s Professor of Technology and Supply Chain Management of the Sprott School of Business (Director of Sprott School, 1995-2005), Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. Dr. Kumar has published over 400 articles in refereed journals and proceedings other than publishing dozens of books and monographs; his articles have been cited over 9000 times.

Dr Alton Chua is currently Associate Professor, and Department Lead, Information and Knowledge Sciences at the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. As an active scholar with a research interest in information and knowledge management, he has attracted more than S$2 million worth of research grants.

Noriyuki Suyama was born in Tokyo. He is a Professor in Toyo University. Dr. Suyama belongs to Japanese Society of Marketing and Distribution, Japan Marketing Academy, Japan Society for Southeast Asia Studies, Fashion Business Association and Japan Halal Association. He is a member of Gerson Lehrman Group (GLG) Council, who consults with clients.

Dr. Chao Wang  received a Ph.D. from Beijing Jiaotong University (BJTU) in 2015 with joint training at Purdue University in 2013-2014. He was a postdoctoral fellow at the Centre for Polymer Studies and Department of Physics of Boston University from 2017-2019. His research interests include complexity economics, sustainable supply chains, and complex networks.

Dr. Florin POPENTIU VLÃDICESCU is at present a Phd Supervisor at the Military Technical Academy " Ferdinand I ". Prof. Florin POPENTIU VLÃDICESCU has published over 200 papers in International Journals and Conference Proceedings is author of one book and co-author of 4 books and co-editor of 4 books published by Springer. Also he is IEEE Senior member.

He is  an associate editor for the Journal of Current Science and Technology and serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Digital Business and Social Science. He is particularly interested in data modeling and framework development, information technology design and development, the Internet of Things, information layers and services, and information management.

Sook-Ling (Linda) Chua received her PhD in computer science from Massey University, NZ. She is an associate professor in the Faculty of Computing and Informatics. Her main research interest is in machine learning, particularly to address problems in sensor-based activity recognition. She has secured various grants as principal investigator and published in various reputable journals and conferences.

Nithinant Thammakoranonta is now an associate professor in Information Systems Management department, School of Applied Statistics, National Institute of Development Administration, Thailand. Her research interests are Strategic Information Systems, Decision Support Systems and Business Intelligence, Knowledge Management, and Green IT.

Dr. Michael Pace (USA) is an Executive Assistant Professor at Texas A&M University’s Mays Business School and Faculty Affiliate of Texas A&M’s Energy Institute. His responsibilities include instruction in Project Management, Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and Managing Sustainable Business. He is the founder of the consulting firm Diverging Roads. Dr. Pace is President of IPMA-USA.

Assoc. Prof. Hongyan Lin has done visiting research at the University of Furtwangen, Germany and Oklahoma State University, USA. She has undertaken one general project of Fujian Provincial Social Science Foundation, one research project of Fujian Provincial Department of Education, two university-level research projects, and participated in many humanities.