| Prof. Eric Y.H. TSUIThe Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China Professor Eric Tsui is the professor of the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and Associate Director of Knowledge Management and Innovation Research Centre of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Eric Tsui joined Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) in 1989 after years of academic research in automated knowledge acquisition, natural language processing, case-based reasoning and knowledge engineering and tools. His research was supported by grants and scholarships from Arthur Young, Rank Xerox, CSC, Graphic Directions and the Australian Research Council. He was also a gratis visitor to Microsoft Research in February, 2000. Between August 2000 and January 2005, he assumed the roles of Chief Research Officer, Asia Pacific for CSC as well as Innovation Manager at Australian Mutual Provident (Australia) and Maybank (Malaysia). During his tenure at CSC, he made significant contributions to CSC's expert systems products, applied research and innovation programmes. A recipient of several international awards in Knowledge Management and E-Learning, Professor Tsui has B.Sc (Hons.), PhD and MBA qualifications. His research interests are automated knowledge acquisition, natural language processing, case-based reasoning, and knowledge engineering and tools,etc. |
| Prof. Jingsheng ZhangHong Kong Metropolitan University, China Currently the Chief Information Officer in Hong Kong Metropolitan University, Dr. Simon K.S. Cheung has been working in the higher education sector for over 30 years in various administrative capacities, mainly in IT and educational technology, while also undertaking academic duties such as teaching, research, course development, and programme accreditation. He received his BSc and PhD in Computer Science, and Master of Public Administration from City University of Hong Kong and University of Hong Kong respectively. Dr. Cheung had been admitted as IET fellow, IMA fellow, BCS fellow, HKIE fellow, HKCS fellow, and IEEE senior member. He is active in research, with over 200 publications in two distinct areas, namely, software and systems engineering, and innovation and technology in education. Among other consultancy roles, he serves in the advisory board and editorial board for reputable international journals in these areas, including ETHE (SSCI, Q1), AJET (SSCI, Q1), and SN Computer Science (Scopus, Q1). Awards in recognition of his achievements include the Outstanding Research Publication Award from Hong Kong Metropolitan University, Outstanding CIO Award from Hong Kong IT Joint Council, and Honour for Excellence, CIO Award from the CIO Asia. |
