Prof. Jian Ma,

City University of Hong Kong, China

Research Areas:Decision and decision support systems; Business intelligence; Research information systems; Research Social Networks; Big Data Research Analytics

Introduction (Click to know more): Jian Ma is Professor in Department of Information Systems at City University of Hong Kong.  He is specialised in the research areas of business intelligence, and research social networks.  He has published over 150 journal articles with SCI H index 27.  His applied research work has been widely used in government funding agencies (e.g. National Natural Science Foundation of China) and universities (e.g. University of Hong Kong). Jian Ma is also the founder of ScholarMate.com with the vision to connect people to research and innovate smarter.

Prof. Jianxi Luo,

City University of Hong Kong, China

Research Areas: Data-Driven Innovation; AI for Design; Intelligent System Design; Design Science; Artificial Intelligence; Vehicles & Mobility Innovation; Technology Entrepreneurship; Technology Policy

Introduction(Click to know more): Jianxi Luo is a Professor of Systems Engineering at City University of Hong Kong. He holds a PhD in Engineering Systems and an MS in Technology Policy from MIT, as well as an MS in Automotive Engineering and a BE in Thermal Engineering from Tsinghua University. Professor Luo is ranked No.1 in Hong Kong and 22nd globally in the field of Design Practice and Management in Stanford‘s list of world's top 2% scientists. Luo's work has been instrumental in establishing the Data-Driven Innovation (DDI) paradigm, developing its foundational theories, methods, and tools. In recognition of his contributions to DDI, he was conferred as a G20 Professor in 2022. Previously, he was Director of the Data-Driven Innovation Lab at Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) from 2012 to 2023, Principal Investigator at the SUTD-MIT International Design Centre from 2013 to 2020, and Director of the SUTD Technology Entrepreneurship Programme from 2019 to 2021. He also served as an adjunct faculty member at Schwarzman College, Tsinghua University from 2022 to 2024, a full-time faculty member at New York University from 2011 to 2012, a visiting scholar at Cambridge University in 2005, and Columbia University from 2011 to 2012. Luo has collaborated with organizations such as World Economic Forum, Environmental Defense Fund, Asian Development Bank, and Toyota USA.

Prof. Weijia Jia,

Beijing Normal University (BNU-Zhuhai), China

Research Areas: Edge computing, artificial intelligence algorithms, sensing of physical objects in the cyber space, construction of human-machine-object integrated knowledge graph and big data processing

Introduction(Click to know more): Professor Weijia Jia is currently the Director of Institute of Artificial Intelligence and Future Networking, and the Director of Super Intelligent Computer Center, Beijing Normal University (BNU, Zhuhai); also a Chair Professor at BNBU, Zhuhai, Guangdong, China. He has served as the VP for Research at BNBU(UIC) in 6/2020-7/2024. Prior joining BNU, he served as the Deputy Director of State Kay Laboratory of Internet of Things for Smart City at the University of Macau and Zhiyuan Chair Professor at Shanghai Jiaotong University, PR China. His contributions have been recoganized for the research of edge AI, optimal network routing and deployment; vertex cover; anycast and multicast protocols; sensors networking; knowledge relation extractions; NLP and intelligent edge computing. He has over 700 publications in the prestige international journals/conferences and research books and book chapters. He has received the best product awards from the International Science & Tech. Expo (Shenzhen) in 2011/2012 and the 1st Prize of Scientific Research Awards from the Ministry of Education of China in 2017 (list 2), and top 2% World Scientists in Stanford-list (2020-2024) and many provincial science and tech awards. He has served as area editor for various prestige international journals, chair and PC member/keynote speaker for many top international conferences. He is the Fellow of IEEE and the Distinguished Member of CCF.

Speech Title: Edge AI for Intelligent Business