Emerging Advancements in AI and Big Data Technologies in Business and Society

Jingyuan Zhao obtained her PhD in Management Science and Engineering from University of Science and Technology of China. She completed postdoctoral programs respectively in Technological Economics with Harbin Institute of Technology, in Management of Technology with Université du Québec à Montréal, in Innovation and Governance with University of Toronto, in Mathematical and Computational Science with University of Toronto Mississauga. Dr. Zhao's research expertise includes management of technology innovation, behavior and information technology, high-tech industries, multinational governance, and science and technology policy. Dr. Zhao also has extensive industry experience and provides consulting services to major corporations such as China Mobile. She serves as editor-in-chief of International Journal of e-Collaboration(IJeC). Joseph Richards joined the marketing faculty at CSUS in 2001. He holds a doctorate in Marketing with further specialization in Econometrics. He is an active researcher in the fields of Internet related aspects of consumer behavior, marketing strategy, marketing analytics, and statistical and quantitative marketing models. Recent research and focus is in big data analytics. His publications have appeared in many leading journals such as the Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference, Marketing Management Journal, Journal of International Consumer Marketing, and Journal of Hospital Marketing and Public Relations. In 2005, he received the best marketing research conference paper award from the American Marketing Association. Academic credentials include a Ph.D. from Syracuse University (2002), Post Graduate Diploma from the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (1993), and B.Tech. (Hons.) from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (1988). Worked in industry for many years before joining academia in 2001 with wide ranging experience in engineering, operations, marketing, and project management. V. Vinoth Kumar is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering in MVJ College of Engineering, Bangalore, India. He is a highly qualified individual with around 8 years of rich expertise in teaching, entrepreneurship, and research and development with specialization in computer science engineering subjects. He has been a part of various seminars, paper presentations, research paper reviews, and conferences as a convener and a session chair, a guest editor in journals and has co-authored several books and papers in national, international journals and conferences. He is a professional society member for ISTE, IACIST and IAENG. He has published more than 15 articles in National and International journals, 10 articles in conference proceedings and one article in book chapter. He has filed Indian patent in IoT Applications. His Research interest includes Mobile Adhoc Networking and IoT.