Keynote Speakers for ICEBA 2019

Prof. Marco Pollanen

Trent University, Canada

Marco Pollanen is a Full Professor in the Department of Mathematics at Trent University, Canada, where he was also the founding Director of the School of Business. He received his Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Toronto and his primary research interests are in the areas of mathematical finance, statistical simulation and modelling, and mathematical technology and computing. He has contributed numerous articles in international journals and to the organization of leading international conferences. His research has attracted over $1 million in funding and his achievements have been recognized nationally by a 2009 National Technology Innovation Award and a 2014 Desire2Learn Innovation Award.

 

Assoc. Prof. Vincent TY Ng
Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong

Vincent Ng received the B.Sc. degree in mathematics and computing science from the Simon Fraser University, Canada in 1982. He later studied in the University of Waterloo, Canada, and received his M. Math degree there in 1986. In 1994, he received his Ph.D. degree from Simon Fraser University. At present, he is an associate professor in the Department of Computing of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. In PolyU, he received a number of awards in teaching and professional services. Dr. Ng is now the director of the Joint PolyU/IBM Enterprise Data Analytics Laboratory. His research interests include databases, data analytics and bioinformatics. He has many publications in academic journals and international conferences including Neurocomputing, Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine, ACM Transactions on Computing Education, IEEE/ACM Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Journal of Computers in Biology and Medicine, International Journal of Artificial Intelligence Tools, IEEE TKDE, Mathematical Biosciences, and Journal of Clinical Oncology. Besides teaching and research, Dr. Ng is active in consultancy work and professional services. He received several awards from PolyU for his contributions in the consultancy area. He has been working with different government units in the HKSAR, such as the Securities and Futures Commission, Social Welfare Department, the Immigration Department, the Department of Justice, the Police Department, the Employment and Manpower Bureau, QEF, and the Civil Service Training and Development Institute. In the professional community, he has been the chairman of the Information Technology Division of the Hong Kong Institute of Engineers, a board member of The Hong Kong Institute for IT Professional Certification, and has organized a number of international conferences.

Prof. Cheol Park

Korea University, South Korea

Cheol Park (Ph.D. in Business Administration) is a Professor at Korea University, South Korea. He received his B.A. in Economics, M.B.A. and Ph.D. from Seoul National University. He worked for Samsung as assistant manager of global marketing before joining academic area. He has been a visiting scholar at Vanderbilt University, University of Hawaii, and Mongolia International University. His research interests include marketing in digital environment and sustainable management with creating social value. He has published papers in influential journals such as International Marketing Review, Journal of Business Research, Industrial Marketing Management, and Journal of Interactive Marketing.
 

Prof. Donald Chang
Metropolitan State University of Denver, USA

Dr. Chang received his MBA and Ph.D. in marketing from University of Missouri-Columbia, BBA from National Chengchi University, Taiwan. His main teaching interests include international marketing, marketing research, and marketing strategy. Dr. Chang’s main research interests include strategic marketing, international marketing, crosscultural research, international leadership behavior, market orientation, service quality management, market research, innovation management, tourism and destination marketing, pricing strategy, among others. He has been a marketing educator since 1980s at a number of universities in the States and in Taiwan, including University of Missouri, University of Wisconsin, National Chengchi University (Taiwan), Tunghai University, Loyola University, and currently a senior professor at the Metropolitan State University of Denver.