CSET 2024: KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

1. Colin Barrow is Alfred Deakin Professor and Chair of Biotechnology at Deakin University. His research focuses on food, agricultural and marine biotechnology. He is Director of the Centre for Sustainable Bioproducts and a Program Leader for the Marine Bioproducts Collaborative Research Centre. He has more than 300 peer-reviewed publications with over 24,000 citations. He is a current member of the ARC College of Experts and also a member of the TGA Advisory Committee on Complementary Medicines.

Prof. Colin Barrow

2. Pao-Ann Hsiung, Ph.D., received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC, in 1996. Since August 2007, he has been a full professor at the National Chung Cheng University (CCU), Taiwan. Currently, he is the Chief Information Officer, CCU, the Director of the Research Center on AI and Sustainability, CCU and the Director of the Taiwan-India Joint Research Center on Artificial Intelligence at IIT Ropar and CCU. Previously, he was the department chair, Dean of International Affairs, and the Director-General of Intelligence Technologies Department, Chiayi City Government. He has published 300 papers in international journals and conferences. He was the recipient of the 2010 CCU Outstanding Research Award, 2001 ACM Taipei Chapter Kuo-Ting Li Young Researcher, and 2004 CCU Young Scholar Research Award. He helped Chiayi to achieve 2018 TOP7 Smart City in the Intelligence Community Forum world competition. He has also helped obtain financial budget of NT$300 million dollars. Dr. Hsiung is a fellow of the IET, a senior member of the IEEE and the ACM, and a life member of the IICM. Dr. Hsiung’s main research interests include smart system design, deep learning, AIoT, smart city technology such as smart traffic and smart grid, embedded real-time system design.

Prof. Pao-Ann Hsiung

3. Wann-Yih Wu is the distinguished professor of National Cheng Kung University and current Chair Professor of Nanhua University, Taiwan. He received his Ph.D. degree in Marketing from Oklahoma State University, USA. His research interests are human resource managements, strategic marketing and consumer behavior research. He has published in Journal of Business Research, International Journal Human Resource Management, Journal of Retailing, International Marketing Review, Journal of Advertising Research, R &D Management, Career Development International, Expert System with Application and many others.

Prof. Wann-Yih Wu

4. Dr. Hoang Chinh Nguyen is working as a Research Fellow at Deakin University, Australia. His research interests mainly encompass organic recycling, bioprocessing, green process development, and process optimization. He has contributed significantly towards global advancements in sustainable bioproduct productions and chemical engineering industries. He has published more than 60 peer-reviewed articles and led several industry-funded projects in Vietnam and Australia.

Dr. Hoang Chinh Nguyen