Keynote Speakers

 

 

Prof. Irina Lyublinskaya, Columbia University, USA

 

Irina Lyublinskaya received her Ph.D. in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics from Leningrad State University in 1991. She has taught at the university as well as the high school level for over 30 years. Among her research interests are topics of integrating technology into mathematics and science education, pre-service and in-service professional development of STEM teachers, curriculum development, and international STEM education. She is a recipient of various awards for teaching excellence, including Radioshack/Tandy Prize for Teaching Excellence in Mathematics, Science, and Computer Science, NSTA Distinguished Science Teaching Award and citation, Education’s Unsung Heroes Award for innovation in the classroom, and NSTA Vernier Technology Award. In 2011, she was inducted to the NYS Mathematics Educators Hall of Fame. In 2019 she was elected as a full member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences. She is a recipient of several outstanding paper awards from AACE and SITE, an author/co-author of 16 books, 14 book chapters, and has published substantially in academic journals.

 

 

Prof. Xi Chen, Nanjing University, China

Chair of Marketing and Electronic Business Department

 

Xi Chen, Ph.D., Full Professor, Ph.D. Supervisor, Chair of Marketing and Electronic Business Department, Nanjing University, Visiting Scholar of Michael G. Foster School of Business, University of Washington. He authors more than 110 refereed journal/international conference papers and book chapters, more than 90 papers among them have been indexed by SCI/SSCI and EI, including lots of papers in UTD list and JCR I section. He has published 3 monographs and owned several national authorized patents. He is the project chief and sub-project leader of more than 30 Foundations, including the key project of the National Natural Science Foundation, the key project of the National Social Sciences Foundation, National Science Foundation, and National Ministry of Education Science Foundation, and so on. He is the innovation team leader of Nanjing University. He got the Youth Award of Management in China. Best Paper Awards of the Chinese Academy of System Simulation and China Information Economics Society, Outstanding Achievement Award of Philosophy and Social Sciences of Jiangsu Province and so on. He has been elected to the Ministry of Education for New Century Excellent Talents Scheme since 2011, and 5 high-level talent plans in Jiangsu Province. He is the chair and the commissioner of some international/national academic associations, the chair of some technical committees, the chair of the organization committee of some refereed conferences, and the associate editor and editorial member of some refereed international journals and conferences. His research interests include business intelligence, services engineering and management, digital economy and complex systems.

 

 

 

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