Prof. S. Joe Qin President, Lingnan University

Joe Qin is the Wai Kee Kau Chair Professor of Data and President of Lingnan University in Hong Kong, after working in the US for 28 years including chair professor positions at UT Austin and University of Southern California. Qin’s research interests include data science and analytics, statistical and machine learning, industrial AI, process monitoring, model predictive control, system identification, smart manufacturing, smart cities, energy efficiency, and predictive health maintenance. Dr. Qin is a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts and Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy of Engineering, the U.S. National Academy of Inventors, IFAC, AIChE, and IEEE. He is the recipient of the 2022 AIChE CAST Computing Award, 2022 IEEE CSS Transition to Practice Award, the U.S. NSF CAREER Award. His h-indices for Web of Science, SCOPUS, and Google Scholar are 71, 76, and 90, respectively.