Dr. Thi Dieu Linh Nguyen is Deputy Head of Science and Technology Department, Hanoi University of Industry, Vietnam (HaUI). She has more than 20 years of academic experience in electronics, IoT, smart garden, and telecommunication. She received Ph.D. in Information and Communication Engineering from Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China, in 2013; she has authored or co-authored many research articles that are published in journals, books, and conference proceedings. She is editor for many books and also a board member for the International Journal of Hyperconnectivity and the Internet of Things (IJHIoT) IGI Global, USA; Information Technology Journal; Mobile Networks and Application Journal and some other reputed journals and international conferences. She has attended many conferences as keynote speaker, conference chair, guest honor; and chaired many technical events in different universities in Vietnam. She can be contacted at nguyen.linh@haui.edu.vn / nguyenlinh79.haui@gmail.com

Joan Lu  is in the Department of Computer Science and is the research group leader of Information and System Engineering (ISE) in the Center of High Intelligent Computing (CHIC), having previously been a team leader in the IT department of Charlesworth Group publishing company. Professor Lu has published seven academic books and more than 200 peer-reviewed academic papers.