Dr. Alex Khang, is a professor in information technology, IT Workforce Development Consultant for High-tech Corporations in USA and Vietnam; AI and data scientist, software industry expert, and the chief of technology officer (AI and Data Science Research Center) at the Global Research Institute of Technology and Engineering, North Carolina, United States. He has more than 28 years of teaching and research experience in information technology (Software Development, Database Technology, AI Engineering, Data Engineering, Data Science, Data Analytics, IoT-based Technologies, and Cloud Computing) at the Universities of Science and Technology in Vietnam, India, and USA. He has over 28 years of working experience as a software product manager, data engineer, AI engineer, cloud computing architect, solution architect, software architect, database expert in the foreign corporations of Germany, Sweden, the United States, Singapore, and multinationals (former CEO, former CTO, former Engineering Director, Product Manager, and Senior Software Production Consultant). Dr. Kali Charan Rath, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at GIET University, Odisha, India, with more than 18 years of experience in academia and research. He holds a Ph.D. degree in CAD/CAM from the National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur, India. He has guided over 20 M. Tech students as a project supervisor. He has received recognition and awards for his contributions to knowledge dissemination. His research interests include Robotics and Automation, Smart Manufacturing Systems, IoT applications, Product design, Modeling and Simulation, CAD/CAM/CIM, Finite Element Analysis, and Design thinking and Innovation.
