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Dr. Bill Tseng is a Professor and Chair of Department of Industrial, Manufacturing and Systems Engineering at the UTEP. He is also a Director of Research Institute for Manufacturing & Engineering Systems, the host institute of Texas Manufacturing Assistance Center at UTEP. He received his two MSIE degrees (MFG & DS/OR) from the University of Wisconsin at Madison and Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Iowa. Dr. Tseng is also a Certified Manufacturing Engineer from Society of Manufacturing Engineers. Dr. Tseng’s research area cover emergency management, systems engineering, computational intelligence/data analytics and cyber engineering technology. Over the years, he has served more than 10 million dollars as principle investigators sponsored by NSF, NIST, USDT, DoEd, KSEF and industry like LMCO, GM and Tyco Inc. Dr. Tseng delivered research results to many refereed journals such as IEEE Transactions, IIE Transactions, International Journal of Production Research, Journal of Manufacturing Systems, Expert Systems with Applications and other conferences (over 260 refereed publications). He is currently serving as an editor of Journal of Computer Standards & Interfaces (CSI) and editor boards of International Journal of Data Mining, Modeling and Management (JDMMM) and American Journal of Industrial and Business Management (AJIBM). He is currently a Senior Member of Institute of Industrial Engineers, Society of Manufacturing Engineers and the Division Chair of Manufacturing Division of American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE). He is also actively involved in several consortia activities.

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Md Fashiar Rahman is currently a doctoral student at the University of Texas at El Paso in Computational Science Program (CPS). He earned a Master of Science in computational science at The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) in 2018. He has worked on a number of projects in the field of image data mining, machine learning and deep learning for industrial inspection & quality control. His research interests are in big data analytics, application of machine learning and deep learning for both complex system analysis and healthcare. Email: mrahman13@miners.utep.edu

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Dr. Richard Chiou is Associate Professor within the Engineering Technology Department at Drexel University, Philadelphia, USA. He received his Ph.D. degree in the G.W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology. His educational background is in manufacturing with an emphasis on mechatronics. In addition to his many years of industrial experience, he has taught many different engineering and technology courses at undergraduate and graduate levels. His tremendous research experience in manufacturing includes environmentally conscious manufacturing, Internet based robotics, and Web based quality. In the past years, he has been involved in sustainable manufacturing for maximizing energy and material recovery while minimizing environmental impact.

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Johnny C. Ho is a Professor of Production and Operations Management at Columbus State University. He received his Ph.D. in the Scheller College of Business at Georgia Institute of Technology. He has published over 55 articles in such journals as Naval Research Logistics, European Journal of Operational Research, Annals of Operations Research, International Journal of Production Economics, International Journal of Production Research, Computers & Operations Research, and Mathematical and Computer Modelling. Professor Ho received the Columbus State University Faculty Research and Scholarship Award in 1997, 2004, and 2008. He is a Certified Quality Auditor and Certified Quality Engineer through the American Society for Quality for more than 20 years. Previously, he was a faculty member at the University of Texas at El Paso and Truman State University.

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