Biographical note

Dr. Zhaohao Sun is currently a full professor of Information Technology, at the PNG University of Technology and an adjunct professor at Hebei University of Science & Technology and Chongqing Normal University, China. He graduated from Bond University, Australia, Brandenburg Technical University Cottbus, Germany, and Hebei University, China with Ph.D., MSc (Dipl.-Math.), MSc, and BSc, respectively. He used to an adjunct professor at the Federation University Australia, and a full professor of Hebei Normal Technology and held academic positions at RWTH Aachen and TU Cottbus, Germany; Bond University, University of Wollongong and University of Ballarat, Australia. Dr Sun has authored 10 books and 170+ refereed research paper publications, completed 30+ research grants, and lectured 46+ different courses for undergraduate/postgraduate students in Australia, China, and PNG. Prof. Sun is an editor or associate editor of five international journals. His current research interests include big data analytics, intelligent analytics, business intelligence, artificial intelligence, and data science. He is a senior member of ACS, and a distinguished member of AIS, and a member of ACM & IEEE.