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Journal of Intelligent and Sustainable Systems (JISS)

Editorial Board

Co-Editors-in-Chief

Prof. Dr. Aijun An
Dr. Aijun An, Professor and Tier 1 York Research Chair, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, York University, Canada
  • Research Interests: Data Mining; Machine Learning; Natural Language Processing.
  • Email: aan@eecs.yorku.ca
  • ORCID: 0000-0003-1765-5751
  • Domain: Intelligent Systems, particularly reliable and trustworthy AI.
Dr. Samuel Fosso Wamba, Professor & Associate Dean, TBS Education, France
  • Research Interests: Business AI & Big Data Analytics; Blockchain & Information Technology Value; Inter-organizational System Adoption.
  • Email: s.fosso-wamba@tbs-education.fr
  • ORCID: 0000-0002-1073-058X
  • Domain: Intelligent x Sustainable Systems, digital transformation, and organizational decision intelligence.
Dr. Tao Wang, Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering and Computer Science, University of Saint Etienne, France; Researcher, DISP, INSA Lyon, France
  • Research Interests: Intelligent Healthcare Analytics; Predictive Modeling for Operational Efficiency; Sustainable Industrial Systems & NLP.
  • Email: tao.wang@insa-lyon.fr
  • ORCID: 0000-0001-8100-6743
  • Domain: Health Analytics and Intelligence.
Prof. Dr. Amy Xia
Dr. Amy Xia, Floyd Dewey Gottwald Professor, Mason School of Business, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, USA
  • Research Interests: Supply Chain Management; New Technology in Supply Chain; Business Analytics and Machine Learning; Sustainability; Sourcing Planning and Risk Management.
  • Email: amy.xia@mason.wm.edu
  • ORCID: 0000-0001-8234-2511
  • Domain: Sustainable Systems, especially sustainable supply chains and operations.

Section Editor, Sustainable Application and Valorization of Renewable Resources

Dr. Wensheng Qin, Professor in Biotechnology and Bioproducts, Lakehead University, Canada
  • Research Interests: Sustainability; Biomass; Bioproducts; Biofuels.
  • Email: wqin@lakeheadu.ca
  • ORCID: 0000-0003-2178-4003

Associate Editors

Dr. Tim Baker, Associate Professor, Department of Finance and Management Science, Washington State University, USA
  • Research Interests: Six Sigma; Action Research, Qualitative Research.
  • Email: bakert@wsu.edu
  • ORCID: 0009-0001-3053-6928
Dr. Cejun Cao, Professor, School of Management Science and Engineering, Chongqing Technology and Business University, China
  • Research Interests: Disaster Operations Management; Supply Chain Management; Sustainable Operations; Intelligent Decisions.
  • Email: caocejun0601@ctbu.edu.cn
  • ORCID: 0000-0002-8888-0035
Dr. Shi Cao, Associate Professor, Systems Design Engineering, University of Waterloo, Canada
  • Research Interests: Human Factors; Cognitive Modelling; Human-computer Interaction; Human-centred AI Systems.
  • Email: s34cao@uwaterloo.ca
  • ORCID: 0000-0002-6448-6674
Dr. Ali Diabat, Professor of Civil and Urban Engineering, NYU Abu Dhabi; Global Network Professor, NYU Tandon, USA
  • Research Interests: Optimization and Operations; Logistics; Supply Chain Management; Healthcare Management; Production Planning.
  • Email: diabat@nyu.edu
  • ORCID: 0000-0002-0902-0011
Dr. Shervin Espahbod, Assistant Professor, School of Business, MacEwan University, Edmonton, Canada
  • Research Interests: Strategic Supply Chain Innovation; Decision Science Pedagogy (specifically Gamification & Experiential Learning); Societal Impact Operations.
  • Email: espahbods@macewan.ca
  • ORCID: 0009-0000-8475-1298
Dr. Amir Fathollahi-Fard, Assistant Professor, School of Business Administration, Laurentian University, Canada
  • Research Interests: Operations Research; Supply Chains; Manufacturing; Transportation; Sustainability.
  • Email: afathollahifard@laurentian.ca
  • ORCID: 0000-0002-5939-9795
Dr. Yuvraj Gajpal, Professor, Asper School of Business, University of Manitoba, Canada
  • Research Interests: Meta-heuristics & Heuristics; Transportation & Logistics Management; Operations Research Optimization.
  • Email: yuvraj.gajpal@umanitoba.ca
  • ORCID: 0000-0002-7105-8926
Dr. Kai Huang, Associate Professor, DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University, Canada
  • Research Interests: Data-driven Inventory Management; Long-term Care System Design; Humanitarian Logistics; Electric Vehicles; Close-loop Supply Chain.
  • Email: khuang@mcmaster.ca
  • ORCID: 0000-0002-7948-9800
Dr. Joshua Ignatius, Professor of Business Analytics, Aston Business School, United Kingdom
  • Research Interests: Information Asymmetry in Supply Chains; User Recommender Systems; Supply Chain Analytics.
  • Email: j.ignatius@aston.ac.uk
  • ORCID: 0000-0003-2546-4576
Dr. Md Anisul Islam, Associate Professor, Shannon School of Business, Cape Breton University, Canada
  • Research Interests: Sustainable Supply Chain Networks; Sustainable Logistics; Applications of Heuristics and Meta-heuristics in Transportation and Logistics.
  • Email: mdanisul_islam@cbu.ca
  • ORCID: 0000-0003-4379-9054
Dr. Ginger Ke, Professor, Faculty of Business Administration, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada
  • Research Interests: Supply Chain Management; Transportation and Logistics, Game Theory, Decision Making.
  • Email: gke@mun.ca
  • ORCID: 0000-0001-5951-0580
Dr. John Lam, Professor and Director of the Advanced Power Electronics Lab for Sustainable Energy Research (PELSER), Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, York University, Canada
  • Research Interests: Power Electronics; Wide Bandgap-based Power Conversion Systems; Power Management; Renewable Energy Systems; Electric Vehicles.
  • Email: john.lam@lassonde.yorku.ca
  • ORCID: 0000-0002-0121-4671
Dr. Chulung Lee, Professor, School of Industrial and Management Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
  • Research Interests: Supply Chain Management; Transportation Planning; Manufacturing Logistics; Revenue Management.
  • Email: leecu@korea.ac.kr
  • ORCID: 0000-0002-2041-0221
Dr. Kairong (Carol) Liang, Assistant Professor, School of Management Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, China
  • Research Interests: Supply Chain Management; Digital Economy; Low-carbon Economy; Game Theory; Decision Making.
  • Email: liangkr2023@nuist.edu.cn
  • ORCID: 0000-0002-7184-6295
Dr. Zeyuan Ma, Associate Professor, School of Artificial Intelligence, South China Normal University, China
  • Research Interests: Evolutionary Computation; Black-Box Optimization; Deep Reinforcement Learning; Automated Algorithm Design; Optimization Applications.
  • Email: mzy@ieee.org
  • ORCID: 0000-0001-6216-9379
Dr. Bhavin Shah, Associate Professor, Operations & Supply Chain Management Group, Indian Institute of Management Sirmaur, India
  • Research Interests: Warehouse Science; Logistics Operations; Operations and Supply Chain Management.
  • Email: bhavin.shah@iimsirmaur.ac.in
  • ORCID: 0000-0002-7129-5892
Dr. Victor Shi, Professor, Lazaridis School of Business & Economics, Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada
  • Research Interests: Supply Chain Management; Supply Chain Resilience; Sustainability; Business Intelligence; Intelligent Systems.
  • Email: cshi@wlu.ca
  • ORCID: 0000-0002-8578-6254
Dr. Matthias Takouda, Professor, Faculty of Management, Laurentian University, Canada
  • Research Interests: Mathematical Programming and Optimization; Operations Research; Data Science; Operations and Logistics Management.
  • Email: mtakouda@laurentian.ca
  • ORCID: 0000-0003-4488-4947
Dr. Ou Tang, Professor of Production Economics, Linköping University, Sweden
  • Research Interests: Supply Chain Management; Production Systems; Close-loop Supply Chains; Supply Chain Risk Management.
  • Email: ou.tang@liu.se
  • ORCID: 0000-0003-3058-7431
Dr. M. Ali Ülkü, Professor & Director – CRSSCA, Faculty of Management, Dalhousie University, Canada
  • Research Interests: Sustainability Management; Logistics & Supply Chain Optimization; Behavioural Operations & Sustainable Consumption; Cognitive Analytics & Intelligent Systems.
  • Email: ulku@dal.ca
  • ORCID: 0000-0002-8495-3364
Dr. Yimin Wu, Tang Family Chair in New Energy Materials and Sustainability, University of Waterloo, Canada
  • Research Interests: Sustainable Manufacturing; Materials Interfaces; Energy Materials.
  • Email: yimin.wu@uwaterloo.ca
  • ORCID: 0000-0002-3807-8431
Dr. Xun (Peter) Xu, Associate Professor, School of Global Innovation and Leadership, Lucas College and Graduate School of Business, San José State University, USA
  • Research Interests: Service Operations Management; Supply Chain Management; E-commerce; Sustainability.
  • Email: xun.xu@sjsu.edu
  • ORCID: 0000-0003-4463-3507
Dr. Samuel Yousefi, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Ontario Tech University, Canada
  • Research Interests: Supply Chain Analytics; Operations Management; Decision Analytics; Risk and Disruption Management.
  • Email: samuel.yousefi@ontariotechu.ca
  • ORCID: 0000-0003-0157-675X
Dr. Wenbin Zhang, Assistant Professor, Knight Foundation School of Computing and Information Sciences, Florida International University, USA; Artificial Intelligence Institute, University of Waikato, New Zealand
  • Research Interests: Human-Centric Machine Learning; High-stakes Decision Support (Healthcare, Finance, Policy); Algorithmic Fairness & Reliability.
  • Email: wenbin.zhang@fiu.edu
  • ORCID: 0000-0003-3024-5415

Editorial Board Members

Dr. William Andreopoulos, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, San Jose State University, USA
  • Research Interests: Efficient Machine Learning; Bioinformatics; Software Engineering; High-Performance Computing.
  • Email: william.andreopoulos@sjsu.edu
  • ORCID: 0000-0001-9097-1123
Dr. Libiao Bai, Professor & Associate Dean, Chang'An University, China
  • Research Interests: Engineering Management, Data Analysis and Decision Science, Logistics Engineering and Management, Operations Research and Optimization.
  • Email: lb.bai@chd.edu.cn
  • ORCID: 0000-0003-4105-6476
Dr. Helen Cai, Senior Lecturer, Middlesex University, London, United Kingdom
  • Research Interests: International Business & FDI (specifically MNE strategies in emerging market); Circular & Sustainable Governance; Innovation & R & D Management (including firm-level industry dynamics).
  • Email: h.cai@mdx.ac.uk
  • ORCID: 0000-0002-5893-8291
 
 
Dr. Mohammad Heydari, Lecturer, Unitec Institute of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand
  • Research Interests: Optimisation; Healthcare Systems; Supply Chain Resilience; Decision Science.
  • Email: mheydari@unitec.ac.nz
  • ORCID: 0000-0003-3942-2107
Dr. Bo Hu, Professor, Department of Bioproducts & Biosystems Engineering, University of Minnesota, USA
  • Research Interests: Sustainable Biorefinery & Waste-to-Energy; Circular Resource Recovery; Advanced Microbial Bioprocessing.
  • Email: bhu@umn.edu
  • ORCID: 0000-0001-9786-3336
Dr. Mohsin Jat, Associate Professor, Bob Gaglardi School of Business and Economics, Thompson Rivers University, Canada
  • Research Interests: Supply Chain Risk Management; Innovation and Technology Management; EV Adoption.
  • Email: mjat@tru.ca
  • ORCID: 0000-0001-8859-3346
Dr. Chaozhe Jiang, Chief Professor, Tangshan Institute, Southwest Jiaotong University, China
  • Research Interests: Intelligent Transportation Systems; Transportation Emission Governance & Sustainability; Bio-dynamic Safety Modeling.
  • Email: jiangchaozhe@swjtu.edu.cn
  • ORCID: 0000-0002-6340-8914
Dr. Mehdi Kargar, Associate Professor, Ted Rogers School of Information Technology Management, Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada
  • Research Interests: Data Management; Business Intelligence; Big Data Analytics; Sustainability.
  • Email: kargar@torontomu.ca
  • ORCID: 0000-0001-6937-3508
Dr. George Lai, Professor, Department of Mathematics, Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada
  • Research Interests: Computational Finance & Stochastic Analysis; Intelligent Risk Optimization; Advanced Simulation Methods.
  • Email: ylai@wlu.ca
  • ORCID: 0000-0002-1039-7019
Dr. Jin Li, Professor, School of Management and E-Business, Zhejiang Gongshang University, China
  • Research Interests: Sustainable & Low-Carbon Supply Chain Management; Intelligent Logistics & System Modeling; Emergency Management & Disaster Resilience.
  • Email: jinli@mail.zjgsu.edu.cn
  • ORCID: 0000-0002-6900-083X
Dr. Lei Li, Professor, School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Hohai University, China
  • Research Interests: Urban Environmental Catastrophes and Integrated Regulation; Solid Waste Treatment, Disposal, and Resource Recovery; Environmental Geology and Environmental Geotechnics; Contaminated Soil Remediation and Risk Assessment.
  • Email: lilei@hhu.edu.cn
  • ORCID: 0000-0003-4001-256X
Dr. Jin Liu, Professor, College of Information Engineering, Shanghai Maritime University, China
  • Research Interests: Intelligent Maritime Transportation Systems; Multimodal Big Data & Smart Shipping; Affective Computing & Human-Centered AI.
  • Email: jinliu@shmtu.edu.cn
  • ORCID: 0000-0001-7249-698X
Dr. Yushan Liu, Assistant Professor, Alfred Lerner College of Business & Economics, University of Delaware, USA
  • Research Interests: Human-Computer Interaction with a Focus on Negotiation; Data Mining; Decision Science; Information Systems.
  • Email: yushanl@udel.edu
  • ORCID: 0000-0003-0010-833X
Dr. Vijay Mago, Associate Professor and Chair, School of Health Policy and Management, Faculty of Health, York University, Canada
  • Research Interests: Health Informatics and Analytics.
  • Email: vmago@yorku.ca
  • ORCID: 0000-0002-9741-3463
Dr. Emmanuel Nketiah, Lecturer, Quanzhou University of Information Engineering, China
  • Research Interests: Circular Economy; Environmental Sustainability; Energy Management; Green Management.
  • Email: emmanuelnketiah@qzuie.edu.cn
  • ORCID: 0000-0002-9500-0948
Dr. Zhifeng Qian, Assistant Professor, School of Management, Lanzhou University, China
  • Research Interests: AI-Driven Sustainable Operations; Operations-Marketing Interface; Circular Economy; Renewable Energy Logistics.
  • Email: qianzf@lzu.edu.cn
  • ORCID: 0000-0002-3954-7949
Dr. Md Shafiur Rahman, Professor in Microbiology and Biotechnology, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh
  • Research Interests: Sustainable Bioconversion & Valorization; Industrial Metabolic Engineering; Environmental Bioremediation & Bioenergy.
  • Email: mrahman7@lakeheadu.ca
  • ORCID: 0009-0003-1839-3746
Dr. Peter Shi, Senior Lecturer, Macquarie University, Australia
  • Research Interests: Operations, Supply Chain Management; Digital Transformation; Supply Chain Finance; Agricultural Supply Chains.
  • Email: peter.shi@mq.edu.au
  • ORCID: 0000-0002-5551-0652
Dr. Zengyuan Wu, Professor & Associate Dean, College of Economics and Management, China Jiliang University, China
  • Research Interests: Intelligent Quality Inspection Systems; Predictive E-Commerce Analytics; Knowledge Ecosystem & Innovation Governance.
  • Email: wuzengyuan@cjlu.edu.cn
  • ORCID: 0000-0003-4267-5658
Dr. Xiqiang Xia, Professor and Associate Dean, School of Management, Zhengzhou University, China
  • Research Interests: Green Supply Chain; Remanufacturing Management; Game Theory.
  • Email: xqxia@zzu.edu.cn
  • ORCID: 0000-0002-0842-8162
Dr. Hui Yang, Professor, School of Economics and Management, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, China
  • Research Interests: Supply Chain Management; Revenue Management; Game Theory.
  • Email: yanghui@njust.edu.cn
  • ORCID: 0000-0002-8747-8060
Dr. Bo Yu, Associate Professor, Faculty of Management, Dalhousie University, Canada
  • Research Interests: Technological Agency; Information Systems Use, Design and Assessment; Negotiation and Auction.
  • Email: bo.yu@dal.ca
  • ORCID: 0000-0002-5808-5970
Dr. Shilei Yang, Professor & Dean, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, China
  • Research Interests: Supply Chain Management, Interface Between Operations and Other Functional Areas, and Applied Business Modeling.
  • Email: syang@swufe.edu.cn
  • ORCID: 0000-0002-8381-6966
Dr. Guoqing Zhang, Professor, Faculty of Engineering, University of Windsor, Canada
  • Research Interests: Sustainable & Circular Logistics; Blockchain-Enabled Intelligent Systems; Resilient Maritime & Infrastructure Optimization.
  • Email: gzhang@uwindsor.ca
  • ORCID: 0000-0003-0821-8787
Dr. Justin Zhang, Associate Professor, Coggin College of Business, University of North Florida, USA
  • Research Interests: Business Analytics; Economics of Information Systems; Information Security; Knowledge Management; Supply Chain Management; Sustainable Development.
  • Email: justin.zhang@unf.edu
  • ORCID: 0000-0002-4074-9505
Dr. Haiyang Zheng, Professor, HSBC Business School, Peking University, China
  • Research Interests: Asset Allocation; Quantitative Investing, Fin-Tech
  • Email: hyzheng@phbs.pku.edu.cn
  • ORCID: 0000-0001-6380-9438