IMMS 2025 Keynote Speakers
Prof. Reynold Cheng
University of Hong Kong (HKU), Hong Kong China
Biography: Prof. Reynold Cheng is the Division Head and Professor (Computer Science), at the School of Computing and Data Science, in the University of Hong Kong (HKU). He is also a Steering Committee Member of the HKU Musketeers Foundation Institute of Data Science. He is an academic advisor to the College of Professional and Continuing Education of HKPU. He was an Associate Dean of Engineering in 2022-24. His research interests are in data science, big graph analytics and uncertain data management.
Professor Cheng is named the AI 2000 Most Influential Scholar Honorable Mention in Database in 2023 and 2024. He received the ACM Distinguished Membership Award and the HKU Outstanding Research Student Supervisor Award in 2023. He was listed as the World’s Top 2% Scientists by Stanford University in 2022. He received the SIGMOD Research Highlights Reward 2020, HKICT Awards (2021, 2023), and HKU Knowledge Exchange Award (Engineering) (2024, 2021). He was granted an Outstanding Young Researcher Award 2011-12 by HKU. He received the Universitas 21 Fellowship in 2011, and two Performance Awards from HKPU Computing in 2006 and 2007. He was a PC co-chair of IEEE ICDE 2021. He is on the editorial board of IS, DAPD and DSEJ.
Prof. Kecheng Liu
University of Reading, United Kingdom
Biography: Prof. Kecheng Liu, a Fellow of the British Computer Society and Senior Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy, is a Professor of Applied Informatics at the University of Reading and the Director of the Digital Talent Academy at Henley Business School. In his roles as academic lead, senior advisor, and consultant, he has significantly contributed to academic research, industrial projects and business consulting in areas such as business and IT strategy, information management, and digital leadership across public and private sectors. He has published over 300 journal and conference papers and 25 books on topics including organisational semiotics, business informatics, and intelligent spaces for work and living. Additionally, he has successfully supervised more than 60 PhD students from diverse international backgrounds. His extensive experience in management and leadership spans research projects, academic centres, schools, and universities.