ICQSR 2026

Featured Sessions

Monday, July 06, 2026

As Artificial Intelligence (AI) continues to reshape the landscape of science, industry, and academia, it brings unprecedented opportunities alongside fundamental challenges. We are privileged to bring together an extraordinary panel of global academic leaders, institutional executives, and distinguished academicians to share their unique visions on how we must evolve our research methodologies and educational frameworks to thrive in the age of AI.

• Professor Zhen He, Dean of School of Management and Economics at Tianjin University
• Professor Kwang-Jae Kim, Academician of the Korean Academy of Engineering and Professor of the Department of Industrial and Management Engineering at the Pohang University of Science and Technology
• Professor Jianjun Shi, Academician of the US Academy of Engineering and the Carolyn J. Stewart Chair and Professor of the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology
• Professor Lixin Tang, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Vice President of Northeastern University
• Professor Fugee Tsung, Regional Vice President of Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineering and Chair Professor of the Department of Industrial Engineering and Decision Analytics at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
• Professor Jianping Wang, Dean of College of Computing and Chair Professor of Computer Science at the City University of Hong Kong

Tuesday, July 07, 2026

This in-person event is designed for doctoral candidates expecting to graduate by Spring 2028, and postdoctoral fellows. A panel of experts will lead discussions on a range of topics of interest, including job search, interviewing tips, career selection, life in academia, work-life balance, and success in teaching, research, and professional service.

• Professor Yong Chen, University of Iowa
• Professor Jiaman Wu, City University of Hong Kong