Berbard J. Jansen is a principal scientist in the social computing group of the Qatar Computing Research Institute. He is a graduate of West Point and has a Ph.D. in computer science from Texas A&M University. Professor Jansen is the editor-in-chief of the journal, Information Processing & Management (Elsevier), a member of the editorial boards of seven international journals, and former editor-in-chief of the journal, Internet Research (Emerald). He has received several awards and honors, including an ACM Research Award, six application development awards, and a university-level teaching award, along with other writing, publishing, research, teaching, and leadership honors. Dr. Jansen has authored or co-authored 300 or so research publications, with articles appearing in a multi-disciplinary range of journals and conferences. He is an author of the book, Understanding Sponsored Search: A Coverage of the Core Elements of Keyword Advertising (Cambridge University Press).Qingyuan Zhou received Ph.D. degree from Sichuan University (SCU), Chengdu, in 2014, respectively. Currently, he is a professor at Changzhou Institute of Mechatronic Technology in China. He has joined and accomplished five national and six provincial research programs. He has also authored/co-authored over 60 papers in international/national journals and conferences including computers in human behavior, electronic commerce research, intelligent automation and soft computing, etc. His current research interests include electronic commerce, artificial intelligence, and computational economics.Jun Ye received his B.S. degree in Applied Mathematics at Chongqing University, M.S. degree in Cryptography at Guilin University of Electronic Technology, and Ph.D. at Xidian University. He is a high-level talent of Hainan Province, and he is working at the School of Computer Science and Cyberspace Security of Hainan University. His current research interests include computer science andinformation security. He has authored or co-authored more than 20 high-level publications, and he is also a reviewer of many well-known journals. He is one of the high-level talents of Hainan Province and got the "First prize" of science and technology progress prize of Hainan Province in 2019.
