Position:
Chair Professor, HKUST, HKUST(GZ)
Director of Industrial Informatics and Intelligence Institute (Triple-I)
Director of Quality and Data Analytics Lab (QLab)
Email: season@ust.hk
Research Interest: Quality Analytics; Industrial Big Data; Statistical Process Control (SPC), Monitoring, and Diagnosis; Helping Solve the World's Problems Using Quality, Analytics, and Innovation.
Courses Taught:
DSAA6000L: Industrial Analytics for Problem Solving and Process Improvement,
Spring,2024, Fall,2024.
INFH5000: Information Science and Technology: Essentials and Trends, Fall,2021, Fall,2022.
IELM5260: Advance Quality Technology and Data Analytics, Fall2017.
Prof. Tsung is a globally recognized expert in industrial analytics and quality
engineering, listed among the top 2% of most influential scientists worldwide by Stanford-Elsevier Mendeley Data 2023. As a Chair Professor at HKUST and
HKUST(GZ), he directs the Industrial Informatics and Intelligence Institute (Triple-I Institute) and the Quality and Data Analytics Lab (QLab). He has held prominent positions such as Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Quality Technology (JQT), Head of the Department of Industrial Engineering and Decision Analytics and founding acting Dean of the Information Hub at HKUST(GZ). A fellow of esteemed organizations like ASA, ASQ, IISE, IAQ, and HKIE, Prof. Tsung has an extensive publication record and has mentored many successful doctoral students.
Prof. Tsung holds a Ph.D. and MSc in Industrial and Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. His professional experience includes working with Ford Motor Company as a Quality Engineer, Rockwell International R&D as a Research Engineer, and completing post doctoral research at Chrysler Corporation. Throughout his career at HKUST, Prof. Tsung has built an outstanding academic record and a strong international reputation.
Prof. Tsung's research achievements in Quality and Data Analytics are also
noteworthy. He has published over 170 high-level academic papers, and has received the IISE Transactions' Best Paper Award three times, in 2004, 2009, and 2018, and the Outstanding IIE Publication Award in 2010. He has acted as PI and co-PI on over 20 Research Grant Council funded research projects, and delivered over 50 invited lectures/seminars at various academic institutions and international conferences, including the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting of the New Champions in 2014, and served in editorial positions for 14 internationally respected journals.