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Dr. YM Tang received his B.Eng. and M.Phil. from The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). He was awarded a Ph.D. degree from the same university. He worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the Faculty of Medicine at CUHK after graduation. Currently, he is a Senior Teaching Fellow in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU). Dr. Tang is the Lab-in-charge in Integrated Product Design (IPD) and deputy Lab-in-charge of the Ng Tat Lun (NTL) Digital Factory (DF) in the department. His research interests include virtual reality (VR)/ mixed reality (MR), artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain technology, digital twin, sustainable technology in industry 4.0 and healthcare applications. Dr. Tang has published over 10 books/ book chapters and over 60 renowned journal articles such as Computers & Education, Expert Systems with Applications, Educational Research Review, Virtual Reality, etc., in which almost 90% of the published refereed journals were first or corresponding authors. He is also an editor/ guest editor of numerous renowned journals such as the Journal of Industrial Information Integration, Internet of Things, Frontiers in Environmental Science, PLS One, etc.

• Doctor of Philosophy, Chinese University of Hong Kong
• Master of Philosophy, Chinese University of Hong Kong
• Bachelor of Engineering (Second Class Upper Division), Chinese University of Hong Kong