Dr Alan H.S. Chan obtained his BSc, MPhil, and PhD from the University of Hong Kong. He has a wide range of research interests in human factors, work design, and occupational safety and health and has published more than 160 papers in SCI journals. He has been contributing to his profession and was elected as a Fellow of Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers, International Ergonomics Association, Hong Kong Institution of Engineers, Institution of Engineering and Technology, and the Hong Kong Ergonomics Society. Dr Chan was the President of Institute of Industrial Engineers (HK) for 96/97 and twice the President of Hong Kong Ergonomics Society (03-05, 09-11).
Prof. Hideki Katagiri is a Professor of Department of Industrial Engineering and Management at Kanagawa University, Japan. He is also a Visiting Professor of Hiroshima University, Japan. His research and teaching activities are in the area of Operations Research and Computational Intelligence such as Mathematical Optimization under Uncertainty, Soft Computing and Data Analysis.