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Professor
S.Joe Qin
4th President of Lingnan University
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 September 2023
Preceded byLeonard Cheng Kwok-Hon
Personal details
BornAugust 1963 (age 61)
Rizhao, Shandong province, China
NationalityUS
Alma materTsinghua University
University of Maryland

Professor S. Joe Qin (Chinese: 秦泗釗) currently holds the position of Wai Kee Kau Chair Professor of Data Science[1] and serves as the President of Lingnan University in Hong Kong.[2]

Career

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From 1992 to 1995, Professor Qin contributed significantly as a Principal Engineer at Emerson Process Management. He subsequently advanced his career in academia, holding positions as an Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and Professor, and was honored to have the distinguished Paul D. and Betty Robertson Meek and American Petrofina Foundation Centennial Professorship in Chemical Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin from 1995 to 2007.[3]

Following this, he assumed the role of Fluor Professor at the Viterbi School of Engineering at the University of Southern California[4] (USC), where he dedicated his expertise from 2007 to 2019. Notably, during his tenure at USC, Professor Qin undertook a crucial three-year leave to serve as Vice President and Presidential Chair Professor at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen.[5]  

Most recently, from January 2020 to June 2023, he contributed significantly to the academic landscape in Hong Kong as the inaugural Dean of the School of Data Science and the Chair Professor of Data Science at the City University of Hong Kong.[6]

Education

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Professor Qin possesses a diverse educational background encompassing multiple disciplines. He obtained his B.S. and M.S. in Automatic Control from Tsinghua University in Beijing, China, in 1984 and 1987 respectively.[6] He further studied and graduated with Ph.D. in Automation at same university, in 1989.[7] In 1989, Qin moved to the United States to pursue a Ph.D. degree in chemical engineering at the University of Maryland, and completed his education in June 1992.[8]

Awards and Honours

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Academicians and Fellowships

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Professor Qin has been honored with the prestigious titles of academician and fellow by a number of highly esteemed societies and research institutes, including:  

Honours and Academic Awards

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In 2022, Professor Qin was honored with the CAST Computing in Chemical Engineering Award from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)[14] and the IEEE CSS Transition to Practice Award.[15] Notably, he is the first and only Greater China recipient to receive both accolades.  Earlier in his career, he received several distinguished awards, including:

  • the U.S. National Science Foundation CAREER Award[16]
  • the 2011 Northrop Grumman Best Teaching award at Viterbi School of Engineering[17]
  • the DuPont Young Professor Award
  • the Halliburton/Brown & Root Young Faculty Excellence Award
  • the NSF-China Outstanding Young Investigator Award
  • the MOE-China Changjiang Professorship
  • the IFAC Best Paper Prize for a model predictive control paper published in Control Engineering Practice

Contributions

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Professor Qin has made significant contributions to academia and research. He has an extensive publication record, having authored over 470 international journal papers, book chapters, and conference papers, and has also given numerous plenaries and invited presentations at various conferences.  

His research interests encompass diverse areas such as data science and analytics, machine learning, process monitoring, model predictive control, system identification, smart manufacturing, smart cities, and predictive health maintenance.

Achievements

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  • holds 12 U.S. patents
  • has mentored over 40 Ph.D. students, with 32 successfully obtaining their Ph.D. degrees
  • has delivered over 120 invited seminars and 26 short courses or workshops, primarily aimed at industry professionals and technical conference attendees
  • scholarly impact is evident from his h-index scores on different platforms: 69 on Web of Science, 76 on SCOPUS, and 88 on Google Scholar,[18] with over 40,000 citations on Google Scholar alone.

Other Critical Roles

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  • the Senior Editor for the Journal of Process Control  
  • the Editor of Control Engineering Practice
  • the member of the Editorial Board for the Journal of Chemometrics
  • the Associate Editor for several distinguished international journals[19]  
  • the National Organization Chair of the 10th IFAC Symposium on Advanced Control of Chemical Processes ADCHEM 2018[20]

References

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  1. ^ "嶺南大學宣布成立數據科學學院 培養全面發展的人工智能及數據科學家". www.capital-hk.com. Retrieved 2024-09-11.
  2. ^ "嶺大校董會通過委任秦泗釗為下任校長 任期5年 - RTHK". news.rthk.hk (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 2024-09-11.
  3. ^ "显示文章". 2013-11-02. Archived from the original on 2013-11-02. Retrieved 2024-09-11.
  4. ^ "USC - Viterbi School of Engineering - Joe Qin". 2013-05-15. Archived from the original on 2013-05-15. Retrieved 2024-09-11.
  5. ^ 林穎嫺 (2022-10-10). "城大教授秦泗釗獲薦任嶺大校長 屬海歸派曾任中大深圳副校". 香港01 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Retrieved 2024-09-11.
  6. ^ a b "S Joe QIN - CityU Scholars | A Research Hub of Excellence". scholars.cityu.edu.hk. Retrieved 2024-07-02.
  7. ^ "USC - Viterbi School of Engineering - Joe Qin". 2013-05-15. Archived from the original on 2013-05-15. Retrieved 2024-06-28.
  8. ^ "GDAA 廣東省自動化學會". Retrieved 2022-11-04.
  9. ^ "嶺大國際知名數據科學專家秦泗釗校長 膺選歐洲文理科學院院士 - 新聞稿 | 嶺南大學". www.ln.edu.hk (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Retrieved 2024-09-11.
  10. ^ The Chinese Univeristy of Hong Kong, Shen Zhen (August 9, 2018). "Professor Sizhao Qin Elected Fellow of AIChE". The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shen Zhen (https://www.cuhk.edu.cn/en). Retrieved September 11, 2024. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)
  11. ^ "S. Joe Qin". IEEE Xplore. 4 November 2018.
  12. ^ "S. Joe Qin". www.aiche.org. 2018-08-31. Retrieved 2024-07-02.
  13. ^ "城大頂尖數據科學家獲選為美國國家發明家科學院院士". 香港城市大學 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). 2020-12-29. Retrieved 2024-09-11.
  14. ^ "科創獎評委秦泗釗教授榮獲2022年CAST計算與化學工程獎 - 香港科技創新聯盟". www.hkati.hk. Retrieved 2024-09-11.
  15. ^ "嶺大新校長秦泗釗獲頒技術轉化獎 - 香港文匯報". 香港文匯網 www.wenweipo.com. Retrieved 2024-09-11.
  16. ^ "National Science Foundation Awards". cockrell.utexas.edu. Retrieved 2024-09-11.
  17. ^ "VSOE Teaching Award". USC Viterbi | School of Engineering. Retrieved 2024-09-11.
  18. ^ "S. Joe Qin". scholar.google.com.tw. Retrieved 2024-09-11.
  19. ^ "Journal of Process Control | Big Data: Data Science for Process Control and Operations | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier". www.sciencedirect.com. Retrieved 2024-09-11.
  20. ^ "ADCHEM 2018, 10th IFAC International Symposium on Advanced Control of Chemical Processes July 25-27, 2018. Shenyang, Liaoning, China". folk.ntnu.no. Retrieved 2024-09-11.
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S. Joe Qin publications indexed by Google Scholar

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