Prof. Alain Chong
Professor in Information Systems, Dean of Graduate School and Global Engagement
Alain Yee Loong Chong is a Professor in Information Systems and Dean of Graduate School and Global Engagement at University of Nottingham Ningbo China. He obtained his PhDs from University of Nottingham and Multimedia University Malaysia and was a postdoctoral research fellow at Hong Kong Polytechnic University. His current research interests include social media analytics, digital transformation and mobile computing. His work has appeared in Journal of Association for Information Systems, Information Systems Journal, Information & Management, Decision Support Systems, Transportations Research Part B: Methodological, Annals of Operations Research, International Journal of Operations and Production Management and Information Systems Frontier, among others.
He now serves as the Co-Editor of Industrial Management & Data Systems, Senior Editor of Decision Support Systems and Associate Editor of Information & Management. He was named one of the Most Cited Researchers based in China (from 2015 to 2020) by Elsevier Scopus database. Alain was named as 'The Outstanding Young Malaysian 2012', an award conferred by the Junior Chamber International. He also received the Camilla Award from the City of Ningbo in 2020.