Dr. Shahid Anjum
Universiti Teknologi Brunei (UTB), Brunei Darussalam

Dr Anjum is currently serving as a Deputy Director of Brunei’s Crown Prince Creative, Innovative Products and Technological Advancement (CIPTA) Award’s Seminar Committee, a Deputy Director of ‘Digital and Creativity Research Thrust’ at School of Computing and Informatics, a Senior A. Professor at School of Business and a member and coordinator at ‘Center for Innovative Engineering’ of Universiti Teknologi Brunei (UTB). Dr. Anjum has appeared on National or local TVs in different countries. Dr. Anjum is a Certified Data Privacy Solutions Engineer from Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA), a Certified Investment Manager from Moody’s Canadian Securities Institute and Certified in Banking Financial Risks and Regulations from Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP). Dr. Anjum has earned his Ph. D. from Nagoya University, Japan for research topic of Early Warning System for Financial Risk using Data Mining Approach. He has studied in the “Master of Computer Science program” at the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, School of Engineering, University of Detroit in Michigan, USA. He also holds M. Phil. Economics degree.

Dr. Anjum has accumulated experience at various educational and financial institutions in Canada, Japan, USA, Pakistan and Philippines. He has served as an Adjunct Professor at College of Business & Information Technology, Lawrence Tech., Michigan for over 6 years, worked at Royal Bank of Canada and at Asian Development Bank Manila, besides, serving as member of various Board of Directors of Innovative Corporations.

Dr. Anjum has served as a Program Chair for the International Conference on Database and Data Mining) held in Chicago, USA in 2015, a moderator to keynote speeches and expert forums, has served as Session Chairs to over ten conferences and as a technical committee member to over 20 conferences. Dr Anjum’s research has received various Best Paper Awards in Tokyo and ASEAN countries. Dr. Anjum is a senior member of various Computer and Information Technology, Finance, Management and Development Economics related associations and societies. Dr. Anjum is a widely published author and his publications have appeared in reputable journals including in IEEE. Series and Springer as well as chapters in book series. Dr. Anjum is currently editing three books for Taylor and Francis Group and IGI Global on fintech & digital start-ups, Digital Banking & Digital Finance as well “Cracking the Code: Cyber Security Technology Enhancement of Digital Ecosystem”.

Dr. Anjum has conducted and has led various consultancy projects as well as training workshops and mentorship for Entrepreneurs’ bootcamp. for at Darussalam Enterprise (DARe). As Principal Researcher, Dr. Anjum has been a part of team for a project submitted to Brunei Research Council to implement technology transfer from Malaysia and Switzerland to Brunei regarding setting up of Islamic Fintech Lab, gold and silver-based mobile wallet applications, embedded with secured blockchain and Ethereum technology.
 

Asst. Prof. Sha Liu
Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan

Sha Liu is an Assistant Professor at Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan. She holds a Ph.D. in Literature from Fukuoka University and a Master’s degree in Linguistics from Southeast University. Her research focuses on bilingualism and speech production, with particular interests in bilingual-monolingual speech production comparisons, child speech development, and statistical analysis of speech data. She also serves as an editor for the Canadian Journal of English Language Teaching.