Prof. Waiman Cheung from the Chinese University of Hong Kong gave the classes to the doctoral students
On 21th, August, Prof. Waiman Cheung from the Chinese University of Hong Kong give the first classes to the summer school students. The topic of the classes is The Theory of Knowledge. Prof. Cheung told the students how to find the research problems and methodology to do research. He divided the students into several groups to do the group discussion. The students from different countries and areas communicated a lot about the research topics.
Prof. Cheung Waiman, director of Li & Fung Institute of Supply Chain Management & Logistics, and director of Center of Cyber Logistics, received his MBA and PhD in decision sciences and engineering systems, respectively, from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Currently he is the chairman of the Department of Decision Sciences and Managerial Economics.
Prior to joining the Chinese University, Professor Cheung had worked as a technical staff for Oracle Systems in the US. He is very keen on working closely with local industries for knowledge transfer and has conducted studies and consulting works for DHL, Airport Authority Hong Kong, Dragonair, Accenture, Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd., SML Group Ltd., and the Innovation and Technology Commission of Hong Kong. His research interests are mainly in applying IT on logistics and supply chain management.