Contributors

Wissam Samia

Enseignant-chercheur, PhD en économie, Université de Picardie Jules Verne (UPJV)

Enseignant-chercheur, PhD en économie, Université de Picardie Jules Verne (UPJV)

Weizi Li

Assistant Professor of Computer Science, University of Tennessee

Assistant Professor of Computer Science, University of Tennessee Weizi Li is Assistant Professor in the Min H. Kao Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) at the University of Tennessee (UT). He was Michael Hammer Postdoctoral Fellow at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and he received his Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has also spent time at Disney Research, Lenovo Research, National University of Singapore, and George Mason University. He is passionate about leveraging machine learning and simulation to design and develop elements of future cities. His current focus is transportation autonomy and urban mobility. Research Intelligent Transportation Systems Robotics Machine Learning (Reinforcement Learning) Multi-agent Simulation/Systems Smart City Socio-technical Systems

W. Dominika Wranik

Professor, Faculty of Management, Dalhousie University

Professor, Faculty of Management, Dalhousie University

Wang Leung (Kiwi) Ting

Lecturer in Comparative Politics, University of Reading

Lecturer in Comparative Politics, University of Reading I am a Lecturer of Comparative Politics in the Department of Politics and International Relations in the University of Reading. Originally from Hong Kong, my research specialty is in parliamentary politics and career of politicians, with a focus on UK politics.

Wayne Peake

Adjunct research fellow, School of Humanities and Communication Arts, Western Sydney University

Adjunct research fellow, School of Humanities and Communication Arts, Western Sydney University Wayne obtained the award Doctor Of Philosophy from The University of Western Sydney for the thesis 'Unregistered proprietary horse racing in Sydney 1888-1942'. He is an adjunct fellow of the School of Humanities and Communication Arts, Western Sydney University. His primary research interests are the cultural history of horseracing, the morphology of the racecourses of Sydney, and historical racecourse design and infrastructure. He worked on the Sydney Olympic Games from 1997 to 2001, as a research librarian specialising in Olympic sports, the manager of the Research Centre within the Main Press Centre at Homebush during Games time, and finally writer and copy editor for the 'Official Report of the Games of the XXVII Olympiad' (i.e., the Sydney Games). His most recent book is 'Sydney Racing in the 1970s: an Illustrated Companion' (2023). https://www.waynepeake.com.au/home.html

William Hedgcock

Associate Professor of Marketing, University of Minnesota

Associate Professor of Marketing, University of Minnesota William Hedgcock is an Associate Professor in the Marketing Department at the University of Minnesota, Carlson School of Management. His teaching and research focus on consumer behavior and the neuroscience of choice. Professor Hedgcock’s research utilizes a range of techniques from simple paper and pencil preference questionnaires to physiological measures (e.g., facial expressions, heart rate, eye tracking, skin conductance) and functional brain imaging. His primary research stream involves identifying decision biases and the physiological and neural correlates of these biases. He has published in journals such as the Journal of Marketing Research, Neuropsychology, Management Science, Psychological Science, and the Journal of Consumer Psychology. Prior to Carlson, Professor Hedgcock was an Associate Professor and Director of the Marketing PhD Program at the University of Iowa, Tippie College of Business. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota, Carlson School of Management in 2008.