Asia Region (Region 15)
Welcome to the Asian Region! Our mission is to provide value to our members by offering a connection point that represents the needs, concerns, and support efforts of industrial engineers across the different areas of Asia.
Region Vice President - Professor Fugee Tsung
Prof. Tsung is a Chair Professor of the Department of Industrial Engineering and Decision Analytics (IEDA) of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). He is a Fellow of the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE), Fellow of the American Society for Quality (ASQ), Academician of the International Academy for Quality (IAQ),
Elected Member of the International Statistical Institute (ISI), and Fellow of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE). He received both his PhD and MSc degrees in Industrial and Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and his BSc degree in Mechanical Engineering from National Taiwan University. He worked for Ford Motor Company as a
Quality Engineer and Rockwell International R&D as a Research Engineer, and did his post-doctoral research with Chrysler Corporation. During his tenure at HKUST, he has achieved a very impressive academic record and strong international reputation.
Prof. Tsung has a proven record for academic leadership. He is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Quality Technology (JQT). Founded in 1969, JQT is the flagship journal of the American Society for Quality, and is consistently ranked as one of the most cited journals in the areas of industrial engineering, management science, and statistics.
Prof. Tsung was also the Regional Vice President (Asia) of Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) since 2008, and the Chair of the Service Science Section, INFORMS, where he was the Founding Vice Chair in 2007. He was the Chair of the Quality, Statistics, and Reliability (QSR) Section, INFORMS, in 2004. He is also the founding
Chair of the Council of Industrial Engineering Department Heads in Greater China (CIEDHC).
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Dr. Fugee Tsung.
Assistant Vice President of South Korea - Associate Professor Heeyoung Kim
Heeyoung Kim is a KAIST Endowed Chair Professor and an Associate Professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at KAIST. She received her BS and MS degrees in Industrial Engineering from KAIST, as well as an MS in Statistics and a PhD in Industrial Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Previously, she was a Senior Member of Technical Staff at AT&T Labs, US. Her research focuses on applied statistics, machine learning, and quality engineering.
She currently serves as an Associate Editor for IISE Transactions and Technometrics, and previously served as an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering.
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Dr. Heeyoung Kim.
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