Personal profile
Biography
Prof William Yeoh is a professor at Hong Kong Metropolitan University's Lee Shau Kee School of Business and Administration. Previously, he served as an associate professor at Deakin University's Deakin Business School and was the Innovation Head of Deakin Cyber Research and Innovation Centre.
He has successfully supervised 7 doctoral and 10 master theses. He is the Editor-in-Chief Emeritus of the International Journal of Business Intelligence Research and the Big Data and Analytics Educational Conference Co-Chair.
His scholarship has been published in top journals, including 8A* and 27A ABDC-ranked journals, and all top six IS conferences (e.g., ICIS, ECIS, PACIS, AMCIS, ACIS, HICSS), and has been supported by various funding bodies and industry (totalling over HKD$10M). His expert opinions have been featured on national news outlets, e.g., ABC Radio, SBS News, Australian Financial Review, The New Daily, etc.
His research, teaching, and service have been recognised with various national and international awards, including:
- The Researcher of the Year Award (a national award presented by the Australian Information Security Association, AISA is Australia's peak body for cyber security professionals),
- The ICT Educator of the Year Gold Award (a national award by the Australian Computer Society - ACS is Australia’s peak ICT professional association & accreditation body),
- Australia's Top 25 Analytics Leaders, awarded by The Institute of Analytics Professionals of Australia (IAPA),
- Two-time internationally competitive IBM Faculty Awards,
- Open Learning's Best Learning Experience Design Award Finalist (an internationally competitive award by ASX:OLL),
- Deakin Vice-Chancellor's Award for Value Innovation (in recognition of his leadership of IBM Centre of Excellence in Business Analytics),
- Deakin Faculty Research Excellence Award.
At Deakin University, he has served as Director of the IBM Centre of Excellence in Business Analytics, Co-Director of the Faculty's Business and Technology Theme, Course Director, Director of Teaching, and Department's Director of International, Director of Industry Engagement, and HDR Coordinator.
He was a visiting scholar at the University of Ottawa (Telfer School of Management) and a visiting professor at the University of Indonesia. He currently serves as a Research Advisor at the University Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) Malaysia. Previously, he was the Deputy Dean (R&D and Postgraduate Programs) at UTAR's Faculty of ICT, where he established the PhD and Master's research programs in 2009. He is a Fellow of the Australian Computer Society (ACS), an honour representing induction into the ACS Hall of Fame.
Education/Academic qualification
Graduate Certificate of Higher Education
Award Date: 24 Apr 2013
PhD, University of South Australia
Award Date: 18 Dec 2008
Master of E-Commerce, University of South Australia
Award Date: 15 Dec 2003