M Abedin is a Senior Lecturer in FinTech with the School of Management, Swansea University, UK. Earlier he was a Senior Lecturer in FinTech with Teesside University, UK. Abedin has advanced analytical skills for both quantitative and qualitative research. He is an experienced data analyst and project evaluator, and specializes in fintech, data mining, and big data analytics. Abedin is actively engaged in research activities, project dissemination, guest lecturing across various disciplines nationally and internationally. 

Abedin has published more than 80 SSCI and ABS listed research papers. His research works appeared on the leading peer-reviewed journals, including European Journal of Operational Research, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, Annals of Operations Research, International Journal of Production Research, International Review of Financial Analysis, International Journal of Finance & Economics, Journal of Environmental Management, International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, Information Systems Frontiers, to mention a few. 

Abedin is an Associate editor of the International Review of Economics and Finance, Journal of Global Information Management, and Kybernetes. Abedin is working as a guest editor of the Decision Support Systems, Technological Forecasting & Social Change, Annals of Operations Research.

Wang Yong is a Vice Dean of the School of Statistics of Dongbei University of Finance and Economics (DUFE), China. Professor Wang was awarded the outstanding professor by DUFE, and he is also the chief expert of major projects of the National Social Science Foundation. His main research interests are national economic accounting, environmental-economic system analysis and policy optimization. 

He has published more than 60 papers in reputable academic journals, including Annals of Tourism Research, Annals of Operations Research, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, International Review of Financial Analysis, Journal of Environmental Management, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, and other prestigious journals. He is also a guest editor for some good journals, such as Journal of Environmental Management and Financial Innovation.