Dr. Carl Adams is a Principal Lecturer and Researcher in the School of Computing, University of Portsmouth, UK. He has over a decade of professional experience in the computer industry as a software engineer and consultant before going into academia. His research interests cover the broad area of the digital economy focusing on e/m-commerce, e/m-government. His current projects include Social Networking activity (including value chains and social capacity), conduit theories of dissemination, electronic money, mobile systems, and the impact of technology on society. He has published over 70 peer reviewed papers, several book chapters and two books.

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Dr. Ajith Abraham received the M.S. degree from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and the Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. He is currently a Research Professor at the Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic. He is also the Director of Machine Intelligence Research Labs (MIR Labs), Scientific Network for Innovation and Research Excellence, which has members from more than 75 countries.

He has a worldwide academic experience with formal appointments in several Universities in America, Asia, Australia and Europe. His research and development experience includes more than 20 years in the industry and academia. He works in a multidiscciplinary environment involving machine intelligence, network security, various aspects of networks, e-commerce, Web intelligence, Web services, computational grids, data mining and their applications to various real-world problems. In these topics, he has given more than 50 conference plenary lectures/tutorials and invited seminars/lectures in over 50 Universities around the globe.

He serves/has served the editorial board of over 50 International journals and has also guest edited 40 special issues on various topics. He is an author / co-author of more than 800 publications and some of the works have also won best paper awards at international conferences and also received several citations. Some articles are available in the ScienceDirect  Top 25 hottest articles.

Since 2008, he is the Chair of IEEE Systems Man and Cybernetics Society Technical Committee on Soft Computing.  Dr. Abraham is a Senior Member of the IEEE, the IEEE Computer Society, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (UK) and the Institution of Engineers Australia (Australia), etc. He is the founder of several IEEE sponsored annual conferences, which are now anual events – Hybrid Intelligent Systems (HIS – 11 years); Intelligent Systems Design and Applications (ISDA – 11 years); Information Assurance and Security (IAS – 7 years); Next Generation Web Services Practices (NWeSP – 7 years), Computational Aspects of Social Networks (CASoN – 3 years), Soft Computing and Pattern Recognition (SoCPaR – 3 years), Nature and Biologically Inspired Computing (NaBIC – 3 years) are some examples. More information at: http://www.softcomputing.net

Dr. Khaled Hassanein is a Professor of Information Systems and the Chair of the Information Systems Area at the DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University. He is also the Director of the McMaster eBusiness Research Centre (MeRC).  He specializes in the areas of technology adoption, human-computer interaction, and human-centric decision support systems. Dr. Hassanein has a successful track record of securing research funding from federal, provincial and private sector organizations in Canada. This funding has been used to mount a successful research program in the above areas involving collaboration with other researchers and graduate students. His research activities have resulted in over 75 peer-reviewed publications in academic journals, conference proceedings and book chapters to date. Prior to joining McMaster, Dr. Hassanein was a Senior Research Associate with NCR’s Payments Solutions division in Waterloo, Ontario. There he led several advanced development projects related to the automated processing of financial documents, and the data warehousing and mining of financial transaction data. He is a joint holder of several U.S. patents, a senior member of the IEEE and a designated Professional Engineer in Ontario. For more information please feel free to browse Dr. Hassanein’s Website at http://www.khaledhassanein.ca/.

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Day 1:

You’ll visit the largest square in the world – Tiananmen Square. Walk through the Gate of Heavenly Peace, to enter the Forbidden City, where the 24 emperors of the Ming and the Qing Dynasties ruled the Middle Kingdom for nearly 500 years (1420-1911) – view the world’s greatest cultural heritage. Lunch will be served at a local restaurant, followed by a visit to the Pearl Museum. In the afternoon, tour the Summer Palace – the best preserved and the largest imperial garden in China. In the evening, savor a specially prepared meal of Beijing Duck, cooked to crispy perfection. The evening will end with an acrobatics show.

Day 2:

After breakfast, you will take a scenic drive through the countryside to reach China’s most renowned monument – the Great Wall. It is the most famous military ancient strategic pass. On the way back, you will stop by the Boehner Jade Museum – the largest jade museum in the world. In the afternoon, recapture the welcoming spirit of the 2008 Beijing Olympics by stopping to photograph two of its most iconic venues – the “Bird’s Nest” (Beijing National Stadium) and the “Water Cube” (National Aquatics Center) where Michael Phelps won his 8 gold medals. Afterwards, enjoy a knife show and a dinner at one of Beijing’s many popular restaurants.

Day 3:

In the morning, you will visit the Capital Museum’s displays of archaeological items and reproductions of scenes from ancient Beijing. This will be followed by a visit to the Temple of Heaven built in 1420, the temple where emperors went to worship heaven for good harvests. Later, you can stop to take photographs of the National Grand Theater, a futuristic, signature building. This will be followed by a trip to the peculiar Silk Museumand then the Xiushui Market. This large international shopping market is almost as popular as the Great Wall and the Imperial Palace! Dinner will be served at a local buffet.

Tianjin is one of the four municipalities in China. Its name means ‘the place where the emperor crossed the river’. Facing the Bohai Sea, Tianjin, the one time imperial port, serves as Beijing’s vital gateway to the sea. In recent years Tianjin receives more and more attention from tourists due to its illustrious historical heritage and other travel resources.

It is no exaggeration to say that Tianjin bears a splendid historical background. However, it was desecrated by foreign invaders long before the foundation of People’s Republic of China. Tianjin was shared by nine countries: Italy, Germany, France, Russia, Great Britain, Austria, Japan and Belgium. This marked an extremely hard period for Tianjin and her people because those imperialist countries left permanent marks in her body, most notable of which were thousands of villas. Today those villas provide an exotic flavor to Tianjin, enhancing the beauty of the entire city.

Ni Ren Zhang Painted Clay Figurines

Blessed with variety of tourist attractions, Tianjin is a good place to explore. The top ten  attractions in Tianjin, known as Jinmen Shijing, are Gu Wenhua Jie, Dagu Emplacement, Huangyaguan Great Wall, Dule Temple, Haihe River, Water Park, Panshan Mountain, Hotel Street and Food Street, Tianjin TV & Radio Tower and Zhonghuan Cailian. There are also many natural scenes of beauty as well as great historical events.

Getting in and out of the city is convenient because of the well-planned transportation system. If you want to come by water, there are a series of international and domestic sea routes in the port of Tianjin, which is the biggest man-made port in China. If you plan to  arrive by air, Tianjin Binhai International

Tianjin Old Culture Street

Airport offers excellent service. Planes have routes that reach most of the major cities in China and also cities in Europe and America. Of course, arriving in Tianjin by land is another option, while trains or long-distance buses are yet another alternative.

Various hotels, guesthouses and hostels can also meet your different needs. In addition, there are all types of entertainment available to relax both your body and mind.