Yi Wang is a Professor of business and management at the University of Bedfordshire and is the Head of digital analytics labs. He was previously director of the Digital Design lab at the University of Manchester. During his career, Wang’s primary focus has been on advancing breakthroughs in AI , optimization, archaeology, systems thinking and dynamics,, etc. National and international museum, SMEs have widely applied his work. He has contributed to over 100 papers and several books on supply chain/operations management and design, data analytics, and machine learning. He has been the principal or co-investigator on contracts totalling £15 million.