From Blockchain to Web3 & Metaverse

Huawei Huang (Senior Member, IEEE) earned his Ph.D. degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Aizu, Japan, in 2016. He is currently an Associate Professor at Sun Yat-sen University, China. His research interests include Blockchains, Web3, and Distributed Computing. He has worked as a research fellow of JSPS, a visiting scholar with Hong Kong Polytechnic University, a program-specific Assistant Professor with Kyoto University, Japan. He has served as a lead guest editor of a special issue on blockchains at IEEE Journal of Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC), and a lead guest editor of a special issue on Fusing Blockchain and AI with Metaverse at IEEE Open Journal of Computer Society (OJ-CS).

Jiajing Wu (Senior Member, IEEE) received the Ph.D. degree from Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, in 2014. She was a recipient of the Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme during her Ph.D. study in Hong Kong (2010--2014). In 2015, she joinedthe Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China, where she is currently an Associate Professor. Her research focus includes blockchain, graph mining, network science. Dr. Wu has been invited to be the Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II, the Guest Editor of Chaos, Sensors, IEEE Journal on Emerging and Selected Topics in Circuits and Systems, and the organizer of several industry flagship conferences including IEEE ISCAS, CCF ICSS, and BlockSys.

Zibin Zheng (Fellow, IEEE) received the Ph.D. degree from The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2011. He is currently a Full Professor with Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China. His research interests include service computing, software engineering, and blockchain. He was a recipient of the IBM Ph.D. Fellowship Award. He received the ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Award at the ICSE 2010 and the Best Student Paper Award at the ICWS 2010.

華為黃（IEEE 高級會員）於2016年獲得日本會津大學計算機科學與工程博士學位。目前他是中國中山大學的副教授。他的研究興趣包括區塊鏈、Web3 和分散式計算。他曾擔任日本學術振興會（JSPS）的研究員、香港理工大學的訪問學者，以及日本京都大學的專案助理教授。他曾擔任《IEEE 通訊選定領域期刊》（JSAC）區塊鏈特刊的主編，以及《IEEE 計算機學會開放期刊》（OJ-CS）融合區塊鏈與人工智慧及元宇宙特刊的主編。

吳佳晶（IEEE 高級會員）於2014年獲得香港理工大學的博士學位。在香港攻讀博士學位期間（2010-2014），她獲得香港博士研究生獎學金計畫的獎學金。2015年，她加入中國廣州的中山大學，目前擔任副教授。她的研究重點包括區塊鏈、圖形挖掘和網路科學。吳博士曾受邀擔任《IEEE 電路與系統學報 II》的副編輯、《Chaos》、《Sensors》及《IEEE 新興與選定電路與系統主題期刊》的客座編輯，並組織多個行業旗艦會議，包括 IEEE ISCAS、CCF ICSS 和 BlockSys。

鄭子彬（IEEE 會士）於2011年獲得香港中文大學的博士學位。目前他是中國廣州的中山大學的正教授。他的研究興趣包括服務計算、軟體工程和區塊鏈。他曾獲得 IBM 博士獎學金，並在2010年 ICSE 獲得 ACM SIGSOFT 傑出論文獎，以及在2010年 ICWS 獲得最佳學生論文獎。