John Kalung Leung is a renowned scholar in Emotion Aware Recommender Systems. He holds a Ph.D. in Computational Sciences and Informatics from George Mason University (2021), an Executive MBA from the University of Texas at Arlington (2008), a Master of Science in Computer Science from Johns Hopkins University (1990), and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from American University (1984). With over 20 years of IT industry experience, Dr. Leung has held leadership positions in software R&D for the Fed, fintech, mobile e-commerce, and messaging systems. He has incubated and spinoff media recommender services and directed network edge security sales and services business operations in APAC. He has published numerous conference proceedings and journal articles and was awarded a patent on "Distribution of Digitally Encoded Presentations" (1998). As an Assistant Professor at George Mason University Korea, Dr. Leung is dedicated to imparting his knowledge and experience to the next generation of Data Scientists. He is a proud alumnus of several industry organizations, a keynote speaker at international conferences, and a peer reviewer for several journals.