Prof. Chi-Tsun Cheng is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical, Manufacturing and Mechatronic Engineering at the School of Engineering at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia. He received his BEng and MSc degrees from the University of Hong Kong in 2004 and 2005, respectively, and his PhD from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2009. During his PhD studies, he received the Sir Edward Youde Memorial Fellowship. After completing his PhD, Prof. Cheng was a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Calgary from 2010 to 2011. He then served as a Research Assistant Professor at the Department of Electronic and Information Engineering at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University from 2012 to 2018 before joining RMIT University. Prof. Cheng is currently the Academic Lead - Research Development at the School of Engineering, and he is also one of the leads of the RMIT Digitalisation Network under the RMIT Enabling Impact Platforms.  Prof. Cheng's research interests include Wireless Sensor Networks, the Internet of Things, Industry 4.0/5.0 Technologies, and Advanced Manufacturing. Since 2023, he has been the RMIT's representative in the Executive Council of IoT Alliance Australia.