The 5th International Conference on Digitalization and Management Innovation (DMI2026)

Abstract: Knowledge management focuses on the processing of information acquisition, analysis, organization, dissemination, sharing, and visualization. It only emphasizes on the processes of information management and filtering in a structured manner. It does not filter and extract information based on the context, and does not generate intelligence internally for filtering the useful data for analysis and comparison to make an optimal solution. Therefore, this presentation will present the limitations of the existing knowledge management methods, and discuss how to use AI, data science and big data analytics to make an artificial conscious agent to feel, self-aware and use its inner experience and problem context to filter and extract the useful information for analysis and decision making.

Keywords. Wisdom management, AI, data science, big data, artificial conscious agent.

Biography: Dr. Adela Lau is the Deputy Director of HKU SAAS Data Science Lab, Division of Statistics and Actuarial Science, School of Computing and Data Science of the University of Hong Kong. Dr. Lau published over 100 journal and conference papers and funded over 50 research and industrial collaboration and consultancy projects with 20 million in the area of machine learning, business intelligence, text analysis, network analysis, social media and big data analytics, AI and Mixed Reality in metaverse, intelligence applications, risk management, information system adoption, ontology/taxonomy building, business process re-engineering, portal design, knowledge management, e-learning, public/community health studies, healthcare systems and nursing clinical quality control & assessment. She gained several awards including 2026 AI+Power in Business (SME) Award (Industry), 2026 International Exhibition of Innovations Geneva Silver and Medal Awards (Applied Research and Education), 2025 best paper awards (Applied Research), 2010 NANDA Foundation Research Grant Award (USA Medical Informatics), 2009 Inaugural Teaching and Learning Showcase Award (HK PolyU), and 2007 Faculty Merit Award in Services (HK PolyU). She was the former director of Center for Business Development at Madonna University in USA, and the co-director of the Center for Integrative Digital Health at Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU). She led the IT team for healthcare product innovations and commercial products. Dr. Lau was an active committee member of Knowledge Management Research Center at PolyU and Data Science Center at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), in which she initiated and developed the industrial applied-research consultancy projects. She was also the UG coordinator (program directorship) of the Risk Management and Business Intelligence Program at HKUST, the co-director of MSc in Data Science and UG Applied AI programs in HKU, and the director of Data Science program. Her program leadership experience includes leading, executing, promoting, and coordinating program works of curriculum design, enrichment programs, and administration across schools of business, science, computing, and engineering. She was also several university-level and school-level committee members in program accreditation and quality assurance, student exchange and enrichment programs, civil and community services, university IT infrastructure and technology and innovations, and research integrity board. Her major contributions cover the areas of Data Science, Applied AI, Informatics, and Knowledge Management. She has three HKU Spinoffs with the industrial partners from her consultancy outcomes. The newly launched innovation applications in her HKU Spinoffs are the FIRST Generative AI Learning Platform for Wisdom Learning.