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Dr Trung Hieu Tran is Lecturer in Data Analytics, and leading Data-driven Innovation Community of Practice at the Centre for Competitive Creative Design (C4D), Cranfield University. Dr Tran achieved a PhD in Operational Research/ Management Science from National University of Singapore (2011). Prior to the C4D, Dr Tran was Lecturer at Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (2005-2006) and held Research Fellows at National University of Singapore, University of Kent, University of Warwick, University of Nottingham and Brunel University London (2011-2020). Dr Tran has been trained in analysis, design and implementation of mathematical programming models, meta-heuristic algorithms and multi-criteria decision-making techniques in the areas of production planning and scheduling, logistics and supply chain management, port operations and urban planning. In addition, Dr Tran has experienced in data mining, machine learning and agent-based model in urban complexity and sustainability, as well as large-scale network modelling and optimization under risk of operational disruptions in public transport, hub/fuel-station location and gas transmission. Over the past year, Dr Tran held the Co-I role in the GCRF-OSIRIS project ‘Optimal investment strategies to minimize flood impact on road infrastructure systems in Vietnam’, funded by the British Academy’s Global Challenges Research Fund: Cities and Infrastructure Programme. Dr Tran is the PI in the Cranfield’s GCRF QF project ‘Optimal Planning Tool for Agricultural Waste Management in Vietnam’, funded by UKRI. Dr Tran has been the leading author of several journal articles in European Journal of Operational Research, Transportation Science, Annals of Operations Research, Journal of Scheduling, OMEGA, etc. Dr Tran has recently participated in the editorial board of Inquest Journal of E-waste, and Journal of Cloud Computing and Data Science, and is the Guest Editor for Sustainability – Special Issue ‘Decarbonisation Investment towards Environmental Sustainability’.