Woo Chaw Seng completed his B.Comp.Sc. and M.Comp.Sc. at the University of Malaya(UM) in 1996 and 1999 respectively. He joined the Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology at UM in 1999 as a lecturer. A SIRIM patent was granted out of his Masters thesis. Serving as a fellow in the 5th Residential College from 2000 to 2003 provided him lots of management skills and softskills. He received a fully financed Study Leave Award from UM to study PhD at QUT Australia in 2004-2006. UM appointed him to serve as Principal of the 1st Residential College from 2008 to 2012. The university management also appointed him to serve as Head of Artificial Intelligence Department in his faculty from 2009 to 2011. He was awarded a fully financed 9-month sabbatical leave in 2012. Dr Woo has been actively doing research, supervising postgraduates, managing research grants, attending workshops/seminars, and publishing in conferences and journals. His research interests include image processing, computer security, and mobile computing.

Md Faruk Abdullah is a senior lecturer at the Department of Shariah and Economics, Academy of Islamic Studies, Universiti Malaya (UM). Additionally, he holds the position of Adjunct Faculty at Guidance College in Texas, USA. Before joining UM, he was a senior lecturer at the School of Banking and Finance, Faculty of Business and Management, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA) for eight years. He earned his PhD in 2016 from the University of Malaya, specialising in Islamic economics. In 2012, he completed the Chartered Islamic Finance Professional (CIFP) program at INCEIF University. His academic journey also includes obtaining a Bachelor's degree in Fiqh and Usul al-Fiqh (Islamic law and jurisprudence) in 2010 from the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). Md Faruk has proven proficiency in teaching Islamic finance, wealth management, Shariah, and Fiqh muamalat courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. His contributions extend to publishing several articles in Web of Science and SCOPUS-indexed journals. His areas of specialisation encompass Shariah aspects of business and finance, product innovation in Islamic finance and Islamic microfinance. Presently, he serves as the Associate Editor of the Journal of Nusantara Studies (JONUS), indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index. Additionally, he holds a research collaboration with the Accounting Research Institute (ARI) at Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) as an Associate Fellow. To further disseminate knowledge, he maintains a dedicated YouTube channel to share insights on fiqh muamalat, Islamic finance, and wealth management. The channel can be accessed at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2mjMBd7f_AmnkyjtwIEeCA

I, Chia Jee Luen, was born in Pantai Remis, Perak, Malaysia, in 1984. I completed my undergraduate and postgraduate studies in the Department of Chinese Studies at Universiti Malaya and subsequently obtained a Ph.D. in Ancient Literature from Shandong University, China, in 2019. I previously served as a researcher for the "Research, Translation, and Publication of Dream of the Red Chamber in Malaysia (Mimpi Di Mahligai Merah)" project.I am currently a senior lecturer and researcher at the Hong Lou Meng Research Center in the Department of Chinese Studies at Universiti Malaya. I hold the position of secretary of the Persatuan Siswazah Jabatan Pengajian Tionghoa (PEJATI) and am a member of the Writers' Association of Chinese Medium of Malaysia. My teaching and research fields include classical Chinese novels such as "Dream of the Red Chamber" and literary dissemination studies.I have authored the book "The Dissemination and Research of 'Dream of the Red Mansions' in Malaysia and Singapore (1818-2018)" and co-edited two monographs: "Transplanting Flowers and Cultivating Dreams: Dr. Seng Yan Chuan's Works on Redology" (2023) and "Chan Kong Choy Hong Lou Meng Research Books Collection Catalog and Review" (2015). I have published over twenty articles in various journals, namely "Hong Lou Meng Xuekan (Studies on 'Dream of the Red Mansions')", "Cao Xueqin Yanjiu (The Study of Cao Xueqin)", "Hong Lou Meng Yanjiu (Studies on 'Dream of the Red Mansions')", "Asian Culture", "Forum for World Literature Studies", and "Journal of Chinese Literature and Culture", as well as in local and international publications.谢依伦（Chia Jee Luen），1984年出生于马来西亚霹雳州班台，祖籍广东潮州澄海。硕士毕业于马来亚大学（简称“马大”）中文系，2019 年获得山东大学古代文学博士学位。曾任“马来文版《红楼梦》（Mimpi Di Mahligai Merah）研究、翻译及出版计划”研究员、马大《红楼梦》研究中心博士后研究员。现为马大中文系高级讲师、马大《红楼梦》研究中心研究员兼秘书、马大中文系毕业生协会秘书长、马来西亚华文作家会员兼查账。2024年荣获马来亚大学颁发的卓越服务奖状（SPC Sijil Perkhidmatan Cemerlang）。教学及研究方向为中国古代小说、《红楼梦》研究以及文学传播学。著有《〈红楼梦〉在马来西亚和新加坡的传播与研究》，合编著《移花植梦：孙彦莊的红学文集》、《陈广才红学研究藏书目录及评介》。在《红楼梦学刊》《曹雪芹研究》《世界文学研究论坛》《アジア文化 Asian Culture》《马大华人文化与文学》等期刊及国内外书刊发表论文二十余篇。