An eye-tracking-based approach to evaluate the usability of government portal websites in pilot smart cities

Prof Dezhi Li received a BS in Engineering Management from Southeast University, a MS in Geotechnical Engineering from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, then earned his Ph.D. in Civil engineering construction and management from Southeast University. He was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Maryland. He is a professor at Southeast University, and his research focuses on rural and urban sustainability governance, smart cities, and carbon emission.

Huan Zhou received a BS in Real Estate Development and Management from Chongqing University. She is now studying for a master’s degree in Management Science and Engineering at Southeast University. Her research focuses on citizens' perceptions of smart cities, eye-tracking, the carbon emission of buildings, walking behavior, and streetscapes.

Dr Shenghua Zhou received a BS in Engineering Management and a MS in Management Science and Engineering from Southeast University. He earned his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering at the University of Hong Kong. He is an assistant professor at Southeast University, and his research focuses on urban infrastructure management, the digital twin, and carbon emission.

Guanying Huang received a BE in Engineering Management from Nanjing Agricultural University. He is now a joint Ph.D. student in Southeast University and City University of Hong Kong. His research focuses on the digital twin, low carbon built environment, and citizens' perceptions on smart cities.

Xiaoming Ma graduated from the School of Engineering Audit of Nanjing Audit University. He is now studying for a master’s degree in Management Science and Engineering at Southeast University. His research focuses on international project, eyetracking, carbon trading and blockchain application.

Yongheng Zhao is a master’s student at the Department of Construction and Real Estate, School of Civil Engineering, Southeast University. His research interests are smart city, urban management, and natural language processing.

Wentao Wang received a BE in Engineering Management from Nanjing Agricultural University. He is now a master’s student at the Department of Construction and Real Estate, School of Civil Engineering, Southeast University. His research focuses on low carbon built environment, and citizens' perceptions on smart cities.

Prof S. Thomas Ng is Head of Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering in the City University of Hong Kong. As Chair Professor of Smart and Sustainable Construction, his research focuses are primarily on smart city, sustainable built environment, community resilience, project delivery systems, etc.