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About the Contributors

Mehdi Khosrow-Pour,D.B.A.,receivedhisDoctorateinBusinessAdministrationfromtheNovaSoutheasternUniversity(Florida,USA).Dr.Khosrow-PourtaughtundergraduateandgraduateinformationsystemcoursesatthePennsylvaniaStateUniversity–Harrisburgforalmost20years.HeiscurrentlyExecutiveEditoratIGIGlobal(www.igi-global.com).HealsoservesasExecutiveDirectoroftheInformationResourcesManagementAssociation(IRMA)(www.irma-international.org),andExecutiveDirectoroftheWorldForgottenChildrenFoundation(www.world-forgotten-children.org).Heistheauthor/editorofmorethan100booksininformationtechnologymanage-ment.HeisalsotheEditor-in-ChiefoftheInternational Journal of E-Politics, International Journal of Responsible Management Education, International Journal of Social and Organizational Dynamics in IT, International Journal of Handheld Computing Research,andInternational Journal of Information Security and Privacy,andisalsothefoundingEditor-in-ChiefoftheInformation Resources Management Journal, Journal of Electronic Commerce in Organizations, Journal of Cases on Information Technology,andtheJournal of Information Technology Research,andhasauthoredmorethan50articlespublishedinvariousconferenceproceedingsandscholarlyjournals.

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Gulnara AbdrakhmanovaisheadoftheCentreforStatisticsandMonitoringofInformationSocietyattheInstituteforStatisticalStudiesandEconomicsofKnowledge(ISSEK),theNationalResearchUniversityHigherSchoolofEconomics(HSE).Dr.Abdrakhmanovahasextensiveexperienceinstudiesinstatistics,socio-economicanalyses,benchmarking,relatedtoInformationSocietyandDigitalEconomy.Sheauthoredorco-authoredmorethan50publicationsinthefieldofstatisticsandForesightofICTdevelopment.Duringhercareer,Dr.AbdrakhmanovaparticipatedinseveralrelevantprojectsonICTstatisticsasmanager,teamleader,taskleaderandseniorexpert.SheisamemberoftheEurostatWorkingGrouponInformationSocietyStatistics(ISS),theOECDWorkingPartyonMeasurementandAnalysisoftheDigitalEconomy(WPMADE/WPIIS),theITUExpertGrouponTelecom/ICTIndicators,theITUExpertGrouponICTHouseholdIndicators.Dr.AbdrakhmanovaholdsPhDinEconomics.

Ekin Akalan received theB.S.degree in1995fromtheDepartmentofPhysiotherapyandRehabilitation,andthePh.D.degreein2007fromInstituteofBiomedicalEngineering,BosporusUniversity,Turkey.HeservescurrentlyasanAssociateProfessorattheDepartmentofOrthopedicsandTraumatology,andDepartmentofPhys-iotherapyandRehabilitation,IstanbulUniversity.Hisresearchareasaregaitanalysis,biomechanics,orthopedicbiomechanics,rehabilitationandneurodegenerativediseases.

Seyed Taghi Akhavan NiakiisProfessorofIndustrialEngineeringatSharifUniversityofTechnology.HisresearchinterestsareintheareasofSimulationModelingandAnalysis,AppliedStatistics,MultivariateQualityControl,andOperationsResearch.BeforejoiningSharifUniversityofTechnology,heworkedasasystemsen-

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gineerandqualitycontrolmanagerforIranianElectricMetersCompany.HereceivedhisBachelorofScienceinIndustrialEngineeringfromSharifUniversityofTechnologyin1979,hisMaster’sandhisPh.D.degreesbothinIndustrialEngineeringfromWestVirginiaUniversityin1989and1992,respectively.HeistheCo-Editor-In-ChiefofScientiaIranica,Transaction-EeditorofScientia-Iranica,aboardmemberofseveralinternationaljournals,andamemberofapµ.

Ali AlharbiisanassistantprofessorofcomputerscienceatQassimUniversity,SaudiArabia.HeholdsaPhDdegreeincomputerscience.Hisresearchinterestsincludehealthinformatics,e-learning,andcomputerscienceeducation.

Hend S. Al-KhalifaisProfessoratInformationTechnologyDepartment,CollegeofComputerandInformationSciences,KingSaudUniversity,Riyadh,SaudiArabia.ShereceivedherMScdegreeinInformationSystemsfromKingSaudUniversity,Riyadh,KSA,andherPhDdegreeinComputerSciencefromSouthamptonUniversity,UK.Hendhasparticipatedwithmorethan100researchpapersinnationalandinternationalsymposiums,workshopsandmajorIEEEandACMconferences;InadditionshepublishedmanyISIjournalarticles.In2012,HendreceivedtheOutstandingPaperAward fromEmeraldPublishing,and In2015, shewonKingAbdullahBinAbdulazizInternationalAwardforTranslation.SheisalsotheprincipleinvestigatorforseveralnationalandinternationalresearchgrantssuchasNationalPlanforScienceandTechnology(NPST)andGoogleCS4HS.Herareaofinterestincludeswebtechnologies(i.e.SemanticWeb/Web2.0),TechnologyEnhancedLearning(e.g.E-learning,Adap-tiveHypermedia,etc),computersforpeoplewithspecialneedsandArabicnaturallanguageprocessing.PostalAddress:Riyadh11496P.O.Box26964SaudiArabiaE-Mail:[email protected]

FranciscoAmorósholdsaM.Eng.inIndustrialEngineering(Spain,2010)andaPhDinIndustrialandTele-communicationTechnologies(Spain,2014).NowheworksatTelefonicaasITresearcherandasassistantprofes-soratComillasPontificalUniversityintheElectronic,AutomationandCommunicationdepartment.Hecurrentlyteachessubjectsrelatedtoautomaticcontrol.Hisresearchisfocusedontopologicalnavigationofmobilerobots,omnidirectionalvisionandglobalappearancedescriptorsofimages.

Yunus Ziya ArslanreceivedtheB.S.degreein2002,theM.S.degreein2005,andthePh.D.degreein2009allfromtheDepartmentofMechanicalEngineering,FacultyofEngineering,IstanbulUniversity,Turkey.HespentsixmonthsattheUniversityofCalgaryasaVisitorResearcher.HeservescurrentlyasanAssociateProfessorattheDepartmentofMechanicalEngineering,FacultyofEngineering,IstanbulUniversity.Hisresearchareasincludemusculoskeletalbiomechanics,dentalbiomechanics,tissuebiomechanics,computationalbiomechanics,andmodelingandcontrolofroboticmanipulators.

Abdul Aziz,anacademicianandresearcherservingasanAssistantProfessorattheDepartmentofComputerScience,UsmanInstituteofTechnology(UIT)–HamdardUniversity,Karachi.Hehasoveradecadeofexperiencewithacademia&industryinthefieldofInformationTechnology.HisresearchinterestisintheareaofemergingtrendsinComputerScience,EducationandDisasterManagement.Heisanexpertindevelopingstrategiesforacademia&industry.Additionally,heisalsoamemberofdifferentcommitteeswhereheparticipatesindesigningpoliciesandtolookaftertheproceduresforcurriculum&facultydevelopmentandaccreditation.

Liudmila Vladimirovna BaevaisFullProfessor,PhDofPhilosophy,DeanofDepartmentofSocialCom-munication,ProfessorofChairofPhilosophyofAstrakhanStateUniversity.TheExpertofAnalyticalCentre

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undertheGovernmentoftheRussianFederation,ExpertofRussianAcademiaofScience.Authorofover200scientificarticlesand6monographs.Researchinterestsfocusonthefieldofaxiology,philosophicalanthropology,philosophyofmedia,e-cultureandthestudyoftheinformationsocietyissues.MemberoftheRussianPhilosophi-calSocietyandtheRussianPoliticalScienceAssociation,memberofeditorialboardoftheinternationaljournal“Socioloskaluca:JournalofSocialAnthropology,SocialDemography&SocialPsychology”(Montenegro),theinternationaljournal“TheCaspianRegion:Economics,PoliticsandCulture”(Russian),Journal“PhilosophicalProblemsofInformationTechnologiesandCyberspace”(Russia).MemberofWorldCongressofPhilosophyinIstanbul,Seoul,Athens.

Michael Barlowisacomputerscientistwhohasworkedinthefieldsofcomputationalintelligence,simulation,virtualenvironmentsandhumancomputerinteractionforthepast30years.

Ahmed Ben HamidaisaprofessoratthenationalshoolofEngineeringofSfax,Tunisia.HeisFounderanddirectorofATMSresearchgroupAdvancedTechnologiesformedicalandSignalsATMS–LabLETI,fromthenationalschoolofengineeringENISUniversityofSfaxTunisia.http://www.atms-researchgroup.com/Hisresearchinterestsaretelecommunications,medicalimageprocessing,satelliteimage,processing,signalprocessingandcryptography.HeisasupervisorofseveralthesisindifferentuniversitiessuchasENISTunisia,ENIGTunisia,etc.

Lucy R. Bettsisaseniorlecturerinpsychologywithresearchinterestsintheareaofsocialdevelopmentalpsychology.Hercurrentresearchexaminesadolescents’experiencesofcyberbullying,cybervictimisationandpsychosocialadjustment.Previousresearchhasfocusedonaspectsofchildren’ssocialrelationshipswithregardtopsychosocialandschooladjustmentincludingpredictorsofcentralityinbestfriendnetworks,peerlikinganddisliking,andtrust.

Trevor J. BihliswiththeDepartmentofOperationalSciencesattheAirForceInstituteofTechnology(AFIT)inDayton,OH.HeisalsoadjunctfacultyatWrightStateUniversity,Dayton,OH,inboththeDepartmentofBiomedical,IndustrialandHumanFactorsEngineeringandtheDepartmentofPharmacologyandToxicology.HeearnedhisPhDinelectricalengineeringfromtheAirForceInstituteofTechnologyandanMSandBSinElectricalEngineeringfromOhioUniversity.Inadditiontohisacademicexperience,hehaspracticedinindustryfor10yearsforfirmssuchastheAirForceResearchLaboratory,SchaferCorporation,AppliedResearchSolutionsandRiversideResearchInstitute.Hisresearchinterestsincludedatamining,signalprocessing,patternrecognitionandoperationsresearch.

Adele Boccasini,MAandclinicalpsychologist,isaresearchassistantattheNo-ProfitOrganization“LegadelFilod’Oro”,arehabilitativecenterfordeafandblindpersonswhopresentmultipledisabilities.Hermaintopicsconcerntheassistivetechnologiesandmicroswitch-basedprogramsforpromotingself-determinationandindependenceofindividualswithseveretoprofounddevelopmentaldisabilities.Specifically,herworkdealswithaided-alternativeandaugmentativecommunicationstrategies(e.g.speechgeneratingdevices)fornonverbalchil-dren(e.g.Rettsyndromeandpost-comapatientsinaminimallyconsciousstateand/oremergingfromit),clustertechnologyaimedatpursuingthedualgoalofenhancinganadaptiveresponseandsimultaneouslydecreasingachallengebehavior,microswitchesandcontingentstimulationforfosteringlocomotion,computerandmicroswitch-basedinterventionsforimprovingleisureskills.Withinthisframework,sheco-authoredseveralpapersondifferentindexedandpeer-reviewedjournals.

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Felipe BoffworksforacreditunioninBrazilasaSystemsManager.HehasabachelordegreeinComputerSciencefromLutheranUniversityofBrazil(ULBRA)andisfinishingamasterdegreeinAppliedComputingatUniversidadedoValedoRiodosSinos(UNISINOS),hisresearchfieldisartificialintelligence.Also,heisenrolledatUniversityofPittsburghtakinganExecutiveMasterdegreeinBusinessAdministration.

Emily C. Bouck isanAssociateProfessorintheDepartmentofCounseling,EducationalPsychology,andSpecialEducationatMichiganStateUniversity.SheearnedherdoctorateinspecialeducationatMichiganStateUniversityandthenworked8yearsatPurdueUniversitybeforereturningtoMichiganStateUniversityasafac-ultymember.Dr.Bouck’sresearchincludesafocusonassistivetechnologytosupportstudentswithdisabilities.

Dipak Chatterjee,ViceChancellor,SeacomSkillsUniversity,isaneducationalist,socialworkerandMath-ematician.Hehasseveralqualificationsandachievementsinhiscredit.Heworkedmorethanthirtyyearsinoneofthereputedcollegesofthecountry,viz.,StXavier’sCollege,Kolkata(St.XaviersUniversity).HeholdsM.Sc.,Ph.D.degreesbesidepostdoctoralqualificationfromtheTechnicalUniversityofVienna,PreviouslyheworkedasPrincipalinoneofthemostreputedEngineeringinstitutesofthecountryi.e.IEM,SaltLake.Hehascontrib-utedmorethan250researchpapersinthepeerreviewed,referrednationalaswellasinternationaljournals,UGC/AICTE/IEEEsponsorednationalandinternationalconferences,seminarproceedings.HehasworkedindiversefieldsrangingfromMathematics,ComputerScience,InformationScience&TechnologytoPhilosophy,IndianLiterature,MoralStudiesetc.Hehaswrittennearly30books,almostallpublishedbyInternationalpublishersofrepute.Heattendedmorethantwohundredseminarsandknowledgesessions.HehasbeenhonouredasDistin-guishedProfessorbyStXavier’sCollege,Kolkata,BestEducationalistAwardbyIndianSolidarityCouncil,NewDelhi.Hehasreceivedseveralinternationalawardsfromdifferentbodiesindifferentcapacity.

E. Jack ChenisateamleadwithBASFCorporation.HereceivedaPh.D.degreefromUniversityofCincin-nati.Hisresearchinterestsareintheareaofcomputersimulation.HeisanassociateeditorofTOP(anofficialjournaloftheSpanishsocietyofstatisticsandoperationsresearch).

Ye-Sho ChenreceivedhisPh.D.degreeinOperationsResearchfromPurdueUniversityin1985.HeisaPro-fessorofManagementInformationSystemsintheDepartmentofInformationSystemsandDecisionSciences,E.J.OursoCollegeofBusiness,LouisianaStateUniversity.HeistheDirectorofEmergingMarketsInitiativeintheCollege.HealsoholdstheMajoryB.OursoExcellenceinTeachingProfessorshipandtheRobertJ.PeltierProfessorshipinMBAStudiesintheCollege.HereceivedTheTigerAthleticFoundationTenuredFacultyTeach-ingAwardin2011,TenuredFacultyTeachingAwardin2007,andTheErichSternbergFoundationExcellenceinTeachingAwardin1992.Dr.Chenhaspublishedmorethan100papersinjournalsandconferenceproceedings.Dr.Chen’smajorinterestofteaching,research,andconsultingistohelpcompaniestogrowgloballythroughthe“FlyingHigh,LandingSoft”curriculumofglobalentrepreneurship.

Benny C. F. Cheung has been conducting research into knowledge and technology management (KTM)since2004.HisresearchinKTMencompassesabroadrangeofmethodsandtoolsbuiltonabasisofInformationProcessingandArtificialIntelligencetechnologiesforsupportingthemanagementofknowledgeandtechnologycateredforvariousindustriessuchasmanufacturing,transportation,socialservice,publicutilities,etc.Hehasalsoconductedresearchonknowledgeauditing,intellectualcapitalmanagement(ICM),technologyroadmappingandassessmentforenhancinginnovationandlearningcapabilityinfirmsandorganizations.Currently,heistheprogrammeleaderoftheMasterofScienceinTechnologyManagementintheDepartment.

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Gordana Jovanovic DolecekreceivedaBSdegreefromtheDepartmentofElectricalEngineering,UniversityofSarajevo,anMScdegreefromUniversityofBelgrade,andaPhDdegreefromtheFacultyofElectricalEngi-neering,UniversityofSarajevo.ShewasprofessorattheFacultyofElectricalEngineering,UniversityofSarajevountil1993,and1993-1995shewaswiththeInstituteMihailoPupin,Belgrade.In1995shejoinedInstituteINAOE,DepartmentforElectronics,Puebla,Mexico,wheresheworksasafullprofessor.During2001-2002and2006shewaswithDepartmentofElectrical&ComputerEngineering,UniversityofCalifornia,SantaBarbara,asvisitingresearcher.ShewaswithSanDiegoStateUniversityasvisitingresearcheronasabbaticalleavein2008-2009.CurrentlysheisonsabbaticalleaveatUniversityofCalifornia,UCLA,LA,USA.Sheistheauthorofthreebooks,editorofonebook,andauthor/coauthorofmorethan300papers.ShewastheAssociateEditorforIEEETCAS:IIandactuallysheistheAssociateEditorforIEEETCAS:I.Herresearchinterestsincludedigitalsignalprocessinganddigitalcommunications.SheistheSeniormemberofIEEE,thememberofMexicanAcademyofSciences,andthememberofNationalResearcherSystem(SNI)Mexico.

George DouniasholdsaProductionandManagementEngineeringDiplomaandaDoctoralDiplomabothfromtheTechnicalUniversityofCrete,Dept.ofProductionEngineering&Management.Since2003heiswiththeDepartmentofFinancial&ManagementEngineering,UniversityoftheAegean,Chios,Greece(FullProfes-sorsinceMay2010).HehasservedasHeadoftheDepartment(2008-2010),HeadofthePostgraduateStudiesinFinancialandManagementEngineering(2005-2008)andheisalsoDirectoroftheManagementandDecisionEngineeringLaboratory(2005-today).HisresearchinterestsarerelatedtoComputational&NatureInspiredIntel-ligence,ManagementEngineering,FinancialDecisionMaking,MedicalDecisionMakingandFaultDiagnosisofComplexDynamicSystems.GeorgeDouniashasparticipatedinmorethan25nationalandinternationalfundedresearchprogramsinthelast20years.Hehaspublishedover150researchreportsandpapersinjournals,booksandconferences,within1993-2010andhehasservedaseditorialboardmember,guesteditororreviewerof28refereedinternationaljournalsandasorganizing/programcommitteeinmorethan60internationalconferences,summerschoolsandspecialresearchevents.

Alessio DrivetobtainedadegreeinsocialsciencesattheUniversityofTrentoin1975.Since1976hewasteacherofMathematics,ProbabilityandStatisticsattheCommercialInstitutes,retiredfrom2011.Hehaspub-lishedbooksonmathematicsandcomputerscienceatseveralpublishinghouses.HehasbeenengagedintrainingactivitiesundercontractfortheUniversityofTurinandItalianMinistryofEducationsince1987.ItispartofthescientificorganizationalcommitteeofDI.FI.MAandisamemberoftheGeoGebraInstituteofTurin.Currentlyheisinvolvedinaworkofmath’sdisseminationamongsecondaryschoolstudents.

Christophe DuretisaPhDcandidateinFrenchstudiesattheUniversitédeSherbrooke(Quebec,Canada).Hisresearchfocusesononlinerole-playinggames,usingasociocriticalapproach.HeisthefounderandeditoroftheÉditionsdel’Inframince.

Akbar EsfahanipourreceivedhisB.ScinindustrialengineeringfromAmirkabirUniversityofTechnology,Tehran,Iranin1995.HisM.ScandPhDdegreesareinindustrialengineeringfromTarbiatModaresUniversity,Tehran, Iran in 1998 and 2004, respectively. He is currently an Assistant Professor at Industrial EngineeringDepartment,AmirkabirUniversityofTechnology.PriortojoiningAmirkabirUniversity,hewasaPostdoctoralFellowatDeGrooteSchoolofBusiness,McMasterUniversity,Hamilton,ON,Canada.Hehasworkedasaseniorconsultantforover10yearsinhisspecializedfieldofexpertiseinvariousindustries.Hisresearchinterestsareintheareasofintelligentsystemsinbusinessapplications,forecastinginfinancialmarkets,applicationofsoft

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computingmethodsinfinancialdecisionmaking,andanalysisoffinancialrisks.Dr.EsfahanipourhaspublishedhisresearcharticlesonfinancialdecisionmakinginjournalssuchasEuropeanJournalofOperationalResearch,JournalofManagement InformationSystems,ExpertSystemswithApplications,Knowledge-BasedSystems,AppliedSoftComputing,NeuralComputingandapplications,andResourcesPolicy.

Nikleia EteokleousholdsaPhDinEducationalAdministrationwithemphasis inEducationalTechnology(confirmed2004),M.EdinInstructionalSystems(2003),andM.EdinEducationalAdministration(2002)fromthePennsylvaniaStateUniversityandBAinPublicandBusinessAdministration(Specialization:Finance)(2001)fromtheUniversityofCyprus.SheworksasanAssistantProfessorinEducationalTechnologyattheDepartmentofEducationalSciences,atFrederickUniversity.SheisalsothecoordinatoroftheM.EdinCurriculumDevelop-mentandInstruction(DistancelearningandConventional)andsheholdsthepositionofPlanningandTimetableCoordinatorfortheDepartmentofEducationalSciences.Additionally,sheisamemberofFrederick’sUniversityDistance Learning Committee being responsible for policy development, strategic planning, and professionaldevelopmenttraining.Herresearchinterestsfocusontechnologyintegrationintheeducationalpractice,suchascomputerapplications,Internettools(Web2.0tools,educationalnetworking),educationalsoftwareandmobiledevices;teachereducationandtechnology,designinglearningenvironmentsenhancedwithtechnologyandonlinelearningenvironments.Sheisalsoinvolvedinresearchactivitiesrelatedtoopenandonlinedistancelearning,andtheintegrationofroboticsintheeducationalpractice.Sheistheco-founderofFrederick’UniversityRoboticsAcademy(https://www.facebook.com/AkadimiaRompotikis/),aresearchandeducationalunitthatpromotesandconductresearchintheareaofroboticseducation.Additionally,theRoboticsAcademydevelopedaninnovativeeducationalroboticscurriculumwherenumerousroboticspackages,visualprogrammingenvironments,hands-on,web-basedandunpluggedactivitiesareemployed.Shehaspublishedarticlesinestablishedandwell-knowninter-nationalscientificjournals,bookchaptersaswellasconferenceproceedings.Shehaspresentedvariousscientificpapersininternationalandnationalconferences.Inaddition,heracademicactivitiesincludeparticipationinnumer-ousresearchprojectshavingdifferentrolesandresponsibilities.Finally,sheisanelectedmemberofFrederick’sUniversitySenate,andanelectedmemberoftheBoardofDirectorsoftheCyprusScientificAssociationfortheIntegrationofComputerTechnologyinEducationCouncilandregisteredmemberofseveralscientificorganiza-tionssuchasAERA(AmericanEducationalResearchAssociation),AACE(AssociationfortheAdvancementofComputinginEducation).

Luís Eustáquioisadesignerandresearcher,bornin1974inOporto,Portugal,wherehelivesandworks.Cur-rentlyworkingwithdigitalinterfacesandapplicationdevelopment,hisresearchandpracticeisorientedtowardstheintegrationofopenandexperimentalhardwareinexperienceswhicharetypicallylimitedtodigitalmediascreens.Deconstructingdigitaltechnologyisseenasanaturalconsequenceofanumberofworksundertakenoverrecentyears,rangingfromlivevideoperformancetoinstallationandsoundworksforvirtualenvironments.

Hamed FazlollahtabarhasbeengraduatedinBScandMScofIndustrialEngineeringatMazandaranUni-versityofScienceandTechnology,Babol,Iranat2008and2010,respectively.HereceivedPhDofIndustrialandSystemsEngineeringatIranUniversityofScienceandTechnology,Tehran,Iranat2015.Currently,hehaspositionasPostdoctoralresearchfellowshipatSharifUniversityofTechnology,Tehran,Iran,intheareaofReli-abilityEngineeringforComplexSystems.Heisintheeditorialboardseveraljournalsandtechnicalcommitteeofconferences.Hisresearchinterestsaremathematicalmodeling,optimisationinknowledge-basedsystems,supply

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chainplanning,robotpathplanning,reliabilityengineeringandmanufacturingsystems.Hehaspublishedover200researchpapersininternationalbookchapters,journalsandconferences.Alsohepublished5bookswhichthreeofthemareinternationallydistributedtotheacademicians.

Lorenzo FernándezwasborninAlicante,Spain,in1985.HereceivedtheM.Eng.DegreeinTellecomunica-tionEngenieringfromtheMiguelHernandezUniversityinElche,Spain,in2008.HereceivedthePh.D.DegreeinAutomáticaandRoboticsfromtheMiguelHernandezUniversityinElche,Spain,in2014.

Robert Leslie FisherwaseducatedinNewYorkCitywhereheattendedStuyvesantHighSchool,aspecialschoolforscience-orientedstudents,andCityCollegeofNewYorkfromwhichhegraduatedcumlaudewithaB.A.inSociologyandtheWardMedalinSociology.HealsoattendedColumbiaUniversitywherehereceivedtheM.Phil.insociologyandhasacertificateinEvaluationStudiesfromtheUniversityofMassachusettsatAmherst.Mr.FisherhadavariedcareerinNewYorkStategovernmentasacriminaljusticeplanner,researchcontractsof-ficer,andprogramevaluator.HeisnowanauthoranddirectorofanonprofitmanagementconsultingorganizationintheCapitalDistrictofNewYork.Fisheristheauthoroffourpreviousnonfictionbooksaboutthegendergapinscience--thelatestbeingInvisibleStudentScientists(2013),aswellastwochapterscoauthoredwithJoelL.Fisher.intheEncyclopediaofBusinessAnalyticsandOptimization(2014)ed.byJ.WangandpublishedbyIGIGlobal.

Patrick FlanaganisAssistantProfessorintheDepartmentofTheologyandReligiousStudiesatSt.John’sUniversity,NewYork.Hismainresearchinterest lies intheintersectionof informationtechnologyethicsandCatholicmoraltheology.Heco-authoredGoodBusiness:CatholicSocialTeachingatWorkintheMarketplace(AnselmAcademic,2014)whichappliesthethemesofRomanCatholicSocialTeachingtothecorporateworld.HehaspublishedintheJournalofMoralTheology,JournalofBusinessEthics,JournalofReligiousandTheologi-calInformation,andChicagoStudies.InadditiontoservingasaneditorfortheJournalofReligionandBusinessEthics,heservesasleadeditorforaspecialannualeditionoftheJournalofBusinessEthicsinconjunctionwiththeInternationalVincentianConferencePromotingBusinessEthics.Anactivememberofacademicorganiza-tions,FlanaganhaspresentedatannualmeetingsoftheCatholicTheologicalSocietyofAmerica,theSocietyofChristianEthics(whereheservesasTreasurer),andtheaforementionedIVCPBE.Presently,heisworkingonabookprojectonvirtuousnavigationoftheWebvis-à-visthesevendeadlysins.

Sara FlanaganisanassistantprofessorattheUniversityofKentuckyinspecialeducation.Herresearchfo-cusesonusingeducationaltechnologyandgraphicorganizerstosupportwrittenexpressioninstudentswithandwithoutdisabilities.

William P. FoxisaprofessorintheDepartmentofDefenseAnalysisattheNavalPostgraduateSchoolandcurrently teachesa threecoursesequenceinmathematicalmodelingfordecisionmaking.HereceivedhisBSdegreefromtheUnitedStatesMilitaryAcademyatWestPoint,NewYork,hisMSinoperationsresearchattheNavalPostgraduateSchool,andhisPh.D.atClemsonUniversity.Hehas taughtat theUnitedStatesMilitaryAcademyandatFrancisMarionUniversitywherehewasthechairofmathematicsforeightyears.Hehasmanypublicationsandscholarlyactivitiesincludingsixteenbooks,twenty-onechaptersofbooks&technicalreports,onehundredandfiftyjournalarticles,andaboutonehundredandfiftyconferencepresentations,andworkshops.HehasdirectedseveralinternationalmathematicalmodelingconteststhroughCOMAP:theHiMCMandtheMCM.Hisinterestsincludeappliedmathematics,optimization(linearandnonlinear),mathematicalmodeling,statistical

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models,modelfordecisionmakinginbusiness,industry,medicalandgovernment,andcomputersimulations.Heispresident-emeritusoftheNPSfacultycouncil.HeiscurrentlythecurrentPast-PresidentoftheMilitaryApplicationSocietyofINFORMS.

William J. GibbsisanAssociateProfessorintheJournalismandMultimediaArtsDepartmentatDuquesneUniversitywhereheteachescoursesinDigitalmediaproduction,multimediatechnology,instructionaldesign,andhuman-computerinteraction,andinterfacedesign.HereceivedaPh.D.inInstructionalSystemsfromThePennsylvaniaStateUniversity.Hisresearchinterestsincludetechnology-basedlearningenvironments,usabilityengineering,andhuman-computerinteractions.Mostrecentlyhisresearchhasexaminedlearningandbehavioralchangesthatoccurduringhuman-computerinteractions.

Leonid Gokhberg isFirstVice-Rectorof theNationalResearchUniversityHigherSchoolofEconomics(HSE)–oneofthemostprominentresearchuniversitiesinRussia.HeisalsoDirectorofHSEInstituteforStatis-ticalStudiesandEconomicsofKnowledge(ISSEK).Prof.Gokhberg’areaofexpertiseisstatisticsandindicatorsonscience,technologyandinnovationaswellasforesightandpolicystudiesinthisarea.Heauthoredover400publicationsinpeer-reviewedjournals,monographsandtextbooks.Prof.GokhberghascoordinateddozensofnationalandinternationalprojectsandservedasaconsultantofOECD,Eurostat,UNESCO,WorldBankandotherinternationalandnationalagencies.HeisamemberoftheGIobalInnovationIndexAdvisoryBoard,OECDGovernmentForesightNetwork,OECDandEurostatworkinggroupsandtaskforcesonindicatorsandpoliciesforscience,technologyandinnovation,andsteeringcommitteesofvariousprestigiousinternationalandnationalinitiatives.Prof.Gokhbergiseditor-in-chiefoftheScopus-indexedscientificjournal“ForesightandSTIGover-nance”(http://foresight-journal.hse.ru/en),co-editoroftheSpringeracademicbookseries“Science,Technology,andInnovationStudies”(http://www.springer.com/series/13398),andparticipatesineditorialboardsofseveralotherinfluentialjournals.HeholdsPhDandDr.ofSc.degreesinEconomics.

Tad GonsalvesobtainedtheB.ScdegreeintheoreticalPhysicsin1990andtheMScdegreeinAstrophysicsin1992fromthePoonaUniversity,India.HereceivedthePhDdegreeinIntelligentSystemsfromSophiaUniversity,Tokyoin2004.CurrentlyheisanAssociateProfessorintheDepartmentofInformation&CommunicationSci-ences,SophiaUniversity,Tokyo.HisresearchinterestsincludedesignofExpertSystems,FuzzySystems,WebMiningandEvolutionaryComputation.

Armin Grunwald,Prof.Dr.,studiedphysics,mathematicsandphilosophyattheuniversitiesofMünsterandCologne.AfteroccupationsintheindustryandatDLR(GermanAerospaceCenter)hebecamevicedirectoroftheEuropeanAcademyBadNeuenahr-Ahrweilerin1996.In1998hereceivedthevenialegendiforphilosophyatMarburgUniversity.Since1999ArminGrunwaldhasbeenheadoftheinstituteforTechnologyAssessmentandsystemsanalysis(ITAS)atKarlsruheInstituteofTechnology(KIT),since2002alsodirectoroftheOfficeofTechnologyAssessmentattheGermanBundestag(TAB)andsince2007alsofullprofessorofphilosophyoftechnologyatKIT.

P. P. Abdul HaleemreceivedhisBE(ComputerScienceandEngineering)degreefromBangaloreUniversity(1994),andMTech(ComputerScienceandEngineering)andPhDdegreesfromNationalInstituteofTechnologyCalicut,Indiain2005and2011,respectively.Hehasadecadesofexperienceinacademicsandsoftwaredevel-opmentarea.CurrentlyheisworkingasAssistantProfessoratPostgraduateDepartmentofComputerScience

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&ResearchCentre,FarookCollege(Autonomous),Calicut,India.Hehaspublishedpapersinseveralnationalandinternationalconferencesandjournals.HisresearchinterestsincludeMobileComputing,DataFormattingSchemesandBigData.

Habib HamamobtainedtheB.Eng.andM.Sc.degreesininformationprocessingfromtheTechnicalUniver-sityofMunich,Germany1988and1992,andthePhDdegreeinPhysicsandapplicationsintelecommunicationsfromUniversitédeRennesIconjointlywithFranceTelecomGraduateSchool,France1995.Healsoobtainedapostdoctoraldiploma,“AccreditationtoSuperviseResearchinSignalProcessingandTelecommunications”,fromUniversitédeRennesIin2004.HeiscurrentlyafullProfessorintheDepartmentofElectricalEngineeringattheUniversitédeMonctonandaCanadaResearchChairholderin“OpticsinInformationandCommunicationTech-nologies”.HeisanIEEEseniormemberandaregisteredprofessionalengineerinNew-Brunswick.HeisamongothersassociateeditoroftheIEEECanadianReview,memberoftheeditorialboardsofWirelessCommunicationsandMobileComputing-JohnWiley&Sons-andofJournalofComputerSystems,Networking,andCommu-nications-HindawiPublishingCorporation.Hisresearchinterestsareinoptical telecommunications,WirelessCommunications,diffraction,fibercomponents,opticsoftheeye,RFIDandE-Learning.

Osman HasanreceivedtheB.Eng.(Hons.)degreefromtheN-W.F.PUniversityofEngineeringandTechnology,Pakistan,in1997,andtheM.Eng.andPh.D.degreesfromConcordiaUniversity,Montreal,Canada,in2001and2008,respectively.HeservedasanASICdesignEngineerfrom2001to2003atLSILogicCorporationinOttawa,CanadaandasaResearchAssociateatConcordiaUniversity,Montreal,Canada,for18monthsafterhisdoctoraldegree.Currently,heisanAssistantProfessorattheSchoolofElectricalEngineeringandComputerScience,NationalUniversityofScienceandTechnology(NUST),Islamabad,Pakistan.HeisthefounderanddirectorofSystemAnalysisandVerification(SAVe)LabatNUST,whichmainlyfocusesonthedesignandformalverifica-tionofenergy,embeddedande-healthrelatedsystems.Hehasreceivedseveralawardsanddistinctions,includingthePakistan’sHigherEducationCommission’sBestUniversityTeacher(2010)andBestYoungResearcherAward(2011)andthePresident’sgoldmedalforthebestteacheroftheUniversityfromNUSTin2015.Dr.HasanisaSeniormemberofIEEE,memberofAssociationforAutomatedReasoning(AAR)andmemberofthePakistanEngineeringCouncil.

Nolan HemmatazadreceivedhisPh.D.inInformationTechnologyfromtheUniversityofNebraskaatOmahain2015.Whilepursuinghisdegree,hecontributedtotheuniversity’steachingmissionforseveralyearswhileengagingincross-disciplinaryresearchinvolvingthefieldsofmachinelearning,socialcomputing,anduserex-perience.Hehasbeeninvolvedinthedevelopmentandexplorationofnewtechnologiesformorethan15years,withpracticalexperiencethatrunsthegamutfromhobbyisttoindustryexecutive.HecurrentlylivesinOmaha,Nebraskawithhiswifeanddaughter.

Kai JakobsjoinedRWTHAachenUniversity’sComputerScienceDepartmentin1985.HiscurrentresearchinterestsfocusonvariousaspectsofICTstandardsandtheunderlyingstandardizationprocess.Overtime,he(co)-authored/editedatextbookoncommunicationnetworksand,morerecently,seventeenbooksonICTstandardiza-tion.Morethan200ofhispapershavebeenpublishedinconferenceproceedings,books,andjournals.Hehasbeenontheprogramcommitteeandeditorialboardofnumerousinternationalconferencesandjournals,respectively,andhasservedasanexternalexpertonevaluationpanelsofvariousEuropeanR&Dprograms,onbothtechnicalandsocio-economicissues.HeisalsoVicePresidentoftheEuropeanAcademyforStandardisation(EURAS).KaiholdsaPhDinComputerSciencefromtheUniversityofEdinburghandisaCertifiedStandardsProfessional.

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James D. Joneshasheldacademicpositionsincomputerscienceatmultipleuniversities,andnowatLibertyUniversity.Havingseveralyearsofexperienceinindustry,hisinterestsrangefromthepracticaltothetheoretical.Inadditiontoteachingafullload,hepursuesanactiveresearchagendainartificialintelligence,havingpublishedover35articlesinpeer-reviewedjournalsandinternationalconferences.HehasaPhDincomputerscience,aswellasdegreesinbusinessandmusic.Heismarried,andhasfivechildren.

Michelle Jones-LillieistheDirectorofArtsofLilliePadStudios,anopen-accessartstudiodedicatedtoarteducation.SheearnedherMFAattheUniversityofHawaii-Manoa.

Kijpokin KasemsapreceivedhisBEngdegreeinMechanicalEngineeringfromKingMongkut’sUniversityofTechnology,Thonburi,hisMBAdegreefromRamkhamhaengUniversity,andhisDBAdegreeinHumanRe-sourceManagementfromSuanSunandhaRajabhatUniversity.Dr.KasemsapisaSpecialLecturerintheFacultyofManagementSciences,SuanSunandhaRajabhatUniversity,basedinBangkok,Thailand.Dr.KasemsapisaMemberoftheInternationalEconomicsDevelopmentandResearchCenter(IEDRC),theInternationalFounda-tionforResearchandDevelopment(IFRD),andtheInternationalInnovativeScientificandResearchOrganization(IISRO).Dr.KasemsapalsoservesontheInternationalAdvisoryCommittee(IAC)fortheInternationalAsso-ciationofAcademiciansandResearchers(INAAR).Dr.Kasemsapisthesoleauthorofover250peer-reviewedinternationalpublicationsandbookchaptersonbusiness,education,andinformationtechnology.Dr.KasemsapisincludedintheTOP100Professionals–2016andinthe10theditionof2000OutstandingIntellectualsofthe21stCenturybytheInternationalBiographicalCentre,Cambridge,England.

S. KawatahasbeenaprofessoratUtsunomiyauniversity,Japansince1999.HereceivedhisPhDfromTokyoInst.ofTech.Hehaspublishedanumerouspapersinmajorinternationaljournalsandininternationalconferences.Hehasalsopublished16technicalbooks.HehasworkedmainlyaboutPSE(ProblemSolvingEnvironment),Computersimulationassistantenvironmentsoftware,Uncertaintyinscientificcomputing,scientificcomputationsonionbeaminertialconfinementfusion,laserelectronandionaccelerationandothers.Hehasalsocontributedtoorganizationsofanumberofinternationalconferencesandinternalmeetings.Hehasalsoprovidedmanyinvitedpresentationsinthesefieldsininternationalconferences.HeisanAPSlifemembersince1987andanIEEEseniormembersince2013.

Amal KilaniobtainedtheElectricalEngineeringdegreefromthenationalschoolofengineeringofSfaxTunisiain2013.Currently,shehasbeenpursuingaPhDdegreefromthenationalschoolofengineeringofGabesTunisiasince2013andinparallelamasterdegreefromtheuniversityofMonctonCanadasinceJanuary2016.Herresearchinterestsaresignalprocessing,inparticularimageprocessing(compression,cryptographyandtransmission)andinformationtechnology.

Cemile Zehra KörogluhasbeenanAssistantProfessorinSocialWorkDepartmentatUsakUniversity,Turkey.SheobtainedherMastersDegreefromSelçukUniversity,PhilosophyandReligiousSciencesDepartmentin2002.ShecompletedherPh.D.inthesamedepartmentin2009.Shefocusedonrelationsofconsumptioncultureandreli-gioninherPh.D.researches.HerresearchinterestsareSociologyofreligiousgroups,disadvantagedgroups,socialchange,andgenderstudies.Someofherpublications:Consumptioncultureandreligion,GumushaneUniversityPublications,Gumushane,2012.TwoFacesoftheReality:NewSocialMovements,InternationalJournalOfArt,CultureandDesignTechnologies,2016,5(1),13-34.ReligiousSocialMovementsandEconomicWelfareinModern

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Turkey,Nationalism,CulturalIndoctrinationandEconomicProsperityintheDigitalAge,IGIGlobal,USA.2015.CriticalApproachestoModernPublicSphere:AGeneralEvaluation(Postmodernism,FeminismandReligion),TurkishStudies,8(4),2013,pp.491-514.ReligiousLifeinAnatolia:TheCaseofBolvadinDistrict,TurkishStud-ies,8(5),2013,431-457.AnalyzingtheReligiouslifeinTurkey:AHolisticApproach,JournalofDivinityFacultyofGumushane,1(2),82-102.

Muhammet Ali KöroğluhasbeenanAssistantProfessoratUsakUniversity,SocialWorkDepartment.HeobtainedhisMaster’sDegreefromSelçukUniversityPhilosophyandReligiousSciencesDepartmentin2004.AndheobtainedhisPhDfromNecmettinErbakanUniversityin2012.HefocusedonrelationsofpublicsphereandreligioninhisPhDresearches.Hisresearchinterestsaresocialandreligiousmovements,socialworkwithelderlyandrelationsofautonomouspublicspheres,andreligion.

Maximiliano Emanuel KorstanjeisassociateprofessoratUniversityofPalermo,Argentina.EditorinChiefoftheInternationalJournalofSafetyandSecurityinTourism.Withmorethan650publishedpapersinpeerreviewjournals,Korstanjeisconcernedinthestudyofrisk,capitalismandmobility.Heco-edits10journals,andtakespartofeditorialboardlistofother25specializedjournals.From2010hisbiographyisapointofentryinMarquisWho´sWhointheWorld.HewasawardedasOutstadingreviewer2012/2013forEmeraldGroupPublishing,UK.Becausehiscontributiontothesociologyoftourism,Korstanjehasbeennominatedtothreehonorarydoctorates.

John KrogstieholdsaPhD(1995)andaMSc(1991)ininformationsystemsfromtheNorwegianUniversityofScienceandTechnology(NTNU),whereheiscurrentlyafullprofessorininformationsystems,leadingthelighthouseonOpen,AutonomousDigitalEcosystems.JohnKrogstieis theNorwegianrepresentativeforIFIPTC8andchairofIFIPWG8.1oninformationsystemdesignandevaluation.Hisresearchinterestsareinformationsystemsmodelling,qualityofmodelsandmodellinglanguages,eGovernmentandmobileinformationsystems.Hehaspublishedaround250refereedpapersinjournals,booksandarchivalproceedingssince1991.

Erandi Lakshikaisacomputerscientistwhoisworkingintheresearchareasofcomputationalintelligence,simulations,andmulti-agentsystems.SheiscurrentlyworkingasaresearchassociateattheUniversityofNewSouthWales,Canberra.

Baobin LireceivedPh.D.degreefromPekingUniversity,beijing,China,in2009.Heisnowwithschoolofcomputerandcontrol,UniversityofChineseAcademyofSciences,Beijing.

Shun LireceivedtheB.S.degreesfromWuhanuniversityofscienceandtechnologyandHuzhonguniversityofscienceandtechnology.in2013.HeisnowwithInstituteofPsychology,ChineseAcademyofSciencesandThe6thResearchInstituteofChinaElectronicsCorporation,Beijing,China.HiscurrentresearchinterestsincludetheBigDataprocessing,managementandapplications,gaitanalysisandaffectivecomputing.

Jonathan LillieisanAssociateProfessorofCommunicationatLoyolaUniversityMaryland.Hehaspublishedarticlesinnumerousacademicbooksandjournals,includingNewMedia&SocietyandConvergence,withafocusonnewmediause,webjournalism,andthehistoryofmediatechnologies.HeisthemanagingeditorofNMEDIAC,theJournalofNewMediaandCulture.HeearnedhisPhDasaParkDoctoralFellowatTheSchoolofJournalismandMassCommunicationatTheUniversityofNorthCarolinaatChapelHill.

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Fabiana LorenzihasaPh.D.degree inComputerSciencefromFederalUniversityofRioGrandedoSul(UFRGS)andsheiscurrentlyaprofessorintheFacultyofComputerScienceatLutheranUniversityofBrazil(ULBRA).SheworksasconsultantatInvenioSoftwareInteligenteandherinterestsincludeCase-BasedReason-ing,RecommendationSystems,andMulti-AgentSystems.

Naveenkumar M.receivedM.TechdegreefromDepartmentofComputerScience,JNTUAnantapurUniver-sity.Currently,heisdoingPh.D.inNITTrichy.HisresearchinterestsareImageandVideoprocessing,ComputerNetworks.

Nidhal Mahmudworksinthefieldsofmodel-basedanalysisanddesignofsystemarchitectures.HeholdsaDEAinConceptionoftheAdvancedInformaticsSystemsfromtheUniversityofÉvryVald’Essonne(France)andaPhDdegreeinComputerSciencefromtheUniversityofHull(UK).Hisresearchisfocusedonsafetyandreliabilityofcomplexreal-timeembeddedsystemsandhehasbeeninvolvedinthedevelopmentofEAST-ADL,anengineeringapproachforautomotiveelectronicsystems.PreviousEUprojectinvolvementsincludeATESST2andMAENAD.

Gilberto Marzanoisanexpertincomputerscienceandsocialanthropology,heisprofessorandheadoftheLaboratoryofPedagogicalTechnologiesattheRezekneAcademyofTechnologies,inLatvia.HeismemberofthePHDboard“Economy,Ecology,andPreservationofAgriculturalandEnvironmentalSystems”attheUniversityofUdine,inItaly;Presidentofaprivatenon-profitresearchinstituteinItaly(EcoistitutodelFriuliVeneziaGiulia),specializedinsustainabledevelopment.HeworkedasamanagerinseveralprivateICTcompaniesandwasdirectorofanR&DlaboratoryofalargeICTcompanyinItaly.

Cristian Mateos(http://www.exa.unicen.edu.ar/~cmateos)receivedaPh.D.degreeinComputerSciencefromtheUNICENin2008.HeisafulltimeAdjunctProfessorattheUNICENandmemberofISISTAN-CONICET.Hismainresearchinterestareparallel/distributedprogramming,Grid/CloudmiddlewaresandService-orientedComputing.

Tanya McGillisanAssociateProfessorintheSchoolofInformationTechnologyatMurdochUniversityinWesternAustralia.ShehasanMBAfromtheUniversityofWesternAustraliaandaPhDfromMurdochUniver-sity.Hermajorresearchinterestsincludeendusercomputing,e-learning,ISsecurityandinformationtechnologyeducation.Sheistheauthorofover100journalarticles,bookchapters,andarticlesinconferenceproceedings.HerresearchhasbeenpublishedinvariousjournalsincludingBehaviour and Information Technology, Decision Support Systems, Computers & Education, Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, ACM Transactions on Information and System Security, Journal of Computing in Higher Education,andInformation Resources Management Journal.

Ana MelrohasaPh.D.inInformationandCommunicationinDigitalPlatforms,fromUniversityofAveiroandFacultyofArts,UniversityofPorto(2013).In2007finishedhermasterdegreeinSociologyofChildhood,atUniversityofMinho.AndalsohasonedegreeinManagement(2010),fromUniversityofTrás-os-MontesandAltoDouroandotherinSociology(2004),fromUniversityofMinho.AnaMelroiscurrentlyapost-doctoralfel-lowshipatDigiMedia(Cic.Digital),UniversityofAveiro.

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Maria Luisa Mendoza Lópezwasbornin1975inTlahuac,MexicoCity,Mexico.CurrentlyProfessoratInsti-tutoTecnológicodeQuerétaro(TechnologicInstituteofQueretaro)inbothMechanicalEngineeringandMaterialsEngineering.Sheobtainedin2005herPh.D.inmaterialsscienceatCINVESTAV-IPNUnidadQueretaro.Herresearchtopicsarefocusedin:compositematerials,watertreatmentandrecyclingofmaterials.Sheparticularlystudyapproachestotheselectionofmaterialsbypropertiesanddesign.Othertopicstudiedare:1)electropho-reticdepositionofcolloidalsilica,2)Sol-gelcoatingsandorganicpolymermatricesfortheformationofhybridorganic-inorganiccomposites.3)Treatmentofwaterpollutedwithheavymetalionsbyelectrolessdeposition.4)Inverseopalstructuresformaximizationandcontrolofthesurfaceareaofbulkmaterialsfocusedontreatmentofpollutedairandwater.

Iva Mihaylovaworksat theSwissInstituteforInternationalEconomicsandAppliedEconomicResearch,UniversityofSt.Gallen,Switzerland.Herresearchinterestsinclude:evidence-basedpublicpolicymaking;eco-nomicandhumandevelopment;environmentalcommitmentandperformance;energyandresourceeconomics;quantitativemethods.Herresearchprofilecanberetrievedat:https://www.alexandria.unisg.ch/persons/2258.

R. K. MohantyispursuinghisPhD.inComputerScienceandEngineeringunderthesupervisionandguidanceofDr.B.K.TripathyinVITUniversity,Vellore,India.HisareaofresearchinterestincludesSoftSetTheory,SoftComputing,FuzzySetTheory,DecisionMakingunderUncertainty,ComputationalIntelligence.Heisanauthorinmorethan20researchpublications.

Ali Reza MontazemiisProfessorofInformationSystemsattheDeGrooteSchoolofBusinessatMcMasterUniversity.HehasservedontheeditorialboardsofJournalssuchasEuropeanJournalofInformationSystems,InternationalJournalofElectronicGovernmentResearch,JournalofInformationSystemsandTelecommunication,CanadianJournalofAdministrativeSciences,andseveralinternationalconferencessuchasAmericasConferenceonInformationSystems.ProfessorMontazemispecializesinthedesignanddevelopmentofinformationsystemsinsupportofbusinessprocesseffectivenessandefficiency.HisresearchandconsultingincludeITGovernance,Self-ServiceTechnologies,businessprocessdesignthroughinformationtechnology,andchangemanagement.HisresearchincludeuseofinformationtechnologiesbySMES.Hehaspublishedover100scientificpapers,onetextbook,threemonographs,andthreesoftwarepackages.HispublicationshaveappearedinprestigiousjournalsandconferencessuchasMISQuarterly,JournalofStrategicInformationSystems,JournalofManagementInforma-tionSystems,CommunicationsoftheACM,DecisionSupportSystems,IEETransactionsonMan,SystemsandCybernetics,andInternationalConferenceonInformationSystems.ProfessorMontazemihasadiversecorporateteachingexperience,industrialresearchandconsultinginCanada,U.S.A.,South-EastAsia,Europe,andMiddleEast.

Prabir MukhopadhyayiscurrentlyanAssociateProfessorandHeadoftheDesignDisciplineatthePDPM-IndianInstituteofinformationTechnologyDesignandManufacturingJabalpur,India.HeteachesIndustrialErgo-nomicstoundergraduateandpostgraduateDesignstudents.HeisactivelyinvolvedinErgonomicResearchrelatedtopreventionofworkrelatedmusculoskeletaldisorders,applicationofergonomicsintheinformalsector,processdesignetc.DrMukhopadhyaywasemployedat theNationalInstituteofDesign,IndiaasanAssociateSeniorFacultyformorethanfiveyearspriortocomingtoJabalpur.DrMukhopadhyaytaughtIndustrialErgonomicstotheundergraduateandpostgraduatedesignstudentsacrossvariousdisciplines.Therehewasengagedinresearchandconsultancyprojectmanagementpertainingtodifferentsectorslikecraft,railwaysetc.DrMukhopadhyaycompletedhisMastersinHumanPhysiologyfromtheUniversityofCalcuttaIndiaspecialisinginErgonomicsandWorkPhysiology.HewastherecipientoftheEuropeanUnionMIRTH(MusculoskeletalInjuryReductionTool

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forHealthandSafety)scholarshipforpursuinghisdoctoralstudiesattheUniversityofLimerick,Ireland,intheareaofIndustrialErgonomicsattheDepartmentofManufacturingandOperationsEngineering(NowDepartmentofDesignandManufacturingTechnology).HewasawardedaPhDdegreein2004inIndustrialErgonomics.TilldateDrMukhopadhayayhasmorethan20peerreviewedjournalpublicationsindifferentareasofergonomics.HevisiteddifferentcountrieslikeAustria,TheNetherlands,Iceland,Singaporeetc.topresenthispapersatdifferentinternationalconferences.

David MurrayisaSeniorLecturerandAcademicChairintheSchoolofEngineeringandInformationTechnol-ogy,MurdochUniversity,Australia.HereceivedhisPhDfromMurdochUniversity.Hisresearchisindistributedsystemsandhisresearchapproachisusuallyappliedandexperimental.Hehaspublishedover20papersinthearea.

Artie NgiscurrentlyPrincipalLecturerattheSchoolofProfessionalEducationandExecutiveDevelopment,TheHongKongPolytechnicUniversity.HeobtainedhisPhDattheUniversityofGlasgowandMEnginTech-nologyManagementattheUniversityofWaterloo.Hehasaresearchinterestinperformancemeasurementandmanagementofknowledge-intensiveorganizations.

Mei Lan Peggy NgworksasaSeniorLecturerattheSchoolofProfessionalEducationandExecutiveDevel-opment,HongKongPolytechnicUniversity.SheobtainedherBachelordegreeinAppliedScienceinChemicalEngineeringat theUniversityofBritishColumbia(UBC).AftergraduationfromUBC,shefurtherpursuedaPostgraduateCertificateinProfessional,VocationalandHigherEducationatTheHongKongPolytechnicUni-versity,andMasterofBusinessatCurtinUniversityofTechnology.In2014,sheobtainedherDBAinHeriot-WattUniversity.Herresearchinterestsincludestrategicenrollmentmanagement,studentsatisfaction,highereducation,strategicplanning,andtechnologymanagement.

Julius T. Nganjireceivedhismasterofscience(withdistinction)inWebsiteDesignandDevelopmentandaPhDinComputerSciencefromtheUniversityofHull,UnitedKingdom.HisPhDfocusedonusingwebontolo-giestopersonalisee-learningforstudentswithdisabilities,includingthosewithmultipledisabilities.Hiscurrentresearchinterestsareine-learningpersonalizationforstudentswithdisabilities,digitalaccessibilityandusability,human-computerinteraction,userinterfacedesignandspecialeducationaltechnology.Overthepasteightyears,hehaspublishedinvariousconferenceproceedings,journals,andbookchapters.Heisaneditorialreviewboardmemberandanexpertreviewerforvariousjournalsfocusingoneducationaltechnologyandhuman-computerinteraction.HewasamentorforstudentswithdisabilitiesattheUniversityofHullforthreeyearsandcurrentlymentorssomePhDstudentsinAfrica.Since2013,hehasbeenworkinginvariousrolesonamajorwebmigra-tionprojectandaStudentInformationSystem(SIS)replacementprojectattheUniversityofOttawawherehehascontributedtowardswebaccessibility,usabilityandclientsupport.

Sajid NisarreceivedhisB.EngdegreeinMechanicalEngineeringfromUniversityofEngineeringandTech-nologyTaxila,Pakistan(2008),andM.EngdegreeinMechanicalEngineering&SciencefromKyotoUniversity,Japan(2016).Hehas06yearsofresearchexperienceincludingacademiaandindustry.Since2011,heremainedTeamLeadandwasSeniorMechanicalEngineeratNationalUniversityofSciencesandTechnology(NUST)fortheprojectTelesurgicalTrainingRobotandSimulatoratSmartMachinesandRoboticsTechnology(SMART)LabtillhejoinedKyotoUniversityin2013.HisresearchinterestsincludeSurgicalandRescueRobotics,RobotMechanismDesignandHaptics.Hereceived‘shieldofbestperformance’fromUETTaxilain2008andwon

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‘silvermedal’fortheyoungresearcherawardatIntel’SurgicalConference-2012,Islamabad.Hewaspresentedwith‘highachiever’saward’byNationalUniversityofSciencesandTechnology,Pakistan,in2012.Otherthanthis,receivedGovt.ofJapan’sMEXTScholarshipAwardtwice,KubotaFoundationResearchScholarshipandKyotoUniversity’sGSSFellowshipawardfordoctoralresearch.

Jo Ann OravecisafullprofessorintheCollegeofBusinessandEconomicsattheUniversityofWisconsinatWhitewaterintheDepartmentofInformationTechnologyandSupplyChainManagement;sheisalsoaffiliatedwiththeRobertF.andJeanE.HoltzCenterforScience,Technology,&SocietyStudies,UniversityofWisconsinatMadison.ShereceivedherMBA,MS,MA,andPhDdegreesattheUniversityofWisconsinatMadison.ShetaughtcomputerinformationsystemsandpublicpolicyatBaruchCollegeoftheCityUniversityofNewYork;shealsotaughtintheSchoolofBusinessandtheComputerSciencesDepartmentatUW-MadisonaswellasatBallStateUniversity.ShechairedthePrivacyCounciloftheStateofWisconsin,thenation’sfirststate-levelcouncildealingwithinformationtechnologyandprivacyissues.Shehaswrittenbooks(including“VirtualIndividuals,VirtualGroups:HumanDimensionsofGroupwareandComputerNetworking,”CambridgeUniversityPress)anddozensofarticlesonfuturism,artificialintelligence,disability,mentalhealth,technologicaldesign,privacy,computingtechnology,management,andpublicpolicyissues.Shehasworkedforpublictelevisionanddevelopedsoftwarealongwithheracademicventures.ShehasheldvisitingfellowpositionsatbothCambridgeandOxfordandwasrecentlyafeaturedspeakeratconferencesinJapanandAustralia.

Carsten OrwatstudiesofeconomicsattheUniversityofBochum,Germany,doctorateatthedepartmentofeconomics,UniversityofJena.Since2000,seniorscientistattheInstituteforTechnologyAssessmentandSys-temsAnalysis(ITAS).Severalresearchprojectsdealingwithtechnologyassessmentandinnovationresearch,inparticularoninformationandcommunicationtechnologies.

James Frederic PagelisanAssociateClinicalProfessorattheUniversityofColoradoSchoolofMedicine,andDirectorofRockyMt.Sleep.Heistheco-editorofoneofthemajorSleepMedicinetexts:PrimaryCareSleepMedicine(Humana,2007)(2ndEdition,Springer,2014).Overthelast35years,hisclinicalandresearchwork,primarilyfocusedonthecognitivestateofdreaming,hasresultedinmorethan160publications.Theseincludeworkontheeffectsofdreamingonwakingbehavior,dreamsanddisasters,dreamandnightmareuseincreativeprocess and filmmaking, parasomnias,machine dreaming, narcolepsy, pediatric sleep, andnon-dreaming, aswellastheeffectsofinsomnia,sleepapnea,andmedicationsondreamingandnightmares.Hisbooksinclude:TheLimitsofDream:AScientificExplorationoftheMind/BrainInterface(AcademicPress–Elsevier,2007),DreamingandNightmares(Ed.)(Saunders,2010)andDreamScience:ExploringtheFormsofConsciousness(AcademicPress,2014).

Laura PanagraduatedfromtheFacultyofPhilosophy,theUniversityofBucharest,andcontinuedherdis-sertationpaperinPhilosophyofActionandPhilosophyofConsciencewithadoctoralthesisinPhilosophyofActionandSociologyofKnowledge.ThisresearchdirectionwascontinuedlaterbyarticlessuchasAnIntegrativeModelofBrain,Mind,CognitionandConsciousness(2008)andConsciousnessasAThird-OrderInformationState(2008).ShefirsttaughtthePhilosophyofScienceandSocialPhilosophy.ShewashiredatthePolytechnicUniversityinBucharest,whereshestill teachestoday.Inthiscontext,shewrotefivebooksinthefieldofthePhilosophyofTechnicalCulture(twoofwhichshecoordinated).Afterthecomputationalturninphilosophy,shedealtwiththePhilosophyofComputing,thePhilosophyofArtificialIntelligence,thePhilosophyofArtificial

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Environment–thePHILOSOPHYOFTHEARTIFICIAL,ingeneral–,usingskillsfromthefieldofpsychologyaswell,suchastheCognitivePsychologyandPsychologyofIntelligenceandCreativity.SheparticipatedinfiveeditionsoftheEuropeanConferenceonComputingandPhilosophyandattendedaCongressandfourConferencesonCyberneticsandSystems.Herrecentbook,illustrativeofthepossibilismsheadoptedinherstudies,iscalledPossibility,Infinity,Predictability,andfollowsotherbookssuchasSocialandTechnologicalPrognosis(whichalsoformsahandbookforaMastersofStudiescourse).Anewresearchareahadbeenopenedbyher,throughtheworkINTELLECTICSANDINVENTICSthatisalsoillustratedbystudiessuchasKnowledgeManagementandIntellectualTechniques-IntellectualInventionandItsForms(2006),andSocialInventionandChangeMan-agement(2009).HerresearchesinSocio-CyberneticsandespeciallyincomplexhumanandartificialintelligentsystemsandtheirsocialinteractionarecapitalizedinthenewresearchfieldofSOCIOMATICS.Amorerecentlyaddressedresearchdirection,whichincludeTehnoethics,InformationEthicsandMachineEthics,ledhertotheinitiationofadisciplineshecalledARTIFICIALETHICS,whichisillustratedbyworkssuchasCo-evolutionofHumanandArtificialMoralAgents,aswellasHumanandArtificialAgentswithMoralIntelligenceorArtificialEthics–AnEmergentTechnoethicalFieldandACommonWayforHumanandArtificialMoralAgents.Allthesestudiescanalsobeseenassteps inresearchingandimplementingsociomaticsystems.ThenewWORLDOFVIRTUALWORKisnowapproachedbyherinstudiessuchasFromInformationFlowsandNetstoKnowledgeGroupsandWorks(2007),orNewThinkingTypesAssociatedwiththeVirtualWorkEnvironment(2012),andasparticipantordirectorinmultiannualgrantssuchasK-TEAMS-Knowledge-basedanalysisandsupportofinteractioninvirtualteamsinproblemsolvingcontext(2006–2008),andValuespracticedinworkinggroupsandvirtualcommunitiescreatedontheweb.

Eleonora Pantano is a Lecturer in Marketing at Middlesex University of London (UK). Prior to joiningMiddlesexinFebruary2015,shewaspostdocresearchfellowatUniversityofCalabria(Italy)andresearcheratTechnicalUniversityofEindhoven(TheNetherlands).ShehasaPh.D.in“PsychologyofProgrammingandArtificialIntelligence”andaMasterDegreeinBusinessEngineering.Herresearchactivitiesexploremarketingmanagementandmainlyrelatetoconsumersattitudeandacceptancetowardsnewtechnology-basedretailset-tings,andhowbusinessandretailmodelsareimplementedintermsofinnovationandtechnologymanagement.HerfindingsappearinnumerousinternationaljournalssuchasJournal of Marketing Management, International Journal of Information Management,andJournal of Retailing and Consumer Services(shewasalsoguesteditoroftwospecialissuesforthisjournalandgottheCertificateofExcellenceinReviewingfor2013).

Konstantinos E. ParsopoulosreceivedhisDiplomainMathematics,withspecialtyinComputationalMath-ematicsandInformatics,in1998fromtheDepartmentofMathematics,UniversityofPatras,Greece,andhisPhDdegreeinIntelligentComputationalOptimizationin2005fromtheDepartmentsofMathematicsandComputerEngineering&Informatics,UniversityofPatras,Greece.HeservedasaLecturerwiththeDepartmentofMath-ematics,UniversityofPatras,Greece,fromMay2008toSeptember2009.HeiscurrentlyanAssistantProfessorwiththeDepartmentofComputerScience,UniversityofIoannina,Greece.HisresearchisfocusedonIntelligentComputationalOptimizationalgorithmswithanemphasisonSwarmIntelligenceandEvolutionaryComputationapproaches.Hisworkconsistsof16papersinrefereedinternationalscientificjournals,and47papersinbooks,editedvolumesandconferenceproceedings,whileithasreceivedmorethan990citationsfromotherresearchers.Hehasbeenavisitingresearcherat theDepartmentofComputerScience,UniversityofDortmund,Germany(2001),aswellasat theInstitutdeRechercheenInformatiqueetenAutomatique(INRIA),Sophia-Antipolis,France(2003and2006).Hehasservedasamemberoftheeditorialboardof2internationalscientificjournals,as

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wellasofthetechnicalandprogramcommitteein13internationalconferences.Also,hehasservedasreviewerfor24scientificjournals,aswellasforthePortugueseFoundationforScienceandTechnology(FCT).Hehasparticipatedinnationalandinternationalresearchprojects,andheisamemberofACMandIEEEsince2005and1999,respectively.

Iván PaureceivedhisPhD.DegreeinAccessibleServicesfortheInformationSocietyfromtheUniversidadPolitécnicadeMadrid(UPM),Spainin2010.Hehasbeenafull-timelecturerinTelematicsEngineeringatUPMsince1998.Hisresearchworkstartedin1997intheareaofsecurityintelematicsnetworksanalyzing,designinganddevelopingsecurityservicestoimprovetheadministrationpublicservices.Healsostartedresearchingintheareaoftelemedicineandtelecarein2005withthedevelopmentofintelligentsystemstosupporte-healthservicesathome.Currentlyheisworkingonlabautomationandprogrammablebiology.Hehasbeeninvolvedinabout15R&DprojectsfocusedontheintegrationofICTwithseveraldisciplines(politics,medicine,telecare,biology,etc.)toimprovetheprocessesofcurrentsolutions.Hehasbeencoauthorofabout40papersincludingjournalandconferenceproceedingsandbookchapters.

P. K. PaulholdsPhD-InformationSciencefromIndia’spremier&oldestPublicEngineeringInstituteIIESTShibpur(AnInstituteofNationalImportance),MSc(Double),MBA-InfoSys,isactivelyengagedintheresearchandacademicactivitiesinthefieldofISTandEngineeringSciencesrelatedwithInformationProcessingandMan-agement.HeisanalumnusofIIEST,Shibpur,NBU,SMUHMTS,andCVRU,Indiaetc.HehasbeenassociatedwithRaiganjUniversity,Raiganj,WestBengalfortheteachingandlearningactivities.HeisalsoCEOandVPofISTFoundation.VirtuallyheisamongthefewIndianInformationScienceprofessionalwhoholdsPostGradu-ateQualificationinallthedimensionsofInformationSciences;rangingfromComputerSciences,ManagementScience,InformationStudiesandInformationTechnology.HeisinfavoronstartingprogramsandspecializationinemergingIT&Computingsubjectsthatareappliedandhavingsocialandbusinesstouch.Hewasengagedasconsultantfordesigningcountry’sfirstMBA-InformationManagementprogrammeforVMSUniversity,Sikkim.HeisalsomastermindfordesigningIndia’sfirstinterdisciplinaryMasters(MSc)programoncomputingi.e.MSc-Computer&InformationSciencebasedonprinciplesofinteractionofinformation-technology-people.ThefirstofitskindprogramalreadybeenstartedintheGovernmentUniversityRGU,India.Hehascreditedmanywriting/researchfirstandfewamongtheIndianResearcherwhichincluding;firstresearch/policypaperonCloudCom-putingApplicationsinInformationScience,Systems,InformationCentre/GreenComputinginInformationField/I-Schoolsaspects/UsabilityEngineeringinInformationScienceandServices/HCIinInformationUses/Informa-tionScienceEducationalaspects/InformationScientist/Geo-InformationScienceandsoon.HeisAssociateChiefEditorofIJASE,NewDelhi,India.HeisalsoresponsibleasAssociateChiefEditorforIJISC,NewDelhi,India.HeisalsoinvolvedasEditorialBoardMemberandReviewerofmorethan50NationalandInternationalJournalsindiversefieldrangingfromComputerScience,Informatics,Management,EngineeringSciencetoEducation,Socialscience,HealthScience,PharmacyandsoonlikeJournalofOrganizationalandEndUserComputing,InternationalJournalofE-Adoption,InternationalJournalofWebServicesResearch,InternationalJournalofE-HealthandMedicalCommunications,InternationalJournalofHealthcareInformationSystemsandInformatics,JECO,IJIRR,IJHCITP,IJOSSP,IJMDEM,IJTHI,IJDET,IJITPM,IJISSCM,IJISSS,IJBDCN,IJWPpublishedfromUnitedStates,Dubai,India,Nigeria,SouthAfricaandsoon.Moreoverheisalsoresponsibleandassociatedwithseveralcominginternationalconferencesandeventascommitteemembers,chairs,reviewersetcandamongthesefewimportantareInternationalConferenceonComputerandDigitalManufacturing(ICCDM2017),4-6thMay,2017,Singapore,FourthAIAPP2017,25-26March,2017,Geneva,Switzerland,5thICITS2017,25-27June,

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2017,Beijing,China,2ndICISE-2017,1-3April,2017,SouthCarolina,USA,SixthInternationalSEA-2017,25-26March,2017,Geneva,Switzerland,InternationalConferenceonEducationandNewDevelopments(END-17),24-26June,2017Lisbon,Portugal,5thICICN2017,26-28February,2017,Bangkok,Thailand,8thInternationalConferenceonICT:BigData,CloudandSecurity(ICT-BDCS2017),21-22August,2017,Singaporeetc.

Luis PayáholdsaM.Eng.inIndustrialEngineering(Spain,2002)andaPhDinIndustrialTechnologies(Spain,2014).NowheworksasassociateprofessoratMiguelHernándezUniversityinSpain(DepartmentofSystemsEngineeringandAutomation).Heteachessomesubjectsrelatedtothefieldsofautomaticcontrol,electronicsandrobotics.Hiscurrentresearchinterestsincludeomnidirectionalvisionandglobalappearancealgorithms,topologicalmapbuildingandlocalizationofmobilerobotsandimplementationandtestingofremotelaboratories.

José de Jesús Pérez Buenowasbornin1973inZacatecas,México.Hehasbeendevelopingbothbasicandappliedresearch,attheCIDETEQ(CentrodeInvestigaciónyDesarrolloTecnológicoenElectroquímica,S.C.),inthefollowingareas:Dr.Perezhasbeenadvisorinseveralconcludedtheses:9Bachelor,9MasterDegree,3PhDs,andhosted2Postdoctorals.Hispublishedpapersarecurrently34,whichuptodatehave250citations.Inaddition,hehadpublished5papersinnationaljournals,5bookchaptersand3books.Hisworkincludesanationalpatentgrantedin2010,and6pendingpatentapplications.Hereceivedthirteenawards,suchas:threeAlejandrinaAwardsgrantedbytheAutonomousUniversityofQuerétaro–Mexico;2010TECNOSAward;andtheprizeoftheInstituteofMaterialsResearchoftheUNAM,bothtohisdoctoralthesisin2003aswellasco-advisorin2010.

Viviana Perilli,clinicalpsychologistandPhDinpsychologyofcognitive,emotionalandcommunicativepro-cesses,isaresearchassistantattheNo-ProfitOrganizationLegadelfilod’Oro,siteinMolfetta,Italy.Hermaintopicsconcerncognitive-behavioralinterventionsforpersonsaffectedbyAlzheimer’sdiseaseandotherformsofdementia,post-comapersonsinavegetativeorminimallyconsciousstate,psycho-sensorialdisabilities,extensivemotordisabilitiesanddevelopmentaldisabilities.Currentlysheisinvolvedinresearchprojectsfocusontheuseofassistivetechnologiesforpromotingalternativecommunicationfornonverbalpeople,adequatephysicalexerciseorambulationandforreducingchallengingbehaviors.Withinthisframework,sheisauthorandco-authorofseveralpapersondifferentinternationalpeer-reviewedjournalsandbooks.

Aparna PurushothamaniscurrentlyassociatedasaVisitingResearchScholarwiththeresearchgroup,De-signforLearning(D4L)inDepartmentofLearning&Philosophy,AalborgUniversity,Denmark.ResearchInterestareGenderDigitalDivide,SocialLearningTheories,DesignforLearninginICT4DContext,ActionResearch,MixedMethodology,Empowerment.

M. Janga Reddy,Ph.D.(IIScBangalore),isFacultyatDepartmentofCivilEngineering,IndianInstituteofTechnologyBombay,hasworkedwidelyintheareaofevolutionaryalgorithmsandswarmintelligencetechniques,andtheirapplicationstosystemsoptimization.Hehaspublishedseveralpapersinleadinginternationaljournalsonevolutionaryalgorithms(ACO,PSO,GA,DE)andsoftcomputingtechniquesfordecisionmakinginwaterresourcemanagement.

Oscar ReinosoreceivedtheindustrialengineerandPhDdegreesfromPolytechnicUniversityofMadrid(UPM)in1991and1996respectively.From1994to1997heworksintheResearch&DevelopmentdepartmentofProtosDesarrolloinavisualinspectionsystem.Since1997,hehasbeenattheMiguelHernandezUniversity,asprofes-sorincontrol,roboticsandcomputervision.Hisresearchinterestsincluderobotics,teleoperatedrobots,climbing

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robots,visualservoing,visualinspectionsystems.Heisauthorofseveralbooks,papersandcommunicationsinthecitedtopics.Prof.ReinosoisamemberoftheCEA-IFACandseniormemberIEEE.

Juan Manuel RodriguezholdsaPhDdegreeincomputersciencefromUniversidadNacionaldelCentrodelaProvinciadeBuenosAires(UNICEN).HeisateachingassistantatUNICEN.HeisalsoamemberoftheInstitutoSuperiordeIngenieriadeSoftwareTandil(ISISTAN).HisresearchinterestsincludeWebservices,mobiledevices,gridcomputing,andservice-orientedgrids.

Umar RuhiisanAssistantProfessorintheTelferSchoolofManagementatUniversityofOttawawhereheteachesundergraduateandgraduatelevelcoursesininformationsystemsande-businesstechnologies.Dr.Ruhi’sresearchadoptsaninterdisciplinarysocio-technicalperspectiveofcontemporarytechnologyapplicationsandrelatedorganizationalpracticesandend-userbehaviour.Hisareasofresearchinterestsincludeknowledgemanagement,enterprisegamification,end-userdevelopment,consumerhealthinformatics,andITconsumerization.Dr.Ruhihasauthoredandco-authoredseveralacademicandpractitionerjournalarticlesandbookchapters,andhaspresentedhisresearchatvariousinternationalconferences.

Fauzan SaeedisworkingasAssistantProfessorinUsmanInstituteofTechnologyandhasseveralresearcharticlestohisname.

John SarivougioukasreceivedaB.Sc.inElectricalEngineeringfromOhioUniversity(1984),Ohio,USA,aM.Sc.inComputerEngineering(1994),aM.Sc.inElectricalEngineering(1998)fromManhattanCollege,NewYorkCityandaPh.DinComputerEngineering(2016)fromtheUniversityofIoannina.Since1996istheheadoftheManagementInformationSystems(MIS)DepartmentofthegeneralstatehospitaloftheNationalHealthcareSystem(NHS)ofGreece,thepilothospitalfortheintroductionofHospitalInformationSystems.Appointedinvariousgovernmentalpositions,designedandimplemented(2009)theNationalHealthcareInformationNetworkandtheappliedversion(2012)of theDiseaseRelatedGroup(DRG)systeminthe131hospitalsof theNHS.TheresearchinterestsareintheareaofHospitalInformationSystems,UbiquitousComputing,Primary&HomeHealthcareandAI.

Sven Seidenstricker lectures atdifferentuniversities in technologymanagement, innovationmanagementandR&DprojectportfoliomanagementinMBA,MA,BAstudies.Hisareasofresearchinterestincludebusinessmodelinnovation,emergenttechnologymanagementandcreativitymanagement.Hisresearchwaspublishedinseveralinternationaljournals.HereceivedhisdiplomainBusinessAdministrationandEngineeringatChemnitzUniversityofTechnologyandhisPh.DfromtheUniversityofStuttgart.

Fernando SeoaneafterobtaininghisBachelordegreeinTelecommunicationEngineeringfromtheUniversityofAlcaláin2001,receivedhisPh.D.andM.Sc.degreesinBiomedicalEngineeringfromChalmersUniversityofTechnologyandLinköpingUniversityin2007and2004,respectively.HeisafullProfessorinBiomedicalEngi-neeringattheUniversityofBorås,andSeniorResearcherwiththeSchoolofTechnologyandHealthattheKTH-RoyalInstituteofTechnology,Sweden.Hisresearchinbiomedicalengineeringfocusesinwearablemeasurementssystemsandbiosignalsanalysisofnon-invasivephysiologicalmeasurementsofelectricalphenomenaforp-healthmonitoringsolutions.Hehasco-authoredmorethan90scientificpublications,including26peer-reviewedjour-nalarticles.HeisIEEESeniormember,currentlymemberoftheIEEE-EMBSTechnicalCommitteeinwearablemeasurementsystemsandthechairoftheSwedishIEEE-EMBSchapter.

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Francesca SgobbiholdsaPhDinIndustrialEngineering.SheisAssociateProfessorattheUniversityofBrescia(Italy).Herresearchinterestsfocusonlaboreconomics,economicsofeducation,andhumanresourcemanagement.

Huma ShahhasaPhDin‘Deception-detectionandmachineintelligenceinpracticalTuringtests’.Herresearchfocussesontrustinartificialintelligence.Sheisco-authorof‘Turing’sImitationGame:ConversationswiththeUnknown’publishedbyCambridgeUniversityPressinSeptember2016.HumaorganisedtwoLoebnerPrizesforArtificialIntelligenceintheUK(2006atUCL;2008atReadingUniversity).ShedesignedpublicTuringtestexperimentsatWWIIcodebreakingcentreBletchleyPark,in2012,andatTheRoyalSocietyLondonin2014.Thetestsexaminedhuman-machineindistinguishability,andscaledtheprogressinnaturallanguageunderstandingfromJosephWeizenbaum’sElizatomoderndialogueprogrammes.

David Smahel,Ph.D.,istheProfessorattheInstituteofChildren,YouthandFamilyResearch,MasarykUni-versity,theCzechRepublic.HeismemberofInterdisciplinaryResearchTeamonInternetandSociety(IRTIS)whichresearchessocial-psychologicalimplicationsoftheinternetandtechnology.Currentresearchfocusesonadolescents’andadults’internetuse,theonlinerisksofchildrenandadolescents,theconstructionofonlineidentitiesandvirtualrelationships,andonlineaddictivebehavior.HeiseditorofCyberpsychology:JournalofPsychosocialResearchonCyberspaceandhasco-authoredbookDigitalYouth:TheRoleofMediainDevelopment(Springer,2011).SmahelalsopublishedinseveralinternationaljournalssuchasDevelopmentalPsychology,Cyberpsychol-ogy&Behavior,ZeitschriftfurPsychologie,EuropeanJournalofDevelopmentalPsychologyandothers.Heisalsoauthorofseveralbookchapters,suchasinEncyclopediaofCyberBehavior,EncyclopediaofAdolescence,InternetAddiction:AHandbookandGuidetoEvaluationandTreatment,GesundheitundNeueMedienetc.

Alexander Sokolov is tenuredprofessorat theNationalResearchUniversityHigherSchoolofEconomics(HSE)andDeputyDirectoroftheHSEInstituteforStatisticalStudiesandEconomicsofKnowledge.Heisdeputyeditor-in-chiefofHSEbased journal“ForesightandSTIGovernance”andregionaleditorof the internationaljournal“Foresight”.HeisamemberofworkinggroupsatOECDandotherinternationalorganisations,amem-beroftheScientificBoardandpanelistatanumberofinternationalscientificconferences.Alexandermanageddozensoflarge-scaleForesightprojectsinRussiaincludingNationalCriticalTechnologies(2006,2011,2015),NationalS&TForesightstudies(2008,2011,2016),ForesightofITandMass-MediaSectorinRussia.Dr.Sokolovauthored,co-authoredandeditedover150publicationsinpeer-reviewedjournals,textbooksandmonographs.HeholdsPhDinMathematicalStatistics.

Catarina Carneiro de SousaisaPortugueseartistandresearcherbornin1975atOporto,Portugal.SheisaprofessoratPolytechnicInstituteofViseu—SchoolofEducation,intheComunicationandArtDepartment,since2007.ShehasdevotedherartisticactivitytoCollaborativeVirtualEnvironmentssince2008,workingindividu-allyandcollaboratively,holdingseveralsoloexhibitionsandcollaboratingwithartistsfromdifferentfieldsandnationalities.Shehasdedicatedherselftothedevelopmentofavatarsandtheconceptionofvirtualenvironments.TogetherwithSameiroOliveiraMartinssheisthebuilderoftheSecondLifeSimDelicatessen,thatheldprojectslike“deMaria,deMariana,deMadalena”in2010,“Petrified”in2011andtheongoingproject“Meta_Body”.Sheexploresthemetaphoricalnatureoftheartlanguageandtheproblematizationofgender,butsheisalsointerestedinthepossibilityofanewkindofsharedcreativityopenedbynewmediaart.

Fillipe de Souza SilvaisgraduatedinComputerEngineeringatUniversityofCampinasin2013.Currently,heisworkingatDaitanGroupSAassoftwareengineerandleaderoftestingandprocessingautomationteam.He

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isalsodevelopingsoftwaredefinednetwork(SDN)solutionsinhismasterdissertationintheSchoolofElectricalandComputerEngineeringatUnicamp.In2015,hestartedhisMBAinInformationTechnologyManagementatMetrocamp-DeVry.Furthermore,hehasalsoexperienceineducationalsoftware,websites,andmobileapplications.

Karin SpenseriscurrentlyenrolledasaPhDstudentatNottinghamTrentUniversity.ShecontributedtothischapterwhilstworkingasaresearchassistantonaBritishAcademygrant(SG121267)awardedtoLucyBetts.

Fabrizio Stasolla,PhD,hasapost-doctoraldegree.HeisassistantprofessoratUniversityofBari.Histopicconcernstheassistivetechnologiesforchildrenwithmultipledisabilities,developmentaldisabilities,autismspec-trumdisorders,ADHD,RettandDownsyndromes,cerebralpalsy,congenitalencephalopathy,fragileXsyndrome,post-comapatientswhoareinavegetativestateeitherinaminimallyconsciousstateorareemerging/emergedfromit.Hisinterestdealswithcognitive-behavioralinterventionsandalternativeaugmentativecommunicationstrategiesfornonverbalindividuals,and/orforpersonswhoareestimatedwithinanormalintellectualfunctioningbutwhopresentpervasivemotordisabilities.Heteachespsychologyofdisabilitiesandrehabilitationtoeduca-tionalsciencesstudents.Furthermore,heworksontechnologicalsupports,PECS,VOCA,SGD,literacyprocess,ambulationresponses,self-monitoringandselfmanagementofinstructioncuestopromoteon-taskbehaviorbystudentswithlearningdisabilities,behavioralstrategiesforpromotingadaptiveresponsesandreducingchallengebehaviorsbychildrenwithseveretoprofounddevelopmentaldisabilities.From2013uptopresent,heisad-hocreviewerfor20peer-reviewedjournals,heservesontheeditorialboardof4morepeer-reviewedjournalsandheisanassociateeditoroftheInternationalJournalofBehavioralResearch&Psychology.

Hasan Kemal SurmenreceivedtheB.S.degreein2005fromtheDepartmentofMechanicalEngineering,SakaryaUniversity,theM.Sdegreein2009fromtheDepartmentofMechanicalEngineering,IstanbulTechnicalUniversity,andthePh.D.degreein2016fromtheDepartmentofMechanicalEngineering,IstanbulUniversity,Turkey.HeservesasaLecturerattheDepartmentofAutomotiveTechnology,VocationalSchoolofTechnicalSciences,IstanbulUniversity.Hisresearchareasincludecomputeraideddesignandmanufacturing,finiteelementmethod,biomechanics,orthosisdesignandmanufacturing.

Sooraj T. R.ispursuinghisPh.D.incomputerscienceundertheguidanceofDr.B.K.Tripathy.Hisareaofresearchinterestissoftsettheoryandit’sapplicationsinsoftcomputinganddecisionmaking.

Katia TannousisgraduatedinChemicalEngineeringatUniversityofCaxiasdoSul(1985),MasterinChemicalEngineeringatUniversityofCampinas(1989)andPhDinChemicalEngineeringatInstitutNationalPolytech-niquedeToulouse(1993).Sheconductedpost-doctorateatUniversityofWaterlooin2000,onpolymerizationofpolyethyleneusingmetallocenecatalyst.In2004,shebecameanexpertindistanceeducationandtrainingofhumanresourcesatPontificalCatholicUniversityofCampinas.In2010and2012,shemadepostdoctoralintern-shipsatTheUniversityofBritishColumbiaworkingwithflowability,storage,andfluiddynamicsinfluidizedbedsusingdifferentkindsofbiomass.SheiscurrentlyassociateprofessorintheSchoolofChemicalEngineeringatUniversityofCampinas.Shehas25years´experiencesinthefluidizationtechnologyfocusingonindustrialapplicationsrelatedonfood,pharmaceuticalproducts,andbiomass,andalsobioenergy.Extendinghertechnicalwork,shehasdevelopedresearchesindistanceeducationcorrelatingsoftwareandwebenvironment,aswellasapplyingnewmethodologiesandtechniquesintheeducationofchemicalengineers.

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Nik ThompsonisaSeniorLecturerintheSchoolofInformationSystemsatCurtinUniversityinWesternAustralia.HeholdsMScandPhDdegreesfromMurdochUniversityandteachesintheareaofComputerSecurityandInformationSystems.Hisresearchinterests includeaffectivecomputing,human-computer interactionandinformationsecurity.

Antonela TommaselisaPhDcandidateattheUniversidadNacionaldelCentrodelaprovinciadeBuenosAires(UNCPBA),andamemberofISISTANResearchInstitute,Tandil,Argentina.Sheisalsoateacherassistantatthesameuniversity.Herresearchinterestsincluderecommendersystems,textmining,andsocialweb.Sheobtainedhersystemengineerdegree(2012)atUNCPBA.

Ben TranisaSeniorVocationalRehabilitationCounselor,QualifiedRehabilitationProfessionalfortheStateofCaliforniaDepartmentofRehabilitation.Dr.TranreceivedhisDoctorofPsychology(Psy.D)inOrganizationalPsychologyfromCaliforniaSchoolofProfessionalPsychologyatAlliantInternationalUniversityinSanFrancisco,California,UnitedStatesofAmerica.Dr.Tran’sresearchinterestsincludedomesticandexpatriaterecruitment,selection,retention,evaluation,&training,disabilityandaccommodation,gender,CSR,businessandorganiza-tionalethics,organizationalandinternationalorganizationalbehavior,knowledgemanagement,andminoritiesinmultinationalcorporations.

B. K. Tripathyhasreceived3goldmedalsfortoppingthelistofcandidatesatgraduationandpost-graduationlevelofBerhampurUniversity.HewasaProfessorandHeadofthedepartmentofComputerScienceofBerham-purUniversitytill2007.Dr.TripathyisnowworkingasaSeniorProfessorinSchoolofComputingScienceandEngineering,VITUniversity,Vellore, India.Hehasreceivedresearch/academicfellowshipsfromUGC,DST,SERCandDOEofGovt.ofIndiaforvariousacademicpursuits.Dr.Tripathyhaspublishedmorethan400techni-calpapersindifferentinternationaljournals,proceedingsofreputedinternationalconferencesandeditedresearchvolumes.Hehasproduced26PhDs,13MPhilsand4M.S(Byresearch)underhissupervision.Dr.TripathyhaspublishedtwotextbooksonSoftComputingandComputerGraphics.HewasselectedashonorarymemberoftheAmericanMathematicalSocietyfrom1992-1994forhisdistinguishedcontributionasareviewerofAmericanMathematicalReview.Dr.TripathyhasservedasthememberofAdvisoryboardorTechnicalProgrammeCom-mitteememberofseveralInternationalconferencesinsideIndiaandabroad.Also,hehaseditedtworesearchvol-umesforIGIpublicationsandiseditingthreemoreresearchvolumes.Heisalife/seniormemberofIEEE,ACM,IRSS,CSI,ACEEE,OMSandIMS.Dr.Tripathyisaneditorialboardmember/reviewerofmorethan60journals.Hehasguesteditedsomeresearchjournals.Dr.TripathyhasTechnicalgrantsforresearchprojectsfromvariousfundingagencieslikeUGC,DSTandDRDO.HisresearchinterestincludesFuzzySetsandSystems,RoughSetsandKnowledgeEngineering,DataClustering,SocialNetworkAnalysis,SoftComputing,GranularComputing,ContentBasedLearning,NeighbourhoodSystems,SoftSetTheory,SocialInternetofThings,BigDataAnalytics,TheoryofMultisetsandListtheory.

Sriharsha V.hascompletedhisM.TechinInformationTechnology.Currently,heisdoingPh.DinNITTrichy.Hisresearchinterestsareimageandvideoprocessingandvisualsensornetworks.

A. VadivelisAssociateProfessorintheDepartmentofComputerApplications,NationalInstituteofTechnology(NIT),Trichy.HehasgothisMastersofSciencefromNationalInstituteofTechnology(NIT),Tiruchirappalli,Tam-ilnadu,India.HepersuedMastersofTechnologyandPhilosophyinDoctoratefromIndianInstituteofTechnology(IIT),Kharagpur,India.Hehas12yearsoftechnicalexperienceasNetworkEngineer&InstrumentationEngineer

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atIIT-KharagpurandTenyearsofteachingexperienceinBharathidhasanandNationalInstituteofTechnology(NIT),Trichy.Hehaspublishedmorethan80papersininternationaljournalsandconferencesanddeliverdinvitedLecturesinIndiaandAbroad.Hisresearchareasarecontent-basedimageandvideoretrieval,multimediainforma-tionretrievalfromdistributedenvironment,medicalimageanalysis,objecttrackinginmotionvideo,datamining(associationruleminingandfrequentpatternanalysis),andcognitivescience.HeisconferedwithYoungScientistAwardbyDepartmentofScienceandTechnology,Govt.ofIndiain2007,Indo-USResearchFellowAwardbyIndo-USScienceandTechnologyForumin2008andObama–SinghKnowledgeInitiativeAwardin2013.HeiscarryingoutmanyresearchandconsultancyprojectssponsoredbyMinistryofHumanResourceDevelopment(MHRD),DepartmentofScience&Technology(DST)andUnitedStates&IndiaEducationFoundation(USIEF).

Aristides Vagelatos,SeniorResearcher,ComputerTechnologyInstitute&Press(www.cti.gr),Athens,Greece.AristidesreceivedtheB.Sc.degreeincomputerengineering,thePh.D.degreeincomputerscience,bothfromtheUniversityofPatras,Greece,andtheM.Sc.degreeinadultlearningfromHellenicOpenUniversity,Greece.HeiscurrentlyaseniorresearcheratCTI&P.HehasbeenconductingresearchinthefieldofhealthcareInformatics,pervasivecomputingandintelligentsystems,aswellasintechnology-enhancedlearningthelast25years,havingpublishedmorethan100journalpapers,conferencepapers,andabstractsinthesefields.AristideshasservedonthetechnicalprogramcommitteeofseveralconferencesincludingIEEEandACM.Additionally,hehasbeenareviewerofnumerousjournalsandconferences.

Mario Vega-Barbas,PhDinTechnologyandHealth(KTH-RoyalInstituteofTechnology)andPhDinCom-puterEngineering(UPM).BeforejoiningUPMinSeptember2011,hetookspartinseveralresearchuser-centeredprojectsatUniversityofAlcala(UAH).Since2013he’smakinguseofhisresearchbackgroundwithinMSSS-KTHtoimprovetheacceptanceoftelemedicinesolutionsdeployedinrealhomes.DuringhisengineeringdegreeattheUAH(Spain)heworkedinseveralprojectsorientedtowebandHuman-Systeminteraction(directedtohandicappedpeople).HisresearchlinesarefocusedonInteractionDesign,HCI,UXandproactivesystemsfromUbicompandPhysicalComputingpointofview.

JTVelikovskyisaPh.DinCommunication(UniversityofNewcastle,Australia)andamillion-sellingTrans-mediaauthor(movies,videogames,television,novels,non-fictionbooks,theatre,comics).

Saverino Verteramo,PhD,isassistantprofessorattheDepartmentofMechanical,EnergyandManagementEngineering,UniversityofCalabria.HegraduatedinManagementEngineeringin1995.HeholdsaPhDinBusi-nessandEconomicEngineeringfromtheUniversityTorVergataofRome.HeteachesBusinessAdministrationwithintheDegreeinManagementEngineering.Hisresearchinterestsareinthefieldsoforganizationaldesignofknowledgemanagement system (especially inprojectbasedorganizations), and innovationand technologymanagementformarketing(withemphasisonretailing).

Mário Véstias receivedtheelectricalengineeringdegreein1993,andthePhDinelectricalandcomputerengineeringin2002,bothfromtheTechnicalUniversityofLisbon,Portugal.HeisaCoordinateProfessoratthePolytechnicInstituteofLisbon,SchoolofEngineering(ISEL),DepartmentofElectronic,TelecommunicationsandComputerEngineering(DEETC),whereheisresponsibleforundergraduateandgraduatecoursesoncomputerarchitectureanddigitalsystemsdesign.HeisalsoaseniorresearcherattheESDA(ElectronicSystemsDesignandAutomation)groupattheresearchinstituteINESC-IDinLisbon.Hiscurrentresearchinterestsareaboutarchitec-turesforon-chipmany-coresystemsforhigh-performancereconfigurablecomputingandforhigh-performanceembeddedcomputingandcomputerarithmetic.ccxviii


Petra Vondrácková,PhD.,istheresearchassistant,lecturerandpsychologistattheDepartmentofAddictol-ogy,1stFacultyofMedicine,CharlesUniversityinPrague,theCzechRepublic.CurrentresearchinterestsareInternetaddictionandattachment.

Yunny Meas VongobtainedhisengineeringdegreeinelectrochemistryfromtheNationalPolytechniqueIn-stituteofGrenoble(INPG-ENSEEG-France)andhisdoctoratein1978.Heisamember(level3)oftheNationalSystemofResearchers(SNI)andtheMexicanAcademyofSciences.In1991,asGeneralDirector(1991-2000),foundedtheCenterofResearchandTechnologicalDevelopmentinElectrochemistry(CIDETEQ,CONACYT),andcurrentlyDirectorofTechnology.Hismainareasofresearcharerelatedtoelectrocatalyticmaterials,surfacefunctionalizationandenvironmentalelectrochemistry.Dr.Meashaspublishedover135articlesinindexedjournals,severalbookchaptersandseveralbooks.Heisco-authorof19patentsandhasreceivedseveralawards.Heisamemberofeditorialboardsofseveraljournals.Hewasthefounderandpresidenttwice(1983-1985,1998-2000)oftheMexicanSocietyofElectrochemistry,presidentoftheIberoamericanSocietyofElectrochemistry(2002-2004)andiscurrentlyvice-presidentoftheInternationalSocietyofElectrochemistry.

Michael Gr. Voskoglou(B.Sc.,M.Sc.,M.Phil.,Ph.DinMathematics)iscurrentlyanEmeritusProfessorofMathematicalSciencesattheSchoolofTechnologicalApplicationsoftheGraduateTechnologicalEducationalInstitute(T.E.I.)ofWesternGreece,whereheservedasafullProfessorfrom1987to2010.HeusedtobealsoaninstructorattheHellenicOpenUniversity,attheMathematicsDepartmentoftheUniversityofPatras,attheSchoolsofPrimaryandSecondaryIn–ServiceTeachers’TraininginPatrasanda teacherofmathematicsattheGreekPublicSecondaryEducation(1972-1987).HelecturedasaVisitingProfessorinM.Sc.coursesoftheDepartmentofOperationalMathematicsattheUniversityofAppliedSciencesinBerlin(2010)andoftheSchoolofManagementattheUniversityofWarsaw(2009),whileheworkedasaVisitingResearcherattheInstituteofMathematicsandInformaticsoftheNationalBulgarianAcademyofSciencesinSofiaforthreeyears(1997-2000),undersabbatical.Heistheauthorof10booksinGreekandinEnglishlanguageandofabout370paperspublishedinreputedjournalsandproceedingsofconferencesof26countriesinthefivecontinentsaroundtheGlobe,withmanycitationsfromotherresearchers.HeisalsotheEditorinChiefofthe“InternationalJournalofApplicationsofFuzzySetsandArtificialIntelligence”(ISSN2241-1240),RevieweroftheAmericanMathematicalSocietyandmemberoftheEditorialBoardorrefereeinagreatnumberofmathematicaljournals.HehasconductedfiveprogramsoftechnologicalresearchonapplicationsofquantitativemethodstoManagement(1989–1997)andhehassupervisedseveralstudents’dissertationsonmathematicalapplicationstoEconomicsandEngineering.HewasalsoexternalexaminerofstudentPh.D.ThesesofthePhysicsDepartmentoftheAinShamsUniversity,Cairo,Egypt,oftheElectricalEngineeringDepartmentofKingKhalidUniversity,SaudiArabiaandoftheMathematicsDepartmentoftheNationalInstituteofTechnologyofDurgapur,India.Heistherecipientofmanyscholarships,distinctionsandhonoraryawards(1969-2015).HisresearchinterestsincludeAlgebra,FuzzyLogic,MarkovChains,ArtificialIntelligenceandMathematicsEducation.

Steven Walczak isanAssociateProfessorof InformationScience, specializing inHealthcare InformationScience,intheSchoolofInformationattheUniversityofSouthFlorida.HealsoholdsafacultyappointmentwiththeFloridaCenterforCybersecurity.Dr.Walczak’sresearchisprimarilyfocusedontheapplicationofartificialintelligenceresearchtosolvedifficultreal-worldproblems,especiallyinthehealthcaredomain.Heutilizesarti-ficialneuralnetworks,knowledgebasedsystems,machinelearning,cognitivemodeling,andtextanalyticsinhisresearch.Dr.Walczakalsoconductsresearchinhealthinformationsystems,electroniccommerce,andknowledgemanagement.Hehaswellover100publishedpeer-reviewedjournalarticles,peer-reviewconferenceproceedings,

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andpeer-reviewedbookchapters.Dr.WalczakiscurrentlytheEditor-in-ChieffortheJournalofOrganizationalandEndUserComputing,formerEditor-in-ChiefofTheLearningOrganization,andAssociateEditorfortheIn-ternationalJournalofHealthcareInformationSystemsandInformatics,aswellasservingontheeditorialboardsof4otherjournals.

Jingying WangisaPhDstudentofInstituteofPsychology,ChineseAcademyofSciences.ShereceivedtheB.ScfromJianghanUniversityin2009andtheM.EdfromNanchangUniversityin2014.Hermajorispsychologyfrombacheloruntilnow.Atpresent,shefocusesoncyberpsychologyandpsychiatricdiagnosis.

Kevin WarwickisEmeritusProfessoratReadingandCoventryUniversities.Hismainresearchareasarear-tificialintelligence,biomedicalsystemsandcyborgs.Hisresearchasaself-experimentermeansheisfrequentlycalledtheworld’sfirstCyborg.KevintookhisfirstdegreeatAstonUniversity,followedbyaPhDatImperialCollege London. He held positions at Oxford, Newcastle, Warwick, Reading and Coventry Universities. HisexperimentsintoimplanttechnologyledtohimbeingfeaturedasthecoverstoryontheUSmagazine,‘Wired’.Heachievedtheworld’sfirstdirectelectroniccommunicationbetweentwohumannervoussystems,thebasisforthoughtcommunication.

Muhammad Wasim ispresentlyworkingasAssistantProfessor in theDepartmentofComputerScience,UsmanInstituteofTechnology.Hehasmorethan20yearsofteachingandresearchexperience.Hisworkhasap-pearedinthewellreputedacademicjournalsandconferences.HeisdoubleGoldMedalistandrecentlycompletedhisPhDinInformationTechnology.

Gary R. WeckmanisanAssociateProfessorintheDepartmentofIndustrialandSystemsEngineeringatOhioUniversity.HeobtainedhisPh.D.inIndustrialEngineeringfromtheUniversityofCincinnatiandhaspracticedindustrialengineeringforover12yearsatfirmssuchasGeneralElectricAircraftEngines,KennerProducts,andtheTraneCompany.Duringhiscareer,hehashadanumberoftechnicalandmanagerialresponsibilities,whichhasrevolvedarounddevelopingandimplementingdecisionsupportandforecastingsystems.Throughamixtureofresearchandapplication,Dr.Weckmanpossessesaninternationally-renownreputationforhiscontributionsofdevelopingmethodologiesforcomplexmanufacturing,information,financial,healthcare,sports,andenviron-mentalsystems.

Isaac WiafeholdsaBachelorsdegreeinMathematicsfromtheKwameNkrumahUniversityofScienceandTechnology,andaMasterdegreeinAppliedInformaticsincomputingfromtheUniversityofReading,UK.Inaddition,heholdsaPhDinInformaticsfromtheHenleyBusinessSchool,UniversityofReading,UK.Hismainresearchinterestisinpersuasivetechnologies.Thatistheuseofinteractivecomputingtechnologiesandinformationsystemstoalterhumancognitiontoapredeterminedone.Heisalsointerestedinthedevelopmentofmodels(bothmathematicalandconceptual)thatseektoalterhumanbehavior.Hehaspublishedextensivelyinhighlyrespectedacademicjournalsofinternationalreputation.Currently,heisalecturerattheSchoolofTechnology,GIMPAwherehehasbeenteachingcoursesinDecisionSupportSystems,BusinessIntelligence,SystemsAnalysisandDesign,etc.Hehasover15yearsexperienceintheuseofsoftwarefordesigning,collectingandanalyzingdata.

Naidenova XeniawasbornatLeningrad(Saint-Petersburg,theRussianFederation)in1940.ShegraduatedfromLeninElectro-TechnicalInstituteofLeningrad(nowSaint-PetersburgElectro-TechnicalUniversity)in1963andreceivedtheDiplomaoncomputerengineering.Fromthisinstitute,shereceivedherdoctor’sdegree(Ph.D.)

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inTechnicalSciencesin1979.ShehadbeenaninvitedprofessorattheUniversityofParis-Sud,ORSAY,France,ResearchLaboratoryofInformationSciencesundertheheadofDr.N.Spyratos,March,1991.In1995,shestartedtoworkasseniorresearcherattheResearchCentreofSaint-PetersburgMilitaryMedicalAcademywheresheisengagedindevelopingknowledgediscoveryanddataminingprogramsystemstosupportsolvingmedicineandpsychologicaldiagnostic tasks.UnderXeniaNaidenova,someadvancedknowledgeacquisitionsystemsbasedonmachinelearningoriginalalgorithmshavebeendevelopedincludingatoolforadaptiveprogrammingapplieddiagnosticmedicalsystems.ShereceivedtheDiplomaofSeniorResearcherfromtheMilitaryMedicalAcademyin1999.In2010,shereceivedtheAwardoftheRussianAssociationforArtificialIntelligenceforthebestfunda-mentalworkinArtificialIntelligence.Shehaspublishedover200papersonawiderangeoftopicsincomputerscience;sheisalsotheeditor(togetherwithIgnatov,D.)ofthemonograph“DiagnosticTestApproachestoMachineLearningandCommonsenseReasoningSystems”(IGIGlobal,2013).SheisaFellowoftheRussianAssociationforArtificialIntelligencefoundedin1989.SheworksasaconstantmemberoftheOrganizingCommitteeoftheInternationalConference“Knowledge-Dialog-Solution”.In2011,shehasbeenamemberoftheProgramCom-mitteeoftheWorkshop“SoftComputingApplicationsandKnowledgeDiscovery”.

Gen’ichi YasudajoinedtheFacultyofEngineeringofNagasakiInstituteofAppliedScience,Japan,in1983.HewasaProfessorofDepartmentofMechanicalEngineeringduring1996-2005,aProfessorofDepartmentofHumanandComputerIntelligence,FacultyofInformaticsduring2005-2010,andalsoaProfessorofDepartmentofElectronics and InformationTechnology,GraduateSchoolofEngineeringduring1996-2010.His teachingandresearch interests include industrial intelligent robotics,advanced intelligentmechatronicsanddistributedautonomousroboticsystems.

William A. Young IIisapassionateeducator,activeresearcher,andateam-orientedcollaboratorinservice.AtOhioUniversity’sCollegeofBusiness,YoungistheDirectoroftheOnlineMastersofBusinessAdministration(OMBA)program,anAssistantProfessorofBusinessAnalytics,andaCharlesM.CopelandFellow.YoungearnedhisdoctoratedegreeinMechanicalandSystemsEngineeringfromOhioUniversityin2010,wherehewonthe2009/2010OutstandingGraduateDoctoralStudentLeaderAwardattheuniversity’sannualAwardsGala.Williamalsoreceivedabachelor’s(BSEE)andmaster’s(MSEE)degreeinElectricalEngineeringatOhioUniversityin2002and2005respectively.Williamhascollaboratedwithmultidisciplinaryteamsoffaculty,students,andprofessionalsonprojectsandprogramsthathavebeenfundedbyGeneralElectricAviation,theNationalScienceFoundation,SogetiNetherlands,andOhio’sDepartmentofLabor.Young’sprimaryresearchandteachinginterestsrelatetobusinessanalyticsandoperationsmanagement.Intermsofhisresearch,Younghasvariouspeer-reviewedarticlesrelatedtooperationmanagement,healthcareservices,andenvironmentalsystems,aswellasspecificinterestsinquantitativesportsanalysis,andeducationaltechnologiesandtechniquesforinnovativecurriculumdevelopmentandteachinginstruction.

Yu-Jin Zhang,PhD,StateUniversityofLiège,Belgium,isProfessorofImageEngineeringatTsinghuaUni-versity,Beijing,China.Previously,hewaswiththeDelftUniversityofTechnology,theNetherlands.In2003,hespentthesabbaticalyearasvisitingprofessoratNationalTechnologicalUniversity,Singapore.Hisresearchinterestsaremainlyintheareaofimageengineering,includingimageprocessing,imageanalysisandimageunderstanding,aswellastheirapplications.Hehaspublishednearly400researchpapersandmorethan20books,includingthreemonographs:Image Segmentation(SciencePress,2001),Content-based Visual Information Retrieval(SciencePress,2003)andSubspace-based Face Recognition(TsinghuaUniversityPress,2009),aswellastwoeditedcol-

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lections:Advances in Image and Video Segmentation(IRMPress,2006)andSemantic-based Visual Information Retrieval(IRMPress,2007).HeisvicepresidentofChinaSocietyofImageandGraphicsandthedirectoroftheacademiccommitteeofthesociety.Heisdeputyeditor-in-chiefofJournal of Image and Graphicsandattheeditorialboardofseveralinternationaljournals.Hewastheprogramco-chairofTheFirst,Second,Fourth,andFifthInternationalConferenceonImageandGraphics(ICIG’2000,ICIG’2002,ICIG’2007,andICIG’2009).HeisaseniormemberofIEEE.

Chunfang Zhou, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in Department of Learning and Philosophy at AalborgUniversity,Denmark.ChunfangfinishedherBachelorstudy(majoringinIndustrialAutomationandInformationScience)andMasterstudy(majoringinPhilosophyofScienceandTechnology)inChina.In2012,shefinishedPh.D.studyon‘GroupCreativityDevelopmentinEngineeringEducationinProblemandProject-BasedLearning(PBL)EnvironmentinDenmark’.Since2004,ChunfanghaslocatedherresearchintheareaofScience,Technol-ogyandSociety(STS),withaparticularfocusoncreativitystudyanditsrelationstoSTEMeducation,grouplearning, organizational innovation, Problem-Based Learning (PBL), engineering and technology design, andInformationCommunicationTechnology(ICT).In2007,hermasterthesis“CoreCompetenceDevelopmentinScienceandTechnologyGroupsinUniversitiesinLiaoningProvince”wasawardedasthe“BestMasterThesis”byNortheasternUniversity(NEU),China.In2009,herpublishedjournalarticle“ResearchontheResearchGroup’sStructureandCreativeClimateofUniversitiesinLiaoningProvince,China”wonthe“AnnualArticleAward”ofJapanCreativity.In2013,shewasfundedanindividualresearchproject‘FosteringCreativityinHigherEducation:AComparativeStudyonPedagogicalStrategiesofLearningbyProjectsbetweenDenmarkandChina’,byDanishResearchCouncilthatleadshertorecentcontributionstocross-culturalstudiesoncreativityinlearningcontexts.

Changye ZhureceivedtheBachelorofengineeringdegreefromBeijingUniversityofPostsandTelecommu-nications,Beijing,China,in2014.HeiscurrentlyagraduatestudentwiththeSchoolofComputerandControl,UniversityofChineseAcademyofSciences.Hisresearchinterestsincludegaitsanalysis,affectivecomputingandmechinelearning.

Tingshao Zhu,PhD,earnedhissecondPh.DattheUniversityofAlbertaCanadain2006.From2008,hestartedworkingasaProfessorattheUniversityofChineseAcademyofSciences(CAS)inBeijing,andthenmovedtotheInstituteofPsychologyCAS,tofocusoncyberpsychology.Dr.ZhuhasextensiveexperienceonDataMin-ingandMachineLearning.HisresearchonMandarinText-To-Speech,conductedattheInstituteofComputingTechnology,CAS,wasthefirstattempttoacquireprosodicpatternsusingdatamining.HisproposaloflearningbrowsingbehaviormodelfrompassiveobservationshasdefinedanewdirectionforWebusermodeling.ThepaperthatpresentsthisideawontheBestStudentPaperAwardatthe9thInternationalConferenceonUserModeling(UM2003).Hisrecentworkfocusesonminingbehavioralbigdata,thatis,topredictpersonality,mentalhealth,socialwell-being,etc.ofusersbasedonbehaviordigitalrecord.Theresultsonmicroblog(SinaWeibo)andgaitsdemonstratethatitisapplicabletopredictpsychologicalfeaturesonbehavior.Hehaspublishedover50papersinmajorinternationalacademicconferencesandjournals.Themainfociofhiscurrentworkare(1)userbehaviormodeling;(2)ComputationalCyberPsychologyand(3)datamining.Formoreinformation,pleasevisit:http://ccpl.psych.ac.cn.

Alejandro ZuninoisanadjunctprofessoratUNICENandmemberofISISTANandCONICET.Hisresearchareasincludedistributedcomputing,service-orientedcomputing,andmobilecomputing.ZuninohasaPhDincomputersciencefromUNICEN.

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