Committees
General Chair
Álvaro Rocha, AISTI, IEEE SMC & University of Coimbra, Portugal
Co-Chairs
Hojjat Adeli, IEEE & The Ohio State University, United States
Luis Paulo Reis, AISTI, IEEE & University of Minho, Portugal
Local General Chair
Sandra Costanzo, IEEE & University of Calabria, Italy
Advisory Committee
Ana Maria Correia, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom (Chair)
Ben Lev, Drexel University, United States
Chris Kimble, KEDGE Business School & MRM, UM2, Montpellier, France
David Garson, North Carolina State University, United States
Florin Gheorghe Filip, Romanian Academy, Romania
Gintautas Dzemyda, Vilnius University, Lithuania
Janusz Kacprzyk, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Jeroen van den Hoven, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
João Tavares, University of Porto, Portugal
Jon Hall, The Open University, United Kingdom
Karl Stroetmann, Empirica Communication & Technology Research, Germany
Kathleen Carley, Carnegie Mellon University, United States
Keng Siau, Missouri University of Science and Technology, United States
Ladislav Hluchy, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia
Marjan Mernik, University of Maribor, Slovenia
Michael Koenig, Long Island University, United States
Miguel-Angel Sicilia, University of Alcalá, Spain
Péter Kacsuk, University of Westminster, United Kingdom
Peter Sloot, University of Amsterdam, Netherland
Robertas Damaševičius, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania
Sujeet Shenoi, University of Tulsa, United States
Ted Shortliffe, Arizona State University, United States
Wan Kyun Chung, POSTECH, Korea
Wim Van Grembergen, University of Antwerp, Belgium
Yu-Chuan (Jack) Li, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan
Program Committee
Adnan Mahmood, Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland
Adriana Fernandes, ISCTE-IUL, Portugal
Adriana Peña Pérez Negrón, Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico
Adriani Besimi, South East European University, Macedonia
Agostino Forestiero, ICAR-CNR, Italy
Ahmed El Oualkadi, Abdelmalek Essaadi University, Morocco
Alan Ramirez-Noriega, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Mexico
Alberto Freitas, FMUP, University of Porto, Portugal
Alcides Fonseca, University of Lisbon, Portugal
Alessio Ferrari, ISTI-CNR, Italy
Alexandru Vulpe, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania
Ali Alsoufi, University of Bahrain, Bahrain
Ali Idri, ENSIAS, University Mohamed V, Morocco
Almir Souza Silva Neto, IFMA, Brazil
Alvaro Arenas, IE Business School, Spain
Amit Shelef, Sapir Academic College, Israel
Ana Luis, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Anabela Tereso, University of Minho, Portugal
Anacleto Correia, CINAV, Portugal
Anca Alexandra Purcarea, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania
André Marcos Silva, Centro Universitário Adventista de São Paulo (UNASP), Brazil
Aneta Poniszewska-Maranda, Lodz University of Technology, Poland
Angeles Quezada, Instituto Tecnologico de Tijuana, Mexico
Ankur Singh Bist, KIET, India
Antonio Borgia, University of Calabria, Italy
António Gonçalves, University of Lisbon & INESC ID, Portugal
Antonio Jiménez-Martín, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
Antonio Pereira, Polytechnic of Leiria, Portugal
Antonio Raffo, University of Calabria, Italy
Armando Mendes, University of Azores, Portugal
Armando Toda, University of São Paulo, Brazil
Arsénio Monteiro Reis, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
Arslan Enikeev, Kazan Federal University, Russia
Benedita Malheiro, Polytechnic of Porto, ISEP, Portugal
Bing Li, Arizona State University, United States
Borja Bordel, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
Branko Perisic, Faculty of Technical Sciences, Serbia
Carla Pinto, Polytechnic of Porto, ISEP, Portugal
Carla Santos Pereira, Universidade Portucalense, Portugal
Carlos Costa, ISCTE-IUL, Portugal
Catarina Reis, Polytechnic of Leiria, Portugal
Cédric Gaspoz, University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland (HES-SO), Switzerland
Cengiz Acarturk, Middle East Technical University, Turkey
Cesar Collazos, Universidad del Cauca, Colombia
Christophe Feltus, LIST, Luxembourg
Christophe Soares, University Fernando Pessoa, Portugal
Christos Bouras, University of Patras, Greece
Ciro Martins, University of Aveiro, Portugal
Claudio Sapateiro, Polytechnic of Setúbal, Portugal
Cristian García Bauza, PLADEMA-UNICEN-CONICET, Argentina
Cristian Mateus, ISISTAN-CONICET, UNICEN, Argentina
Dagmar Cámská, Czech Technical University, Prague, Czech Republic
Dalila Durães, Technical University of Madrid, Spain
Daniel Castro Silva, University of Porto, Portugal
Dante Carrizo, Universidad de Atacama, Chile
David Cortés-Polo, Fundación COMPUTAEX, Spain
Djamel Kehil, ENSET SKIKDA, Algeria
Dorgival Netto, IFMS - Federal Institute of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
Edita Butrime, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Lithuania
Edna Dias Canedo, University of Brasilia, Brazil
Eduardo Santos, Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná, Brazil
Egils Ginters, Riga Technical University, Latvia
Elena Mikhailova, Saint Petersburg State University, Russia
Emiliano Reynares, CONICET - CIDISI UTN FRSF, Argentina
Evandro Costa, Federal University of Alagoas, Brazil
Farhan Siddiqui, United States
Felix Blazquez-Lozano, University of Coruña, Spain.
Fernando Bobillo, University of Zaragoza, Spain
Fernando Moreira, Portucalense University, Portugal
Fernando Ribeiro, Polytechnic Castelo Branco, Portugal
Filipe Portela, University of Minho, Portugal
Filippo Neri, University of Naples, Italy
Fionn Murtagh, University of Huddersfield, United Kingdom
Firat Bestepe, Republic of Turkey Ministry of Development, Turkey
Floriano Scioscia, Polytechnic University of Bari, Italy
Francesca Venneri, University of Calabria, Italy
Francesco Bianconi, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Italy
Francisco García-Peñalvo, University of Salamanca, Spain
Frederico Branco, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
Gali Naveh, Shamoon College of Engineering, Israel
Galim Vakhitov, Kazan Federal University, Russia
George Suciu, BEIA, Romania
Ghani Albaali, Princess Sumaya University for Technology, Jordan
Gian Piero Zarri, University Paris-Sorbonne, France
Giuseppe Di Massa, University of Calabria, Italy
Gonçalo Paiva Dias, University of Aveiro, Portugal
Goreti Marreiros, ISEP/GECAD, Portugal
Graciela Lara López, University of Guadalajara, Mexico
Habiba Drias, University of Science and Technology Houari Boumediene, Algeria
Hafed Zarzour, University of Souk Ahras, Algeria
Hatem Ben Sta, University of Tunis at El Manar, Tunisia
Hector Fernando Gomez Alvarado, Universidad Tecnica de Ambato, Ecuador
Helia Guerra, University of the Azores, Portugal
Henrique da Mota Silveira, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil
Hing Kai Chan, University of Nottingham Ningbo China, China
Hugo Paredes, INESC TEC and Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
Igor Aguilar Alonso, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
Ilham Slimani, Ensias, Morocco
Imen Ben Said, Université de Sfax, Tunisia
Ina Schiering, Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Inês Domingues, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Isabel Lopes, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal
Isabel Pedrosa, Coimbra Business School - ISCAC, Portugal
Ivan Lukovic, University of Novi Sad, Serbia
J. João Almeida, University of Minho, Portugal
Jan Kubicek, Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
Javier Medina, Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, Colombia
Jean Robert Kala Kamdjoug, Catholic University of Central Africa, Cameroon
Jezreel Mejia, CIMAT, Unidad Zacatecas, Mexico
Jikai Li, The College of New Jersey, United States
Joao Carlos Silva, IPCA, Portugal
João Manuel R.S. Tavares, University of Porto, FEUP, Portugal
João Rodrigues, University of the Algarve, Portugal
Jorge Esparteiro Garcia, Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo, Portugal
Jorge Gomes, University of Lisbon, Portugal
Jorge Oliveira e Sá, University of Minho, Portugal
José Braga de Vasconcelos, Universidade New Atlântica, Portugal
Jose Luis Herrero Agustin, University of Extremadura, Spain
José Luís Reis, ISMAI, Portugal
Jose M Parente de Oliveira, Aeronautics institute of Techology, Brazil
José Martins, Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
Jose Torres, Universidty Fernando Pessoa, Portugal
José-Luís Pereira, Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Juan Jesus Ojeda-Castelo, University of Almeria, Spain
Juan M. Santos, University of Vigo, Spain
Juan Pablo Damato, UNCPBA-CONICET, Argentina
Julie Dugdale, University Grenoble Alps, France
Juncal Gutiérrez-Artacho, University of Granada, Spain
Justin Dauwels, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Justyna Trojanowska, Poznan University of Technology, Poland
Kalai Anand Ratnam, Asia Pacific University of Technology & Innovation, Malaysia
Katsuyuki Umezawa, Shonan Institute of Technology, Japan
Kevin K.W. Ho, University of Guam, Guam
Khalid Benali, LORIA - University of Lorraine, France
Korhan Gunel, Adnan Menderes University, Turkey
Krzysztof Wolk, Polish-Japanese Academy od Information Technology, Poland
Kuan Yew Wong, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Malaysia
Laila Cheikhi, University Mohammed V, Rabat, Morocco
Laura Varela-Candamio, Universidade da Coruña, Spain
Laurentiu Boicescu, E.T.T.I. U.P.B., Romania
Leonardo Botega, University Centre Eurípides of Marília (UNIVEM), Brazil
Leonel Morgado, Universidade de Aberta & INESC TEC, Portugal
Leonid Leonidovich Khoroshko, Moscow Aviation Institute (National Research University), Russia
Letícia Helena Januário, Universidade Federal de São João del Rei, Brazil
Lila Rao-Graham, University of the West Indies, Jamaica
Luis Alvarez Sabucedo, University of Vigo, Spain
Luis Gomes, Nova de Lisboa University, Portugal
Luis Gomes, University of the Azores, Portugal
Luis Silva Rodrigues, Polythencic of Porto, Portugal
Luz Sussy Bayona Oré, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Peru
Magdalena DIERING, Poznan University of Technology, Poland
Majida Alasady, Tikrit University, Iraq
Manuel Pérez-Cota, University of Vigo, Spain
Manuel Silva, Polytechnic of Porto and INESC TEC, Portugal
Marcelo Mendonça Teixeira, Federal Rural University of Pernambuco, Brazil
Marco Ronchetti, Universita' di Trento, Italy
Mareca María PIlar, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
Marek Kvet, Zilinska Univerzita v Ziline, Slovakia
Maria João Ferreira, Universidade Portucalense, Portugal
Maria João Varanda Pereira, Polytechnic of Bragança, Portugal
Maria José Sousa, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Maria Koziri, UTH, Greece
María Teresa García-Álvarez, University of A Coruna, Spain
Marijana Despotovic-Zrakic, Faculty Organiyational Science, Serbia
Marina Ismail, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
Mário Antunes, Polythecnic of Leiria & CRACS INESC-TEC, Portugal
Marisa Maximiano, Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Portugal
Marisol Garcia-Valls, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
Maristela Holanda, University of Brasilia, Brazil
Marius Vochin, E.T.T.I. U.P.B., Romania
Marlene Goncalves da Silva, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Venezuela
Martin Henkel, Stockholm University, Sweden
Martín López Nores, University of Vigo, Spain
Martin Zelm, INTEROP-VLab, Belgium
Mawloud Mosbah, University 20 Août 1955 of Skikda, Algeria
Meryeme Hadni, FSDM, Morocco
Michal Adamczak, Poznan School of Logistics, Poland
Michal Kvet, University of Zilina, Slovakia
Michele Ruta, Politecnico di Bari, Italy
Miguel António Sovierzoski, Federal University of Technology - Paraná, Brazil
Mihai Lungu, University of Craiova, Romania
Mircea Georgescu, Al. I. Cuza University of Iasi, Romania
Mirna Muñoz, Centro de Investigación en Matemáticas A.C., Mexico
Miroslav Bures, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic
Mohamed Abouzeid, Innovations for High Performance Microelectronics IHP, Germany
Mohamed Serrhini, University Mohamed First Oujda, Morocco
Mokhtar Amami, Royal Military College of Canada, Canada
Monica Leba, University of Petrosani, Romania
Mu-Song Chen, Da-Yeh University, China
Natalia Grafeeva, Saint Petersburg University, Russia
Natalia Miloslavskaya, National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, Russia
Naveed Ahmed, University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Nelson Rocha, University of Aveiro, Portugal
Nikolai Prokopyev, Kazan Federal University, Russia
Noemi Emanuela Cazzaniga, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Nuno Melão, Polytechnic of Viseu, Portugal
Nuno Octávio Fernandes, Polytechnic of Castelo Branco, Portugal
Patricia Zachman, Universidad Nacional del Chaco Austral, Argentina
Paula Alexandra Rego, Polytechnic of Viana do Castelo & LIACC, Portugal
Paula Viana, Polytechnic of Porto & INESC TEC, Portugal
Paulo Maio, Polytechnic of Porto, ISEP, Portugal
Paulo Novais, University of Minho, Portugal
Paweł Karczmarek, The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland
Pedro Henriques Abreu, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Pedro Rangel Henriques, University of Minho, Portugal
Pedro Sobral, University Fernando Pessoa, Portugal
Pedro Sousa, University of Minho, Portugal
Philipp Brune, Neu-Ulm University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Radu-Emil Precup, Politehnica University of Timisoara, Romania
Rafael M. Luque Baena, University of Malaga, Spain
Rahim Rahmani, University Stockholm, Sweden
Ramayah T., Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
Ramiro Delgado, Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE, Ecuador
Ramiro Gonçalves, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro & INESC TEC, Portugal
Ramon Alcarria, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
Ramon Fabregat Gesa, University of Girona, Spain
Refet Polat, Yasar University, Turkey
Reyes Juárez Ramírez, Universidad Autonoma de Baja California, Mexico
Rui Jose, University of Minho, Portugal
Rui Pitarma, Polytechnic Institute of Guarda, Portugal
Rui S. Moreira, UFP & INESC TEC & LIACC, Portugal
Rustam Burnashev, Kazan Federal University, Russia
Saeed Salah, Al-Quds University, Palestine
Said Achchab, Mohammed V University in Rabat, Morocco
Saide Saide, State Islamic University of Sultan Syarif Kasim Riau, Indonesia
Sajid Anwar, Institute of Management Sciences Peshawar, Pakistan
Salama Mostafa, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Malaysia
Samantha Jiménez, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Mexico
Sami Habib, Kuwait University, Kuwait
Samuel Ekundayo, Eastern Institute of Technology, New Zealand
Samuel Fosso Wamba, Toulouse Business School, France
Sandra Costanzo, University of Calabria, Italy
Sandra Patricia Cano Mazuera, University of San Buenaventura Cali, Colombia
Sergio Albiol-Pérez, University of Zaragoza, Spain
Sergio Inzunza, Universidad Autonoma de Baja California, Mexico
Shahnawaz Talpur, Mehran University of Engineering & Technology Jamshoro, Pakistan
Silviu Vert, Politehnica University of Timisoara, Romania
Simona Mirela, University of Petrosani, Romania
Slawomir Zolkiewski, Silesian University of Technology, Poland
Solange N. Alves-Souza, University of São Paulo, Brazil
Solange Rito Lima, University of Minho, Portugal
Sorin Zoican, Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Romania
Souraya Hamida, Batna 2 University, Algeria
Stanley Lima, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
Stefan Pickl, UBw München COMTESSA, Germany
Sümeyya Ilkin, Kocaeli University, Turkey
Syed Asim Ali, University of Karachi, Pakistan
Tatiana Antipova, Institute of Sertified Spesialists, Russia
Thanasis Loukopoulos, University of Thessaly, Greece
The Thanh Van, HCMC University of Food Industry, Vietnam
Thomas Weber, EPFL, Switzerland
Tiago Gonçalves, University of Lisbon, Portugal
Toshihiko Kato, Univerisity of Electro-communications, Japan
Tzung-Pei Hong, National University of Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Valentina Colla, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy
Victor Alves, University of Minho, Portugal
Victor Georgiev, Kazan Federal University, Russia
Victor Hugo Medina Garcia, Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, Colombia
Vincenza Carchiolo, University of Catania, Italy
Visar Shehu, South East European University, Macedonia
Vitalyi Igorevich Talanin, Zaporozhye Institute of Economics & Information Technologies, Ukraine
Wolf Zimmermann, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
Yair Wiseman, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
Yuhua Li, University of Salford, United Kingdom
Yuwei Lin, University of Stirling, United Kingdom
Yves Rybarczyk, Universidad de Las Américas, Ecuador
Zorica Bogdanovic, University of Belgrade, Serbia