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
Sandra Costanzo, IEEE & University of Calabria, Italy
Local Chair
Manuel Pérez Cota, AISTI, IEEE & University of Vigo, Spain
Advisory Committee
Ana Maria Correia, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom (Chair)
Andrew W. H. Ip - Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China
Cihan Cobanoglu, University of South Florida, United States
Chris Kimble, KEDGE Business School & MRM, UM2, Montpellier, France
Erik Bohlin, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
Eva Onaindia, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain
Eugene H. Spafford, Purdue University, United States
Gintautas Dzemyda, Vilnius University, Lithuania
Gregory Kersten, Concordia University, Canada
Janusz Kacprzyk, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
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
Salim Hariri, University of Arizona, United States
Marjan Mernik, University of Maribor, Slovenia
Michael Koenig, Long Island University, United States
Miguel-Angel Sicilia, University of Alcalá, Spain
Peter Sloot, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
Reza Langari, Texas A&M University, United States
Robert J. Kauffman, Sigapore Management University, Singapore
Wim Van Grembergen, University of Antwerp, Belgium
Program Committee
Abdul Rauf, RISE SICS, Sweden
Adnan Mahmood, Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland
Adriana Peña Pérez Negrón, Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico
Adriani Besimi, South East European University, Macedonia
Agostinho Sousa Pinto, Polythecnic of Porto, Portugal
Ahmed El Oualkadi, Abdelmalek Essaadi University, Morocco
Alan Ramirez-Noriega, Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, Mexico
Alberto Freitas, FMUP, University of Porto, Portugal
Aleksandra Labus, University of Belgrade, Serbia
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
Amit Shelef, Sapir Academic College, Israel
Ana Isabel Martins, University of Aveiro, Portugal
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
Antoni Oliver, University of the Balearic Islands, Spain
Antonio Borgia, University of Calabria, Italy
Antonio Jiménez-Martín, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
Antonio Pereira, Polytechnic of Leiria, Portugal
Armando Toda, University of São Paulo, Brazil
Arslan Enikeev, Kazan Federal University, Russia
Benedita Malheiro, Polytechnic of Porto, ISEP, Portugal
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
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 Mateos, ISISTAN-CONICET, UNICEN, Argentina
Daniel Lübke, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany
Dante Carrizo, Universidad de Atacama, Chile
David Cortés-Polo, Fundación COMPUTAEX, Spain
Edita Butrime, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Lithuania
Edna Dias Canedo, University of Brasilia, Brazil
Eduardo Albuquerque, Federal University of Goiás, Brazil
Eduardo Santos, Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná, Brazil
Egils Ginters, Riga Technical University, Latvia
Eliana Leite, University of Minho, Portugal
Emiliano Reynares, CONICET - CIDISI UTN FRSF, Argentina
Evandro Costa, Federal University of Alagoas, Brazil
Fatima Azzahra Amazal, Ibn Zohr University, Morocco
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
Fouzia Idrees, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University, Pakistan
Francesca Venneri, University of Calabria, Italy
Francesco Bianconi, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Italy
Francisco García-Peñalvo, University of Salamanca, Spain
Francisco Valverde, Universidad Central del Ecuador, Ecuador
Frederico Branco, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
Gabriel Pestana, Universidade Europeia, Portugal
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
Hamid Alasadi, Basra University, Iraq
Hatem Ben Sta, University of Tunis at El Manar, Tunisia
Hector Fernando Gomez Alvarado, Universidad Tecnica de Ambato, Ecuador
Hélder Gomes, University of Aveiro, Portugal
Helia Guerra, University of the Azores, Portugal
Henrique da Mota Silveira, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil
Henrique S. Mamede, University Aberta, Portugal
Hing Kai Chan, University of Nottingham Ningbo China, China
Hugo Paredes, INESC TEC and Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
Ibtissam Abnane, Mohamed V University in Rabat, 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
Isaías Martins, University of Leon, Spain
Ivan Lukovic, University of Novi Sad, Serbia
Jan Kubicek, Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
Jean Robert Kala Kamdjoug, Catholic University of Central Africa, Cameroon
Jesús Gallardo Casero, University of Zaragoza, Spain
Jezreel Mejia, CIMAT, Unidad Zacatecas, Mexico
Jikai Li, The College of New Jersey, United States
Jinzhi Lu, KTH-Royal Insititute of Technology, Sweden
Joao Carlos Silva, IPCA, Portugal
João Manuel R.S. Tavares, University of Porto, FEUP, Portugal
João Reis, University of Lisbon, Portugal
João Rodrigues, University of the Algarve, Portugal
Jorge Barbosa, Polythecnic of Coimbra, Portugal
Jorge Buele, Technical University of Ambato, Ecuador
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 Álvarez-García, University of Extremadura, Spain
José Braga de Vasconcelos, Universidade New Atlântica, Portugal
Jose Luis Herrero Agustin, University of Extremadura, Spain
José Luís Reis, ISMAI, Portugal
Jose Luis Sierra, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain
Jose M Parente de Oliveira, Aeronautics institute of Techology, Brazil
José Machado, University of Minho, Portugal
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
Juncal Gutiérrez-Artacho, University of Granada, Spain
Justyna Trojanowska, Poznan University of Technology, Poland
Katsuyuki Umezawa, Shonan Institute of Technology, Japan
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
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 Mendes Gomes, University of the Azores, Portugal
Luiz Rafael Andrade, Tiradentes University, Brazil
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
Manuel Antonio Fernández-Villacañas Marín, Technical University of Madrid, Spain
Manuel Pérez-Cota, University of Vigo, Spain
Manuel Silva, Polytechnic of Porto and INESC TEC, Portugal
Manuel Tupia, Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, Peru
Marco Ronchetti, Universita' di Trento, Italy
Mareca María PIlar, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
Marek Kvet, Zilinska Univerzita v Ziline, Slovakia
María de la Cruz del Río-Rama, University of Vigo, Spain
Maria João Ferreira, Universidade Portucalense, Portugal
Maria João Varanda Pereira, Polytechnic of Bragança, Portugal
Maria José Sousa, University of Coimbra, Portugal
María Teresa García-Álvarez, University of A Coruna, Spain
Marijana Despotovic-Zrakic, Faculty Organiyational Science, Serbia
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
Maroi Agrebi, University of Polytechnique Hauts-de-France, France
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
Michal Adamczak, Poznan School of Logistics, Poland
Michal Kvet, University of Zilina, Slovakia
Miguel António Sovierzoski, Federal University of Technology - Paraná, Brazil
Mihai Lungu, University of Craiova, Romania
Milton Miranda, Federal University of Uberlândia, Brazil
Mircea Georgescu, Al. I. Cuza University of Iasi, Romania
Mirna Muñoz, Centro de Investigación en Matemáticas A.C., Mexico
Mohamed Hosni, ENSIAS, Morocco
Mokhtar Amami, Royal Military College of Canada, Canada
Monica Leba, University of Petrosani, Romania
Muhammad Nawaz, Institute of Management Sciences Peshawar, Pakistan
Mu-Song Chen, Da-Yeh University, China
Nastaran Hajiheydari, York St John University, United Kingdom
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
Nelson Salgado, Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador, Ecuador
Nikolai Prokopyev, Kazan Federal University, Russia
Niranjan S K, JSS Science and Technology University, India
Noemi Emanuela Cazzaniga, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Noor Ahmed, AFRL/RI, United States
Noureddine Kerzazi, Polytechnique Montréal, Canada
Nuno Melão, Polytechnic of Viseu, Portugal
Nuno Octávio Fernandes, Polytechnic of Castelo Branco, Portugal
Paôla Souza, Aeronautics Institute of Technology, Brazil
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
Piotr Kulczycki, Systems Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Prabhat Mahanti, University of New Brunswick, Canada
Radu-Emil Precup, Politehnica University of Timisoara, Romania
Rafael M. Luque Baena, University of Malaga, Spain
Rahim Rahmani, University Stockholm, Sweden
Raiani Ali, Bournemouth University, United Kingdom
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
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
Sajid Anwar, Institute of Management Sciences Peshawar, Pakistan
Salama Mostafa, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Malaysia
Sami Habib, Kuwait University, Kuwait
Samuel Fosso Wamba, Toulouse Business School, France
Sanaz Kavianpour, University of Technology, Malaysia
Sandra Costanzo, University of Calabria, Italy
Sandra Patricia Cano Mazuera, University of San Buenaventura Cali, Colombia
Sergio Albiol-Pérez, University of Zaragoza, Spain
Shahnawaz Talpur, Mehran University of Engineering & Technology Jamshoro, Pakistan
Silviu Vert, Politehnica University of Timisoara, Romania
Simona Mirela Riurean, 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
Stefan Pickl, UBw München COMTESSA, Germany
Sümeyya Ilkin, Kocaeli University, Turkey
Syed Asim Ali, University of Karachi, Pakistan
Taoufik Rachad, University Mohamed V, Morocco
Tatiana Antipova, Institute of Sertified Spesialists, Russia
The Thanh Van, HCMC University of Food Industry, Vietnam
Thomas Weber, EPFL, Switzerland
Timothy Asiedu, TIM Technology Services Ltd, Ghana
Tom Sander, New College of Humanities, Germany
Tomaž Klobučar, Jozef Stefan Institute, Slovenia
Toshihiko Kato, Univerisity of Electro-communications, Japan
Tzung-Pei Hong, National University of Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Valentina Colla, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy
Veronica Segarra Faggioni, Private Technical University of Loja, Ecuador
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
Vitalyi Igorevich Talanin, Zaporozhye Institute of Economics & Information Technologies, Ukraine
Wolf Zimmermann, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
Yadira Quiñonez, Autonomous University of Sinaloa, Mexico
Yair Wiseman, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
Yuhua Li, Cardiff University, United Kingdom
Yuwei Lin, University of Roehampton, United Kingdom
Yves Rybarczyk, Universidad de Las Américas, Ecuador
Zorica Bogdanovic, University of Belgrade, Serbia