Committees

 General Chair

Álvaro Rocha, AISTI, IEEE SMC & University of Coimbra, Portugal

 

Co-Chairs

Ana Maria Correia, AISTI & University of Sheffield, United Kingdom

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

 

Advisory Committee

Chris Kimble, KEDGE Business School & MRM, UM2, Montpellier, Fance

Cihan Cobanoglu, University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee, United States

Enes Sukic, UIKTEN, Serbia

Eugene Spafford, Purdue University, United States

Eva Onaindia, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain

Frank Schweitzer, ETH Zurich, Chair of Systems Design, Switzerland

Geoffrey Fox, Indiana University, United States

Guy Pujolle, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, France

Janusz Kacprzyk, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland

Jean-Claude Thill, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, United States

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

Ladislav Hluchy, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia

Marcelo Mendonça Teixeira, Federal Rural University of Pernambuco, Brasil

Nitish Thakor, Johns Hopkins University, United States

Péter Kacsuk, University of Westminster, United Kingdom

Robert Kauffman, Singapore Management University, Singapore

Roger Owen, Swansea University, United Kingdom

Sajal Das, Missouri University of Science and Technology, United States

Salim Hariri, The University of Arizona, United States

Wim Van Grembergen, University of Antwerp, Belgium

Witold Pedrycz, University of Alberta, Canada

Xindong Wu, University of Vermont, United States

Zahir Irani, Brunel University London, United Kingdom

 

Program Committee

Abdulla Al-Kaff, Carlos III University of Madrid, Spain

Adrian Florea, 'Lucian Blaga' University of Sibiu, Romania

Adriana Fernandes, ISCTE-IUL, Portugal

Agostinho de Sousa Pinto, ISCAP/IPP, Portugal

Aguilar Alonso, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain

Ahmed El Oualkadi, Abdelmalek Essaadi University, Morocco

Alberto Freitas, University of Porto, Portugal

Alessio Ferrari, CNR ISTI, Italy

Alan Ramirez-Noriega, Universidad Autonoma de Baja California, Mexico

Alexandre Varão, University New Atlântica, Portugal

Alexandru Vulpe,    University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania

Almiz Souza e Silva Neto, IFPB, Brazil

Alvaro Arenas, IE Business School, Spain

Anabela Tereso, Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Anacleto Correia, CINAV, Portugal

André Marcos Silva, Centro Universitário Adventista de São Paulo, Brazil

Ankit Patel, University of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Antonio Jiménez-Martín, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain

Antonio Pereira, Polythechnic of Leiria, Portugal

Armando Mendes, University of the Azores, Portugal

Arsénio Reis, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal

Babak Darvish Rouhani, Payame Noor University, Iran

Bernard Grabot, LGP-ENIT, France

Benedita Malheiro, Polytechnic of Porto, Portugal

Borja Bordel, Technical University of Madrid, Spain

Carla Pinto, Polytechnic of Porto, Portugal

Carlos Costa, ISCTE-IUL, Portugal

Catherine Garbay, Laboratoire d'Informatique de Grenoble, France

Cédriz Gaspoz, University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland, Switzerland

Cengiz Acarturk, Orta Dogu Teknik Universitesi, Turkey

Christophe Strobbe, Hochschule der Medien, Germany

Christos Bouras, University of Patras, Greece

Ciro Martins, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Cláudio Sapateiro, Polytechnic of Setúbal, Portugal

Cristian García Bauza, PLADEMA-UNICEN-CONICET, Argentina

Cristian Mateos, ISISTAN-CONICET, Argentina

Dalila Durães, Polythechnic of Porto, Portugal

Daniel Castro Silva, University of Porto, Portugal

David Cortés-Polo, COMPUTAEX Foundation, Spain

Dorgival Netto, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil

Edita Butrimė, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Lithuania

Edna Dias Canedo, University of Brasilia, Brazil

Eduardo Santos, Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná, Brazil

Eduardo Zurek, Universidad del Norte, Colombia

Egil Ginters, Riga Technical University, Latvia

Elionai Moura Cordeiro, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Emiliano Reynares, CONICET, Argentina

Fabio Galatioto, Transport Systems Catapult, United Kingdom

Farhan Siddiqui, Canada

Fatima Ouzayd, ENSIAS, Morocco

Fernando Bobillo, University of Zaragoza, Spain

Fernando Moreira, Universidade Portucalense, Portugal

Fernando Reinaldo Ribeiro, Polytechnic of Castelo Branco, Portugal

Filipe Portela, University of Minho, Portugal

Filipe Sá, Polythechnic of Coimbra, Portugal

Fionn Murtagh, University of Derby, United Kingdom

Floriano Scioscia, Politecnico di Bari, Italy

Francesco Bianconi, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Italy

Frederico Branco, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal

George Suciu, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania

Gilvandenys Sales, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Ceará, Brazil

Gonçalo Paiva Dias, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Goreti Marreiros, ISEP/GECAD, Portugal

Habiba Drias, USTHB, Algeria

Hartwig Hochmair, University of Florida, United States

Hatem Ben Sta, University of Tunis at El Manar, Tunisia

Hector Fernando Gomez Alvarado, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, Ecuador

Hélia Guerra, University of the Azores, Portugal

Henrique da Mota Silveira, University of Campinas, Brazil

Hing Kai Chan, University of Nottingham Ningbo, China

Hugo Paredes, Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal

Ina Schiering, Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences, Germany

Isabel Lopes, Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal

Isabel Pedrosa, Coimbra Business School, Portugal

Ivan Lukovic, University of Novi Sad, Serbia

J. Joao Almeida, Universidade do Minho, Portugal

James Njenga, University of the Western Cape, South Africa

Jason Ding, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, United States

Jean Robert Kala Kamdjoug, Catholic University of Central Africa, Cameroon

Jezreel Mejia, Centro de Investigación en Matemáticas (CIMAT), Mexico

Jie Zeng, Tsinghua University, China

João Carlos Silva, Polytechnic of Cávado and Ave, Portugal

João Manuel R.S. Tavares, Universidade do Porto, Portugal

Jorge Esparteiro Garcia, Polytechnic of Viana do Castelo, Portugal

Jorge Gomes, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

Jorge Oliveira e Sá, University of Minho, Portugal

Jongpil Jeong, Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea

José Luís Herrero Agustín, University of Extremadura, Spain

José Luís Reis, Instituto Universitário da Maia, Portugal

José M. Parente de Oliveira, Aeronautics Instittue of Technology, Brazil

José Martins, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal

Jose Vasconcelos, University New Atlântica, Portugal

José Luís Pereira, Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Jukai Li, The College of New Jersey, United States

Julie Dugdale, University Grenoble Alps, France

Justin Dauwels, NTU, Singapore

Kashif Saleem, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia

Kevin Ho, University of Guam, Guam

Khalid Benali, Université de Lorraine, France

Korhan Günel, Adnan Menderes University, Turkey

Krzysztof Wolk, Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology, Poland

Kuan Yew Wong, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia

Laurentiu Boicescu, E.T.T.I. U.P.B., Romania

Lea Skorin-Kapov, University of Zagreb, Croatia

Leonardo Botega, UNIVEM, Brazil

Libo Li, IESEG School of Management, France

Lina Rao, University of the West Indies, Jamaica

Lorenz Diener, University of Bremen, Germany

Lorenzo Capra, Università Degli Studi Di Milano, Italy

Luis Gomes, Universidade Nova Lisboa, Portuga

Luis Mendes Gomes, University of the Azores, Portugal

Luís Silva Rodrigues, Polythechnic of Porto, Portugal

Mahesh Raisinghani,Texas Woman University, United States

Manuel Mazzara, Innopolis University, Russia

Manuel Perez-Cota, University of Vigo, Spain

Manuel Silva, ISEP, Portugal

Marcelo Mendonça Teixeira, UFRPE, Brazil

Maria José Sousa, Universidade Europeia, Portugal

Marijana Despotović-Zrakić, University of Belgrade, Serbia

Mário Antunes, Polytechnic of Leiria, Portugal

Marius Vochin, E.T.T.I. U.P.B., Romania

Maristela Holanda, University of Brasilia, Brazil

Martin Henkel, Stockolm University, Sweeden

Martín López-Nores, University of Vigo, Spain

Martin Zelm, InterOP-VLab, Belgium

Mawloud Mosbah, University 20 Août 1955 of Skikda, Algeria

Michele Ruta, Politecnico di Bari, Italy

Miguel Antonio Sovierzoski,Federal University of Technology, Brazil

Mijalche Santa, Ss Cyril and Methodius University, Macedonia

Michal Kvet, University of Zilina, Slovakia

Mikael Snaprud, UiA, Norway

Mircea Georgescu, Cuza University of Iasi, Romania

Mirna Muñoz, Centro de Investigación en Matemáticas (CIMAT), Mexico

Miroslav Bures, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic

Mohammed Serrhini, University Mohammed First Oujda, Morocco

Mokhtar Amami, Royal Military College of Canada, Canada

Munir Majdalawieh, Zayed University, United Arab Emirates

Mu-Song Chen, Da-Yeh University, Taiwan

Natalia Miloslavskaya, Natiolal Research Nuclear University MEPhI, Russia

Nelson Rocha, University of Aveiro, Portugal

Nicolai Prokopyev, Kazan Federal University, Russia

Noemi Emanuela Cazzaniga, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

Nuno Melão, Polytechnic  of Viseu, Portugal

Nuno Octávio Fernandes, Polythechnic of Castelo Branco, Portugal

Patricia Zachman, Universidad Nacional del Chaco Austral, Argentina

Paula Alexandra Rego, Politécnico de Viana do Castelo, Portugal

Paula Viana, Polytechnic of Porto, Portugal

Paulo Maio, Polytechnic of Porto, Portugal

Paulo Novais, Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Paweł Karczmarek, The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland

Pedro Henriques Abreu, University of Coimbra, Portugal

Pedro Sousa, University of Minho, Portugal

Radu-Emil Precup, Politehnica University of Timisoara, Romania

Rahim Rahmani, Stockholm University, Sweden

Ramayah T., Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia

Ramiro Gonçalves, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro,Portugal

Ramon Alcarria, Technical University of Madrid, Spain

Rasha Abou Samra, Higher Colleges of Technology, United Arab Emirates

Reyes Juárez-Ramírez, Universidad Autonoma de Baja California, Mexico

Roger Bons, FOM University of Applied Sciences, Germany

Roman Popp, TU Wien, Austria

Rui Jose, University of Minho, Portugal

Rui Pitarma, Polytechnic Institute of Guarda, Portugal

Rui Silva Moreira, University Fernando Pessoa, Portugal

Rustam Burnashev, Kazan Federal University, Russia

Salama Mostafa, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Malaysia

Sami Habib, Kuwait University, Kuwait

Samuel Ekundayo, Eastern Institute of Technology, New Zeland

Samuel Fosso Wamba, Toulouse Business School, France

Sergio Albiol-Pérez, University of Zaragoza, Spain

Silviu Vert, Politehnica University of Timisoara, Romania

Slawomir Zolkiewski, Silesian University of Technology, Poland

Sorin Zoican, Politehnica University of Bucharest, Romania

Stanisław Drożdż, Cracow University of Technology, Poland

Stefan Pickl, UBw München, Germany

Stephane Roche, Université Laval, Canada

Stuart So, The University of Melbourne, Australia

Tatiana Antipova, Perm State University, Russia

Thomas Rist, University of Applied Sciences Ausgburg, Germany

Thomas Weber, EPFL, Switzerland

Tzung-Pei Hong, National University of Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Vandana  Shreenivas Bhat, SDMCET, India

Victor Alves, University of Minho, Portugal

Victor Georgiev, Kazan Federal University, Russia

Vida Melninkaite, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania

Vilma Villarouco, Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil

Vitalyi Igorevich Talanin, Zaporozhye Institute of Economics & Information Technologies, Ukraine

Vittoria Cozza, Polytechnic University of Bari, Italy

Wolf Zimmermann, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany

Yair Wiseman, CBar-Ilan University, Israel

Yuhua Li, University of Salford, United Kingdom

Yuwei Lin, University for the Creative Arts, United Kingdom

Yves Rybarczyk, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

Zdzislaw Kowalczuk, Gdansk University of Technologhy, Poland

Zorica Bogdanović, University of Belgrade, Servia

 

Secretariat Committee

Anabela Sarmento, ISCAP, Portugal

Ana Paula Afonso, ISCAP, Portugal

António Abreu, ISCAP, Portugal

João Vidal de Carvalho, ISCAP, Portugal