Honorary Chair
Hojjat Adeli, The Ohio State University, United States
General Chair
Álvaro Rocha, ISEG, University of Lisbon, Portugal
Co-Chairs
Gintautas Dzemyda, Vilnius University, Lithuania
Sandra Costanzo, University of Calabria, Italy
Advisory Committee Chair
Ana Maria Correia, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
Workshops Chair
Fernando Moreira, Portucalense University, Portugal
Local Organizing Chair
Valentina Cola, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna - TeCIP Institute, Italy
Local Organizing Committee
Advisory Committee
Brandon Randolph-Seng, Texas A&M University, United States
Chris Kimble, KEDGE Business School & MRM, UM2, Montpellier, France
Damian Niwiński, University of Warsaw, Poland
Florin Gheorghe Filip, Romanian Academy, Romania
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,
Majed Al-Mashari, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
Miguel-Angel Sicilia, University of Alcalá, Spain
Mirjana Ivanovic, University of Novi Sad, Serbia
Wim Van Grembergen, University of Antwerp, Belgium
Scientific Committee
Abderrahmane EZ-ZAHOUT, Mohammed V University, Morocco
Adriana Gradim, University of Aveiro, Portugal
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
Akex Rabasa, University Miguel Hernandez, Spain
Alba Córdoba-Cabús, University of Malaga, Spain
Alberto Freitas, FMUP, University of Porto, Portugal
Aleksandra Labus, University of Belgrade, Serbia
Alexandru Vulpe, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania
Ali Idri, ENSIAS, University Mohamed V, Morocco
Alicia García-Holgado, University of Salamanca, Spain
Amélia Badica, Universti of Craiova, Romania
Amélia Cristina Ferreira Silva, Polytechnic of Porto, Portugal
Ana Carla Amaro, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Almir Souza Silva Neto, IFMA, Brazil
Álvaro López-Martín, University of Malaga, Spain
Amit Shelef, Sapir Academic College, Israel
Ana Isabel Martins, University of Aveiro, Portugal
Anabela Tereso, University of Minho, Portugal
Anabela Gomes, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Anacleto Correia, CINAV, Portugal
Anca Alexandra Purcarea, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania
Andrew Brosnan, University College Cork, Ireland
Andjela Draganic, University of Montenegro, Montenegro
Aneta Polewko-Klim, University of Białystok, Institute of Informatics, Poland
Aneta Poniszewska-Maranda, Lodz University of Technology, Poland
Angeles Quezada, Instituto Tecnologico de Tijuana, Mexico
Anis Tissaoui, University of Jendouba, Tunisia
Ankur Singh Bist, KIET, India
Ann Svensson, University West, Sweden
Antoni Oliver, University of the Balearic Islands, Spain
Antonio Jiménez-Martín, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
Aroon Abbu, Bell and Howell, United States
Arslan Enikeev, Kazan Federal University, Russia
Beatriz Berrios Aguayo, University of Jaen, Spain
Beatriz Casais, University of Minho, Portugal
Benedita Malheiro, Polytechnic of Porto, ISEP, Portugal
Bertil Marques, Polytechnic of Porto, ISEP, Portugal
Boris Shishkov, ULSIT / IMI - BAS / IICREST, Bulgaria
Borja Bordel, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
Branko Perisic, Faculty of Technical Sciences, Serbia
Bruno Veloso, INESC TEC, Portugal
Bruno Miguel Ferreira Gonçalves, Polytechnic of Bragança, Portugal
Carla Pinto, Polytechnic of Porto, ISEP, Portugal
Carla Santos Pereira, Universidade Portucalense, Portugal
Carlos Balsa, Polythecnic of Bragança, Portugal
Carlos Rompante Cunha, Polytechnic of Bragança, Portugal
Catarina Reis, Polytechnic of Leiria, Portugal
Célio Gonçalo Marques, Polythenic of Tomar, Portugal
Cengiz Acarturk, Middle East Technical University, Turkey
Cesar Collazos, Universidad del Cauca, Colombia
Christine Gruber, K1-MET, Austria
Christophe Guyeux, Universite de Bourgogne Franche Comté, France
Christophe Soares, University Fernando Pessoa, Portugal
Christos Bouras, University of Patras, Greece
Christos Chrysoulas, London South Bank University, United Kingdom
Christos Chrysoulas, Edinburgh Napier University, United Kingdom
Ciro Martins, University of Aveiro, Portugal
Claudio Sapateiro, Polytechnic of Setúbal, Portugal
Cosmin Striletchi, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Costin Badica, University of Craiova, Romania
Cristian García Bauza, PLADEMA-UNICEN-CONICET, Argentina
Cristian Mateos, ISISTAN-CONICET, UNICEN, Argentina
Cristina Caridade, Polytechnic of Coimbra, Portugal
David Cortés-Polo, University of Extremadura, Spain
David Kelly, University College London, United Kingdom
Daria Bylieva, Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University, Russia
Dayana Spagnuelo, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands
Dhouha Jaziri, University of Sousse, Tunisia
Dmitry Frolov, HSE University, Russia
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
Ekaterina Isaeva, Perm State University, Russia
Eliana Leite, University of Minho, Portugal
Enrique Pelaez, ESPOL University, Ecuador
Eriks Sneiders, Stockholm University, Sweden
Esperança Amengual, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Spain
Esteban Castellanos, ESPE, Ecuador
Fatima Azzahra Amazal, Ibn Zohr University, Morocco
Fernando Bobillo, University of Zaragoza, Spain
Fernando Molina-Granja, National University of Chimborazo, Ecuador
Fernando Moreira, Portucalense University, Portugal
Fernando Ribeiro, Polytechnic Castelo Branco, Portugal
Filipe Caldeira, Polythecnic of Viseu, Portugal
Filipe Portela, University of Minho, Portugal
Filippo Neri, University of Naples, Italy
Firat Bestepe, Republic of Turkey Ministry of Development, Turkey
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
Gayo Diallo, Univsersity of Bordeaux, France
Gema Bello-Orgaz, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain
George Suciu, BEIA Consult International, Romania
Ghani Albaali, Princess Sumaya University for Technology, Jordan
Gian Piero Zarri, University Paris-Sorbonne, France
Giovanni Buonanno, 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
Haji Gul, City University of Science and Information Technology, Pakistan
Hakima Benali Mellah, Cerist, 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
Hector Menendez, King's College London, United Kingdom
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
Henrique Vicente, University of Évora, Portugal
Hicham Gueddah, University Mohammed V in Rabat, Morocco
Hing Kai Chan, University of Nottingham Ningbo China, China
Hugo Paredes, INESC TEC and University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
Igor Aguilar Alonso, Universidad Nacional Tecnológica de Lima Sur, Peru
Inês Domingues, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Isabel Lopes, Polytechnic of Bragança, Portugal
Isabel Pedrosa, Coimbra Business School - ISCAC, Portugal
Isaías Martins, University of Leon, Spain
Issam Moghrabi, Gulf University for Science and Technology, Kuwait
Ivan Dunđer, University of Zabreb, Croatia
Ivone Amorim, University of Porto, Portugal
Jaime Diaz, University of La Frontera, Chile
Jan Kubicek, Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
Jeimi Cano, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia
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 Paulo Pereira, Polytechnic of Bragança, Portugal
João Reis, University of Aveiro, Portugal
João Reis, University of Lisbon, Portugal
João Rodrigues, University of the Algarve, Portugal
João Vidal Carvalho, Polythecnic of Coimbra, Portugal
Joaquin Nicolas Ros, University of Murcia, Spain
John W. Castro, University de Atacama, Chile
Jorge Barbosa, Polythecnic of Coimbra, Portugal
Jorge Buele, Technical University of Ambato, Ecuador
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 Luis Sierra, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain
Jose M Parente de Oliveira, Aeronautics institute of Techology, Brazil
José Machado, University of Minho, Portugal
José Paulo Lousado, Polythecnic of Viseu, Portugal
Jose Quiroga, University of Oviedo, Spain
Jose Torres, Universidty Fernando Pessoa, Portugal
Juan M. Santos, University of Vigo, Spain
Juan Manuel Carrillo de Gea, University of Murcia, Spain
Juan Pablo Damato, UNCPBA-CONICET, Argentina
Kalinka Kaloyanova, Sofia University, Bulgaria
Kamran Shaukat, The University of Newcastle, Australia
Karima Moumane, ENSIAS, Morocco
Katerina Zdravkova, University Ss. Cyril and Methodius, North Macedonia
Khalid Benali, LORIA - University of Lorraine, France
Khalid Nafil, Mohammed V University in Rabat, Morocco
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, Mohammed V University in Rabat, Morocco
Laura Varela-Candamio, Universidade da Coruña, Spain
Laurentiu Boicescu, E.T.T.I. U.P.B., Romania
Lbtissam Abnane, ENSIAS, Morocco
Lia-Anca Hangan, Technical University of Cluj Napoca, Romania
Ligia Martinez, CECAR, Colombia
Lila Rao-Graham, University of the West Indies, Jamaica
Łukasz Tomczyk, Pedagogical Univeristy of Cracow, Poland
Luis Alvarez Sabucedo, University of Vigo, Spain
Luis Pinto Ferreira, Polytechnic of Porto, Portugal
Luis Mendes Gomes, University of the Azores, Portugal
Luis Silva Rodrigues, Polythencic of Porto, Portugal
Mahdieh Zakizadeh, MOP, Iran
Maksim Goman, JKU, Austria
Manal el Bajta, ENSIAS, Morocco
Manuel Antonio Fernández-Villacañas Marín, Technical University of Madrid, Spain
Manuel Ignacio Ayala Chauvin, University Indoamerica, Ecuador
Manuel Silva, Polytechnic of Porto and INESC TEC, Portugal
Manuel Tupia, Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, Peru
Manuel Au-Yong-Oliveira, University of Aveiro, Portugal
Marcelo Mendonça Teixeira, Universidade de Pernambuco, Brazil
Marciele Bernardes, University of Minho, 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
María Teresa García-Álvarez, University of A Coruna, Spain
Maria Sokhn, University of Applied Sciences of Western Switzerland, Switzerland
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, Polytechnic University of Valencia, 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
Mazyar Zand, MOP, Iran
Mawloud Mosbah, University 20 Août 1955 of Skikda, Algeria
Michal Adamczak, Poznan School of Logistics, Poland
Michal Kvet, University of Zilina, Slovakia
Miguel Garcia, University of Oviedo, Spain
Miguel Melo, INESC TEC, Portugal
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
Mohamed Hosni, ENSIAS, Morocco
Monica Leba, University of Petrosani, Romania
Nadesda Abbas, UBO, Chile
Narjes Benameur, Laboratory of Biophysics and Medical Technologies of Tunis, Tunisia
Natalia Grafeeva, Saint Petersburg University, Russia
Natalia Miloslavskaya, National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, Russia
Naveed Ahmed, University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Neeraj Gupta, KIET group of institutions Ghaziabad, India
Nelson Rocha, University of Aveiro, Portugal
Nikola S. Nikolov, University of Limerick, Ireland
Nicolas de Araujo Moreira, Federal University of Ceara, Brazil
Nikolai Prokopyev, Kazan Federal University, Russia
Niranjan S K, JSS Science and Technology University, India
Noemi Emanuela Cazzaniga, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Noureddine Kerzazi, Polytechnique Montréal, Canada
Nuno Melão, Polytechnic of Viseu, Portugal
Nuno Octávio Fernandes, Polytechnic of Castelo Branco, Portugal
Nuno Pombo, University of Beira Interior, Portugal
Olga Kurasova, Vilnius University, Lithuania
Olimpiu Stoicuta, University of Petrosani, Romania
Patricia Zachman, Universidad Nacional del Chaco Austral, Argentina
Paula Serdeira Azevedo, University of Algarve, Portugal
Paulo Alejandro Quezada Sarmiento, University of the Basque Country, Spain
Paulo Maio, Polytechnic of Porto, ISEP, Portugal
Paulo Novais, University of Minho, Portugal
Paulvanna Nayaki Marimuthu, Kuwait University, Kuwait
Paweł Karczmarek, The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland
Pedro Rangel Henriques, University of Minho, Portugal
Pedro Sobral, University Fernando Pessoa, Portugal
Pedro Sousa, University of Minho, Portugal
Philipp Jordan, University of Hawaii at Manoa, United States
Piotr Kulczycki, Systems Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Prabhat Mahanti, University of New Brunswick, Canada
Rabia Azzi, Bordeaux University, France
Radu-Emil Precup, Politehnica University of Timisoara, Romania
Rafael Caldeirinha, Polytechnic of Leiria, Portugal
Rafael M. Luque Baena, University of Malaga, Spain
Raghuraman Rangarajan, Sequoia AT, Portugal
Raiani Ali, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar
Ramadan Elaiess, University of Benghazi, Libya
Ramayah T., Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
Ramazy Mahmoudi, University Of Monastir, Tunisia
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
Ramy Rahimi, Chungnam National University, South Korea
Reiko Hishiyama, Waseda University, Japan
Renata Maria Maracho, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil
Renato Toasa, Israel Technological University, Ecuador
Reyes Juárez Ramírez, Universidad Autonoma de Baja California, Mexico
Rodrigo Franklin Frogeri, University Center of Minas Gerais South, Brazil
Rui Alexandre Castanho, WSB University, Poland
Rui Jose, University of Minho, 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
Sami Habib, Kuwait University, Kuwait
Samuel Sepulveda, University of La Frontera, Chile
Snadra Costanzo, University of Calabria, Italy
Sandra Patricia Cano Mazuera, University of San Buenaventura Cali, Colombia
Sassi Sassi, FSJEGJ, Tunisia
Seppo Sirkemaa, University of Turku, Finland
Sérgio Ivan Lopes, Polytechnic of Viana do Castelo, Portugal
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 Rito Lima, University of Minho, Portugal
Sonia Morgado, ISCPSI, Portugal
Sonia Sobral, Portucalense University, Portugal
Sorin Zoican, Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Romania
Souraya Hamida, Batna 2 University, Algeria
Sümeyya Ilkin, Kocaeli University, Turkey
Syed Asim Ali, University of Karachi, Pakistan
Syed Nasirin, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia
Tatiana Antipova, Institute of Sertified Spesialists, Russia
TatiannaRosal, Universty of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
Tero Kokkonen, JAMK University of Applied Sciences, Finland
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
Tuomo Sipola, Jamk University of Applied Sciences, Finland
Tzung-Pei Hong, National University of Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Valentim Realinho, Polythecnic of Portalegre, Portugal
Valentina Colla, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy
Valerio Stallone, ZHAW, Switzerland
Vicenzo Iannino, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy
Vitor Gonçalves, Polythecnic of Bragança, Portugal
Victor Alves, University of Minho, Portugal
Victor Georgiev, Kazan Federal University, Russia
Victor Hugo Medina Garcia, Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, Colombia
Victor Kaptelinin, Umeå University, Sweden
Viktor Medvedev, Vilnius University, Lithuania
Vincenza Carchiolo, University of Catania, Italy
Waqas Bangyal, University of Gujrat, Pakistan
Wolf Zimmermann, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
Yadira Quiñonez, Autonomous University of Sinaloa, Mexico
Yair Wiseman, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
Yassine Drias, University of Algiers, Algeria
Yuhua Li, Cardiff University, United Kingdom
Yuwei Lin, University of Roehampton, United Kingdom
Zbigniew Suraj, University of Rzeszow, Poland
Zorica Bogdanovic, University of Belgrade, Serbia
