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, Fance

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

Abdulla Al-Kaff, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain

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

Adriana Fernandes, ISCTE-IUL, Portugal

Agostinho Sousa Pinto, Polytechnic of Porto, ISCAP, Portugal

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

Almir Souza Silva Neto, IFMA, Brazil

Alvaro Arenas, IE Business School, Spain

Anabela Tereso, University of Minho, Portugal

Anacleto Correia, CINAV, Portugal

André Marcos Silva, Centro Universitário Adventista de São Paulo (UNASP), Brazil

Ankur Singh Bist, KIET, India

Antonio Jiménez-Martín, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain

António Gonçalves, University of Lisbon & INESC ID, Portugal

Antonio Pereira, Polytechnic of Leiria, Portugal

Antonio Raffo, University of Calabria, Italy

Armando Mendes, University of Azores, Portugal

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

Babak Darvish Rouhani, Payame Noor University, Iran

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

Carlos Costa, ISCTE-IUL, Portugal

Cédric Gaspoz, University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland (HES-SO), Switzerland

Cengiz Acarturk, Middle East Technical University, Turkey

Christos Bouras, University of Patras, Greece

Ciro Martins, University of Aveiro, Portugal

Claudio Sapateiro, Polytechnic of Setúbal, EST, Portugal

Cristian García Bauza, PLADEMA-UNICEN-CONICET, Argentina

Cristian Mateus, ISISTAN-CONICET, UNICEN, Argentina

Daniel Castro Silva, University of Porto, Portugal

David Cortés-Polo, Fundación COMPUTAEX, Spain

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

Emiliano Reynares, CONICET - CIDISI UTN FRSF, Argentina

Farhan Siddiqui, United States

Fernando Bobillo, University of Zaragoza, Spain

Fernando Moreira, Portucalense University, Portugal

Fernando Ribeiro, Polytechnic Castelo Branco, Portugal

Filipe Portela, University of Minho, Portugal

Fionn Murtagh, University of Huddersfield, United Kingdom

Floriano Scioscia, Polytechnic University of Bari, Italy

Francesco Bianconi, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Italy

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

George Suciu, BEIA, Romania

Gonçalo Paiva Dias, University of Aveiro, Portugal

Goreti Marreiros, ISEP/GECAD, Portugal

Habiba Drias, University of Science and Technology Houari Boumediene, 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

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

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

J. João Almeida, University of Minho, Portugal

Joao Carlos Silva, IPCA, Portugal

João Manuel R.S. Tavares, University of Porto, FEUP, Portugal

João Rodrigues, University of the Algarve, Portugal

Jongpil Jeong, Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea

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

José-Luís Pereira, Universidade do Minho, Portugal

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

Kashif Saleem, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia

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

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

Lila Rao-Graham, University of the West Indies, Jamaica

Lorenzo Capra, State University of Milan, Italy

Luis Gomes, Nova de Lisboa University, Portugal

Luis Gomes, University of the Azores, Portugal

Luis Silva Rodrigues, Polythencic of Porto, Portugal

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

Marek Kvet, Zilinska Univerzita v Ziline, Slovakia

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

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

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 Kvet, University of Zilina, Slovakia

Michele Ruta, Politecnico di Bari, Italy

Miguel António Sovierzoski, Federal University of Technology - Paraná, Brazil

Mijalche Santa, Ss Cyril and Methodius University, Macedonia

Mircea Georgescu, Al. I. Cuza University of Iasi, Romania

Miroslav Bures, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic

Mirna Muñoz, Centro de Investigación en Matemáticas A.C., Mexico

Mohamed Serrhini, University Mohamed First Oujda, Morocco

Mokhtar Amami, Royal Military College of Canada, Canada

Mu-Song Chen, Da-Yeh University, China

Natalia Miloslavskaya, National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, Russia

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 Sousa, University of Minho, Portugal

Radu-Emil Precup, Politehnica University of Timisoara, Romania

Rahim Rahmani, University Stockholm, Sweden

Ramayah T., Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia

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

Ramon Alcarria, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 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

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

Sergio Albiol-Pérez, University of Zaragoza, Spain

Silvio Vert, Politehnica University of Timisoara, Romania

Slawomir Zolkiewski, Silesian University of Technology, Poland

Sorin Zoican, Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Romania

Stefan Pickl, UBw München COMTESSA, Germany

Tatiana Antipova, Institute of Sertified Spesialists, Russia

Thomas Weber, EPFL, Switzerland

Tzung-Pei Hong, National University of Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Vandana Shreenivas, BhatSDM College of Engineering and Technology Dharwad, India

Victor Alves, University of Minho, Portugal

Victor Georgiev, Kazan Federal University, Russia

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

Vladislav Gorbunov, Kazan Federal University, Russia

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