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 Fernandes, ISCTE-IUL, Portugal

Adriana Peña Pérez Negrón, Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico

Adriani Besimi, South East European University, Macedonia

Agostino Forestiero, ICAR-CNR, Italy

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

Alcides Fonseca, University of Lisbon, 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

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

Aratã Andrade Saraiva, State University of Piauí, Brazil

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 Mateos, ISISTAN-CONICET, UNICEN, Argentina

Dalila Durães, Technical University of Madrid, Spain

Daniel Castro Silva, University of Porto, Portugal

Daniel Lübke, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany

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 Albuquerque, Federal University of Goiás, Brazil

Eduardo Santos, Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná, Brazil

Egils Ginters, Riga Technical University, Latvia

Elena Mikhailova, Saint Petersburg State University, Russia

Eliana Leite, University of Minho, Portugal

Emiliano Reynares, CONICET - CIDISI UTN FRSF, Argentina

Evandro Costa, Federal University of Alagoas, Brazil

Farhan Siddiqui, United States

Fatima Azzahra Amazal, Ibn Zohr University, Morocco

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

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

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

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

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

Isaías Martins, University of Leon, Spain

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

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

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

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

Luís Cavique, University Aberta, Portugal

Luis Gomes, Nova de Lisboa University, Portugal

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

Majida Alasady, Tikrit University, Iraq

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Miroslav Bures, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic

Mohamed Abouzeid, Innovations for High Performance Microelectronics IHP, Germany

Mohamed Hosni, ENSIAS, Morocco

Mohamed Serrhini, University Mohamed First Oujda, 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

Naille Bukharaev, Kazan Federal University, Russia

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

Refet Polat, Yasar University, Turkey

Reyes Juárez Ramírez, Universidad Autonoma de Baja California, Mexico

Ruben Pereira, ISCTE-IUL, Portugal

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

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

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 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

Stanley Lima, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany

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

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

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

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

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

Zahoor Jan, Islamia College University, Pakistan

Zorica Bogdanovic, University of Belgrade, Serbia