Committees

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

Marco Vannucci, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna - TeCIP Institute, Italy

 

Vincenzo Iannino, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna - TeCIP Institute, Italy

 

Stefano Dettori, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna - TeCIP Institute, Italy

 

Advisory Committee

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

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

Miguel-Angel Sicilia, University of Alcalá, Spain

Mirjana Ivanovic, University of Novi Sad, Serbia

Wim Van Grembergen, University of Antwerp, Belgium

Scientific Committee

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

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

Amélia Badica, Universti of Craiova, Romania

Amélia Cristina Ferreira Silva, Polytechnic of Porto, Portugal

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

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

Arslan Enikeev, Kazan Federal University, Russia

Beatriz Berrios Aguayo, University of Jaen, Spain

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

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

Christophe Soares, University Fernando Pessoa, Portugal

Christos Bouras, University of Patras, Greece

Christos Chrysoulas, London South Bank University, United Kingdom

Ciro Martins, University of Aveiro, Portugal

Claudio Sapateiro, Polytechnic of Setúbal, Portugal

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

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, Russiahse

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

Eriks Sneiders, Stockholm University, Sweden

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

Galim Vakhitov, Kazan Federal University, Russia

Gayo Diallo, Univsersity of Bordeaux, France

George Suciu, BEIA Consult International, Romania

Ghani Albaali, Princess Sumaya University for Technology, Jordan

Gian Piero Zarri, University Paris-Sorbonne, France

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

Aroon Abbu, Bell and Howell, United States

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

Henrique Vicente, University of Évora, Portugal

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

Jaime Diaz, University of La Frontera, Chile

Jan Kubicek, Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic

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

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 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

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

Laura Varela-Candamio, Universidade da Coruña, Spain

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

Lia-Anca Hangan, Technical University of Cluj Napoca, Romania

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

Łukasz Tomczyk, Pedagogical Univeristy of Cracow, Poland

Luis Alvarez Sabucedo, University of Vigo, Spain

Luis Mendes Gomes, University of the Azores, Portugal

Luis Silva Rodrigues, Polythencic of Porto, Portugal

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

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

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

Mawloud Mosbah, University 20 Août 1955 of Skikda, Algeria

Michal Adamczak, Poznan School of Logistics, Poland

Michal Kvet, University of Zilina, Slovakia

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

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

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

Olimpiu Stoicuta, University of Petrosani, Romania

Patricia Zachman, Universidad Nacional del Chaco Austral, Argentina

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

Raiani Ali, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar

Ramadan Elaiess, University of Benghazi, Libya

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

Ramon Fabregat Gesa, University of Girona, Spain

Ramy Rahimi, Chungnam National University, South Korea

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

Sandra Patricia Cano Mazuera, University of San Buenaventura Cali, Colombia

Sassi Sassi, FSJEGJ, Tunisia

Seppo Sirkemaa, University of Turku, Finland

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 Nasirin, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia

Tatiana Antipova, Institute of Sertified Spesialists, Russia

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

Tzung-Pei Hong, National University of Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Valentim Realinho, Polythecnic of Portalegre, Portugal

Valentina Colla, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy

Vicenzo Iannino, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy

Victor Alves, University of Minho, Portugal

Victor Georgiev, Kazan Federal University, Russia

Victor Kaptelinin, Umeå University, Sweden

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

Zorica Bogdanovic, University of Belgrade, Serbia