Here is a list of speeches presented during past conferences. Links are given to relevant materials as provided by the authors.

IARIA Congress 2024 & DigiTech2024 Congress

Invited Talk: Increasing Deep Space Network Utilization with Reduced Setup Time - On Site
Chief Syst. Eng.  Timothy T Pham, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA, USA
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

K1. Routing Advances in Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Networks - On Site
Prof. Dr. Eugen Borcoci, National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest, Romania
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

K2. Addressing Cybersecurity in Power System Automation - Virtual
Steffen Fries, Siemens AG, Technology Cybersecurity & Trust T CST, Germany
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

K3. Investigating Wildfire Severity: Analysis of California Fire-Perimeter Data Leveraging Geographic Information Systems - Virtual
Prof. Dr. Vivian A Sultan, Caltech, USA
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

K4. Digital Transformation in Low-Resource Contexts - On Site
Prof. Dr. Silvia Figueira, Santa Clara University, USA
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

K5. Small-Data Deep Learning for Detection and Classification of Lesions in Medical Images - On Site
Prof. Dr. Kenji Suzuki, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

K6. Levels of Validation: A Prototyping Approach for Digital Solutions and Content Preferences - On Site
Prof. Dr. Júlio Monteiro Teixeira, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina | UFSC, Brazil
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

K7: Machine Learning in Intrusion Detection: Introduction and Challenges - Virtual
Prof. Dr. Weizhi Meng, DTU, Denmark
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

K8: A Multi-Agent Approach for Evacuation Support Systems - On Site
Prof. Dr. Yasushi Kambayashi, Sanyo-Onoda City University, Japan
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

NexComm 2024 Congress & DigitalWorld 2024 Congress

Keynote Speeches

K1. Multi-Agents Motion Planning Using AI Technologies - Virtual
Asist. Prof. Dr. Oren Gal, University of Haifa, Israel
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

K2. Information-centric Wireless Networking - On Site
Prof. Dr. Shintaro Mori, Fukuoka University, Japan
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

K3. Playing with the ThinkMind Corpus - On Site
Prof.  Dr. Lasse Berntzen, University of South-Eastern Norway, Norway
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

K4. Wide Area Wireless Networks - from 3G to 6G: Evolution, Integration, Challenges - On Site
Prof. Dr. Eugen Borcoci, National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest, Romania
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

K5. Quantum Sensing - The State-of-the-Art Possibilities - On Site
Pr. Lect. Dr. Lodewijk Arntzen, The Hague University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

 

Open Discussions

Sunday, May 26
O1. Human Brain and Machines: Social Implications - On Site
Coordinators:
Prof. Dr. Vitaly Herasevich, M.D., Ph.D., Mayo Clinic, USA
Prof. Dr. Petre Dini, IARIA, USA/EU
- presentation slides

Monday, May 27
O2. Robots-Human Co-existence - On Site
Coordinators:
Pr. Lect. Dr. Lodewijk Arntzen, The Hague University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands
Prof.  Dr. Lasse Berntzen, University of South-Eastern Norway, Norway
- presentation slides

Wednesday, May 29
O3. (de)generative AI - The is a Bad Moon on the Rise! - On Site
Coordinators:
Prof. Dr. Petre Dini, IARIA, USA/EU
Prof. Dr. Katharina Frosch, Brandenburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Prof. Dr.  Gerhard Hube, University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt, Germany
- presentation slides

Thursday, May 30
O4. Accessibility and Digital/AI-based Services - On Site
Coordinators:
Prof. Dr. Monika Maria Moehring, Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen, BliZ, Germany
Prof. Dr. Olga Levina, TH Brandenburg, University of Applied Science, Germany
- presentation slides

 

Panels

Monday, May 27
P1. Theme: Humans & Technology
(Challenges on Technology Adoption and Adaptation to Humans-Machine Co-Existence)
Moderator: Prof.  Dr. Lasse Berntzen, University of South-Eastern Norway, Norway
Panelists:
Prof. Dr. Qing Li, Towson University, USA
Prof. Dr. Ray Jones, University of Plymouth, UK
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Susanne Stigberg, Østfold University College, Halden, Norway
Prof. Dr. Michael Hsiao, Virginia Tech, USA
- presentation slides

Tuesday, May 28
P2. Theme: Sensing and Data Processing
(Applications of Mobile Devices, Internet of Things, Sensing Systems, and Data Processing)
Moderator:  Prof. Dr. Paulo Estevao Cruvinel - Embrapa Instrumentacao - Brazil
Panelists:
Dr. Laura García, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, Spain
Prof. Dr. Ryosuke Yamanishi, Kansai Univeristy, Japan
Dr. Roger Tilley, Sandia National Laboratories, California, USA
Dr. Gábor György Gulyás, Vitarex Studio Ltd., Hungary
- presentation slides

Wednesday, May 29
P3. Theme: Complex Systems
(Progress on Communications Networking and Data Storage/Processing)
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Jin-Shyan Lee, National Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan
Panelists:
Prof. Dr. Shintaro Mori, Fukuoka University, Japan
Prof. Dr. Eugen Borcoci, National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest, Romania
Research Scientist Nadia Kortas, Space Communication and Navigation Program, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), USA
President Emeritus, Dr. Robert Sundberg.  Spectral Sciences, Inc., USA
- presentation slides

Thursday, May 30
P4. Theme: Health & Accessibility
(Challenges for Accessibility for All in Digital Era)
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Monika Maria Moehring, Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen, BliZ, Germany
Panelists:
Sr. Lect. Jonny Karlsson, Arcada University of Applied Sciences, Finland
Dr. Baptiste Alcalde, FH Joanneum, Austria
Prof. Dr. Olga Levina, TH Brandenburg, University of Applied Science, Germany
Dr. Vania Mota, Ordem de São Francisco do Porto, Portugal
- presentation slides

 

DataSys 2024 Congress & ComputationWorld 2024 Congress

Keynote Speeches

K1. Production Systems as Cloud-Based Applications - On Site
Prof. Dr. Christoph P. Neumann, Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden, Germany
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

K2. Combining DevOps and Normalized Systems Toward Software Rejuvenation Factories - On Site
Prof. Dr. Herwig Mannaert, University of Antwerp, Belgium
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

K3. Counterpoising Ambiguity/Uncertainty for AI Systems - On Site
Dr. Steve Chan, VTIRL, VT/I-PAC, USA
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

K4. Urban Air Mobility - A New Frontier - On Site
Prof. Dr. Kamesh Namuduri, University of North Texas, USA
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

K5. Urban Air Mobility - A New Frontier - On Site
Prof. Dr. Hans-Werner Sehring, NORDAKADEMIE gAG, Germany
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

 

Open Discussion

O1. Adapting for a Generative-AI World - On Site
Coordinators:
Dr. Steve Chan, VTIRL, VT/I-PAC, USA
Prof. Dr. Hans-Werner Sehring, NORDAKADEMIE gAG, Germany
- presentation slides

 

Panels

Sunday, April 14 | 3:00pm - 5:00pm
P1. Theme: AI-based Computation Technologies - Benefits and Warnings - On Site
Moderator: Dr. Steve Chan, VTIRL,VT/I-PAC, USA
Panelists:
Prof. Dr. Guido Russo, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Prof. Dr. Henry Chu, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA
Dr. Steve Chan, VTIRL,VT/I-PAC, USA
Prof. Dr. Petre Dini, IARIA, USA/EU
- presentation slides

Tuesday, April 16  | 2:00pm-4:00pm
P2. Theme: Systems Vulnerabilities - Software and Hardware Cybersecurity Concerns - On Site
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Andreas Aßmuth, Technical University of Applied Sciences OTH Amberg-Weiden, Germany
Panelists:
Lieutenant Colonel Dr. Gerhard Schwarz, Bundeswehr (German Armed Forces), Germany
Dr. Steve Chan, VTIRL,VT/I-PAC, USA
Dr. Mika Helsingius, Finnish Defence Research Agency, Finland
Prof. Dr. Andreas Aßmuth, Technical University of Applied Sciences OTH Amberg-Weiden, Germany
- presentation slides

Tuesday, April 16 | 6:30pm - 8:30pm
P3. Theme: Readiness - Raising of Digital Technologies - On Site
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Herwig Mannaert, University of Antwerp, Belgium
Panelists:
Prof. Dr. Hans-Werner Sehring, NORDAKADEMIE gAG, Germany
Dr. Geert Haerens, Faculty of Applied Economics Antwerp University, Belgium
Dipl. Ing. Andrey Vukolov, Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste, Italy
Dr.  Aurelie Mailloux, 2LPN, France
Prof. Dr. Herwig Mannaert, University of Antwerp, Belgium
- presentation slides

Wednesday, April 17 | 6:30pm - 8:15pm
P4. Theme: Training and Education through Virtual Reality - Boosting Digital Cognition and AI Literacy - On Site
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Hans-Werner Sehring, NORDAKADEMIE gAG, Germany
Panelists:
Dr. Mika Helsingius, Finnish Defence Research Agency, Finland
Dr. Yasmina Kebir, University of Lorraine, France
Prof. Dr. Hans-Werner Sehring, NORDAKADEMIE gAG, Germany
Prof. Dr. Petre Dini, IARIA, USA/EU
- presentation slides

Thursday, April 18 | 10:15am - 12:00pm
P5. Theme: Adaptability at Work - Coping with Systems Complexity, Scalability, and High-Speed Communications - On Site
Moderator: Dr. Melanie Schranz, Lakeside Labs GmbH,  Österreich
Panelists:
Prof. Dr. Kamesh Namuduri, University of North Texas, USA
Prof. Dr. Hans-Werner Sehring, NORDAKADEMIE gAG, Germany
Dr. Melanie Schranz, Lakeside Labs GmbH,  Österreich
Prof. Dr. Petre Dini, IARIA, USA/EU
- presentation slides

 

 

InfoSys 2024 Congress & InfoWare 2024 Congress

Keynote Speeches

K1. Harvesting Innovations: Nurturing Norway's Agricultural Future with Microcredentials - On Site
Prof. Dr. Lasse Berntzen, University of South-Eastern Norway, Norway
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

K2. Industrial Insect Production - Novel Perspectives - On Site
Prof. Dr. Juho Mäkiö, Hochschule Emden/Leer, Germany
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

K3. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Communication in 5G and 6G Networks - On Site
Prof. Dr. Eugen Borcoci, National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucuresti (UNSTPB), Romania
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

K4. Causal Reasoning in Signal Processing - Virtual
Prof. Dr. Pavel Loskot, ZJU-UIUC, China
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

K5. Multi-objective Optimization of Dynamic Networks - Virtual
Prof. Dr. Parimala Thulasiraman, University of Manitoba, Canada
Dr. Ying Ying Liu, University of Manitoba, Canada
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio for Parimala Thulasiraman

K6. Opportunities and Challenges of GNSS as a Basic Telematics Sensor for Assisted and Autonomous Driving - On Site
Prof. Dr. Oliver Michler, TU-Dresden, Germany
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

K7. An Experimental and Computational Investigation of the Compressed Snow-Tire Interaction - On Site
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Costin Untaroiu, Virginia Tech, USA
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

K8. Adaptive Tracking Control for Biological-inspired, Nonclassical Motion Systems - Virtual
Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Carsten Behn, Hochschule Schmalkalden, Germany
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

 

Open Discussion

O1. Diving into generative-AI to Assess its Current Status - On Site
Prof. Dr. Petre Dini, IARIA, USA/EU
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

 

Panels

Sunday, March 10, 4:15pm
P1. Theme: Advanced Technologies for Health
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Rory Lewis, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, USA
Panelists:
Prof. Dr. Dirceu Cavendish, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan
Prof. Dr. Maura Mengoni, Polytechnic University of Marche, Italy
M.D. Takayuki Nakano, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan
Assist. Prof. Dr. Amina Souag, Canterbury Christ Church University, UK  
Dr./CEO Sarfraz Khokhar, Rasimo Systems, Raleigh, USA
- slides

Tuesday, March 12, 7:00pm
P2. Theme: Challenges on Systems Performance, Resilience, and Robustness
Moderator: Emeritus Prof. Dr.  Fritz Laux, Reutlingen University, Germany
Panelists:
Prof. Dr. Eugen Borcoci, National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucuresti (UNSTPB), Romania  
Dr. Faouzi Adjed, IRT SystemX, France
Prof. Dr. Oliver Michler, Technical University Dresden, Faculty of Transportation, Germany
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Atreyee Sinha, Edgewood College, USA
- slides

Wednesday, March 13, 6:30pm
P3. Theme: Trends in Automotive and Energy Industry
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Lasse Berntzen, University of South-Eastern Norway, Norway
Panelists:
Prof. Dr. Vítor H. Pinto, FEUP, Portugal
Dr.-Ing. Eric Veith, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Germany
Prof. Dr. Tomonari Furukawa, University of Virginia, USA
Sr. Lect. Dr. Elena Haller, Halmstad University, Sweden
- slides

Thursday, March 14, 12:15pm
P4. Theme: AI-technologies and Computation Challenges
Moderator: Emeritus Prof. Dr. Malcolm Crowe, University of the West of Scotland, UK
Panelists:
Prof. Dr. Constantine Kotropoulos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Prof. Dr. Xiaobo Zhou, UTHealth, USA   
Prof. Dr. Andreas Schmidt, University of Applied Sciences Karlsruhe, Germany
Prof. Dr. Erik Buchmann, Universität Leipzig, Germany
- slides

SocSys 2023 Congress & SoftNet 2023 Congress & IARIA Congress 2023 - Valencia, Spain

OD: Diving into generative-AI to Assess Current Status - on site
Prof. Dr. Petre Dini, IARIA, USA/EU
- presentation slides
- short bio

K1: Yet another Talk on ChatGPT: Experiences of a Nonexpert - virtual
Prof. Dr. Lavazza Luigi, Insumbria University, Italy
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

K2: Communication Technologies: 5G, Advanced 5G, 6G - Status and Perspectives - virtual
Prof. Dr. Eugen Borcoci, National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucuresti (UNSTPB), Romania
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

K3: Governing Healthcare as a System of Systems - on site
Prof. Dr. Mo Mansouri, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

K4: An Information Technology View from UWB to mmWave up to VLC in Traffic Telematics Applications - on site
Prof. Dr Oliver Michler, TU Dresden, Germany
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

K5: Stochastic Supply Chain Costs Minimization under Disruption Risks and Determination of Critical Nodes - on site
Dr. Tim von der Brück, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Germany
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

K6: Creation and Control of Magnetic Structures in Amorphous Microwires Used in Magnetic Sensors - on site
Prof. Dr. Oleksandr Chizhik, University of Basque Country, San Sebastian, Spain
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

K7: Anatomy of Generalized Wireless Fading Channels - on site
Prof. Dr. Dragana Krstic, University of Niš, Serbia
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

 

PANELS

Panel #1 - on site
Theme: Societal Well-being Impact of Digitization, Virtualization, Industry 5.0, and AI
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Herwig Mannaert, University of Antwerp, Belgium
Panelists:
Dr. Corné de Ruijt, Windesheim University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands
Prof. Dr. Hirokazu Hasegawa, National Institute of Informatics, Japan
Emeritus Prof. Dr. Malcolm Crowe, University of the West of Scotland, UK
Prof. Dr. Petre Dini, IARIA, USA/EU
- panel slides

Panel #2 - on site
Theme: Explainability and Self-Control on AI-driven Narratives and Systems
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Stephan Böhm, Hochschule RheinMain, Germany
Panelists:
Prof. Dr. Martin Zimmermann, Offenburg University, Germany
Prof. Dr. Radek Koci, Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic
Prof. Dr. Mo Mansouri, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA  
Prof. Dr. Matthias Harter, Hochschule RheinMain - University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Prof. Dr. Anders Fongen, Norwegian Defence University College, Norge
- panel slides

Panel #3 - on site
Theme: Simulation and Validation Challenges for (AI-based) Complex Systems
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Carlo Simon, Hochschule Worms, Germany
Panelists:
Prof. Dr. Mart Verhoog, IU International University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Sr. Adv. Jos van Rooyen, Huis voor softwarekwaliteit, Nederland
Prof. Dr. Isaac Caicedo-Castro, Universidad de Córdoba, Colombia
Prof. Dr. Christos Kalloniatis, University of the Aegean, Greece
- panel slides

Panel #4 - on site
Theme: Making Profit from Generative-AI in Education and Health Systems
Moderator: Dr. Hans-Werner Sehring, Nordakademie – University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Germany
Panelists:
Prof. Dr. Simona Vasilache, University of Tsukuba, Japan   
Prof. Dr. Isaac Caicedo-Castro, Universidad de Córdoba, Colombia
Prof. Dr. Zhijie Xu, University of Huddersfield, United Kingdom
Prof. Dr. Gerhard Hube, THWS Würzburg-Schweinfurt, Germany
- panel slides

Panel #5 - on site
Theme: The Challenges of Leveraging AI our Everyday Workflow Processes
Moderator: Dr. Steve Chan, Decision Engineering Analysis Laboratory, VTIRL, VT, USA
Panelists:
Prof. Dr. Sibylle Fröschle, Technische Universität Hamburg, Germany
Prof. Dr. Marko Jantti University of Eastern Finland, School of Computing, Finland
Dr. Hans-Werner Sehring, Nordakademie – University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Germany
Prof. Dr. Michael Spranger, University of Applied Sciences Mittweida, Germany
Eng. Marina Galiano Botella, CSIRT-CV, Spain
- panel slides

 

NetWare 2023 Congress & NexTech 2023 Congress & TrendNews 2023 Congress - Porto, Portugal

OD1: Theme: Where AI Could be Used and Where it Shouldn't
A View from the Education and Research Perspective
Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Petre Dini, IARIA, USA/EU
- discussion slides
- short bio

K1: Application of Random Walks to Bayesian Classification and Business Decision Problems
Prof. Dr. Clement Leung (SSE), Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) - Shenzhen, China  
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Monday, September 25
K2: 6G Networks: Challenges and Research Directions
Dr. Richard Li, Chief Scientist &VP, Futurewei Technologies Inc., USA
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

K3: Big Data Analytics and AI Approaches for Advancing Biomedical Research and Personalized Healthcare
Prof. Dr. Hesham Ali, University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

K4:  Analyzing and Resiliently Operating Cyber-Physical Systems with Extended Deep Reinforcement Learning Architectures
Dr. Ing. Eric Veith, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Germany
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

K5:  Tackling Real World Problems with Mathematics and High-Performance Computing
Dr. Alice E. Koniges, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, USA
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

K6: Data Science and Management as a driving Force for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Industrial Hemp Engine initiative
Prof. Dr. Les Sztandera, Thomas Jefferson University - Philadelphia, USA 
Contributors: Les Sztandera, Jeanne Ruane, Mark Sunderland
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

K7: Human-inspired Security in Smart Manufacturing Systems
Dr. Rui Pinto, University of Porto, Portugal
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

K8: Manufacturing is Becoming Digital: Challenges and Opportunities
Prof. Dr. Gil Gonçalves, Universidade do Porto (FEUP), Portugal
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Panel #1
Theme: Achievements and Challenges of AI on Medicine and Healthcare
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Evgeniy Krastev, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Bulgaria
Panelists
Prof. Dr. Hesham Ali, University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA
Prof. Dr. Yasutaka Uchida, Teikyo University of Science, Japan
Prof. Dr. Sung Ho Cho, Hanyang University, South Korea
- panel slides

Panel #2
Theme:  Security Challenges in Cyber-Systems
Moderator: Dr. Ing. Eric Veith, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Germany
Panelist
Dr. Rainer Falk, Siemens AG, Technology, Germany  
Prof. Dr. Joshua Sipper, US Air Force Air Command and Staff College, USA  
Dr. Kate-Riin Kont, Estonian Academy of Security Sciences, Estonia kate-  
Prof. Dr. Anders Fongen, Norwegian Defence University College, Norge  
Prof. Dr. Dirceu Cavendish, Kyushu Institute of Technology/UCLA, Japan/USA  
- panel slides

Panel #3
Theme: Security of Electric Grids
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Dirceu Cavendish, Kyushu Institute of Technology/UCLA, Japan/USA
Panelists
Dr. Tiago Espinha Gasiba, Siemens AG, Germany
Prof. Dr. Hajime Shimada, Nagoya University, Japan,
Dr. Ing. Eric Veith, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Germany
Prof. Dr. Michael Massoth, Hochschule Darmstadt - University of Applied Sciences, Germany
- panel slides

Panel #4
Theme Challenges of AI-driven Computation and Data Analytics
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Les Sztandera, Thomas Jefferson University - Philadelphia, USA
Panelists
Prof. (FH) Karsten Böhm, FH Kufstein Tirol Bildungs GmbH, Austria
Prof. Dr. Claudia Hess, IU International University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Prof. Dr. Erik Buchmann, Leipzig University, Germany
- panel slides

Panel #5
Theme: Sensors and Sensing in the AI Era
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Manuela Vieira, CTS-UNINOVA, Portugal
Panelists
Prof. Dr. Erik Buchmann, Leipzig University, Germany
Prof. Dr. Paula Louro, ISEL/CTS/UNINOVA, Portugal
Dr. Giuseppe Giannino, Isotta Fraschini Motori (a Fincantieri company), Italy
Dr. Eng. Joon Kyung Lee, ETRI, Korea
- panel slides

 

DataSys 2023 Congress & ComputationWorld 2023 Congress - Nice, France

Quality of Data/Information and the Accuracy AI-based Tools
Coordinators:
Mgr Dr. Mirnig Alexander, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, Center for Technology Experience, Austria
Prof. Dr. Petre Dini, IARIA. USA/EU
- summary

Chasing the Wind: On Emotional Intelligence in AI Systems
Coordinators:
Prof. Dr. Anders Fongen, Norwegian Defence University College, Norway
Prof. Dr. Petre Dini, IARIA, USA/EU
- summary

ChatGPT for Scientific Writing: Navigating Potentials and Challenges
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Simone Silvestri, University of Kentucky, USA
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

A Research Agenda on Knowledge Management for Regional Policies
Prof. Dr. Robert Laurini, KSI Fellow and Professor Emeritus INSA Lyon, University of Lyon, France
- presentation slides
- summary
- video presentation
- short bio

Quantum Technology, Present Status and Future Possibilities
Pr. Lect. Dr. Lodewijk Arntzen, The Hague University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Task Offloading in 5G Multi-access Edge Computing for Vehicular Networks
Prof. Dr. Eugen Borcoci, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania
- presentation slides
- summary
- video presentation
- short bio

Online Estimation of Quantum Information Systems
Prof. Dr. Mark J Balas, Texas A&M University, USA
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Aggregators in Collaborative Prosumer Networks
Prof. Dr. Lasse Berntzen, University of South-Eastern Norway, Norway
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Cranes Scheduling in Container Terminals at Seaports
Prof. Dr. Erwin Pesch, University of Siegen, Germany
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Panel #1
Theme: Brain and Immersive Environments
Moderator
Prof. Dr.  Ricardo Ron-Angevin, University of Málaga, Spain
Panelists
Dr Aurelie Mailloux, Reims Hospital, URCA Reims, France
Pr. Lect. Dr. Lodewijk Arntzen, The Hague University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands
Prof. Dr. Manuel Caro, Universidad de Cordoba, Colombia
- summary

Panel #2
Theme: Awareness on AI-Tools in Education
Moderator
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Simone Silvestri, University of Kentucky, USA
Panelists
Prof. Dr. Hanen Ochi, EFREI Lab Research, France
Prof. Dr.  Petre Dini, IARIA, USA/Europe
Prof. Dr. Robert Laurini, KSI Fellow and Professor Emeritus INSA Lyon, University of Lyon, France
- summary

Panel #3
Theme: Security Threats in Cloud-based Services
Moderator
Prof. Dr. Andreas Aßmuth, Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden, Germany
Panelists: TBA
Sr Lect. Dr. Ian Ferguson, Abertay University, UK  
Prof. Dr. Christoph P. Neumann, Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden, Germany
Lieutenant Colonel Dr. Gerhard Schwarz, Bundeswehr (German Armed Forces), Germany
Strategy Director, Dr. Jyrki Penttinen, Syniverse, USA
- summary

Panel #4
Theme: Challenges on Explainability of AI-based decisions
Moderator
Prof. Dr. Panos Nasiopoulos, University of British Columbia, Canada
Panelists
Prof. Dr. Anders Fongen, Norwegian Defence University College, Norway
Prof. Dr.  Petre Dini, IARIA, USA/Europe
Prof. Dr. Przemyslaw Pochec, University of New Brunswick, Canada
Prof. Dr. Subhasish Mazumdar, New Mexico Tech, USA
- summary

Panel #5
Theme: Cognition Challenges in Digital Society
Moderator
Pr. Lect. Dr. Lodewijk Arntzen, The Hague University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands
Panelists
Prof. Dr. Marc Kurz, University of Applied Sciences, Austria
Prof. Dr. Ahmed Kamel, Concordia College - Moorhead, USA
Prof. Dr. Robert Laurini, KSI Fellow and Professor Emeritus INSA Lyon, University of Lyon, France
Dr. Christoph Knieke, Technische Universität Clausthal, Germany
Prof. Dr. Isaac Caicedo-Castro, University of Córdoba, Colombia
- summary

 

NexComm 2023 Congress & DigitalWorld 2023 Congress - Venice, Italy

Orchestration and Management in 5G-B5G – Intent-based Networking Approach
Prof. Dr. Eugen Borcoci, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Leveraging Collaborative Metaprogramming for Sustainable Innovation and Co-Creation - On Site
Prof. Dr. Herwig Mannaert, University of Antwerp, Belgium
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Enhancing Mission Support with New Communications Capabilities in the NASA Deep Space Network - On Site
Timothy T Pham Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA, USA
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Big and Small Data Processing for Context-aware Smart Cities - On Site
Prof. Dr. Guadalupe Ortiz Bellot, Universidad de Cádiz, Spain
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Potentials of Directional Antennas for Indoor Positioning Systems in Dense Multipath Environments - On Site
Prof. Dr. Oliver Michler, TU-Dresden, Germany
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Third-party AAA, and Charging and Billing Realization for Future Consumer-oriented Wireless Communications
Prof. Dr. Ivan Ganchev, University of Limerick, Ireland / University of Plovdiv “Paisii Hilendarski”, Bulgaria
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

From Ontology-based Data Management to Reforming Research Evaluation: Challenges and Perspectives Ahead
Prof. Dr. Cinzia Daraio, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Italy
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

AI-aided Diagnosis and Virtual AI Imaging with Small-Data Deep Learning - On Site
Prof. Dr. Kenji Suzuki, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

A Systems Approach to Digital Transformation - On Site
Prof. Dr. Mo Mansouri, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA | University of South-Eastern Norway, Norway
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

How to Attract new Generations to Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) by using IoT, Robotics and Drones? - On Site
Prof. Dr. Lasse Berntzen, University of South-Eastern Norway, Norway
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Continuing Education Curricula and Competency Matching in the Area of Digital Transformation (DX): Cases of Smart SE, SFIA, and CC2020
Prof. Hironori Washizaki, Waseda University, Japan
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Panel #1: Health Hour!
Theme: Challenges with Digital Health
Moderator
Prof. Dr. Monika K. Gullslett, Norwegian Centre for EhealthResearch, Norway
Panelists
Prof. Dr. Vitaly Herasevich, M.D., Ph.D, Mayo Clinic, USA   
Prof. Dr.  Niels Frederik Garmann-Johnsen, University of Agder, Norway   
Prof. Dr. Olga Levina, Technische Hochschule Brandenburg, Germany
Dipl.-Ing. Dr. techn. Gerold Hoelzl, University of Passau, Chair of Embedded Systems, Germany

Panel #2: Knowledge Hour!
Theme: Deriving Useful Information from Huge Data
Moderator
Prof. Dr. Herwig Mannaert, University of Antwerp, Belgium
Panelists
Prof. Dr. Paulo E. Cruvinel, Ph.D., Embrapa Instrumentation, Brazil
Prof. Dr. Martijn Zoet, Zuyd University of Applied Sciences, Sittard, the Netherlands
Lect. Dr. rer. nat. Uwe Riss, OST - Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland
Prof. Dr. Guadalupe Ortiz Bellot, Universidad de Cádiz, Spain

Panel #3: AI Hour
Theme: AI: 360 Degrees around ChatGPT
Moderator
Prof. Dr. Kenji Suzuki, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
Panelists
Prof. Dr. Gerald Penn, University of Toronto, Canada
Prof. Dr. Katharina Frosch, Brandenburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Pr. Lect. Dr. Lodewijk Arntzen, The Hague University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands

Panel # 4: Systems Resilience Hour!
Theme: Cohabitation of Humanized AI and Humans for Critical Systems Resilience
Moderator
Prof. Dr. Lasse Berntzen, University of South-Eastern Norway, Norway
Panelists
Prof. Dr. Oliver Michler, TU-Dresden, Germany
Nadine-Christine Wessel, Technische Hochschule Brandenburg, Germany
Prof. Dr. Petre Dini, IARIA, USA/EU

Panel #5: Education Hour!
Theme: Education Analytics / Enhanced Learning
Moderator
Prof. Dr. Susanne Stigberg, Østfold University College, Halden, Norway
Panelists
R&D Manager Daniela Pellegrini, R&D Manager, Piazza Copernico srl. , Italy
Sen. Lect. Dr. Samuel Kosolapov, Braude College of Engineering KARMIEL (R.A.), Israel
Assoc Lect. Dr. Martha Hubertz, University of Central Florida, USA
Prof. Dr. Monika Maria Möhring, Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen, Gießen Germany
Dr. Flavio Manganello, ITD-CNR, Italiy
R&D Manager, Giannangelo Boccuzzi, Hypex srl - Monopoli, Italy

 

InfoSys 2023 Congress & InfoWare 2023 Congress - Barcelona, Spain

Smart Grids Management and Control: A New Approach to Integrating Isolated Power Systems - On Site
Prof. Dr. Michael Negnevitsky, University of Tasmania, Australia
- abstract
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Challenges and Trends in DBMS – Ten Years After - On Site
Emeritus Prof. Dr. Fritz Laux, Reutlingen University, Germany
Emeritus Prof. Dr. Malcolm Crowe, Emeritus, University of the West of Scotland, UK
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio for Fritz Laux
- short bio for Malcolm Crowe

"Destroy Your Power Grid as a Service" — How Novel Grid Analysis Improves Grid Expansion Planning - On Site
Dr.-Ing. Eric MSP Veith, OFFIS e.V. — Institute for Information Technology, R&D Division Energy -Oldenburg, Germany
- abstract
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Cybersecurity in Power Systems
Steffen Fries, Siemens, Germany
- summary
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Algebraic Concepts in Machine Learning and Signal Processing
Prof. Dr. Pavel Loskot, ZJU-UIUC, China
- summary
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Bandwidth Provisioning in Software-Defined Networks to meet the QoS Requirements of Telemedicine Applications
Prof. Dr. Poonam Dharam, Saginaw Valley State University, USA
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Global Human Resources Development for Asian Sustainability through Higher Education
Prof. Dr. Nobutaka Ito, Visiting Professor, School of Renewable Energy, Maejo University, Thailand
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Smart Grids and Aggregators - On Site
Prof. Dr. Lasse Berntzen, University of South-Eastern Norway, Norway
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

An Open Blockchain Development Platform: DevLeChain Introduction and Application - On Site
Prof. Dr. Weizhi Meng, Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark
- abstract
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Teaching Critical Thinking in (Software) Engineering - On Site
Prof. Dr. Juho Mäkiö, Hochschule Emden/Leer, Emden, Germany
Dr. Elena Mäkiö, University of Warwick, UK
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio for Juho Mäkiö

The Role of AI in Digital Forensic
Prof. Dr. Khalil El-Khatib, Ontario Tech University, Canada
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

The Future of Data-centric Computing - On Site
Dr. Alexey Cheptsov, TIK/University of Stuttgart, Germany
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Light Field Technology: A Quest for the Perfect Picture - On Site
Prof. Dr. Panos Nasiopoulos, University of British Columbia, Canada
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Influence of Pre-Crash Vehicle Maneuvers on Occupant Safety Performance Response- On Site
Prof. Dr. Costin Untaroiu, Virginia Tech, USA
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Embedding Neuroscientific Connectomic Synapsis with a Dynamic Neuron Onto a Solid State Device
Prof. Dr. Rory Lewis, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, USA
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Optimal and Secured Control using V2V Information: from Powertrain to Multiple Autonomous Vehicles
Prof. Dr. Hong Wang, ORNL USA
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Honeypots, Platform Security and about Trustworthiness of Cars – Highlights for German-Japanese Cooperation Securing Automated Vehicles (SAVE) - On Site
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Reiner Kriesten, Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences, Germany
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Large Scale LEO Satellite Network for Future Internet - Routing and Solution - On Site
Lin Han, Futurewei, USA
Richard Li, Futurewei, USA
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio for Lin Han
- short bio for Richard Li

Air Traffic Management Security: ADS-B as an Example - On Site
Prof. Dr. Thabet Kacem, University of the District of Columbia, USA
- abstract
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Architecting Digital Ecosystems - On Site
Prof. Dr. ir. Tekinerdogan, Bedir, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
- summary
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

 

NexTech 2022 Congress & TrendNews 2022 Congress - Valencia, Spain

Intelligent Urban Air Mobility
Prof. Dr. Ivana Semanjski, Ghent University, Belgium
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Small Data Deep Learning in AI-aided Medical Image Diagnosis
Prof. Dr. Kenji Suzuki, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Verification Objectives for Cybersecurity and Safety - Friend or Foe?
Dr. CTO, Daniel Kästner, AbsInt GmbH, Germany
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Modern Technologies for Closing Farmers to Precision Agriculture
Prof. Dr. Sandra Sendra Compte, UPV, Spain
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Challenges and Advanced Technology Solutions in Applied Health Informatics (Case studies from the Bulgaria)
Prof. Dr. Dimitar Tchakatchiev (Димитър Чаръкчиев), Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridsky, Bulgaria
Prof. Dr. Evgeniy Krastev, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridsky, Bulgaria
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio for Dr. Dimitar Tchakatchiev
- short bio for Evgeniy Krastev

Model-based Code Generation for Microservice-based Automation Solutions
Prof. Dr. Jerker Delsing, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Black swan? Or just an Ugly Duckling?
Anne Coull, Objective Insight and Getting of Wisdom Australia
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Wireless Sensor Networks and Remote Sensing in Coastal Zone Monitoring
Dr. Lorena Parra Boronat, UPV, Spain
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Group-based Self-organizing Networks
Prof. Dr. Jaime Lloret Mauri, Universitat Politecnica de Valencia, Spain
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

An Emergent Cyber-Topology Attack Vector Assessment
Dr. Steve Chan, Decision Engineering Analysis Laboratory, USA
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Theme: Cyber-systems Protection by Design
Facilitator: Prof. Dr. Petre Dini, IARIA, USA/EU
Invitees:
Dr. CTO Daniel Kaestner, AbsInt GmbH, Germany
Prof. Dr. Nader Mir, San Jose State University, USA
Prof. Dr. Michael Massoth, Hochschule Darmstadt (h_da), Germany

 

NetWare 2022 Congress & SoftNet 2022 Congress - Lisbon, Portugal

How to Measure the Engagement of Affiliate Services under Tracking Prevention
Prof. Dr. Motoi Iwashita, Chiba Institute of Technology, Japan
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Modern Software Evolution: The Path from Working Software to Green Software
Prof. Dr. Csaba Szabó, Technical University of Košice, Slovakia
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Visible Light Communication Applications: Geolocation, Navigation, Guidance and Vehicular Communication
Prof. Dr. Manuela Vieira, Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa (ISEL) and CTS-UNINOVA, Portugal
- presentation slides
- overview
- video presentation
- short bio

Development of Sensor Devices for Structural Health Monitoring of Buildings and Civil Infrastructures
Prof. Dr. Narito Kurata, Tsukuba University of Technology, Japan
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Beyond the Ramparts: What Artificial Intelligence Promises for Cyber Defence
Software engineer/Researcher, László Tóth, University of Szeged, Hungary
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

5G for Digital Healthcare
Prof. Dr. Esteve Hassan, Mohawk College, Canada
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Correct Execution Environment: Hardware-Assisted Verifiable Computation
Prof. Dr. Junghee Lee, Korea University, South Korea
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Non-invasive Textile-based Flexible Sensors for Biomedical Monitoring
Assist. Prof. Nicola Carbonaro, University of Pisa, Italy
- presentation slides
- overview
- video presentation
- short bio

Challenges in P2P Data Management: Clustering
Prof. Dr. Vesna Šešum-Čaviċ, Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Data: Evolution and Durability
Emeritus Prof. Dr. Malcolm Crowe, University of the West of Scotland, UK
Emeritus Prof. Dr. ren. Nat. Fritz Laux, Hochschule Reutlingen, Germany
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio for Malcolm Crowe
- short bio for Fritz Laux

Empirical Software Engineering; The Good, the Bad, and the Useful
Prof. Dr. Luigi Lavazza, Università degli Studi dell'Insubria, Italy
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

 Open Discussion
The Dilemma of Balancing between Freedom of Speech and Censoring on Media Platforms
Facilitator
Prof. Dr. Petre Dini, IARIA, USA/EU
Invitees
Prof. Dr. Herwig Mannaert, Antwerpen University, Belgium
Emeritus Prof. Dr. Malcolm Crowe, University of the West of Scotland, UK
- introduction

 

SocSys 2022 Congress & IARIA Congress 2022 - Nice, France

Beyond Industry 4.0 and 5.0: Towards a Smart-Digital-Green Society
Prof. Dr. Hany Moustapha, École de Technologie Supérieure. Canada
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

COVID-19 - Economic, Academic, Social, Physical, and Mental Health Impacts on University Communities
Prof. Dr. Les Sztandera, Thomas Jefferson University USA
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Information-centric Wireless Sensor Networks: A Study and a Survey
Prof. Dr. Shintaro Mori, Fukuoka University, Japan
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Scientific Computing: Is performance only what matters? Experience of running a local data center at University of Stuttgart
Dr. Alexey Cheptsov, Information Service Center of the University of Stuttgart (TIK), Germany
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Volumetric Communication across Artificial Reality Continuum. Applications in Telehealth
Prof. Dr. Krzysztof Pietroszek, Institute for Immersive Designs, Experiences, Applications, and Stories (Institute for IDEAS), American University in the Film and Media Arts Division of the School of Communication, USA
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Hybridized Machine Learning Implementation for a Complex Network Cyber-Physical Supply Chain Analysis
Dr. Steve Chan, Decision Engineering Analysis Laboratory, USA
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Analyzing Deep Space Network System Performance and Lessons Learned
Timothy Pham, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA, USA
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Success Stories of Mathematics in Real Life
Prof. Dr. Rob van der Mei, Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Multimodal Emotion Recognition Using Transfer Learning
Prof. Dr. Clement Leung, Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen), China
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

An Evacuation Support System Based on Cooperative UAVs
Prof. Dr. Yasushi Kambayashi, Keio University, Japan
- presentation slides
- voiced slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Strain Sensors in Smart Applications of Tactile Cyber-Physical Systems: Opportunities and Recommendations
Dr. Dmitry Korzun, Adjunct Professor, Institute of Mathematics and Information Technology, Petrozavodsk State University (PetrSU), Russia
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

SwipeVLock: A Supervised Unlocking Mechanism Based on Swipe Behavior on Smartphones
Wenjuan Li, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Digital Identity, Security, and Data Provenance
Prof. Dr. Stan McClellan, Texas State University, San Marcos TX, USA
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

The Security in The Internet of Things: Challenges and Proposed Solutions
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Fehmi Jaafar, Quebec University at Chicoutimi, Canada
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Managing Power Infrastructure using LIDAR
Vivian Sultan, PhD, Adjunct Faculty, College of Business and Economics, California State University, USA
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Allow Knowledge to Prevail: All-scientists Sustainable Contributions to Multi-disciplinary Scientific Insight, from Prehistory to Future
Sr Lect., Dr. rer. nat. Claus-Peter Rückemann, Leibniz Universität Hannover and at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster (WWU), Germany
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Machine Learning: An Exclusively Engineering Domain? The Role of Ethics in ML Design
Prof. Dr. Olga Levina, Technische Hochschule Brandenburg, Germany
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Advances in Sensors and X-ray Spectroscopy for Agricultural Soil Analyses
Prof. Dr. Paulo Estevao Cruvinel, Embrapa, Brazil
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

 

Panel 1

Theme: IoT-based Systems Challenges
(IoT, buildings, agriculture, transportation, sensing, smart cities, embedded intelligence)

Chair: Petre Dini, IARIA, USA/EU

Panelists:
Alan Martin Redmond, Centre Scientifique et Technique du Bâtiment, France
Fahim Salim, University of South-Eastern Norway, Norway
Oliver Michler, TU Dresden, Germany
Lorena Parra Boronat, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain

Panel 2

Theme: Challenges of AI-based Technologies and Applications
(explainability, trustability, cognition, security, cognitive impairments, measurement accuracy, etc.)
(networking, decisions, health, virtual reality, human-computer interactions, etc.)

Chair: Petre Dini, IARIA, USA/EU

Panelists:
Luigi Lavazza, Universita degli Studi dell'Insubria, Italy
Malcolm Crowe, University of the West of Scotland, United Kingdom
Arcady Zhukov, University Basque Country, Dept. Polymers Adv. Mater., Spain
Dirceu Cavendish, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan/USA

 

DigitalWorld 2022 Congress - Porto, Portugal

Touch Behavioral Smartphone User Authentication based on Social Networking Applications
Prof. Dr. Weizhi Meng, Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Safe and Secure Cities
Prof. Dr. Lasse Berntzen, University of South-Eastern Norway, Norway
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Flexible and Printed Electronics and their Application to Biomedicine
Dr. Ing. Almudena Rivadeneyra Torres, University of Granada, Spain
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Flexible e-Skin Sensors, Energy Harvesting and Microfluidic Devices
Prof. Dr.  Rui Igreja, NOVA School of Science and Technology - Almada, Setúbal, Portugal
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

The Continuum Paradigm: Reality or Fiction?
Prof. Dr. Eric J.H.J. Mantelaers, RA AA CISA C|CISO Zuyd University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Methodological Approach to Establishing Business Intelligence in Telemedicine
Assoc. Prof. Ljerka Luic, University North, Croatia
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Nanoelectronic Nose and Proton-transfer Reaction Mass Spectrometry: A fruitful Synergy for Food Quality
Dr. Matteo Tonezzer, Center Agriculture Food Environment, University of Trento / Edmund Mach Foundation, Italy & CNR-IMEM - Trento - FBK, Italy
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Canada’s Change Management Strategy for Improving Patient and Clinician Digital Health Literacy
Sr. VP, Shelagh Maloney, Canada Health Infoway, Inforoute Santé du Canada, Canada
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Smart SE: Recurrent Education Program of Digital Transformation in the Era of 60-Year Curriculum
Prof. Dr. Hironori Washizaki, Waseda University - Tokyo, Japan
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Development of an Automatic Yarn Characterization System
Prof. Dr. Vitor Hugo Mendes da Costa Carvalho, Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave (IPCA), Barcelos, Portugal
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Active Interactive Remote Learning for Project-based Education
Prof. Dr. Rodica Neamtu, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Digital Agriculture: Managing Data from Images and Sensors in Irrigated and Rainfed Crops
Dr. Lorena Parra Boronat, Instituto Madrileño de Investigación y Desarrollo Rural, Agrario y Alimentario (IMIDRA), Spain
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

K13. Collecting Data and Working with Them
Prof. Dr. Carina Friedrich Dorneles, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

 

DataSys 2022 Congress - Porto, Portugal

Invited talk: Networking to be Data Centric with Trust - Data Exchange Network Utilizing Blockchain
Dr Motoyoshi Sekiya, Fujitsu Laboratories, Japan
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Wireless Signal-based Human Activity Recognition by using Deep Learning
Prof. Dr Young-Joo Suh, POSTECH, S. Korea
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Lives Saving Logistics for Emergency Services
Prof. Dr. Rob van der Mei, Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Some Key Challenges and Upcoming Trends for Future Generation Wireless Communication Systems
Sr Lect Dr Karim M. Nasr, University of Greenwich, UK
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

 

InfoWare 2022 Congress - Venice, Italy

Towards FPGAs as Platforms for Intelligent Systems and Applications
Prof. Dr. Peter Roessler, University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien, Austria
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Holistic Approach of ICT-Education
Prof. Dr. Juho Mäkiö, University of Applied Sciences Emden/Leer Germany
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

What is information? Insight from Within the Brain
Prof. Dr. Birgitta Dresp-Langley, Research Director - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) - Paris & ICube - Strasbourg University, France
- presentation slides
- voiced presentation
- video presentation
- short bio

Real Time Image Analysis and Visualisation utilising Computer Game Technologies
Dr Gary Ushaw, Senior Lecturer and Director of Business and Engagement for the School of Computing at Newcastle University, UK
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Characterization of Video-based Online Information Environment
Prof. Dr. Nitin Agarwal, University of Arkansas – Little Rock, USA
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Spear and Shield: Fine-grain Gesture Recognition and Obfuscates Sensing with the Communication Signal
Dr. Ouyang Zhang, Google LLC, USA
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Smart buildings - How to Tackle Cybersecurity Threats in Smart Buildings and Stay ahead of Hackers?
Marcin Bajer, ABB Corporate Technology Center, Kraków, Poland
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Incident-Response-Management: An automotive perspective
Prof. Dr. Reiner Kriesten, Hochschule Karlsruhe, Germany
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Autonomous Vehicles Using Road Surface Profiling
Prof. Dr. Tomonari Furukawa, University of Virginia, USA
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

 

InfoSys 2022 Congress - Venice, Italy

To be announced
Prof. Dr. Mark Apperley, University of Waikato, New Zealand
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Bandwidth Reservation: Challenges and Opportunities in Telemedicine
Assoc Prof. Dr. Poonam Dharam, Saginaw Valley State University, USA
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Processing Linear Graph Signals
Assoc. Prof. Pavel Loskot, ZJU-UIUC Institute in Haining, China
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Agility and Semantic Structures to Scaffold Modern Academic Education
Prof. Dr. Karsten Böhm, Fachhochschule Kufstein, Austria
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

De-carbonized Society: How it Should be Built
Prof. Dr. Nobutaka Ito, School of Renewable Energy, Maejo University Thailand, Thailand
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Modern Culture to Sustainably Improve Software Quality
Prof. Dr. Claudius Stern, Wirtschaftsinformatik an der FOM Hochschule in Kassel, Germany
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Intent-based Networking in 5G Slicing Life-cycle Management and Orchestration
Prof. Dr. Eugen Borcoci, University ”Politehnica” of Bucharest (UPB), Romania
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

 

ComputationWorld 2022 Congress - Barcelona, Spain

CFTaaS: Cyber Forensics Testbed as a Service
Dr. Juan-Carlos Bennett, Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific, USA
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Towards Autonomous Storage and I/O Systems for Scientific Data
Dr. Surendra Byna, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- live video recording
- short bio

A Journey through 15 Years of Research about Service-based Computing for the Insurance Industry - from SOA to Microservices -
Prof. Dr. Arne Koschel, Hochschule Hannover – University of Applied Science and Arts, Germany
Prof. Dr. Andreas Hausotter, Hochschule Hannover – University of Applied Science and Arts, Germany
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio for Arne Koschel
- short bio for Andreas Hausotter

Challenges in the Next Generation IoT and Context-Active Resilience in Cyber Physical Systems
Prof. Dr. Xiaodong Liu, Edinburgh Napier University, UK
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Architecture Considerations for Integrated Digital Services - Digital Omnichannel Transformation in Action
Dr. Hans-Werner Sehring, Tallence AG, Germany
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Industrial Cloud Security and Machine Learning
Prof. Dr. Christoph Reich, Furtwangen University of Applied Science (HFU), Germany
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Pitfalls in Empirical Evaluation of Algorithms
Prof. Dr. Andreas Fischer, Technische Hochschule Deggendorf, Germany
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Towards a Hybrid Cloud & Edge Orchestrator for Mining Exascale Distributed Streams
Assit. Prof. Dr. Herodotos Herodotou, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering and Informatics, Cyprus University of Technology, Cypru
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Metamodel and Patterns for Cloud Security and Privacy
Prof. Dr. Hironori Washizaki, Waseda University in Tokyo & Visiting Professor at the National Institute of Informatics, Japan
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

 

NexComm 2022 Congress - Barcelona, Spain

Challenges of Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, and Vehicle Data
Dr.  Christian Prehofer, DENSO Automotive & TU München, Germany
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

An Intermodal View of the Opportunities and Challenges of GNSS as a Basic Telematics Sensor for Assisted and Automated Driving
Prof. Dr. Oliver Michler, Technical University Dresden, Germany
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

On-board Analytics of Earth Observation Satellite Sensor Data
Prof. Dr. Peter Baumann, Bremen Jacobs University, Germany
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Approaches on Systems Governance and Policy
Prof. Dr. Mo Mansouri, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA / University of South-Eastern Norway, Norway
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Ensuring compliance with the FAIR principles in access to research data by building services for data management in scientific institutions
Dr Anna Wałek, Gdańsk University of Technology, Poland
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Recent Advances in Deep Neural Networks Watermarking
Prof. Dr. Hanzhou Wu, Shanghai University, China
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Assessing and Measuring Human Factors - Trends and Developments
Dr. rer. nat, Wolfgang Leister, Norsk Regnesentral, Norway
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Data-driven Modeling and Neural Network Solver
Prof. Dr. Zhiliang Xu, University of Notre Dame, USA
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

High-Quality Immersive Video Streaming via Edge Caching and User Adaptation
Prof. Dr. Jinlei Jiang, Tsinghua University - Beijing, China
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

On General Principles for Hypothesis Interpretation
Prof. Dr. Hiroshi Ishikawa, Tokyo Metropolitan University (TMU), Japan
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Ground Data Processing for Spacecraft Operations and Science
Prof. Dr. Yukio Yamamoto, Institute of Astronautical and Space Science/Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Japan
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Problems and Solutions in Crawling Geo-referenced Documents from Location-based Social Networks
Prof. Dr. Shohei Yokoyama, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

TrendNews 2021 - Athens, Greece

Detecting Passenger Number in a Moving Vehicle with Public Transportation Data
Speaker: Assist. Prof. Jack (Yunpeng) Zhang, University of Houston, USA
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

AI-Centric Cyber Laboratory Services: Operationalizing White Box Architectures for Fuzzers
Speaker: Dr. Steve Chan, Decision Engineering Analysis Laboratory, USA
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Blockchain in the Smart City - Participation and Democratic Involvement
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Lasse Berntzen, University of South-Eastern Norway, Norway
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Immersive Storytelling in Augmented, Mixed, and Virtual Reality: Technologies and Applications
Speaker: Assist Prof Krzysztof Pietroszek, Institute for IDEAS / American University, Washington, USA
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Streamed media and Quality of Experience (QoE)
Speaker: Assist Prof Jounsup Park, The University of Texas at Tyler, USA
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Utilizing Fuzzy Sets Qualitative Comparative Analysis to Identify the Necessary Conditions that a User Review Expresses a Highly Positive Sentiment
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Dimitris K. Kardaras, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

TrendNews Experts Panel

Citizen Data Protection:  Ownership Challenges in the Digital Transformation Era
(personal data, data protection, citizen protection, data classification, invasion protection, accountability on data use, moral and legal aspects, etc.)
Chair: Petre Dini, IARIA, USA/EU
Panelists:
Anders Fongen, Norwegian Defence University College, Norway
Stavroula Barbounaki, Merchant Marine Academy of Aspropyrgos, Greece
Eszter Oroszi, National University of Public Services, Hungary
Dimitris K. Kardaras, Athens University of Economics and Business

 

NetWare 2021 - Athens, Greece

Sound Security Metrics
Speaker: Prof. Dr. George Yee, Carleton University - Ottawa Canada
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Mobility and Health: Can we use Mobility Data to Accurately Monitor Health Levels and Predict Potential Health Problems?
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Hesham H. Ali, UNO Bioinformatics Core Facility, College of Information Science and Technology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

A Novel Approach for Sparse System Identification - Boosting the Performance of Adaptive Algorithms
Speakers:
Lect. Dr. Laura-Maria Dogariu, University Politehnica of Bucharest (UPB), Romania
Lect. Dr. Camelia Elisei-Iliescu, University Politehnica of Bucharest (UPB), Romania and Romatsa R.A., Romania
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio for Laura-Maria Dogariu
- short bio for Camelia Elisei-Iliescu

Towards Touch Behavioral Authentication on Mobile Devices: Design and Open Challenges
Speaker: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Weizhi Meng, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Cooperative Self-localization and Wayfinding Services Through Visible Light Communication
Speaker: Prof. Dr., Manuela Vieira, CTS/ISEL/IPL, Portugal
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Trust Issues in the Semiconductor Industry
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Junghee Lee, Korea University, South Korea
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

AI vs Climate Change: How AI Creates Resilient and Efficient Planning & Design for Green Renovation Projects
Speakers:
Lasse Hammer, OFFIS e.V. - Institut für Informatik FuE-Bereich Energie  |  R&D Division Energy - Oldenburg, Germany
Dr.-Ing. Eric MSP Veith, OFFIS e.V. - Institut für Informatik FuE-Bereich Energie  |  R&D Division Energy - Oldenburg, Germany
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Tackling Privacy and Security Issues of Smart Home Devices?
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Erik Buchmann, Hochschule für Telekommunikation Leipzig, Germany
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Securing and Hardening Embedded Linux Devices: Theory and Practice
Speaker: IT Specialist Marcin Bajer, ABB Corporate Research, Kraków, Poland
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Patterns for New Software Engineering: Machine Learning, IoT and Security Patterns
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Hironori Washizaki, Waseda University, Tokyo \ Visiting Professor at the National Institute of Informatics, Japan
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Results from More Than Two Decades of Exploiting Efficient Abstractions and Translation to SAT to Formally Verify Complex Pipelined/Superscalar/VLIW Microprocessors
Speaker: Miroslav N. Velev, Aries Design Automation, USA (www.miroslav-velev.com)
Aries Design Automation, USA (www.aries-da.com)
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

NetWare Expert Panel I
Environmental Sensing: Difficulties for Sensing and Processing the Correct Data
(nedium dependent, body sensing, sensing mobile targets, predictive maintenance, mission critical sensing, precision, failures, etc.)
Chair: Antonio L. L. Ramos, University of South-Eastern Norway (USN), Norway
Panelists:
Anne-Lena Kampen, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Norway
Paula Louro, ISEL-IPL; CTS-UNINOVA, Portugal  
Sandra Sendra, Escuela Politécnica Superior de Gandia/Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
Manuel Vieira, CTS-UNINOVA, Portugal
Aurilla Aurelie Arntzen, University of South-Eastern Norway (USN), Norway

NetWare Expert Panel II
Smart Energy Distribution: Sustainability and Safety in Green Energetic Systems
(energy production and distribution challenges, charging stations, energy electronics, sustainability, automotive systems, economics, etc.)
Chair: Hans-Joachim Hof, INSicherheit - Ingolstadt Research Group Applied IT Security, CARISSMA - Center of Automotive Research on Integrated Safety Syst, Germany
Panelists:
Steve Chan, Decision Engineering Analysis Laboratory, USA
Francisc Zavoda, CRHQ (Hydro-Quebec), Canada
Rainer Falk, Siemens AG, Germany
Eric MSP Veith, OFFIS e.V. - Institut für Informatik FuE-Bereich Energie | R&D Division Energy - Oldenburg, Germany

SoftNet 2021 - Barcelona, Spain

Tchaikovsky Riddles or How Software Technology Can Contribute to Musicology
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Evgeny Pyshkin, University of Aizu, Japan
- presentation slides
- summary
- video presentation
- short bio

Where is the IQRF® Going to?
Speaker: Dr. Vladimir Sulc, MICRORISC s.r.o., Czech Republic
- presentation slides
- summary
- video presentation
- short bio

Machine Learning Software Engineering Patterns: Classification and Practitioners' Insights
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Hironori Washizaki, Waseda University / National Institute of Informatics / System Information, Japan
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Reflections on the Future of the Software Industry: Mighty Disruptor or Disruptee?
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Herwig Mannert, University of Antwerp, Belgium
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Consistency Verification of Processes: From Businesses to Cyber-physical Systems
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Hermann Kaindl, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Validation and Verification of Artificial Intelligence Systems: Where do We Stand?
Speaker: Prof. Ph.D. MBA Ahmed Kamel, Concordia College - Moorhead, USA
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

AI and Robotics in Upstream Oil and Gas
Speakers:
Petroleum Scientist, Ph.D. Abdallah A. Alshehri, Saudi Aramco, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
Dr. Klemens Katterbauer, Saudi Aramco, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio for Abdallah A. Alshehri
- short bio for Klemens Katterbauer

Application of Biological Domain Knowledge-based Feature Selection on Gene Expression Data
Speakers:
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Malik Y. Yousef, Zefat Academic College, Israel
Pranab K. Sen Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Mechanics of Misinformation: What? How? and Why?
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Nitin Agarwal, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, USA
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

 SoftNet Expert Panel I
Challenges on Software Development/Simulation/Validation for Citizen-centric Systems
(man-in-the-middle, self-regulatory systems, cognitive systems, immersive environments, special interfaces, adapted systems life-cycles, etc.)
Chair: Stephan Böhm, University of Applied Sciences Wiesbaden, Germany
Panelists:
Lisa Taubensee, Advantest,  Germany
- presentation slides
- video presentation
Alexander Kröner, Technische Hochschule Nürnberg Georg Simon Ohm, Germany
José Mario De Martino, University of Campinas, Brazil
- video presentation
Stefan Bosse, University of Bremen, Dept. of Mathematics & Computer Science, Germany
- video presentation
Herwig Mannert, University of Antwerp, Belgium

SoftNet Expert Panel II
Health Mobility and Patient-empowering: Smart Solutions for Smart Cities and Living Environments
(urban transportation, health resource discovery, smart living, epidemic forecasting, securing patients data, patient interfaces, health mobile services, patient-oriented devices and services, etc.)
Chair: Lasse Berntzen, University of South-Eastern Norway, Norway
Panelists:
Nitin Agarwal, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, USA
Andrea Corradini, Copenhagen School of Design and Technology, Denmark
Michel A Audette, Old Dominion University, USA
Jesus Zegarra Flores, Capgemini Engineering, France
Hesham Ali, University of Nebraska Omaha, USA
Marko Jäntti, Centre for Measurement and Information Systems, Kajaani University of Applied Sciences, Finland

SoftNet Expert Panel III
Design and Synthesis of Personalities
(synthesis of personalities, adoption of AI digital, conversational user interfaces, observability, ramifications of personalities, emotional intelligence, digital co-workers)
- live video recording
Chair: Jeff Stanley, The MITRE Corporation, USA
Panelists:
Charles Rinker, PRSONAS, Inc., USA
Jennifer Strickland, The MITRE Corporation, USA
Natalie Friedman, Cornell Tech, USA
Corey Miller, The MITRE Corporation, USA & Georgetown University, USA
Sara Beth Elson, The MITRE Corporation, USA
Kelly Horinek, The MITRE Corporation, USA

 

NexTech 2021 - Barcelona, Spain

Explainable AI
Speaker: Dr. Anne Coull, University of New South Wales, Australia
- presentation slides
- summary
- video presentation
- short bio

Engineering of Complex System of Systems
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Jerker Delsing, Lulea University of Technology, Sweden
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Results from More Than Two Decades of Exploiting Efficient Abstractions and Translation to SAT to Formally Verify Complex Pipelined/Superscalar/VLIW Microprocessors
Speaker: Miroslav N. Velev, (www.miroslav-velev.com)   
Aries Design Automation, USA (www.aries-da.com)
- presentation slides
- summary
- video presentation
- short bio

Information Warfare and Critical Infrastructure: The Combined Power of Information Warfare Threats
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Joshua A. Sipper, Cyber Warfare Studies, Air Force Cyber College, USA
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

The Design Science Perspective on e-Health Applications for Re-learning Purposes
Speaker: Sr. Lect, Dr. Karin Ahlin, Mid Sweden University, Sweden  
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Exploration Analysis in Bernoulli Bandits Using Martingales
Speaker: Prof Clement Leung, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Digital Twins for Smart Systems
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Ivana Semanjski, Ghent University, Belgium
Book: Smart Urban Mobility: Transport Planning in the Age of Big Data and Digital Twins, by Elsevier
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

A Do-It-Yourself Approach to Ambient Assisted Living
Speaker: Prof Dr Sylvain Giroux, University of Sherbrooke, Canada
- presentation slides
- summary
- video presentation
- short bio

Parallel Adaptive Simulation of Processes from Science and Engineering
Speaker: Prof. Gabriel Wittum, AMCS, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) - Thuwal, Saudi Arabia and G-CSC, Goethe University of Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- presentation slides
- summary
- video presentation
- short bio

Metrics to Rank Illegal Buildings
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Paolino Di Felice, University of L'Aquila, Italy
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Intentional Answers to Database Requests
Speaker: Semapro: Priv.-Doz. Dr. Techn. Helmut Horacek, DFKI/Saarland University, Germany
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Semantic Web of Things
Speaker: Assist Prof. Giuseppe Loseto, Politecnico di Bari, Italy
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Data in Urban Air Mobility
Speaker: Silvio Semanjski, Managing Director, SEAL Aeronautica SL - Barcelona, Spain & EU Project “Urban Air Mobility”
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Data Sensing and Fusing for Production Machinery Maintenance: Digital Assistance with Post-Analysis, Diagnostics and Prognostics
Speaker: Adj. Prof. Dr. Dmitry Korzun, Petrozavodsk State University (PetrSU), Russia
- presentation slides
- summary
- video presentation
- short bio 

NexTech Experts Panel I
Cyber Protection: Are we Correctly Metering Salient Data and Accurately Processing them ?
(critical cyber systems, useless huge data, patterns in big data, data quality and cyber-relevance, obsolete or fake data, multi-facets dataset puzzle, process standardization, lessons learned. etc.)
Chair: Steve Chan, Decision Engineering Analysis Laboratory, USA
Panelists:
Sandjai Bhulai, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Les Sztandera, Thomas Jefferson University, USA
Ah Choo Koo, Multimedia University, Malaysia
- video presentation
Joshua Sipper, Air Force Cyber College, USA
- video presentation
Christine Perakslis, Arizona State University, USA
- video presentation

NexTech Experts Panel II
Impending Technical Societal Challenges: Qvo Vadis?
(digitization, digital awareness, safety and threats, personal data, discovering relevant data, on line content, fake news, social media, citizen behavior, health accessibility, psychological/physical addiction, etc.)
Chair: Petre Dini, IARIA, USA
Panelists:
Mihhail Matskin, Royal Institute of Technology KTH, Sweden
Alireza Morsali, McGill University, Canada
- video presentation
Anders Fongen, Norwegian Defence University College, Norge
Michael Suppanz, FH Kaernten, Austria
- video presentation
Efstratios Kontopoulos, Catalink Limited, Cyprus
Christine Perakslis, Arizona State University, USA
- video presentation

DigitalWorld 2021 - Nice, France

An Introduction to Intelligent GeoProcessing
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Robert Laurini, Knowledge Systems Institute, USA
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Blockchain and Knowledge management
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Samia Aitouche, University Batna 2, Algeria
- presentation slides
- voiced Powerpoint slides
- video presentation
- short bio

AI and Remote Sensing: Applying the Deep Learning for Image Enhancement, Analytics, and its Business Applications
Speaker: Dr. Jui-Hsin (Larry) Lai, Ping-An Technology - Research Lab, USA
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

User Analytics: Modeling User Behavior and Predicting User Intention
Speaker: Assist. Prof. Dr. M. Omair Shafiq, Carleton School of Information Technology | Faculty of Engineering and Design | Carleton University - Ottawa, Canada
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Agent Modeling, Internet of Things, and Multi-Dimensional Accounting for Managing Manufacturing Systems
Speaker: Prof.  Dr. Takao Terano, Chiba University of Commerce / Tokyo Institute of Technology / University of Tsukuba, Japan
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Blended Learning of IoT and AI for Business in Recurrent Education Program SmartSE
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Hironori Washizaki, Waseda University, Japan
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

User-led Accessible Technology Research for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in Human-computer Interaction
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Yuhki Shiraishi, Tsukuba University of Technology, Japan
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Putting the Digital into Towns: How Ready are Rural Towns for Digital Transformation? An Analysis of Five Irish Rural Towns
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Theo Lynn, DCU Business School / Irish Institute of Digital Business, Ireland
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Perspectives and Challenges of Quantum Computing in Geo-Engineering Domain
Speaker: Dr.-Ing. Dr. (PhD) Alexey Cheptsov, High Performance Computing Center Stuttgart, Germany
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Enhancing Ground Penetrating Radar Signals Through Frequency Compositing
Speaker: Roger Tilley, Ph.D. Senior Member of the Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA, USA
- presentation slides
- short description
- video presentation
- short bio

InfoWare 2021 - Nice, France

Web Vulnerability in 2021: Large-scale Inspection, Findings, Analysis and Remedies
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Borka Jerman Blažič, International postgraduate school Jožef Stefan, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Machine Learning for Distributed Software Defined Networks (SDN)
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Kin K. Leung, Imperial College London, UK
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Architecture Design Patterns for Digital Twin-based Systems
Speaker: Prof. Dr. ir. Bedir Tekinerdogan, Wageningen University & Research, The Netherlands
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Hybrid Neural Network Modeling for Multiple Intersections along Signalized Arterials - Current Situation and Some New Results
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Hong Wang, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Hybrid Intelligence: Theory and Application Scenarios
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Alexander Ryjov, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Current Research Directions in Social Robotics to Substitute Human Empathy in Elderly and Patient Care
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Arvind Bansal, Kent State University, USA
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Security for Connected, Automated Vehicles: Enforcing Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control
Speaker: Prof. Dr.  Frank Kargl, Ulm University, Germany
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio
- contact: email or join a Slack discussion

The Role of Computational Neuroscience Machine Intelligence in Sentience, Common Sense and Artificial Consciousness
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Rory Lewis, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, USA
- presentation slides
- voiced pptx slides (watch in full screen)
- video presentation
- short bio

Animating fluids in real-time in computer graphics
Speaker: Assist. Prof. Dr. Prashant Goswami, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Sweden
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

A Fuzzy Logic - based Approach to Producing Health Care Services Recommendations
Speaker: Lect Dr. Stavroula G. Barbounaki, Merchant Marine Academy of Aspropyrgos, Aspropyrgos, Greece
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Networks and Narratives: Bots, Trolls, and Mobs
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Nitin Agarwal, Jerry L. Maulden-Entergy Endowed Chair & Distinguished Professor, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, USA
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

DroneCMS: Flying Infrastructure for Intelligent Crowd Management and Security for Mega Events
Speaker: Dr. Hamid Menouar, Qatar Mobility Innovations Center (QMIC), Doha, Qatar
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Advances in Industry 4.0 and the Industrial Internet of Things
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Dimitrios Georgakopoulos, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

InfoWare Panel
Communications of the Future: Hot Topics in Internet
(speed, 5G/6G, streaming, mmwave networks; network slicing, high data processing, industrial protocols, mobility, security, monitoring, etc.)
- real-time recorded discussion
Chair: Prof. Dr. Brian Kelley, University of Texas at San Antonio / 5G Program Management Office - JBSA 5G NextGen, USA  
Panelists:
Prof. Dr. Eugen Borcoci, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania
Prof. Dr. Dirceu Cavendish, Kyushu Institute of Technology, USA/Japan 
Dr. Lin Han, Futurewei Technologies, USA
Dr. Zhicheng Yang, PingAn Tech - US Research Lab, USA
- pre recorded video

InfoSys 2021 - Valencia, Spain

Scientific Data Management at Exascale
Speaker: Dr. John K. Wu, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA
- short bio
- summary
- presentation
- voiced powerpoint slides

Web-based Accessible Computer Science Applications for K-12 Students with Disabilities
Speakers:
Prof. Dr.  Daniela Marghitu, Auburn University, USA
Meenakshi Das, Auburn University, USA
- bio for Daniela Marghitu
- bio for Meenakshi Das
- presentation slides
- prerecorded video

Smart Micro-Grids for Community Energy Systems
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Mark Apperley, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
- short bio
- presentation slides
- prerecorded video

A Quantum Statistical Mechanical Modeling Approach to Human Cognitive Interaction with Cyber-Systems
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Mark J Balas, Texas A&M University, USA
- short bio
- presentation slides
- recorded speech

Boosting State Estimation with Neural Networks: Towards a Generally Applicable Neural State Estimation with Transfer Learning
Speaker: Dr.-Ing. Eric MSP Veith, OFFIS e.V. - Institut für Informatik FuE-Bereich Energie  |  R&D Division Energy -  Oldenburg, Germany
- short bio
- presentation slides
- prerecorded video

Technology for Overcoming the Global Tetralemma
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Nobutaka Ito, Faculty of Engineering, Khon Kaen University - Khon Kaen, Thailand
- short bio
- presentation slides
- prerecorded video

Wireless Industrial IoT: the next generation of industrial networking
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Rute Sofia, fortiss, Germany
- short bio
- presentation slides

20 Years of Autonomic Computing
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Roy Sterritt, Ulster University | Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment | School of Computing, UK
- short bio
- presentation slides

Control of Synchronization Patterns in Complex Dynamical Networks
Speaker: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Dr. h.c. Eckehard Schoell, Institut für Theoretische Physik, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany
- short bio
- presentation slides
- prerecorded video

Analysis of the Tertiary Protein Structure for Protein Misfolding Diseases
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Vlamos Panayiotis, Department of Informatics and Director of the Bioinformatics and Human Electrophysiology Laboratory (BiHELab), Ionian University, Greece
- short bio
- presentation slides
- prerecorded video

DataSys 2021 - Valencia, Spain

The Process of Colorizing a Data Visualization
Speaker: Theresa-Marie Rhyne, Colorizing, Visualization and Analytics Expert, USA
- short bio
- presentation slides
- prerecorded video

Usage of Game-Theory in Energy, Cyber Security and COVID-19
Speaker: Assist Prof. Dr Luluwah Al-Fagih, Division of Engineering Management and Decision Sciences, Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), Qatar
- short bio
- summary
- presentation slides

Edge Computing Support for V2X Communications on 5G Technology
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Eugen Borcoci, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania
- short bio
- summary
- presentation slides

Smart Cities: The Challenge of Interoperable Software Architecture
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Guadalupe Ortiz, Universidad de Cadiz, España
- short bio
- presentation slides
- prerecorded video

Data as a Resource - Data-driven economy and innovation
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Lasse Berntzen, Universitetet i Sørøst-Norge - USN, Norway
- short bio
- presentation slides

Nanoscale Sensor Networks DNA: A New Paradigm for Communication at the Bottom
Speaker: Dr. Florian-Lennert Lau, Institute of Telematics, University Lübeck, Germany
- short bio
- presentation slides
- prerecorded video

Designing Robust AI Systems to Resist Human Challenges
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Eduardo Cermeño, CEO - Vaelsys, Madrid, and Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain
- short bio
- presentation slides

The relevance of data: Is all the data equally important?
Speaker: Dr. Lorena Parra Boronat, Instituto Madrileño de Investigación y Desarrollo Rural, Agrario y Alimentario (IMIDRA), Spain
- short bio
- editorial
- summary
- presentation slides

 

ComputationWorld 2021 - Porto, Portugal

Model-driven Microservice Development - Applying Domain Driven Design (DDD) to Microservices Architecture
Speaker: By Prof. em. Dr. Andreas Hausotter, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Hannover, Germany
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Developing Scalable Cloud Based Education Academic Programs
Speaker: By Prof. Dr. Aspen Olmsted, New York University (NYU) Tandon School of Engineering, USA
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

On Modeling and Analyzing the Creativity in Art and Science
Speaker: By Dr. Olga Chernavskaya, P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute, Moscow, Russia
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Simulating Additive Manufacturing by Rethinking Simulation Structures
Speaker: By Dr. Jay Lofstead, Sandia National Laboratories, USA
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

The Internet Trust: Classic Scenarios and IoT Scenarios
Speaker: By Prof. Dr. Hiroyuki Sato, The University of Tokyo, Japan
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

ISO/IEC Linux Standards for Cloud Computing, IoT, Smart Cities and the 4th Industrialization
Speaker: By Prof. Dr. Yong Woo Lee, University of Seoul, South Korea
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Cognition and Cognitive Processes in the Realm of Design, Science and Philosophy
Speaker: By Prof. Dr. Joao E. Kogler Jr, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
- presentation slides
- animated ppsx in slide show mode
- video presentation
- short bio

Connecting Product Management and Software Architecture – Challenges for the Digital Transformation
Speakers:
Dr. Christoph Knieke, TU Clausthal, Germany
Prof. Dr. Andreas Rausch, TU Clausthal, Germany   
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio for Christoph Knieke
- short bio for Andreas Rausch

 

NexComm 2021 - Porto, Portugal

Conceptual Modeling to Explore Problem and Solution Space, Illustrated by Examples from Future Energy Systems
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Gerrit Müller TNO in Eindhoven, the Netherlands & University of South-Eastern Norway in Kongsberg (USN), Norway
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Design and Operations of the NASA Deep Space Network
Speaker: Timothy Pham, Chief Deep Space Network System Engineer, Jet Propulsion Laboratory - California Institute of Technology, USA
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

12 Years of SPI Manifesto Achievements and Open Horizon
Speaker: Tomas.Schweigert, European Qualification and Certification Association (ECQA) Expleo, Germany
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Human Skill Transfer for AI Accelerator Programming and Its Application to Humanoid Two-Handed Robots
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Chung-Ta King, National Tsing Hua University, 台灣
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Connected Infrastructure:  Innovations in Education, Demonstration, and Applied Research
Speakers:
Prof. Dr. Stan McClellan, Texas State University, USA
Andres Carvallo, Founder and CEO, CMG Consulting LLC, USA
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio for Andres Carvallo
- short bio for Stan McClellan

 NexComm Expert Panel I
Communications Beyond the Thinking
(spatial, terrestrial, speed, 5G/6G, streaming, high data processing, protocols, etc.)
Chair: Timothy Pham, Chief Deep Space Network System Engineer, Jet Propulsion Laboratory - California Institute of Technology, USA
Panelists:
Shintaro Mori, Fukuoka University, Japan - video presentation
Eugen Borcoci, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania - voiced slides
Stan McClellan, Texas State University, USA
Timothy Pham, Chief Deep Space Network System Engineer, Jet Propulsion Laboratory - California Institute of Technology, USA

NexComm Expert Panel II
The Eco-System of Data and Software
(embedded-data, data drive-software, data-harmonizing systems, classification, etc.)
Chair: Yoshihisa Udagawa, Tokyo University of Information Sciences (TUIS), Japan
- video presentation
Panelists:
Anna Walek, Gdańsk University of Technology, Poland
Petre Dini, IARIA, USA/EU
Yoshihisa Udagawa, Tokyo University of Information Sciences (TUIS), Japan

DigitalWorld 2020 - Valencia, Spain

The Need for More Integration and Synthesis in Science and the Role of Information Technologies
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Kuvvet Atakan, University of Bergen, Norway
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Emerging Technologies in Education
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Alexander Mikroyannidis, The Open University, UK
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain in the Energy Sector
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Lasse Berntzen, University of South-Eastern Norway, Norway
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

On the Design and Realization of Secure and Privacy-Protecting Information Systems
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Mortaza S. Bargh, Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences and Scientific Researcher at Statistical Data and Policy Analysis Division (SIBa), Ministry of Justice and Security, The Hague, The Netherlands
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

High Quality Content, Focus, Continuity and Aware Interaction for Learners
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Monika Steinberg, University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Germany
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Sorting the Healthy Diet Signal from the Social Media Expert Noise Evidence from the #healthydiet discourse on Twitter
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Theo Lynn, Dublin City University, Ireland
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Panel on Digital Processing and Services
Theme: Sensing and Digitalization in Societal Transformation
(crowd sensing, agricultural sensing, livestock, traffic sensing, pollution sensing, spatial sensing, vital signs, sensitivity, and accuracy, etc.)
Chair: Paulo E. Cruvinel, Embrapa Instrumentation and Federal University of São Carlos, Brazil
Panelists:
Roger Tilley, Sandia National Laboratories, USA  
Arian Rajh, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Niels Frederik Garmann-Johnsen, University of Agder, Norway  
Lorena Parra, Universitat Politècnica de València, España  
Mojtaba Ghodsi, University of Portsmouth, UK

Panel on Discovery and Learning [video presentation from Tsunenori Ishioka]
Theme: From Education to Machine Learning and Deep learning: Strengthening Knowledge through Learning
(patterns, deep learning, recursive learning, mobile learning, knowledge transfer, surface, and deep web, etc.)
Chair: Claus-Peter Rückemann, WWU Münster and DIMF, Germany
Panelists:
Roy Oberhauser, Aalen University, Germany  
Tsunenori Ishioka, The National Center for University Entrance Examinations, Japan
Samia Aitouche, Industrial engineering department, University Batna 2, Algeria
Martijn Zoet, Zuyd University of Applied Science, the Netherlands

Panel on Telemedicine and Healthcare
Theme: Data Analytics and Health Management
(patient records, remote medicine, personal data, self-care monitoring, elderly, caregivers, mental wellbeing, wearable, etc.)
Chair: Arian Rajh, Agency for Medicinal Products and Medical Devices of the Republic of Croatia, Croatia
Panelists:
Line Lundvoll Warth, UNN, Norwegian Centre for E-health Research, Norge
Yukihide Nishimura, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Iwate Medical University, Japan
Yoshitoshi Murata, Iwate Prefectural University, Japan
Hiroyuki Tsuboi, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Iwate Medical University, Japan
Eloria Vigouroux-Zugasti, University of Paris-East Marne-la-Vallée, France

Panel on Human-Machine cohabitation [additional animated .pptx]
Theme: Cognitive Human-Machine Interaction at Work
(brain cognition, visual interaction, emotional communication, human-agents, accessibility, virtual reality, interest profiling, ergonomic design, digital assistants, etc.)
Chair: Marie Sjölinder, RISE - Research Institute of Sweden, Sweden
Panelists:
Ryosuke Yamanishi, Kansai University, Japan
Oky Dicky Ardiansyah Prima, Iwate Prefectural University, Japan       
Yushan Pan, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway   
Marie Sjölinder, RISE - Research Institute of Sweden, Sweden

 

NetWare 2020 - Valencia, Spain

Magnetic Microwires for Sensor Applications
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Arkady Zhukov, Dpto. Fisica de Materiales, UPV/EHU, San Sebastian, Spain, España
- presentation slides
- narrated pptx slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Tensor-based Adaptive Techniques: A Deep Diving in Nonlinear Systems
Speaker: Lect.  Dr.  Laura Dogariu, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Magnetic Sensor Systems for Motion Control
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Janez Trontelj ml., University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Slovenia
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Automotive Security - Quo Vadis? Current Situation and Future Directions in Automotive Security
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim Hof, INSicherheit - Ingolstadt Research Group Applied IT Security, CARISSMA – Center of Automotive Research on Integrated Safety Syst, Germany
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Security Gaps and CyberSystems
(simulation, resilience, security as a service, breaches, disasters, trust, etc.)
Chairs:
Steffen Fries, Siemens, Germany
Rainer Falk, Siemens, Germany
Panelists:
Maxime Puys, CEA-LETI, France
Stefan Schauer, Austrian Institute of Technology, Center of Digital Safety and Security, Vienna, Austria
Steffen Fries, Siemens, Germany
Rainer Falk, Siemens, Germany

Challenges in Internet Sensors-based Systems and Services
(energy, security, deployment, data collection, mangement, replacement, etc.)
Chair: Pedro Vicente Mauri Ablanque, IMIDRA, España
Panelists:
Anne-Lena Kampen, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Norway
Zhaobo Zhang, Futurewei Technologies Inc., USA
Masanari Nakamura, Hokkaido University, Japan
Pedro Vicente Mauri Ablanque, IMIDRA, España

Trends on Miniaturization
(energy, heat, optimisation, connections, accuracy, sensitivity, etc.)
Chair: Petre Dini, IARIA, EU/USA
Panelists:
Kyle Sundqvist, San Diego State University, USA
Sazzadur Chowdhury, University of Windsor, Canada
Sorore Benabid, ESEO, France
Petre Dini, IARIA, USA/EU

 

ComputationWorld 2020 - Nice, France

Cybersecurity Education
LIVE Zoom Presentation
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Andreas Aßmuth, Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule (OTH) Amberg-Weiden, Germany
- presentation slides
- short bio

Patterns in Earth Remote Sensing at Night Data
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Alexander Troussov, RANEPA, Russia
- presentation slides
- short bio

The Changing Attitudes to Compliance from Governments on Legislation and Regulation for Corporates
Speaker: Dr. Bob Duncan, University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom
- presentation slides
- short bio
- pptx voiced presentation

Escaping Groundhog Day
Embedding Business Objects in an Evolving Landscape of Cross-Cutting Concern Utilities
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Herwig Mannaert, University of Antwerp, Belgium
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Cognitive Puzzle: Quo Vadis?
(machine learning, deep cognition, cognitive decisions, deep-mind, empathy, social emotion, etc.)
Chair: Charlotte Sennersten, CSIRO, Australia
Panelists:
Marta Franova, LRI, UMR8623 du CNRS & INRIA Saclay, Bât. 660, Orsay, France
Olga Chernavskaya, Lebedev Physical Institute, Russia
Joao Kogler, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Muneo Kitajima, Nagaoka University of Technology, Japan

Dealing with Complexity of the Data
(imperfect classifiers, approximate data, volatile data, time-sensitive data, tentative patterns, evolving dataset, etc.)
Chair: Hans-Werner Sehring, Tallence AG, Germany
- video introduction
- video position of Hans-Werner Sehring
Panelists:
Alexander G. Mirnig, Center for Human-Computer Interaction, University of Salzburg, Austria
Miki Namatame, Tsukuba University of Technology, Japan
Hans-Werner Sehring, Tallence AG, Germany

Adaptation, a Modus Vivandi Solution
(adaptable eco-systems, self-isolation, adaptable avatars, sustainable adaptation, resilient adaptation, etc.)
Chair: Marc Kurz, University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria Faculty for Informatics, Communications and Media, Austria
Panelists:
Stephan Kluth, FOM University of Applied Sciences, Deutschland
Sebastian Lawrenz, Clausthal University of Technology, Germany
Stephan Selinger,  FH OÖ Studienbetriebs GmbH, Österreich
Jens Krösche, University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria; Faculty for Informatics, Communications and Media, Dep Österreich
Marc Kurz, University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria Faculty for Informatics, Communications and Media, Austria

Cloud Technologies: Connected and Unconnected, yet Processing
(cloud technological impact, service reliability, challenges for data and processes, trusted and secured environments, etc.)
Chair: Aspen Olmsted, New York University, USA
Panelists:
Jiye Yu, Hitachi, Ltd., Japan
Sebastian Fischer, Fraunhofer AISEC, Germany
Bob Duncan, University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom
- pptx voiced presentation
Magnus Westerlund, Arcada University of Applied Sciences, Finland
Aspen Olmsted, New York University, USA

 

NexTech 2020 - Nice, France

Leveraging Sidecars for a More Probabilistic Cyber Convergence
Speaker: Dr. Steve Chan, Decision Engineering Analysis Laboratory, USA
- presentation slides
- short bio

Adversarial Resilience Learning: Analysis and Resilient Operation of Complex Systems without Domain Knowledge
Speaker: Dr.-Ing. Eric MSP Veith, OFFIS e.V. - Institut für Informatik FuE-Bereich Energie  |  R&D Division Energy - Oldenburg, Germany
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Robust Cost Minimization of Supply Chains Considering Operational Risks
Speaker: Dr. Tim vor der Brück, FFHS, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Switzerland
- presentation slides
- short bio

Game Theory for Security: Past, Present and Future
Speaker: Sr. Lector Dr. Eckhard Pfluegel, Kingston University, London, UK
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Social Media Misinformation and Human-Machine Decision Making Systems
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Joshua Sipper, US Air Force Cyber College, USA
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Self-Learning Media Search Engines
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Clement Leung (SSE), Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) - Shenzhen, China
- short description
- presentation slides
- short bio

Ubiquity Services: Challenges at Horizon!
(mobility, resilience, service quality penetration, affordability, energy, communication speed, health, etc.)
Chair: Les Sztandera, Thomas Jefferson University, USA
Panelists:
Alejandro Quintero, Polytechnique Montreal, Canada
Ah Choo Koo, Multimedia University, Malaysia   
Navid Shaghaghi, Santa Clara University, USA
Les Sztandera, Thomas Jefferson University, USA

Information, Data, and Services in Digital Society
(citizen science, personal data, health services, personalized services, semantic processing, etc.)
Chair: Javier Fabra, Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain
Panelists:
Gregor Grambow, Aalen University, Germany
Tim vor der Brück, FFHS, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Switzerland
Minoru Sasaki, Ibaraki University, Japan
Javier Fabra, Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain

Systems Resilience: Reliable Cyber-protection
(cyber defense, guaranteed reliability, cyber awareness, cyber-space, on-line cyber protection, traffic…)
Chair: Steve Chan, Decision Engineering Analysis Laboratory, USA
Panelists:
Eric MSP Veith, OFFIS e.V. - Oldenburg, Germany
Ki-Hong Park, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia
Joshua A. Sipper, Air Force Cyber College, USA
- video presentation
Xing Liu, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Canada
Steve Chan, Decision Engineering Analysis Laboratory, USA

 

InfoWare 2020 - Porto, Portugal

Deviant Mobs of the Internet – Bots, Trolls, and Misinformation
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Nitin Agarwal, University of Arkansas - Little Rock, USA
- abstract
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

New IP and its Application in Vehicular Network
Speaker: Dr. Lin Han, Future Networks, Futurewei, USA
- abstract
- presentation slides
- video presenation
- short bio

Intra-Vehicle Wireless Communications: Challenges and Potential Solutions
Speaker: Sen. Lect. Dr.  Xiaohong Peng, Aston University, UK
- presentation slides
- short bio

A Blended Approach to Introduce Students to Cyber-physical Production Systems
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Gil Gonçalves, Universidade do Porto, Portugal
- presentation slides
- short bio

Producing Recommendations by Analyzing User Generated Content with the Use of Fuzzy Logic and Multi-criteria Analysis
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Dimitris Kardaras, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece
- presentation slides
- short bio

Active Safety Designs for Heavy Commercial Vehicles
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Yuping He, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Canada
- presentation slides
- short bio

Vehicular at Work: Are we Ready?
(acceptance, electric, wireless communication, high speed processing, self-driving, …)
Chair: Parimala Thulasiraman, University of Manitoba, Canada
Panelists:
Yuping He, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Canada
Akimasa Suzuki, Iwate Prefectural University, Japan
Dragana Krstic, Faculty of Electronic Engineering, University of Nis, Serbia
Xiaohong Peng, Aston University, UK
Parimala Thulasiraman, University of Manitoba, Canada

Cooperation and Trust
(humans, robots, applications, empathy, liability, …)
Chair: Gil Gonçalves, Universidade do Porto, Portugal
Panelists:
Mário Antunes, Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal  
Mary Luz Mouronte-López, Universidad Francisco de Vitoria, Spain
Zahid Iqbal, Universidade do Porto, Portugal
Bourret Christian, University Gustave Eiffel /Paris East Marne la Vallée, France
Yasuhiko Watanabe, Ryukoku University,  Japan
Gil Gonçalves, Universidade do Porto, Portugal

Challenges on Mobility-based Technologies
(Mobility, Speed, Privacy and Precision)
Chair: Eugen Borcoci, University POLITEHNICA Bucharest, Romania
Panelists:
Yingxuan Zhu, Futurewei, USA
Dirceu Cavendish, Kyushu Institute of Technology, USA/Japan
Mohamed-Slim Alouini, KAUST, Saudi Arabia
Eugen Borcoci, University POLITEHNICA Bucharest, Romania
Hocine Imine, COSYS-PICSL, University Gustave Eiffel, IFSTTAR, Marne-la-Vallée, France
Takeshi Ikenaga, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan

 

SoftNet 2020 - Porto, Portugal

Current Trends in Software Engineering and the Implications of their Convergence
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Roy Oberhauser,  Aalen University, Germany
- presentation slides
- short bio

Challenges of Distant Learning Implementation of a Programming Class
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Evgeny Pyshkin, University of Aizu, Japan
- presentation slides
- short bio

Adaptive Data-Center for AI Machine Learning Acceleration
Speaker: Dr. Sr. Dir. Xinli Gu, Futurewei Technology, Inc., USA
- presentation slides
- short bio

Chatbots: Paradigm Change for User Interaction or Just Another Hype?
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Stephan Böhm, RheinMain University of Applied Sciences, Germany
- presentation slides
- short bio

What is More Important for Simulation: Methods or Tools?
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Carlo Simon, Hochschule Worms, German
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

The Internet of Things in Oil/Gas Reservoir
Speaker: Dr. Abdallah Alshehri, Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia
- presentation slides
- short bio

Systems for Citizen-oriented Services
(citizen responsibility, democracy and social networks, service adoption, special services, ….)
Chair: Stephan Böhm, RheinMain University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Panelists:
Valentin Plenk, Institute of Information Systems at Hof University, Germany
Chia Hung Kao, National Taitung University, Taiwan
Yasushi Kambayashi, Nippon Institute of Technology, Japan
Maxim Mozgovoy, The University of Aizu, Japan
Krishna Kavi, University of North Texas, USA

Challenges in Complex Software Systems
(requirements, adaptation, updates, real-time, user behavior, deployment, etc.)
Chair: Mannaert Herwig, University of Antwerp, Belgium
- video presentation
Panelists:
Dieter Landes, University of Applied Sciences Coburg, Germany
Radek Koci, Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic
Frank Herrmann, OTH Regensburg, Germany
Kevin Lano, King's College London, UK
Mannaert Herwig, University of Antwerp, Belgium
- video presentation

Advances in Communications Technologies
(communication software, technologies -sdn, 5g, 6g, cyber -, control, sensing, data processing, …)
Chair: Jorge Cobb, The University of Texas at Dallas, USA
Panelists:
Zhaobo Zhang, Futurewei Technologies, US
Rony Kumer Saha, KDDI Research, Inc., Japan
Eugen Borcoci, University POLITEHNICA Bucharest, Romania
Jorge Cobb, The University of Texas at Dallas, USA

 

InfoSys 2020 - Lisbon, Portugal

Direct Adaptive Control and Infinite Dimensional Quantum Systems
Speaker: Prof. Dr.  Mark J. Balas, Texas A&M University, USA
- presentation slides
- short bio

Live Data Integration
Speaker: Prof. Dr.  Fritz Laux (retired), Reutlingen University, Germany
- presentation slides
- presentation slides with notes
- PowerPoint slides
- short bio

Meshed Tree Bridging - A Clean Slate Solution for Switched Networks
Speaker: Prof. Dr.  Nirmala Shenoy, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA
- presentation slides
- short bio

Achieving Trustworthy Autonomous Systems through Autonomic and Apoptotic Computing
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Roy Sterritt, Ulster University, UK
- presentation slides
- short bio

Mobile, Volatile, and Incomplete Data on the Web
Chair: Malcolm Crowe, University of the West of Scotland, UK
Panelists:
Lisa Ehrlinger, Johannes Kepler University Linz and Software Competence Center Hagenberg GmbH, Austria
Fritz Laux, Reutlingen University, Germany
Andreas Schmidt, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
- introduction video
- introduction slides
- presentation slides

Autonomy Control at Work: Cars, Robots, Drones and Satellites
Chair: Roy Sterritt, Ulster University, UK
Panelists:
Petr Skobelev, Knowledge Genesis Group / Samara Technical University, Russia
Mario Döller, University of Applied Sciences Kufstein Tirol, Austria
Petre Dini, IARIA, EU/USA
Claudius Stern, biozoom services GmbH - Kassel | FOM University of Applied Sciences - Essen, Germany
Giulia De Masi - Zayed University, UAE
Timothy Patten, Automation and Control Institute, TU Wien, Austria
Pedro Forero, Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific, USA
- demo 1
- demo 2
- demo 3

Energy Data and Adaptive Consumption
Chairs:
Steffen Fries, Siemens, Germany
Rainer Falk, Siemens, Germany
Panelists:
Vivian Sultan, California State University Los Angeles, USA
Michael Kuhn, University of Hamburg, Germany
Eric Veith, OFFIS - Institut for Information Technology, Germany
Mark Apperley, University of Waikato, New Zealand
Michael Negnevitsky, University of Tasmania, Australia
- Michael Kuhn's video presentation

 

DataSys 2020 - Lisbon, Portugal

Cellular and 5G Support for Internet of Things Connectivity
Speaker: Prof. Dr.  Eugen Borcoci, University POLITEHNICA Bucharest, Romania
- presentation slides
- short bio

New Paradigms for Checking Software & Hardware Integrity of Internet of Things Devices
Speaker: Prof. Dr.  Pascal Urien, Telecom Paris, France
- presentation slides
- short bio

Facial Expression Recognition (FER) – Analog vs. Digital
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Dirk Labudde, Hochschule Mittweida, Germany
- presentation slides
- short bio

Citizen Mobility and Crowd Behavior
Chair: Sandra Sendra, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
Panelists:
Pascal Urien, Telecom Paris, France
Mayank Maheshwari, Hughes Systique Corporation, India
Michael Spranger, Hochschule Mittweida, Germany
Sergio Ilarri, University of Zaragoza, Spain

Information Processing
Chair: Claus-Peter Rückemann, WWU, DIMF, LUH, Germany
Panelists:
Yanting Li, Shaoguan University, P. R. China
Irfan Khan Tanoli, University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal
Alex Sim, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA

Trends in Digital Transformation
Chair: Jaime Lloret Mauri, Universitat Politecnica de Valencia, Spain
Panelists:
Javier Fabra, Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain
José Miguel Jiménez Herranz, Universitat Politecnica de Valencia, Spain | University of Haute Alsace, France
Petre Dini, IARIA, EU/USA

NexComm 2020 - Lisbon, Portugal

Performance Analysis of NASA Deep Space Communications Systems - Expectations and Lessons Learned
Timothy T. Pham, Chief Deep Space Network System Engineer, Jet Propulsion Laboratory - California Institute of Technology, USA

Can Secure Computing Solve the Data Security Issues in the Cloud?
Mamadou H. Diallo, United States Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific - San Diego, U.S. Department of Defense, USA

Fast Mobility and the Telecommunications Convergence
Expert Panel on Telecommunications and Mobility

Moving the SDN-NFV into the RAN
Carlo Vitucci, Ericsson, Sweden

Adding Value to Satellite Images using Machine Learning and Image Processing Techniques
José Manuel Fonseca, UNINOVA, Portugal

Big/Small Data and Software Adaptation Approaches
Expert Panel on Software and Data

Directions in Machine Learning
Michele Covell, Google, Inc., USA

Systems Governance: An Overview on a New Trend Applied to Societal Systems
Mo Mansouri, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA | University of South-Eastern Norway, Norway

Cyber-systems: From Deep-Space to Deep-Waters
Expert Panel on Networking and Systems

A Skeptical View on AI Application in Science
Jedrzej Rybicki, Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, Germany

SoftNet 2019 - Valencia, Spain

What is Simulation of Health Services Providing?
Emilo Luque, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain

Designing by Considering User Feedback and Personalization
Expert Panel on Citizen-Centric Systems

Hardware Cybersecurity Attacks and Some Solutions
Krishna Kavi, University of North Texas, USA

Protecting the Systems based on Internet of Things and Big Data
Expert Panel on Digital Services in Cyber Environments

Advancing Automatic Programming: Regeneration, Meta-circularity, and Two-sided Interfaces
Herwig Mannaert, University of Antwerp, Belgium

Challenges on Performance, Safety and Requirements Conformance
Expert Panel on Trends in Software Development and Verification

Toward Trusted Blockchain Technology in Healthcare through Security and Privacy
Lina Alfantoukh, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

NetWare 2019 - Nice, France

Application-Specific Reconfigurable Computing: Architectures, Applications and Tools
Sergei Sawitzki, FH Wedel (University of Applied Sciences), Germany

Complexity of (Cyber-)Security
Expert Panel on Security

Computing with Nano-crossbar Arrays
Mustafa Altun, İTÜ Akademi, Turkey

Advanced Sensors and Socio-environmental Policy in Decision Making for Food Production
Paulo Cruvinel, Embrapa Instrumentation, Brazil

Textiles / Clothing and Nanotechnology
Paul Kiekens, Ghent University, Belgium

Challenges in Dealing with Massive Data
Expert Panel on IoT and Sensing

Light Quanta on Beam Splitters
Martin Suda, AIT - Austrian Institute of Technology, Austria

Systems Integration: Bumps and Hopes
Expert Panel on Systems

On-chip Photonic Interconnections: Wired and Wireless Technologies
Giovanna Calò, Polytechnic of Bari, Italy
Gaetano Bellanca, University of Ferrara, Italy

NexTech 2019 - Porto, Portugal

Customer Segmentation using Unsupervised Natural Language Processing
Tim vor der Brück, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Switzerland

Advances in Data Processing
Expert Panel

Innovative Population-based Approaches for Analyzing Mobility Data in Continuous Health Monitoring Applications
Hesham H. Ali, UNO Bioinformatics Core Facility, College of Information Science and Technology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA

Challenges on Cyber Services
Expert Panel

A Cyber Key to Log Analysis
Steve Chan, Decision Engineering Analysis Laboratory, USA

Reinforcement Learning: Learning to Learn
Sandjai Bhulai, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands

New Trends on Citizen-oriented Services [Evgeny Krastev's Slides]
Expert Panel

Accelerating Integration and Prototyping of IP for Mobile and AI SoCs
Antonio J. Salazar, Synopsys, Portugal

DataSys 2019 - Nice, France

Deep Fake - Manipulations in Legal Relations using Artificial Intelligence
Dirk Labudde, University of Applied Sciences Mittweida, Germany

Emerging Trends in the Telecommunications for the Next Decade
Expert Panel

Lag Can Kill - Measuring, Modeling and Mitigating the Effects of Latency on Game Players
Mark Claypool, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA

Preserving Quality during Information/Data Creation and Processing
Expert Panel

Smart Cities: Combining Technology with Citizen Participation
Lasse Berntzen, University of South-Eastern Norway, Norway

Digital Investigations and the Reliability of Evidence – Digital (Un)certainties
Expert Panel

Smart Living in the Smart Territory: Sustainability through Citizens’ Empowerment
Catherine Elsen, University of Liège, Belgium

InfoWare 2019 - Rome, Italy

The Rational Dilation Wavelet Transform: A Flexible Tool for Perception-inspired Signal and Image Processing
Vittoria Bruni, Domenico Vitulano

Detecting and Classifying Implicit Expressions of Emotion from Text using Common-sense Knowledge and Crowdsourced Data
Alexandra Balahur, European Commission’s Joint Research Centre, European Commission

Mobility and Teaming: Challenges of Cooperation in Mobility Era
Expert Panel

Brain Connectivity in the Source Space: The Impact of Regularization and of Finite Data Length
Michele Piana, Dipartimento di Matematica, Università di Genova, Italy

Information Processing: Processing Sensing Data
Expert Panel

Networking 2030
Richard Li, VP FutureWei Technologies, USA

Future Networking: Paving 5G+ Networking: Supporting Technologies and Solutions
Expert Panel

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles as an Enabler for Next Generation Mobility
Hamid Menouar, QMIC - Qatar Mobility Innovations Center, Qatar

Vehicular Challenges: New Vehicular Technologies and Urban Requirements
Expert Panel

InfoSys 2019 - Athens, Greece

Data Modelling Using the Labeled Property Graph
Fritz Laux

Holographic Type Communications: Delivering the Promise of Future Media by 2030
Kiran Makhijani, Futurewei Technologies, USA

Trends, Challenges and Applications of Cognition in Modern Autonomous Systems
Irina Topalova, FaGEEIM, Technical University Sofia, Bulgaria / University of Communications and Posts, Sofia, Bulgaria

Towards 2030 and Beyond: Views on Next Services
Expert Panel

High Renewable Energy Penetration and Power System Security: New Challenges and Opportunities
Michael Negnevitsky, University of Tasmania, Australia

Model-based Approach to Internet of Things Forensics
Juan-Carlos Bennett, Lead Cyber S&T Research Engineer, Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific, USA

Trends on Body Networks: Cognitive and Human-friendly Devices
Expert Panel

A Review on Recent Active Research Projects on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Mohammad Sadraey, Southern New Hampshire University, USA

Hidden Dangers on Energy of Digitalization: Energy Saving and Sustainable Energy
Expert Panel

Benchmarking the First-Committer-Wins StrongDBMS against a Standard Database
Malcolm Crowe, University of the West of Scotland, United Kingdom

 

ComputationWorld 2019 - Venice, Italy

The Solution Landscape of the Digital Transformation: Diversification, Integration, and Coherence
Hans-Werner Sehring, Namics Deutschland GmbH, Deutschland

Cloud Computing and Beyond for Smart Cities
Yong Woo Lee,  University of Seoul, Korea

Real and Perceived Quality of Big Data: Challenges in Identifying the Useful Data
Expert Panel

Risks and Challenges in Digitization
Andreas Aßmuth, Technical University of Applied Sciences OTH Amberg-Weiden, Germany

The Need for Computing to Meet Non-Functional Requirements: Dealing with Security, Privacy, Safety, Trust and Compliance
Expert Panel

Cognitive IT: The Dawn of the Age of Machine Thinking
Alois Ferscha, Johannes Kepler Universitaet Linz, Österreich

Advanced Adaptive Systems: Achievements and Challenges in Cognition and Machine Learning
Expert Panel

Bespoke Music Generation: Designing Interactive Music Machines
Andrew Brown, Griffith University, Australia

 

NexComm 2019 - Valencia, Spain

A Perspective on Smart Cities – Research Challenges and Approached to Innovation
Taieb Znati, University of Pittsburgh, USA

Space Communications: Integrating Satellites and Mobile Networks
Expert Panel

University and Government Partnership in Morehead Ground System Development for Space Mission Operations
Timothy Pham, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA

Designing Complex Systems: Machine Learning and Visual Data
Expert Panel

Research Trends on Information-Centric Networks
Toshihiko Kato, University of Electro-Communications, Japan

Developing Reliable and Resilient Systems: Autonomy, Robustness and Safety Triangle
Expert Panel

Multimedia Delivery using Artificial Intelligence over Software Defined Networks
Jaime Lloret Mauri, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain

 

DigitalWorld 2019 - Athens, Greece

Foundations for a Smart City
Stephan Haller, Bern University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland

Society: Advanced Citizen-oriented Services
Expert Panel

Robots by Our Side - Interacting with the Robots Amongst Us
Iina Aaltonen, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd,  Finland

Global Geo-Sensing: Geo-Processing Sensor Information
Expert Panel

Education Challenges and Opportunities Amidst Disruptive E-Learning Technologies
Herwig Mannaert, University of Antwerp, Belgium

Knowledge: Advances on Human Interaction and Thinking
Expert Panel

Towards National Scale Clinical Data Warehousing: Experiences and Perspectives on Data Reuse for the Learning Healthcare System​s
Luis Marco-Ruiz. Norwegian Centre for E-health Research, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway // Peter L. Reichertz Institute for Medical Informatics, TU Braunschweig and Hannover Medical School, Germany

NexTech 2018 - Athens, Greece

Data Analytics: Challenges in Using the Fuzzy Sets Qualitative Comparative Analysis
Dimitris K. Kardaras, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece

Approaches for Identifying/Selecting the Right Data
Expert Panel

Advances to Protect the Critical Assets
Expert Panel

Proteomics: From Nano-Structures to Mega Functions
Hassan Khachfe, Lebanese International University, Lebanon

Citizen-access to the Services
Expert Panel

Mobility in the Age of Big Data
Ivana Semanjski, University of Zagreb, Croatia/ Ghent University, Belgium

 

SoftNet 2018 - Nice, France

Handling Uncertainty as a Human Factor in Transportation Problems
Mauro Dell'Orco, Polytechnic University of Bari, Italy

Bringing Smart City Vision to Life: Getting Citizens Involved
Expert Panel

A Semiformal Forensics Approach to UCaaS Architectures
Juan Carlos Bennett, SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific, USA

Emerging Digital Services in Cyber Environments
Expert Panel

Requirements Modelling and Software Systems Implementation Using Formal Languages
Radek Koci, Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic

Trends in Software Development and Verification
Expert Panel

Challenges in the Development of Modern Armor Systems
Arash Ramezani, University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg, Germany

 

NetWare 2018 - Venice, Italy

Vernier-effect Strategies for Efficient Integrated Optical Sensing
Vittorio M.N. Passaro, Politecnico di Bari, Italy

Sustainable IT: A French Benchmark to Understand and Enhance its Spreading
Vincent Courboulay, University of La Rochelle, France

Challenges on Security, Privacy and Cyber-systems
Expert Panel

Preferred Path Routing
Yingzhen Qu, Futurewei Technologies Inc., USA

Advances on Miniaturization and Computation
Expert Panel

Vehicular Communications using Visible Light Communication: Future Trends and Applications
Manuela Vieira, ISEL-ADEETC ; CTS-UNINOVA; DEE-FCT-UNL, Portugal

Sensing Huge Data and IoT Systems
Expert Panel

Security as a Game: Decisions under Uncertainty in Risk Management
Stefan Rass, Universität Klagenfurt, Institute of Applied Informatics, System Security Group, Klagenfurt, Austria

 

DataSys 2018 - Barcelona, Spain

Challenges in Programming Modern Parallel Systems
Sebastiano Fabio Schifano, Università di Ferrara, Italy

Tendencies in Mobile Big Data & IoT-based Applications
Panel on Telecommunications in Sensing Mobile Systems

Mapping Parallel Scientific Applications: A Memory-Driven Approach to Performance Portability
Edgar A Leon, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA

General Data Protection on the Rise: Who Will be the Owner of Data and Who Will be in Control?
Panel on Information Processing and Ownership

Smart Cities and the Internet of Things: Opportunities and Challenges
Lasse Berntzen, University of South-Eastern Norway, Norway

How Dark is the Darknet? - Dangers and Possibilities for the Digital Society
Panel on Facets of Digital Society Drawbacks

Steps towards Location Privacy
Subhasish Mazumdar, New Mexico Tech, USA

 

InfoWare 2018 - Venice, Italy

Leadership and Emotion
Leonie Kay Hallo, University of Adelaide, Australia

Collaborative Society via Learning and Developing Collaboration
COLLA 2018 / ICCGI 2018 Expert Panel

Analytics, Agents, and Algorithms: Where is the Social in Computational Social Science?
Jan Ole Berndt, Wirtschaftsinformatik I, Fachbereich IV, Universität Trier Business Informatics I, Faculty IV, University of Trier, Germany

Challenges on Mobility with IoT and Big Data
ICWMC 2018 / VEHICULAR 2018 / INTERNET 2018 Expert Panel

Web Adaptation Using Fuzzy Logic: Integrating Services, User Reviews and Business Processes
Dimitris Kardaras, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece

Future on Social Science and Social Networks
HUSO 2018 / ICCGI 2018 / VISUAL 2018 Expert Panel

Emerging Methods for Blood Pressure Measurements
Voicu Groza, University of Ottawa, Canada

Trends in Industrial and Cyber Systems
SYSTEMS 2018 / INTELLI 2018 Expert Panel

 

InfoSys 2018 - Nice, France

High Renewable Energy Penetrations within Isolated and Remote Area Power Systems
Michael Negnevitsky, University of Tasmania, Australia

Services in Smart Cities: All about Security, Mobility and Autonomy
ICAS 2018 / ICNS 2018 Expert Panel

Social Networks and Computational Sustainability: Challenges and Proposals
Riccardo Amadeo, University of Pavia, Italy

Challenges on Green Energy and Sustainability
ENERGY 2018 and BIO 218 Expert Panel

DBMS Support for Big Live Data
Malcolm Crowe, University of the West of Scotland, Scotland

Recommender systems: The Magic Hidden behind the Interface of Online Services or a Clever Interplay between Smart Algorithms and Innovative human-computer Interaction
Toon De Pessemier, Ghent University - imec, Belgium

Visual Analytics for Leveraging insight into Multi-dimensional Data Networks
Jean-Marie Le Goff, CERN- European Organisation for Nuclear Research, Switzerland

Advances on Sensing Techniques and Signal Processing
SIGNAL 2018 Expert Panel

Sensing and Sampling for Low-power Applications
Laurent Fesquet, Grenoble INP/TIMA Laboratory, France

Getting More from Linked Data
DBKDA 2018 / WEB 2018 Expert Panel

 

NexComm 2018 - Athens, Greece

'Squaring the Circle’: Elucidating the Significance of Attribute State Variation in Artificial Neural Networks
Gary Weckman, Ohio University, USA

Challenges in Urban and Mobility Systems and Networks
Networking and Systems Expert Panel

Mining Imperfect Data
Jerzy Grzymala-Busse, University of Kansas, USA

Unique Challenges in System Design and Operations for Deep Space Communications
Timothy Pham, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA

Convergence of Terrestrial and Spatial Communications: An Optimistic and/or Opportunistic Forecast?
Communications Expert Panel

Services based on Sensing Data: Handling with Care Sensitive Data
Data and Multimedia Expert Panel

Enhancing the Reliability of Large-Scale Data Storage Systems
Ilias Iliadis, IBM Zurich Research Laboratory, Switzerland

Systems and Software for Cyber Smart Cities: Promises and Recent Advances
Systems and Software Expert Panel

 

DigitalWorld 2018 - Rome, Italy

Audemes at Work: Exploring the Value of Semantic Sound in Education for the Blind
Prof. Dr. Steven Mannheimer, Indiana University, USA

Driving Access to Care: Canada’s Digital Health Strategy
Lynne Zucker, Vice-President of Clinical Systems Integration, Canada Health Infoway / Inforoute Santé du Canada, Toronto, Canada

Challenges on Accessibility to Digital Services
eTELEMED 2018 / ICDS 2018 / SMART CCESSIBILITY 2018 Expert Panel

eTELEMED Panel: Canada HealthCare

Quality of Data and Services: The Essences From Geo-computing, Society/Crowd Sensing, and Mobility/Service-related Sensing
GEOProcessing/ALLSENSORS/ICDS 2018 Expert Panel

Trends and Challenges in using Micro and Nano-technologies for (all)Sensors
ALLSENSORS 201 Expert Panel

Deep-Knowledge Integration: Automated Knowledge Production and Consumption in an Internet-of-Everything World
eLmL 2018 / eKNOW 2018 Expert Panel

Sustainable Innovation in Health
Hans C. Ossebaard, Advisor Innovation and eHealth , National Health Care Institute - Diemen, The Netherlands

 

ComputationWorld 2018 - Barcelona, Spain

The Internet of Things: Are we running quickly into the darkness?
George R. S. Weir, University of Strathclyde - Glasgow, UK

Adaptive, Autonomous and Machine Learning: Applications, Challenges and Risks
ADAPTIVE 2018/ COGNITIVE 2018 Expert Panel

The Road Ahead in Artificial Intelligence
Thorsten Gressling, ARS Computer and Consulting GmbH, Germany

Security and Safety in Cloud-based Systems and Services
CLOUD COMPUTING 2018 / SERVICE COMPUTATION 2018 Expert Panel

Computing Challenges in Information Systems
COMPUTATION TOOLS 2018 / BUSTECH 2018 / FUTURE COMPUTING 2018 Expert Panel

Normalized Information Systems: Toward Continuous Rejuvenation of Software Applications
Herwig Mannaert, University of Antwerp, België

Cloud Computing for Smart Buildings
Yong Woo Lee, The University of Seoul, South Korea

Challenges in Cloud Computing-based Systems
CLOUD COMPUTING 2018 Expert Panel

Microservices - A Modern, Agile Approach to SOA
Andreas Hausotter, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Hannover, Germany

Finding Essentials from Cloud-based Systems and Big Data
CONTENT 2018 / PATTERNS 2018 Expert Panel

 

NexTech 2017 - Barcelona, Spain

Adaptive OpenMP Task Scheduling Using Runtime APIs and Machine Learning
Ahmad Qawasmeh, The Hashemite University, Jordan

Semantic Approximation and Optimization in Advanced Computing [panel] [appendix]
ADVCOMP / SEMAPRO Expert Panel

Software through the Perspective of Human-Centric Computing Paradigm
Evgeny Pyshkin, University of Aizu, Japan

CYBER-Centered Major Challenges: Monitoring and Evaluating the Cyber-health of Industrial Systems
CYBER SYSTEMS Expert Panel

Quality of Health Care
GLOBAL HEALTH / AMBIENT Expert Panel

Energy/Cyber Security Assessment: Data Analytics for Cyber Resilience of Strategic / Critical Electrical Grid Infrastructure
Steve Chan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA

Deep Learning and Big Data in Cybersecurity
DATA ANALYTICS / CYBER Expert Panel

Steganophony: Challenges and Detection of Exfiltration Attacks
Juan-Carlos Bennett, SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific, USA

Wireless and Ubiquitous Computing: Challenges and Recent Advances
UBICOMM / EMERGING Expert Panel

 

SoftNet 2017 - Athens, Greece

Interactive Visual Knowledge Aggregation: Old and New Silk Roads as a Showcase for Challenges in Social Media Technologies, Communication, and Informatics
Andrea Nanetti, Nanyang Technological University Singapore, Singapore

Health Information in Social Networks: Harvesting the Useful Data
HEALTH & SOCIAL NETWORKS Expert Panel

IP 2020: On The Road Towards Next Generation Internet
Yingzhen Qu, Huawei Technologies, USA

Challenges in Simulation and Verification/Validation for Complex Systems and Big Data
SYSTEMS & DATA Expert Panel

Fake News, Social Media, and Bots
Nitin Agarwal, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, USA

Dealing with Citizen-centric Social News: A Behavioral View
CENTRIC / SOTICS 2017 Expert Panel

Software Engineering Achievements and Their Evolution Transcending Multiple Disciplines: Celebrating 50 Years
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING Expert Panel

Bandwidth Sharing Policies for 4G/5G Networks
Ioannis Moscholios, University of Peloponnese - Tripolis, Greece

Invited Speaker: Fraud Prevention
Serpil Tokdemir Yuce, Office of the Medicaid Inspector General - Little Rock, USA

Future Networks: IP 2020, 5/6G and Slicing Cohabitation
NETWORKING Expert Panel

From Language-Independent Requirements to Code Based on a Semantic Analysis
Mariem Mefteh, Nadia Bouassida, Hanêne Ben Abdallah

Extracting Executable Architecture from Legacy Code using Static Reverse Engineering
Rehman Arshad

Proposal of a Computer Supported Collaborative Work Model for E-Commerce Web Sites Based on a Quality Guiding Framework
Hédia Jegham Achour, Sonia Ghannouchi Ayachi

Seeking Rare Events in a Simulated System using Risk Distances
Volker Gollücke

Analysis of Medical Records Management in Brazilian Basic Healthcare Units: A Qualitative Approach
Rodolfo Barriviera, Carlos A Maziero, Celita S Trelha

 

NetWare 2017 - Rome, Italy

Smart Sensing Technology for Earthquake Hazard Mitigation and Maintenance of Infrastructures
Narito Kurata, Tsukuba University of Technology, Japan

Advances on Mini/Micro Materials and Technologies
GREEN / ICQNM / CENICS 2017 Expert Panel

Deterministic Service Delivery through IP2020 - Next Generation Internet Architecture
Kiran Makhijani, Huawei Technologies - Santa Clara, USA

Five Decades of Software Crisis: Does the Quality of Software Reflect the Societal Significance of Software?
FASSI / AFIN 2017 Expert Panel

Energy-efficient Wireless Rechargeable Sensor Networks: Architecture, Medium Access Control, and Energy Provision
Dongsoo Har, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Korea

Challenges in Developing Secure Software
SECURWARE 2017 Expert Panel

Big Data Analytics in Smart Grid
Nanpeng Yu, University of California, Riverside, USA

Sensor-based Applications and Services in Digital Society
SENSORCOMM / SENSORDEVICES 2017 Expert Panel

 

InfoWare 2017 - Nice, France

Enabling Personalised Production with Intelligent Manufacturing Environments
Gil Goncalves, Instituto de Sistamas Robotica,University of Porto, Portugal

Enrolling towards Industry 4.0
INTELLI 2017 Expert Panel

Text Analysis for Social Media Cybersecurity: The AMiCA Project
Els Lefever, LT3, Ghent University Belgium

Challenges of Connected and Autonomic Vehicles
ICWMC 2017 / VEHICULAR 2017 Expert Panel

New Trends in Virtual Reality and Augmented Visualization
Lucio De Paolis, University di Salento, Italy

Social Analytics and Smart Cities
HUSO 2017 / ICCGI 2017 Expert Panel

Contactless Monitoring of People
Miodrag Bolić, University of Ottawa, Canada

Mobility and Cooperation Challenges
COLLA 2017 / ICCGI 2017 Expert Panel

 

DataSys 2017 - Venice, Italy

Quality of information from an Evolutionary Perspective
J.J.M. (Jos) Trienekens, Open University | Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), The Netherlands

Challenges for Long-Term Evolution and 5G for IoT Systems
AICT / ICIMP/ MOBILITY 2017 Expert Panel

Programmability, Softwarization and Management in 5G Smart Networking
Alex Galis, University College London, UK

From Advanced Applications to Optimisation and Energy Efficiency: How Will Data Science Benefit to Communication and Computing in Science and Society?
INFOCOMP 2017 Expert Panel

Smart Cities from a Business Perspective
Lasse Berntzen, University College of Southeast Norway, Norway

Mobile Services in Smart Cities
SMART / MOBILITY / SPWID 2017 Expert Panel

5G and Sustainable Development
Josef Noll, Basic Internet Foundation #Basic4All and University of Oslo/ITS, Norway

Allow Knowledge to Prevail: Advanced Computing, Data, Experience, and the Universal Decimal Classification
Claus-Peter Rückemann, Leibniz Universität Hannover / Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster / North-German Supercomputing Alliance (HLRN), Germany

Challenges on Web Semantic Mapping and Information Processing
INFOCOMP / IMMM / ICIW 2017 Expert Panel

Learning from the Human Immune System: Artificial T-cells as a Response to Cyber Attacks
Dirk Labudde and Michael Spranger
Bioinformatics group Mittweida (bigM)/Forensic Science Investigation Lab (FoSIL), University of Applied Sciences Mittweida, Germany

Applications of Techno-social Systems in Economy and Governance
Alexander Troussov, Russian Academy of Science, Russia

Achieving Full Potential for Information Modeling and Processing
ACCSE / INFOCOMP / MODOPT 2017 Expert Panel

 

InfoSys 2017 & BioSciencesWorld 2017 - Barcelona, Spain

OWASP Top 10 Security Vulnerabilities in an Industrial Context
György Tamas Kalman, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

Databases and Web Information in the Era of Big Data
DBKDA / WEB / GraphSM 2017 Expert Panel

Compression of Structured Big Data - Challenges and Solutions
Stefan Böttcher, University of Paderborn, Germany

Digital Autonomy in the Internet of Things Era
ICAS 2017 Expert Panel

Sustainable Energy Solutions
ENERGY 2017 Expert Panel

Contradistinction of Arctic and Antarctic Sea Ice Change
Son V. Nghiem, Jet Propulsion Laboratory / NASA - Pasadena, USA

Global Urbanization and Impacts on Bio-environments
Interview with Dr. Son Nghiem

Academia/Industry Interactions: Approaches, Options, and Challenges
InfoSys 2017 Expert Panel

Internet of Things Architecture and Security
Shuangbao (Paul) Wang, University of Maryland, USA

Exploring the Wikipedia-Graph
Andreas Schmidt, University of Applied Sciences Karlsruhe / Karlsruhe Institute of Technologie, Germany

Using the Graph-Model for Schema and Data Mapping
Fritz Laux, Reutlingen University, Germany

 

NexComm 2017 - Venice, Italy

IP 2020 as a Step to Advance to the Next Generation Internet: A Discussion on Breaking Current Internet’s Limitations
Renwei (Richard) Li, Chief Architect, Future Networks, Huawei, USA
Vice-Chair, Next-Generation Protocols ISG, European Telecommunications Standards Institute

NFV & SDN Innovations for 5G and Telco Business
Gino Carrozzo, Deputy Head of R&D, Nextworks, Italy

Challenges and Opportunities with mm-wave Communications in 5G
Tommy Svensson, Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden

Merging mmWave and MEC in Future 5G networks
Sergio Barbarossa, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy | IEEE Fellow

Old-Fashion Rejuvenated - Software Handover Yesterday and Today!
Mira Kajko-Mattsson, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

On-Device Software: Challenges of Embedded Software
SOFTENG / ALLDATA 2017 Expert Panel

Safety and Resilience with 5G and IoT Advents
Safety and Resilience Expert Panel

Integral Planning of Services in Smart Cities
Frank Phillipson, TNO, the Netherlands

Data Analytics and Computing Challenges
ALLDATA / MMEDIA 2017 Expert Panel

Industry 4.0 and Cloud Computing
Christoph Reich, University of Applied Science Furtwangen, Germany

Feeling the (Pain of) Convergence: mmWave, 5G, SDN, NFV, IoT, ION, MEC, ...
ICN / SPACOMM 2017 Expert Panel

From concept to deployment: the visions of the 5GCHAMPION and 5G-MiEdge projects (Olympic Games are coming …)
Valerio Frascolla, Intel Deutschland GmbH - Neubiberg, Germany

Resource and spectrum management -an European research projects survey
Valerio Frascolla, Intel Deutschland GmbH - Neubiberg, Germany

 

DigitalWorld 2017 - Nice, France

Geographic Knowledge Engineering for Smart Planning
Robert Laurini, LIRIS - INSA Lyon, University of Lyon, France | Knowledge Systems Institute, USA

Digital Health in Canada: Transforming Health Care Through Innovation
Michael Green, President and Chief Executive Officer, Canada Health Infoway, Canada

Citizen-centric Digital Services
eTELEMED / ICDS 2017 Expert Panel

Contemporary Views - What are the Essences of Geospatial/Sensing Knowledge and Application Scenarios?
GEOProcessing / ALLSENSORS 2017 Expert Panel

Human-centric System Design and Industrial Manufacturing
ACHI 2017 Expert Panel

Digital System Integration in the Context of Industry 4.0
Steffen Gerhard Scholz, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany

Construction and Use of Biological Network Models in Risk Assessment
Justyna Szostak, Biomedical Research | Philip Morris International (PMI) R&D - Neuchatel, Switzerland

Industrial Keynote Presentation from "HEX - Tecnologias Geoespaciais" - Brazilian National Monitoring of Anthropization by Remote Sensing
Mariano Pascual, Technical Director, HEX Group, Brazil

Addressing Knowledge/Learning in a Smart World
eLmL / eKNOW 2017 Expert Panel

Gas Sensing Technologies for the Electrical Power Industry: Challenges for Eco-friendly Next-generation Products
Axel Kramer, ABB Switzerland Ltd, Switzerland

 

ComputationWorld 2017 - Athens, Greece

IoT Wireless Access Networks: Where to Go From Here?
Andrei Alexandru Enescu, EOS Electronic Systems, Romania

Challenges in Managing Fleets of Drones and Driverless Cars
ADAPTIVE 2017 / COGNITIVE 2017 Expert Panel

On the Engineering Anatomy of a 5-star Search Mobile App
Marcelo De Barros, Microsoft Corporation - Seattle, USA

Tools and Applications for Service Support
COMPUTATION TOOLS 2017 / BUSTECH 2017 Expert Panel

Internet of Things and Cloud Computing
Yong Woo Lee, University of Seoul, S. Korea

Smart Cities and Cloud Computing
CLOUD COMPUTING 2017 / SERVICE COMPUTATION 2017 Expert Panel

Cloud Cyber Security: How Hard Can It Be?
Bob Duncan, University of Aberdeen, UK

Patterns and Big Data: Finding a Needle in a Haystack
PATTERNS 2017 / CONTENT 2017 Expert Panel

 

InfoWare 2016 - Barcelona, Spain

Learning Complex Manifold of Visual Perception for Pattern Association
Vijayan K. Asari, University of Dayton, USA

Smart Components and Smart Models in Intelligent Manufacturing Environments
INTELLI 2016 / InManEnt 2016 / ICWMC 2016 Expert Panel

Fine-grained Sentiment Analysis: An Overview of the Task and its Main Challenges
Orphée De Clercq, LT3/Ghent University, Belgium

Incremental Learning: How Systems can Automatically Adapt to and Learn from New Situations
ICCGI 2016 / BRAININFO 2016 Expert Panel

How New Computational Methods are Changing Social Science
COLLA 2016 / HUSO 2016 / VISUAL 2016 Expert Panel

Privacy Implications of Intelligent Transport Systems
Khalil El-Khatib, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Canada

From VANET to Internet of Vehicles: Opportunities and Challenges
ICWMC 2016 / INTERNET 2016 / VEHICULAR 2016 Expert Panel

Academia-Industry Partnership: How to Successfully Transfer the Knowledge
ACADEMIA-INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIP 2016 Expert Panel

 

NexTech 2016 - Venice, Italy

Transparent Living: The Challenge of Delivering Ambient Assisted Living
Gregory O’Hare, University College Dublin, Ireland

Focus on Cyber-Data: Dealing with Data Complexity?
DATA ANALYTICS 2016 / CYBER 2016 Expert Panel

Advanced Swarm Imaging for Three-Dimensional Mapping (DEMO)
Martin Louis Duncan, University of North Carolina-Wilmington, USA
Paul Weil, CTO Pluribus Technologies, Inc., USA

Security and Privacy on Online Healthcare Applications
Youna Jung, Virginia Military Institute, USA

Opportunities and Challenges in Simulation-driven Research
ADVCOMP 2016 / SEMAPRO 2016 Expert Panel

A Semi-formal Network Forensic Framework for Converged Architectures
Juan Carlos Bennett, Space and Naval Warfare (SPAWAR) Systems Center Pacific | University of Delaware, USA

Self-managing Ambient Assisted Systems: Challenges of Patient-driven Approaches
GLOBAL HEALTH 2016 / AMBIENT 2016 Expert Panel

Cyber Security for Industries
Rainer Falk, Siemens AG, Corporate Technology, Germany

Emerging Cyber Topics and Applications for Data Analytics
Thomas J. Klemas, SimSpace Corporation, USA

The Internet of Everything: Challenges of Web of Things in Smart Cities
UBICOMM 2016 / EMERGING 2016 Expert Panel

 

SoftNet 2016 - Rome, Italy

Reloading the Treasure of Human Experiences for Machine Learning: Challenges in Social Media Technologies, Communication, and Informatics
Andrea Nanetti, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Smart-Citizen and Smart-City Systems and Services
SOTICS 2016 / CENTRIC 2016 Expert Panel

Digital Marketing: Balancing Analytics and Privacy in a Connected World
Brian Blake, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, USA

Simulation and Validation Challenges in Industrial Systems
VALID 2016 / SIMUL 2016 Expert Panel

Health Connected Objects will Revolutionize Healthcare Organizations for Better or Worse
Francois Allaert, Evaluation Chair ESC, University Dijon, France

Citizen-oriented Health Systems and Services
HEALTHINFO / INNOV 2016 Expert Panel

Qualities of Communications Protocols and Their Bearing on Engineering Successful Software Systems
Stephen Clyde, Utah State University, USA

Challenges for Building Applications and Services for Smart Devices
ICSEA 2016 / Apps Expert Panel

IP 2020 - Network Trends for the Year 2020
Burjiz Pithawala, VP/CTO, Huawei Systems, USA

Trusted and Scalable Systems and Services: Challenges
ICSNC / INNOV 2016 Expert Panel

Killing Several Birds with One Stone:  Using SEMATs ESSENCE in Teaching Software Engineering
Mira Kajko-Mattsson, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

Validating Products versus Requirements; Dis(covering) the Gaps
ICSEA 2016 / Req&Dev Expert Panel

Blockchains in Distributed and Peer-to-Peer Systems: A Socio-technical Perspective
Mariusz Nowostawski, NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

Challenges and Common Industrial Practice to Improve Systems Reliability
Systems Reliability Expert Panel

Software is Vital: Secure Software Engineering Practices for the Age of Smart Cities
Jon Geater, Thales e-Security-Ltd., UK

 

NetWare 2016 - Nice, France

Potentials and Progress in Quantum Technology for NASA Missions
Sang H. Choi, NASA Langley Research Center - Hampton, USA

Accessibility and Smart IoT-based Environments: Obstacles and Opportunities
GREEN 2016 / SMART ACCESSIBILITY 2016 Expert Panel

Application-driven Advances in Additive Manufacturing Technologies
Steffen G. Scholz, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany

Society Progress and Quantum Technology: Quo Vadis?
ICQNM 2016 / CENICS 2016 Expert Panel

Challenges on IP2020 - Analyzing Limitations with the Current Generation of Network Protocols
Kiran Makhijani, Huawei Technologies, USA

Crisis 4.0: Lack of Security and Privacy Could Kill Digitalization
Hans-Joachim Hof, Munich University of Applied Sciences. Germany

Security and Dependability in Mobile Environments
SECURWARE 2016 / DEPEND 2016 Expert Panel

Software Features for Mobility Services: From Legacy Software to Apps
FASSI 2016 / AFIN 2016 Expert Panel

Critical Infrastructure Protection and Resilience: Theory and Practice
Martin Hromada, Tomas Bata University in Zlin, Slovakia

Trends in Nano/Micro Technologies
CENICS 2016 / ICQNM 2016 Expert Panel

Achievements and Challenges in Environmental Sensing
SENSORCOMM 2016 / SENSORDEVICES 2016 Expert Panel

 

InfoSys 2016 & BioSciencesWorld 2016 - Lisbon, Portugal

The Role of Adaptive Control Theory in Autonomous Systems
Mark J. Balas, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, USA

High Speed Video Sensors
Wilfried Uhring,  l'Université de Strasbourg, IUT de Haguenau, France

Time Correlated Single Photon Counting Sensors
Claudio Bruschini, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland

(Self)Control of Energy Systems: Challenges and Optimization
ICAS 2016 / ENVIROSENS 2016 / ENERGY 2016 Expert Panel

Fractional Signals and Systems
Manuel Duarte Ortigueira, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

IT and Bioinformatics Strategy of Sequencing the Whole Genome in Clinical Practice at the DKFZ
Jürgen Eils, DKFZ, Germany

Industry 4.0 [part 1] [part 2]
Friedrich Laux, Reutlingen University, Germany
Steffen G. Scholz, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany

Current Trends on Information Searching/Query Answering
DBKDA 2016 / GraphSM 2016 / WEB 2016 Expert Panel

IP 2020: Towards a Digital Connected Mobile Society in the Year 2020 and Beyond
Padma Pillay-Esnault, Huawei Technologies, USA

Energy Efficiency Planning and Green Energy
ENERGY 2016 / BIOTECHNO 2016 Expert Panel

Scalable Services in Advanced Mobile Internet
ICNS 2016 / CONNET 2016 Expert Panel

Image Processing Applications for Heterogeneous Computing Architectures
Dietmar Fey, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany

Low-power Event-driven Image Sensors
Laurent Fesquet, TIMA-Grenoble, France

Cyber Security - An Industrial View on the Interplay of Standards, Regulations, and Guidelines on the Example of the Digital Grid
Steffen Fries, Siemens AG, Germany

Challenges in High Speed Image Processing
SIGNAL 2016 Expert Panel

Interactive Discussion on Image and Sound Signals
Rafael F. S. Caldeirinha

Signals and Systems
Manuel Ortigueira

 

DataSys 2016 - Valencia, Spain

Identifier-Oriented Networking and Ubiquitous Mobility for IP 2020
Padma Pillay-Esnault, Huawei Technologies, USA

Trustable Computation in SQL and NoSQL Data Models
ICIW 2016 / IMMM 2016 / DATASETS 2016 Expert Panel

Economics in IoT - Driver for 5G
Josef Noll, Basic Internet Foundation #Basic4All | University of Oslo/UNIK - Kjeller, Norway

SDN/SDx/SDX, NFV, 5G …: What’s Next?
AICT 2016 / ICIMP 2016 / ACSSE 2016 Expert Panel

Factors Leading to Effective Intelligent Solutions: The Case of Fraud Detection
Duarte Trigueiros, University of Macau and ISCTE-IUL, Macau, China

Smart Cities: Real Needs versus Technological and Deployment Challenges
SMART 2016 / MOBILITY 2016 / URBAN COMPUTING 2016 Expert Panel

Can We Talk About Smart Cities and Smart People?
Lasse Berntzen, University College of Southeast, Norway

Practical Experiences and Best Practice in Scientific and High-end Computing; Is the Future Data-centric and Computing-centric?
INFOCOMP 2016 / MODOPT 2016 / SPWID 2016 Expert Panel

 

DigitalWorld 2016 - Venice, Italy

Semantic Search
Lubomir Stanchev, California Polytechnic State University, USA

How to Design for Digital Healthy Living?
DIGITAL HEALTHY LIVING 2016 Expert Panel

Urban and Spatial Computing: Challenges in Society Sensing
GEOProcessing 2016 / ALLSENSORS 2016 Expert Panel

Robust Evidence for the Impact of At-home Telemonitoring for Chronic Disease Management
Branko Celler, CSIRO - Australian eHealth Research Centre, Australia

Patient Role in Mobile Adaptable Healthcare: Awareness and Accessibility
eTELEMED 2016 / DIGITAL HEALTHY LIVING 2016 / MATH 2016 Expert Panel

Learning- and Knowledge-based Adaptive Human-Machine Interactions
ACHI 2016 / eLmL 2016 / eKNOW 2016 Expert Panel

Educational Data Mining / Learning Analytics
Agathe Merceron, Beuth University of Applied Sciences Berlin, Germany

 

ComputationWorld 2016 - Rome, Italy

Mapping Underground Voids by Multirotor Flying Vehicles
Charlotte Sennersten, CSIRO-Data61, Robot- and 3D Systems, Australia

Tools and Theories: Drivers Spectrum for Future Computing
FUTURE COMPUTING / BUSTECH / COMPUTATION TOOLS 2016 Expert Panel

Architecture, Development Model and Future Trends of Web Search Engines
Marcelo De Barros, Microsoft Corporation, USA

Standardization Challenges in Cloud and Services-oriented Approaches
CLOUD / SERVICES 2016 Expert Panel

Aligning Domain, Content, and Software Modeling in Web-based Information Systems
Hans-Werner Sehring, Namics Deutschland GmbH, Germany

Meaning and Semantics: Content-oriented Patterns
CONTENT / PATTERNS 2016 Expert Panel

Innovating Service Systems through Cognitive and Cloud Computing
Sew Bun Foong, IBM | National University of Singapore, Singapore

Challenges on Cognitive-supported Adaptation
ADAPTIVE/COGNITIVE 2016 Expert Panel

 

NexComm 2016 - Lisbon, Portugal

The Role of Artificial Neural Networks in Understanding Complex Systems Behavior
Gary Weckman, Ohio University, USA

Complexity and Safety in Communication Systems
ICONS / ICDT / SPACOMM 2016 Expert Panel

Gamification in Software Engineering
Ulrike Hammerschall, University of Applied Sciences Munich, Germany

Computational Models for Big Data Processing
ALLDATA / IMMM / MMEDIA 2016 Expert Panel

Cognitive Computing: Theory and Applications
Venkat N. Gudivada, East Carolina University-Greenville, USA

Designing Software for Mobile Devices: How to Do That Best
SOFTENG 2016 Expert Panel

Security and Reliability in the Cloud
Pål Ellingsen, Bergen University College, Norway

Quality and Global Resource Utilization in the Internet of Things Environments
ICN / COCORA / CTRQ 2016 Expert Panel

 

SoftNet 2015 - Barcelona, Spain

Simulation Attacks Manufacturing Challenges
Edward Williams, University of Michigan - Dearborn, USA

Quo Vadis Software Engineering?
ICSEA 2015 Expert Panel

Why We Need Privacy-preserving Authentication in the Facebook Age
Mike Johnstone, Edith Cowan University, Australia

Information in the Internet of Things: From Sensing to Meaning
ICSNC / INNOV 2015 Expert Panel

Speed in Software Business
Pasi Tyrväinen, University of Jyväskylä, Finland

Simulation/Validation Methods in Data Analytics
SIMUL / VALID 2015 Expert Panel

Understanding Sociotechnical Behaviors in Social Media: The Good, Bad, and Ugly
Nitin Agarwal, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, USA

User-centricity in a Smart World: Between Human Factors and the Internet of Things [part 1] [part 2]
CENTRIC / SOTICS 2015 Expert Panel

 

InfoWare 2015 - St. Julians, Malta

Content Distribution in Wireless/5G Environments
Eugen Borcoci, University "€œPolitehnica"€ Bucharest, Romania

Challenges in Knowledge Sharing
ICCGI / COLLA 2015 Expert Panel

Intelligent Manufacturing in the Past, Present and Future
Leo van Moergestel, Utrecht University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands

Challenges on Security and Trust in Mobile Environments
ICWMC / VEHICULAR 2015 Expert Panel

Collaborative Activity and New Augmented Spaces
Pierre Leclercq, University of Liege, Belgium

Intelligent Production Agents
INTELLI / InManEnt 2015 Expert Panel

Industrial presentation on  IQRF
Vladimir Sulc, Microrisc, s.r.o., Czech Republic

Digital Inclusion for Sustainable Developments
Josef Noll, Basic Internet Foundation and University of Oslo/UNIK, Norway

Data Analytics over Internet: Capturing Humans' Behavior
INTERNET/INTELLI/HUSO 2015 Expert Panel

 

NetWare 2015 - Venice, Italy

IT security - Quo Vadis?
Hans-Joachim Hof, MuSe - Munich IT Security Research Group, Department for Computer Science and Mathematics, Munich University of Applied Sciences, Germany

Internet-driven and Web-supported Software Integration: Cooperation in Distributed Teams
FASSI / AFIN 2015 Expert Panel

Technology Platforms and Building Blocks: A Key Element for Shorter Time-to-Market of Innovative Micro-sensors
Arndt Steinke, CiS Forschungsinstitut für Mikrosensorik GmbH, Germany

Material Technologies for Mini- and Nano-sensing
ICQNM / CENICS 2015 Expert Panel

High Speed Imaging
Wilfried Uhring, ICube, University of Strasbourg and CNRS, France

Quantum: Getting the Momentum?
Round Table

Security and Trust in IoT-based Complex Systems
SECURWARE / DEPEND 2015 Expert Panel

Industrial Security
Rainer Falk, Siemens AG, Corporate Technology, Germany

Sensing Everything: Challenges in Current Environments
SENSORCOMM / SENSORDEVICES 2015 Expert Panel

 

NexTech 2015 - Nice, France

Big Data Analytics for Smarter Cities and a Safer Planet
Robert Griffin, General Manager, IBM Safer Planet and Smarter Cities | IBM Analytics Group, USA

The Value of Data Analytics for Resiliency and Sustainability Efforts
Special Panel

Ubiquity, Internet of Things, and Accessibility:  On Infrastructure Criticality and Resilience Needs
Alexey Cheptsov, The High Performance Computing Center Stuttgart, Germany

The Value of Big Data: A Linked-Data Perspective for Corporate Performance
DATA ANALYTICS 2015 Expert Panel

Mobile Medium: Mobile Ad hoc Network-based Infrastructure
Przemyslaw Pochec, University of New Brunswick, Canada

Ambient Support Systems and Platforms for Health Self-management and Well-being
GLOBAL HEALTH / AMBIENT 2015 Expert Panel

Computing Challenges with Semantics and Ontology Models
ADVCOMP / SEMAPRO 2015 Expert Panel

The Development of Protein Structure Techniques: From Column Chromatography to Computational Modeling
Hassan Khachfe, Lebanese International University, Lebanon

Ubiquity, Internet of Things, and Accessibility:  On Infrastructure Criticality and Resilience Needs
UBICOMM / EMERGING 2015 Expert Panel

 

DataSys 2015 - Brussels, Belgium

Data, Information, Food, and Thought: Some Common Concerns
Subhasish Mazumdar, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, USA

Telecommunications Challenges in Urban Networking
AICT/MOBILITY/SMART 2015 Expert Panel

Arrowhead Framework: A Local Cloud Approach to Automation
Jerker Delsing, Lulea University of Technology/EISLAB, Sweden

Emerging Solutions in Scientific and High End Computing: Coping with Challenges and Requirements on the Long-term
INFOCOMP 2015 Expert Panel

Ontologies - Useful tools in Life Sciences and Forensics
Dirk Labudde, University of Applied Sciences Mittweida, Germany

Online Evaluation of Information Credibility/Accuracy
IMMM/DATASETS 2015 Expert Panel

Internet, Wearable Devices, and Mobility
ICIW/SPWID 2015 Expert Panel

Turbo Codes in UMTS/ WiMAX/ LTE Systems: Solutions for an Efficient FPGA Implementation
Cristian Anghel, University Politehnica Bucharest, Romania

From Today’s to Tomorrow’s Technologies: The Winners are....
FUTURE TECHNOLOGIES/URBAN/EMPIRICAL 2015 Expert Panel

 

InfoSys 2015 - Rome, Italy

Biomass and Biofuels for Sustainable Energy Future
Vladimir Strezov, Macquarie University, Australia

Data Mining for Drug Discovery; Exploring the Universes of Chem- and Bio-informatics
Modest von Korff, Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Switzerland

Environmental Modeling: Challenges on Biocomputation
BIONATURE/BIOTECHNO 2015 Expert Panel

Does Web Computing Play a Major Role in Addressing Big Geospatial Data Challenges?
Hassan Karimi, University of Pittsburgh, USA

Energy Constraints and Systems/Networks Design Methodologies
ICNS/ENERGY 2015 Expert Panel

Renewable Energy:  Myths and Realities from Around the World
Mark Halpin, Auburn University, USA

Can we Analyze all the Big Data we Collect?
DBKDA/WEB 2015 Expert Panel

From Autonomic Computing Concepts Learned from the Heart System Towards Modelling Challenges in eHealth
Jocelyne Fayn, INSERM, France

Autonomy and Autonomic Computing Synergy: Behavioral Challenges
ICAS/CONNET 2015 Expert Panel

GraphSM 2015

Introduction / workshop purposes
Kiyoshi Nitta

On Semantic Distribution of Large-Scale RDF Datasets
Iztok Savnik, Kiyoshi Nitta

Overview of Regular Path Queries in Graphs
Andreas Schmidt, Iztok Savnik

Capturing the Structure of Internet of Things Systems with Graph Databases
Gilles Privat, Dana Popovici

Towards Implementing Semantic Literature-Based Discovery with a Graph Database
Dimitar Hristovski, Andrej Kastrin, Dejan Dinevski, Thomas C Rindflesch

CONNET 2015

Challenges in Content-based Systems
Eugen Borcoci

 

NexComm 2015 - Barcelona, Spain

Reliability of Data Storage Systems
Ilias Iliadis, IBM Zurich Research Laboratory, Switzerland

Speech on Space Markets: Challenges and Opportunities with Small Satellites
Jose Santiago Perez Cano, Euroconsult, France

Small Satellite Missions: Capabilities and Challenges in Space Communications
SPACOMM 2015 Expert Panel

Challenges on Reliability in (Tele)Communications
ICDT/COCORA/PESARO/CTRQ/SPACOMM 2015 Expert Panel

Software Challenges for New Services/Devices
SOFTENG 2015 Expert Panel

Research Challenges and Proposed Solutions to Improve Availability and Quality-of-Experience in Future IPTV Systems
Bernd E. Wolfinger, University of Hamburg, Germany

Big Data Processing: Can We Control the Value of Lost Data
ALLDATA/MMEDIA/KESA 2015 Expert Panel

Data Publishing with DaPaaS
Dumitru Roman, SINTEF, Norway

New Directions on Networks and Systems Design
ICN/ICONS 2015 Expert Panel

Software Defined Networking: Perspectives and Challenges
Eugen Borcoci, University "Politehnica"of Bucharest (UPB), Romania

KESA Introduction
Maria Pia di Buono, University of Salerno, Italy

 

ComputationWorld 2015 - Nice, France

Emerging New Directions in Infinite-Dimensional Adaptive Control
Mark J. Balas, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach, USA

More Than The Machine - Using Memristors for Computing
Dietmar Fey, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany

From Services to Data Centers: What do we Have to Consider for Standardizing in Cloud Computing?
CLOUD COMPUTING / SERVICE COMPUTATION 2015 Expert Panel

Brain Circuitries in Basic and Clinical Neuroscience
Nikos Makris, Massachusetts General Hospital | Harvard Medical School, USA

Multimodal EEG/fMRI Imaging for Neuroscientists
Giorgio Bonmassar, Massachusetts General Hospital || Harvard Medical School, USA

Cognitive Context: Information + Environment + Emotion + .. What Else?
COGNITIVE/CONTENT 2015 Expert Panel

Integration of Social Technologies into Business Computing
Maria Orlowska, Polish-Japanese Institute of InformationTechnology, Poland

New Approaches for Technology-oriented Businesses
FUTURE COMP/COMP TOOLS/BUSTECH 2015 Expert Panel

On the Gap between Business Processes and Business Software
Hermann Kaindl, Vienna University of Technology, Austria

Patterns of Adaptation: From Species to Autonomous Systems
ADAPTIVE/PATTERNS 2015 Expert Panel

 

DigitalWorld 2015 - Lisbon, Portugal

Someplace between Dreams and Potential: Reflections on the Current Status of Technological Innovation in Health Care
Anthony Glascock, Drexel University, Philadelphia, USA

Visions of the Future - Knowledge and Education 10 Years from Now
eKNOW/eLmL 2015 Expert Panel

What is Smart? Smart cities, Smart buildings, Smart people. Technology in a Human-centric Perspective
Lasse  Berntzen, HBV, Norway

Digital Media Impact on Human-Computer Interactions
ACHI 2015 Expert Panel

From Unmanned Vehicles to Cyber Security: More Than Twenty Years of CIRCA Research Towards Trusted Autonomy
David Musliner, Smart Information Flow Technologies (SIFT), USA

Geo Measurements and Urban Challenges
GEOProcessing 2015 / ICDS 2015 Expert Panel

Finding Common Interests in the Co-located Conferences of DigitalWorld2015: Towards a Digital Healthy Planet
Marike Hettinga, Windesheim University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands

HealthCare Platforms: Lessons Learned and Future Challenges
eTELEMED 2015 Expert Panel

 

NetWare 2014 - Lisbon, Portugal

Federated Access to High-Performance Computing and Big Data Resources
Bernd Schuller, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Germany

Challenges Towards Secure Internet of Things and Web of Things
SECURWARE 2014 Expert Panel

New Hybrid Bandgap Engineering: Rhombohedral Super-Hetero-Epitaxy Technology
Sang H. Choi, NASA Langley Research Center - Hampton, USA

Advances in Miniaturization: How Much Still To Go?
CENICS 2014 / ICQNM 2014 / SENSORDEVICES 2014 Expert Panel

Redox Sensors for the Control of Process and Waste Waters
Winfried Vonau, Kurt-Schwabe-Research Institute, Germany

Information Privacy: Does It Really Matter?
AFIN 2014 / DEPEND 2014 Expert Panel

From Big Data to Quality Data: What is the Emerging Sensor and Network Technology Going to Deliver Next?
Leon Reznik, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA

All Sensors: The Networks of the Future?
SENSORCOMM 2014 / SENSORDEVICES 2014 Expert Panel

 

SoftNet 2014 - Nice, France

A Unified Framework for Uncertainty and Sensitivity Analysis of Computational Models with Many Input Parameters
Jeff Wu, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

Modeling Challenges for Systems Simulation and Validation
SIMUL 2014 / VALID 2014 Expert Panel

Software Estimation: Practical Insights & Orphean Research Issues
Alain Abram, École de Technologie Supérieure in Montréal, Canada

Lessons Learned on Software Maintenance: Any Relief at Horizon?
ICSEA 2014 Expert Panel

Research Challenges and Opportunities for the Development of Complex Systems: An Industrial Perspective
Philipp Helle, Airbus Group Innovations, Germany

Centric: A Multi-Facets Paradigm
CENTRIC 2014 / INNOV 2014 / SOTICS 2014 / ICSNC 2014 Expert Panel

 

NexTech 2014 - Rome, Italy

Big Data and the Customer Decision Journey
Matt Hertig, Alight Analytics, USA

Network Protocol Testing: Formal, Active and Passive!
Stephane Maag, Institute Mines-Telecom, France

Handling/Optimizing Computation Complexity: Lessons Learned from Domain Applications
ADVCOMP 2014 / SEMAPRO 2014 / EMERGING 2014 Expert Panel

How Real-time Analysis Turns Big Medical Data Into Precision Medicine?
Matthieu-P. Schapranow, Hasso Plattner Institute / University of Potsdam, Germany

Challenges in Managing Health Linked Big Data
DATA ANALYTICS 2014 / GLOBAL HEALTH 2014 Expert Panel

Low-power, Long-range, Precise Localization
Maarten Weyn, University of Antwerp, Belgium

Ubiquity + Ambient Environments + Mobility: Are we Better Served?
UBICOMM 2014 /AMBIENT 2014 Expert Panel

 

DataSys 2014 - Paris, France

Contemporary Satellite Communications
Branislav Jovic, Defence Technology Agency, New Zealand Defence Force, New Zealand

Bridging the Web of Data with the Web of Documents
IMMM 2014 / ICIW 2014 Expert Panel

The Future Potential of Computer-Based Empirical Modeling
Ian Flood, University of Florida, USA

Quality and Risk Assessment in Telecommunications Services
AICT 2014 / ICIMP 2014 Expert Panel

Mobile Context-based Services: Current and Future Scenarios
Amnon Dekel, The Hebrew University Jerusalem, Israel

Achievements and Successful Solutions with Big Data and Computing Challenges: National and International Perspectives
INFOCOMP 2014 Expert Panel

Mobility, Smart Cities and Urbanicity: Handling Mobile Citizen Data
MOBILITY 2014 / SMART 2014 Expert Panel

 

InfoWare 2014 - Seville, Spain

Semantic Approach to Mining Incomplete Data
Jerzy Grzymala-Busse, University of Kansas, USA

Facebook, Google, Twitter…: Is This the Internet of the Future?
INTERNET 2014 / COLLA 2014 Expert Panel

My Approach to Participatory and User-centred Development
Seppo Väyrynen, University of Oulu, Finland

Information, Information, Information… How Much can we Handle?
ICCGI 2014 Expert Panel

The Value of Security Protocols on the Example of Smart Grid
Steffen Fries, Siemens, Germany

How Much Intelligence is Enough for the Intelligent Systems?
INTELLI 2014 Expert Panel

Mobility: Achievements and Challenges
ICWMC 2014 / VEHICULAR 2014 Expert Panel

 

ComputationWorld 2014 - Venice, Italy

Pinpointing Usability Deficiencies Using an Objective Effort-Based Usability Model
Dan Tamir, Texas State University, USA

Challenges in Delivering Large-scale Services over Cloud Environments
CLOUD COMPUTING 2014 / SERVICE COMPUTATION 2014 Expert Panel

Chances and Challenges in Developing Future Parallel Applications
Rudolf Berrendorf, Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University, Germany

Computing Mechanisms Supporting Adaptability: Are There Missing Pieces in the Jigsaw?
ADAPTIVE 2014 / FUTURE COMPUTING 2014 / COMPUTATION TOOLS 2014 Expert Panel

A Modular Microservice Architecture for Multi-everything Content Management
Hans-Werner Sehring, T-Systems Multimedia Solutions GmbH, Germany

Visual and Semantic Paradigms for Content Mining and Understanding
CONTENT 2014 / PATTERNS 2014 Expert Panel

Imaging in Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience
Nikos Makris, Harvard Medical School, USA

Cognitive Mechanisms and Machine-Brain Interaction
COGNITIVE 2014 Expert Panel

 

InfoSys 2014 & BioSciencesWorld 2014

Robust Adaptive Control for Infinite-Dimensional Systems with Application to Quantum Information Systems
Mark J. Balas, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, USA

Advances on Evolving Communications - Energy Awareness
ENERGY 2014 / ICNS 2014 Expert Panel

Intron Retention, a Novel Type of Gene Regulation
William Ritchie, Centenary Institute, University of Sydney, Australia

Hide and Seek: An Overview of Information Hiding
Sathiamoorthy Manoharan, University of Auckland, New Zealand

Advances on Converging WEB Data and Database Data: Big Data and Small Data via Linked Data
DBKDA 2014 / WEB 2014 Expert Panel

GraphSM 2014 Presentations

• Survey of RDF Storage Managers
  Kiyoshi Nitta, Iztok Savnik
• Design of Distributed Storage Manager for Large-Scale RDF Graphs
  Iztok Savnik, Kiyoshi Nitta
• Learning Links in MeSH Co-occurrence Network: Preliminary Results
  Andrej Kastrin, Dimitar Hristovski
• About Reachability in Graphs
  Andreas Schmidt
• Graph Storage and Query: An Industrial Perspective
  Jim Webber

 

DigitalWorld 2014 - Barcelona, Spain

The Learning World is Not Flat: Leadership, Culture, Community, and Innovation
Michelle Marquard, Cisco Systems, Inc., USA

Lessons Learned
ETELEMED 2014 Expert Panel

3D Urban Areas Scenes Based on a Hierarchical Clustering Approach and Information Theory [part 1] [part 2]
Yerach Doytsher, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel

User-centric Interaction Challenges
ACHI 2014 Expert Panel

eGovernment and Digital Society:  Accessibility, Usability, Effectiveness, Involvement
ICDS 2014 Expert Panel

eKnowledge Enables Patent Precedents to Protect the Way into the Innovation Age
Sigram Schindler, Teles Patent Rights International, Germany

 

NexComm 2014 - Nice, France

Resiliency Threats to Critical Infrastructure
Andy Snow, School of Information & Telecommunication Systems, Ohio University, USA

Threats and Challenges in Modern Communications
Communications Panel

Performance Assessment and the Human Factor
Wolfgang Leister, Norsk Regnesentral, Norway

Challenges in Multimedia
MMEDIA 2014 Expert Panel

Model-Based Systems Engineering for Cyber-Physical Systems
Mark Austin, University of Maryland, USA

Information and Intelligent Systems; Current Trends
ICONS 2014 Expert Panel

Time Synchronization Challenges in Industrial Networks
György Kálmán, ABB Corporate Research, Norway

Modern Approaches and Challenges in Networking
ICN 2014 Expert Panel

 

DataSys 2013 - Lisbon, Portugal

How much safety is too much? How much control is too much? How much security is too much?
Richard Lucas, University of Canberra, Australia

Exa-Intelligence: Next Generations of Intelligent Multi-Agent and High End Computing Systems in Development and Practice
INFOCOMP2013 Expert Panel

The Impact of Mobile Computing on ICT Enhanced Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary Applications
Joan Lu, University of Huddersfield, UK

Mobility as a Ultimate Freedom Technology; Is Something Missing?
MOBILITY 2013 / INNOV 2013 Expert Panel

Providing Internet Access to Emerging Economies - The Business of Free Access
Josef Noll, University of Oslo & Movation, Norway

Facets on Trust and Doubts in Information Interpretation and Consumption
IMMM 2013 / SOTICS 2013 Expert Panel

Auditory Training Technologies for Blind Persons
Yoshikazu Seki, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan

 

SoftNet 2013 - Venice, Italy

Predicting the Unpredictable in Complex Information Systems
Kevin Mills, NIST, USA

Top Challenging Issues for Software Development
ICSEA 2013 Expert Panel

Rethinking the Networks Basics
Renzo Davoli, University of Bologna, Italy

The Life Management Initiative: Towards User-centric and Personalized Service Provisioning
Mario Hoffmann, The Fraunhofer-Institution for Applied and Integrated Security (AISEC) in Garching, Germany
Josef Noll, University of Oslo & Movation, Norway

Challenges for Simulation and Validation
SIMUL 2013 / VALID 2013 Expert Panel

User-centric innovation
Lasse Berntzen, Vestfold University College - Tønsberg, Norway

Applying User-centered Approaches in a Technology-driven World: Indispensable Premise or Dazzling Promise?
CENTRIC 201 / ICSNC 2013 Expert Panel

 

NexTech 2013 - Porto, Portugal

Running Scientific Applications with DIRAC in Federated Clouds
Victor Mendez, Port d'Informació Científica, Spain

10 Years of Ubiquity: Remaining Challenges
UBICOMM 2013 Expert Panel

Innovative Interaction Paradigms using Mobile Location-based Services (warning: large file)
Wolfgang Narzt, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria

Cognitive-based Computation, Semantic Understanding, and Web Wisdom
SEMAPRO 2013 / ADVCOMP 2013 / DATA ANALYTICS 2013 Expert Panel

Multimodal Localization as the Key for Ambient Intelligent Applications
Maarten Weyn, University of Antwerp, Belgium

Emerging Services in Ambient Environments
EMERGING 2013 / AMBIENT 2013 Expert Panel

 

NetWare 2013 - Barcelona, Spain

Lensless ultra-miniature CMOS Computational Imagers and Sensors
David G. Stork, Rambus Labs, USA

Advances in Sensor-based Applications and Systems: Next Challenges
SENSORCOMM 2013 / SENSORDEVICES 2013 Expert Panel

Nanoscale Optimization of the Direct Electron Transfer Process in Biocathodes Loaded with Multicopper Oxidases
by Marcos Pita, Instituto de Catalisis y Petroleoquimica, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas - Madrid, Spain

Security Metrics - Approaches, Problems and Possibilities
SECURITY 2013 Discussion

Non-Dispersive Infrared Gas Measurement: Past, Present and Future
by Jacob Y. Wong, Airware, Inc. - Goleta, USA

Future Internet Infrastructures & Experimental Facilities: The XIFI and the INFINITY Projects
Monique Calisti, Martel GmbH, Switzerland

A Coordinated Matrix of RFID Readers as Interactions Input
Francois Pacull, CEA-LETI Minatec Campus, France

New Internet Applications and Services Supported via IPv6, IoT, and Security Platforms
AFIN 2013 / DEPEND 2013 Expert Panel

 

InfoWare 2013 - Nice, France

Wireless Communications Technologies and Research Trends: LTE-A and Beyond
Abdulrahman Yarali, Murray State University, USA

Advances in Wireless Communications: Next Challenges
ICWMC 2013 / VEHICULAR 2013 Exper Panel

Internet Security
Dirceu Cavendish, Kyushu Institute of Technology, USA/Japan

Are the Models Powerful Enough for Information Handling? Missing Jigsaw Pieces
ICCGI 2013 Expert Panel

Evolution in Mobile Radio Networks - Multiple Antenna Systems & Flexible Networks
Wolfgang Aichmann, Nokia Siemens Networks, Germany

How Much Safe Cooperation Can Internet Handle Now?
INTERNET 2013 / ACCESS 2013 / COLLA 2013 Expert Panel

 

WebTel 2013 - Rome, Italy

Near Field Communication Technologies for the Internet of Things
Pascal Urien, Telecom ParisTech, France

Advances in Signal Processing and Networking Technologies
AICT 2013 Expert Panel

Random Access OFDM-Based Cognitive Radio Networks
Erchin Serpedin, Texas A&M University, USA

Smart Environments: How Smart Can They Be?
SMART 2013 Expert Panel

Reducing the Impact of Different Distributed Fading and Shadowing in Channels Using the Diversity Technique
Dragana Krstic, Faculty of Electronic Engineering, University of Nis, Serbia

Human-centered Technologies and Services
ICIW 2013 Expert Panel

Lossless Data Compression Standard Applications and the MapReduce Web Computing Framework
Sergio De Agostino, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

 

ComputationWorld 2013 - Valencia, Spain

Cognitive Transitions in the Acquisition of Expertise
Terry Bossomaier, Charles Sturt University, Australia

Advances on Cognition and Adaptivity for Intelligent Systems
ADAPTIVE 2013 / COGNITIVE 2013 Expert Panel

From the Decision Support on the Ground to the Decision Support in the Cloud
Aida Omerovic, SINTEF, Norway

Cloud, Virtualization, High Performance…. Are the Expected Services There?
ComputationWorld-at-large Expert Panel

Advances on Information Mining
CONTENTS 2013 / PATTERNS 2013 Expert Panel

Event Processing Concepts and Technologies in Information Systems: History and Current Trends
Arne Koschel, Fachhochschule Hannover, Germany

Challenges in Future Computation Techniques and Tools
FUTURE COMPUTING 2013 / COMPUTATION TOOLS 2013 Expert Panel

Content Management in the Cloud: A Case of Interoperability of Services Across Organizational Boundaries
Hans-Werner Sehring, T-Systems Multimedia Solutions GmbH - Hamburg, Germany

10 Years of Hype Cycles - Do We Forget Knowledge?
CLOUD COMPUTING 2013 / SERVICE COMPUTATION 2013 Expert Panel

 

NexComm 2013 - Venice, Italy

Key Trends and Research Directions in Intelligent Systems
Jay Liebowitz, University of Maryland - Adelphi, USA

Techniques and Devices for Enhancing (Tele)Communication Capabilities
SPACOMM 2013 / ICDT 2013 Expert Panel

Communication: A Specific High-level View and Modeling Approach
Hermann Kaindl, Vienna University of Technology, Austria

Progress in Description and Retrieval of Complex Multimedia Information
MMEDIA 2013 / MOPAS 2013 Expert Panel

Trends and Research Directions in Future Networked and Service Systems
Alex Galis, University College London, U.K.

Technical Aspects for Internet’s Future Social Promises
CTRQ 2013 / PESARO 2013 / COCORA 2013 Expert Panel

Hybrid Neuro-Fuzzy Systems: How to Combine German Mechanics with Italian Love
Michael Negnevitsky, University of Tasmania, Australia

Advances in Intelligent Human-computer Interaction Systems
INTELLI 2013 Expert Panel

 

BioSciencesWorld 2013 - Lisbon, Portugal

Implications of Arctic Sea Ice Reduction on Bromine Explosion, Ozone Depletion, and Mercury Deposition
Son V. Nghiem, JET/NASA & CalTech, USA

Are the Current BIO-models Powerful Enough?
BIONATURE / BIOTECHNO 2013 Expert Panel

 

InfoSys 2013 - Lisbon, Portugal

Transport and Networking: Future Internet Trends
Eugen Borcoci, University Politechnica Bucharest, Romania

How Much Autonomous can be the Autonomous Systems? From Dreams to Facts!
ICAS 2013 Expert Panel

Energy Storing Challenges and Future Technologies
ENERGY 2013 Expert Panel

Electric Vehicles as Grid Storage: A Fine-grained Simulation for Feasibility Analysis of Vehicle to Grid
Mark Apperley, University of Waikato, New Zealand

SCADA/ICS Security in an Insecure Domain
Robert M. Lee, hackINT, USA

Content/Information-centric, User-centric, System-centric,..: Different Dimensions or Different Directions? Any Preference?
ICNS 2013 Expert Panel

How to Add Value and Increase Income with Vendors Resources
Mak Sharma, Birmingham City University, UK

 

DigitalWorld 2013 - Nice, France

Be Bright or be Dead:– Knowledge Management for Hazardous Working Environments
by Dirk Malzahn,OrgaTech GmbH, Germany

Unlocking the black box: how technology can make interventions more persuasive and productive
by Lisette van Gemert, University of Twente - Enschede, The Netherlands

Magnetic Levitation Haptic Interaction
Peter Berkelman, University of Hawaii, USA

Devices and Technologies Get Closer to Humans: Can We Handle Them?
ACHI 2013 Expert Panel

Geosciences in the Age of Knowledge: Tackling the Complex and Challenging World of Future Geo-application Scenarios
GEOProcessing 2013 Expert Panel

User-driven services
Lasse Berntzen, Vestfold University College – Tønsberg, Norway

Knowledge-based Society: How Far Are We from Access for All?
ICDS/eKNOW/eLmL 2013 Expert Panel

Continuous and Updated 3D Geospatial Terrain Modelling: Issues and Challenges
Yerach Doytsher, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel

Integrated Care and Telemedicine: Any Visible Progress?
eTelemed 2013 Expert Panel

 

GlobeNet 2013 - Seville, Spain

About Bitmap Indexes
Andreas Schmidt, Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences & Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany

Challenges in Modern Networking
ICN 2013 Expert Panel

Virtual and Augmented Reality Applications
Prof. Dr. Lucio Tommaso De Paolis, Salento University, Italy

New Tendencies in User-Centric System
ICONS 2013 Expert Panel

Quality of Service in Industrial Ethernet Networks
Gyorgy Kalman, ABB Corporate Research, Norway

The Science of Networks
Pramode Verma, The University of Oklahoma-Tulsa, USA

DBKDA / WEB Panel: Converging WEB Data and Database Data: Myth, Dream, or Possible Reality!

 

SoftNet 2012 - Lisbon, Portugal

Quality Analysis of Service-Oriented Architectures
Michael Gebhart, Gebhart Quality Analysis (QA) 82, Germany

Model-Based Testing for Enterprise Application Software: from Business Processes and Business Rules to Tests
Fabien Peureux, University of Franche-Comté, France

Challenges in Testing and Validation of Hardware/Software Systems
Expert Panel

Mutation Testing
Jameleddine Hassine, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, KSA

Normalized Systems: Towards Designing Evolvable Modular Structures
Herwig Mannaert, University of Antwerp, Belgium

Envisioning the Next Software Development Era
Roy Oberhauser, Aalen University, Germany

User-Centric Requirements of Hardware/Software Systems
Expert Panel

 

DataSys 2012 - Venice, Italy

Computational Anatomy: Multi-organ Modeling and Analysis in Abdominal CT
Marius George Linguraru, Children's National Medical Center - Washington DC, USA

Future High End Systems: Chances and Challenges for Intelligent Applications and Infrastructures
INFOCOMP 2012 Expert Panel

Security, Privacy and Dependability in Mobile Networks
Josef Noll, University of Oslo/UNIK, Norway

Robust Computing Systems
H.J. Siegel, Colorado State University - Fort Collins, USA

360 Degree View on Global Health Challenges
GLOBAL HEALTH 2012 Expert Panel

Social Mechanisms for Better Information Discovery and Interpretation
IMMM 2012 / SOTICS 2012 Expert Panel

Advanced Signal Processing for Medical Technologies as Non-Invasive Diagnostic Systems for Non-Visible Internal Injury
Stergios Stergiopoulos, DRDC - Toronto | University of Toronto, Canada

Next Steps for Enhanced Mobility
MOBILITY 2012 / INNOV 2012 Expert Panel

 

NexTech 2013 - Barcelona, Spain

Opportunistic Networks
Jorge García Vidal, Technical University of Catalonia - Barcelona, Spain

Challenges in Selecting Massive Data for Quick Analysis
DATA ANALYTICS 2012 Expert Panel

Big Data Decision Making: Real-time Optimization for Real-world Problems
Sandjai Bhulai, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Ubiquity for Everyone; Are we There?
UBICOMM 2012 Expert Panel

Context Awareness in Ambient Environments: Theory vs. Practice
Maarten Weyn, Artesis University College of Antwerp, Belgium

Ambient Environments and Ambient Intelligence: Where is the Boundary Between Fiction and Future Reality
AMBIENT 2012 Expert Panel

Advanced Features in Emerging Systems and Technologies
EMERGING 2012 / AP2PS 2012 Expert Panel

Farewell to Deterministic Networks
Antonio Liotta, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands

Complex and Semantic Computations: Can They be Simpler?
ADVCOMP 2012 / SEMAPRO 2012 Expert Panel

 

NetWare 2012 - Rome, Italy

Security Considerations for the Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure
Rainer Falk, Siemens AG, Corporate Technology, Germany

Advances in Security, Trust and Dependability in Internet
SECURWARE 2012 / DEPEND 2012 / AFIN 2012 Expert Panel

Global Director for Sensors
Stephane Gervais-Ducouret, Freescale, France

Advances in Sensors Networks and Services
SENSORCOMM 2012 Expert Panel

Sensor Based Risk Assessment for the Supply of Dangerous Products
Laurent Gomez, SAP Research France, France

WISH: Protocol Awareness: A Step Towards Smarter Sensors
Francois Pacull, CEA-Leti Minatec, France

Smartphone Sensing: What Sensors Would we Like to Have in the Future Smartphones?
Serghei Yurish, IFSA, Spain

Net Neutrality and Future Internet Models
Alessandro Bogliolo, University of Urbino, Italy

Challenges in Nano/Micro Electronics and Nano/Micro Materials Technologies
ICQNM 2012 / CENICS 2012 Expert Panel

 

ComputationWorld 2012 - Nice, France

From a Desktop to a Supercomputer, Cluster, Grid, Cloud, InterCloud: Where my Research Code Should Run?
Dana Petcu, West University of Timisoara, Romania

Advances in Adaptive Mechanisms for Cognition Processes
ADAPTIVE 2012 / COGNITIVE 2012 Expert Panel

Formal Engineering of Resilient Systems: Achievements and Challenges
Elena Troubitsyna, Åbo Akademi University Finland

Support System for Elderly People in Daily Life
Shunji Shiumizu, Tokyo University of Science, Japan

Discovering Content via Patterns
CONTENT 2012 / PATTERNS 2012 Expert Panel

Clouds Meet Energy and Resources Savings for Society Services
CLOUD COMPUTING 2012 / SERVICE COMPUTATION 2012 Expert Panel

The Dual Nature of Service Orientation with Exertions
Michael Sobolowski, Texas Tech University, USA

Emerging Computing Paradigms and Their Theoretical and Practical Support Tools
FUTURE COMPUTING 2012 / COMPUTATION TOOLS 2012 Expert Panel

 

InfoWare 2012 - Venice, Italy

Collaboration using ICT
Lasse Berntzen, Vestfold University College - Tønsberg, Norway

Cooperation and Collaboration: Popular Trend or Tangible Benefit
COLLA 2012 Expert Panel

The Real Value of Virtual Currency
INTERNET 2012 / ACCESS 2012 Expert Panel

The Next Hops Towards Everywhere, Anytime, ....
ICWMC 2012 Expert Panel

Networking Technology Trend in Japan
Akira Arutaki, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan

Data Jigsaw: Do We Understand It?
ICCGI 2012 Expert Panel

 

WebTel 2012 - Stuttgart, Germany

Communication Challenges for the Next Generation Power Grid
Harald Gjermundrød

Playing Smart Devices and Being Protected: Myth or Reality
SMART 2012 / ICIMP 2012 Expert Panel

Research Challenges for Smart Information Systems
Wolfgang Leister

Advances in Telecommunications
AICT 2012 Expert Panel

QoS Support in Unified Network Architectures: Challenges and a Possible Solution
Emanuel Puschita

From Google Map to Web Self-services: A View on Internet and Web Marriage
ICIW 2012 Expert Panel

Energy Adaptive Computing
Krishna Kant

 

NexComm 2012 - Chamonix / Mont Blanc, France

Applications of Stochastic Optimization Algorithms in the Fields of Autonomous Robots and Vehicle Engineering
by Mattias Wahde

Terrestrial and Spatial Convergence of Communications: Were Are We?
ICDT / SPACOMM / CTRQ / PESARO Expert Panel

Integrating the Physical World through the Cyber World: Federated Sensor Networks Prospects and Challenges
by Adnan Al-Anbuky

Advances on Content Building and Retrieval
MMEDIA 2012 / MOPAS 2012 Expert Panel

Only Everybody Knows the Truth
Philip Davies

Intelligent User Behavior and Intelligent Systems: A Best Match
INTELLI 2012 Expert Panel

 

InfoSys 2012 & BioSciencesWorld 2012 - St. Maarten, Netherlands Antilles

A Mesh Fairy Tale
Vladimir Sulc

Evolution of User Behavior with New Networking Paradigms and Service Offers
ICNS 2012 Expert Panel

Research Directions in Sensor Networks
Kendall Nygard

How Optimal are the Current Energy Systems?
ENERGY 2012 Expert Panel

Pollution Control and Sustainability Challenges of the Ironmaking and Steelmaking Operations
Vladimir Strezov

Challenging Issues on Automatic Control
ICAS 2012 Expert Panel

 

GlobeNet 2012 - Saint Gilles, Reunion Island

In-Memory Data Management for Enterprise Applications
Jens Krueger

On the Quality of Non-structured Data
DBKDA 2012 Expert Panel

Challenges in Implementing IT Service Management Systems
Marko Jäntti

Oracle Labs: Leading the Way in Hardware Software Co-design
Nipun Agarwal

Requirements Engineering for Software vs. Systems in General
ICONS 2012 Expert Panel

Environments, Services and Network Management for Green Clouds
Carlos Becker Westphall

Consuming Norwegian Linked Open Data: Applications in Regional Development and Environmentally Friendly Behavior
Dumitru Roman

Internet at Crossroads!
ICN 2012 Expert Panel

 

DigitalWorld 2012 - Valencia, Spain

ePortfolios: A Vision of Their Use as a Life Record, from Birth to Death
Stephen White

Adapting Interfaces Based on User Needs
Leslie Miller

Challenges in Handling Large Data Volume for GEO Processing
GEOProcessing 2012 PANEL

Internalizing Externalities for Improving Computing Architectures: Trust, Privacy, Regulation, and Intellectual Property Rights
Mark Perry

Industrial Presentation: g.tec - Accelerate your Bio-signal Research
Julita de la Vega Arias

Web 2.0 Valorization Toolkits to Increase the Uptake of eHealth Technologies
eTELEMED 2012 PANEL

E-Assessment of Creative Tasks
Herbert Kuchen

ePractice.eu - The Community Building Platform
Eleni Galyfianaki

Accessibility/Usability Through Advanced Interactive Devices
ACHI/ICDS 2012 PANEL

How do we Know what we Know?Knowledge Management Challenges in Industry
Dirk Malzahn

Learning Analytics: Goal, Methods, Trends
eKNOW/eLmL 2012 PANEL

 

NexTech 2011 - Lisbon, Portugal

Epidemic Protocols in P2P Computing
by Giuseppe Di Fatta

Testbeds and Large-Scale deployments for Future Internet Research and Experimentation
by Jorge Pereira

Multimedia data Distribution and Processing in IP Networks
Eva Hladká

New Trends on Odor Sensing and Classification
Sigeru Omatu

Emerging Technologies
EMERGING 2011 PANEL

Does Ubiquity have Limits?
UBICOMM 2011 PANEL

PECES 2011 Presentations
Workshop
ETRA Demo
ETRA Introduction
ETRA Tools
FEA Demo
Active vs Passive
UDE Technology
UNEW Demo
UNEW Dev Tools

 

DataSys 2011 and SoftNet 2011 - Barcelona, Spain

Challenges in Advanced Computing - Multi-this and Multi-that
by Hans-Joachim Bungartz

Complex Search: From Lookup to Understanding
by Ulrich Norbisrath

Seismic Acquisition and Processing Systems - Applications from Applied Geophysics
by Charlotte M. Krawczyk

 

ComputationWorld 2011 - Rome, Italy

The Sky Looks Cloudy but there is a Clear Corner
Massimo Villari

Challenges on Services, Computation, and Cloud Approaches
PANEL (Moderator: Massimo Villari, University of Messina, Italy)

Linguistic Geometry (LG): Adversarial Reasoning for Real Life Problems
by Boris Stilman

Advanced Mechanisms in Capturing Adaptive and Cognitive Behaviors
PANEL (Moderator: Terry Bossomaier, Charles Sturt University, Australia)

Content Management: An Area of Research and a Melting Pot of Approaches from Neighboring Fields
by Hans-Werner Sehring

Nature-Inspired Optimization: Human and Animal Decision-Making
Hideyasu Sasaki

Looking for Patterns in Content: From Design to End-Users Consumption
PANEL (Moderator: Hans-Werner Sehring, T-Systems Multimedia Solutions GmbH, Germany)

Business through Technologies or Technologies through Business
OPEN DISCUSSION

 

NetWare 2011 - Nice/Saint Laurent du Var, France

Freescale’s Sensors for Low-Power Devices
Jacques Trichet, Freescale, France

Challenges in Building Sensor Networks with Special Sensor Devices
SENSORCOMM 2011 and SENSORDEVICES 2011 PANEL

Nano‐Particle Image Velocimetry (nPIV): Data Reduction Challenges
Reza Sadr, Texas A&M University at Qatar

Challenges in Applying Nano/Micro Technologies to Sensor Devices
ICQNM 2011, CENICS 2011, SENSORDEVICES 2011 PANEL

Security and Trust
Robert Forster, Edgemount Solutions, USA

Security Challenges and Safety Control in Future Internet
AFIN 2011, DEPEND 2011, SECURWARE 2011, MESH 2011 PANEL

User-centric wireless local loop: use cases and socio-economic aspects
Alessandro Bogliolo, University of Urbino, Italy

 

InfoWare 2011 - Luxembourg

A Virtual Networking Architecture
Damien Magoni

Challenges in Signal Processing, Global Information and Mobile Communications
ICCGI 2011 PANEL

From IPTV to mobile TV and over-the-top TV
Alessandro Bogliolo

Open Internet and Net Neutrality
ACCESS 2011 / INTERNET 2011 PANEL

Acoustic Echo Cancellation. Challenges and Perspectives
Constantin Paleologu

 

BioSciencesWorld 2011 - Venice/Mestre, Italy

Microbial community structure and function of two deep-sea brine pools from the Red Sea
Pei-Yuan Qian

Turmoil in the Global Biosphere - A View from Space
S. V. Nghiem, P. Clemente-Colón, I. G. Rigor, D. K. Perovich, and G. Neumann

Advances in BioSystems
BIOTECHNO 2011 PANEL

Advances on Sustainable Energy
BIONATURE 2011 PANEL

 

InfoSys 2011 - Venice/Mestre, Italy

Future Networks Design Goals and Challenges - A Viewpoint from ITU-T
Alex Galis

An Introduction to Evolving Systems: Adaptive Key Component Control with Persistent Disturbance Rejection
Mark J. Balas

Securing the Smart Grid
Steffen Fries

Towards Smarter Networking
ICNS 2011 PANEL

Challenges in Automation and Adaptation
ICAS 2011 PANEL

Challenges in Smart Grid and Energy Management
INTENSIVE 2011 / ENERGY 2011 PANEL

 

NexComm 2011 - Budapest, Hungary

MIMO Technologies Used in Latest Generation of Mobile Communication Systems
by Andrei Alexandru Enescu

Converging Telecommunications: Paved Ways or Plenty of Bumps?
ICDT 2011 / SPACOMM 2011 PANEL

Deployment of Embedded Systems - A Challenge for Management
by Bernhard Hulin

Capturing Non-Operational Requirements for Telecommunications Systems
CTRQ 2011 / COCORA 2011 / PESARO 2011 PANEL

Advanced Security and Reliability Challenges for Multimedia Networks and Services
by Michael Massoth

The Most Challenging Issues in MultiMedia are…
MMEDIA 2011 / MOPAS 2011 PANEL

A Model-driven, Component-based and Service-oriented Approach for Designing an Autonomic Transport Protocol
by Ernesto Exposito

 

WebTel 2011 - St. Maarten, The Netherlands Antilles

Topic: Terahertz Electronics
by Michael Shur

Modern Telecommunications: Architectures versus Computation Models
AICT 2011 / ICIMP 2011 PANEL

Topic: Services, Clouds and Robots
Mihhail Matskin

Service Science: Hype or Reality
ICIW 2011 PANEL

Where are we going with non-proximate communication?
Mark Perry

 

DigitalWorld 2011 - Gosier, Guadeloupe, France

Grassroot e-Campaigns Finally Shows Large Scale Impact
Lasse Berntzen

eKnowledge and eLearning in Digital Era: Needs and Resources
eKNOW 2011 and eL&mL 2011 PANEL

Grounding eHealth: The Need for a Human Centred and Value-driven Approach
Lisette J. E. W. van Gemert-Pijnen

Towards Global Healthcare: Are the Needed Technologies and Business Models Here?
eTELEMED 2011 PANEL

Web-based Health Communities for Self-help Groups
Åsa Smedberg

Privacy Invasion and Protection in Digital Society
ICDS 2011, CYBERLAWS 2011, and GEOProcessing 2011 PANEL

Denial to Hope: eLearning Experiences From the Trenches
Colla Jean MacDonald

Does Human-Machine Interaction Go Too Complex?
ACHI 2011 PANEL

 

GlobeNet 2011 - St. Maarten, The Netherlands Antilles

Smart Sensor Systems Integration: New Challenges
Sergey Yurish

Dealing with Network Performance
ICN 2011 Panel

Social Media Analytics
Freimut Bodendorf

Challenges in Designing Modern Systems
ICONS 2011 Panel

Effective Management and Exploration of Scientific Data on the Web
Lena Strömbäck

Will Dataspaces Make Data Integration Obsolete?
DBKDA 2011 Panel

 

ComputationWorld 2010 - Lisbon, Portugal

Advances in Computational Sciences: from HPC to Grids to Clouds
Wolfgang Gentzsch

Automated Metadata Extraction Services
Kurt Maly

A Model-based Methodology for Developing Secure Tactical Systems
Juan C. Pelaez

Self-Organizing Maps for Exploratory Data Analysis and Multidimentional Data Visualization
Victor Lobo

New Challenges and Opportunities in Cloud Computing
Cloud and Supporting Tools Panel

Awareness and Adaptation in Service Computation and Delivery
Services, Adaptation and Future Computing Panel

Semantic-Content, Learning Objects and Beyond
Content, Patterns and Cognitive Technologies Panel

 

NexTech 2010 - Florence, Italy

Emerging Technologies for Collective Intelligence
Nik Bessis

Ubiquity for Everyone: What is Missing?
UBICOMM 2010 Panel

Smart Grids: Architecture, Energy and Communication Future Trends
Reda Reda

Advanced and Semantic Computing for Complex Situations
ADVCOMP 2010 / SEMAPRO 2010 Panel

If Objects Could Talk: Novel Resource Discovery Approaches in Pervasive Environments
Michele Ruta

Emerging Communications Solutions
AP2PS 2010 / EMERGING 2010 Panel

The Prospects of Self-aware Networks
Antonio Liotta

 

InfoWare 2010 - Valencia, Spain

Challenges in Handling Information Diversity
ICCGI 2010 Panel

Internet Connectivity for Wireless Sensor Networks
Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues

Mobility As the State of Being! [additional slides]
ICWMC 2010 Panel

Wireless Sensors Network Based Safe Home to Care Elderly People
Subhas Chandra Mukhopadhyay

Internet of Tomorrow: Is It For Everybody!?
INTERNET 2010 and ACCESS 2010 Panel

Hot Topics and Future Developments
Young Researchers Panel

Traffic and Network Flow Model for Assessing Impact of 3D Applications on Future Internet
Jonathan K.K. Loo

 

SoftNet 2010 - Nice, France

On the Cloud Computing Frontier
David Bernstein

Challenges in Deploying Systems and Networks
ICSNC 2010 Panel

Advances on Centric Paradigms
CENTRIC 2010 Panel

Software Engineering for Management
Luigi Lavazza

Simulating Costs and Benefits of SBI in an EAP
Diglio A. Simoni

Challenges in simulations: large scale, education, performance
SIMUL 2010 Panel

Challenges in Testing and Validating Complex Systems
VALID 2010 Panel

 

NetWare 2010 - Venice, Italy

IP for Smart Object Networks: The Internet of Things
Jean-Phillippe Vasseur

Rollout of Security Credentials in Industrial Environments
Rainer Falk

Future Internet Challenges and Direction in European Research - (FIA) Future Internet Assembly
Alex Galis

Security in Sensors/Devices/Mesh/Internet infrastructures
Expert Panel

Challenges in Future Internet
Expert Panel

 

NexComm 2010 - Athens, Greece

Communications and Networking Research Towards the Reliable and Efficient Interplanetary Internet
Igor Bisio

Acceleration Techniques in Satellite Communications
Mohaned Juwad

Tendencies and Challenges in Space Communications
SPACOMM 2010 Panel

Multimodal Interaction for the Non-Desktop User
Max Mühlhäuser

Tendencies and Challenges in MultiMedia
MMEDIA 2010 Panel

Applications of digital Multimedia in Disabilities
Forouzan Golshani

Tendencies and Challenges in Signal Processing, Modeling and Telecommunications
ICDT 2010 / CTRQ 2010 / MOPAS 2010 Panel

Architectural Rules to Guarantee QoS in Multi-domains Multi-technologies Networks
by Michel Diaz

 

WebTel 2010 - Barcelona, Spain

Mobile Services: the Challenge of 21st Century
ICIW 2010 Panel

Tendencies in Monitoring and Protecting Large (Cloud) Systems
ICIMP 2010 Panel

Challenges in Advanced Communications and Services
AICT 2010 Panel

 

GlobeNet 2010 - Menuires, The Three Valleys, French Alps, France

Multimedia Data Distribution and Processing in IP Networks
Eva Hladka

Scale, Responsiveness and Innovation in Future Networking
ICN 2010 Panel

Cyber-physical systems for aeronautical applications
Daniela Dragomirescu

Robustness in Real-time Complex Systems
ICONS 2010 Panel

I have a Dream - Vision on Database Technology
Friedrich Laux

NoSQL (Not only SQL) Databases
DBKDA 2010 Panel

 

BioSciencesWorld 2010 - Cancun, Mexico

Methods for Measuring Offshore Wind Climatology
Son V. Nghiem

Challenges in Bio-technologies, Systems and Environments
BioSciencesWorld 2010 Panel

 

InfoSys 2010 - Cancun, Mexico

Trends in Networking and Services [followup comments]
ICNS 2010 Panel

Robustness and Trust in Autonomic Systems
ICAS 2010 Panel

Intrusion Detection using Artificial Intelligence
Juan J. Flores

The Nature of Robust and Reliable Communications: Theory and Applications
Alois Goiser

 

DigitalWorld 2010 - St. Maarten, Netherlands Antilles

Web 2.0 Use by Businesses and Governments
Lasse Berntzen

Assessment of Quality in Education - the Way for Reputation Building
Dumitru Dan Burdescu

Intelligent Robotics: Perception, Reasoning, Actuation and Human Interaction
Ray Jarvis

Digital Society Trends: Challenges of Privacy and Anonymity in the Information Society
CYBERLAWS 2010 Panel

Digital Society Trends: Technology Challenges for Healthcare
eTELEMED 2010 Panel (IT)

Digital Society Trends: Challenges of eTELEMED for Changing Healthcare
eTELEMED 2010 Panel (Health Care)

Digital Society Trends: Geospatial Processing Challenges
GEOProcessing 2010 Panel

Digital Society Trends: Bumps in Endorsing eLearning by the Society
eL&mL 2010 Panel

Digital Society Trends: How to use Business Modeling for Design and Implementation of Healthcare Technology?
BUSMMed 2010 Panel

Digital Society Trends: Challenges in Distributed Knowledge
eKNOW 2010 Panel

Digital Society Trends: New Forms of Machine-Human Interactions
ACHI 2010 Panel

Digital Society Trends: Challenges on Large Scale Use of QNM Technologies
ICQNM 2010 Panel

Digital Society Trends: Societal Challenges from eHealth to eCommerce via eGovernment
ICDS 2010 Panel

 

ComputationWorls 2009 - Athens/Glyfada, Greece

The Tempestuous Future of Computing - Every Cloud Engenders not a Storm
Paul J. Geraci

Adaptiveness and Cognition: Towards Evolving Systems
Expert Panel

Infrastructures and Technologies for Future Computing - Convergence of Bandwidth, Clouds, and Smart Devices
Wolfgang Gentzsch

Service Computing: Challenges and Achievements
Expert Panel

Is Future Computing Driven by Content?
Expert Panel

Services - The Next Major Frontier for Research & Innovation
Krishna Singh

Patterns: Capturing Preventing and Reacting Facets of the Systems Behavior
Expert Panel

The Intercloud: Cloud Interoperability at Internet Scale
David Bernstein

 

NexTech 2009 - Sliema, Malta

P2P Development: Do you need a lawyer?
Alessandro Liotta

Grids and Clouds for e-Science Applications
Wolfgang Gentzsch

Tools and Services for Data Intensive Research
Roger S. Barga

 

SoftNet 2009 - Porto, Portugal

European Technology Platform NESSI: delivering building blocks for the creation of service based ecosystems
Aljosa Pasic

Future Internet - challenges for the mobile world
Rui Luís Aguiar

We are confused about what software engineering activities we are performing!
Mira Kajko-Mattsson

Long-term Perspective of Agile Methods
ICSEA 2009 Expert Panel

 

InfoWare 2009 - Cannes/La Bocca, France

Computing Infrastructures for the Global Information Age
Dr. Wolfgang Gentzsch

Future Vision of Business Oriented Innovations in the Wireless and Mobile Communications Sector. 3G, LTE, 4G and Beyond
Reda Reda

Future Internet: Challenges, Perspectives, and Beyond
INTERNET 2009 Expert Panel

 

NexComm 2009 - Colmar, France

Multimedia, Quo vadis?
Laszlo Böszörmenyi

Thinking of a Picture and Finding it: Evolving MMedia Computer Interfaces
MMEDIA 2009 Expert Panel

Challenges and Hopes in Space Navigation and Communication: From Nano- to Macro-satellites
SPACOMM 2009 Expert Panel

Sigma-Point Kalman Filters for Multipath Channel Estimation in CDMA Networks
Zahid Ali, Mohamed Deriche, Adnan Landalousi

 

NetWare 2009 - Athens/Glyfada, Greece

Industrial Challenges in Working with Events
Petre Dini

Underwater Sensor Networks: The physical layer
Jens M. Hovem

 

WebTel 2009 - Venice/Mestre, Italy

Future Internet: Challenges in Virtualization and Federation
Expert Panel

e-Infrastructures for data and compute intensive applications [Networks, Grids, Clouds, P2P, and applications: how do they come together?]
Wolfgang Gentzsch

 

InfoSys 2009 - Valencia, Spain

Automatic testing and measurement of QoE in IPTV using image and video comparison
Antonio González

e-Infrastructure Security versus Anonymity and Privacy
Expert Panel

e-Infrastructures for Compute and Date Intensive Applications
Wolfgang Gentzsch

Autonomous Robots: Basic structure and two partial implementations
by Henning Tolle

The COMDES Network and Emergency Management Systems: Integration with the Valencia Local Police
Juan Manuel Medina

A Viewpoint on the Management of the Future Internet
Joan Serrat

Effectiveness of Learning Methodologies and Platforms
LMPCNA Panel

 

GlobeNet 2009 - Cancun, Mexico

Goals and Policies for Telephony
Kenneth J. Turner

From maximum independent node sets to sparse subnetworks: an overview of problems and solution methods
Aristotelis Giannakos

Data Management for the Web: XML Standardization and Database Technology
Lena Strömbäck

 

DigitalWorld 2009 - Cancun, Mexico

Next Generation of Global e-Infrastructures for Research, Industry, and Education
Wolfgang Gentzsch

Service Selection via Extreme Geotagging
Dumitru Roman and Vlad Tanasescu

Carrier and spin injection in ZnMnSe/CdSe nanostructures
by Weimin Chen

Quasiperiodic Quasi-One-Dimensional Metallic Nano-Structures
Paul M. Grant

Digital decision aids at the Dutch national health and care portal www.kiesBeter.nl
Hans C. Ossebaard

Sharing the experience of the National Programme for IT in the NHS in England
Mariano Groiso

Establishment of a Sustainable Telehealth Service for Pre-Admission Clinic Consultations
Shayne Stenhouse

Improving Workplace Health and Physician Health and Wellness: The Online Learning Solution
Colla MacDonald

Towards Utilizing Open Data for Interactive Knowledge Transfer
Monika Steinberg and Jürgen Brehm

 

Sliema, Malta - 2008

Designing Evolutionary Architecture-centric Component-based Software Product
Hassan Gomaa

ICSEA 2008 Panel [1] [2] [3]

I-CENTRIC 2008 Panel [1]

ICSNC 2008 Panel [1] [2] [3]

Valencia, Spain - 2008

Naviki: A Process to fuse Bicycle Tracks automatically
Sven Luzar

Video traffic optimization in mobile wireless environments using adaptive applications
David Esteban

LBS 2.0: Enabling User-driven Provision and Context-aware Utilisationof Location-based Services
Matthias Böhmer, Gernot Bauer, Wolfgang Wicht

Hyperspectral imaging: sensors, algorithms and challenges
Javier Calpe-Maravilla

Researching Research: Are we going the right way?
Mischa Dohler

 

Cap Esterel, France - 2008

Dependability and Security in Complex and Critical Information Systems [1][2][3][4]
Panel

The Internet of things
Jean Philippe Vasseur

NNN- New Nerve Network for Northern Waters
Jens M. Hovem

‘Express Forwarding’: A Distributed QoS MAC Protocol for Wireless Mesh
Mathilde Benveniste

 

Bucharest, Romania - 2008

Advanced Paradigms for Building Convergent Next Generation Services - Service Composition and Service Brokerage in Multimedia Architectures
Sorin Georgescu

Estimation of Clock Parameters and Performance Benchmarks for Synchronization in Wireless Sensor Networks
Qasim M. Chaudhari and Erchin Serpedin

Application of chemometrics for advanced bioprocess monitoring and simulation in view of the FDA´s PAT intiative
Markus Luchner

Quality of Service Management in Heterogeneous Networks
Michel Diaz

 

Athens, Greece - 2008

Peer-to-Peer Overlays for Scalable Service Access
Georgios Exarchakos and Nick Antonopoulos

WIMS 2.0: Converging IMS and Web 2.0. New multimedia services for telecom networks
David Lozano Llanos

Implementing a Knowledge-driven Hierarchical Context Model in a Medical Laboratory Information System
Jaan Pruulmann and Jan Willemson

Web-Based Information Systems for the Agile Economy: Enablers and Challenges
Herwig Mannaert

 

Gosier, Guadeloupe - 2008

Towards Anticipative Management of Systems and Networks
Petre Dini
Alex Clemm

 

Sainte Luce, Martinique - 2008

The Digital Society: Better government services and new opportunities for democratic participation
Lasse Berntzen

Working, Communicating and Learning with IT
Åsa Smedberg

 

Papeete, French Polynesia (Tahiti) - 2007

MANA Presentation
Pierre Perrey

Leveraging the Power of the Web for Science and Focusing on Development Simplicity
Roger S. Barga

 

Valencia, Spain - 2007

Security in Embedded Systems - Challenges and Opportunities
Octavio Nieto

Wireless Sensor Networks: From Science to Reality
Kay Roemer

Why IP for Sensor Networks ?
Jean Philippe Vasseur

Cryptography and Quantum Key Distribution: A Telecom Insight
Arturo Ortigosa and Jose Capmany

Novel Fiber Optic Sensing Architectures Based on Sensitive Nanofilms
Ignacio R. Matias

 

Cap Esterel, France - 2007

IMS: An Architecture for Convergent Next Generation Multimedia Services. Research and Standardisation Challenges
Sorin Georgescu, Ericsson, Canada

 

San Jose, USA - 2007

IP Networking over Satellite for Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
Klaus-Peter Doerpelkus, Cisco Systems Inc

The IT Risk Management Era - Research Challenges and Best Practices
Eyal Adar

Inspirations from Multiple Race Track Athletics for Multimedia Communications Traffic Engineering: Opportunities and Challenges
Sudip Misra

 

Athens, Greece - 2007

Realizing tangible business value from the fusion of autonomous and autonomic technologies
Dominic Greenwood

 

Morne, Mauritius - 2007

Metro Access
Tulin Atmaca and Viet Hung Nguyen

Where now for P2P? (PowerPoint version)
James Walkerdine

 

Sainte Luce, Martinique - 2007

Designing IT for Health Care from First Requirements
Voicu Z. Groza

 

Guadeloupe, French Caribbean - 2007

IPv6 Multicast
Stig Venaas

A Resilient Internet for Mission Critical Applications
Stein Gjessing