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Dr. Fernando Ortiz-Rodriguez
Dr. Fernando Ortiz-Rodriguez currently serves as a Full Professor at Tamaulipas Autonomous University (UAT) where he also directs the Artificial Intelligence and Innovation Lab. He holds the position of Research Advisor for INDEX Mexico. Previously, he served as the Executive Director of Higher Education at the International Institute of Studies (IIES).
In 2011, he founded the First Business School in Tamaulipas, Mexico, significantly enhancing academic standards and achieving a 30% increase in enrollment. Earlier in his career, Dr. Ortiz-Rodriguez held the role of Information Technology Manager at Emerson Electric, where he developed over 40 software solutions, some of which gained global adoption within Emerson. Notably, he pioneered efforts in IoT and Industry 4.0 applications in manufacturing environments as early as 2008. Dr. Ortiz-Rodriguez is currently pursuing his Ph.D. studies at the Ontology Engineering Group at the Technical University of Madrid (UPM). He is recognized as a Level 1 member of the National Researchers System (SNI) by the National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT), which promotes scientific and technological activities in Mexico. He is also an Accredited Professor certified by the National Secretary of Education in Mexico and a member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).
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Prof. Dr. Yu-Dong Zhang
Prof. Dr. Yu-Dong Zhang (Eugene) worked as a postdoc from 2010 to 2012 with Columbia University, USA, and as an Assistant Research Scientist from 2012 to 2013 with the Research Foundation of Mental Hygiene (RFMH), USA. He served as a Full Professor from 2013 to 2017 with Nanjing Normal University. Now he serves as a professor at the School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, University of Leicester, UK. His research interests include deep learning and medical image analysis. He is the Fellow of IET, Fellow of EAI, and Fellow of BCS. He is the Senior Member of IEEE, IES, and ACM. He is the Distinguished Speaker of ACM. He was included in Most Cited Chinese Researchers (Computer Science) by Elsevier from 2014 to 2018. He was the 2019 & 2021 recipient of Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate. He won the Emerald Citation of Excellence 2017 and MDPI Top 10 Most Cited Papers 2015. He is included in Top Scientist in Research.com. There are more than 50 ESI Highly Cited Papers and 5 ESI Hot Papers in his (co)authored publications. His citation reached 21143 in Google Scholar (h-index 81) and 12418 in Web of Science (h-index 61). He has conducted many successful industrial projects and academic grants from NIH, Royal Society, GCRF, EPSRC, MRC, Hope, British Council, and NSFC. He has given over 120 invited talks at international conferences, universities, and companies.
Dr. Danilo Pelusi
Professor, Department of Computer Science
University of Teramo, Italy.
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Prof. Yannis Manolopoulos
Yannis Manolopoulos is a distinguished academic with a background in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, where he earned his Diploma and Ph.D. degrees. Currently, he serves as Professor at the Open University of Cyprus and holds the title of Professor Emeritus at Aristotle University. He is also a member of the Board at the University of Macedonia and Academia Europaea in London. Throughout his career, he has held significant leadership roles including Vice-Rector at the Open University of Cyprus and President of the Board at the University of Western Macedonia. His research in Data Management is prolific, encompassing 6 monographs, 10 textbooks, and over 350 papers published in journals and conferences worldwide. Highly cited, with an h-index of 62, he has received numerous accolades including best paper awards from prestigious conferences. Dr. Manolopoulos is deeply engaged in the academic community, serving on editorial boards for several prominent journals and contributing as a keynote speaker and examiner in doctoral committees internationally. His influence extends to organizing conferences globally and mentoring doctoral graduates who have pursued careers across Europe and the United States.
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Dr. Krystian Wojtkiewicz
Krystian Wojtkiewicz is an esteemed educator from Wrocław University of Science and Technology in Wrocław, Poland. With a profound computer science, engineering, and management background, Krystian obtained his Diplomas and a PhD from renowned Polish universities. Drawing upon over 20 years of expertise in IT systems modelling, he is a true specialist in business process modelling and optimization. Krystian's scholarly contributions include over 30 research papers and several book editions, and his insightful work is recognized through his involvement as a reviewer in top-class conferences and journals.