Steering Committee Chairs
Alexander Kocian
Iscte – University of Pisa, Italy
Bio:
Alexander Kocian is currently Assistant Professor at the Department of Computer Science, University of Pisa, Italy. His current research areas are in e-health, agro informatics, machine learning and Internet of Things, where he has coauthored dozens peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings. Dr. Kocian is EAI Fellow. He currently serves as member of Editorial Board for Stats (MDPI), Signals (MDPI) and Artificial Intelligence and Applications (Bon View Publishing).
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https://pages.di.unipi.it/kocian/
Ana Lúcia Henriques Martins
Iscte – University Institute of Lisbon, Portugal
Bio:
Ana Lúcia Martins is an Associate Professor at ISCTE-IUL and an integrated researcher at BRU-Iscte (Business Research Unt). She holds a PhD in Management, specializing in Operations Management and Technology, and an MSc in Management, specializing in Strategy. She currently serves as Iscte Business School Vice-dean for Teaching and Innovation. She also serves as director of the Master in Humanitarian Actions, and in the past served as director of the bachelor's degree in Industrial Management and Logistics. Ana teaches Operations Management, Logistics Management, Service Operations Management, and Supply Chain Management. Ana authored more than 100 scientific articles. She has authored book chapters in logistics management and lean management in the justice systems. Her current main research topics are operations management in humanitarian settings, logistics management, supply chain management, and lean management in the services area, mainly in judicial and healthcare systems. Ana is involved in several European projects, contributing in the areas of operations management and assurance of learning activities.
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https://ciencia.iscte-iul.pt/authors/ana-lucia-henriques-martins/cv
João Carlos Ferreira
Iscte – University Institute of Lisbon, Portugal
Bio:
João C. Ferreira is senior research at INOV, ISTAR and Molde. His research interests are in: data science, Text Mining, IoT, Blockchain AI, and AI application to health, energy, transportation, Electric Vehicle, Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) and sustainable mobility systems. He has authored more than 300 papers in computer science. He has executed more than 50 projects (6 as PI), more than 200 scientific paper reviews and more than 30 scientific project evaluations. IEEE CIS Chair 2016-2018 and current vice-chair of IEEE Blockchain PT, CIS PT chapter and Bruxels AI and robotics. Main organizer of international conferences such as: OAIR 2013, INTSYS from 2018 to 2022. IEEE senior member since 2015. Guest Editor and topic editor of MDPI in the topics of energies, electronics and Sensors. President of the IEEE CIS in PT (2017-2018). Author of a patent in the area of Edge Computer in a monitoring system for fishing vessels. Vice-Chair Computational Intelligence Society and IEEE Blockchain in Portugal and Industry Ambassador in Portugal.
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https://ciencia.iscte-iul.pt/authors/joao-carlos-amaro-ferreira/cv
