Dr. Georges Abdul-Nour is an Emeritus Professor at the Department of Industrial engineering, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Canada. He received his Bachelors and Master Degrees in IE from the Université de Moncton, N.B.’ Canada. He completed his PhD at Texas Tech University; Lubbock Texas, U.S.A.
Dr. Abdul-Nour authored and co-authored 25 books and books chapters, and more than 450-refereed papers in international journals and conferences proceeding, and technical reports. His research interest is in fields such as Intelligent Asset Management, Complexes Systems Resilience, Reliability and Maintenance, Intelligent Manufacturing, I4.0, I5.0, and IX.0. Lean-Six Sigma, and JIT (TPS). He is a member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Production Research (IJPR), and on the Board of the International Society of Engineering Asset Management (ISEAM). Professor Abdul-Nour is a registered member of the Order of Engineers of Quebec (OIQ). He served as Chair of Engineering School and of Research Institute on Small and Medium Enterprises (SME), (INRPME) at UQTR. He is an Elected Member of the Academy of Industrial Engineering of Texas Tech. Dr. Abdul-Nour hold the HQ/NSERG Research Chair in Asset-Management and He is a Fellow of ISEAM
Minh Ngoc Dinh is an Associate Professor in Computer Science and currently serving as the Deputy Dean for Research & Innovation at the School of Science, Engineering & Technology, RMIT University, Vietnam. Dr. Minh Ngoc Dinh received a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Monash University, Australia. His research interest is in Computational Science, High-Performance Computing (HPC), and Artificial Intelligence (AI). Dr Dinh’s expertise is developed through his previous positions at Monash University, The University of Queensland, and the Queensland Cyber Infrastructure Foundation. He has a strong track record in research & development (R&D), with excellent communication and project management skills. Dr. Dinh recently founded a tech startup, aims to empower Vietnamese businesses with AI.
Turuna Seecharan obtained her Ph.D. degree in Systems Design Engineering from the University of Waterloo, Canada, specializing in "Robust Design Optimization using Metamodels". She is a licensed Professional Engineer with the Professional Engineers of Ontario and a board member of the International Society of Engineering Asset Management. Presently, she is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the University of Minnesota Duluth. Her current research interests are Gamification and the role of Human Factors in Asset Management.
Adolfo Crespo Márquez is currently Full Professor at the School of Engineering of the University of Seville, and recently Head of the Department of Industrial Management. He holds a Ph.D. with Honors in Industrial Engineering from this same University. He is included in the Stanford University’s list of world top-scientists in 2023 and he received the Spanish Maintenance Award from the Spanish Maintenance Association (AEM) in 2020. His research works have been published in journals such as Reliability Engineering and System Safety, International Journal of Production Research, International Journal of Production Economics, European Journal of Operations Research, Omega, Decision Support Systems and Computers in Industry, among others. Prof. Crespo is the author of 9 books and Editor of 8 books with Springer, Aenor, IGI Global and INGEMAN, about maintenance, warranty, supply chain and assets management. Professor Crespo is Fellow and Director of ISEAM (International Society of Engineering Assets Management), Editor-in-Chief of the Springer Book Series Engineering and Asset Management Review, and leads the Spanish Research Network on Assets Management and the Spanish Committee for Maintenance Standardization (1995-2003). He also leads the SIM (Sistemas Inteligentes de Mantenimiento) research group related to maintenance and dependability management and has extensively participated in many engineering and consulting projects for different companies, for the Spanish Departments of Defense, Science and Education as well as for the European Commission (IPTS). He is the President of INGEMAN (a National Association for the Development of Maintenance Engineering in Spain) since 2002.
Dragan Komljenovic received a BSc from the University of Tuzla, an MSc from the University of Belgrade, a first PhD from Université Laval in 2002 and a second PhD from Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières in 2018. He works as a Senior Research Scientist at Hydro-Québec’s research institute (IREQ) in the field of reliability, resilience, asset management and risk analysis. He has also worked as a reliability and nuclear safety engineer at Gentilly-2 nuclear power pla
