Dr. Sanjay Misra, a Sr. member of IEEE and ACM Distinguished Lecturer, is a Senior Scientist at the Institute of Energy Technology(IFE), Halden, Norway. Before joining IFE, he was associated with the Computer Science and Communication department of Østfold University College, Halden, Norway. He holds a PhD. in Information & Knowledge Engg (Software Engg) from the University of Alcala, Spain & M.Tech.(Software Engg) from MLN National Institute of Tech, India. His expertise is in the area of Applied Informatics (Cyber Security, Health Informatics, Software Engineering Applications, and Intelligent systems using AI and computational techniques), and he has published (- around 150 JCR/SCIE) in top journals like Computers and Security, Information Processing and Management, Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, Expert Systems, and Applications, etc. He has been amongst the top 2% of scientists in the world (published by Stanford University) for the last three consecutive years, ranked no 2 in the whole of Africa in computer science (as per Elsevier: Scival analysis during 2017-2022) and also got several awards for outstanding publications (2014 IET Software Premium Award (UK)), TUBITAK-Turkish Higher Education, and Atilim University). He is Editor in Chief of Int J of Human Capital & Inf Technology Professionals(IGI), IT Personnel and Project Management(IGI), and editor in various SCIE journals(Nature: Scientific Report((Impact Factor: 4.996), Elsevier: Alex. Engineering((Impact Factor: 6.626, Q1 7/92)), edited several special issues and 80 books from Springer(65 LNCSs, 4 LNEEs, 3 LNNSs, 3 CCISs) , 10 IEEE proceedings and several books. He delivered more than 100 keynotes and invited talks and public lectures at reputed conferences and institutes (he traveled to more than 60 countries).
Kerstin Siakas is an Emerita Professor at the Department of Information and Electronic Engineering at International Hellenic University, Greece and a Visiting Professor at the School of Technology, and Innovations/Production at University of Vaasa, Finland. She received her BSc and MSc degrees in economics in 1975 and 1977 respectively from Swedish Handelshögskolan vid Åbo Academy, Finland and her PhD in 2002 in Software Quality Management from the Department of Computing, Communication Technology & Mathematics, London Metropolitan University, UK. She has extensive industrial experience in different levels of software development, mainly in global organizations. Her specialty as a professor includes Information Systems Quality, Innovation and Social Networks. She has participated in numerous EU research and lifelong learning projects. She has published over 200 articles in scientific conferences and journals and she is an active member of the European Certification Qualification Association.
Georgios Lampropoulos is a Postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Applied Informatics at the University of Macedonia, Greece. He has been a Visiting Lecturer at the Department of Information and Electronic Engineering at International Hellenic University (IHU) since 2020 from which he also earned his PhD in 2023. He holds a BSc degree in “Information Technology Engineer” specialized as a “Software Engineer” and an MSc degree in “Web Intelligence” from the Department of Information Technology at Alexander Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki (currently named IHU). Additionally, he has an MEd degree in “Educational Sciences” from the School of Humanities at the Hellenic Open University. He has published over 50 articles in peer reviewed journals and conferences, he has also published edited books, taken part in international research programs, won awards in international competitions, and served as part of the editorial board, a reviewer, and a member of organizing and scientific committees of international conferences and journals. Some of his research interests are learning technologies, extended reality, artificial intelligence, learning analytics, gamification, and serious games.
