Professor Karl Andersson, PhD

Research subject: Pervasive and Mobile Computing

Division: Computer Science, Distance- Spanning Technology, Digital Services and Systems

Department of Computer Science, Electrical and Space Engineering

https://www.ltu.se/staff/k/karand?l=en

Title:  AI an expert systems research at the Arctic Circle

After receiving his master degree in Computer Science and Technology from the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, Karl Andersson started his professional career as a consultant, project manager, business developer, and branch manager within the Capgemini Group. Returning to academia as a PhD Student he obtained his PhD degree after defending his thesis "On Access Network Selection Models and Mobility Support in Heterogeneous Wireless Networks". After visiting Columbia University in the City of New York as a postdoctoral researcher and National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Tokyo, Japan as a JSPS Fellow, Karl is now Professor in Pervasive and Mobile Computing at Luleå University of Technology (LTU), Skellefteå, Sweden. Since 2017, Karl is leading Centre for Distance-spanning Technology at LTU specialising in research centred around fifth generation mobile networks (5G), Internet of Things (IoT), and datacenters. Karl is currently coordinating a number of projects funded by the EU, VINNOVA, and the Swedish Energy Agency.

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Karl is a senior member of the IEEE and a senior member of ACM. He has served as reviewer for a number of journals including IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, IEEE Transactions on Computers, IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine, Computer Networks, Wireless Personal Communications, Wireless Networks, Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, Journal of Wireless Mobile Networks, Ubiquitous Computing, and Dependable Applications, International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing, and ETRI Journal. Furthermore, he has served as reviewer for many conferences including ICC, Globecom, VTC, WCNC, WiMob, IWCMC, and NTMS. Also, he is serving on a number of TPCs and the editorial boards of Journal of Internet Services and Information Security and Journal of Wireless Mobile Networks, Ubiquitous Computing, and Dependable Applications. During 2020 and 2021, Karl is general chair for IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN).

Professor Tatiana Romanova

Professor of System Engineering Department, Department of Applied Mathematics, Member of the Specialized Scientific Council, Doctor of Technical Sciences, 

Title:  Optimized Sparse Packing Models and Applications

Professor Tatiana Romanova received her M.Sc. degree in Applied Mathematics from Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics (NURE), Ukraine; Ph.D. and Dr.Sci. (Habilitation) in Mathematical Modeling and Computational Methods from the Institute of Cybernetics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev. She is a principal researcher at the Department of Mathematical Modeling and Optimal Design, Institute for Mechanical Engineering Problems of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and a professor at the chair of Applied Mathematics, Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics.

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Professor Romanova combines substantial model development skills and computational expertise in the challenging area of global and local nonlinear optimization, with applications to packing, cutting, covering and layout design problems. She proposed novel approaches to mathematical modeling of geometric design problems. This research opened the way to solve a wide range of theoretical and applied problems arising in space engineering, medical research, materials science, energy, nanotechnology, and additive manufacturing. She formulated new classes of geometric design problems,
considering hard geometric and mechanical constraints such as sparse layout, balance layout and cluster layout. Her works have been published in top-ranking international journals such as European Journal of Operational Research, Journal of Global Optimization, International Journal of Production Research. She also has been a contributing author to several volumes of the Springer Optimization and its Applications series.

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Her research was supported by grants from Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (GIO), STCU, Volkswagen Foundation. She was invited to give lectures on the phi-function technique at universities of Dresden (Germany), Cardiff (Wales), Porto (Portugal), Southampton (England), Monterrey (Mexico). She is a member of ESICUP, EWG EURO, OPTISAD.

Professor Nader Barsoum

President of the Asia Pacific Society for Solar and Hybrid Technologies (APSSAHT)

Title: Smart Energy Optimization

Nader Barsoum received the PhD degree in electric machines from the University of Newcastle, in 1989. He received three more degrees from Alexandria University in Power Engineering, Applied Mathematics, and Engineering Mathematics In 1976, 1979, and 1983, respectively. He is currently the President of the Asia Pacific Society for Solar and Hybrid Technologies (APSSAHT), Editor-In-Chief of the Global Journal of Technology and Optimization, and a formal General Chairman of annual global conference of power, control, and optimization, and formal president of STEM (science, technology, education and mathematics) state. He has lectured at many universities including, University Malaysia Sabah, Curtin University, University of Western Sydney, University Science Malaysia, University of Newcastle upon Tyne and Alexandria University. He received the School Research and Developments Excellence Award in 2010, Highest Research Performance Incentive Award in 2010, Best Researcher Award in 2009, ANAK Sarawak Award in 2009, and University Encouragement Award in 1992. He has completed several funded projects such as: Implementation of an optimal energy saving system with solar tracker in 2010, Low cost hydrogen fuel cell for hybrid renewable energy system in 2006, development of small module for speed drive control in 2009, and development of high-speed solar tricycle in 2016. Besides supervising many Master and PhD degrees, he has also been selected several times as an external examiner, and published over 130 papers, Book Chapters and Books in both international indexed journals and conferences. He was also a member of Institute of Solar Energy Society, Editorial Board of Innovation in Power, Control, and Optimization: Emerging Energy in September-2020, Editor of proceeding of American Institute of Physics special issue since 2008, and the Guest Editor of Elsevier International Journal of Computers and Mathematics with Applications for 2010 and 2012.

Professor Elias Munapo

Department of Statistics & Operations Research, NWU
www.nwu.ac.za

Title: Latest Developments in Linear Integer Programming & Applications

Elias Munapo is a Professor of Operations Research and he holds a BSc. (Hons) in Applied Mathematics (1997), MSc. in Operations Research (2002) and a PhD in Applied Mathematics (2010). All these qualifications are from the National University of science and Technology (N.U.S.T.) in Zimbabwe. In addition he has a certificate in outcomes-based assessment in Higher Education and Open distance learning, from the University of South Africa (UNISA) and another certificate in University Education Induction Programme from the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN). Elias Munapo is a Professional Natural Scientist certified by the South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions (SACNASP) in 2012.

Elias Munapo has vast experience in university education and has worked for five (5) institutions of higher learning. The institutions are Zimbabwe Open University (ZOU), Chinhoyi University of Technology (CUT), University of South Africa (UNISA), University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) and North West University (NWU).

Elias Munapo has successfully supervised/co-supervised 10 doctoral students and over 20 master’s students to completion.  Professor Munapo has published over 100 research articles. Of these publications, one is a book, several are book chapters and conference proceedings and the majority are journal articles. In addition he has been awarded the North West University Institutional Research Excellence Award (IREA) thrice and is an editor of a couple of journals, has edited several books and is a reviewer of a number of journals.

Professor Mohammed Moshiul Hoque

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. D) in Science & Engineering
Director, Sheikh Kamal IT Business 
Founding Director, CUET NLP Lab 

Title: Active Vision-based Attention Monitoring for Non-

          Distracted Driving

Mohammed Moshiul Hoque received Ph. D from Saitama University [Japan, 2012] and M.Sc. Engg from BUET, [Bangladesh, 2005]. Currently, Mohammed Moshiul Hoque serving as the Professor in the Dept. of CSE, Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology (CUET), and Director, Sheikh Kamal IT Business Incubator in CUET. He was served as Head of the Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering and Director of Student’s Welfare (CUET). He is the founding director of CUET Natural Language Processing (NLP) Lab and coordinator of CUET Fab Lab. He also working as the head of self-assessment committee, Department of CSE, CUET and working as the sub-project manager to establish a Fab lab in CUET funded by World Bank under HEQEP, UGC. Recently, he is working in a National level initiative called Unibator-a competition which supports to transform academic project into start-ups. Mr. Hoque working as an Expert Member of evaluation committee, Board of Accreditation of Engineering & Technology Education (BAETE), Bangladesh. His research works received several grants from ICT Division, Bangladesh, Bangladesh High Tech Park Authority and University Grants Commission of Bangladesh.

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He has published more than 145 publications in several International Journals, and Conferences. His research works are awarded in several international conferences, such as HIS 2011, EICT 2013, IEMIS 2018, ICO 2019, ICIoTCT 2020 and CONSTRAINT-AAAI 2021. One of his works has received Champion Award in Digital Innovation Fair 2016 both in Division & District Level and another work received 2nd prize in a national level completion at Solve-a-Thon Category. He is actively engaged as a reviewer in several reputed journals and conferences such as IEEE Access, Journal of Soft computing, IEEE/ACM HRI, IEEE/RSJ IROS, and so on.

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Goran Klepac

Ph.D., Asst. Prof, senior research, Director of Big Data Analytics 
Hrvatski Telekom
Croatia

Title: Data science in service of customer portfolio management (how data science helps us to better understanding customer needs)
 

Goran Klepac, , Ph.D., Asst. Prof, senior research associate, works as a Director of Big data Analytics in Hrvatski telekom, Croatia. Previously, he worked as a manager in Raiffeisen Bank, Croatia , as well as a consultant and manager in different companies in Croatia. He has great experience as data science lead in different business areas as manager and problem solver in different domains like retail, finance, insurance, hospitality, telecommunications, and productions. He lectures subjects in the domain of data mining, predictive analytics, decision support system, banking risk, risk evaluation models, expert systems, database marketing and business intelligence in different Universities in Croatia. He is an author/co-author of more than 50 scientific works, mainly books and book chapters in the domain of data science with publishers like Springer, IGI-Global, Elsevier, CRC press.

Sansanee Auephanwiriyakul

Computer Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering
Biomedical Engineering Institute
Chiang Mai University,
Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand
sansanee@eng.cmu.ac.th

Title: Fuzzy Pattern Recognition in Data Analysis

Sansanee Auephanwiriyakul (S’98–M’01) received the B.Eng. (Hons.) degree in electrical engineering from the Chiang Mai University, Thailand (1993), the M.S. degree in electrical and computer engineering and Ph.D. degree in computer engineering and computer science, both from the University of Missouri, Columbia, in 1996, and 2000, respectively. After receiving her Ph.D. degree, she worked as a post-doctoral fellow at the Computational Intelligence Laboratory, University of Missouri-Columbia. She is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Engineering and an associate director of the Biomedical Engineering Institute, Chiang Mai University, Thailand. Dr. Auephanwiriyakul is a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). She is an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy System, the IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and 
Learning Systems, Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, and ECTI Transactions on Computer and Information Technology. She was an Editorial Board of several prominent journals. She was a general chair of the IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (CIBCB 2016). She was a Technical Program Chair, Organizing Committee in several major conferences including the IEEE International, Conference Fuzzy Systems. She is also a member of several important IEEE CIS technical committees.