Invited Guests & Keynote Speakers
Prof. Lavinia Chiara Tagliabue
University of Turin, Italy
Keynote Title: Digital twins for the green and digital transition in the construction sector
Prof. Lavinia Chiara Tagliabue is part of BIMGroup, Department of Architecture, Built Environment and Construction Engineering, Politecnico di Milano. Her research focuses on digital and green transition, sustainability at the building and district level, environmental and energy protocols, energy saving, renewable energies, energy retrofit, NZEB, LC-NZEB, interoperability BIM to BEM (building information modeling to building energy modeling), cognitive buildings, digital twins, behavioral design, probabilistic models, building management systems (BMS).
She is an international expert in the project Integration of Blockchain and Digital Twin for Smart Asset Lifecycle Management and invited lecturer at the course Intensive Knowledge in BIM and International expert University of Jonkoping, Sweden; Conference Chair European Conference in Computing in Construction E3 2023; invited keynote speaker Conference on Blockchain in Construction, Hong Kong, 2023. Author of more than 200 publications in international journals and conferences.
Dr. Sudhan Majhi
IISC, Bangalore, India
Dr. Sudhan Majhi received the M.Tech degree in computer science and data processing (CSDP) from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, India, in 2004, and the Ph.D. degree from Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, in 2008. He has post-doctoral experience with the University of Michigan, Dearborn, USA, the Institute of Electronics and Telecommunications Rennes (IETR), France, and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He was an Assistant professor jointly with Mathematics and Electrical Engineering department at IIT Patna from 2013 to 2018. He was also an associate professor from July 2018 to August 2021. Currently, he is an associate professor in the Electrical Communication Engineering (ECE) at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
He is fellow of Sir Visvesvaraya Young Faculty Research. He is an Editor of IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology Journal, IEEE Wireless Communications Letters. He has served an editorship of IEEE Communications Letters and an Associate Editor of Circuits, Systems and Signal processing (CSSP) – Springer. His research interest includes signal processing for wireless communication which includes blind synchronization and parameter estimation, modulation classification, cooperative communications, physical layer security, cognitive radio, OFDM, SC-FDMA, MIMO, MIMO-OFDM NOMA, mmWAVE, IRS, and sequence design.
Fernando Moreira
Universidade Portucalense, Portugal
Fernando Moreira established the Science and Technology Department, created the first engineering degrees, and served as its head from May 2018 until February 2022. He earned his Bachelor's degree in Computer Science in 1992, a Master's degree in Electronic Engineering in 1997, and a Ph.D. in Electronic Engineering in 2003, all from the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Porto. In 2018, he also achieved his Habilitation. He has been a dedicated member of the Science and Technology Department at Portucalense University since 1992, where he currently holds the position of Full Professor. Additionally, he serves as a visiting professor at several other esteemed universities. His teaching portfolio encompasses various subjects spanning undergraduate and post-graduate studies.
He also supervises Ph.D. and Master's students. He has significantly contributed to his field with over 275 papers, Scopus indexed, and peer-reviewed scientific publications in national and international journals and conferences. He serves as a member of the Editorial Advisory Board for various journals and books. He has organized numerous special issues for JCR journals (Telematics and Informatics, Future Generation Computer Systems, Cluster Computing, Expert Systems, etc.). His commitment to advancing research is reflected in his consistent participation as Conference Chair, Workshop Chair, Chief Guest, Keynote speaker, and in the programme and scientific committees for national and international conferences. He held the MSc in Computation coordinator position for a decade, demonstrating his dedication to academic leadership. He is a REMIT research centre steering committee member with extensive editorial experience and has co-edited several books. His professional affiliations include NSTICC, ACM, and IEEE. His primary research interests encompass mobile computing, ICT in Higher Education, Mobile learning, Social Business, and Digital transformation. He received the prestigious Atlas Elsevier Award in April 2019 for his contributions.
Dr. Dae-Ki Kang
Dongseo University, South Korea
Dae-Ki Kang is a distinguished professor at Dongseo University in South Korea. He previously served as a senior member of the engineering staff at the attached Institute of Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) in South Korea. He earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Iowa State University in 2006. His research interests encompass Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning, Hyperparameter Optimization and Network Architecture Search, Automated Machine Learning, Adversarial Machine Learning, Bankruptcy prediction models and financial ratio analysis, and Datamining based intrusion detection.
Prior to joining Iowa State University, he gained valuable experience working at two startup companies in the San Francisco Bay Area, as well as at the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute in South Korea. He holds a Master of Science degree in Computer Science from Sogang University, which he obtained in 1994, and a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Computer Science and Engineering from Hanyang University (ERICA Campus), awarded in 1992.
Professor Kang has authored over 50 publications, which include books, book chapters, and high-impact SCI journal papers, more than 60 journal papers indexed in SCOPUS and KCI, and more than 50 international conferences. He serves as an editor for several SCI journals, including CMC, Applied Sciences, Sensors, Electronics, Symmetry, and AI+.
Additionally, he contributes to the development of international standards as an editor for ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 27, ITU-T SG 17, and IEEE 3079. Professor Kang has also played significant roles at various international conferences, serving as chair, keynote speaker, and invited speaker at national and international conferences.