2024 Keynotes
Prof. Fatos Xhafa
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Spain
Editor in Chief: Elsevier Book Series "Intelligent Data Centric Systems"
Editor in Chief: Springer Book Series "Data Engineering and Communication Technologies"
Editor in Chief: Internet of Things; Engineering Cyber Physical Human Systems, Elsevier
Biography: Fatos Xhafa, PhD in Computer Science, is Full Professor at the Technical University of Catalonia (UPC), Barcelona, Spain. He has held various tenured and visiting professorship positions. He was a Visiting Professor at the University of Surrey, UK (2019/2020), Visiting Professor at the Birkbeck College, University of London, UK (2009/2010) and a Research Associate at Drexel University, Philadelphia, USA (2004/2005). Prof. Xhafa has widely published in peer reviewed international journals, conferences/workshops, book chapters, edited books and proceedings in the field (H-index 62). Prof. Xhafa has an extensive editorial service. He is founder and Editor-In-Chief of Internet of Things - Journal - Elsevier (Scopus and WoS Science) and of International Journal of Grid and Utility Computing, (Scopus and WoS Science). Prof. Xhafa is a member of the IEEE Communications Society, IEEE Systems, Man & Cybernetics Society and Founder Member of Emerging Technical Subcommittee of Internet of Things. His research interests include IoT and Cloud-to-thing continuum computing, massive data processing and collective intelligence, optimization, and machine learning, among others. Please visit http://www.cs.upc.edu/~fatos/ and http://dblp.uni-trier.de/pers/hd/x/Xhafa:Fatos.
Prof. Cristina Galván
University of Barcelona, Spain
Biography: Prof. Cristina Galván received her Ph.D. in Education and Society from the University of Barcelona in 2015. Currently, she serves as a Lecturer in Educational Theory in the Digital Society at the University of Barcelona. Dr. Galván is the director of the Virtual Learning Research Group (GREAV), as well as the Virtual Learning and AI, Interactivity, and Accessibility Innovation Group. Additionally, she oversees the Masters in Digital Learning Environments mediated by Digital Technologies. She also serves on the scientific board of the Q2 Scopus-indexed journal, Digital Education Review.
Prof. Stylianos Mystakidis
University of Patras, Greece
Biography: Dr. Stylianos Mystakidis is an awarded Innovator and Researcher on Educational Technology at the University of Patras, Greece, Adjunct Faculty member at the International Hellenic University and the Hellenic Open University and Visiting Professor at the International Telematic University UNINETTUNO, Italy. His expertise lies in the intersection of immersive technologies such as metaverse, virtual worlds, VR and AR with instructional design and game-based methods. His name has been included in Stanford University's list of scientists in the field of Education with the most citations of their research work in the world for 2022 (top 2%).
Google Scholar profile: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=M4yfbJ4AAAAJ.