General Chair
Ljiljana Trajkovic
Professor, Simon Fraser University, Canada.
Research field: communication network, nonlinear circuits and systems, dynamical systems.
Dr. Ljiljana Trajkovic is Professor with the School of Engineering Science, Simon Fraser University in Canada. She graduated from University of Pristina in 1974, got her master's degrees in electrical engineering (1979) and computer engineering (1981) from Syracuse University and PhD in electrical engineering from University of California, Los Angeles in 1986. She was a National Science Foundation Visiting Professor at UC Berkeley College of Engineering, and a research scientist and member of technical staff at Bell Labs and Bell Communications Research. She served as IEEE Division X Delegate/Director (2019–2020) and IEEE Division X Delegate-Elect/Director-Elect (2018). She served as Senior Past President (2018–2019), Junior Past President (2016–2017), President (2014–2015), President-Elect (2013), Vice President Publications (2012–2013, 2010–2011), Vice President Long-Range Planning and Finance (2008–2009), and a Member at Large of the Board of Governors (2004–2006) of the IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society. She served as 2007 President and 2006 President-Elect of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society and a member of its Board of Governors (2004–2005, 2001–2003). She served as Chair of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society joint Chapter of the Vancouver/Victoria Sections (2001–2021). She was Chair of the IEEE Technical Committee on Nonlinear Circuits and Systems (1998). She is General Co-Chair of SMC 2026 and General Co-Chair of SMC Workshops on BMI Systems (2018–2025). She was General Co-Chair of SMC 2020, SMC 2016, and HPSR 2014, Special Sessions Co-Chair of SMC 2017, Technical Program Chair of SMC Workshops on BMI Systems (2016–2017), Technical Program Co-Chair of ISCAS 2005, and Technical Program Chair and Vice General Co-Chair of ISCAS 2004. She serves as Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems (2021–2026) and as Associate Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Open Journal of Systems Engineering (2022–2025). She served as an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems (Part I) (2004–2005, 1993–1995), the IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems (Part II) (2018, 2002–2003, 1999–2001), and the IEEE Circuits and Systems Magazine (2001–2003). She is a Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society (2025, 2020–2021) and was a Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE Circuits and System Society (2021–2022, 2010–2011, 2002–2003). She is a Professional Member of IEEE-HKN and a Life Fellow of the IEEE.
Co-Chair
Xiangjie Kong
Professor, Zhejiang University of Technology, China.
Research field: urban computing, social computing, knowledge management.
Kong Xiangjie is a professor at the School of Computer Science and Technology, Zhejiang University of Technology, a recipient of the Zhejiang Provincial Outstanding Youth Fund, a Hangzhou Qianjiang Distinguished Expert, a Canal Young Scholar at Zhejiang University of Technology, and the founder and director of the Urban Science and Social Computing Laboratory. He is currently a Distinguished Member of the CCF, a Senior Member of IEEE, a Member of ACM, a Member of the American Society for Research in Science (Sigma Xi), an Executive Committee Member of the Information Systems Committee of the China Computer Federation, an Executive Committee Member of the Ubiquitous Computing Committee of the China Computer Federation, and a Member of the Federated Data and Federated Intelligence Committee of the Chinese Association of Automation. He has served as an editor for several international SCI journals, including PeerJ Computer Science, KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems, and Array, and as a (chief) guest editor for several international SCI journal special issues, such as Pervasive and Mobile Computing. He has been invited to serve as the plenary/program committee chair for more than 10 international conferences, including CCVPR, and has delivered plenary/keynote speeches at more than 10 international conferences, including IEEE CCCI. He serves on the Senior Program Committee (SPC/TPC) of several international conferences, including AAAI, IJCAI, KDD, IEEE Big Data, IJCNN, COMPLEX NETWORKS, IEEE UIC, and IEEE ICC. He has published/accepted over 300 papers in international journals and conferences and has consistently been ranked among the top 2% of scientists globally by Stanford University, both in terms of lifetime impact and annual scientific impact.
Seifedine Kadry
Professor, Lebanese American University, Lebanon.
Research field: data science, education using technology, system prognostics, stochastic systems, applied mathematics.
Seifedine Kadry is a professor of Data Science at Lebanese American University, Lebanon. He holds a HdR (Habilitation Degree) in Engineering Sciences from Rouen University, France (2017) and a Ph.D. in Engineering Sciences from Blaise-Pascal University, France (2007). He also earned an M.S. in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science from EPFL Lausanne, Switzerland (2002) and a B.S. in Computer Science and Applied Mathematics from the Lebanese University (1999). Previously, he was a professor at the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at Beirut Arab University and the founder and director of the Data Science Center there. He also held academic positions at Noroff University College in Norway, the American University of the Middle East in Kuwait, and Lebanese University in Lebanon. He also held academic positions at the American University of the Middle East, Kuwait, and Lebanese University, Lebanon. Prof. Kadry has extensive teaching experience, having taught courses such as NoSQL Database, Big Data Analytics, Discrete Mathematics, Automata Theory, Computing Statistics, Machine Learning, Data Science, AI, Business Statistics, Biostatistics, Probability, Statistics for Business, Probability for Engineering, Java Programming, Operating Systems, and Database. He has been actively involved in quality assurance and accreditation, serving as a member of various committees and as an accreditation expert for multiple organizations and countries. His professional roles include being a European Project Fund Reviewer, Fellow of IEEE, IET, IETE, and IASCIT, and serving as Editor in Chief of IJEECS and IJQCSSE journals, as well as Associate Editor of IEEE Access. He is an ABET program evaluator for Computing and for Engineering Tech. He is a distinguished speaker of the IEEE Computer Society.
Ramona Lile
Professor, Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad, Romania.
Research field: business administration, organizational studies, managerial economics, educational management.
Professor Ramona LILE is a rector of Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad, Romania. Ramona LILE coordinating of all academic and administrative activities from Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad; chairing the Administration Council; monitoring the application of the Law of Education no. 1/2011, of University Charter, internal regulations and decisions of the Senate; signing documents that fall within the competence of the rector, signing all national and international institutional partnerships and agreements. Management skills acquired during her career, following the occupation of lead positions. Ramona LILE has national and international recognition within communication sessions at national and international levels, scientific board member of international journals. She is the director, manager, or member of national and international projects. Ms. Lile has been involved in projects with local authorities. Ramona LILE is the guest editor of many prestigious journals. She has coordinated the volumes of prestigious publishing houses and forms research teams with researchers from all over the world.
Organizing Committee Chair
Valentina Emilia Balas, Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad, Romania
Xinguo Yu, Central China Normal University, China
Organizing Committee Member
Chew Fong Peng, University of Malaya, Malaysia
Chien-Ming Chen, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, China
Danilo Avola, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Dimitrios A. Karras, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), Greece
Flora Lau, Hong Kong Shue Yan University, China
Ganesh Davanam, Mohan Babu University, India
Hamed Taherdoost, University Canada West, Canada
Hamid Mattiello, University of Applied Sciences (FHM), Germany
Jayaprakash Kar, The LNM Institute of Information Technology, India
Laura de Oliveira Fernandes Moraes, Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Lu Leng, Nanchang Hangkong University, China
M. A. Jabbar, Vardhaman College of Engineering, India
Ming Xie, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Pascal Lorenz, University of Haute-Alsace, France
Prathamesh Churi, NMIMS University, India
Sohail S. Chaudhry, Villanova University, USA
Siu-lun Lee, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
Vijayan K. Asari, University of Dayton, USA
Sponsor
International Society for Advanced Scientific Research (ASR)
Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad
University of Technology and Arts in Applied Sciences in Warsaw
Department of Food Science & Technology, School of Agricultural Sciences, University of Patras