Invited Speaker

  • Keynote Speaker I


    Prof. Xin-She Yang
    Middlesex University, UK

    Biography:     Xin-She Yang obtained his DPhil in Applied Mathematics from the University of Oxford. He then worked at Cambridge University and National Physical Laboratory (UK) as a Senior Research Scientist. Now he is Reader in Modelling and Optimization at Middlesex University, an elected Bye-Fellow at Cambridge University and Adjunct Professor at Reykjavik University (Iceland). He is the chair of the IEEE CIS Task Force on Business Intelligence and Knowledge Management. He is also listed on the 2016 Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researchers.

    Keynote Speaker II


    Prof. Ronny Hartanto
    Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences, Germany

    Biography:     Coming soon......

    Plenary Speaker I


    Prof. Huseyin Seker, 
    The University of Northumbria at Newcastle, UK

    Biography: 

    Huseyin Seker joined the University of Northumbria in November 2014 as a Reader in Computer Science. Prior to that, I worked for De Montfort University, Universities of Bradford and Leicester. I am the Business and Engagement Lead for the Department of Computer Science and Digital Technologies.

    PGR Supervision: 
    Huseyin Seker supervise several PhD students and would be happy to work with those who are interested in my research areas. Please see my personal website http://computing.unn.ac.uk/staff/yqqd6/home.htm

    Further Information: 
    My personal web site: http://computing.unn.ac.uk/staff/yqqd6/home.htm
    Bio-Health Informatics Research Team: 
    http://computing.unn.ac.uk/staff/yqqd6/biohealthteam.htm
    Big Data Analytics Clinic: 
    http://computing.unn.ac.uk/staff/yqqd6/BigDataAnalyticsClinic.htm
    SekerBigDataLab:https://github.com/sekerbigdatalab/
    My Research Gate Profile: 
    https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Huseyin_Seker
    My Northumbria Research Link can be found here

    Plenary Speaker II


    Prof. Michel Aldanondo
    Universite de Toulouse,  France

    Biography:     Michel Aldanondo is a Professor and former Director of the Industrial Engineering Laboratory, IMT-Albi, University of Toulouse. He graduated from ENS Paris-Saclay and got his PhD from INSA-LAAS CNRS Toulouse. Professor Aldanondo teaches design, quality and operation management courses, mainly at the graduate level. His research is concentrated on the development of interactive knowledge based design tools especially configuration tools thanks to constraint based approaches. He has directed 15 PhD students and more than 80 master's students. He has published more than 120 articles in journals and conference proceedings. Getting more information here:
    http://perso.mines-albi.fr/~aldanond/