Dr. Ibtesam Sayedalameen Mohamad Almami is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology at Qassim University in Buraydah, Saudi Arabia. She earned her Ph.D. in Biotechnology from Nottingham Trent University in the United Kingdom with emphasis on molecular biotechnology, cell biology, and proteomics. A significant focus of her work involves the study of transglutaminases (TGs), a family of Ca²⁺-dependent enzymes that catalyze post-translational modifications of proteins. She has investigated the role of TG2 in cytoprotection, particularly its mediation by PKA and PKC signaling pathways in cardiomyocyte-like H9c2 cells. Her work continues to enhance the understanding of enzyme functions in various biological contexts, including their roles in disease mechanisms and potential therapeutic applications. Dr. Ibtesam Sayedalameen Mohamad Almami has also been actively involved in delivering subjects in the department of Biology, supervising MSc and PhD students, publishing, and conducting collaborative local and international research.

Dr Radmila Juric is an SDPS fellow, with 30+ years of experience as an academic, working in the UK Higher Education, in various capacities: from lecturing, course development and management, and academic quality assurance, to research management, supervision, and editorial jobs. Dr Juric has published extensively, contributed towards academic events in various roles, delivered talks in academia and in industry and encouraged young scholars to undertake interdisciplinary research, which she has been passionately promoting for decades. Her research interest is wide and spans decades of publishing on software interoperability, semantic technologies, software architectures, pervasive computational environments, translational bioinformatics and generative AI. Over the last five years Dr Juric has focused on research trends which range from intelligent computational edge, computing continuum and human machine augmentation to addressing problems of obscurity, explainability and bias of AI algorithms and the way we evaluate AI models. The synergy of logic and predictive inference has triggered her research on transdiagnostic dimension of mental health disorders in computational psychiatry. However, the same symbiosis of symbolic computing and neural network powered LLM, pushed her research towards neurosymbolic computing for building trustworthy AI/GenAI.

Dr. Eiman Sayedalamin Almami is an independent UK researcher, holding a Ph.D. in Computing from Plymouth University, United Kingdom. Dr Almami’s long term research interest is in assistive technologies and educational improvements, with technology enhanced learning. She is particularly interested in creating computational models for software solutions which generate inclusive and adaptive learning environments, with emphasis on differences in learning and individual neurodevelopments. Dr Almami also specialises in exploiting the first order logic and semantic web technologies for creating dynamic, adaptable and context aware software solutions based on reasoning, which address a range of problems related to knowledge generation, discoveries and dissemination across healthcare deliveries, biomedicine, pharmacology, medical diagnostics and education. Currently, dr Eiman Sayedalamin Almami works on the possibilities of enhancing GenAI technologies for knowledge discovery, by looking at the type of inference triggered by the existence of LLM and their shortcomings knowledge generation.

Dr. Jamal Alotaibi earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering from Qassim University in 2012. He furthered his education at Wayne State University, where he obtained a Master of Science degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2016.

Dr. Alotaibi has professional experience as a Network Engineer at STC, a leading telecommunications company, and subsequently worked as a Software Engineer at Ford Motor Company in Michigan from 2018 to 2022. He completed his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Wayne State University in 2022.

In addition to his academic roles, Dr. Alotaibi serves as the Head of the Scientific Committee in the College of Computing at Qassim University. He is also the Chairman of the First International Conference on Emerging Technology and Innovations 2025, organized by the Ministry of Education in Saudi Arabia.

His research interests encompass Internet of Things (IoT) applications and security, computer networks, wireless and mobile networks, machine learning, and neuro-symbolic computing. Currently, Dr Alotaibi serves as an Assistant Professor and Head of the Computer Engineering Department at Qassim University.

Purva Rajkotia is the Director of Global Business Strategy & Intelligence (GBSI) and the Connectivity and Telecom Practice Lead at IEEE Standards Association (IEEE SA). Prior to IEEE, Purva held leadership positions with Qualcomm, Samsung, and Disney in various capacities. Purva also held leadership positions in various standards organizations such as IEEE, ITU, 3GPP, 3GPP2, CENELEC, etc. He has authored more than 100 patents granted by the USPTO (US Patent Office) and other worldwide patent organizations. He is one of the co-authors of the chapter on Powerline Communications in the book "MIMO Power Line Communications Narrow and Broadband Standards, EMC, and Advanced Processing" by CRC Press. He obtained his MSEE degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology and his MBA from CSU.

Varadraj Gurupur, PhD is currently working as an Associate Professor with the School of Health Management and Informatics and has a joint appointment with the Department of Computer Science, and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering with the University of Central Florida (UCF). He is also the founding member and Director of the Center for Decision Support Systems and Informatics at UCF. Dr. Gurupur received his Doctoral degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 2010. Dr. Gurupur is a recipient of two international awards, two national awards, and several regional and institutional awards. This includes the prestigious AHIMA Research Award in the year 2017, and the AHIMA Triumph Award for Innovation in 2021. Additionally, he is also the recipient of the prestigious Joseph M. Biedenbach Outstanding Engineering Educator Award from IEEE Region 3 and the recipient of FHIMA Literary Award in 2016. His core research is focused on software engineering decision support systems for healthcare and education. Dr. Gurupur is also someone who has worked in the healthcare industry for several years. Based on this work experience and academic training he is involved in discovering innovative solutions to difficult problems associated with Electronic Health Records. Dr. Gurupur has more than 100 publications which include: edited book, book chapters, journal articles, conference papers, abstracts, and published reviews. Additionally, he has been involved in many research projects funded by the United States Federal government agencies such as National Science Foundation, and National Institutes of Health.

Vincent J. Lopez is the visionary Founder and CEO of Parker Health, Inc, a progressive biotechnology organization at the forefront of healthcare innovation for the next century. He spearheads strategic initiatives, product development, and governmental affairs, collaborating closely with key figures in the U.S. Congress and various government agencies, including HHS, NIH, CDC, and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology(ONC); Mr. Lopez focuses on establishing industry standards, optimizing spending, reducing legacy technology costs, improving inefficiencies, elevating patient care and outcomes, and implementing Parker Health’s cutting-edge healthcare technology.

Beyond his role at Parker Health, he's commitment to advancing public health research is paramount. He holds a prominent appointment to the Dean's Council at the New York University, School of Global Public Health, and is the founder and Chair of the Lopez Clinical Innovation Studio(LCIS) @ NYU, School of Global Public Health. He serves as an External Advisory Council, Center for Decision Support Systems & Informatics, University of Central Florida, and the Vice Chair, IEEE Data Quality Standards for Medical Records Workgroup.  Additionally, he holds memberships in esteemed organizations such as the Royal Society of Medicine, and the Sequoia Project. Mr. Lopez's research interest includes health disparities in minority communities, Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) outcomes, regulatory frameworks & standards for Electronic Health Records (EHRs) & clinical decision support (CDS) solutions, and the research and development of artificial intelligence & machine learning algorithms for EHRs and CDS.

Mr. Lopez was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 Class of 2023. He is a mentor who advises aspiring and current entrepreneurs at the NASDAQ Entrepreneurial Center, as well as for a health equity accelerator program sponsored by the Johnson & Johnson Venture Impact Fund. He contributes his expertise to various boards, including the Family Childcare Alliance of Maryland.

In 2015, Mr. Lopez was nominated by Governor Tom Wolf to the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education Board of Governors. He was student body president at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania, where he majored in English and political science. He also completed a fellowship furthering STEM education in minority communities with Organizing for Action, a nonprofit founded to support the agenda of President Barack Obama, and he has worked on programs for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Department of Defense.

A native of Sacramento, CA, Mr. Lopez was raised in Arlington, VA and resides in Washington, DC where he created the Lopez Foundation, a nonprofit working to advance education and health access in disadvantaged communities. When not shaping the future of healthcare, he indulges his passion for playing golf, fishing, and enjoys spectating basketball, Formula 1, and horse racing.

Prof Neville Calleja is the Head of Department for Public Health at the University of Malta Medical School, which is affiliated with the Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region (ASPHER).  He is also Director for Health Information & Research within the Ministry for Health in Malta, Europe.    This is the national health data repository for the country of Malta and also the designated Health Data Access Body for the newly setup European Health Data Space (EHDS) within the EU.  He also served as Chief Medical Officer for Malta a few years ago.  During the COVID-19 emergency period, he has been a senior member of Malta's COVID-19 Response Team and has also been involved in discussions on COVID-19 monitoring and other public health policy at EU level.   He has also been supporting WHO (Europe) and WHO Global (Geneva) on several areas, mainly however on assessment of national health information systems since 2016.

Dexter Hadley, MD/PhD is a physician-scientist, entrepreneur, and pioneer in artificial intelligence in medicine. He attended medical school at the University of Pennsylvania where he began his career by founding a precision medicine company that discovered a novel target for pediatric neuropsychiatric disease at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. He attended residency training in molecular pathology at Stanford which further strengthening his clinical foundation while developing expertise in data-driven care. Dr. Hadley went on as faculty to the University of California, San Francisco, where he secured multiple NIH grants for groundbreaking AI in medicine projects focused on oncology, thereby establishing a track record of innovation in digital health. As the founding Chief of AI at the University of Central Florida College of Medicine, he created one of the nation’s first academic programs dedicated to advancing AI in healthcare. Today, Dr. Hadley serves as CEO of MammoChat, a cutting-edge digital health company empowering women with breast cancer, backed by $2M from the Casey DeSantis Florida Cancer Innovation Award and support from the NSF I-Corps program to accelerate translation of research into real-world solutions. By combining advanced AI, standardized oncology data (mCODE), and blockchain technology, MammoChat strives to be the first social network that improves health outcomes by delivering personalized education, emotional support, and clinical trial access—improving the lives of patients, equipping providers, and accelerating discovery for pharmaceutical companies. Dr. Hadley's career reflects a lifelong commitment to transforming medicine with AI, guided by his principle: “From Bits to Bedside™.”

Dr. John N. Carbone has served the defense industry for ~36 years. Dr. Carbone currently serves as Senior Technical Director/Chief Solutions Architect and science advisor to Everfox (Formerly Forcepoint, LLC), within their Global Governments and Critical Infrastructure division. Prior to Everfox, he has served as Raytheon Engineering Fellow, Chief Science Advisor, Product Area Technology Director, Chief Engineer for Innovation, and Chief Data Architect & Scientist for globally distributed Big Data, High Performance Compute, and Cloud programs. Dr. Carbone received his undergraduate degree in Computer Science from Baylor University, MSE from Texas Tech University, Software and Systems Engineering from University of Texas at Austin, and Mechanical Engineering PhD from Texas Tech University where his research focus was enhancing information theory by combining cognition-based frameworks, processes, and adaptations of space-time relationship mechanics. Dr. Carbone began his career developing real-time embedded voice, cyber, and data communications solutions for satellite tracking and secure switching systems. Subsequently, he forged bridges between High Performance Computing environments and Cloud architectures for distributed enterprises. Dr. Carbone was instrumental in providing architecture, design, implementation, security, and fielding of software systems which led to the development of strategic analysis focused information sharing automation programs considered paradigm shifts for US government organizations.

Prof. Patrick Then assumed the Chief Executive Officer of state-owned Sarawak Artificial Intelligence Centre (SAIC) since March 2025. SAIC aims to accelerate Sarawak economic growth by leveraging AI technologies. SAIC conducts high-impact research and development for Sarawak’s needs, and advises policymakers on AI governance, policy, audit, and talent development.

Before that, he led School of ICT as Head of School, Centre for Digital Futures as Director, Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak. As SAIC CEO, he continues mentoring researchers and academics in academia. He has been recognized as eminent researcher in health informatics in the region collaborating with prominent cardiologists and clinicians in Clinical Research Centre Sarawak General Hospital in Malaysia and the National Institutes of Health, Ministry of Health Malaysia. He has published papers in high impact journals and proceedings. He is a strong advocate of transdisciplinary research where he translated artificial intelligence techniques into healthcare, manufacturing and other applications. He is a sought-after keynote speaker in IT and cardiology conferences in Europe, India, Indonesia and South Korea. He is the holder of multiple patents and software copyrights that have been translated into commercial product. He is a highly recognised digital health Key Opinion Leader by Ministry of Health Malaysia.

He is an elected fellow of the European Society of Cardiology, fellow of the Society for Design and Process Science USA, Senior member of Australian Computer Society, Senior member of IEEE, and Board member of Sarawak Development Institute.

Sarra Hanish is a biomedical engineer and entrepreneur currently pursuing her master’s degree in Digital Health at Iowa State University. She is passionate about leveraging technology and research to strengthen the ecosystem for scientific innovation in Libya and the broader MENA region. Sarra works at the Center for Research & Innovation at Saraya Hamra University, where she supports research development, fosters interdisciplinary collaboration, and helps build structures that empower emerging scientists and innovators. In 2025, she founded a women’s health startup focused on integrating physiological biomarkers and digital tools to help women better understand their bodies and autonomic nervous system. Her mission is to advance accessible, evidence-based women’s health solutions and to contribute to a future where technology, research, and innovation meaningfully improve lives across the region.

Sally McClean received her first degree in Mathematics from Oxford University, and then obtained a MSc in Mathematical Statistics and Operational Research from Cardiff University, followed by a PhD on Markov and semi-Markov models at Ulster University. She is currently Professor of Mathematics at Ulster University. Her main research interests are in Stochastic Modelling and Optimisation, particularly for Healthcare Planning, and Computer Science, specifically Process Mining, Databases, Internet of Things, Sensor Technology and Telecommunications. She has been grant holder on over £13 million worth of funding, mainly from the EPSRC, Industry, the EU and charities. Sally is a Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society, Fellow of the Operational Research Society, Fellow of the IMA, past President of the Irish Statistical Association and Member of the IEEE. She has published over four hundred research papers and was previously a recipient of Ulster University’s Senior Distinguished Research Fellowship. 

Dr. Ali Doğru is currently a professor at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA).  Previously he has been in the Middle Eas Technical University (METU) and has visited New Jersey Institute of Technology and National University of Singapore.  He founded the Software Engineering Laboratory, the Master of Science Program in Software Engineering, and the Center for Verification and Validation for the Modeling and simulation, all in METU.  Dr. Doğru has supervised 16 PhD dissertations and over 50 Master of Sicence theses studies.  He published 3 books, 9 book chapters,  24 Journal publications, and more than 95 conference papers.  He obtained his Ph.D. degree from the Southern Methodist University in Computer Science and his previous degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington and Istanbul Technical University. His long term research fields are related with Software Engineering, covering Component Orientation, Specifications, Methodologies, and Real-time critical software.  Dr. Doğru has been active within the Society for Design and Process Science since its beginning, as a founding member where he served as the president and vice president for the Software Engineering Society.  

Dr. Zeeshan Tariq is a lecturer in the School of Computing at Ulster University. He received his PhD and MS degrees in computer science and holds a bachelor’s degree in software engineering. He has spent almost a decade working in the telecommunications industry, and his research areas include process prediction, process mining, decision analytics, and business process management, all of which are relevant for this Innovation Boost project. 

Dr. Zeeshan has been working in the field of data sciences for over five years, during which he has published seven peer-reviewed papers. The focus of his research is on clustering, classification, sequence mining, and anomaly detection in the area of process mining. He is working with the BT Ireland Innovation Centre (BTIIC) at Ulster University, where he is leading a project titled ‘Intelligent Process Analytics’. His main contributions to BTIIC involve the development of several frameworks for BT. He proposed two published algorithms: process end-state prediction of real-world business processes and root-cause analysis for identification of misalignment in the execution of highly complex and variable business processes. His current research is on the use of IoT sensor data for complex event processing (CEP), which is one of the most applicable areas of process analytics in modern corporations. 

Dr. Zeeshan is also a certified project management professional (PMP) from the Project Management Institute (PMI). Currently, he is involved in several academic-industrial collaboration projects with industry, including the Advanced Research and Engineering Centre (ARC) with PwC. 

Dr. Mey Goh is a Reader in Transdisciplinary Digital Manufacturing at the Wolfson School of Mechanical, Electrical, and Manufacturing Engineering, Loughborough University, UK. She received her BEng (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering from Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Malaysia, in 2001, and completed her Ph.D. at the University of Bristol, UK, in 2005. Her transdisciplinary research aligns with the human-centricity pillar of Industry 5, focusing on advancing knowledge, processes, and methods for designing effective and inclusive industrial systems and technologies. This includes pioneering work on digital twin interfaces, human-robot interaction, human factors and user-centric explainable AI (XAI). Dr. Goh is an Associate Director at the Intelligent Automation Centre and Co-Director of the Made Smarter Innovation Research Centre on People-Led Digitalisation (P-LD). In this role, she collaborates with the Universities of Bath and Nottingham, along with various industry partners, to enhance the adoption of digital technologies through a people-led approach. She serves on the Committee of the Consortium of UK University Manufacturing and Engineering (COMEH) and is a member of the editorial board for the Journal of Integrated Design and Process Science (JIDPS).

Prof. Yohannes Kurniawan who currently serves as Professor in Management Information System and Vice-Rector for Student Affairs at BINUS University. With more than 15 years of experience in academics and industry, he has helped many organizations accelerate their digital transformation. Yohannes' expertise in Business Process Analysis, Digital Business, and UI/UX research, he also actively contributes to the academic and professional community. He also holds the prestigious position of Indonesian Chair for the ACM Special Interest Group on Human-Computer Interaction (SIGCHI) and Vice Chair for Meetings & Conferences at ASII.

Prof Neville Calleja is a Full Professor and Head of Department for Public Health within the Faculty of Medicine & Surgery of the University of Malta, in Europe. He is also the Director for Health Information and Statistics within the Ministry of Health in Malta, since 2007, serving as Acting Chief Medical Officer during 2014. He is very active at European level in the field of Health Information for both the EU and WHO (Europe), conducting health information system assessments in the region, and is part of the team involved in the development and revision of the WHO (Euro) tool for this purpose. He has also been recently involved in the assessment of COVID-19 specific health information systems in several countries in Europe and also the preparedness of EU countries for the upcoming European Health Data Space initiative. During the COVID-19 pandemic, apart from providing epidemiological and public health policy support as part of the Senior COVID-19 Advisory Group to the Ministry for Health in Malta and representing Malta on several COVID emergency fora in the EU, he has also been assisting WHO in Geneva in shaping its infodemic management research agenda and competency framework, and has contributed to several training schools in infodemic management covering over 1400 infodemic managers globally. The AD Scientific Index 2023 ranked Prof Neville Calleja as one of the top 10 scientists in Malta.

Dr. Sudha Chandrashekar is a medical and health policy expert with over 25 years of national and global experience in universal health coverage (UHC), health financing, and health systems strengthening. She has held key roles in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (Government of India), Government of Karnataka, and as Executive Director, Health Policy and Hospital Engagement at the National Health Authority. Currently, she serves as Advisor at the Health System Transformation Platform and Senior Consultant to the World Bank (India and Ghana). Dr. Sudha is an MD in Community medicine and holds a PhD in Health Economics from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. She has a post graduate diploma in medical law and ethics, and an International master’s degree in health economics and Pharmacoeconomics. She has collaborated with organizations such as WHO, the World Bank, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. She is a recipient of the Global health leadership award from IDRC, Canada and her bio-data was published in Whos’ Who in Medicine and Health care, 7th edition 2009-and a member of multiple national health policy committees. She has been a Faculty of Public Health and Policy, at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (UK) and the University of London, UK and St. John’s Research Institute, Bangalore.

Dr. Selay Arkün Kocadere works at Hacettepe University, Department of Computer Education and Instructional Technologies (CEIT). Her background combines a bachelor’s degree in Mathematics Education with M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in CEIT. Before her academic career, she gained professional experience as an instructional designer, developing educational software. Her research focuses on online learning, e-mentoring, STEM education, serious games, gamification, and, recently, the use of AI in education. She has participated in over 20 national and international projects, holding various roles and coordinating more than 10 of them. These projects, funded by Erasmus+, UN, TÜBİTAK (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey), and Hacettepe University, have led to the development of online learning environments, instructional materials, mobile applications, gamification tools, and educational games. One of her recent projects focuses on teachers’ professional development in AI education. In this field, she has also published studies such as “Comparison of AI-Generated and Instructor Feedback: No Significant Difference in Perceived Feedback Quality and Neither on Performance”, “Video Lectures With AI-Generated Instructors: Low Video Engagement, Same Performance as Human Instructors.”, and “Problem-Solving Through Pair-Programming: The Mediational Role of ChatGPT”.

Dr. Azevedo is a Professor at the School of Modeling Simulation and Training at the University of Central Florida. He is also an affiliated faculty in the Departments of Computer Science and Internal Medicine at the University of Central Florida and the lead scientist for the Learning Sciences Faculty Cluster Initiative. He received his PhD in Educational Psychology from McGill University and completed his postdoctoral training in Cognitive Psychology at Carnegie Mellon University. His main research area includes examining the role of cognitive, metacognitive, affective, and motivational self-regulatory processes during learning with advanced learning technologies. His research is characterized by its interdisciplinary nature, using methods from cognitive psychology, learning sciences, educational psychology, and computer science to measure cognitive, metacognitive, emotional, motivational, and social processes and their impact on learning, performance, and transfer. His overarching research goal is to understand the complex interactions between humans and intelligent learning systems. To accomplish this goal, he conducts laboratory, classroom, and in-situ (e.g., medical simulator) studies and collects multi-channel data (e.g., eye movements, log files, concurrent and retrospective think-louds, facial expressions of emotions, physiological levels of arousal, gestures, discourse) to develop models of human-computer interaction; examines the nature of temporally unfolding self- and other-regulatory processes (e.g., human-human and human-artificial agents); and designs intelligent learning and training systems to detect, track, model, and foster learners, teachers, clinicians, military personnel, and trainers’ self-regulatory processes. He has published over 300 peer-reviewed papers and chapters and has refereed conference proceedings in educational, learning, cognitive, educational, and computational sciences. He is the current co-editor-in-chief of the British Journal of Educational Psychology. He was the former editor of the Metacognition and Learning journal and serves on the editorial board of several top-tiered learning and cognitive sciences journals (e.g., Applied Cognitive Psychology, International Journal of AI in Education, Learning and Individual Differences, Educational Psychology Review, European Journal of Psychological Assessment). His research is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), Institute of Education Sciences (IES), National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Social Sciences and the Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), Natural and Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada (NSERC), Canada Research Chairs (CRC), Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI), European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI), Jacobs Foundation, and the Army Research Laboratory. He is a fellow of the American Psychological Association and the recipient of the prestigious Early Faculty Career Award from the National Science Foundation.

Dr. Ananth Prabhu G is a renowned Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering and serves as the Principal Investigator at the Digital Forensics and Cyber Security Centre of Excellence at Sahyadri College of Engineering and Management. He holds a B.E. in Computer Science and Engineering, an MTech in Computer Science, and an MBA in Information Science from Manipal University, along with a PhD in Computer Science and Engineering from VTU. Dr. Prabhu has also completed two Post-Doctoral Research Fellowships at the University of Leicester, UK, and the University of Houston Downtown, Texas, and holds a diploma in Cyber Law from the Government Law College, Mumbai. Under his guidance, four research scholars have completed their PhDs, and five are currently pursuing their doctoral studies.

Dr. Prabhu is the Director of TorSecure Cyber LLP and SurePass Academy. He has authored 17 books, contributed to 32 international journals, and holds three patents. A dynamic speaker, he has delivered over 3,000 lectures, becoming a leading voice in cyber law and forensics. His acclaimed book Cyber Safe Girl v6.1 has been downloaded 4.5 crore times, and a free online certification course, developed in partnership with ISEA and the Ministry of Electronics and IT, has empowered citizens across India, especially in rural areas, with cyber literacy. The book has been translated into multiple regional languages, furthering its reach and impact.

Prof. Lalit Garg is an associate professor of computer information systems at the University of Malta, Malta, and an honorary lecturer at the University of Liverpool, UK. He has been a researcher at the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and Ulster University, UK. Prof Garg has supervised 200+ Master's dissertations, 2 DBA and 5 PhD theses and published 200+ high-impact publications in refereed journals/conferences/books, 22 edited books and 24 patents. He has delivered numerous keynote speeches, organised/chaired international conferences, and consulted countless public and private organisations for information systems implementation and management. His research interests are business intelligence, machine learning, data science, deep learning, cloud computing, mobile computing, the Internet of Things (IoT), information systems, management science and their applications, mainly in healthcare and medical domains. He participates in many EU and locally funded projects, including a one million euro Erasmus+ Capacity-Building project in Higher Education (CBHE), titled Training for Medical Education via Innovative eTechnology (MediTec) and Malta Council of Science and Technology's Space Research Funds. The University of Malta has awarded him the 2021-22 Research Excellence Award for exploring Novel Intelligent Computing Methods for healthcare requirements forecasting, allocation and management (NICE-Healthcare). 

Dr. Kyoung-Yun Kim is a professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Wayne State University, where he directs the Computational Intelligence and Design Informatics (CInDI) Laboratory. Dr. Kim’s research focuses on Design Science; Design Informatics; Semantic Assembly Design; Welding and Joining; and Smart Manufacturing. Dr. Kim is a leading researcher in assembly modeling with formal ontology theory and data-driven weldability prediction that improves product design efficiency. Dr. Kim’s research has been strongly supported by external funding (over $10M) from several U.S. federal agencies including NSF, MxD (DMDII), NIST, NIDRR, VA-CASE, DOD, and DOE, and industries including Ford, GM, ESTECO, GDLS, Wenzel, and other e-Design Center members. Also, to advance innovation in engineering design education, Dr. Kim implemented advanced design and manufacturing educational innovation curricula with support from NSF IUSE, CI-TEAM, CCLI Stage II, and DOD grants. Currently, Dr. Kim is the Director of the Smart Manufacturing Demonstration Center (SMDC) and he was a Site Director for the NSF Industry and University Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC) for e-Design. Dr. Kim was a technical lead and executive board member of DMDII (now MxD). Dr. Kim was a member of the steering committee to integrate the GM PACE infrastructure into Wayne State’s engineering curriculum and Electric Drive Vehicle Engineering program with funding from DOE. Dr. Kim is a Fellow of the Society for Design and Process Science. He currently serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Integrated Design and Process Science. Dr. Kim has served as multiple guest editorships including Journal Advanced Engineering Informatics special issue on "modeling, extraction, and transformation of semantics in computer aided engineering systems," Journal of Integrated Design and Process Science special issue on “design education and engineering design,” and Journal of Engineering Design special issue on “ontological engineering for supporting semantic reasoning in design”. Dr. Kim has published over 100 top journal papers and conference papers in proceedings, and numerous technical reports and presentations. Dr. Kim received the top cited article award (2005-2010) from Journal CAD and the 2003 IIE Transactions Best Paper Award. One of his articles was selected as Classics in Manufacturing and Machinery by Google Scholar. Dr. Kim served as the General Chair of FAIM 2022 (31st International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing) and the conference theme was Human-Data-Technology Nexus in Intelligent Manufacturing and Next Generation Automation. Dr. Kim was an invited professor at Université de Technologie de Belfort-Montbéliard (UTBM), France, 2017 and was a visiting professor at Kyung Hee University, South Korea, 2014. Dr. Kim provided multiple invited talks and seminars nationally and internationally. Dr. Kim’s education includes a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh, and a B.S. and M.S. in Industrial Engineering from Chonbuk National University, South Korea.

Yong, PhD is a Full Professor at the Concordia Institute for Information Systems Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada. His research has focused on design theory and its applications to transdisciplinary design problems. Using the Environment-Based Design (EBD) methodology he has proposed, he and his colleagues have designed many algorithms including human vision-based non-parametric curve reconstruction algorithms DISCUR and VICUR, Gauging series non-parametric clustering algorithms, and a reinforcement learning-enabled automatic 2D quadrilateral mesh generation algorithm. He has pioneered EEG-based neurocognitive studies of human design, particularly creative design, founded on his work on formalizing conceptual and creative design activities. His work has been applied to behavior modeling and design in aerospace engineering, healthcare, learning and training, the construction industry, and sustainability, all supported by major grants funded by industry and government. He was Canada Research Chair (Tier II) in Design Science (2004-2014) and NSERC Chair in Aerospace Design Engineering (2015-2020). He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Society for Design and Process Science after having served as its president from 2019 to 2023.