Speakers 

Keynote Speaker I

 

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• Prof. Thomas Hanne
  University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Switzerland
  Thomas Hanne received master's degrees in Economics and Computer Science, and a PhD in Economics. From 1999 to 2007 he worked at the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Mathematics (ITWM) as senior scientist. Since then he is Professor for Information Systems at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland and Head of the Competence Center Systems Engineering since 2012.
  Thomas Hanne is author of more than 230 journal articles, conference papers, and other publications and editor of several journals and special issues. His current research interests include computational intelligence, evolutionary algorithms, metaheuristics, optimization, simulation, multicriteria decision analysis, natural language processing, machine learning, systems engineering, software development, logistics, and supply chain management.

 

Keynote Speaker II

 

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• Prof. Alexandre Lobo
  University of Saint Joseph, Macau
  Associate Professor at the University of Saint Joseph (Macau SAR, China), where he also works as Head of Department, Research Coordinator, and Director of the Laboratory of Applied Neurosciences (LAN/USJ). PostDoctorate and Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Leicester - UK. Visiting Associate Professor at the University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS) - Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technologies (SIAT). Has large experience in Artificial Intelligence, Bioengineering (including biosignals monitoring, such as ECG, EEG, GSR, and others, and bioimaging, such as CT-SCANs, X-Rays, fNIRS, among others), Applied Computer Science, Digital Signal Processing, and Nonlinear analysis and dynamic systems. Prof Lobo has developed, in the last five years, a multidisciplinary research program on Applied Neurosciences, integrating research groups from Brazil, Portugal, Macau, China, and the United States, with multiple Ph.D. and master projects. Having authored and edited nine books and over 80 publications in indexed journals and conferences, his Laboratory has published research results on Artificial Intelligence applied to multiple domain areas, such as Medicine, Psychology, Education, Leadership, Marketing, Finance, and Management. In addition, he also supports and leads projects in the area of open innovation in Macau, Portuguese Speaking Countries, and the Greater Bay Area.

 

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