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 | Quantitative Endosurgery Process Analysis by Machine Learning Method Bojan Nokovic, Andrew Lambe
 (pages: 1-7)
 
 Modelling Student Performance in a Structural Steel Graduate-Based Module: A Comparative Analysis Between K-Nearest Neighbor and Dummy Classifiers
 Masengo Ilunga, Omphemetse Zimbili, Phahlani Mampilo, Agarwal Abhishek
 (pages: 8-15)
 
 Interoperable Digital Skills for Foreign Languages Education in the COVID-19 Paradigm
 Rusudan Makhachashvili, Ivan Semenist, Iryna Vorotnykova
 (pages: 16-20)
 
 Education, Training and Informatics Go Hand in Hand in (Foreign) Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) – Case Studies From Live and Online Classrooms
 Ekaterini Nikolarea
 (pages: 21-29)
 
 Enhancing Pedagogical and Digital Competencies Through Digital Tools: A Proposal for Semi-schooled Language Teaching Programs in Oaxaca, Mexico
 José de Jesús Bautista Hernández, Eduardo Bustos Farías, Norma Patricia Maldonado Reynoso
 (pages: 30-35)
 
 Railway Track Degradation Modelling Using Finite Element Analysis: A Case Study in South Africa
 Ntombela Lunga, Masengo Ilunga
 (pages: 36-50)
 
 Continuum of Academic Collaboration: Issues of Inconsistent Terminology in Multilingual Context
 Cristo Leon, James Lipuma, Marcos O. Cabobianco, Maria B. Daizo
 (pages: 51-62)
 
 Peat Resource Management and Climate Change Mitigation Issues – Case of Latvia
 Anita Titova, Natalja Lace
 (pages: 63-70)
 
 Using Geospatial Computation Intelligence for Mapping Temporal Evolution of Urban Built-up in Selected Areas of the Ekurhuleni Municipality, South Africa
 Jo-Anne Correia, Masengo Ilunga
 (pages: 71-80)
 
 Cybernetics and Informatics of Generative AI for Transdisciplinary Communication in Education
 Rusudan Makhachashvili, Ivan Semenist
 (pages: 81-88)
 
 Navigating Psychological Riptides: How Seafarers Cope and Seek Help for Mental Health Needs
 Coleen Abadicio, Stella Louise Arenas, Rosette Renee Hahn, Angel Berry Maleriado, Ramon Miguel Mariano, Rodolfo Antonio Ma. Zabella, Genejane Adarlo
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					Professor Emeritus of the University of Texas at Austin 
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						Dr. Robert M. L. Baker Jr.
						 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
				Former President ofWest Coast University, USA
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Dr. Leonid Perlovsky
							 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
Harvard University, USASchool of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Visiting Scholar
 
 The Air Force Research Laboratory Principal Research Physicist
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						Professor Louis H. Kauffman
						 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
				University of Illinois at Chicago, USA Department of Mathematics,Statistics, and Computer Science
 Past President of the American Society for Cybernetics
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Professor Shigehiro Hashimoto
							 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
Kogakuin University, JapanAssociate to the President and
 Dean of Admissions Center
 
 Doctor of Engineering and Doctor of Medicine
 Biomedical Engineering
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						Professor Stuart A. Umpleby
						 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
				The George Washington University, USA
 Former President of
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Professor Thomas Marlowe
							 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
Seton Hall University, USADepartment of Mathematics and Computer Science
 Program Advisor for Computer Science
 
 Doctor in Computer Science and
 Doctor in Mathematics
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						Dr. Jeremy Horne
						 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
				President-Emeritus,Southwest Area Division,
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Professor T. Grandon Gill
							 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
University of South Florida, USACollege of Business
 Director of the Doctorate in Business Administration
 Editor-in-Chief of Informing Science
 Editor of the Journal of IT Education
 Founding editor of Journal of Information Technology Education
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						Dr. Juha Kettunen
						 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
				Rector of the Turku University of Applied Sciences. Finland
				
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Dr. Robert Cherinka
							 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
MITRE Corporation, USASenior Principal Information Systems Engineer
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						Professor Jamshid Ghaboussi
						 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
				University of Illinoisat Urbana-Champaign, USA
 Professor Emeritus
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Dr. Raul Espejo
							 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
Director-General of the World Organization for Systems and Cybernetics (WOSC), France
 Principal Researcher Syncho Ltd, UK
 Visiting Professor University of Santiago, Chile
 Past Professor at Lincoln University UK
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						Professor Ronald A. Styron, Jr.
						 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
				University of South Alabama, USADirector of the
 Quality Enhancement Plan
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Dr. Joseph Finkelstein
							 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
The Johns Hopkins University, USADirector of  the Program of
 Chronic Disease Informatics
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						Joseph Andrew Giampapa
						 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
				Carnegie Mellon University, USA
 Software Engineering Institute
 Senior Member of Technical Research Staff
 
 Former Research Computer Scientist at
 The Intelligent Agents Lab
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Dr. Christopher Dreisbach
							 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
Johns Hopkins University, USA
 Director of the Division of Public Safety Leadership
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						Dr. Bernard Wallner
						 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
				University of Vienna, AustriaDepartment of Anthropology
 
 Co-leader of the working group Anthropological Economics & Demography
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Dr. Yevgeniya Sulema 
							 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
National Technical University of Ukraine"Kyiv Polytechnic Institute"
 Deputy Dean
 Faculty of Applied Mathematics
 
 Computer Systems Software Department
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						Professor JinHyo Joseph Yun
						 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
				Institute of Science and Technology, Korea
 President, Society of Open Innovation
 
 Editor in Chief, Journal of Open Innovation
 Associate Editor, Asia Pacific Journal of
 Innovation and Entrepreneurship; Journal of Korea Entrepreneurship Society
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Professor Aleksandras V. Rutkauskas
							 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, LithuaniaFormer Dean (2002-2011) of the
 Faculty of Business Administration
 
 Former Head Several Departments Including the  Regional Development Dept. at the Institute of Economics at the Lithuanian Academy of Science
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						Professor Dusan Soltes
						 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
				Comenius University of Bratislava, SlovakiaFaculty of Management
 
 Director of e-Europe R&D Centre
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Dr. Dan Ophir
							 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
Ariel University, IsraelDepartment of Computer Science and Mathematics
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						Professor Prabhat. K. Mahanti
						 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
				University of New Brunswick, CanadaDepartment of Computer Science
 and Applied Statistics
 
 Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Computers, Finland.
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Dr. Russell Jay Hendel, A.S.A.
							 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
Towson University, USAA CAE (Center of Actuarial Excellence) University
 Jess & Mildred Fisher College of Science & Mathematics
 Department of Mathematics
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						Dr. Jeffrey A. Dunne
						 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
				Johns Hopkins University, USA Applied Physics LaboratoryAsymmetric Operations Department Cyber Assessments Group
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Professor Fredrik Nilsson
							 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
Lund University, Sweden Faculty of Engineering,Department of Design Sciences
 
 Co-Director of Centre for Complexity in Operations and Logistics Management, and Head of the Ph.D. Education Programme in Packaging Logistics.
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						Dr. Alain-Jérôme Fougčres
						 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
				University of Technology of Belfort Montbéliard, France
 M3M Laboratory Theme Leader "Cooperation and Integration"
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Professor Hiroshi Suzuki
							 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
Meta-Engineering Research Institute, JapanDirector
 
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						Dr. Erzsébet Dani
						 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
				University of Debrecen, HungaryDepartment of Library and
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Professor Atulya Nagar 
							 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
Liverpool Hope University. UKDean of the Faculty of Science
 
 Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing
 Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Universal Computer Science
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						Dr. H. James Williams
						 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
				Mount St. Joseph University, USAPresident
 
 Former Member of Several
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Professor Artem Khalatov
							 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
Ukrainian Academy of Sciences (Kiev).Head of the Thermodynamics Department of the Institute of Engineering Thermophysics.
 
 Honorary Professor University of Wales
 
 Winner of the NATO Science Partnership Prize 2002
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						Dr. Mona Holmqvist Olander
						 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
				University of Gothenburg, SwedenDepartment of Pedagogical, Curricular and Professional Studies
 Department of School Development and Leadership
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Professor Theodore Breczko
							 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
University of Bialystok, PolandDepartment of Mathematics and
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						Professor Seang-Tae Kim
						 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
				Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea
 Journal of e-Governance Ass. Editor
 Chair of the Advisory Board in Presidential Council on National ICT Strategies
 Commissioner of ‘ITU-UNESCO Broadband Commission for Digital Development’
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Dr. Orchidea Maria Lecian
							 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
Sapienza University Rome, ItalyDepartment for Astronautic Engineering,
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						Professor Dennis Bialaszewski
						 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
				Indiana State University, USAManagement Information Systems
 
 Scott College of Business
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Dr. Mark Donald Rahmes
							 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
Harris Corporation, USAGovernment Communications Systems, Research Scientist
 
 Retired U.S. Navy Captain
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						Dr. Roberta Mugellesi Dow
						 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
				European Space Agency, GermanyEuropean Space Operations Centre
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Dr. Joanna Richardson
							 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
Griffith University, Australia
 Information Services
 Associate Director- Scholarly Content and Discovery
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						Dr. Matthew E. Edwards
						 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
				Alabama A&M University. USA
 Professor of Physics and
 Former Dean, School of Arts and Sciences
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Dr. Marta Szabo White
							 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
Georgia State University, USAAssociate Professor, Strategic Management
 
 Director, Robinson College of Business Honors Program
 Director, Study Abroad Programs: Transition Economies and Business Mediterranean Style
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						Professor Osmo Kivinen
						 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
				University of Turku, FinlandDean, and
 Director of the Research Unit for the Sociology of Education (RUSE)
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Professor Heidi Ravven
							 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
Hamilton College, USAClassical & Religious Studies, Jewish Philosophy, Fellow in Neurophilosophy, Integrative Neurosciences Research Program, Author of The Self Beyond Itself: An Alternative History of Ethics, the New Brain Sciences, and the Myth of Free Will
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						Mr. Joseph Prezzama
						 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
				MITRE Corporation, USA
 Lead Communications Engineer
 Leads the Program in Support of the Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM).
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Professor Paul Esqueda
							 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
Penn State University - Berks,  USASr. Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Professor of Engineering
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						Professor Mohamed El-Sayed
						 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
				Kettering University, USA
 Editor-in-Chief of the SAE International Journal of Materials and Manufacturing and the Chair of the SAE Journals' Editorial Board.
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Professor G. Thomas Fox
							 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
National Louis University, USAAdvanced Studies in Teaching
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						Professor Tomas Zelinka
						 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
				Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech RepublicFaculty of Transportation Sciences
 Vice-Dean
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Professor Richard Segall
							 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
Arkansas State University, USAComputer Information Technology
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						Dr. Dmitry Zinoviev
						 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
				Suffolk University, USADepartment of Mathematics and Computer Science
 Associate Professor
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Dr. Lisbeth Amhag
							 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
Malmö University, Sweden
 Member of the Editorial Board of Several National and International Journals: ijCSCL, JCMC), Elsevier C&E, etc.
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						Dr. Suzanne Lunsford
						 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
				Wright State University, USAProfessor of Chemistry
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Dr. Karl H. Müller
							 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
The Steinbeis Transfer CenterNew Cybernetics , Vienna, Austria
 Director
 
 Professor at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
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						Prof. Dr. Ioan Dzitac
						 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
				Rector ofAgora University of Oradea, Romania
 
 Professor of Information Sciences at Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad, Romania
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Dr. Grary Metcalf
							 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
Sullivan University, USAPresident of The International
 Federation for Systems Research
 
 Past President of The International Society for The Systems Sciences
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						Professor Natalja Lace
						 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
				Riga Technical University, LatviaFaculty of Engineering Economics and Management
 Head of the Department of  Finance
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Dr. Heidi Ann Hahn
							 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
Los Alamos National Laboratory, USADirector of the Engineering Capability Development
 
 Past President of the International Council of Systems Engineering (INCOSE) Enchantment Chapter
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						Professor Madelyn Flammia
						 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
				University of  Central Florida, USAAssociate Professor in International Technical Communications
 
 Vice President, International Policy and Analysis Center
 
 2010 UCF SOTL Award2
 009 UCF Internationalization Award
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Dr. Igor A. Sokolov
							 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
The Russian Academy of Sciences, RussiaDirector of The Institute of Informatics Problems
 
 Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the  Journal
 Informatics and its Applications
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						Professor Harald Wahl
						 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
				University of Applied Sciences (UAS) Technikum Wien, Austria
 Program Director of Computer Science
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Professor Rustem Seiful-Moulyukov
							 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
The Russian Academy of Sciences, RussiaThe Institute of Informatics Problems
 
 Head of Laboratory of Information Technologies for Supporting R&D Activities.
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						Dr. Susu Nousala
						 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
				Tongji University, ChinaCollege of Design and Innovation
 
 Former researcher at Aalto University (Finland) and Fellow at SIAL (Spatial Information Architecture Lab), RMIT University (Australia)
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Dipl.-Math Norbert Jastroch
							 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
MET Communications GmbH, GermanyHead of Research
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						Professor Mohammad Siddique 
						 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
				Fayetteville State University, USADepartment of  Mathematics and Computer Science
 
 Prince Sultan University, Saudi Arabia
 Department of  Mathematics and Computer Science
 
 Editor-in-Chief of Applied Mathematics
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Dr. Susan S. Nash
							 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
University of Oklahoma, USADirector, Education and Professional Development American Association of Petroleum Geologists
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						Dr. Joanne R. Reid
						 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
				Corporate Development Associates, USACo-founder
 
 Transfer of Critical Thinking from the Classroom to other Domains.
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Dr. Phyllis R. Anderson
							 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
Governors State University, USACollege of Business and Public Administration
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						Professor Jill B. Pable
						 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
				Florida State University, USAAssociate Professor
 
 Former President (of the Interior Design Educators Council)
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Professor Michael J. Savoie
							 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
University of North Texas, USA
 Former Dean of the College of Technology and Computing at Utah Valley University, USA
 
 CEO of HyperGrowth Solutions
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						Dr. Florin Popentiu
						 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
				University of North Texas, USACollege of Business
 Dept of Marketing, Logistics, & Operations Management
 
 Former Dean of the College of Technology & Computing, Utah Valley University, USA
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Dr. Mohammad Alhassan
							 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan
				
				
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						Professor Mario Norbis
						 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
				Quinnipiac University, USASchool of Business
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Dr. Kostas Demestichas
							 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
National Technical University of Athens, Greece
 School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
 Computer Networks Laboratory,
 Mobile and Personal Communications Laboratory
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						Dr. Daniel Katz
						 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
				The Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, USA
 Icahn School of Medicine
 Science-Industry Relationships
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Dr. Béatrice Hasler
							 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
University of Zurich, SwitzerlandDepartment of Informatics
 
 Leads the International Research Team of a Global Higher Education Initiative "The ShanghAI Lectures"
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						Dr. Esther Zaretsky
						 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
				The Academic College of Education G.W., IsraelLecturer and  Researcher  in the Instructional Disciplines
 
 The Hebrew University, Israel
 Ph.D. Graduator and Former Faculty Member and Lecturer in the Educational Department, Focusing on Computer Applications
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Professor Thierry Lefevre
							 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
 Director CEERD, Thailand
 Centre for Energy Environment Resources and Development
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						George Kelly Flanagin
						 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
				University of Richmond, USAComputer Scientist
 
 CEO Emeritus of Digital Gaslight, Inc.
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Professor Fabrizio M. Almeida
							 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
Federal University of Rondônia, BrazilResearcher and Professor in the
 Doctoral Program in Regional Development and Environment (PGDRA)
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						Professor Hsing-Wei Chu
						 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
				Lamar University, USAChair of The Department of Mechanical Engineering
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Professor Masengo Ilunga
							 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
University of South Africa, South AfricaCollege of Science, Engineering and Technology School of Engineering
 Department of Civil and
 Chemical Engineering
 Leader of Water Research Flagship
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						Dr. Sukanya  Suranauwarat
						 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
				National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA), Thailand.
 School of Applied Statistics
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Professor Atilla Elçi
							 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
Aksaray University, TurkeyChair of the Electrical-Electronics Engineering
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						Professor Tomas G. Petrov
						 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
				Saint Petersburg State University, RussiaDepartment of Geology
 
 Chief Researcher
 Former Head of Crystallogenesis Laboratory
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Dr. Miri Priesler
							 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
Ruppin Academic Center, Israel
 Discrete Mathematics, Combinatorics, Graph Theory and Algorithms in Computer Science
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						Dr. Alireza Tavakkoli
						 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
				University of Houston, USASchool of Arts and Sciences
 Computer Science
 
 Director of both undergraduate and graduate Digital Gaming and Simulations programs
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Dr. Ksenia A. Mitrofanova
							 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
Ural State Medical Academy, Russia
 Department of Foreign Languages,
 Department of Social Work
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						Dr. Terrence Fries
						 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
				Indiana University of Pennsylvania, USADepartment of Computer Science
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Dr. Jill O’Sullivan
							 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
Farmingdale State College, USASchool of Business
 Chairperson of the Computer Systems Department
 
 President of APICS NYC/LI
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						Professor Shirley A. J. Hanshaw
						 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
				Mississippi State University, USADepartment of English
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Dr. Eng. Sushil Acharya
							 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
Robert Morris University, USAEngineering
 
 Software Engineering
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						Professor Andrés Tremante
						 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
				Florida International University, USAThe Mechanical & Materials Engineering (MME) Department
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Dr. C. Dale Zinn
							 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
International ConsultantFormer Faculty Member at
 The University of Texas at Austin, USA
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						Professor Friedrich Welsh
						 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
				Simón Bolívar University, VenezuelaFormer Chair of the Political Science Department
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Professor Julian Araoz
							 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya, Spain
 Universidad Simón Bolívar, Venezuela
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						Professor Rodolfo Hernández
						 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
				University of Valencia, SpainDepartment of Applied Economics
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Professor Carlos Seaton
							 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
General Director of Global Metanoia, SpainFormer President of the Foundation of Research and Development of the University Simón Bolívar, Venezuela
 
 Former Professor of Michigan Technological University and visiting professor Carnegie-Mellon Technological Institute and of Massachussets Technological Institute, MIT, USA
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						Professor Pedro Medina-Martins
						 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
				Technical University of Lisbon, PortugalHonorary Professor
 
 President of the Portuguese Society for Cybernetics
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Dr. Jiahong Guo
							 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
Beijing Normal University, ChinaSchool of Philosophy and Sociology
 Logic, Epistemology, and Methodology
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						Professor Jorge Baralt
						 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
				Simón Bolívar University, VenezuelaFormer Post-Graduate Dean, and
 Founder and First Coordinator
 of Computer Engineering
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Dr. Gérard Fillion
							 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
University of Moncton, Canada
 Faculty of Administration Associate Dean
 at the Faculty of Administration
 
 Management Information Systems
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						Professor Ángel Oropeza
						 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
				Simón Bolívar University, VenezuelaPsychologist and
 Dr. In Political Science
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Dr. Agustín Gutiérrez Tornés
							 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico Professor
 Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico
 Chair of the Laboratory of
 Software Tenchnology
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						Professor José Ferrer
						 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
				Simón Bolívar University, VenezuelaFormer Vice-President
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Professor José Vicente Carrasquero
							 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
Simón Bolívar University, Venezuela
 Mathematician and
 PhD In Political Science
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						Dr. Elena Cheser
						 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
				University of Harford, USAHillyer College, Mathematics
 
 Ukrainian National University in Kiev
 Mechanics Department
 Scientist in Theoretical Mechanics
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Dr. Ali Mostafaeipour
							 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
Yazd University, IranIndustrial Engineering
 
 Author of 4 books
 Served as a committee member, guest speaker, and/or co-chairman of 62 international conferences.
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						Dr. Gabriela Špániková,  MUDr.
						 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
				University in Bratislava, SlovakiaFaculty of Medicine
 Clinic of Pediatric Surgery
 Biomedical Image Processing
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Professor Chau-Kuang Chen
							 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
Meharry Medical College, USAGraduate Studies and Research
 Professor and Director, Institutional Research
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						Dr. Hari N. Kuchibhotla
						 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
				University of Maryland University College, USA
 Cisco Systems in Research Triangle, USA
 Business Analysis Manager
 Lead Infrastructure Architect – Data Warehousing Technologies
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Dr. Tilia Stingl De Vasconcelos
							 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
Business Consultant, AustriaMember of the European Society for Education and Communication
 
 Previously, University of Applied Sciences, Austria
 Information Management and Cross Cultural Communication
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						Professor Ran Giladi
						 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
				Ben-Gurion University of the Negev,  IsraelFaculty of Engineering Sciences
 Department of Communication Systems Engineering
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Professor William Swart
							 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
East Carolina University, USAFMR. Dean of Engineering and Technology at New Jersey Institute of Technology.
 Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at East Carolina University.
 Researcher and Consultant at NASA’s Space Shuttle
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						Professor Sami Shaban
						 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
				United Arab Emirates University, UAECollege of Medicine and Health Sciences.
 Medical Education Department Medical Informatics
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Dr. Nanda van der Stap
							 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
University of Applied Sciences, Utrecht, Netherlands
 Blended Learning Methodologies
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						Professor Steinar Killi
						 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
				Oslo School of Architecture and Design, NorwayCenter of Design Research
 
 Direct Digital Manufacturing
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Dr. Jun Miyazaki
							 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
OrangeTechLab, JapanChief Executive Officer
 
 Co-project leader of Komazawa University and visiting collaborator at National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
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						Dr. Pawel Poszytek
						 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
				Foundation for the Development of the Education System, PolandGeneral Director
 Member of working groups of the European Commission and the Ministry of National Education of Poland.
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Professor Detlev Doherr
							 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
University of Applied Sciences, GermanyDean of the Bachelor Degree Programs
 Head of the Institute of Continuing Academic Education
 Director of the Steinbeis Transfer Center of Information Technologies, Offenburg
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						Dr. Risa Blair
						 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
				Purdue University Global, USAeLearning Instructional Designer Education Management
 
 Instructional Associates
 Director of HR and Operations
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Dr. Tina M. Serafini
							 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
Kaplan University, USASchool of General Education Previously in the School of Information Systems & Technology
 
 T.M. Serafini & Associates, LLC
 Corporate Trainer & Curriculum Developer, SME
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						Fr. Dr. Joseph Laracy
						 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
				Seton Hall University, USACollege of Arts and Sciences
 Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
 
 Complex Systems, Differential Equations, and Dynamical Systems.
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Professor Jan Detand
							 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
Ghent University, BelgiumFaculty of Engineering and Architecture
 Industrial Engineering design at Industrial Design Center
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						Professor Ing. Alexandru Soceanu
						 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
				Munich University of Applied Sciences, GermanyDepartment of Computer Science and Mathematics
 Research and consulting for different companies such as: SIEMENS, INFINEON, Alcatel Austria, Digital Equipment, Broadcasting Institute, 3Com, etc.
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Dr. Maria Jakubik
							 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences, Finland
 Head of Master's Degree, Programme in International Business Management (IBMA)
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						Dr. Giti Javidi
						 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
				University of South Florida, USASarasota-Manatee
 Dep. of Information Technology
 
 Former full professor of Computer Science at Virginia State University (VSU)
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Professor Ronda C. Sturgill
							 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
University of Tampa, USACollege of Natural and Health Sciences
 Health Sciences and Human Performance
 Director of the Exercise and Nutrition Science Program
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						Professor Thomas Hanne
						 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
				University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Switzerland
 Institute for Information Systems
 Head of Competence Center Systems Engineering
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Professor Hager Khechine
							 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
Laval University, Quebec, CanadaDepartment of Management Information Systems, Faculty of Administrative Sciences
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						Professor Anastassis Kozanitis
						 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
				University of Quebec in Montreal, CanadaDepartment of Didactics
 
 University Pedagogy.
 Pedagogical innovations.
 Motivation and school commitment.
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Professor Louis Trudel
							 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
University of Ottawa, CanadaFaculty of Education
 
 Science Education.
 ICT application in science learning and teaching.
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						Professor Osmo Kivinen
						 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
				University of Turku, FinlandDirector of the Research Unit for the Sociology of Education (RUSE)
 Former Dean
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Dr. Ninon Candalh-Touta
							 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
Universite Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI), France
 Robotic and learning of the laparoscopic gesture
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						Professor J. Hanns Pichler
						 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
				Vienna University of Economics & Business, Austria
 Senior Schumpeter Fellow, Center for European Studies/Harvard University
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Professor Alfredo Soeiro
							 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
University of Porto, PortugalDepartment of Civil Engineering
 Pro-Rector of U. Porto, Founder of EUCEN, RECLA  and AUPEC, Vice president of EUCEN and SEFI, President of IACEE, AUPEC and of SEFI.
 Secretary General of AECEF and of IACEE Council.
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						Professor Stefan Wolfgang Pickl
						 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
				Universität der Bundeswehr München, Germany
 Chair of the Advisory Board of the German Society for Operations Research (GOR).
 Chair of the GOR working group “Simulation and Optimization of Complex Systems”.
 Foundation of COMTESSA.
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Professor Maria Csernoch
							 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
University of Debrecen, HungaryFaculty of InformaticsMathematics and Computing
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						Dr. Houman A. Sadri
						 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
				University of Central Florida, USAPresident, International Policy and Analysis Center (IPAC)
 2016 Medal of the 20 Anniversary of APK, Kazakhstan Embassy
 2011 UCF Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Award
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Professor Donald Ropes
							 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
Inholland University of Applied Sciences, NetherlandsBusiness Research Centre
 Research line: Learning and Development in Organisations
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						Dipl.-Ing. Manuel Moritz, MBA
						 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
				Helmut-Schmidt-University, GermanyUniversity of the Federal Armed Forces in Hamburg
 Institute of Production Engineering
 Research Associate
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Dr. Bruce E. Peoples
							 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
Innovations LLC, USAFounder and CEO
 Formerly at Université Paris 8, France
 Laboratoire Paragraphe
 Chair Emeritus of an ISO/IEC Standards Committee
 Generated over 50 Invention Disclosures,15 Patent Applications and 11 Patent Awards
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						Dr. Jalal Nouri
						 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
				Stockholm University, SwedenDepartment of Computer and Systems Sciences
 Researcher in Technology Enhanced Learning
 Chief-editor of the International Journal of Learning Analytics and Artificial Intelligence for Education.
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Dr. Robert Hammond
							 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
University of South FloridaMuma College of Business
 Director of the Center for Marketing and Sales Innovation
 Previously Business Transformation Principal at Microsoft
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						Dr. Ira Blatstein
						 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
				John Hopkins University, USAInitially in Applied Physics Laboratory and later Director of Strategic Planning.
 
 USA Presidential Rank Distinguished Award, and
 USA Presidential Rank Meritorious Award
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Researcher Juha Hedman
							 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
University of Turku, Finland
 For 24 years, researcher at the Research Unit for the Sociology of Education (RUSE)
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						Dr. Jelena Nőmm
						 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
				University of Tartu, EstoniaNarva College, Division of Russian Language and Literature
 Lecturer of Russian Culture, Cross-Cultural Communication, and Multicultural Education.
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Dr. Magali de Araújo Barroso
							 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - Belo Horizonte, Brasil
 Editorial Board of the Journal Exacta, Journal Petra and Revista Iberoamericana de Sistemas, Cibernética e Informática.
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						Professor Sukjin Kang
						 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
				Korea Aerospace University, South KoreaFaculty of Business School
 Head of College of Liberal Studies
 Director of Interdisciplinary Studies in KAU
 Director of Korean Society for Teaching English Literature
 Director of The English Language and Literature Association of Korea
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Dr. Melpomeni Papadopoulou
							 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
University of Tours, FranceDépartement Sciences de l'éducation
 Laboratory of Education, Ethics and Health
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						Dr. Jasmin (Bey) Cowin
						 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
				Touro University, USAGraduate School of Education
 Assistant Professor and TESOL Practicum Coordinator
 Fulbright Scholar
 Education Policy Fellow (EPFP™), member of the TESOL International CALL-IS Steering Committee (2022-2024)
 Co-chair: Technology Enhanced Language Learning SIG 2022 and 2023, NYS TESOL conferences.
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Professor Nicola Fabiano
							 
						
					
				
			 
				
			
				
Studio Legale Fabiano, ItalyFounder and CEO
 
 University of Ostrava, Italy
 
 Former President of the first San Marino Data Protection Authority, San Marino
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					Simon Bolivar University, VenezuelaFormer Dean of Research and Development
 
 Founding President of the International Institute of Informatics and Systemics: IIIS ( www.iiiis.org
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 General Chair of WMSCI conferences, USA
 
 www.iiis.org/Nagib-Callaos, @nccallaos
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