Prof. & Dr. Álvaro Rocha, University of Lisbon, Portugal
Álvaro Rocha holds the title of Honorary Professor, and holds a D.Sc. in Information Science, Ph.D. in Information Systems and Technologies, M.Sc. in Information Management, and BCs in Computer Science. He is a Professor of Information Systems at the University of Lisbon - ISEG, researcher at the ADVANCE (the ISEG Centre for Advanced Research in Management), and a collaborator researcher at both LIACC (Laboratory of Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science) and CINTESIS (Center for Research in Health Technologies and Information Systems). His main research interests are maturity models, information systems quality, online service quality, requirements engineering, intelligent information systems, e-Government, e-Health, and information technology in education. He is also Vice-Chair of the IEEE Portugal Section Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society Chapter, and Editor-in-Chief of both JISEM (Journal of Information Systems Engineering & Management) and RISTI (Iberian Journal of Information Systems and Technologies). Moreover, he has served as Vice-Chair of Experts for the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 Program, and as an Expert at the COST - intergovernmental framework for European Cooperation in Science and Technology, at the European Commission’s Horizon Europe Program, at the Government of Italy’s Ministry of Universities and Research, at the Government of Latvia’s Ministry of Finance, at the Government of Mexico's National Council of Science and Technology, at the Government of Polish's National Science Centre, and at the Government of Cyprus's Research and Innovation Foundation.
Prof. & Dr. Mian Muhammad Waseem Iqbal, National University of Sciences & Technology, Pakistan
Dr. Mian Muhammad Waseem Iqbal, currently employed as Associate Professor at National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Islamabad, Pakistan. Moreover, I have worked on various administrative positions (Training Officer, Coordination Officer, PG Prog Coordination) at Dept of Information Security (NUST) since 2012. Other than this, my professional services include, but not limited to Industry Consultation, Workshops Organizer/Resource Person (International Workshops/Seminars), Technical Program Committee member, Member Accreditation team, Conference Chief Organizer, Invited Speaker, Teaching (UG/PG/PhD) courses, Research & Development, and Guest Editor/reviewer for several international journals/conferences. I am an academician and researcher since 2012 and have published more than 70 scientific research articles (Impact Factor ~ 175) related to healthcare security, digital forensics, cryptography, IoT security etc in prestigious international journals (ISI-Indexed) like IEEE Comm Surveys & Tutorials, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, ACM Computing Surveys, Future Generation Computer Systems, Multimedia Tools and Applications, IEEE Sensors, Systems Journal etc., along with reputed conferences like “ICC”. I am currently supervising 3 x PhD, 8 x MS and Co-Supervising 2 x PhD students. 20 MS students have already passed out under my Supervision. I have won 10 funded projects as Principal and Co-Principal investigator worth 226.8 M PKR from Industry, NUST Def RnD, and European Union (Erasmus+). Furthermore, I have conducted more than 15 CEH, CHFI, CSCU, and Forensics practical hands-on workshops for industry and public sector. I also have the honor of serving as Think Tank member at National Security Division on Cyber (Government of Pakistan). In recognition of my services, I was awarded Overall University Best Teacher Award.