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Kevin MoberlyView profile

Associate Professor

• Medieval Studies
• Digital Humanities
• Literary Criticism
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Kevin Moberly is an Associate Professor in the Department of English at Old Dominion University (ODU), affiliated with the College of Arts & Letters. He holds a Ph.D. in English from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette (2005), an M.A. in Creative Writing (2000), and a B.A. in English from Berry College (1995). His research focuses on medievalism, digital humanities, and computer game studies, with notable grants including a 2011 College of Arts & Letters Summer Research Fellowship ($6,000) and a 2015 Center for Learning and Teaching Faculty Innovator Grant ($3,000). Moberly’s work bridges medieval scholarship and modern digital media, addressing themes like fan culture, corporate revisionism, and virtual economies. His publications span journals such as Studies in Medievalism , Computers and Composition , and Eludamos , alongside book chapters on game studies and technical communication. He has received numerous teaching awards, including the 2010 Shining Star Teaching Award and recognition for co-organizing the 2007 Computers and Writing Online Conference. His research interests include the intersection of medieval narratives with contemporary cultural phenomena, digital pedagogies, and the rhetoric of free speech in online spaces. Moberly has contributed to initiatives like the Examining the Evolution of Gaming anthology and co-authored studies on modding in technical classrooms. His work often critiques societal structures through interdisciplinary lenses, blending literary analysis with digital media theory.

Thierry WarinView profile

Professor

• Data Science for Global Transformations
• Platform Economy
• Industrial Organization
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Thierry Warin is a Full Professor of Data Science for International Business at HEC Montréal, directing the Department of International Business. He holds the Professorship in Data Science for International Business and is a Principal Investigator at CIRANO, leading the World Economy theme. His roles include affiliations with Harvard Business School’s Microeconomics of Competitiveness program and the International Trade and Finance Association presidency (2020-2022). Education: PhD from ESSEC Business School (France, 2000). Professional development includes the Harvard Business Analytics Program (2018-2020) and GIS training at Harvard. Research Interests: Data science applications in global economic transformations, including network theory, natural language processing, and computational methods. Focus areas: algorithmic collusion, platform economies, and metadata-driven analyses. He develops open-source tools like the statcanR package and advocates for reproducible research. Articles Trends: Recent work explores AI regulation, algorithmic competition, climate transition plans, and central bank speech analysis. Methodologies span structural topic modeling, social media analytics, and entropy-based frameworks. Awards: Honored with the Highly Commended Paper Award (2017-2018) and Emerald Literati Award (2018) for reverse innovation research. Recognized for contributions to computational social science and regulatory frameworks. Advising & Grants: Supervised 16 master’s projects since 2019, focusing on data science applications in global business challenges. Active in interdisciplinary initiatives like the St. Lawrence–Great Lakes corridor data hub. Labs & Philanthropy: Founded quantum simulations and leads Ed’Haîti , an NGO addressing education in Haiti. Collaborates on Science des données au féminin en Afrique , empowering 200 African women with data science skills.

Olga RyazanovaView profile

Lecturer

• Strategic Management of Higher Education Institutions
• Academic Careers
• Doctoral Education
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Olga Ryazanova is a Lecturer in Management at Maynooth University School of Business and currently serves as Social Sciences Associate Dean of Strategy and Governance. She holds a PhD from University College Dublin and an MA from the State University Higher School of Economics. Her research focuses on strategic management of higher education institutions, particularly the interplay between individual academic careers and organizational outcomes. Key areas include scientific performance measurement, societal impact governance, and doctoral education. Dr. Ryazanova has secured significant funding through projects like the SFI-funded '(In)visible work: understanding and measuring research translation into policy' (2024-2026) and the EU H2020 CHAMELEONS project. She has published in prestigious journals such as Academy of Management Learning & Education , Research Policy , and Journal of World Business , earning awards including the Global Forum Award (2014, 2018) and Carolyn Dexter Award finalist status (2016). Teaching : Courses include Business Models, Innovation Management, and Quantitative Research Methods for PhD students. Editorial Roles : Associate Editor of Academy of Management Learning & Education (2020-2026) and editorial board member for British Journal of Management and Research Policy . Leadership : Served as Secretary and Research Coordinator for the Academy of Management's Management Education & Development Division. Her research consistently addresses systemic challenges in academia, including career capital development, international mobility impacts, and equitable recognition of Global South scholars. She actively collaborates with institutions globally through projects analyzing research networks and doctoral employability.

Teresa WangView profile

Senior Lecturer

• Entity/User Modeling
• Relational/Structural Machine Learning
• Spatial/Temporal Machine Learning
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Dr. Teresa Wang is a Senior Lecturer in Data Science at Monash University's Faculty of Information Technology, specializing in entity/user modeling, relational/structural machine learning, and graph/network analysis. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Queensland and degrees from Nanjing University. Currently, she directs the Master of Data Science Program and teaches courses like FIT5201 Machine Learning. Her research focuses on social, e-commerce, and health data modeling, with notable projects including the Knowledge Enriched Approach for Effective Personalization (2025–2027) and collaborations on AI in Mental Health and Site Safety. Dr. Wang has co-authored over 59 publications, emphasizing areas like ontology matching and multimodal data analysis. She actively supervises PhD students and contributes to initiatives like the CSIRO Next Generation Graduates Program for clean energy and sustainability. Education: Ph.D. in Computer Science (2017), University of Queensland Master of Computer Science (2013), Nanjing University Bachelor of Software Engineering (2010), Nanjing University Research Interests: Entity modeling, spatio-temporal data analysis, graph mining, recommender systems, and health/medical records mining. She explores applications in social media, e-commerce, and healthcare sectors. Projects: "Knowledge Enriched Approach for Effective Personalization" (2025–2027) "AI for Clean Energy and Sustainability" (2023–2027) "CSIRO Next Generation Graduates Program: AI in Mental Health" (2023–2027) "Large-scale multimodal knowledge management" (2022–2025) Grants & Collaborations: Engaged with CSIRO, Crank Group, and Pola Practice Pty Ltd. Her work aligns with UN SDGs in education and sustainable energy systems. Labs/Teams: Part of the Monash Energy Institute and Monash Data Futures Institute, contributing to interdisciplinary AI and energy research.

John KellyView profile

Lecturer

• Sociology of Sport
• Media and Sport
• Sociological Theory
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John Kelly is a Lecturer in the Sociology of Sport at the Moray House School of Education and Sport, University of Edinburgh. He is part of the Institute for Sport, Physical Education & Health Sciences (ISPEHS) and a joint convenor of the Edinburgh Critical Studies in Sport (ECSS) research group. His research focuses on intersections between sport, society, and power dynamics, including topics like militarism, sectarianism, ethnicity, and gender. He has advised governmental bodies in Europe and media organizations globally, and his work spans international journals and book publications. John holds a PhD in Sociology of Sport from Loughborough University (2003–2007), following MA (University of Brighton) and BA (University of Wales Institute, Cardiff) degrees. His teaching includes undergraduate and postgraduate courses on sport sociology, media, and research methods. He actively supervises PhD students exploring topics like sport and social integration, national identity, and body image in China. His research interests emphasize sociological theory, civil-military relations, and the role of sport in shaping identities. Current projects include studies on power in sport research, commemorations in sport, and Irish diaspora communities. John is also a joint editor of the Asia Pacific Journal of Sport and Social Science , reflecting his commitment to advancing critical academic discourse in sport studies.

• Populist Communication
• Far-Right Movements
• Critical Discourse Studies
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Kurt Sengul is a Macquarie University Research Fellow (MQRF) in the School of Communication, Society and Culture. He holds a PhD in Media and Communications from the University of Newcastle (2022). His research focuses on media populism, far-right movements, and critical discourse analysis, with projects exploring the nexus between media and far-right politics in Australia. He has taught at the University of Sydney and University of Newcastle, specializing in political communication, social media, and digital cultures. Research interests include far-right communication strategies, media populism's impact on democracy, critical discourse studies, and anti-gender movements. His work examines topics like far-right humor, online radicalization via platforms like X/Twitter Spaces, and the discursive construction of victimhood. He has published in journals such as Critical Discourse Studies , Television & New Media , and Communication Research and Practice . Professional roles include serving as NSW Representative for ANZCA and secretary of APSA’s Queer Caucus. Media engagements include commentary for The New York Times , The Guardian Australia , and The Sydney Morning Herald . His forthcoming monograph Far-Right Populism in Australia (Bloomsbury) explores communication and discourse strategies of Australian far-right groups.

Gauthier GidelView profile

Associate Professor

• Deep Learning
• Adversarial Machine Learning
• Generative Modeling
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Gauthier Gidel is an Associate Professor at the Department of Computer Science and Operations Research (DIRO) within the Faculty of Arts and Science at Université de Montréal, where he also holds the prestigious Canada CIFAR AI Chair position. He is a core faculty member of Mila, Quebec's AI research institute, and maintains active research collaborations with leading institutions. His academic journey includes a PhD in Computer Science under the supervision of Simon Lacoste-Julien, with internships at Sierra, ElementAI, and DeepMind during his doctoral studies. Dr. Gidel's research spans multiple critical areas in machine learning, with particular emphasis on generative modeling , adversarial machine learning , and variational inequalities for machine learning. His work explores the intersection of optimization theory and practical AI systems, focusing on challenges like LLM safety alignment, multi-agent cooperation, and robustness against adversarial attacks. He is particularly known for his contributions to understanding the theoretical foundations of generative adversarial networks through variational inequality frameworks. His recent publications reveal a strong trend toward addressing critical challenges in large language model safety and alignment, with numerous 2024-2025 papers focusing on adversarial robustness, safety evaluation methodologies, and alignment techniques for LLMs. Simultaneously, his foundational work continues in optimization theory, particularly in variational inequalities and performative prediction, demonstrating his dual focus on practical AI safety concerns and theoretical machine learning foundations. Canada CIFAR AI Chair Core member of Mila Organizer of popular NeurIPS workshops on smooth games Co-founder of the ICLR blog post track Dr. Gidel actively supervises an extensive research group with approximately 10 current graduate students and numerous alumni who have secured positions at leading institutions including Inria Lyon, Oxford, and industry research labs. His research is supported by multiple substantial grants from CRSNG, MITACS, and IVADO, including the prestigious CRSNG Discovery Grant program and MITACS Acceleration Québec projects focused on fraud detection in music streaming and conditional generation. His laboratory maintains strong connections with both academic and industry partners, fostering a collaborative environment focused on advancing AI safety and theoretical understanding.

Agnes Lugo-OrtizView profile

Associate Professor

• Latin American Literature
• Caribbean Cultural Histories
• Slavery and Visual Culture
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Agnes Lugo-Ortiz serves as Associate Professor of Latin American Literature in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at the University of Chicago's Division of the Humanities. Her scholarly profile centers on nineteenth-century Latin American literatures and Caribbean cultural histories within transatlantic frameworks of modernity, with particular emphasis on slavery, visual culture, and archival epistemology. Her educational foundation includes a PhD from Princeton University (1990), followed by teaching appointments at Northwestern University and Dartmouth College before her tenure at Chicago. Her research trajectory examines cultural politics through lenses of national identity formation, anti-colonial projects, and diasporic community reconfigurations, notably through decades of affiliation with the Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage Project. Lugo-Ortiz's current book project "The Plantation Gaze: Slavery and Visual Culture in Colonial Cuba (1727–1886)" interrogates the imbrication of visual culture with plantation slavery, analyzing diverse artifacts from religious performances to medical treatises. Her co-edited volume "Slave Portraiture in the Atlantic World" and co-founding of the Working Group on Slavery and Visual Culture (2016) demonstrate her leadership in visual studies of enslavement, recently expanded through the digital exhibit "Palimpsests: Visual Idioms of Enslavement in the Nineteenth-Century and Their Afterlives". Her scholarly impact is recognized through awards including the Latin American Studies Association Prize for Best Essay in Nineteenth-century Studies and the Premio Alejandro Tapia y Rivera. Prestigious fellowships from Ford Foundation, Mellon Foundation, Franke Institute, and Clark Art Institute have supported her research. As co-founder and co-editor of the anti-colonial digital journal "Categoría Cinco. Revista de Política y Cultura", she actively engages Puerto Rican decolonial politics. Her editorial service spans PMLA and University of New England Press publications, while advisory roles include the Recovering the US Hispanic Literary Heritage Project and Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics. She maintains robust institutional engagement through affiliations with Chicago's Center for Latin American Studies, Center for Gender and Sexuality Studies, and Center for Race, Politics, and Culture.

• Gendered History of Medicine
• Therapeutic Cultures
• Recovery Movements
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Trysh Travis is an Associate Professor of Women’s Studies at the University of Florida. Her research focuses on the gendered history of medicine, therapeutic cultures, and recovery movements. She earned an MA from the Bread Loaf School of English and a PhD in American Studies from Yale University. Her work has been supported by the Mellon Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities. She co-founded the translational humanities project Points with UF colleague Joseph Spillane and serves as Managing Editor Emerita. Key publications include The Language of the Heart: Twelve-Step Recovery from Alcoholics Anonymous to Oprah Winfrey (2009) and co-editing Rethinking Therapeutic Culture (2016). Her articles explore topics ranging from opioid treatment legacies to feminist critiques of drug policy. Education: PhD in American Studies (Yale University), MA in English (Bread Loaf School of English) Grants: Mellon Foundation, National Endowment for the Humanities Key Projects: Co-founder of Points blog, author/co-editor of influential books on recovery culture Travis’s research bridges literary history and cultural analysis, emphasizing intersections of gender, medicine, and therapeutic practices. Her work critiques historical and contemporary recovery narratives, interrogating how therapeutic frameworks shape identities and social norms. Recent scholarship addresses opioid policy legacies and the role of whiteness in cultural discourse.

Michael GubanovView profile

Assistant Professor

• Big Data Management
• Scalable Machine Learning
• Knowledge Graphs
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Dr. Michael Gubanov is an Assistant Professor in Computer Science at Florida State University and founder of BigLab!, specializing in scalable data systems for scientific knowledge discovery. Research: Develops hybrid polystore/LLM systems for cancer research (CancerKG.ORG), COVID-19 knowledge graphs (COVIDKG.ORG), and aging studies (AgingGraph.ORG). Focuses on metadata classification, tabular embeddings, and web-scale knowledge extraction. Funding: Secured $1.8M+ from NSF, Florida Department of Health, and AWS for projects bridging data management and AI. Awards: IEEE ICDE Best Paper (2017), ACM SIGMOD Research Highlight (2018), CACM Research Highlight (2020). Elected to Sigma Xi. Education: PhD in Computer Science (University of Washington); Postdoc at MIT CSAIL.

• Queer Education
• Comparative Education
• Hermeneutic Pedagogy
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Dr. Karsten Kenklies is a Senior Lecturer in the Institute of Education at the University of Strathclyde, UK, and a member of the research group 'Advanced Pedagogical Theory (APT)'. Previously, he served as Junior-Professor (Chair for Comparative Education) at Friedrich-Schiller University of Jena, Germany. His work bridges European, Asian, and North American educational theories through hermeneutic and comparative approaches, focusing on German Bildung , Japanese cultural practices, and queer pedagogy. Research interests include intercultural education, queer theory integration, and historical/systematic pedagogical analysis. He co-founded ExET - Experiments in Education Theory , promoting conceptual research globally. Currently leads the MSc Education Studies program and supervises PhD projects in conceptual/historical research areas like queer education and martial arts pedagogy. Notable awards include the 2023 Research & Conference Fellowship and the 2007 Award for Fundamental Research. Engaged in projects such as the PESGB Summer School and the Influence of Japanese Thinking on German Education (JSPS-funded). Active in international collaborations, including visits to Tamagawa University (Japan) and UiT The Arctic University of Norway.

Salwa El-AwaView profile

Senior Lecturer

• Arabic Linguistics
• Islamic Studies
• Text Analysis (Scriptures and Literature)
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Dr. Salwa El-Awa is a Senior Lecturer in Arabic and Islamic Studies at Swansea University's School of Culture and Communication. She previously held positions at the University of Birmingham (2001-2010) and Ain Shams University in Cairo (2010-2015). Her academic roles include teaching Arabic linguistics, Qur’anic studies, and Hadith analysis, alongside supervising PhD students in translation and religious studies. Her research focuses on Qur’anic textuality, discourse markers, and Islamic movements. Key areas include textual coherence in the Qur’an, Arabic linguistic analysis, and the intersection of religion and counter-terrorism policy. Recent projects explore governance strategies engaging moderate Islamic groups to combat jihadism. El-Awa has published extensively on Qur’anic linguistics, including monographs like Textual Relations in the Qur'an (2005) and Al-Wujuh Wa al-Naza’ir (1998). Her work bridges religious studies, linguistics, and security studies, with notable contributions to Yale’s Dictionary of the Qur'an (2024) and interdisciplinary journals like International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice . She has secured £20,000 for the International Qur’anic Text Linguistics Conference (2020-2021) and served as an External Examiner for Westminster University’s Translation program (2019–2022). Her teaching includes advanced translation, healthcare interpreting, and world cinema studies.

• Epigraphy
• Classical Philology
• Neo-Latin Studies
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Dr. Grzegorz Kotłowski serves as an Assistant Professor at the University of Gdańsk's Faculty of Languages within the Institute of Classical and Slavonic Studies, Division of Classical Philology. He concurrently holds the significant administrative position of Deputy Dean for Students Affairs at the Faculty of Languages, demonstrating dual expertise in academic scholarship and institutional leadership. His research centers on Classical Philology with intense specialization in Latin epigraphy, particularly the documentation and analysis of Neo-Latin inscriptions in historical churches of Gdańsk (notably St. Mary's Church) and Warmia (Frombork Cathedral). Dr. Kotłowski's work bridges philological rigor with historical contextualization, examining epitaphs, sepulchral plates, and commemorative texts from the early modern period to reconstruct social hierarchies, religious practices, and cultural identities within Gdańsk's multicultural urban landscape. His methodological contributions extend to digital approaches in Neo-Latin studies, addressing data acquisition and dataset creation challenges. Recent publications (2020-2022) reveal a highly focused epigraphic output, with over twenty articles detailing specific monuments while collectively forming a comprehensive corpus of Gdańsk's Latin funerary heritage. His collaborative multi-volume series with Elżbieta Starek— Łacińskie inskrypcje w kościołach Gdańska (covering Mariacka Basilica, Śródmieście, and Oliwa) and Łacińskie inskrypcje w kościołach Warmii (Frombork)—establishes foundational references for regional epigraphic studies. No scientific awards are documented in available sources. Administrative responsibilities as Deputy Dean for Students Affairs indicate active engagement in academic governance, though specific advising roles or grant funding remain unreported in current materials. The absence of laboratory or team descriptions suggests individual or small-collaboration research models centered on archival and field-based epigraphy.

Loris D'AntoniView profile

Associate Professor

• Programming Languages
• Software Verification
• Program Synthesis
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Loris D'Antoni is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of California at San Diego (UCSD) . He is also a Visiting Academic at Amazon Web Services (AWS) . His research focuses on helping people write trustworthy software through techniques in program synthesis, formal verification, and machine learning robustness. Bachelor and Master in Computer Science from University of Torino (2008, 2010) PhD in Computer Science from University of Pennsylvania (2015) His research integrates programming languages , automata theory , and formal methods to ensure software reliability. Recent work explores semantics-guided synthesis and specification-aligned LLMs , with applications in network security, machine learning fairness, and automated code repair. Key trends in his publications include program synthesis , formal verification , and trustworthy AI systems . He has contributed to tools like AutomataTutor and SemGuS , a framework for customizable synthesis problems using constrained Horn clauses. Phillip R. Certain-Gary D. Sandefur Distinguished Faculty Award NSF CAREER Award Microsoft Research Faculty Fellowship Google and Facebook Faculty Awards Best Paper Award at ICDCN 2023 Distinguished Paper Award at SBES 2021 D'Antoni actively contributes to academic community service as a committee member in PLDI , OOPSLA , POPL , and CAV . He leads the Programming Systems Group at UCSD and collaborates with SemGuS research team on synthesis frameworks.

Yusuf AydoğduView profile

Associate Professor

• Modern Turkish Literature
• Postmodernism in Literature
• Turkish Poetry Analysis
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Assoc. Prof. Dr. Yusuf Aydoğdu is an academic at Bingöl University's Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Turkish Language and Literature. He holds academic rank of Associate Professor since 2023. His expertise spans Modern Turkish Literature, Postmodernism in Literature, and Socialist Realism in Poetry. Education: Bachelor's (2003–2008): Turkish Language and Literature Teaching, Dokuz Eylül University Master's (2008–2011): İzmir Dokuz Eylül University, thesis on 'Socialist Realist Elements in Kemal Özer's Poetry' PhD (2012–2016): Atatürk University, thesis on 'Postmodern Elements in Murathan Mungan's Fiction' Research interests include modern Turkish literary movements, postmodern narrative techniques, and cultural identity studies. His 15 most recent articles (2014–2024) explore themes such as postmodern historiography, socialist realism in poetry, and hermeneutic literary criticism. Notable works include analyses of Murathan Mungan's short stories and Namık Kemal's existential narratives. He is a referee for journals like Bingöl Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi and has authored/co-authored books on postmodern Turkish literature and literary criticism.