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Javed I. KhanView profile

Professor

• Computer Networking
• Cyber Infrastructure
• Active and Programmable Networking
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Javed I. Khan is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Computer Science at Kent State University . He leads cutting-edge research in networking, cyber infrastructure, and perceptual systems, with funding from DARPA, NSF, NASA, AFRL, and the World Bank. He is the director of the Media Communications and Networking Research Laboratory (MEDIANET) and actively contributes to international education networks. Ph.D., University of Hawaii at Manoa B.Sc., Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) His research spans active and programmable networking , peer-to-peer systems , semantic design , multimedia communication , and medical imaging . He has pioneered work in holographic associative memory and complex system visualization . His interdisciplinary work integrates computer science with human-centered design and global development. The recent publications reflect a strong trend in decentralized systems , next-generation architectures , and intelligent networking . Themes include P2P computing, dynamic routing, content-based search, and perceptual engineering, indicating a forward-looking research vision in network evolution and human-machine symbiosis. Fulbright Senior Specialist on High Performance Education Networking Open Grants Fellow, East West Center, Hawaii Dr. Khan has advised national and international bodies including the World Bank on research and education networks (RENs) for sustainable development. His lab has secured grants from DARPA , NSF , NASA , and AFRL , supporting innovative projects in space communication, multisensory fusion, and digital library systems. He leads the MEDIANET Lab , which houses the Internet Teaching Lab (ITL) and Student Research Portal . The lab fosters collaboration through the MEDIANET Collaboration Server and supports projects in active networking, P2P computing, and perceptual media.

• Knowledge Graphs
• Machine Learning
• Semantic Web Technologies
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Bram Steenwinckel is a postdoctoral researcher at Ghent University's Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Department of Information Technology. He holds an FWO Junior Postdoctoral Fellowship and contributes to IMEC research projects. His work combines knowledge graphs with machine learning for explainable hybrid AI applications. FWO-funded projects on anomaly detection and knowledge graph embeddings Co-author on 15+ publications in semantic web, AI, and healthcare informatics Research focuses on integrating domain knowledge into machine learning pipelines Involvement in both academic research and applied engineering solutions His research explores knowledge graph creation for smart monitoring systems across healthcare and industrial domains. The INK methodology enables semantic rule mining while TALK provides context-aware activity recognition . Current work extends these approaches to zero-shot classification and automotive quality control . Scientific contributions include: Explainable knowledge graph embeddings Context-aware IoT data stream analysis Hybrid AI for ambulatory health monitoring Dynamic dashboarding architectures

Amit SharmaView profile

Professor

• Finance and Economics of Food Decisions
• Hospitality and Tourism Economics
• Food Safety Economics
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Amit Sharma serves as the Edward Friedman and Stuart Mann Professor of Hospitality Management at Pennsylvania State University's School of Hospitality Management. He holds multiple leadership roles including Associate Director & Professor-in-Charge of Undergraduate Programs, Director of the Food Decisions Research Laboratory, and Affiliate Faculty with both Teaching and Learning with Technology and the Rock Ethics Institute. He also serves as President of iAHFME and as a Faculty Senate Senator. Education: B.A. in Economics from University of Delhi (India) Higher National Diploma in Hotel, Catering and Institutional Management from University College of Salford, Manchester (U.K.) Masters from Institut De Management Hotelier International (France) Ph.D. from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Professor Sharma's research centers on the finance and economics of food decisions , examining cost-benefit analyses of food choices within foodservice environments. His work investigates local food systems economics, food safety implications, healthy eating behaviors among children, family food spending patterns, and food supply chain dynamics. He maintains a parallel research focus on hospitality and tourism economics , analyzing how these industries impact local and national economies through policy interventions and development strategies. His Food Decisions Research Laboratory serves as the primary hub for empirical investigations in these domains. Analysis of his 15 most recent publications reveals consistent thematic patterns across hospitality finance, food decision economics, and behavioral aspects of foodservice management. Key research trajectories include restaurant financial decision-making (particularly debt structures and executive compensation), school nutrition economics, local food system viability, and consumer responses to food safety initiatives. His work demonstrates strong methodological diversity spanning econometric modeling, survey research, and case study approaches. As Director of the Food Decisions Research Laboratory, Sharma leads interdisciplinary investigations into food choice economics and policy implications. His leadership extends to professional service as President of iAHFME and through multiple university governance roles including Faculty Senate representation and HHD Faculty Council secretary position. His research directly informs policy discussions around school nutrition programs, local food procurement, and hospitality industry economic development.

MaryKay OrgillView profile

Professor

• Chemistry Education
• Biochemistry Education
• Systems Thinking in STEM
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MaryKay Orgill is a Professor and Chair of Chemical Education in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Her work focuses on improving undergraduate chemistry and biochemistry education through qualitative research techniques, examining student conceptual understanding, problem-solving strategies, and visualization of abstract concepts. Research specialties in systems thinking pedagogy Expertise in chemistry education research (CER) Focus on assessment accessibility for multilingual learners Developer of the ChEMIST table instructional tool Orgill's recent publications emphasize systems thinking applications in chemistry education, equity in assessment design, and effective use of analogies. She leads professional development initiatives for faculty and K-12 teachers through projects like ACELL (Advancing Chemistry by Enhancing Learning in the Laboratory) and ChANgE Chem, with a particular focus on interdisciplinary collaborations and inclusive teaching practices. Her research group has developed innovative frameworks for connecting chemistry concepts to societal and environmental contexts, particularly through lithium's role in green energy transition studies. She also investigates how external representations shape student learning and instructor decision-making processes in chemistry education. Key projects: ACELL, ChANgE Chem, ASELL Schools Leadership in Nevada GEAR UP STEM professional development Focus on science identity formation in underrepresented groups

Nadeen FathallahView profile

Researcher

• Web Accessibility
• Natural Language Processing
• Computer Vision
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Nadeen Fathallah is a researcher at the University of Stuttgart, affiliated with the Analytic Computing group at KI. Her work spans AI applications for accessibility, computer vision, and knowledge engineering. Research Focus: Web accessibility, ontology learning, and LLM-based solutions for Deaf/Hard of Hearing communities Projects: Key contributor to the IKILeUS project (Integrated AI in Teaching) at the University of Stuttgart Teaching: Has served as teaching assistant and assistant lecturer at German International University, German University in Cairo, and The Knowledge Hub Her research explores: Automated detection/correction of web accessibility violations (e.g., AccessGuru platform) Improving video captions using large language models Accessibility tools for tabular data (EchoTables) Ontology learning pipelines (NeOn-GPT, LLMs4Life) Recent work shows a focus on combining LLMs with domain-specific challenges across multiple fields, particularly emphasizing inclusive design principles. Contact details: Office at Universitätsstraße 32, Stuttgart, Germany (Room: 2.312b). Available via +49 711 685 88130.

Kate HennessyView profile

Associate Professor

• Media Studies
• Digital Anthropology
• Museum Studies
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Kate Hennessy is an Associate Professor at Simon Fraser University’s School of Interactive Arts and Technology. As director of the Making Culture Lab , her research examines the intersection of technoscience with cultural practices in media, museums, and archives, particularly through Indigenous and settler histories of place and space. Her academic credentials include a PhD in Anthropology from the University of British Columbia and an MA in Anthropology of Media from the School of Oriental and African Studies. She combines her expertise in media anthropology with experimental art practices, co-founding the Ethnographic Terminalia Curatorial Collective and leading the Critical Ethnography and Digital Heritage Initiative (CEDHI) . Hennessy’s research creation works span digital heritage , anarchival methodologies , and VR journalism ethics . Her collaborations with Indigenous communities focus on decolonizing archival practices through projects like The Water We Call Home and digital sqewlets.ca , while her VR anonymization studies with Steve DiPaola explore empathy preservation in immersive media. Scientific Recognition includes the 2008 Society for Visual Anthropology’s Jean Rouch Award 2015 Council for Museum Anthropology’s Michael Ames Award 2017 Confederation of University Faculty Associations of BC’s Early in Career Award 2020 SFU Research Excellence Award 2021 SFU Distinguished Teaching Award Her work frequently involves community-engaged grants such as the Knight Foundation/Google News Lab Journalism 360 Challenge Grant and partnerships with institutions like the Museum of Vancouver , Bill Reid Gallery , and UN’s One Planet Network . The Making Culture Lab team produces exhibitions across Canada and the U.S., using media as a tool for cultural reclamation and social critique.

• Slavic Linguistics
• Ukrainian Language Processing
• Digital Humanities
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Saint-Joanis Olena is a Lecturer at INALCO's Department of Slavic Languages and Literature, specializing in Ukrainian language processing and pedagogy. She coordinates the Erasmus+ project EUkraine Forum and co-organizes the Rencontres des linguistes du CREE conference. Her work involves developing online pedagogical tools for Ukrainian through the Erasmus+ Lesser-Used Languages Classroom project. Her research focuses on formalizing Ukrainian language structures within the NooJ framework, including verb aspect relations, morphological grammars, and language variant formalization. She has presented at multiple international NooJ conferences and TALN-RECITAL, with publications in edited volumes and conference proceedings. She teaches Ukrainian language courses at all undergraduate and master's levels, including written practice, grammar exercises, and media language, while also developing continuing education programs. Her technical contributions include Ukrainian dictionary creation and disambiguation grammar implementations for NLP applications.

Sébastien Le DigabelView profile

Professor

• Operations Research
• Mathematical Optimization
• Black-box Optimization
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Sébastien Le Digabel is a Full Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Industrial Engineering at Polytechnique Montréal. He holds affiliations with GERAD (Groupe d'études et de recherche en analyse des décisions) and IVADO (Institut de valorisation des données), where he contributes to research in optimization and artificial intelligence. Professor Le Digabel's research focuses on black-box optimization and derivative-free methods, particularly the Mesh Adaptive Direct Search (MADS) algorithm. His work spans three main areas: development of optimization methods, application to engineering problems, and development of optimization software. He has made significant contributions to extending MADS for constrained optimization, mixed-variable problems, multiobjective optimization, and stochastic optimization. His recent publications (2023-2025) demonstrate continued innovation in handling complex optimization challenges including categorical variables, hierarchical constraints, and multi-fidelity approaches. These works appear in top journals like Computational Optimization and Applications, SIAM Journal on Optimization, and Optimization and Engineering. Professor Le Digabel actively supervises graduate students, having completed 8 PhD theses and 10 Master's theses with topics spanning multiobjective optimization, hyperparameter tuning, smart grid applications, and power systems optimization. His research is supported by diverse funding sources including NSERC, FRQNT, InnovÉÉ, IVADO, Hydro-Québec, Rio Tinto, and Huawei-Canada, reflecting the broad applicability of his work across academic and industrial domains. Professor Le Digabel leads the NOMAD Research Group and is the primary developer of the NOMAD optimization software, which implements the MADS algorithm and serves as a standard tool in the derivative-free optimization community. The software is available at www.gerad.ca/nomad and continues to evolve with new capabilities for challenging optimization problems.

Leslie MyintView profile

Associate Professor

• Statistics
• Data Science
• Causal Inference
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Leslie Myint is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science at Macalester College. She teaches statistics and data science courses while collaborating with colleagues across mathematics, computer science, statistics, and data science disciplines. Professor Myint's research spans multiple domains with a focus on statistics , data science , and causal inference . Her work has three primary thrusts: methodological development in causal inference techniques, applications of data science to sustainability and environmental justice initiatives, and innovations in statistics and data science pedagogy. She has contributed to projects involving high-throughput biological data analysis, kidney disease research, and graph-based knowledge representation systems. Her recent work emphasizes using data to advance sustainability initiatives and environmental justice, including involvement with the Zero Burn Coalition working to shut down the Hennepin Energy Recovery Center (HERC) incinerator. Analysis of Professor Myint's recent publications reveals a strong trajectory connecting methodological statistics with practical applications. Her work bridges theoretical causal inference methods with real-world challenges in sustainability, healthcare, and education. The recurring themes across her publications include alternative approaches to traditional statistical problems, interdisciplinary applications of data science, and creative solutions to complex data challenges. Her research demonstrates how statistical methods can be adapted to address time-varying confounding, improve literature review processes through graph databases, and enhance our understanding of biological systems. Professor Myint is deeply committed to educational innovation, particularly in statistics education. She has developed courses and teaching materials focused on causal inference, statistical machine learning, and data science. Her teaching philosophy emphasizes beauty, meaningful work, and alternative grading approaches that move beyond traditional assessment methods. She has created lecture videos available on her YouTube channel and maintains course websites for many of her classes. Outside the classroom, Professor Myint is actively engaged with environmental justice initiatives through the Zero Burn Coalition of the MN Environmental Justice Table. She also explores economic models that prioritize sustainability, as evidenced by her interest in doughnut economics and her digital garden writings on creating economies that allow us to thrive rather than focusing solely on growth.

Brianna E. Robertson-KirklandView profile

Lecturer

• History of Singing Practice
• Singing Education
• Historically Informed Performance
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Brianna E. Robertson-Kirkland serves as Lecturer in Historical Musicology at The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland with significant cross-institutional roles including Music Research Associate for the AHRC-funded 'The Edited Collection of Allan Ramsay' at the University of Glasgow and Principal Investigator for the Royal Society of Edinburgh-funded Scotland's Singing for Health Network (SSfHN). Her research centers on eighteenth-century vocal pedagogy, historically informed performance practices, and the therapeutic applications of singing. Key monographs include 'Venanzio Rauzzini and the Birth of a New Style in English Singing: Scandalous Lessons' examining master-pupil dynamics, while her work on Allan Ramsay's 'Tea-Table Miscellany' (co-edited with Murray Pittock) explores Scottish song traditions. She investigates intersections between historical performance and contemporary health interventions for conditions like dementia and respiratory disorders. Analysis of her 2023-2025 publications reveals consistent focus on three interconnected domains: Scottish Enlightenment-era music (particularly Ramsay and Burns), vocal education history (including Rauzzini and Corri family contributions), and evidence-based singing-for-health frameworks. Her scholarship uniquely bridges archival musicology with community health applications through projects like SSfHN. Robertson-Kirkland directs multiple research networks including SSfHN connecting health professionals with singing practitioners, and co-founded the Eighteenth-century Arts Education Research Network. Her grant portfolio features competitive funding from AHRC and RSE supporting interdisciplinary collaborations with institutions like the University of Sydney and ensembles including Concerto Caledonia. Her international impact includes Visiting Fellowships at the University of Sydney resulting in practice-based performances with Evergreen Ensemble, and research contributions to the album 'Curious Caledonians' demonstrating applied historically-informed performance.