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Cristiano LossView profile

Associate Professor

• Timber Engineering
• Engineered Wood Solutions
• Hybrid Steel-Timber Structures
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Cristiano Loss is an Associate Professor of Timber Engineering in the Department of Wood Science , Faculty of Forestry , University of British Columbia . He concurrently serves as Associate Chair in Wood Building Design and Construction , leads the UBC Timber Engineering and Applied Mechanics (TEAM) group, and directs the Sustainable Engineered Structural Solutions Laboratory . Research Interests: Timber and engineered wood structural design Hybrid steel-timber building systems Seismic performance of mass-timber structures Vibration serviceability of timber floors Cross-laminated timber (CLT) assemblies Prefabricated and industrialized timber systems Over the past decade, Professor Loss has published extensively on advanced analytical and experimental techniques for evaluating the structural, dynamic, and seismic behavior of timber-based systems. His recent work leverages high-fidelity finite-element modelling, genetic algorithm optimization, and machine learning to predict and enhance the performance of connectors, shear walls, and floor diaphragms in mid- to high-rise timber buildings. Scientific Awards & Recognition: While the provided text does not enumerate specific awards, Professor Loss’s prolific publication record and leadership roles at UBC indicate substantial peer recognition in the field of timber engineering. Contact & Resources: Email: cristiano.loss@ubc.ca Office: Forest Sciences Centre 4032, 2424 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada Phone: 604-822-6716 Web: UBC TEAM Group Profiles: ResearchGate , LinkedIn

Simon ColesView profile

Professor

• Structural Chemistry
• Crystallography
• Digital Chemistry
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Simon Coles is a Professor of Structural Chemistry at the University of Southampton, where he serves as Director of both the UK National Crystallography Service (NCS) and the UK Physical Sciences Data-science Service (PSDS). He has authored approximately 1000 papers and is a leading figure in chemical crystallography, with significant contributions to the Cambridge Structural Database. National Crystallography Service (NCS) Physical Sciences Data-science Service (PSDS) Editorial Board Member - Crystallography Reviews, Supramolecular Chemistry, Cryst.Eng.Comm, IUCr RawDataLetters His research spans Structural Chemistry (mechanisms of solid-state reactions, structure-property relationships, quantum mechanical calculations) and Digital Chemistry (data management, semantic web approaches, electronic laboratory notebooks). Collaborations extend to biology, engineering, and computer science, with funding from EPSRC, JISC, and Microsoft. Recent publications highlight his work in crystallography (2025), data science (2025), and materials characterization (2025). The themes of structural analysis, data-driven approaches, and interdisciplinary applications dominate his scholarly output. As a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, he contributes to MSc programme development and national education initiatives through the British Crystallographic Association. His supervision includes a diverse cohort of PhD and MSc students in chemistry-related fields.

Helena GrönqvistView profile

Researcher

• eHealth
• Psychosocial Care
• Digital Health Interventions
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Helena Grönqvist is an Affiliated Researcher at Uppsala University's Department of Women's and Children's Health and serves as Project Manager at the Centre for Integrated Research on Culture and Society (CIRCUS). Her career focuses on eHealth, psychosocial care, and digital interventions for cancer patients and their families. She actively contributes to the U-CARE research environment, developing web-based therapeutic tools and investigating long-term psychological effects in oncology contexts. Affiliated Researcher, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Uppsala University Project Manager, Centre for Integrated Research on Culture and Society (CIRCUS) Active in U-CARE research program on digital psychosocial care Her research interests center on digital health interventions , particularly internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy programs for cancer patients and families. She investigates long-term psychological effects of cancer diagnosis across life stages, parental support needs after childhood cancer, and neurodevelopmental patterns in preterm infants. Her work integrates clinical psychology with digital platform development , emphasizing longitudinal study designs. Publication trends show consistent contributions to Journal of Medical Internet Research , Acta Oncologica , and Psycho-Oncology journals, covering topics from web-based intervention design to parental bereavement support . The 15 most recent articles demonstrate methodological expertise in randomized controlled trials , longitudinal observational studies , and design science research . Helena collaborates extensively with multidisciplinary teams including Mudassir Imran Mustafa , Joanne Woodford , and Anna Wikman . She contributes to academic discourse through conference papers on internet-based self-help and adolescent cancer consequences , while maintaining active roles in both CIRCLE and CIRCUS research centers.

Zuhal TanrıkuluView profile

Professor

• Information Systems Development
• Information Systems Management
• Systems Success and Failure
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Zuhal Tanrıkulu is a Professor in the field of Management Information Systems, with a multidisciplinary background in Electronics and Communication Engineering, Control and Computer Engineering, and Business Administration. She has taught courses spanning enterprise information systems, global IS success metrics, soft computing applications, and graduate seminars. Research Focus: Her work centers on information systems development, systems success/failure analysis, e-learning technologies, and health information systems. Recent publications emphasize password security algorithms, mobile learning sustainability, and data mining applications. Publication Trends: Over the past decade, her research spans cybersecurity, digital transformation, and educational technology. Key subfields include network security protocols, business model innovation, and intelligent system integration in service processes.

Mira MeziniView profile

Professor

• Software development paradigms and tools
• Programming systems for reliable distributed software
• Automated software analysis
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Mira Mezini is a Professor of Computer Science at the Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany, leading the Software Technology Lab. She serves on steering committees, program committees, and editorial boards of top-tier conferences and journals. Her affiliations include the National Research Center for Applied Cybersecurity ATHENE and co-directorship of hessian.AI, the Hessian Center for Artificial Intelligence. Her research focuses on programming systems for reliable distributed software and AI, automated software analysis, and foundational code models. She has developed large-scale module concepts for adaptability, extensible programming languages, and intelligent software development environments that leverage web-based resources to generate programming rules and patterns. Specializes in software engineering Expert in programming language design Contribution to cybersecurity and AI Her recent work emphasizes static analysis, distributed systems, and programming language design, with trends in API misuse detection, decentralized applications, and secure local-first programming. The focus spans from foundational type systems to practical tools enhancing software quality and developer productivity. Scientific Awards Two-time IBM Eclipse Innovation Award recipient (2005, 2006) Google Research Award (2017) Horst Görtz IT Security Award (2014) ERC Advanced Grant (2012) ACM Fellow Dahl-Nygaard Prize (2025) She has held leadership roles including Dean of Computer Science at TU Darmstadt (2013-2014) and Vice President positions (2014-2019). Her service extends to international juries, funding panels, and editorial boards. Labs & Teams Leads the Software Technology Lab at TU Darmstadt, driving research in programming paradigms and tools. Co-directs hessian.AI and contributes to the Excellence Cluster 'Reasonable Artificial Intelligence.'

Christos KatsanosView profile

Assistant Professor

• Human-Computer Interaction
• Human-Robot Interaction
• Web Science
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Christos Katsanos is an Assistant Professor of Human-Computer Interaction at the Department of Informatics, School of Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki since 2018. He also holds adjunct professor positions at Hellenic Open University (2011-2012, 2014-present), University of Patras (2017-2018), Open University of Cyprus (2016-2018), and previously at Technological Educational Institute of Western Greece (2011-2018) and Technological Educational Institute of Western Macedonia (2005-2010). His research spans multiple domains of interactive systems with a strong focus on user-centered design methodologies. Education: 2010: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Human-Computer Interaction, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Polytechnic School, University of Patras 2004: Diploma (Master of Engineering degree) in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Patras 1999: Certificate of Secondary Education, 3ο General High School of Kozani, 19.6/20 Dr. Katsanos' research interests center on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), with significant contributions to web science, web accessibility, educational technologies, and methods for designing and evaluating interactive software systems. His work often bridges theoretical cognitive models with practical applications, particularly in information architecture and user experience evaluation. He has developed several tools for automated website evaluation based on information foraging theory and semantic analysis. His publication record shows a consistent trajectory from foundational work on information scent and web navigation (2004-2010) through to more recent work on stress detection using physiological signals, HRI in agricultural robotics, and personality factors in UX evaluation. The research demonstrates an evolution from purely web-based interaction to broader interactive systems including robotics and mobile applications, while maintaining a strong methodological focus on evaluation techniques. As an educator and advisor , Dr. Katsanos has supervised numerous undergraduate, master's, and doctoral students on topics related to web accessibility, user experience design, information architecture, and educational technologies. His teaching portfolio includes courses on Human-Computer Interaction, Quality Assurance of Software Systems, and Interactive Mobile Applications. His administrative service includes membership in various departmental committees at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, including selection committees for postgraduate students and doctoral candidates, as well as the General Assembly of the Department. He has also served on evaluation committees for research projects.

Junyu CaoView profile

Assistant Professor

• Data-driven decision making
• Online learning
• Revenue management
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Junyu Cao is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Information, Risk, and Operations Management at McCombs School of Business, The University of Texas at Austin. He earned his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from UC Berkeley in 2020. His research focuses on data-driven decision making, online learning, stochastic modeling, and their applications to revenue management, recommender systems, smart-city analytics, and operations. Ph.D.: Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, UC Berkeley Education: B.S. in Mathematics, Zhejiang University; B.S. in Industrial Engineering, Zhejiang University; Exchange Program, UCLA His work spans interdisciplinary domains including sequential decision-making in dynamic environments, bandit problems, and network modeling. He has developed algorithms for adaptive data acquisition, fatigue-aware recommendation systems, and urban mobility optimization. Recent publications in Management Science , Operations Research , and NeurIPS highlight his contributions to pricing optimization, reinforcement learning, and transportation systems. His research has been recognized with multiple awards including the IBM PhD Fellowship and Katta Murty Best Paper Prize. Finalist in MSOM Service Management SIG Best Paper Award, 2024 Second Place, POMS CHOM Best Paper Competition, 2024 Winner, INFORMS ISS Cluster Best Paper Award, 2022 Junyu has advised two Ph.D. students at UT Austin and served as Graduate Student Instructor at UC Berkeley. He has received editorial and judging roles in prestigious academic competitions.

Adina CrainiceanuView profile

Professor

• Databases
• Distributed Systems
• Cloud Computing
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Adina Crainiceanu is a Professor in the Computer Science Department at the United States Naval Academy. Her research focuses on databases , distributed systems , cloud computing , cybersecurity , and data science . Educational Background: Ph.D. in Computer Science, Cornell University (2006) Professor Crainiceanu's work addresses challenges in dynamic, large-scale decentralized systems , including the development of the open-source Apache Rya project for scalable RDF storage and SPARQL query processing. Her recent research explores situation-aware access control , privacy-preserving intrusion detection , and federated SPARQL query optimization . Scientific Awards: No awards explicitly mentioned in the text She has co-chaired the Jean Bartik Computing Symposium at West Point (2025) and contributed to interdisciplinary projects spanning biostatistics and medical imaging .

John FinleyView profile

Associate Professor

• International Business
• Bankcard Systems
• Emerging Markets
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John Finley serves as Associate Professor and Department Chair of Marketing & Management at Columbus State University's Turner College of Business & Technology. Fluent in Spanish and Portuguese with basic Italian/German proficiency, he directs international initiatives including study abroad programs in Brazil and Costa Rica while coordinating student internships. His research spans international business-to-business marketing, bankcard systems in emerging markets, corporate rivalries (Airbus/Boeing), and digital transformation. Key interests include sustainable regional development, educational impacts of international business, and bankcard association effects on credit processing. He actively participates in campus-wide international committees and leverages extensive corporate experience from TSYS and MasterCard Europe. His 15 most recent publications demonstrate evolving focus from foundational international business topics (2017-2010) toward contemporary digital transformation themes (2024-2018), with recurring emphasis on emerging markets and educational applications. Current work examines human capital development, cyberloafing mitigation, and digital multinationals' investment strategies. Research Highlights: International business education impacts Bankcard processing in emerging economies Corporate rivalry effects on global business Digital transformation in public administration Cross-cultural business systems analysis Dr. Finley integrates professional expertise from international corporate roles with academic scholarship, maintaining active engagement in international business education through study abroad programs and cross-border research collaborations. His multilingual capabilities enhance global academic partnerships and student development initiatives.

Jean-Claude DufourdView profile

Professor

• Multimedia Systems
• Network Service Discovery
• Web Applications
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Jean-Claude Dufourd is a Professor at Télécom Paris , affiliated with the Image, Data, Signal (IDS) department and LTCI laboratory . His career spans academic leadership, research, and entrepreneurship, including co-founding multimedia companies like Streamezzo (2004-2008) and Motiontree (2012). Director of Studies since 2002 Active in MPEG standardization since 1995 Developed open-source GPAC multimedia tools Research Focus : Multimedia systems, network service discovery (NSD++), widget communication across devices, and HbbTV standards. His work bridges browser technologies with UPnP/Bonjour protocols, enabling cross-device interactivity and service exposure. Publication Trends : Recent articles emphasize web-TV convergence , widget migration , and multimedia optimization . Earlier works focus on interactive SVG widgets and declarative communication frameworks . Software Development : Created NSD API implementations (WebSocket/socket.io), a carousel optimizer for broadcast TV (LGPL v2), and contributed to GPAC player modules like platinum and widgetman for cross-device compatibility testing.

Juan Pablo GaleottiView profile

Professor

• Automatic Test Generation
• Program Verification
• Specification Inference
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Juan Pablo Galeotti is a Professor at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) in the Department of Computer Science within the Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences . He is also a researcher at CONICET and a member of the LaFHIS and LIA-INFINIS laboratories. His research focuses on automatic test generation , program verification , specification inference , and decision procedures like SMT and SAT. Education & Background: While specific degrees are not mentioned, his PhD thesis was titled "Software Verification using Alloy" , advised by Marcelo Fabian Frias . Research Interests: His work spans: Search-based software testing REST API fuzzing and testing Smart contract verification Dynamic and static analysis Testability transformations Loop invariant inference Publications & Trends: Galeotti has published extensively in top-tier venues like ICSE, FSE, ASE, ISSTA, IEEE TSE , and ACM TOSEM . His recent work ( 2020–2025 ) focuses on tools like EvoMaster for REST API testing, EvoSuite for Java unit testing, and TACO for SAT-based verification. Awards & Service: He has served as PC Co-Chair for SBST@ICSE 2017–2018 , PC Member for ICSE, ISSTA, ICST , and reviewer for journals like TOSEM, TSE . He co-organized ISSTA 2016 and ICSE 2017 . Students & Projects: He currently supervises 3 PhD and 4 Master’s students. He has co-directed CONICET and UBA-funded projects on bounded verification and memory analysis. Labs & Collaborations: He leads research at LaFHIS and collaborates with LIA-INFINIS , working on tools like EvoMaster , DynaMate , and TACO .

• Medical Device Software
• Formal Methods in Software Engineering
• Statistical Web Testing
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Yihai Chen is an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Computing and Software at McMaster University. His work bridges formal methods in software engineering with healthcare technology applications. Medical device software certification Statistical web testing frameworks Generative AI for image synthesis Formal specification languages (Object-Z, XML, UML) His research spans medical device safety , web application reliability , and educational technology implementation . Recent work (2019) explores LSTM-based workload prediction in cloud environments alongside GAN-driven food dish generation . Key publication trends include: Formal methods in software engineering (2001-2022) Medical software certification (2014) Web testing frameworks (2013-2022) Model transformation techniques (2008) While no explicit awards are listed in available data, his 15 most recent publications demonstrate sustained contributions to software reliability , health informatics , and formal verification challenges.

Jeni TennisonView profile

Researcher

• Data governance
• Open data
• Data policy
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Jeni Tennison is an expert in data governance, policy, and open data who serves as an Associated Researcher at the Bennett Institute for Public Policy at the University of Cambridge. She is also the founder and Executive Director of Connected by Data, a Shuttleworth Foundation Fellow, and co-chair of the Data Governance Working Group at the Global Partnership on AI. Her research focuses on challenging traditional notions of data ownership and consent, advocating for collective governance of data when processed in aggregate. She has a long-standing interest in open and web standards, having served on the W3C's Technical Architecture Group and co-chaired the W3C's CSV on the Web Working Group. Her work bridges academic research with practical implementation, having previously served as CEO of the Open Data Institute for nine years. Tennison's publications reveal a consistent focus on agent-based modeling of information economies, data governance frameworks, and the societal implications of data monopolies. Her work spans disciplines including computer science, economics, public policy, and information science, with particular emphasis on creating practical tools and frameworks for better data governance. OBE for services to technology and open data Shuttleworth Foundation Fellow As Executive Director of Connected by Data, she leads initiatives that put community at the heart of data narratives, practices, and policies. She serves on the Boards of Creative Commons, the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data, and the Information Law and Policy Centre. Her work involves substantial collaboration with governments, international organizations, and private sector entities to build trustworthy data ecosystems. She is also known for co-creating Datopolis, an open data board game that helps people understand data infrastructure concepts through gameplay.

• R Programming
• Data Visualization
• Cloud Computing
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Pavol Sojka is a PhD student at the Department of Applied Informatics , Faculty of Economic Informatics , University of Economics in Bratislava. He teaches courses such as Algoritmy a programovanie 1 , Jazyk R , and Python , focusing on programming and data analysis.

• Software Defined Networking
• Network Functions Virtualisation
• Network Security
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Nicholas Race is a Professor of Networked Systems at Lancaster University's School of Computing and Communications, where he also serves as Associate Dean for Research for the Faculty of Science & Technology since 2020. His academic career at Lancaster spans over two decades, progressing from Research Assistant (2000-2001) to his current professorship (2017-present), with previous roles including Reader in Networking (2015-2017) and Senior Lecturer (2008-2015). His educational background includes a Doctor of Philosophy from Lancaster University (2000) and a 1st Class B.Sc. Hons in Computer Science from the same institution (1996). Race leads significant research initiatives including NG-CDI (an EPSRC/BT funded Prosperity Partnership), AI4ME (an EPSRC/BBC funded project), and MANY, building on previous leadership roles in projects such as 5GRIT, INITIATE, MPAT, and several EU-funded initiatives. Race's research focuses on Software Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV) for developing next-generation networking services. His work spans network security (including the TENNISON framework for distributed SDN security), media distribution with Quality of Experience optimization, and autonomic network management. His recent publications reveal a strong emphasis on intent-based networking, security automation, quality of experience in adaptive streaming, and the integration of 5G with other networking technologies. His scholarly output shows consistent contributions across multiple venues, with recent work addressing challenges in low-latency streaming, network security evaluation frameworks, and the practical implementation of software-defined networking concepts. The publications demonstrate an interdisciplinary approach bridging theoretical networking concepts with practical implementations. Race serves on the editorial board of Computer Communications and has held leadership roles in major conferences including as Programme Co-Chair of DE2013: Open Digital and as PC Member for ACM Multimedia, Multimedia Systems, and EWSDN. As a research supervisor, he mentors multiple PhD students working on topics related to SDN, network security, and media delivery. His projects attract significant funding from EPSRC, BT, BBC, and EU sources, demonstrating the applied relevance of his work to both industry and academic communities. Race is affiliated with several research groups including the Cyber Security Research Centre (Networking), Data Science Institute Foundations, Security Lancaster (Networks), and other specialized centers focusing on network security and systems.