ICENIT 2027

Ljiljana Trajkovic

Professor, Simon Fraser University, Canada.

Research field: Communication networks; Dynamical Systems.

Ljiljana Trajkovic received the Dipl. Ing. degree from University of Pristina, Yugoslavia, the M.Sc. degrees in electrical engineering and computer engineering from Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from University of California at Los Angeles. She is currently a professor in the School of Engineering Science, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. Her research interests include communication networks and dynamical systems. Dr. Trajkovic served as IEEE Division X Delegate/Director, President of the IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society, and President of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society. She serves as Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems. She is a Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society and was a Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE Circuits and System Society. She is a Fellow of the IEEE.

Neil Gordon

Professor, University of Hull, UK.

Research field: Finite Geometry and Applications; HCI, Gamification and Computer-based Instruction; Computer Algebra; Safety and Reliability Analysis; Telehealth; Technology Enhanced Learning and Information Systems.

Neil is a Professor in Computer Science, a National Teaching Fellow, and a Principal Fellow of AdvanceHE. He has produced a number of reports for AdvanceHE, in particular on how technology enhanced learning can enable flexible pedagogy, on the role of assessment in education, and on ways to address issues in retention and attainment in computing education. His research interests include applications of computer science to enable true technology enhanced learning, issues around sustainable development, as well as more discipline specific work on applications of computer algebra and formal methods.

Xinguo Yu

Professor, Central China Normal University, China.

Research field: Intelligent Educational Technology; Educational Robotics; Multimedia Analysis; Computer Vision; Machine Learning.

Xinguo Yu is the dean of CCNU Wollongong Joint Institute and a professor of National Engineering Research Center for E-Learning at Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China. He is a senior member of both IEEE and ACM, and an adjunct professor of University of Wollongong, Australia. He is a vice director of Smart Educational Technology Branch Society under Automation Society in China, and the chair of Hubei Society of Artificial Intelligence in Research and Education. He received B.Sc. degree in Mathematics from Wuhan University of Technology, M. Eng degree from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, another M. Eng. degree from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore and Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from National University of Singapore. His current research mainly focuses on intelligent educational technology, educational robotics, multimedia analysis, computer vision, and machine learning. He has published over 170 research papers. He is Associate Editor and Guest Editors for several international journals. He was general chairs or program chairs or Keynote speakers for more than 30 international conferences. He is the main founder of annual International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education and Research.

Fahriye Altinay

Professor, Near East University, Turkey.

Research field: Open Education; Distance Education; Educational Management; Educational Technology; Smart Learning, Disability; School Experience; Instructional Technologies.

Prof. Fahriye Altınay graduated from the Faculty of Communication. She completed her master's degree in educational sciences in the field of educational technology, distance education. She completed her master's thesis as the subject of "communication barriers in distance education". She graduated from the Near East University, PhD program in Educational Administration. The subject of the doctoral thesis is the adaptation of learning organizations and distance education institutions. Later, she completed her doctorate program in Educational Technology at Middlesex University. In her doctoral thesis, she worked on how student and teacher participation can be realized in the learning and teaching process with a focus on interaction in distance education. In the field of educational technologies, especially in the field of distance education, since 2002, it has been sharing scientific studies with the academic world and conducting academic studies within the framework of international cooperation on current issues in this field. Over the last 10 years she have produced a significant quantity of high-quality research publications and contributed to many international scholarly activities and also active social projects in society with people with disabilities and emerging technologies. AI, Metaverse, VR and etc are used in all aspects of education and societal needs as an experience to solve issues in quality education and decreasing inequalities. She works full-time at the Near East University and serves as the Vice Director of the Graduate Studies Institute and the Co-Chair of the Social Research and Development Center. It carries out social projects and scientific studies on disability, women and children.