W.F. Lawless was a mechanical engineer in charge of nuclear waste management in 1983 when he blew the whistle on the Department of Energy’s (DOE) mismanagement of its military radioactive wastes. For his PhD topic on group dynamics, he theorized about the causes of tragic mistakes made by large organizations with world-class scientists and engineers. After his PhD in 1992, DOE invited him to join its citizen advisory board (CAB) at DOE’s Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC. As a founding member of DOE's SRS CAB, he coauthored numerous recommendations on environmental remediation from radioactive wastes (e.g., the regulated closure in 1997 of the first two high-level radioactive waste tanks in the USA, possibly the world). He was the SRS CAB co-technical advisor on incineration, 2000-03, and technical advisor in 2009. He was a member of the European Trustnet hazardous decisions group. He is a senior member of IEEE. His research today is on the metrics for, and entropy generation by, autonomous human-machine teams (A-HMT). He is the lead editor of five published books on artificial intelligence (Springer 2016; 2017; CRC 2018; Elsevier 2019; 2020 [Elsevier nominated the latter to ASIS&T for its Information Science book of the year award]); a sixth book is forthcoming (Springer), and a seventh book is in preparation (Lecture Notes for Computer Science: LNCS). He was the lead organizer of a 6-article special issue on “human-machine teams and explainable AI” by AI Magazine (2019). He was a co-editor for the Naval Research & Development Enterprise (NRDE) Applied Artificial Intelligence Summit, October 2018, San Diego. He is on the Office of Naval Research's two Advisory Boards for the Science of Artificial Intelligence and Command Decision Making (2018-current). He has authored or co-authored over 80 articles and book chapters, over 150 peer-reviewed proceedings and received almost $2 million in research grants. He has co-organized twelve AAAI symposia at Stanford (2020: AI welcomes Systems Engineering: Towards the science of interdependence for autonomous human-machine teams; https://aaai.org/Symposia/Spring/sss20symposia.php#ss03).

Prof. Nipkow (*1958) works in the area of ​​logic in computer science. He focuses on interactive and automatic theorem proving, programming language sematics, type systems and functional programming. His chair is developing the interactive proof assistant Isabelle. Prof. Nipkow received his Diploma (MSc) in Computer Science from the Technische Hochschule Darmstadt in 1982 and his PhD from the University of Manchester in 1987. Having held research positions at MIT (1987-1989) and Cambridge University (1989-1992), he was appointed Professor for the Theory of Programming at TUM in 1992. Since 2011 he has held the chair of Logic and Verification at TUM.

Kaoru Sumi is a professor in Future University Hakodate, Japan. Prof. Sumi received her Ph.D. in engineering from the University of Tokyo. She is currently working on Human Agent Interaction, Persuasive technology, Artificial Intelligence in Education, Affective Computing, and Interactive Digital storytelling. She previously worked at ATR MI&C Research Laboratories, Communications Research Laboratory, and Osaka University, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology and Hitotsubashi University. She was a visiting professor in British Columbia, Canada. ACM Senior Member, IEEE Senior Member, IEEE Sapporo Section Board of Directors, IEEE Women in Engineering Sapporo Section Chair.

Ying Tan is a professor in the Department of Machine Intelligence, School of EECS, Peking University and has served as a PhD advisor and the Director of Computational Intelligence Laboratory. He is the inventor of Fireworks Algorithm (FWA). He obtained his B.Eng. from Electronic Engineering Institute in 1985, and M.Eng. from Xidian University in 1988, and Ph.D. from Southeast University in 1997, respectively. His research interests include computational intelligence, swarm intelligence, machine learning and data mining, and information security application. Dr. Tan has published 6 monographs by Morgan Kaufmann (Elsevier), Springer, Wiley & IEEE, CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, IGI Global and Science Press, respectively, and published more than 260 research papers, and most of them are published in top-tier journals and conferences, such as IEEE TEC, TNN, TKDE, TCyb, TIFS, TITS, and CVPR and AAAI. In addition, he authored/co-authored more than 10 books and 12 chapters in book. He has served as a Leading Editor to coordinate and edit more than twenty volumes of Springer LNCS books. He got four invented patents of China. He was awarded a National 2nd-Class Natural Science Prize of China in 2009. He is/was the founder and general chairs of ICSI conferences since 2010. He is a general chair of DMBD2016-2017, ICMEB2017 and ICMEB2017. He was the program chair of IEEE WCCI’2014, ISNN2008 and ICACI2012, and publicity chair of IEEE SSCI’2016, etc.

Ching-Chih Tsai received the Diplomat in Electrical Engineering from National Taipei Institute of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC, the MS in Control Engineering from National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, ROC and the PhD in Electrical Engineering from Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA, in 1981, 1986 and 1991, respectively. Currently, he is a university distinguished Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC. He has published over 60 journal papers and more than 200 conference papers and six patents. Since 2007, he has been the President, Taichung Chapter, Chinese Institute of Engineers, Taiwan. His current interests include advanced control methods, robotics, mechatronics, intelligent systems and methods, imaging processing and their applications to display systems and industrial processes.

Seong Joon Yoo received the M.E. degree in electrical engineering from Korea University and the Ph.D. degree in computer and information science from Syracuse University.,He is currently a Professor with the Department of Computer Engineering, Sejong University, Seoul, South Korea. He is also the Director of the Advanced Bigdata Center for Research and Collaboration (ABRC) and involved in the research of big data and artificial intelligence

Dr. Mahantesh Hiremath boasts over 30 years of diverse industry experience spanning Space, Energy, Transportation, and infrastructure. He stands among a select few worldwide with expertise in designing and analyzing complex systems across four challenging environments: deep underground strategic petroleum reserves, offshore oil platforms, high-rise buildings, and high-flying geosynchronous satellites. He held key positions at prestigious companies including SC Solutions, Spinlaunch, Maxar Technologies (formerly SSL), ARES Corporation, Northrop Grumman, and Stellar Solutions. Currently, Dr. Hiremath serves as a faculty member in the Mechanical Engineering department at Santa Clara University, California. He is also Chief Strategy Officer for Hadron Energy, based in Silicon Valley. Dr. Hiremath specializes in mentoring and advising startups in space and energy techologies. In 2021-22, Dr. Hiremath achieved a significant milestone by serving as the 140th President of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), marking a historic moment as the first Asian and Indian to hold this esteemed position. He is a frequent and highly regarded speaker and panelist at prestigious international conferences. Dr. Hiremath's accomplishments were further recognized in 2023 with the prestigious College of Engineering Distinguished Alumni Award from The Ohio State University. Dr. Hiremath is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). From 2013-14, he served on Capitol Hill as a Technical Advisor to the Science, Space and Technology Committee of the US House of Representatives. Dr. Hiremath is an avid follower of current events and sports. He also is a marathon runner, having completed six them in the city of San Francisco. Dr. Hiremath earned a B.E. degree in Civil Engineering from the College of Engineering Pune, India with a Gold Medal. He followed it up with an M.E. in Structural Engineering from COEP. He migrated to the USA in 1982 to earn his M.S. and Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Ohio State University. He further enhanced his expertise by completing a Certificate in Systems Engineering from Stanford University

Ker-Jiun Wang is an engineer, scientist, inventor and a series entrepreneur, bridging academia and industry with his expertise in robotics, automation, and wearable biosensing technology aimed at advancing Human-Machine and Human-Centered AI Interaction. As the co-founder and CTO of EXGwear Inc., CTO of Jiun Pul Enterprise Inc., and a Visiting Faculty member at the University of Pittsburgh, Ker-Jiun’s influence spans across innovative product design and breakthrough scientific research. He earned his Ph.D. in Bioengineering from the University of Pittsburgh, where he was honored with the AAAS/Science Program for Excellence in Science, and his M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. Prior to his journey in the U.S., he lectured full-time at Mechanical Engineering at National Taiwan University, fostering his early cross-disciplinary training and academic contributions. Ker-Jiun’s impact is recognized globally: he has won top prizes in numerous international science, robotics, and entrepreneurship competitions, including the 1st place of IEEE SMC Society Award in Brain-Computer Interface at IEEE SMC 2017 and the Best Robot Hardware Design award at International Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR) 2018. Additionally, he was a Best Paper Award Finalist at the IEEE AIVR 2018 conference. As a sought-after speaker, Ker-Jiun has been featured at prestigious events such as the Robotics Summit & Healthcare Robotics Engineering Forum, hosted by WTWH Media. His commitment to advancing the field is further exemplified by his service as a session chair, co-chair, and associate editor for various IEEE international conferences and workshops, including IEEE RO-MAN, IEEE ROBIO, and IEEE ICIT. Dedicated to fostering the next generation of innovators, Ker-Jiun also serves as a veteran judge at Pittsburgh’s high school science fairs and Intel ISEF, where he shares his insights and encourages aspiring young scientists. Driven by a deep commitment to advancing Human-Robot Interaction, Dynamical Systems and Control, Machine Learning, Neuro-Machine Interfaces, and Wearable Device development, Ker-Jiun exemplifies the fusion of scientific rigor, technological innovation, and entrepreneurial spirit. As an active mentor, he guides research teams and entrepreneurial ventures across both academic and industrial sectors, establishing himself as a transformative figure in the evolution of cutting-edge Human-Machine Interaction technologies.

Born in Zhengzhou City, Henan Province, China, in 1978. Received B.Sc. from Zhengzhou University, China in 2001. Studied mathematics and control theory in the Key Laboratory of Systems and Control at Institute of Systems Science from 2001 to 2006, supervised by Professor Lei Guo. Obtained Ph.D from the Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2006. Joined Temasek Laboratories, National University of Singapore in August 2006. Since August 2009, I have been a faculty member of the Institute of Navigation, Guidance and Control, School of Automation, Beijing Institute of Technology. Our laboratory is named as the Laboratory of Intelligent Machinary, which is inspired by great scientist Alan Turing.

Prof. Dr. Piet Kommers has been a pioneer in education, innovation, and evaluation. After his academic career at the University of Twente and Utrecht, along with his role at Fontys University of Applied Sciences, he was invited to initiate, oversee, and evaluate EU projects. Critical evaluations and long-term policy directions play a central role in this process. The foundational concept is that evaluating education and training relies on careful reconstructions and an awareness of a broader range of variables in higher and vocational education. Since 2012, Piet Kommers has worked as a consultant and project evaluator for the United Nations, focusing specifically on UNESCO projects related to education and vocational training in African and Asian countries. In this role, he has contributed to both formative and summative evaluations, resulting in policy briefs for ministries and regional authorities.

Giorgio Poletti is interested in the structuring of knowledge, ontologies, and the processing of natural languages for the design and production of Learning Objects (LO). He was responsible for the structuring of the interactive scheme, focusing on learning processes. In this context, attention has been paid and will be refined with a view to usability, accessibility, and quality. In recent years he has dealt with the use of mobile technologies and augmented reality in the field of training and information and then focused my research on Educational Robotics and the relationship between technologies and knowledge construction with attention to AI. Her research takes place within the EURESIS Training Laboratory in Epistemology (director Prof. Gramigna), of which she is co-director.

Mohamed Quafafou is a professor of computer science at Aix-Marseille University. His main research interests are in Data Mining theory and applications. Prior to joining Aix-Marseille University at 2005, he served as Professor at Avignon University from 2002 to 2004 and as Assistant Professor at University of Nantes from 1995 to 2001. Mohamed Quafafou received his Habilitation Ph.D. in 2000 on Rough sets Theory and Data mining and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from INSA Lyon, in 1992. He received a M.Sc. in computer science from Paul Sabatier University (Toulouse), a M.Sc. in mathematics from Pau University and the B.Sc. degree in Mathematics from the Cadi Ayyad University (Marrakech). For about 20 years, he developed research on Rough Set Theory, data mining, web information extraction, etc. In partnership with France Telecom, he developed one of the first web mining systems, whichis dedicated to the analysis of French web to discoveremergent web communities. He headed the Geobs Data Analyzer project which aimed to provide a theoretical foundation for spatial data mining systems covering a large area of applications, e.g., environment, marketing, social analysis, etc. He is currently leading research on data mining especially when data are generated by human activities. His research has a broader scope including personalization and recommendation, data science, web services; social network analysis, etc.He has supervised more than 15 Ph.D. thesis and more than 30 M.Sc. student research projects. He has been expert for a number of French National and International projects. He is a teacher at Polytech'Marseille School, where he leads the Information System Engineering. He has also other teaching activities in M.Sc level in both Aix-Marseille University and University of Science and Technology of Hanoi. His website ishttp://www.quafafou.com

Assiyat Dadayeva associate professor of the department of Higher Mathematics and Modeling of Kazakh National Research Technical University named after K.I.Satpayev. In 1995, she defended her PhD thesis on the topic: "The method of boundary integral equations in a non-stationary boundary value problem of thermoelasticity" under the supervision of prof. Alexeyeva L.A. From 1998-1999, she was a fellow of the state scientific scholarship for young scientists of the Ministry of Science of the Academy of Sciences of Kazakhstan. From 2024-2026, leading researcher of the scientific project "Modeling of thermal and wave processes in thermoelastic rod structures on graphs". Scientific supervisor prof. Alexeyeva L.A., grant AP23488145 of the Ministry of Education and Science of Kazakhstan. Has over 50 scientific articles published in international journals and in the proceedings of international conferences. Conducts lectures and practical classes on mathematical disciplines. Is the head of diploma projects of bachelors of the specialty "Mathematical and computer modeling"

Prof. Univ. Dr. Eur Ing Ionel STARETU: graduated the Faculty of TCM (Technology of Mechanical Constructions) of Transilvania University of Brasov (1983). He won the title of Doctor in Engineering, with specialization in Industrial Robots - Robotics, in 1995. Specializations: in Tribology (Transilvania University -1990), in Robotics and Productics (the INSTN Saclay, France-1992/1993), Organization Management (Transilvania University and IAI-1999 / 2000), Quality Management (2003), Quality Audit (2004) at Transilvania University. Since 2003, he is an Extrajudicial Technical Expert and Consultant certified by CERTEXPERT Bucharest and AEXEA Paris and Expert CNCSIS and ARACIS. He has been working since 1985 to the Department of Product Design and Robotics at Transilvania University of Brasov. He published 5 books(one in USA: Gripping Systems, Derc Publishing House, 2011), 5 didactic papers, and more than 225 scientific articles in the country and abroad (SUA, Italy, France, Germany, Hungary, Turkey, Tunisia, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Japan, India, China, etc.). He is the author or co-author of 11 patents of invention. He helped to resolve more than 26 scientific research grants, both national and international (for 4 of them as project director). He is the president of the Brasov branch of the Robotic Society of Romania, vice president of the branch AGIR-The General Association of the Engineers in Romania Brasov and member in National Committee AGIR , ARoTMM member, and expert in Robotics at the Academic Society in Romania, and CRIFST (Romanian Committee for History and Philosophy of the Science and Technique - Romanian Academy) member . He is certified EUR ING by FEANI – European Federation of National Engineering Associations, in 2008. He is member in Editorial Board of the Journal of Mechanics Engineering and Automation-USA, Military Technical Courier-Serbia, Annals of Dunarea de Jos University of Galati - Fascicle XIV-Mechanical Engineering, TEHNOMUS Journal(Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava) and AGIR Bulletin-Romania. He was co-chairman of 4TH International Conference Robotics’08, 2008, Brasov, Romania and member in more international scientific committees: International Conference: IMETI (Orlando, SUA, 2008, 2009,2010,2011,2012,2013), International Conference on Robotics, Romania (2002, 2006,2008,2010,2012,2014); International Conference TEHNOMUS (2005,2007, 2009,2011,2013-2020); International conference Inter Eng ( 2007, 2009, 2011,2013, 2014 2019, 2020) etc. He was lecturer at International School on Robotics and Intelligent Systems –ISRIS 2009 and Summer School on Human-Machine Systems, Cyborgs, and Enhancing Devices – HUMASCEND 2012, Iasi, Romania. He is doctorate coordinator in the area of Industrial Engineering. Technical Sciences Academy of Romania-TSAR: corresponding member - June 2017.

XINWEI CAO received the bachelor’s degree from Shandong University, Jinan, China, in 2009, the master’s degree from Tongji University, Shanghai, China, in 2012, and the Ph.D. degree from Fudan University, Shanghai, in 2017, all in management. She is currently a Full Professor with the School of Business, Jiangnan University, China. Her research interests include robot control and decision making, multi-robot system management, portfolio optimization, fraud detection and operational research.

Jianbin Qiu received the B.Eng. and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering from the University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China, in 2004 and 2009, respectively. He also received the Ph.D. degree in Mechatronics Engineering from the City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, in 2009. He is currently a Full Professor at the School of Astronautics, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China. He was an Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow at the Institute for Automatic Control and Complex Systems, University of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, Germany. His current research interests include intelligent and hybrid control systems, signal processing, and robotics. Prof. Qiu is a Fellow of IEEE and serves as the chair of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society Harbin Chapter, China. He is an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, and IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics.

Dr. Mostafa Abdelaziz is an esteemed Assistant Professor of Robotics and Mechatronics at the Faculty of Engineering, The British University in Egypt (BUE). He earned his Bachelor’s (B.Sc.) and Master’s (M.Sc.) degrees in Mechatronics from Ain Shams University in Egypt, where his Master’s research focused on micropositioning with piezoelectric actuators. Dr. Abdelaziz later completed his Ph.D. in Robotics at the American University in Cairo (AUC), where he conducted pioneering research in micro/nano robotics, particularly its medical applications. A key contributor to the development of BUE’s Mechatronics and Robotics program, Dr. Abdelaziz teaches courses such as Soft Robotics, Sensors & Instrumentation, and Mechatronics System Design. His dedication to advancing practical skills is evident through his role as technical supervisor for BUE’s team at the 2024 Robogames in the United States, where his team earned four medals: one gold, two silver, and one bronze. He also led the team that secured first place at the Global Robotics Challenge. Dr. Abdelaziz serves as the focal point for the GAIA club in Egypt and is the coordinator for GAlAthon, an African competition focused on loT systems. His current research interests include micro/nano robotics, Al integration in robotics, biomedical robotics, and lot applications for smart

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Nursaule Zhumatkyzy Ainakeyeva, doctoral student and Researcher at the Joldasbekov Institute of Mechanics and Engineering, Almaty, Kazakhstan. After successfully completing a master's degree in the specialty "Mathematics" in 2018 at the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics of Kazakh al-Farabi University, she continued scientific research postgraduate under supervision of Professor Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences L.A. Alexeyeva in Joldasbekov Institute of Mechanics and Engineering. Now she write doctoral dissertation “Modeling the dynamics of thermoelastic structures in graphs”. She completed an internship at the university of Padua, Italy (2017). In 2022 passed a foreign internship at Keele University where continued her investigations with a foreign supervisor, Dr. PhD Prikazchikov D.A. She underwent Erasmus + academic mobility and attended the lectures “Introduction in Elasticity”, “Waves” and English courses provided by the Keele Language Center (2022, Keele, Stafforshire, UK). Her area of research is mathematical physics, solid mechanics, thermodynamics of installations and structures. She has experience as a researcher in scientific domestic projects AP05132272 “Boundary value problems of the dynamics of deformable solid and electromagnetic media and their solution” (2017-2020), and AP09261033 “Study of initial-boundary value problems of the wave equation on graphs” (2021-2023) at the Institute of Mathematics and Mathematical Modeling MES RK. Now she take part in the project BR20280990-OT-24 “Development and development of methods for solving fundamental problems of fluid and gas mechanics, new deformable bodies, reliability and energy efficiency of machines, landmarks, robotics” (2023-2025) , AP19674789 “Generalized solutions of biquaternion wave equations, their properties and applications in field theory”(2023-2025) and AP26103617 “Investigation of initial-boundary value problems for hyperbolic equations on graphs” (2024-2026). According to her scientific work she published 15 scientific papers, presented researches at 12 conferences. Also she teaches lectures and practical classes at Narxoz University in three languages (kazakh, russian, english) such disciplines as Higher Mathematics and Probability Theory.

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