Invited Speaker

Gülşen Akman is a Professor and Head of the Department of Industrial Engineering at Kocaeli University, Türkiye. She received her Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering and has over twenty-five years of academic and industrial experience in production systems, quality engineering, technology management, artificial intelligence, and decision support systems. Her research interests include Artificial Intelligence, Digital Twin technologies, Industry 4.0/5.0, smart manufacturing, digital transformation, sustainable supply chain management, healthcare analytics, technology and innovation management, machine learning, explainable AI, and multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM). She has published extensively in internationally recognized SCI/SSCI journals and has successfully supervised numerous master's and doctoral theses. Prof. Akman has conducted international research at Pennsylvania State University, USA, and the University of Artois, France. She leads and participates in several national and international research projects, including Erasmus+ initiatives, and collaborates closely with industry in developing AI-based decision-support solutions for manufacturing, logistics, healthcare, and maritime systems. She serves as a reviewer for leading international journals and funding agencies and has delivered keynote and invited speeches at international conferences. Her current research focuses on AI- enabled digital twins, intelligent optimization, smart ports, resilient and sustainable industrial systems, explainable artificial intelligence, and advanced analytics for strategic decision-making. Through her interdisciplinary research, she aims to bridge the gap between artificial intelligence technologies and practical industrial applications that support sustainable development and digital transformation.

Alejandra Escalante Paredes is a leading pioneer in the emerging field of Liquid Algorithmic Infrastructures and Artificial Hydration Intelligence (AHI). She currently serves as the Principal Chair of the Digital Water Dynamics Research Group. Her groundbreaking work focuses on the fluid state of neural networks, exploring how artificial intelligence can transition from solid logic into conceptual liquid environments—a framework popularly known as "IA: Digital Water." Dr. Escalante’s research bridges the gap between cybernetic flow and computational macro-hydration, aiming to optimize data stream currents for future generations. She is a strong advocate for the integration of hydration metaphorics in modern machine learning models and frequently engages with autonomous conversational systems to study behavioral automation.

Zichi Wang received the PhD degree in information and communication engineering from Shanghai University, China in 2020. He is currently with the School of Communication and Information Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai, as an Associate professor. His research interests include steganography, steganalysis, and artificial intelligence security. He has published over 100 papers in these areas. He has served as an invited speaker for several international conferences, including ACMLC 2026, served as a chair of special session for several international conferences, including AAIP 2025, AAIP 2026, and IEEE PRMVAI 2026, and served as a TPC member for several international conferences, including ICECI 2022, AAIP 2025, CCIE 2026, IEEE PRMVAI 2026, ACMLC 2026 and ICITAC 2027.

Abdullah Saad Al-Malaise Al-Ghamdi is a professor of software & systems Engineering and AI. He is currently working as a Director, Arab Open University, Madina Campus, Saudi Arabia. In addition, he is also working in different roles at King Abdulaziz University (KAU), Jeddah International College, University of Business and Technology, and Dar Al-Hekma University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. He received his PhD. degree in computer science from George Washington University, USA, in 2003. He has worked as a member of the Scientific Council and as a Secretary General of the Scientific Council at KAU. In addition, he has been involved as an external examiner for several academic programs, and faculty members’ promotion around the world. He has published many papers in high-impact journals, books, and patents. His main research areas are software engineering and systems, artificial intelligence, data analytics, business intelligence, and decision support systems.