Organization

General Chairs

  • Sukru Eraslan, Middle East Technical University (METU), Northern Cyprus Campus
  • Yeliz Yesilada, Middle East Technical University (METU), Northern Cyprus Campus

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Program Chairs

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Publication Chairs

  • Ying Ma, University of Melbourne, Australia

Challenge Chairs

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Doctoral Consortium Chairs

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Local Chairs

Publicity Chair

  • Umut Baybece, Middle East Technical University (METU), Northern Cyprus Campus
  • Zeycan Demirdag, Middle East Technical University (METU), Northern Cyprus Campus

Steering Committee

  • Justin Brown, (2025-) Edith Cowan University, Perth, Western Australia (GC Help).
  • Alex Qiang Chen (2024-) Singapore Institute of Technology.
  • Hiro Takagi (2024-) IBM Research – Tokyo and Miraikan (The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation).
  • Sukru Eraslan (2023-), Middle East Technical University (METU), Northern Cyprus Campus (Student Grants).
  • Ted Drake  (2021-) Intuit (Communications).
  • Silvia Rodríguez Vázquez  (2021-) Open University of Catalonia (UOC) (Website).
  • Markel Vigo (2012-) University of Manchester, UK. (Finance).
  • Yeliz Yesilada (Founder / 2003-) Middle East Technical University (METU), Northern Cyprus. (Sponsorship).
  • Simon Harper (Founder / 2003-) University of Manchester, UK. (WWW Liaison).

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Advisory Committee

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Program Committee Members

  • Andy Heath, Axelrod Access for All, United Kingdom
  • Barbara Leporini, University of Pisa, Italy
  • Carlos Duarte, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
  • Chris Bailey, HSBC, UK

  • Claudia Loitsch, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
  • Elgin Akpınar, Middle East Technical University, Türkiye
  • Enrico Pontelli, New Mexico State University, United States
  • Erin Buehler, ebuehler, United States
  • Fabio Paternò, CNR-ISTI, HIIS Laboratory, Italy
  • Greg Gay, Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada
  • Helen Petrie, University of York, United Kingdom
  • Jesús Torres del Rey, Universidad de Salamanca, Spain

  • João Guerreiro, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
  • John Gilligan, Technological University Dublin, Ireland
  • Maria-Jose Escalona, University of Seville, Spain
  • Myriam Arrue, University of the Basque Country, Spain
  • Ravi Kuber, University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), United States
  • Sergio Mascetti, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy
  • Seyed Shahabadin Nasabeh, University of Alicante, Spain
  • Thorsten Schwarz, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany

  • Vikas Ashok, Old Dominion University, United States