Professional Memberships

Senior Member IEEE

Qualifications

PhD Computer Science, Delft University of Technology

Biography

I have over 15 years of research and development experience with both industry and academia. I have worked in many roles with Higher Education, as a Lecturer, Programme Leader, Research Fellow and my current role as Academic Lead in Computing and IT.

I am also have ’Senior Member IEEE’ status. IEEE is the world's largest technical professional organisation for the advancement of technology with over 400,00 members. This member status requires extensive experience, reflects professional maturity and documented achievements of significance and only 10% of its members hold this membership grade.

Dr. Suresh Chandra Satapathy is is currently Professor at KIIT and former Professor and Head of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Anil Neerukonda Institute of Technology and Sciences (ANITS), Andhra Pradesh, India. He received his PhD in Computer Science and Engineering from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU), Hyderabad and his Master’s degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Rourkela, Odisha. He has more than 27 years of teaching and research experience. His research interests include machine learning, data mining, swarm intelligence studies and their applications to engineering. He has more than 98 publications to his credit in various reputed international journals and conference proceedings. He has edited many volumes from Springer AISC and LNCS in the past. In addition to serving on the editorial board of several international journals, he is a senior member of the IEEE and a Life Member of the Computer Society of India, where he is the National Chairman of Division-V (Education and Research).

Dr. Jagdish Chand Bansal is an Assistant Professor (Senior Grade) at South Asian University New Delhi and Visiting Research Fellow at Maths and Computer Science, Liverpool Hope University UK. Dr. Bansal has obtained his Ph.D. in Mathematics from IIT Roorkee. Before joining SAU New Delhi he has worked as an Assistant Professor at ABV- Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management Gwalior and BITS Pilani. He is the series editor of the book series Algorithms for Intelligent Systems (AIS) published by Springer. He is the editor in chief of International Journal of Swarm Intelligence (IJSI) published by Inderscience. He is the steering committee member and the general chair of the annual conference series SocProS. He is the general secretary of Soft Computing Research Society (SCRS). His Primary area of interest is Nature Inspired Optimization Techniques. Recently, he proposed a fission-fusion social structure based optimization algorithm, Spider Monkey Optimization (SMO), which is being applied to various problems from engineering domain. He has published 51 research papers in various international journals/conferences. He has supervised Ph.D. theses from ABV-IIITM Gwalior and SAU New Delhi. He has received Young Scientist Award 2009 from Gwalior Academy of Mathematical Sciences. He has also received Gold Medal at UG and PG level.

Dean of Science, Liverpool University, UK, London

I hold the Foundation Chair as Professor of Mathematical Sciences at Liverpool Hope University where I am the Dean of Faculty of Science. I have been the Head of Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at Liverpool Hope since January 2008. A mathematician by training, I possess multi-disciplinary expertise in Nonlinear Mathematics, Natural Computing, Bio-Mathematics and Computational Biology, Operations Research, and Control Systems Engineering. I have an extensive background and experience of working in Universities in the UK and India. I have been an expert reviewer for the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) grants peer-review committees for Bioinformatics Panel; Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) for High Performance Computing Panel; and serve on the Peer-Review College of the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) as a scientific expert member.

I have edited volumes on Intelligent Systems, and Applied Mathematics; I am the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing (IJAISC) and serve on editorial boards for a number of prestigious journals such as the Journal of Universal Computer Science (JUCS). I am well published with over 200 publications in prestigious publishing outlets and international journals.

I was awarded a prestigious Commonwealth Fellowship for pursuing my Doctorate (DPhil) in Applied Non-Linear Mathematics, which I earned from the University of York in 1996. I hold BSc (Hons.), MSc, and MPhil (with Distinction) from the MDS University of Ajmer, India. Prior to joining Liverpool Hope, I was with the Department of Mathematical Sciences, and later at the Department of Systems Engineering, at Brunel University, London. Earlier I lectured at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR, Applied Mathematics, Bangalore), BITS Pilani and the Indian Institute of Technology (IITs) in India.

CEng FBCS CITP, SMIEEE

Dr Malaya Nayak is a Technology & business visionary with over 22 years leading the design, development and implementation of high-performance technology solutions. He has proven ability to bring the benefits of IT to solve business issues while delivering applications, infrastructure, costs and risks. He has provided strategic direction to senior leadership on technology. He has a track record of understanding business needs impacting results, cultural diversity and is comfortable at board level. Skilled at building teams of top 1% performers as well as displaying versatility for the strategic, tactical & management aspects of technology.

Malaya is a London based Entrepreneur and researcher. He is currently working as Executive Director with IT Buzz Ltd, London. He is also a Board Director of several SME organizations in Hospitality, IT, Real estate and Event & Marketing Industries.

Malaya has received his M.S degree in ICT from Assumption University, MBA degree from Punjab Technical University and PhD degree in Computer Science from Utkal University. He studied Project management from Said Business School, University of Oxford. He got awarded Chartered Engineer (CEng) from Engineering Council, UK; European Engineer (Eur Ing) from FEANI; and Certified IT Project Manager (CITPM) from IDA & Singapore Computer Society. He is currently a Senior Member of the IEEE & IEEE Computer Society, USA; Senior Member of Computer Society of India; Chartered Fellow (FBCS CITP) of the British Computer Society, UK; and Member of Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), USA.

He has received ITCP certificate from NZ Computer Society, New Zealand; Certified Professional (CP)/International Professional Practice Partnership Professional (IP3P), Australian Computer Society (ACS), Australia; Chartered IT Professional (CITP), the BCS - The Chartered Institute for IT, UK. He also holds the vendor certifications such as Microsoft, Redhat and Cisco etc...

Malaya has published more than 20 research papers in National and International conferences and Journals. He is working as External PhD Examiner for server Universities, Program Chair, Editor, Reviewer and Member of several Conferences and Journals. His current research interests include project management and risk management.

Biography:

GROUP CIO, Turning Point

London, UK

Amarjit is Group CIO for Turning Point based in London. Turning Point is a social enterprise that provides social and healthcare services across England and Wales comprising of Public Health, Substance Misuse, Mental Health and Learning Disability. The organisation started in 1964 and now has a workforce of 4000 with 30,000 service users (patients) in treatment on any given day.

Amarjit has led the digital transformation of Turning Point so that services can be provided face to face in clinics as well as on-line through guided interventions. The transformation programme represents that largest investment that he board has sanctioned. Amarjit’s former assignments have been at Coca-Cola Enterprises where he held various positions, at Computacenter in the role of Service Director, at British American Tobacco where he was Global Head of End User Computing, at Dow Jones and The Wall Street Journal as Global IT Director. He has also worked in the NHS and had time spent at RWE Npower.

Amarjit’s experience spans technology roles of increasing seniority as well as time spent in sales and operations. Amarjit is a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of the BCS as well as member of the IET. His bachelors and post-graduate qualifications are in Electronic Engineering from Staffordshire University and he holds an MBA from Wolverhampton University.

Theme of Inaugural Talk- Driving technological change in Health and Social Care

Biography:

Middlesex University

London, UK

Xin-She Yang obtained his DPhil in Applied Mathematics from the University of Oxford. He then worked at Cambridge University and National Physical Laboratory (UK) as a Senior Research Scientist. Now he is Reader in Modelling and Optimization at Middlesex University London and Adjunct Professor at Reykjavik University (Iceland). He is also an elected Bye Fellow at Cambridge University as well as the IEEE CIS Chair for the Task Force on Business Intelligence and Knowledge Management.

He is listed on the 2016 Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researchers.

Theme of Keynote Talk- Nature-Inspired Computation as an Emerging Optimization Tool Abstract:

Nature-inspired computation and nature-inspired optimization algorithms have become effective tools for optimization concerning engineering designs, optimization, data mining and computational intelligence. Nature provides a rich source of inspiration for ingenious problem-solving. Algorithms based on characteristics of bats, cuckoos, fireflies, birds, ants and bees have demonstrated their flexibility and effectiveness. However, there exist many challenging issues in this area. This talk discusses some recent developments and highlights some key issues in swarm intelligence and nature-inspired algorithms for optimization.

Biography:

João Manuel R. S. Tavares

Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Portugal

João Manuel R. S. Tavares graduated in Mechanical Engineering at the Universidade do Porto, Portugal in 1992. He also earned his M.Sc. degree and Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Universidade do Porto in 1995 and 2001, and attained his Habilitation in Mechanical Engineering in 2015. He is a senior researcher and project coordinator at the Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial (INEGI) and Associate Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering (DEMec) of the Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FEUP).

João Tavares is co-editor of more than 35 books, co-author of more than 30 book chapters, 550 articles in international and national journals and conferences, and 3 international and 2 national patents. He has been a committee member of several international and national journals and conferences, is co-founder and co-editor of the book series “Lecture Notes in Computational Vision and Biomechanics” published by Springer, founder and Editor-in-Chief of the journal “Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering: Imaging & Visualization” published by Taylor & Francis, and co-founder and co-chair of the international conference series: CompIMAGE, ECCOMAS VipIMAGE, ICCEBS and BioDental. Additionally, he has been (co-)supervisor of several MSc and PhD thesis and supervisor of several post-doc projects, and has participated in many scientific projects both as researcher and as scientific coordinator.

His main research areas include computational vision, medical imaging, computational mechanics, scientific visualization, human-computer interaction and new product development. (More information can be found at: http://www.fe.up.pt/~tavares

Theme of Keynote Talk- Methods and Techniques of Computational Vision Towards More Competent CAD Systems

Abstract

The computational processing and analysis of medical images, which has become a paramount research area, is very challenging as it usually comprises complex tasks such as image enhancement, image segmentation, matching and registration, image fusion, tracking of structures in image sequences and estimation of deformation between structures in images. For example, to analyse the behaviour of organs from a medical image sequence, first the input images are enhanced in order to attenuate the existing noise; afterwards, suitable features of the organs under analysis are extracted from the enhanced images and then tracked and analysed along the sequence.

In this lecture, computational methods of image processing and analysis that we have developed in order to enhance and analyse structures in medical images will be introduced; particularly, those developed for image noise removal, segmentation, matching, registration, tracking and fusion. Furthermore, examples of their use in real cases will be presented and discussed.

Keywords: Computer Vision, Image Processing, Image Analysis, Medical Imaging

References

• “Computational methods for the image segmentation of pigmented skin lesions: A Review”, Roberta B. Oliveira, Mercedes E. Filho, Zhen Ma, João P. Papa, Aledir S. Pereira, João Manuel R. S. Tavares,
Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine 131:127-141, 2016
• “Automatic 3D pulmonary nodule detection in CT images: a survey”, Igor Rafael S. Valente, Paulo César Corte, Edson Cavalcanti Neto, José Marques Soares, Victor Hugo C. de Albuquerque, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine 124:91-107, 2016
• “A review of computational methods applied for identification and quantification of atherosclerotic plaques in images”, Danilo Samuel Jodas, Aledir Silveira Pereira, João Manuel R. S. Tavares,
Expert Systems with Applications 46:1-14, 2016
• “A Review of the Quantification and Classification of Pigmented Skin Lesions: From Dedicated to Hand-Held Devices”, Mercedes Filho, Zhen Ma, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Journal of Medical Systems 39:177, 2015
• “Medical Image Registration: a Review”, Francisco P. M. Oliveira, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering 17(2): 73-93, 2014
• “A Review of Algorithms for Medical Image Segmentation and their Applications to the Female Pelvic Cavity”, Zhen Ma, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Renato Natal Jorge, T. Mascarenhas, Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering 13(2):235-246, 2010
• “Image Processing and Analysis: Applications and Trends”, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, AES-ATEMA’2010 Fifth International Conference, pp. 27-41, Montreal & Quebec City, Canada, 2010

Biography:

Mr. Aninda Bose is presently working as a Senior Publishing Editor with Springer India Pvt. Ltd. Mr. Bose is part of the Global Acquisition Team at Springer and responsible for acquisition of scientific content, primarily in India and Southeast Asia. The disciplines he is responsible for are Chemistry, Physics, Material Sciences and Earth Sciences. He has more than 22 years of industrial experience in marketing and different fields of publishing. Mr. Bose has completed Masters from Delhi University and Masters in Marketing Research from Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies, Pune. He has published books for secondary levels in various subjects and a member of American Chemical Society, USA. Mr. Bose has delivered more than 50 talks on Scientific Writing and Publishing Ethics in reputed Universities, International Conferences and Author Workshops.

Senior Publishing Editor and part of Global Acquisition Team at Springer, Germany

Biography:

Wim JC Melis

University of Greenwich, London, United Kingdom

Dr Wim JC Melis obtained a PhD (2005) in Electronic Engineering – Computing Systems from Imperial College, London, where he had previously obtained an MSc in Analogue and Digital Integrated Circuit Design (2001). He received his first degree in Belgium as an Industrial Engineering in Electronics (MSc).

From 2005-2010, he worked at the European Patent Office in The Hague as a Patent Examiner (2005-2010), and took a sabbatical at Tohoku university Japan as a COE Fellow working on a project related to biologically inspired computing from 2008-2009. Early 2011, he joined the University of Greenwich as a Senior Lecturer in Digital Electronics.

His research interests are in the area of optimising the overall efficiency of a system using holistic design principles to develop cross-disciplinary solutions that often question basic principles. On one hand, he applies this in the context of computing where he looks at the lessons that can be learned from biological systems to design new computer hardware for autonomous, intelligent systems. On the other hand, he looks at a variety of different technologies in the area of sustainable energy generation and management, with a focus around the integration of energy storage and the required combination of various energy types.

Theme of Keynote Talk- Holistic Design - Designing Beyond the Problem

Abstract:

In most cases a design is aimed at solving a particular problem. However, these solutions often ignore the fact that they need to be part of a larger environment, and so systems get either developed one-sidedly and/or do not fit in their environment all together. These challenges can be seen within technology, but also in the larger context of the economic, political and social world itself. It is therefore essential to look at technical problems not only in their larger technical context, but also beyond these technical boundaries. This clearly requires one to think beyond the actual problem, which carries multiple challenges, but also brings substantial benefits. In the current context it is however particularly challenging to use more holistic approaches, but as one moves towards more inter- and multidisciplinary research and encourages each individual to use their brain more to the full capacity, one should see a better, and more sustainable world being created.

Biography:

Chair - IEEE UK and Ireland Section

Director of Lero and Professor of Software Engineering at the University of Limerick

Mike Hinchey is Professor of Software Engineering at University of Limerick, Ireland. Prior to joining Lero, Professor Hinchey was Director of the NASA Software Engineering Laboratory; he continues to serve as a NASA Expert. In 2009 he was awarded NASA's Kerley Award as Innovator of the Year. Hinchey holds a B.Sc. in Computer Systems from University of Limerick, an M.Sc. in Computation from University of Oxford and a PhD in Computer Science from University of Cambridge. The author/editor of more than 15 books and over 200 articles on various aspects of Software Engineering, at various times Hinchey previously held positions as Full Professor in Australia, UK, Sweden and USA. He is a Chartered Engineer, Chartered Engineering Professional, Chartered Mathematician and Charted Information Technology Professional, as well as a Fellow of the IET, British Computer Society and Irish Computer Society. He is President of IFIP (International Federation for Information Processing) and Vice-Chair (and Chair-Elect) of IEEE UK & Ireland section. He is also Editor-in-Chief of Innovations in Systems and Software Engineering: a NASA Journal and Journal of the Brazilian Computer Society.

Biography:

Group Executive Director at Activate Learning

Head of Campus - Oxford

Biography:

Niko Phillips - Group Director - International

Activate Learning - City of Oxford College , Oxford, UK

Chief Executive Officer at UK Education India Ltd, United Kingdom

Experienced CEO in Education Management delivery and Financial Services sectors. Skilled in Negotiation, Customer Service, Corporate Finance, Coaching, Marketing, Systems Design and and Strategic Planning. Strong entrepreneurial professional with 50 years commercial experience including 30 years in Education Management Stock Exchange Membership Diplomas held in Tax Law/Taxation/ Investment management from City of London University.

Biography:

Chair - IEEE UK and Ireland Section

Director of Lero and Professor of Software Engineering at the University of Limerick

Mike Hinchey is Professor of Software Engineering at University of Limerick, Ireland. Prior to joining Lero, Professor Hinchey was Director of the NASA Software Engineering Laboratory; he continues to serve as a NASA Expert. In 2009 he was awarded NASA's Kerley Award as Innovator of the Year. Hinchey holds a B.Sc. in Computer Systems from University of Limerick, an M.Sc. in Computation from University of Oxford and a PhD in Computer Science from University of Cambridge. The author/editor of more than 15 books and over 200 articles on various aspects of Software Engineering, at various times Hinchey previously held positions as Full Professor in Australia, UK, Sweden and USA. He is a Chartered Engineer, Chartered Engineering Professional, Chartered Mathematician and Charted Information Technology Professional, as well as a Fellow of the IET, British Computer Society and Irish Computer Society. He is President of IFIP (International Federation for Information Processing) and Vice-Chair (and Chair-Elect) of IEEE UK & Ireland section. He is also Editor-in-Chief of Innovations in Systems and Software Engineering: a NASA Journal and Journal of the Brazilian Computer Society.

Biography:

Group Executive Director at Activate Learning

Head of Campus - Oxford

Biography:

Niko Phillips - Group Director - International

Active Learning - City of Oxford College, Oxford, UK

Chief Executive Officer at UK Education India Ltd, United Kingdom

Experienced CEO in Education Management delivery and Financial Services sectors. Skilled in Negotiation, Customer Service, Corporate Finance, Coaching, Marketing, Systems Design and and Strategic Planning. Strong entrepreneurial professional with 50 years commercial experience including 30 years in Education Management Stock Exchange Membership Diplomas held in Tax Law/Taxation/ Investment management from City of London University.

Senior Lecturer in Communications Technology, London Metropolitan University, UK

Dr Pancham Shukla is a senior lecturer in the School of Computing and Digital Media.

Professional affiliations

Member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (MIET)
Member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (MIEEE)

Dr Shukla undertakes undergraduate, postgraduate teaching and research.

Teaching/laboratory/tutorial involvement

AY 2007-2008
CT2001N: Signals and Systems,
CTP004N: Real-time Data Processing,
CT1018N: Electronic Systems-2,
CTP001N: Signal Processing,
CT1012N: Electronics for Networking,
CT3008N: DSP Applications,
CT2008N: Electronic Systems-3,
CT1005N: Electrical Principles-2.

Prof. (Dr.) Vijay Singh Rathore PhD(Computer Science), MCA, MTech(CS), MBA, ICAD-USA, ICDA-USA, Diplomas in French & German

Presently working as Professor, Department of CS & IT, IIS (deemed to be) University, Jaipur (India). He has Teaching Experience of 18 Years. He is Past Chairman, CSI Jaipur Chapter, got Two Patents published, PhD Supervised (Awarded: 16, Under Supervision: 07)

Research Papers published 77 Papers (Includes Springer, Elsevier, IEEE, etc indexed with Scoupus, Google, Thompson etc.). He has written 10 Books on some subjects of CSE, IT and Management and an active Reviewer in some National and International Journals.

Prof Vijay Singh Rathore is handling international affairs of The IIS University, Jaipur. His basic research areas are internet security, cloud computing, Big Data, and IoT. He has organized and participated some national & international conferences of repute.

Asst. Professor, Dept. of IT, Techno India College of Technology, India

Nilanjan Dey is an Assistant Professor in Department of Information Technology at Techno India College of Technology (under Techno India Group), Kolkata, India. He is a visiting fellow of Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Reading,UK and Visiting Professor of Duy Tan University, Vietnam. He was an honorary Visiting Scientist at Global Biomedical Technologies Inc., CA, USA (2012-2015). He is an Research Scientist of Laboratory of Applied Mathematical Modeling in Human Physiology, Territorial Organization of- Scientific and Engineering Unions, Bulgaria. Associate Researcher of Laboratoire RIADI, University of Manouba, Tunisia. He is a Scientific Member of - Politécnica of Porto. He was awarded his PhD. from Jadavpur University in 2015. In addition, recently he was awarded as one among the top 10 most published academics in the field of Computer Science in India (2015-17) during ‘Faculty Research Awards’ organized by Careers 360 at New Delhi, India. Before he joined Techno India, he was Assistant Professor of JIS College of Engineering and Bengal College of Engineering and Technology.

Biography:

GROUP CIO, Turning Point

London, UK

Amarjit is Group CIO for Turning Point based in London. Turning Point is a social enterprise that provides social and healthcare services across England and Wales comprising of Public Health, Substance Misuse, Mental Health and Learning Disability. The organisation started in 1964 and now has a workforce of 4000 with 30,000 service users (patients) in treatment on any given day.

Amarjit has led the digital transformation of Turning Point so that services can be provided face to face in clinics as well as on-line through guided interventions. The transformation programme represents that largest investment that he board has sanctioned. Amarjit’s former assignments have been at Coca-Cola Enterprises where he held various positions, at Computacenter in the role of Service Director, at British American Tobacco where he was Global Head of End User Computing, at Dow Jones and The Wall Street Journal as Global IT Director. He has also worked in the NHS and had time spent at RWE Npower.

Amarjit’s experience spans technology roles of increasing seniority as well as time spent in sales and operations. Amarjit is a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of the BCS as well as member of the IET. His bachelors and post-graduate qualifications are in Electronic Engineering from Staffordshire University and he holds an MBA from Wolverhampton University.

Theme of Inaugural Talk- Driving technological change in Health and Social Care

Biography:

Middlesex University

London, UK

Xin-She Yang obtained his DPhil in Applied Mathematics from the University of Oxford. He then worked at Cambridge University and National Physical Laboratory (UK) as a Senior Research Scientist. Now he is Reader in Modelling and Optimization at Middlesex University London and Adjunct Professor at Reykjavik University (Iceland). He is also an elected Bye Fellow at Cambridge University as well as the IEEE CIS Chair for the Task Force on Business Intelligence and Knowledge Management.

He is listed on the 2016 Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researchers.

Theme of Keynote Talk- Nature-Inspired Computation as an Emerging Optimization Tool Abstract:

Nature-inspired computation and nature-inspired optimization algorithms have become effective tools for optimization concerning engineering designs, optimization, data mining and computational intelligence. Nature provides a rich source of inspiration for ingenious problem-solving. Algorithms based on characteristics of bats, cuckoos, fireflies, birds, ants and bees have demonstrated their flexibility and effectiveness. However, there exist many challenging issues in this area. This talk discusses some recent developments and highlights some key issues in swarm intelligence and nature-inspired algorithms for optimization.

Biography:

João Manuel R. S. Tavares

Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Portugal

João Manuel R. S. Tavares graduated in Mechanical Engineering at the Universidade do Porto, Portugal in 1992. He also earned his M.Sc. degree and Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Universidade do Porto in 1995 and 2001, and attained his Habilitation in Mechanical Engineering in 2015. He is a senior researcher and project coordinator at the Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial (INEGI) and Associate Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering (DEMec) of the Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FEUP).

João Tavares is co-editor of more than 35 books, co-author of more than 30 book chapters, 550 articles in international and national journals and conferences, and 3 international and 2 national patents. He has been a committee member of several international and national journals and conferences, is co-founder and co-editor of the book series “Lecture Notes in Computational Vision and Biomechanics” published by Springer, founder and Editor-in-Chief of the journal “Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering: Imaging & Visualization” published by Taylor & Francis, and co-founder and co-chair of the international conference series: CompIMAGE, ECCOMAS VipIMAGE, ICCEBS and BioDental. Additionally, he has been (co-)supervisor of several MSc and PhD thesis and supervisor of several post-doc projects, and has participated in many scientific projects both as researcher and as scientific coordinator.

His main research areas include computational vision, medical imaging, computational mechanics, scientific visualization, human-computer interaction and new product development. (More information can be found at: http://www.fe.up.pt/~tavares

Theme of Keynote Talk- Methods and Techniques of Computational Vision Towards More Competent CAD Systems

Abstract

The computational processing and analysis of medical images, which has become a paramount research area, is very challenging as it usually comprises complex tasks such as image enhancement, image segmentation, matching and registration, image fusion, tracking of structures in image sequences and estimation of deformation between structures in images. For example, to analyse the behaviour of organs from a medical image sequence, first the input images are enhanced in order to attenuate the existing noise; afterwards, suitable features of the organs under analysis are extracted from the enhanced images and then tracked and analysed along the sequence.

In this lecture, computational methods of image processing and analysis that we have developed in order to enhance and analyse structures in medical images will be introduced; particularly, those developed for image noise removal, segmentation, matching, registration, tracking and fusion. Furthermore, examples of their use in real cases will be presented and discussed.

Keywords: Computer Vision, Image Processing, Image Analysis, Medical Imaging

References

• “Computational methods for the image segmentation of pigmented skin lesions: A Review”, Roberta B. Oliveira, Mercedes E. Filho, Zhen Ma, João P. Papa, Aledir S. Pereira, João Manuel R. S. Tavares,
Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine 131:127-141, 2016
• “Automatic 3D pulmonary nodule detection in CT images: a survey”, Igor Rafael S. Valente, Paulo César Corte, Edson Cavalcanti Neto, José Marques Soares, Victor Hugo C. de Albuquerque, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine 124:91-107, 2016
• “A review of computational methods applied for identification and quantification of atherosclerotic plaques in images”, Danilo Samuel Jodas, Aledir Silveira Pereira, João Manuel R. S. Tavares,
Expert Systems with Applications 46:1-14, 2016
• “A Review of the Quantification and Classification of Pigmented Skin Lesions: From Dedicated to Hand-Held Devices”, Mercedes Filho, Zhen Ma, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Journal of Medical Systems 39:177, 2015
• “Medical Image Registration: a Review”, Francisco P. M. Oliveira, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering 17(2): 73-93, 2014
• “A Review of Algorithms for Medical Image Segmentation and their Applications to the Female Pelvic Cavity”, Zhen Ma, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Renato Natal Jorge, T. Mascarenhas, Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering 13(2):235-246, 2010
• “Image Processing and Analysis: Applications and Trends”, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, AES-ATEMA’2010 Fifth International Conference, pp. 27-41, Montreal & Quebec City, Canada, 2010

Biography:

Aninda Bose is presently working as a Senior Publishing Editor with Springer India Pvt. Ltd. Mr. Bose is part of the Global Acquisition Team at Springer and responsible for acquisition of scientific content, primarily in India and Southeast Asia. The disciplines he is responsible for are Chemistry, Physics, Material Sciences and Earth Sciences. He has more than 22 years of industrial experience in marketing and different fields of publishing. Mr. Bose has completed Masters from Delhi University and Masters in Marketing Research from Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies, Pune. He has published books for secondary levels in various subjects and a member of American Chemical Society, USA. Mr. Bose has delivered more than 50 talks on Scientific Writing and Publishing Ethics in reputed Universities, International Conferences and Author Workshops.

Senior Publishing Editor and part of Global Acquisition Team at Springer, Germany

Biography:

Wim JC Melis

University of Greenwich, London, United Kingdom

Dr Wim JC Melis obtained a PhD (2005) in Electronic Engineering – Computing Systems from Imperial College, London, where he had previously obtained an MSc in Analogue and Digital Integrated Circuit Design (2001). He received his first degree in Belgium as an Industrial Engineering in Electronics (MSc).

From 2005-2010, he worked at the European Patent Office in The Hague as a Patent Examiner (2005-2010), and took a sabbatical at Tohoku university Japan as a COE Fellow working on a project related to biologically inspired computing from 2008-2009. Early 2011, he joined the University of Greenwich as a Senior Lecturer in Digital Electronics.

His research interests are in the area of optimising the overall efficiency of a system using holistic design principles to develop cross-disciplinary solutions that often question basic principles. On one hand, he applies this in the context of computing where he looks at the lessons that can be learned from biological systems to design new computer hardware for autonomous, intelligent systems. On the other hand, he looks at a variety of different technologies in the area of sustainable energy generation and management, with a focus around the integration of energy storage and the required combination of various energy types.

Theme of Keynote Talk- Holistic Design - Designing Beyond the Problem

Abstract:

In most cases a design is aimed at solving a particular problem. However, these solutions often ignore the fact that they need to be part of a larger environment, and so systems get either developed one-sidedly and/or do not fit in their environment all together. These challenges can be seen within technology, but also in the larger context of the economic, political and social world itself. It is therefore essential to look at technical problems not only in their larger technical context, but also beyond these technical boundaries. This clearly requires one to think beyond the actual problem, which carries multiple challenges, but also brings substantial benefits. In the current context it is however particularly challenging to use more holistic approaches, but as one moves towards more inter- and multidisciplinary research and encourages each individual to use their brain more to the full capacity, one should see a better, and more sustainable world being created.

Professional Memberships

Senior Member IEEE

Qualifications

PhD Computer Science, Delft University of Technology

Biography

I have over 15 years of research and development experience with both industry and academia. I have worked in many roles with Higher Education, as a Lecturer, Programme Leader, Research Fellow and my current role as Academic Lead in Computing and IT.

I am also have ’Senior Member IEEE’ status. IEEE is the world's largest technical professional organisation for the advancement of technology with over 400,00 members. This member status requires extensive experience, reflects professional maturity and documented achievements of significance and only 10% of its members hold this membership grade.

Suresh Chandra Satapathy is is currently Professor at KIIT and former Professor and Head of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Anil Neerukonda Institute of Technology and Sciences (ANITS), Andhra Pradesh, India. He received his PhD in Computer Science and Engineering from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU), Hyderabad and his Master’s degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Rourkela, Odisha. He has more than 27 years of teaching and research experience. His research interests include machine learning, data mining, swarm intelligence studies and their applications to engineering. He has more than 98 publications to his credit in various reputed international journals and conference proceedings. He has edited many volumes from Springer AISC and LNCS in the past. In addition to serving on the editorial board of several international journals, he is a senior member of the IEEE and a Life Member of the Computer Society of India, where he is the National Chairman of Division-V (Education and Research).

CEng FBCS CITP, SMIEEE

Malaya Nayak is a Technology & business visionary with over 22 years leading the design, development and implementation of high-performance technology solutions. He has proven ability to bring the benefits of IT to solve business issues while delivering applications, infrastructure, costs and risks. He has provided strategic direction to senior leadership on technology. He has a track record of understanding business needs impacting results, cultural diversity and is comfortable at board level. Skilled at building teams of top 1% performers as well as displaying versatility for the strategic, tactical & management aspects of technology.

Malaya is a London based Entrepreneur and researcher. He is currently working as Executive Director with IT Buzz Ltd, London. He is also a Board Director of several SME organizations in Hospitality, IT, Real estate and Event & Marketing Industries.

Malaya has received his M.S degree in ICT from Assumption University, MBA degree from Punjab Technical University and PhD degree in Computer Science from Utkal University. He studied Project management from Said Business School, University of Oxford. He got awarded Chartered Engineer (CEng) from Engineering Council, UK; European Engineer (Eur Ing) from FEANI; and Certified IT Project Manager (CITPM) from IDA & Singapore Computer Society. He is currently a Senior Member of the IEEE & IEEE Computer Society, USA; Senior Member of Computer Society of India; Chartered Fellow (FBCS CITP) of the British Computer Society, UK; and Member of Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), USA.

He has received ITCP certificate from NZ Computer Society, New Zealand; Certified Professional (CP)/International Professional Practice Partnership Professional (IP3P), Australian Computer Society (ACS), Australia; Chartered IT Professional (CITP), the BCS - The Chartered Institute for IT, UK. He also holds the vendor certifications such as Microsoft, Redhat and Cisco etc...

Malaya has published more than 20 research papers in National and International conferences and Journals. He is working as External PhD Examiner for server Universities, Program Chair, Editor, Reviewer and Member of several Conferences and Journals. His current research interests include project management and risk management.