Prof. Wojciech Cellary
Poznan University of Economics and Business, Poland
WOJCIECH CELLARY received the M.Sc. (1974), Ph.D. (1977) and Dr. Hab. (1981) degrees all from the Technical University of Poznan (Poland). In 1989 he received the title of Professor. From 1974 to 1992 he was with the Technical University of Poznan, from 1987 to 1991 serving as the scientific director of the Institute of Computing Science. From 1992 to 1996 he served as the vice-president responsible for research of the Franco-Polish School of New Information and Communication Technologies. In 1996 he joined the Poznan University of Economics. Currently he is head of the Department of Information Technology. He has been a visiting professor at the following universities: University of Nancy I, University of Nancy II, University of Paris-Sud, University of Paris-Dauphine, France, University of Genova, University of Ancona, Italy, United Nations University in Macao and United Nations University in Guimaraes (Portugal). He has lead numerous industrial projects on the development of hardware and software of computer systems and their applications in telecommunications, the computer industry, the electric power industry, and education. The projects were supported by Polish, French and American industry, Polish Ministry for Research and Higher Education, as well as UE Framework Programmes. He is co-author of 3 European patents. He served as a consultant to the Polish Ministries of: Science, Education, Telecommunications, Interior, Administration, Digitization and Regional Development, Polish Parliament and Senate, as well as many research institutes and governmental projects. He has been a main organizer of 50 scientific national and international conferences and he has been a member of the program committees of additional 350 conferences. He is author or co-author of 10 books, an editor or co-editor of 10 books, author of 22 chapters in books, and over 150 articles in journals and conference proceedings. Currently his department is specializing in Virtual/Augmented Reality and Internet of Things.
Prof. Harald Øverby
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Harald Øverby (born 1979) is a Professor at the
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).
He received his M.Sc. in Computer Science in 2002, a
B.Sc. in Economics in 2003, and a Ph.D. in Information
and Communication Technology in 2005. Øverby has also
studied law at the University of Oslo in Norway. Øverby
has published over 80 papers in international journals
and conferences in the areas of communication
technology, digital economics, business modeling, data
coding and optical networking.
Prof. Jinhua Liu
Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences, China
She is a doctoral supervisor and Director of the Institute for Social Governance at Southwest Petroleum University. She has been selected as a member of the 14th Batch of Sichuan Provincial Academic and Technical Leaders and as a Tianfu Qingcheng Distinguished Scholar in Social Sciences of Sichuan Province. She also serves as President of the Sichuan Association for Marriage, Family and Women’s Studies and Vice President of the Sichuan Marxism Society, among other academic positions. Her research mainly focuses on social governance and population sociology. She has led 10 national and provincial-level research projects, including key projects funded by the National Social Science Fund of China and major projects supported by the Sichuan Provincial Social Science Fund. Her policy advisory reports have received one directive from central government leaders and seven affirmative endorsements from provincial and ministerial leaders. She has received seven provincial or ministerial-level awards or above, including the Social Science Research Achievement Award of the National Ethnic Affairs Commission and the Outstanding Achievement Award in Philosophy and Social Sciences of Sichuan Province.