Edmond Hajrizi
Prof.dr. Edmond Hajrizi is the founder and rector of the private institution of higher education, UBT, which is a reflection of his experience and expertise gathered during the studies and work in many universities and international institutions. He graduated in engineering in University of Prishtina, and after two years became a master of Advanced Automotive Technology in the same university. During the same year, he enrolled for his doctoral studies in the University of Vienna in Systems Mangament parallelly with his studies in Information Technology. He finished his postdoctoral studies in England, City University of London…
Anita Mirijamdotter
Dr. Anita Mirijamdotter is Professor of Informatics at Linnaeus University, Sweden, since 2008. In that role she serves as Head of Subject, which involves disciplinary responsibility for Informatic’s research and education, including its development. Additionally, she leads the research group Information Management. Anita’s research and teaching focus on design and management of information, communication, and decision systems in dynamic organisational settings. Her specialization include: Digital Capability including Implementation and Evaluation; Systems Thinking Methodologies and Models; Knowledge Sharing and Exchange in information intensive organizations; and Participatory Action Research in relation to change management…
Peter Kopacek
Graduated from Vienna University of Technology in Automatic Control (1966) until 1985, Assistant Prof. at TU Wien. 1971 Cum-laude doctors degree in Control.
1986-1990 Full Professor for “Systems Engineering and Automation” at University of Linz, Austria. From 1990 – 2008 Head of the Institute for “Handling Devices and Robotics”,TU Wien; President of the Austrian Society for Systems Engineering and Automation (SAT).
Since March 1985 Vice President and General Secretary of IFAC/Austria and of ÖGART ( Austrian Society for Automation and Robotics) the Austrian IFAC NMO.
1988 – 1995 Scientific Supervisor of the Scientific Academy of Lower Austria.
Olli E. Kangas
Olli Kangas is Director of Government and Community Relations at the Social Insurance Institution of Finland. Previously he has occupied professorships in Turku, Copenhagen, Odense and Uppsala. His research interests revolve around comparative political economy of the welfare state – institutions, causes and consequences.
Petros Groumpos
Professor Petros Groumpos is the Director of the Laboratory of Automation and Robotics / Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology.
Petros Groumpos did his undergraduate and graduate studies at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the SUNYAB. He was awarded PhD degree for his work “A State Space Approach to Dynamic Hierarchical Systems”. He subsequently held a research position at Calspan Corporation in Buffalo before he moved as an Assistant Professor at Cleveland State University, Ohio and was promoted to Associate professor. Then he has been elected as a full Professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the University of Patras. He established the Laboratory for Automation and Robotics and became its director…
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