Christian Bettstetter
University of Klagenfurt and Lakeside Labs (Austria)
Christian Bettstetter is professor of mobile systems at the University of Klagenfurt, Austria, where he heads the Institute of Networked and Embedded Systems. He also serves as scientific director of Lakeside Labs, a research and innovation company. He earned his doctoral degree (summa cum laude) in electrical engineering and information technology from Technische Universität München, Germany. His research group focuses on wireless communications and self-organization in networked systems, with applications spanning telecommunications, robotics, and drones. Bettstetter has received several scientific awards, including best paper awards at IEEE ACSOS and SASO. His dedication to teaching was recently honored with the excellence in teaching award of his university.
Sebastian Lobentanzer
Helmholtz Munich (Germany)
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Pablo Chamoso
University of Salamanca (Spain)
Professor of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence at the Faculty of Sciences, University of Salamanca (Spain), he holds a PhD in Computer Engineering.
He currently leads the “DeepTech” Knowledge Transfer Group at the University of Salamanca, specializing in Artificial Intelligence, IoT, Blockchain, and Cybersecurity, and serves as Principal Investigator of the Bioinformatics and Intelligent Systems Group at IBSAL. He is also Director of the MSc in Cybersecurity and teaches across undergraduate and postgraduate programs in Computer Engineering, Data Science, Biology, and Cybersecurity.
Since joining the University of Salamanca in 2011, he has provided technical leadership in the design and execution of more than 100 national and international R&D projects in areas such as Smart Cities, Robotics, Visual Analytics, Medical Applications, and Applied Artificial Intelligence, including large-scale initiatives like the TRUST project. His research is particularly focused on multi-agent systems and their application to complex, distributed, and intelligent environments.
He has been a visiting lecturer at universities across Europe, Asia, and Latin America, and actively collaborates with international research and innovation ecosystems.