Topic: Recent advances in Smart Logistics 

Biography: Dr. Mostafa Hajiaghaei-Keshteli is an Associate Professor at the Department of Industrial Engineering, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico. He is also the head of the research department at the Center of Sustainable and Smart Logistics (CSSL). Also, he has supervised 25+ Ph.D. and 100+ master theses. He is one of the top 2% of scientists worldwide, according to Elsevier-Stanford reports in 2021 and 2022. He is also an Associate Editor in the Journals of Applied Soft Computing (ASOC), Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence (EAAI), and Expert Systems with Application (ESWA). 

Topic: Transhumanism and Political Leadership - Scope of Artificial Intelligence 

Biography: Dr. K Gireesan is the Director, School of Government, MIT World Peace University, Pune. Previously, he performed in various capacities such as Head, Dept. of Local Governance; Head, Centre for Policy and Action Research; and, Faculty Head, Panchayati Raj Institutions and Youth Affairs at Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development (RGNIYD), Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Govt. of India, Sriperumbudur. He obtained Post Graduate and Doctoral degrees in Public Administration from Panjab University, Chandigarh. He carried out number of research studies for the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India. As a national evaluator, he was involved in carrying out monitoring, evaluation and impact assessment studies for the Ministry of Rural Development and Ministry of Panchayat Raj, Govt. of India in different parts of the country. His areas of interests are: Empowerment of Local Governments and Community Based Organisations, Mainstreaming Youth in Governance; and, Empowerment of Political Leadership. He is engaged in formulation of a ‘Constituency Management System’, an ICT-enabled Spatial Decision Support System, as a Tool and Strategy to support the political leadership.

Topic: Mathematical foundations for Machine Learning techniques using MATLAB

Biography: Dr. E. S. Gopi has sole authored 9 books, co-authored 15 reviewed book chapters and 10 SCIE journal publications. He is the editor for the proceedings of International conference on ‘Machine learning, Deep learning and Computational intelligence for wireless communication’. He has several papers in international to his credit. He has 23 years of teaching and research experience. He is the coordinator for the pattern recognition and the computational intelligence laboratory. He is currently Associate Professor, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Trichy (Government of India). His books are widely used all over the world. His book on “Pattern recognition and Computational intelligence using Matlab”, Springer was recognized as one of the best ebook under “pattern recognition” and “Matlab” categories by the Book authority, world’s leading site for book recommendations by thought leaders. His research interests include Machine intelligence, Pattern recognition, Statistical signal processing and Computational intelligence. He is the series editor for the series “Signals and Communication Technology”, Springer publication. His video course on “Pattern recognition”, “Statistical theory of Communication” and “Linear algebra and stochastic process” are well appreciated by the fellow students.

Website: https://www.nitt.edu/home/academics/departments/ece/faculty/gopi/