Ismail Khalil (http://www.iiwas.org/ismail/) is the deputy head of the institute of telecooperation, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria, since October 2002. He is the president of the international organization of Information Integration and Web-based Applications & Services (@WAS). He holds a PhD in computer engineering and received his habilitation degree in applied computer science on his work on agents interaction in ubiquitous Environments in May 2008.
He currently teaches, consults, and conducts research in Mobile Multimedia, Cloud Computing, Agent Technologies, and Web Intelligence and is also interested in the broader business, social, and policy implications associated with the emerging information technologies.
Before joining Johannes Kepler University of Linz, he was a research fellow at the Intelligent Systems Group at Utrecht University, Netherlands from 2001-2002 and the project manager of AgenCom project at the Software Competence Center Hagenberg Austria from 2000-2001. Dr. Khalil has authored around 100 scientific publications, books, and book chapters. He serves as the Editor-in-Chief of 4 international journals and 2 books series. His work has been published and presented at various conferences and workshops.
Prof. Ts. Dr. Norhaslinda Kamaruddin currently holds a post of associate professor in the Faculty of Computer and Mathematical Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Malaysia. She served UiTM from 2011 till now. She is also an adjunct professor in the Faculty of Science and Technology, Universitas Airlangga, Indonesia. She received her bachelor’s degree in Information Technology (Computer Science) from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia in 2001 followed by her Master of Software Engineering from Malaya University in 2006. In 2013, she is awarded Doctor of Philosophy (Computer Engineering) from Nanyang Technological University (Singapore). Nanyang Technological University has been named the world’s 11th best university in the world in the QS Ranking 2020.
Assoc. Prof. Ts. Dr. Norhaslinda is very active in conducting studies on computational intelligence focusing on affective computing by examining detailed emotions in speech (emotional speech) as well as brain signal patterns captured from electroencephalogram (EEG) that will then be able to give insight to stress and anxiety level, as well as the effect of emotions towards various neurological disorder diseases such as dysphoria, autism spectrum disorder (ASD), deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), dyslexia and other related learning disabilities. She is also working in big data analytics especially in learning analytics that focusing on student profiling and talent development as well as health analytics concerning about mental health.
She had published more than 65 indexed publications and her publication list can be accessed through:
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Assoc. Prof. Ts. Dr. Norhaslinda can be contacted using email address, norhaslinda@tmsk.uitm.edu.my.