Dr. Octavian Adrian Postolache is graduated in Electrical Engineering at the Gh. Asachi Technical University of Iasi, Romania, in 1992 and he received the PhD degree in 1999 from the same university, and university habilitation in 2016 from Instituto Superior Tecnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal. In 2000 he became principal researcher of Instituto de Telecomunicações where he is now Senior Researcher. He joined Instituto Universitario de Lisboa/ ISCTE-IUL Lisbon where he is currently Associate Professor. His fields of interests are smart sensors for biomedical, smart ports and environmental applications, pervasive computing, wireless sensor networks, signal processing for biomedical applications and computational intelligence, IoT and data science. He is active member of national and international research teams involved in Portuguese and EU and International projects. Dr. Postolache is author and co-author of 10 patents, 10 books, 18 book chapters, 82 papers in international journals with peer review, more than 270 papers in proceedings of international conferences. He is IEEE Senior Member I&M Society, Distinguished Lecturer of IEEE IMS, chair of IEEE I&MSTC-13 Wireless and Telecommunications in Measurements and chair of IEEE IMS Portugal Chapter. He is Associate Editor of IEEE Sensors Journal, Sensors MDPI.  He was general chair of IEEE MeMeA 2014, IEEE ISSI 2018 and TPC chair of ICST 2014, Liverpool and ICST 2017 in Sydney, ICST2018 in Limerick. He received IEEE best reviewer and the best associate editor in 2011, 2013 and 2017, and other awards related to his research activity in the field of smart sensing and IoT.

Duarte is a PhD fellow in Information Science and Technology at the Istar-Iscte research center. He completed his BSc. (2018) and MSc. in Computer Science and Management (2021) from Iscte. His main areas of study are geographic information systems (GIS), tourism, agent-based modeling (ABM), and Digital twins (DT). He participated in the Iscte Spots project, a multiplatform mobile application with serious games to show the history of Iscte and the RESETTING European project for sustainable tourism digital transformation and the development of smart tourism toolkits. He has some publications in quality journals and conferences on his main research topics, some related to the projects mentioned above. He has a passion for teaching computer science, with a focus on programming, having taught several curricular units at Iscte as a monitor and invited assistant professor, as well as some modules in the UpSkill initiative, a partnership between IEFP and several universities in the country (including Iscte), and teaching robotics in Colégio Oriente.

João C. Ferreira is Assistant Professor with habilitation at ISCTE-IUL. He graduated in Physics from the Technical University of Lisbon (UTL / IST), Portugal, received an MSc in Telecommunications and a PhD in Computer Engineering from UTL / IST and a second PhD in Industrial Engineering at the University of Minho. His research interests are in: data science, Text Mining, IoT, Blockchain AI, and AI application to health, energy, transportation, Electric Vehicle, Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) and sustainable mobility systems. He has authored more than 250 papers in computer science. He has executed more than 40 projects (6 as PI), more than 200 scientific paper reviews and more than 30 scientific project evaluations. IEEE CIS Chair 2016-2018 and current vice-chair of IEEE Blockchain PT, CIS PT chapter and Bruxels AI and robotics.  Main organizer of international conferences such as: OAIR 2013, INTSYS from 2018 to 2022. IEEE senior member since 2015. Guest Editor and topic editor of MDPI in the topics of energies, electronics and Sensors. President of the IEEE CIS in PT (2017-2018). Author of a patent in the area of Edge Computer in a monitoring system for fishing vessels Coordinator of the Master of Decision Support Systems, Professional Master for the Digitalization of Business and of the summer (smart cities) and winter (IoT Systems and Blockchain) schools. Vice-Chair Computational Intelligence Society and IEEE Blockchain in Portugal and Industry Ambassador in Portugal   He is participating in the following projects - H2020 Infrastress, Sparta, ENSURECEC, EFFECTOR, MARISA, ANDANTE, Interreg Block4Coop, BALCAT, AIM Health, PT2020 Monitoring persistent track and Multicam and the Digital Demo, EEagrants Fish2fork (PI) and Social IoT (PI)

João Pedro Calado Barradas Branco Pavia received his PhD in Information Sciences and Technologies in 2022 and he is currently an Assistant Professor in the Digital Technologies Department of the School of Applied Digital Technologies at ISCTE - University Institute of Lisbon, where he coordinates the Bachelor Degree in Digital Technologies and Information Security. He is a member of the IEEE and is also a member of COST - European Cooperation in Science and Technology, where he collaborates with professionals from various countries to develop solutions focused on the field of intelligent radio communications for seamless inclusive interactions. In addition, another of his collaborations is related to the development of physical layer security solutions for reliable and resilient 6G systems. He has been involved as a local organizer and reviewer at several conferences and symposia. He is also a reviewer for several journals in the field of information sciences and technologies. His research interests include topics related to cybersecurity, wireless communication networks, artificial intelligence, and big data.

Since 2022, I have taught at Iscte-Sintra — Iscte, University Institute of Lisbon, delivering the modules Graphs and Complex Networks, Mathematical Modelling, Introduction to Neural Networks, Calculus, and Mechanics and Electricity. In parallel, I serve as Coordinator of Projects in Applied Mathematics II and as Year Coordinator for the first year of the Digital Technologies and Management degree programme. Between 2021 and 2023, I also taught the modules Mathematics I and II, Physics I and II, Probability and Statistics, and Computer Science at the Instituto Superior de Educação e Ciências de Lisboa. I am passionate about science and the advancement of knowledge, with research interests in mathematical modelling applied to Physics, Biology, Sociology, and, more broadly, to scientific and societal challenges. I am equally committed to education, striving to enable students to master any skill with the right guidance and effort. In this spirit, I have volunteered as a teacher of Portuguese and Mathematics for illiterate adults at a social institution, and I currently teach Mathematics at a Senior University. Beyond academia, I have experience in Data Analysis (back end and front end), Data Visualisation and dashboarding, Data Science, and Predictive Analytics. I excel at problem-solving, research, and data interpretation, applying analytical skills to develop solutions rapidly, whether through organisation, teamwork, planning, management, programming, or innovation. As a researcher, I have worked on projects that apply mathematical and computational techniques to biological, operational, social, and other data sources. In biological applications, I specifically studied the evolution of viruses in terms of mutations and virulence. Although this research did not prevent the COVID-19 pandemic, projects of this kind contribute to the scientific foundation that enabled the rapid development of vaccines. I hold a PhD from Cranfield University (UK), following an MSc in Physics from the University of Lisbon (Portugal). My doctoral thesis focused on analysing automotive supply chains and developing a synthetic network model capable of reproducing real-world supply chain structures. The model demonstrated high accuracy, enabling managers to predict supply chain structures with minimal data. In terms of soft skills, determination and hard work have been fundamental in my career. I firmly believe that success is not reserved for geniuses — anyone can achieve their goals with dedication and perseverance.

Margarida Santos is a guest assistant professor at Iscte-Sintra in the fields of Health Psychology and Educational Psychology. She is the Director of the Bachelor's Degree in Digital Technologies and Health, the Coordinator of the Master's Degree in Digital Transformation Management in the Health Sector, as part of the international project ManagiDITH coordinated by Iscte, and she is a member of the Specialized Commission on Pedagogical Affairs at Iscte-Sintra. Since 2015, she has been coordinating a research-action project in the health sector, promoting the engagement of individuals with illnesses and their representatives in decision-making processes in healthcare. This project is responsible for the Charter for Public Participation in Health (Law No. 108/2019, September 9). With a Ph.D. in Psychology, a Master's degree in Social and Organizational Psychology, and a Bachelor's degree in Psychology from Iscte-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, her research has focused on decision-making processes and public participation, especially in the field of public policies (e.g., municipal participatory budgeting). She is the author or co-author of more than 20 scientific publications in this domain.

Mariana Catela Jacob Rodrigues is an Assistant Professor in Iscte - University Institute of Lisbon and a research assistant at the Instituto de Telecomunicações, Instrumentation and Measurement Group, Lisboa. She received her BSc and Msc in Telecommunications and Computer Engineering from Iscte - University Institute of Lisbon, in 2017 and 2019, respectively. She holds a PhD in Information Science Tecnhology from Iscte, since 2024.  Her research focuses on designing ambient assisted living environments and adaptive environments through the implementation of wireless sensor networks and artificial intelligence software modules. Her research interests include Smart Sensors, Internet of Things, Environment Monitoring, Cardiorespiratory Activity Monitoring, Mobile App Development and Ambient Intelligence.  Currently, she is the Chair of the IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) Affinity Group and Chair of the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society Chapter of Iscte - University Institute of Lisbon.