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.

Bruno Mataloto has a PhD in Information Sciences and Technologies at ISCTE-IUL, where he has been a Guest Assistant Professor for the past five years, teaching courses in Internet of Things (IoT), Disruptive Technologies, Programming Fundamentals, and Systems, Installations, and Smart Buildings. He is also the head of the Internet of Things Lab at ISCTE-IUL. He has participated as a trainer in several editions of the Summer and Winter Schools held at ISCTE and in training events at Molde University, Norway. He is also a researcher at the ISTAR research center, where he has worked on several projects funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) and the Gulbenkian Institute of Science. His PhD project, "Social-IoT 4 Energy Savings and Building Management," studies how IoT systems can influence human behavior. This project has been presented at various national and international events, such as the Smart Cities Summit and Pioneer Alliance, and has resulted in eight published Q1 papers.

Born in Lisbon in 1973. Graduated in Computer Science and Business Management from ISCTE-IUL in 1997. Master's degree in Information Systems Management from ISCTE-IUL, specialising in Information Security, in 2004. PhD in Computer Architecture and Distributed Systems from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (Barcelona) in 2008. Since 2020, he has been an Associate Professor at ISCTE-IUL. Director of the Department of Digital Technologies. Director of the Master's Degree in Cybersecurity and Resilience. Coordinator of several courses related to Information Security and Cybersecurity. Since 2015, he has been a researcher at ISTAR-IUL, where he is part of the SSE (Software Systems Engineering) group, working in the areas of "Distributed Systems and Applications, Information Security and Cybersecurity", "Management and Protection of Digital Intellectual Property" and "Web and Mobile IS Development". He is an associate researcher at DMAG – Distributed Multimedia Applications Group (UPC, Spain). Since 1996, he has participated in multiple national and international projects funded by FCT, the European Union, the European Space Agency and private entities. He is the author and co-author of dozens of articles and scientific papers in international conferences, newspapers and magazines, as well as project reports. He is also the author of several books on application development with the PHP programming language. Member of OWASP (Open Web Applications Security Project) and leader of the Portuguese chapter (between 2007-2018) and co-leader of the Lisbon chapter (since 2022), collaborating in the dissemination, organisation of events and some of the organisation's projects. Founding member of the Portuguese Association for the Promotion of Information Security (AP2SI). Entrepreneur in ICT startups.

I’ve studied physics and mathematics for a while at the at the University of Lisbon, but ended up graduating in Antropology, in 1996, at the Nova University of Lisbon. Then I began working as an IT consultant for a printing company. In 2007, I left the private sector and started teaching Mathematics at the Higher School for Elementary Teachers Maria Ulrich, where I stayed for seven years. In 2014, I got my doctoral degree in Philosophy of Contemporary Thought, at the University Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, with a thesis about volition and human intelligence simulation, using AI. In 2015, I joined the Centre for the Philosophy of Sciences of the University of Lisbon (CFCUL, now closed), where I came up with the wave-memory interpretation of Quantum Mechanics and started working on the Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence, focusing on the social aspects of AI. Recently (2022, 2024) I have co-organized the first and the second Portuguese Symposiums in Philosophy and Artificial Intelligence, participated in public events and given interviews to the media about AI and society. Presently, I am a Professor in the ISCTE-Sintra School of Digital Technologies, where I teach about the societal and ethical impacts of digital technologies and AI on contemporary societies. My actual interests (and concerns) are AI surveillance and human freedom impact, political manipulation using disinformation, virtual and augmented reality design and artificial consciousness.

Maria da Conceicao Pereira (see detailed CV) is an invited teacher at ISCTE-IUL. In the 2023-2024 academic year she is teaching Operating Systems and Virtualization (OSV) at ISCTE-Sintra. In the 2022-2023 academic year she taught Operating Systems and Virtualization (OSV) at ISCTE-Sintra. In the school year 2020-2021 she taught Fundamentals of Computer Architecture at ISCTE. She is working toward a PhD degree at ISCTE-IUL as a worker/student, and she is a Research Assistant at ISTAR, an ISCTE's R&D unit. Her PhD supervisors are: Sérgio Moro, Miguel Sales Dias, João Carlos Ferreira.She holds a 5-year BSc in Electrical Engineering, and the curricular units of MSc in Electrical and Computer Engineering, (both from IST-UTL, Portugal). She has been tutoring (https://www.euexplico.pt) higher education students since 2008, mainly in the subjects: Analog and Digital Electronics, Architecture of Computer Systems, Control Systems, Circuit Analysis, Communications Systems, Digital Systems, Digital Signal Processing, Electrical and Electromechanical Systems, Electronic Systems, High-Performance Computing Architectures, Process Automation, Instrumentation and Measurements, Mechatronic Signals and Systems, Microprocessors, Microsoft Applications, Modelling and Simulation, Physics, Programming Languages, Sensors and Signals Instrumentation, Signals and Systems. She was also an IT consultant from 1988 to 2019 and a professional IT trainer from 1988 to 2002.

Patrícia Costa holds a PhD in Production and Systems Engineering (thesis in the area of statistics/psychometrics) from the University of Minho, a Master's degree in Mathematics - Teaching (thesis in the area of statistics/psychometrics) from the University of Beira Interior and a degree in Mathematics - Educational Training from the University of Coimbra. Her research focuses on Educational Assessment, Applied Statistics, Comparative Education and Psychometrics. She is an integrated member of ISTAR-IUL - Information Sciences and Technologies and Architecture Research Center. She has experience in teaching Statistics and Mathematics in Higher Education, research and providing technical support to policy makers at the Joint Research Center (JRC) of the European Commission. She is the author/co-author of several scientific articles in international journals, book chapters and technical reports and has experience in organising international scientific events.

Vasco Rafael Jerónimo Velez holds a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree in Computer and Telecommunications Engineering. His Master’s dissertation focused on GPS spoofing techniques applied to UAV navigation systems.In 2024, he earned his PhD in Information Science and Technology, with a thesis dedicated to the design and integration of novel transmission techniques to optimize the performance of wireless networks and communications.He is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Applied Digital Technologies at the School of Applied Digital Technologies, ISCTE-IUL.His main research interests include wireless communication systems and networks, signal processing, MIMO communications and radar, reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS), index modulation, optimization algorithms, GNSS signals, and UAV applications.