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Cruz-Cunha, Maria Manuela: - "Maria Manuela Cruz-Cunha is currently an Associate Professor with habilitation in the School of Technology at the Polytechnic Institute of Cavado and Ave, Portugal. She holds a Dipl. Eng. (5 years) in the field of Systems and Informatics Engineering, an M.Sci. in the field of Computer Integrated Manufacturing and a Dr.Sci in of Production Systems Engineering. She teaches subjects related with Information Systems, Information Technologies and Organizational Models to undergraduate and post-graduate studies. She has authored and edited 25 books and her work appears in more than 150 papers published in journals, book chapters and conference proceedings. She is founder and conference chair of the "CENTERIS - Conference on ENTERprise Information Systems", "ViNOrg - Conference on Virtual and Networked Organizations Emergent Technologies and Tools" and "SeGAH - Serious Games and Applications for Health". She is the editor-in-chief of the "International Journal of Web Portals" and of "Information and Communication Technologies for the Advanced Enterprise: an international journal"."
Mateus-Coelho, Nuno: - "Nuno Mateus-Coelho is a Professor of Information Security, Systems Intrusion, Cloud Security, and Data Privacy at Lusófona University, Porto, Portugal. He holds a BEng. in Information Systems Engineering, a MEng. in Computer Sciences Engineering from the Polytechnic of Porto - School of Engineering (ISEP) in the field and subject of cloud security and secure operating systems, and a DSc. Summa Cum Laude in Computer Sciences from the University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD) in the field and subject of information security and secure operating systems. He is an Expert Accredited by the European Commission on R&I projects in the Horizon 2020, COSME, and CEF programs in information technologies. He is a TED, IEEE, Web Summit, and CNN Portugal Keynote Speaker, CEO & Founder of NRMC.PT. Since 2022, he has been the Chief-Editor of ARIS2 - Advanced Research on Information Systems Security, an International Journal, and Director of LAPI2S - Laboratory of Privacy and Information Systems Security."
