Prof. Zohreh Pourzolfaghar is an Assistant Professor in Management Information Systems at the School of Business, National University of Ireland (NUIM). She is a member of Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software, and formerly served as a Research Fellow at the Innovation Value Institute (IVI) at NUIM. Prof. Zohreh is a senior research member of the Business Informatics Group and leads a project investigating the application of Enterprise Architecture in Smart Cities, funded by Science Foundation Ireland. She has served as Principal Investigator for an Industry Fellowship Programme and two projects in collaboration with industry, funded by Enterprise Ireland. Prof. Zohreh has presented her work at international conferences and published research in journals and conference proceedings. She also leads research within the Cost Action CA16222 (WISE-ACT), a European-wide network exploring the broader impacts of Autonomous and Connected Transport.
Prof. Arash Habibi Lashkari is a Canada Research Chair in Cybersecurity and an Associate Professor at York University (Canada). He is the author of ten published books and over 100 peer-reviewed articles on various cybersecurity-related topics. With over 25 years of teaching experience spanning several international universities, he was responsible for designing the first cybersecurity Capture the Flag (CTF) competition for post-secondary students in Canada. Dr. Lashkari has received 15 awards at international computer security competitions, including three gold awards, and was recognized as one of Canada's Top 150 Researchers for 2017. The first four books from his Understanding Cybersecurity Series (UCS) program for Law and Privacy, Data Sovereignty, Fintech, and DeFi were published by Springer. Building on over two decades of concurrent industrial and development experience in network, software, and computer security, his current work involves the development of vulnerability detection technology to protect network systems against cyberattacks. He simultaneously supervises multiple research and development teams working on several projects related to network traffic analysis, malware analysis, Honeynet, and threat hunting.
Rozita Hashemi is a PhD student at the School of Business (IVI), Maynooth University, Ireland. Her research explores data value in the construction industry, focusing on digital data and digitization across the built environment. With over a decade of industry experience in information technology and quality assurance, she offers a distinctive perspective on digital transformation and data management in construction.
Prof. Markus Helfert is a Professor in Digital Service Innovation at Maynooth University, Innovation Value Institute (Ireland), and the Director of the Business Informatics Group at Maynooth University. He serves as a Principal Investigator at Lero - The Irish Software Research Centre and at the Adapt Research Centre. His research focuses on Digital Service Innovation, Smart Cities, and IoT-based Smart Environments, encompassing areas such as Service Innovation, Intelligent Transportation Systems, Smart Services, Building Information Management, FinTech, Data Value, Enterprise Architecture, Technology Adoption, Analytics, and Business Process Management. Prof. Helfert is an expert in Data Governance Standards and actively participates in European Standardisation initiatives. He has authored over 200 academic articles, journal and book contributions, and has presented his work at international conferences. Prof. Helfert has received national and international grants from agencies such as the European Union (FP7; H2020), Science Foundation Ireland, and Enterprise Ireland. He has served as a project coordinator on EU projects and has been involved in coordinating various H2020 projects including PERFORM, ELITE-S, PERFORM, EnTrust MSCA DN, and DIGI+ MSCA Co-fund projects.
