Speakers
Sebastian Ventura
Sebastian Ventura received the B.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in sciences from the University of Cordoba in 1989 and 1996, respectively. He currently serves as a Full Professor in Computing Sciences and Artificial Intelligence at the University of Cordoba, where he also heads the "Knowledge Discovery and Intelligent Systems" Research Laboratory. Regarding his scientific production, Prof.
Ventura has authored or co-authored more than 200 international publications, edited several special issues in scientific journals and scientific books and, recently, has also co-authored three books in different areas of machine learning and data mining. He has also worked in several research projects supported by several Andalusian and Spanish agencies and by the European Union. His research interests include machine learning, data mining, computational intelligence, and its applications, with an emphasis in educational, clinical and industrial (including Internet of Things) problems.
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Ismail Rakip Karas
Professor of Computer Engineering Department and Head of 3D-GeoInformatics Research Group at Karabuk University, Turkey. He received his BSc degree from Selcuk University, MSc degree from Gebze Institute of Technology, and PhD degree from GIS and Remote Sensing program of Yildiz Technical University, in 1997, 2001 and 2007 respectively, three of them from Geomatics Engineering Department.
In 2002, he involved in a GIS project as a Graduate Student Intern at Forest Engineering Department, Oregon State University, USA. During the summer of 2014, and summer of 2010 he was a Visiting Researcher in 3D GIS Research Lab, Faculty of Geoinformation Science and Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia.
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