Honorary Chair
Álvaro Rocha, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Honorary co-Chair
Lakhmi C. Jain, University of Camberra, Australia
General Chairs
Manolo Paredes, Universidad de Las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE, Ecuador
José Avelino Moreira Victor, University Institute of Maia & Polchnic Institute of Maia, Portugal
Local Organizing Committee
Cruz Henry, Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE, Ecuador
Pablo Alban, Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE, Ecuador
Patricio Reyes, Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE, Ecuador
Teresa Guarda, Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas - ESPE, Ecuador
Scientific Committee
Teresa Guarda, ESPE - University of the Armed Forces, Ecuador (Chair)
Abderrazak Sebaa, University of Bejaia, Algeria
Alessandra Pieroni, Università degli Studi Guglielmo Marconi, Italy
Alex Fernando Jimenez Velez, FAE, Ecuador
Álvaro Rocha, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Amita Nandal, UIST, Ohrid, Macedonia
Ana Paula Brandão, University of Minho, Portugal
Anacleto Correia, CINAV/Escola Naval, Portugal
Ana-Maria Cretu, Carleton University, Canada
André Koscianski, UTFPR, Federal University of Technology - Paraná, Brazil
Andrea D'Ambrogio, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy
Andrea Visconti, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy
Angelo Borzino, Brazilian Army Technological Center, Brazil
Angelo Brayner, Federal University of Ceará, Brazil
António Abreu Silva, ISCAP - Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração do Porto, Portugal
Antonios Andreatos, Hellenic Air Force Academy, Greece
Arjun Singh Saud, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
Arlindo Veiga, Universidade de Cabo Verde, Cape Verde
Arturo Clery, Unversidad Estatal Península de Santa Elena, Ecuador
Asanka Pallewatta, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
Bilan Zhu, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan
Bruno de Pinho Silveira, Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE, Ecuador
Bruno Madeira, ctex, Brazil
Byron Oviedo, Universidad Técnica Estatal de Quevedo, Ecuador
Calogero Vetro, University of Palermo, Italy
Carlos Eduardo Paes, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, Brazil
Carlos Hernan Fajardo Toro, Universidad Ean, Colombia
Carlos Rouco, Portuguese Military Academy, Portugal
Carlos Ribeiro, Instituto Tecnologico de Aeronautica, Brazil
Celio Puga, Fuerza Aérea Ecuatoriana, Ecuador
Chakib Taybi, Faculty of Sciences, Mohammed First University, Morocco
Chandra Kishore Somasundaram, University of Information Science and Technology “St. Paul the Apostle”, Macedonia
Chiara Braghin, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy
Chih-Hsien Huang, imec, Belgium
Chinenye Ajibo, University of Nigeria Nsukka, Nigeria
Claudia Jacy Barenco Abbas, Universidade de Brasília, Brazil
Constantino Ribeiro, Centro federal de educação tecnologica do Rio de Janeiro, CEFET-RJ, Brazil
Dacyr Dante de Oliveira Gatto, Universidade Nove de Julho - UNINOVE, Brazil
Damir Blazevic, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and Information Technology Osijek, Croatia
Daniel Sampaio, University Institute of Maia, Portugal
David Moura, Centro Tecnológico do Exército, Brazil
Diego Paes de Andrade Peña, Federal University of Maranhão - UFMA, Brazil
Dilip Sarkar, University of Miami, United States
Dimitrios Dalaklis, World Maritime University (WMU), Sweden
Domenica Costantino, Politecnico di Bari, Italy
Edison Espinosa, Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE, Ecuador
Eduardo Izycki, Presidência da República do Brasil, Brazil
Eduardo Siqueira Brick, Universidade Federal Fluminense - Instituto de Estudos Estratégicos, Brazil
Elisa Francomano, University of Palermo, Italy
Emanuele Bellini, Khalifa University, United Arab Emirates
Enrique Carrera, Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE, Ecuador
Esteban Castellanos, Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE, Ecuador
Eugen Rusu, Dunarea de Jos University of Galati, Romania
Eugénio Almeida, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), Center for International Studies, Lisboa, Portugal
Eurico Figueiredo, Instituto de Estudos Estratégicos, UFF, Brazil
Fabián Ramírez, Colombian Naval Academy "Almirante Padilla", Colombia
Fahmina Taranum, Muffakham Jah College of Engineering and Technology, India
Felipe Torres Leite, Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte - UERN, Brazil
Felipe Torres Leite, Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Árido, Brazil
Felipe Semaan, Department of Analytical Chemistry UFF, Brazil
Fernando Almeida, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil
Fernando Almeida, University of Campinas, Brazil
Filipe Sá, Câmara Municipal de Penacova, Portugal
Flávio de Barros Vidal, University of Brasilia, Brazil
Franklin Dominguez Ruiz, Universidad da Coruna, Ecuador
Franklin Silva, Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE, Ecuador
Gabriele Virzi' Mariotti, University of Palermo, Italy
Galo Andrade Daza, AGUENA Centro de Estudios Estratégicos de la Armada, Ecuador
Geert De Cubber, Royal Military Academy, Belgium
Geovanni Ninahualpa, Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE, Ecuador
Giovana Garrido, Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá, Panama
Giovanni Minafò, University of Palermo, Italy
Giuseppe Stecca, CNR-IASI National Research Council - Institute of Systems Analysis and Computer Science, Italy
Gladys Lagos, Universidad de Guayaquil, Ecuador
Glauber Cruz, Federal University of Maranhão, Brazil
Gloria Maritza Valencia Vivas, Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE, Ecuador
Guido Coello, Armada del Ecuador, Ecuador
Guilherme Pussieldi, Universidade Federal de Viçosa - Campus Florestal, Brazil
Gustavo Charles Peixoto de Oliveira, Federal University of Paraíba, Brazil
Hachem Slimani, University of Bejaia, Algeria
Helio de Oliveira, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco BRASIL, Brazil
Henrique Silva, ISMAI, Portugal
Hiroshika Premarathne, FCT, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
Hugo Peixoto, Algoritmi Research Center, University of Minho, Portugal
Hugo Rebelo, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal
Ioannis Chatzigiannakis, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Isabel Lopes, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal
Ivan Machado, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil
Jaime Meza, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain
Javier Poncela, Universidad de Málaga, Spain
Jeimy Cano, Universidad del Rosario, Colombia
Jiahn-Horng Chen, National Taiwan Ocean University, Taiwan
João Carlos Gonçalves Reis, Aveiro University, Portugal
João Reis, Portuguese Military Academy, Portugal
João Vidal de Carvalho, Instituto Politécnico do Porto / ISCAP, Portugal
João Almeida Silveira, IPRI - Instituto Português de Relações Internacionais, Portugal
João Evangelista, Universidade Nove de Julho, Brazil
João Magalhães, Polytechnic of Porto, Portugal
Joelson Antônio dos Santos, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Brazil
Johnny Flores, Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería, Nicaragua
Jorge Gonzalez Chapela, Centro Universitario de la Defensa de Zaragoza, Spain
Jorge Barbosa, Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra/Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra e Instituto da Defesa Nacional, Portugal
Jorge Buele, Universidad Tecnológica Indoamérica, Ecuador
Jorge Gomez, Universidad de Córdoba, Colombia
Jose Antonio Apolinario Junior, IME - SE/3, Brazil
José Avelino Moreira Victor, Instituto Universitário da Maia, Instituto Politécnico da Maia, Portugal
José Luís Reis, IPAM - Instituto Português de Marketing, Portugal
José Miguel de Carvalho Cerqueira, Instituto Universitário Militar / Academia Militar / Swedish Defence University, Portugal
Juan Tarquino Calderon Cisneros, UNEMI - Universidad Estatal de Milagro, Ecuador
Juan Pelaez, Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil, Ecuador
Julio Cesar Duarte, IME, Brazil
Julio Gonzalez, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada, Colombia
Jurij Mihelič, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Kalinka Kaloyanova, Sofia University, Bulgaria
Kátia Regina de Souza, Military Institute of Engineering, Brazil
Kleber Cavalcanti Cabral, Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Árido, Brazil
Lidice Haz, Universidad de Guayaquil, Ecuador
Lokesh Ramamoorthi, University of Miami, United States
Lúcio Agostinho Barreiros dos Santos, Instituto Universitário Militar, Portugal
Luigi Palizzolo, University of Palermo, Italy
Luis Alvarez Sabucedo, University of Vigo, Spain
Luis Anido Rifón, Universidade de Vigo, Spain
Luis Carral Couce, Universidad de La Coruña, Spain
Luis Dieulefait, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain
Luis Eduardo Palacios Aguirre, Fuerza Aerea Ecuatoriana, Ecuador
Luis Mazon, Universidad Estatal Península de Santa Elena, Ecuador
Luis Tello-Oquendo, Universidad Nacional de Chimborazo, Ecuador
Luiz Goncalves Junior, Sao Paulo State University - Unesp, Brazil
Manuel A. Fernández-Villacañas Marín, Technical University of Madrid & Spanish Air Force, Spain
Manuel Francisco González Penedo, CITIC, Centro de Investigación CITIC, UDC, Spain
Manuel Tupia, Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Perú, Peru
Manuel Sánchez Rubio, UNIR, Spain
Manuela Sarmento, Military University Institute, Portugal
Marcello Vanali, Università di Parma, Italy
Marcelo Henrique Prado da Silva, Instituto Militar de Engenharia - IME, Brazil
Marco Flores, Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico
Marcos Alexandruk, Universidade Nove de Julho - UNINOVE, Brazil
Marcos Barreto, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil
Maria Augusta Fernández Moreno, Universidad Católica de Ibarra, Ecuador
María Carolina Romero Lares, World Maritime University, Sweden
Maria Martins, Academia Militar de Portugal, Portugal
Marino belloni, Dept. Phisics, Mathematics and Informatic, Italy
Mario Ron, Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas - ESPE, Ecuador
Maroi Agrebi, University of Polytechnique Hauts-de-France, France
Marta Nowakowska, Military University of Land Forces, Poland
Martín López Nores, University of Vigo, Spain
Matheus Pinheiro Ferreira, Military Institute of Engineering (IME), Brazil
Mauricio Loachamín Valencia, Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE, Ecuador
Maurizio Migliaccio, Università degli Studi di Napoli Parthenope, Italy
Maximo Jr. Q. Mejia, World Maritime University, Sweden
Miguel Ángel Domínguez Puertas, University of Extremadura, Spain
Milton Itzhak Littuma, Ecuadorian Air Force, Ecuador
Mohamed Abouelela, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
Mohammad alrousan, Jordan Univ. Of Science & Technology, Jordan
Mohammad Pasha, MJCET, India
Mohammed Mahmood Ali, Muffakham Jah College of Engineering and Technology, (Osmania University), India
Muhammed Ali Aydin, Istanbul University, Turkey
Nina Figueira, Brazilian Army, Brazil
Ninoslav Marina, UIST, Macedonia
Olmer Garcia-Bedoya, Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano, Colombia
Pastor David Chávez Muñoz, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Peru, Peru
Paulo Afonso Lopes da Silva, Military Institute of Engineering, Brazil
Paulo Nunes, Portuguese Hydrographic Office, Portugal
Pedro Ferreira, CENTEC, Portugal
Pedro Oliveira, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal
Rafael Timoteo de Sousa Junior, University of Brasilia, Brazil
Ramiro Delgado, Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE, Ecuador
Raquel Pérez-Aloe Valverde, University of Extremadura, Spain
Rashed Mustafa, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh
Raul Villa Caro, EXPONAV / Universidad de la Coruña, Spain
Regilberto Girão, Ministério Público Federal, Brazil
Renato Jose Sassi, Universidade Nove de Julho, Brazil
Renato José Sassi, Universidade Nove de Julho, Brazil
Ricardo J. Rodríguez, University of Zaragoza, Spain
Robert Beeres, Netherlands Defence Academy, Netherlands
Roberto Andrade, Escuela Politecnica Nacional, Ecuador
Robson Pacheco Pereira, Instituto Militar de Engenharia - IME/RJ, Brazil
Rodrigo Franklin Frogeri, Centro Universitario do Sul de Minas UNIS-MG / Centro Federal de Educacao Tecnologica de Minas Gerais - CEFETMG, Brazil
Ronaldo Salles, Military Institute of Engineering - IME, Brazil
Rosalba Rodríguez Reyes, Universidad de Fuerzas Armadas ESPE, Ecuador
Rui Carreira, Maia Politechnic Institute, Portugal
Rui Lucena, Military University Institute - Military Academy, Portugal
Sabrina Silveira, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Brazil
Salif Silva, University of Cabo Verde, Cape Verde
Santiago Gonzales Sánchez, Universidad Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, Perú
Sarat Mohapatra, Centre for Marine Technology and Ocean Engineering(CENTEC), Instituto Superior Tecnico, The University of Lisbon, Portugal, Portugal
Sebastião Alves Filho, Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte - UERN, Brazil
Sergio Ivan Rueda Forero, Colombian Navy, Colombia
Sidnei Alves de Araújo, Universidade Nove de Julho, Brazil
Silvio Berardi, University Niccolò Cusano - Rome, Italy
Silvio Melo, Universidade federal de Pernambuco, Brazil
Simon Vrhovec, University of Maribor, Slovenia
Sonia Cárdenas Delgado, University of the Armed Forces ESPE, Ecuador
Susana Molina, Universidad Estatal Península Santa Elena, Ecuador
Suzana Paula Gomes Fernando da Silva Lampreia, Marinha Portuguesa, Portugal
Telmo Bento, ISMAI/IPMAIA, Portugal
Thanaphong Thanasaksiri, Chiang Mai University, Thailand
Thanasis Loukopoulos, Univ. Of Thessaly, Greece
Theofilos Toulkeridis, Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE, Ecuador
Thomas Ferdinand Heye, Universidade Federal Fluminense - Instituto de Estudos Estratégicos, Brazil
Toni Lupo, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Italy
Uma N. Dulhare, MJCET,Hyderabad, India
Valdemar Vicente Graciano Neto, Federal University of Goias, Brazil
Valdemar Graciano Neto, Federal University of Goias, Brazil
Veronica rossano, Department of computer science - University of bari, Italy
Victor Hugo Costa de Albuquerque Albuquerque, Universidade de Fortaleza, Brazil
Vinicius Petrucci, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil
Vitelio Brustolin, INEST/UFF & Harvard University, United States
Wagner Tanaka Botelho, Federal University of ABC, Brazil
Waldyr Benits Jr, ctex, Brazil
Yeshica Ormeño Ayala, Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco, Peru
Zohra Bakkoury, Ecole Mohammadia d'Ingénieurs, Morocco