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Honorary Chair

Álvaro Rocha, University of Lisbon, Portugal

 

Honorary co-Chairs

Ashok Vaseashta, International Clean Water Institute, USA

Claudio Ruff, Rector, Universidad Bernardo O'Higgins, Chile

  

General Chairs

Carlos Hernán Fajardo Toro, Escuela Superior de Administración Pública - ESAP, Cali, Colombia

CN Jose Maria Riola Rodriguez, Escuela Naval Almirante Padilla, Colombia

José Avelino Moreira Victor, Universidade da Maia & Instituto Politécnico da Maia, Portugal

   

Local Organizing Committee

Nadezda Abbas, Universidad Bernardo O'Higgins, Chile (Chair)

Marcelo Ruiz, Universidad Bernardo O'Higgins, Chile
Cristian Cornejo, Universidad Bernardo O'Higgins, Chile
Alexis Matheu, Universidad Bernardo O'Higgins, Chile
Katherine Delgado, Universidad Bernardo O'Higgins, Chile

  

Scientific Committee  

Abderrazak Sebaa, University of Bejaia, Algeria

Alba Córdoba-Cabús, University of Málaga, Spain

Alessandra Pieroni, Università degli Studi Guglielmo Marconi, Italy

Alex Fernando Jimenez Velez, FAE, Ecuador

Álvaro López-Martín, University of Málaga, Spain

Amita Nandal, UIST, Ohrid, Macedonia

Ana Paula Brandão, University of Minho, Portugal

Anacleto Correia, CINAV/Escola Naval, Portugal

Ana-Maria Cretu, Carleton University, Canada

Andre Beirão, Brazilian Naval War College, Brazil

André Koscianski, UTFPR, Federal University of Technology - Paraná, Brazil

André Nunes, ECEME - Escola de Comando e Estado-Maior do Exército, Brazil

Andrea D'Ambrogio, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy

Andrea Visconti, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy

Angela Neves, Escola da Educação Física do Exército [Physical Education College of Brazilian Army], Brazil

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

António Godinho,  Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra/Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra, Portugal

António josé Gonçalves Fernandes, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal

Antonios Andreatos, Hellenic Air Force Academy, Greece

Arjun Singh Saud, Tribhuvan University, Nepal

Arlindo Veiga, Universidade de Cabo Verde, Cape Verde

Armenio Pérez Martínez, Universidad Laica Vicente Rocafuerte de Guayaquil, Ecuador

Armindo Frias, CINAV, Escola Naval, Instituto Universitário Militar, Almada, Portugal; &; Advance/CSG, ISEG-Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

Arturo Clery, Unversidad Estatal Península de Santa Elena, Ecuador

Asanka Pallewatta, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka

Ashok Vaseashta, International Clean Water Institute, United States and Transylvania University of Brasov, Romania

Bilan Zhu, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan

Brahim Lejdel, University of El-Oued, Algeria

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

Christian Sebastián Ortiz Guerra, Ecuadorian Air Force, Ecuador

Christophe Claramunt, Naval Academy Research Institute, France

Claudia Jacy Barenco Abbas, Universidade de Brasília, Brazil

Constantino Ribeiro, Centro federal de educação tecnologica do Rio de Janeiro, CEFET-RJ, Brazil

Cruz Henry, Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE, Ecuador

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

Daniel Sansó-Rubert Pascual, Universidad Europea de Madrid, Spain

Danielle Nunes Pozzo, Universidad de la Costa, Colombia

Danilo Chavez, Escuela Politecnica Nacional, Ecuador

David Alberto García Arango, Corporación Universitaria Americana, Colombia

David Moura, Centro Tecnológico do Exército, Brazil

Diego Paes de Andrade Peña, Federal University of Paraiba - UFPB, Brazil

Dilip Sarkar, University of Miami, United States

Dimitrios Dalaklis, World Maritime University (WMU), Sweden

Domenica Costantino, Politecnico di Bari, Italy

Dulce Mourato, ISTEC - Higher Advanced Technological Institute, Portugal

Edison Espinosa, Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE, Ecuador

Eduardo Izycki, Presidência da República do Brasil, Brazil

Eduardo Migon, Brazilian Army (CMSE/Núcleo de Estudos Estratégicos), Brazil

Eduardo Migowski, Exército Brasileiro, 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 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

Fernando Miguel Huamán Monzón, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Perú

Filipe Sá, Câmara Municipal de Penacova, Portugal

Flávio de Barros Vidal, University of Brasilia, Brazil

Flor Emperatriz Garces Mancero, Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE, Ecuador

Francesco Simone, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

Francisco de Arriba Pérez, University of Vigo, Spain

Franklin Dominguez Ruiz, Universidad da Coruna, Ecuador

Franklin Silva, Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE, Ecuador

Freddy Tapia, 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

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 Garcia Marques, FGV, Brazil

Guilherme Pussieldi, Universidade Federal de Viçosa - Campus Florestal, Brazil

Guilherme Thudium, Instituto Sul-Americano de Política e Estratégia, Brazil

Guilherme Ziebell de Oliveira, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Gustavo Charles Peixoto de Oliveira, Federal University of Paraíba, Brazil

Héctor Reyes Campaña, Universidad de Santiago / Ejército de Chile, Chile

Helio Farias, ECEME - Escola de Comando e Estado-Maior do Exército, Brazil

Henrique S. Mamede, Universidade Aberta, Portugal

Henrique Silva, ISMAI, Portugal

Henry Iure de Paiva Silva, Federal University of Paraiba, Brazil

Hernan Quisimalin, Universidad Técnica de Ambato, Ecuador

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

Inês Miguel, CEEC, 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 de los Andes, Colombia

Jérémy Buisson, Académie Militaire de Saint-Cyr Coëtquidan, France

Jerson Geraldo Neto, Brazilian Army, Brazil

Jiahn-Horng Chen, National Taiwan Ocean University, Taiwan

João Carlos Gonçalves Reis, Aveiro University, Portugal

João Freire Junior, Academia Militar das Agulhas Negras, Brazil

João Marco Silva, University of Minho, 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

Joaquim Guerra, Universidade do Algarve, 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

José Arnaud, Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave, Portugal

José Avelino Moreira Victor, Instituto Universitário da Maia, Instituto Politécnico da Maia, Portugal

José Bartolomeu, Instituto Universitário Militar, Portugal

José Julio Fernández Rodríguez, Centro de Estudios de Seguridad de la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela y del Ministerio de Defensa del Reino de España, Spain

José Luís Reis, IPAM - Instituto Português de Marketing, Portugal

José Martins, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal

José Miguel de Carvalho Cerqueira, Instituto Universitário Militar / Academia Militar / Swedish Defence University, Portugal

José Roberto Pinho de Andrade Lima, Brazilian Defense College, Brazil

José Lousado, CISeD/Polytechnic Institute of Viseu, Portugal

José Martins, AquaValor - Centro de Valorização e Transferência de Tecnologia da Água, Portugal

Juan R. Aguilar, Laboratorio de Electro Acústica y Procesamiento de Señal. Chile

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

Linda Soraya Issmael, Exército Brasileiro, Brazil

Lokesh Ramamoorthi, University of Miami, United States

Luciano Vaz Ferreira, Universidade da Força Aérea, Brazil

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 Godinho, Centro de Investigação da Academia da Força Aérea, Instituto Universitário Militar (CIAFA-IUM), Portugal

Luis Mazon, Universidad Estatal Península de Santa Elena, Ecuador

Luis Tello-Oquendo, Universidad Nacional de Chimborazo, Ecuador

Luísa Vaz, IMM - ECEME, Brazil

Luiz Goncalves Junior, Sao Paulo State University - Unesp, Brazil

Luz Maria Hernández Cruz, Universidad Autónoma de Campeche, México

Magaly Margarita Narváez Rios, Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE, Ecuador

Mahdieh Zakizadeh, MOP & IAU, Iran

Manolo Paredes, Universidad de Las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE, Ecuador

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

Marcelo V. Garcia, Universidad del Pais Vasco, Spain

Márcia Silva, University of Beira Interior, Portugal

Marco António de Freitas Coutinho, Brazilian Army, Brazil

Marco Flores, Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico

Marcos Alexandruk, Universidade Nove de Julho - UNINOVE, Brazil

Marcos Barreto, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil

Marcos Sánchez, Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE, Ecuador

Margarita del Rocio Palma Samaniego, Universidad Fuerzas Armadas ESPE, Ecuador

Maria Augusta Fernández Moreno, Universidad Católica de Ibarra, Ecuador

María Carolina Romero Lares, World Maritime University, Sweden

Maria Isabel Ribeiro, Centro de Investigação de Montanha (CIMO) - Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal

Maria Martins, Academia Militar de Portugal, Portugal

Marino belloni, Dept. Phisics, Mathematics and Informatic, Italy

Mario A. Santos, Brazilian Army Command and General Staff College - ECEME, Brazil

Mario Ron, Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas - ESPE, Ecuador

Mariuxi Bruzza, Universidad Laica “Eloy Alfaro” de Manabí, 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

Mazyar Zand, MOP & IAU, Iran

Miguel Ángel Domínguez Puertas, University of Extremadura, Spain

Milton Itzhak Littuma, Ecuadorian Air Force, Ecuador

Miroslava Mikusova, University of Zilina, Slovakia

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

Nicolas de Araujo Moreira, Federal University of Ceara, Brazil

Nicolas Belloir, Académie Militaire de St-Cyr Coetquidan, France

Nina Figueira, Brazilian Army, Brazil

Ninoslav Marina, UIST, Macedonia

Olmer Garcia-Bedoya, Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano, Colombia

Pablo Alban, Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE, Ecuador

Pablo Caiza, Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE, Ecuador

Pastor David Chávez Muñoz, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Peru, Peru

Patricia Matos, Universidade da Força Aerea (UNIFA), Brazil

Patricio Reyes, Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE, Ecuador

Paulo Afonso Lopes da Silva, Military Institute of Engineering, Brazil

Paulo Nunes, Portuguese Hydrographic Office, Portugal

Pedro Ferreira, CENTEC, Portugal

Pedro Miguel Gaspar, CETRAD-UTAD, Portugal

Pedro Vaz, Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Nucleares (C2TN) / IST, Portugal

Pedro Oliveira, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal

Rabie Barhoun, Ministry of National Education, Morocco

Radhakrishna Bhat, Manipal Institute of Technology, India

Rafael Roesler, Academia Militar das Agulhas Negras, Brazil

Rafael Timoteo de Sousa Junior, University of Brasilia, Brazil

Ramiro Delgado, Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE, Ecuador

Raphael do Couto Pereira, Brazilian Marine Corps - Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC), Brazil

Raphael do Couto Pereira, Brazilian Marine Corps, Brazil

Raquel Pérez-Aloe Valverde, University of Extremadura, Spain

Rashed  Isam Ashqar, University of Algarve, Portugal

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 Mauricio Toasa Guachi, Universidad Tecnologíca Israel, Ecuador

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

Sérgio Felgueiras, UniversidadeLusiada, Portugal

Sérgio Ivan Lopes, Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo, Portugal

Sergio Ivan Rueda Forero, Colombian Navy, Colombia

Shashi Kant Gupta, Eudoxia Research University, United States

Shereen Taie, Faculty of Computers and Artificial Intelligence, Fayoum University, Egypt

Sidnei Alves de Araújo, Universidade Nove de Julho, Brazil

Silvia García Méndez, University of Vigo, Spain

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

Sónia Morgado, ISCPSI - Instituto Superior de Ciências Policiais e Segurança Interna, Portugal

Susana Molina, Universidad Estatal Península Santa Elena, Ecuador

Sussy Bayona Oré, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Peru

Suzana Paula Gomes Fernando da Silva Lampreia, Marinha Portuguesa, Portugal

Tania Leda Aillon Gómez, Universidad Mayor de San Simon, Bolivia

Telmo Bento, ISMAI/IPMAIA, Portugal

Teofilo Branco Junior, University of Minho, Portugal

Teresa Guarda, Universidad Estatal Península de Santa Elena, Ecuador

Teresa Rodrigues, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

Thanaphong Thanasaksiri, Chiang Mai University, Thailand

Theofilos Toulkeridis, Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE, Ecuador

Thomas Ferdinand Heye, Universidade Federal Fluminense - Instituto de Estudos Estratégicos, Brazil

Tiago Trancoso, IPVC, Portugal

Tiago Gonçalves, ISEG - Lisbon School of Economics & Management, Portugal

Tomasz Kisielewicz, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland

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

Vicente Torrijos, Escuela Superior de Guerra, Colombia

Victor Hugo Costa de Albuquerque Albuquerque, Universidade de Fortaleza, Brazil

Victor Hugo Medina Garcia, Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, Colombia

Víctor Yépez, Ecuadorian Army Corps of Engineers, Ecuador

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

Wilmer Collaguazo, Universidad Técnica de Cotopaxi, Ecuador

Ximena Morales-Urrutia, Centro de Empresa, Sociedad y Tecnología ESTec, Universidad Tecnológica Indoamérica, Ecuador

Zohra Bakkoury, Ecole Mohammadia d'Ingénieurs, Morocco

 

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