Committee

Meet the organizing and program committees behind NGCS 2027.

General Chairs

Sherif Saad — Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada
David Mohaisen — University of Central Florida, USA

Program Committee Chairs

Kayode Sakariyah Adewole — Malmö University, Sweden
Adel Abusitta — Polytechnique Montréal, Canada

Publication Chair

Erdal Akin — Malmö University, Sweden

Steering Committee

Sherif Saad — Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada
Yaser Jararweh — Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan
Sadi Alawadi — United Arab Emirates University, United Arab Emirates
Victor R. Kebande — University of Colorado Denver, USA

Local Chairs

Izzat Alsmadi — Texas A&M University–San Antonio, USA
Srinivasan Murali — Texas A&M University–San Antonio, USA
Yuvaraj Munian — Texas A&M University–San Antonio, USA
Joni Foster — Texas A&M University–San Antonio, USA
Hoyt Garner — Texas A&M University–San Antonio, USA

Publicity Chairs

Moamin Abughazala — University of L'Aquila, Italy
Khalid AlKharabsheh — Al-Balqa Applied University, Jordan

Program Committee

ABDOUL-AZIZ MAIGA — Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway
Akshar Patel — City College of New York, USA
Ali Emrouznejad — University of Surrey, UK
Anurag Reddy Ekkati — Palo Alto Networks Inc., USA
Battou Amal — Université Ibn Zohr, Morocco
Claudio Savaglio — Università della Calabria, Italy
Daniel Hernández de La Iglesia — Universidad de Salamanca, Spain
Dawid Połap — Silesian University of Technology, Poland
Denis Gracanin — Virginia Tech, USA
Diego Passos — Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil
Diogo Gomes — Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal
Dushantha Jayakody — Lusófona University, Portugal
Eugenio Zimeo — University of Sannio, Italy
Fahim Mohamed — Abdelmalik Essaadi University, Morocco
Francesco Quaglia — University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy
Francesco Santini — University of Perugia, Italy
Francisco Airton Silva — Universidade Federal do Piauí, Brazil
Georgios Keramidas — Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Guy Gogniat — Université de Bretagne Sud - UEB, France
Hassan El Alami — INPT, Morocco
Ilias Syrigos — University of Thessaly, Greece
Ivan Miguel Pires — Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Jamal Riffi — Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah University, Morocco
Javid Taheri — Karlstad University, Sweden
Jorge Sá Silva — University of Coimbra, Portugal
João Paulo Barraca — University of Aveiro, Portugal
João Pedro Matos-Carvalho — Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Jung-Chun Liu — Tunghai University, Taiwan
Khouloud Samrouth — Lebanese University, Lebanon
Lara Mauri — Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy
Lhoussaine AIT BEN MOUH — FST Beni Mellal, Morocco
Manuel Munier — UPPA (Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour), France
Marc Conrad — University of Bedfordshire, UK
Marisa Catalan — i2CAT, Spain
Miran Taha — University of Sulaimani, Iraq
Mohamad Nassar — American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Nadia Bennani — Lab. LIRIS INSA de Lyon, France
Nikitha Donekal Chandrashekar — Computer Science, Virginia Tech, USA
Norberto Jorge Gonçalves — University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
Paolo Dini — CTTC, Spain
Peerumporn Jiranantanagorn — Rajamangala University of Technology Rattanakosin, Thailand
Pierre Leone — University of Geneva, Switzerland
Rachida Abounacer — Ibn Zohr University, Morocco
Ramon Dos Reis Fontes — IFBA/Unicamp, Brazil
Rei Nakagawa — Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan
Reza Nourmohammadi — École de Technologie Supérieure (ÉTS), Canada
Rida Khatoun — Telecom Paris, France
Ronghua Xu — Michigan Technological University, USA
Rushabh Mehta — Tech Lead at Meta, USA
Saleem Aslam — Bahria University, Pakistan
Sonika Arora — Salesforce, USA
Stelvio Cimato — Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy
Sudhanshu Sekhar Tripathy — C.V Raman Global University Bhubaneswar India
Sumit Tetarave — IIT Patna, India
Valderi Leithardt — Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
Vishwanath Bijalwan — Amity University Punjab, India
Vitor Santos — Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal
Interested in joining the committee? Please contact us at intelligent.systems2026@gmail.com.