Previous Invited Speakers
The researchers below were distinguished invited speakers at previous ICSOFT conferences.
We are indebted to them for their contribution to heighten the conference level.
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2024
Software Development... for all? 
Juan de Lara, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain It's not Just a Game. It's a Game Changer Johanna Pirker, LMU Munich, Germany Past, Present, Future, and Far Future of AI Jürgen Schmidhuber, KAUST AI Initiative, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; Swiss AI Lab IDSIA, Switzerland and NNAISENSE, Switzerland
2023
Low-Modeling of (smart) Software Jordi Cabot, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), Luxembourg Process Mining for Interdisciplinary Research Agnes Koschmider, University of Bayreuth, Germany System Modeling with Hybrid Quantum Machine Learning Wolfgang Maaß, Saarland University, Germany
2022
Federated Learning, Knowledge Transfer, and Knowledge Distillation: Developments with Information Granules Witold Pedrycz, University of Alberta, Canada Breathing Life into Models: The Next Generation of Enterprise Modeling Peter Fettke, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) and Saarland University, Germany Program Verification: A 70+-Year History Moshe Y. Vardi, Rice University, United States
2021
From Representation to Mediation: Modeling Information Systems in a Digital World Jan Recker, University of Hamburg, Germany Time and Processes: Towards Engineering Temporal Requirements Johann Eder, Alpen-Adria Universität Klagenfurt, Austria Architecting the Future of Software Engineering Douglas Schmidt, Vanderbilt University, United States
2020
Introducing AI/ML Components into Software Systems Dominik Slezak, University of Warsaw, Poland Process Mining as the Superglue between Data and Process Management Wil van der Aalst, RWTH Aachen University, Germany Software Architects are Dead! Long Live Software Architects! Frank Buschmann, Siemens AG, Germany
2019
Overcoming the Drawbacks of Traditional Process Management Software Manfred Reichert, Ulm University, Germany Is There Anything That Isn’t Software? Michael G. Hinchey, Lero, University of Limerick, Ireland Blockchains and Enterprise Modeling: Opportunities and Challenges Hans-Georg Fill, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
2018
Is IoT Ready for the Real World? A Systems Research Perspective Gian Pietro Picco, University of Trento, Italy The Past, Present and Future of Business Process Management Jan Mendling, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany The CLOUD: Trigger for a Socio-Economic RevolutionTobias Hoellwarth, EuroCloud Europe, Austria Storing Critical Data in the Cloud: Challenges and Solutions Miguel Pupo Correia, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2017
Speed, Data and Ecosystems: Excelling in a Software-Driven World Jan Bosch, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden The Role of Technology and Communication in Enabling Behavioural Change for Cities of the Future Siobhán Clarke, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Data-Driven Genomic Computing: Making Sense of the Signals from the Genome Stefano Ceri, Politecnico di Milano, Italy Advances and Future Challenges in Machine Learning and Knowledge Extraction Andreas Holzinger, Medical University Graz, Austria
2016
Software Engineering for Robotic Co-Workers - When Robots Meet PeopleUwe Assmann, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany Elastic Systems - Towards a New Paradigm for Distributed Systems Schahram Dustdar, Vienna University of Technology, Austria Exploring the Temporal Aspects of Software Architecture Henry Muccini, University of L’Aquila, Italy
2015
Cloud Computing - State-of-the-Art and Future Research Trends Eleni Karatza, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Connecting Services to the Web of Data John Domingue, Independent Researcher, United Kingdom What Do We Know and How Well Do We Know It? Current Knowledge about Software Engineering Practices David Budgen, School of Engineering & Computing Sciences, Durham University Mountjoy, United Kingdom
2014
What a Tangled Effort Estimation Web We Weave! - How Can Knowledge Management Disentangle This Web? Emilia Mendes, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden Democratization in Science and Technology through Cloud Computing Ivona Brandić, Vienna UT, Austria Model-Driven Development of Multi-View Modelling Tools: The MUVIEMOT Approach Dimitris Karagiannis, University of Vienna, Austria
2013
Context-Aware Decision Support in Dynamic Environments - Theoretical & Technological Foundations Alexander Smirnov, SPC RAS, Russian Federation The DAO of Parallel Software Construction Armin Größlinger, University of Passau, Germany Software Engineering Research under the Lamppost Claes Wohlin, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden
2012
Data, Context, Situation - On the Usefulness of Semantic Layers for Designing Context-aware Systems Daniela Nicklas, Carl von Ossietzky Universitaet Oldenburg, Germany Empathy-driven Design for Emotional Wellbeing Fabio Casati, University of Trento, Italy Enterprise Ontology Driven Software Generation Jan Dietz, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
2011
THE IMPACT OF EMERGING COMPUTING MODELS ON ORGANIZATIONAL SOCIO-TECHNICAL SYSTEM Ivan Ivanov, SUNY Empire State University, United States TOWARDS ENSURING ETERNAL CONNECTABILITY Antonia Bertolino, Italian National Research Council - CNR, Italy DOMAIN MODELING – A LOST ART? David Marca, Independent Researcher, United States FROM REQUIREMENTS TO CODE - A Full Model-Driven Development Perspective Oscar Pastor, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain
2010
FILLING THE VOIDS - From Requirements to Deployment with OPEN/Metis Cesar Gonzalez-Perez, Institute of Heritage Sciences (Incipit), Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Spain DETECTING, RECOGNIZING AND ASSOCIATING FACIAL EXPRESSIONS FOR EMOTIONAL BEHAVIOR Nikolaos Bourbakis, Wright State University, United States MODELS. MODELS. MODELS. SO WHAT? Stephen Mellor, Freeter, United Kingdom MENTAL DISTANCE - And Its Implications for Software and Data Design for e-Business David Marca, Independent Researcher, United States THE EVOLVING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BUSINESS AND INFORMATION SYSTEMSPericles Loucopoulos, Loughborough University, United Kingdom
2009
DESIGN SCIENCE AND SOFTWARE ENGINEERING Roel Wieringa, University of Twente, Netherlands THE INTERNET OF SERVICESJorge Cardoso, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal PRAGMATIC WEB - Incorporating Semiotics into Web ServicesKecheng Liu, The University of Reading, United Kingdom EUROPEAN STANDARDS AND PERSPECTIVES FOR e-VOTING IN BULGARIAMihail Konstantinov, University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy, Bulgaria
2008
Service-Oriented Modeling and Simulation: Applications in Traffic ManagementAlexander Verbraeck, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands Search-Driven Software EngineeringColin Atkinson, Mannheim University, Germany User Defined Geo-Referenced Information ManagementDimitri Konstantas, University of Geneva, Switzerland
2007
A New Look at an Old Problem: Requirements Determination and its Challenges Kalle Lyytinen, Case Western Reserve University, United States Service Science for Market ServicesBart Nieuwenhuis, K4B Innovation / University of Twente, Netherlands Practical SOATony C. Shan, Independent Researcher, United States Creativity, Automation and Technology Stephen Mellor, Freeter, United Kingdom Document-Driven Software Design: A Novel Approach That Should Not Be NovelDavid Parnas, University of Limerick, Ireland Enterprise Ontology and the Identification of Business ComponentsJan Dietz, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands Open Source Software Adoption in Beaumont Hospital: Anatomy of Success and FailureBrian Fitzgerald, , Ireland
2006
Supportable Integration of Enterprise and B2B ApplicationsLeszek Maciaszek, Macquarie Univ., Australia and Wroclaw Univ. of Economics and Business, Poland Ambient Intelligence: Basic Concepts and ApplicationsJuan C. Augusto, University of Ulster at Jordanstown, United Kingdom Quantifying the Many Quality Aspects of Any Software Discipline: Using Quantified Qualities for Evaluation, Knowledge Acquisition, Management, Science, and EngineeringTom Gilb, Independent Researcher, Norway Architectural Styles in Service Oriented DesignMarten van Sinderen, University of Twente, Netherlands