MHBM2024

Keynote Speakers

Keith W. Kelley

Professor, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA.

Research field: Immunophysiology, Brain-Immune Communication, Psychological Sciences, Immune System.

Keith W. Kelley is Professor Emeritus of Immunophysiology at the University of Illinois. He has received 10 university and national awards, published 277 peer-reviewed scientific papers as well as 73 book chapters, is well cited with an h-index of 75, been funded for 50 years as the Principal Investigator of NIH grants, served on six dozen NIH study sections and presented more than 350 lectures world-wide. He has mentored 5 Research Assistant Professors and 47 Post-Doctoral/Doctoral/M.D./Ph.D./M.S. students. He is a Past-President and Secretary-Treasurer of the Psycho NeuroImmunology Research Society (PNIRS) and served as Editor-in-Chief of Brain, Behavior, and Immunity from 2003 through 2017. When Dr. Kelley retired from his duties as Editor-in-Chief, the impact factor of the journal had risen to 6.3, ranking it in the top 15% of all global immunology journals and 10% of world-wide neuroscience journals and psychiatry journals. In 2012, Professor Kelley worked with the PNIRS to initiate an outreach program to Asia by establishing a new PNIRS Asia-Pacific committee.

Carl J. Sheperis

Professor, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, USA.

Research field: Mental Health, Artificial Intelligence, Health Application.

Dr. Carl J. Sheperis, Vice Provost and dean of graduate studies at kutztown University, is a recognized expert in the application of artificial intelligence to the health professions. He has delivered keynote addresses at several conferences on this topic and serves on the AI working group for the Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional Education for the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM). Dr. Sheperis has published articles on AI in healthcare in the National Academy of Medicine and the Journal of Technology in Counselor Education and Supervision. He has held leadership positions in counseling, including serving as the editor-in-chief for the Journal of Counselor Preparation and Supervision, President of the Association for Assessment and Research in Counseling (AARC), and Associate Editor for the Journal of Counseling and Development. He has received numerous awards, including the Outstanding Counselor Educator by the Southern Association of Counselor Education and Supervision, the Counselor Education Advocacy Award, and the David K. Brooks Jr. Distinguished Mentor Award from the American Counseling Association (ACA).

Carlos M. Travieso-González

Professor, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC), Spain.

Research field: Biometrics, Biomedical signals, Data mining, Classification system, Signal and image processing, Environmental intelligence.

Prof. Carlos M. Travieso-González received the M.Sc. degree in 1997 in Telecommunication Engineering at Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), Spain; and Ph.D. degree in 2002 at University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC-Spain). He is currently a Full Professor in signal processing and pattern recognition and the Head of the Signals and Communications Department, ULPGC, teaching on subjects on signal processing and learning theory, since 2001. He has researched in more than 50 International and Spanish Research Projects, some of them as head researcher. He is co-author of 4 books, inventor on 7 Spanish patents, co-editor in 24 Proceedings Book, Guest Editor for 8 international journals and up to 22 book chapters and 72 JCR-ISI indexed journal papers. He has over 450 papers published in international journals and conferences. He has published a patent and two more under revisions. He has been supervisor on 8 PhD Thesis (and 12 more in process), and 140 Master Thesis. He is/was evaluator in H2020 (EU), ANR (France), MRC (UK), ANECA (Spain), DAAD (Germany), Argetinian Government, Colombian Institutions, and Academics positions (EEUU, Slovenia, Spain). Too, he has been reviewer in different indexed international journals (>65) and TCP member in international conferences (>200), since 2001. He has been General Chair in APPIS 2021/2020/2019/2018, IEEE-IWOBI 2020/2019/2018/2017/2015/2014, InnoEducaTIC 2017/2014, IEEE-INES 2013, NoLISP 2011, JRBP 2012 and IEEE-ICCST 2005 Co-Chair. He won award "Catedra Telefonica" in editions 2017, 2018 and 2019 in Transfer Technology Modality. He was Vice-Dean from 2004 to 2010 and from 2013 to 2017 in Higher Technical School of Telecommunication Engineers in ULPGC.

Dimitrios A. Karras

Associate Professer, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), Greece.

Research field: Intelligent & Distributed Systems, Multiagent Systems, Pattern Recognition and Computational Intelligence, Image & Signal Processing/Systems, Biomedical Systems, Communications, Networking, Security and Sustainability Applications.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Dimitrios A. Karras received his Diploma and M.Sc. Degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece in 1985 and the Ph.D in Electrical Engineering, NTUA, Greece in 1995, with honors. Since 1/2019 is Associate Prof. in Digital and Intelligent Systems & Signal Processing, in National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece, School of Science, Dept. General as well as adjunct Assoc. Prof. Dr. with the School of Basic Sciences, BIHER University, Chennai, India, as well as with the GLA university, Mathura, India and EPOKA & CIT universities, Computer Engineering Dept., Tirana. He has published more than 80 research refereed journal papers in intelligent and distributed/multiagent systems, pattern recognition, image/signal processing and neural networks as well as in bioinformatics and more than 185 research papers in International refereed scientific Conferences. He has served as program committee member as well as program/general chair at several international workshops and conferences in signal, image, communication and automation systems. He has been cited in more than 2500 research papers, and his H/G-indices are 21/51 (Google Scholar) and his Erdos number is 5. His RG score is 31.94 , in the highest 10% of scientific researchers.

Byungmo Ku

Assistant Professor, Yong-In University, South Korea.

Research field: Physical Activity, Motor Behaviors, Physical and Mental Health, Children with Disabilities.

Byungmo Ku is an Assistant Professor at Yong-In University in South Korea. Previously, he held similar positions at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore and Vanguard University of Southern California, USA for three years. He directs a laboratory focused on physical activity behaviors for individuals with disabilities, known as PABCID. He has authored more than 40 peer-reviewed articles. Additionally, Ku serves on the editorial boards of both international and Korean journals and is a member of the Institutional Review Board (IRB) committee at Yong-In University. His research interest is to explain, predict, and promote physical activity and motor behaviors in individuals with disabilities. I am also interested in promoting physical and mental health in families of children with disabilities.

Guneet Inder Jit Kaur

Assistant Professor, Department of Sports Psychology, School of Sports Sciences, Central University of Rajasthan, India.

Research field: Psychological Skills Training, Mental Training, Organizational Behaviour in Sports, Psychology of Sports Excellence, Health and Wellbeing, Exercise Psychology, Sports and Mental Fitness, Psychology and Sports Rehabilitation Psychology of Coaching, Social Psychology in Sports.

Dr. Guneet Inder Jit Kaur is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sports Psychology, School of Sports Sciences, Central University of Rajasthan. She is the Associate Editor of UGC Care listed journal- Indian Journal of Psychology and the Associate Editor of Asian Journal of Psychology and Education. As a Sports Psychologist, she has worked with athletes in the areas of mental training for performance enhancement. She has published 27 research articles and has presented 36+ research presentations at 66 International and National Conferences/Seminars and has recently been awarded Prof. Deepak Bhat Award for Best Paper Presentation in the session at the 56th National and 25th International conference of IAAP (2021). She has guided 4 M.Phil, 28 M.Sc. and 31 PGD sports psychology projects.

Omkar Singh Kushwaha

Senior Principal Project Scientist, Chemical Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Madras Chennai, India.

Research field: Biomaterials, Synthesis, Material Characterization, Thin Films and Nanotechnology, Polymers, Nanomaterials, Nanoparticle, Nanomaterials Synthesis, Nanostructured Materials.

Dr. Kushwaha is recipient of DST-SERB & CSIR Projects for independent research. He is a multidisciplinary Scientist, with experience of teaching & research of Chemistry, Engineering, Polymers, Materials, Nanomaterials & Biomaterials, Composites, High pressure reactions, contaminated water-treatment, and many more. Dr. Kushwaha is open to world-wide collaborations across all disciplines of research in order to learn, share and promote science and technology.

Stalis Norma Ethica

Senior lecturer, Universitas Muhammadiyah Semarang, Indonesia.

Research field: Microbial Biotechnology, Biochemistry, Toxicology.

Dr. Stalis Norma Ethica, M.Si., is a full-time lecturer at Universitas Muhammadiyah Semarang, Indonesia, for the Magister of Clinical Laboratory Science, Post-Graduate Program with courses taught to students in Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Toxicology, Bioinformatics and Food  Biotechnology.  Dr. Norma's research comprises isolating and characterizing enzymes and toxins and their encoding genes involving bioinformatics, genomics, and proteomics studies from bacterial sources.  Her enzymes of interest are those with potential as antithrombosis, antibiofilm, anti-necrosis, and bioremediation agents.  Recently, downstream processes for wound healing applications of marine bacterial protease have been a new area of research for Dr. Norma, allowing cooperation with government and industry.  By August 2023, her 35 reputed publications had earned a Scopus H-index of 6 and a Google Scholar H-index of 12 with more than 500 citations.  She has supervised more than 20 student theses.2013 to 2017 in Higher Technical School of Telecommunication Engineers in ULPGC.