2017 IST Organizing Committee

General and Technical Program Chair

  • George Giakos, Manhattan College, USA

Honorary Chairs

  • Wuqiang Yang, University of Manchester, UK
  • Michalis Zervakis, Technical University of Crete, Greece

Local Committee

  • Zhang Cao, Beihang University, China
  • Xiaolu Li, Beihang University, China
  • Zhili Lin, Beihang University, China
  • Ze Liu, Beijing Jiaotong University, China
  • Lihui Peng, Tsinghua University, China
  • Lijuan Su, Beihang University, China
  • Shiping Zhu, Beihang University, China

Steering Committee

  • Aditi Deshpande, University of Akron, USA
  • Aggelos Katsaggelos, Northwestern University, USA
  • Ahmed Hussein, Manhattan College, USA
  • Amitava Chatterjee, Jadavpur University, India
  • Andrzei Skalski, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
  • Angelos Amanatiadis, Democritus University of Thrace (DUTH), Greece
  • Anna Fabijańska, Lodz University of Technology, Poland
  • Apostolos Georgopoulos, University of Minnesota, USA
  • Bing Yu, Marquette University, USA
  • Bing Yu, The University of Akron, USA
  • C. L. Philip Chen, The University of Macau China
  • Cesare Svelto, Polytechnic of Milan, Italy
  • Costas Balas, Technical University of Crete, Greece
  • Dimitrios Karras, Technological Educational Institute of Chalkida, Greece
  • Dimitris Iakovidis, University of Thessaly, Greece
  • Dimitris Metaxas, Rutgers University, USA
  • Donghua Zhou, Tsinghua University, China
  • Edmund Lam, University of Hong Kong, China
  • Gang Lu, University of Kent, UK
  • Huiyu Zhou, Queens' University Belfast
  • Jacob Scharcanski, UFRGS, Brazil
  • James Basilion, Case Western Reserve University, USA
  • Jiamin Ye, Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
  • Jin Montclare, NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering, USA
  • Joe Majeski, Manhattan College, USA         
  • Konstantina (Nantia) Nikita, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece
  • Kostas Berberidis, University of Patras, Greece
  • Lihui Peng, Tsinghua University, China
  • Lijun Xu, Beihang University, China
  • Matteo Pastorino, University of Genoa, Italy
  • Mehrube Mehrubeoglu, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, USA
  • Mel Siegel, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
  • Michele Ceccarelli, University of Sannio, Italy
  • Mihalis Zervakis, Technical University of Crete (TUC), Greece
  • Mohd. Zaid Abdullah, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia  
  • Na Ying, Hangzhou Dianzi University, China
  • Nicolas Karakatsanis, University of Geneva, Switzerland
  • Nikolaos Bourbakis, Wright State University, USA
  • Ntziachristos Vasileios, Technical University of Munich, Germany
  • Richard Picard, ARCON Corporation, USA
  • S. Agrawal, Delhi Technological (DTU) Formerly Delhi College of Engineering (DCE), India
  • Sarhan Mussa, Texas A&M University, USA
  • Seid Zaniar Hoseini, University of Akron, USA
  • Sergio Saponara, University of Pisa, Italy
  • Sos Agaian, The University of Texas/The University of Texas Health Science Center, USA
  • Sotirios Diamantas, Athens Information Technology, Greece
  • Steven J. Tilden, Everett Charles Technologies, LTXCredence and Multitest, USA
  • Suman Shrestha, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, USA
  • Tri Quang, University of Akron, USA
  • Vangelis Sakkalis, FORTH, Greece
  • Wuqiang Yang, University of Manchester, UK
  • Xiaolan Deng, University of Chicago, USA
  • Xin Yu, Case Western Reserve University, USA
  • Yi Wang, Manhattan College, USA
  • Yixin Ma, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
  • Yunjie Yang, University of Edinburgh, UK

Technical Coordinators

  • Tannaz Farrahi, University of Virginia, USA
  • Konstantina Kottari, University of Thessaly, Greece
  • Selina Kolokytha, Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Switzerland
  • Joe Majeski, Manhattan College, USA
  • Cathryn Callahan, Manhattan College, USA
  • Michael Surovich, Manhattan College, USA
  • George Livanos, TUC, Greece
  • Angelos Amanatiadis, DUTH, Greece
  • Dimitris Iakovidis, University of Thessaly, Greece
  • Kanchan Lata Kashyap, Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing (IIITDM), India
  • Maria Venianaki, IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca & Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH), Italy & Greece
  • M.A. Khokhar, Manhattan College, USA

  • M.A. Buttar, Manhattan College, USA

Local Chairs

  • Lijun Xu, Beihang University, China
  • Lihui Peng, Tsinghua University, China
  • Yixin Ma, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
  • Na Ying, Hangzhou Dianzi University, China

International Technical Committee

  • Robert Gao, University of Connecticut, USA
  • Mihalis Zervakis, Technical University of Crete (TUC), Greece
  • Mohd. Zaid Abdullah, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia           
  • Feng Dong, Tianjin University, China
  • Yan Yuan, Beihang University, China
  • Shimin Wang, Southeast University, China
  • Xiaoyun Xiong, NSFC, China
  • Yingxiang Wu, Institute of Mechanics, CAS, China
  • Supavadee Aramvith, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
  • Jeff Bamber, Institute of Cancer Research, UK
  • Michele Ceccarelli, University of Sannio, Italy
  • Christo Christodoulou, University of New Mexico, USA
  • Yan Han, North University of China
  • Zhiyao Huang, Zhejiang University, China
  • Balas Konstantinos, Technical University of Crete (TUC), Greece
  • Konstantina Nikita, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece
  • Ioannis Andreadis, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece
  • Spyretta Golemati, Medical School of Athens, Greece
  • Ntziachristos Vasileios, Technical University of Munich, Germany
  • Livanos George, Technical University of Crete (TUC), Greece
  • Angelos Amanatiantis, Democritus University of Thrace (DUTH), Greece
  • Antonios Gasteratos, Democritus University of Thrace (DUTH), Greece
  • Nicolas Karakatsanis, University of Geneva, Switzerland
  • Dimitris Iakovidis, University of Thessaly, Greece
  • Mania Aikaterini, Technical University of Crete (TUC), Greece
  • Doulamis Anastasios, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece
  • Savakis Andreas, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA
  • Antoniadis Aristomenis, Technical University of Crete (TUC), Greece
  • Fotiadis Dimitrios, University of Ioannina, Greece
  • Lymperopoulos Dimitrios, University of Patras, Greece
  • Petrakis Euripides, Technical University of Crete (TUC), Greece
  • Themis Exarchos, University of Ioannina, Greece
  • Koukiou Georgia, University of Patras, Greece
  • Sergiadis Georgios, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
  • Tsagkatakis Gregory, Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH), Greece
  • Zacharakis Ioannis, Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH), Greece
  • Zacharias Ierotheos, University of Ioannina, Greece
  • Andreadis Ioannis, Democritus University of Thrace (DUTH), Greece
  • Moirogiorgou Konstantia, Technical University of Crete (TUC), Greece
  • Bacharidis Kostas, Technical University of Crete (TUC), Greece
  • Papamarkos Nikos, Democritus University of Thrace (DUTH), Greece
  • Bamidis Panagiotis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
  • Evi Tripoliti, University of Ioannina, Greece
  • Sakkalis Vaggelis, Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH), Greece
  • Anastasopoulos Vasileios, University of Patras, Greece

Technical Program Co-Chairs

  • Sos Agaian, The University of Texas/The University of Texas Health Science Center, USA
  • Lihui Peng, Tsinghua University, China
  • Lijun Xu, Beihang University, China
  • Michalis Zervakis, Technical University of Crete, Greece
  • Suman Shrestha, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, USA
  • Jacob Scharcanski, UFRGS, Brazil
  • Konstantina Nikita, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece
  • Mohd. Zaid Abdullah, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
  • Amitava Chatterjee, Jadavpur University, India
  • George Livanos, TUC, Greece
  • Andrzei Skalski, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
  • Wuqiang Yang, University of Manchester, UK
  • Shiva Abbaaaszadeh, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, US
  • Yi Wang, Manhattan College, USA
  • Ahmet Hussein, Manhattan College, USA
  • Keerthi Valluru, Stanford University, USA
  • Yixin Ma, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
  • Bing Yu, Marquette University, USA
  • Matteo Pastorino, University of Genoa, Italy
  • Cesare Svelto, Polytechnic of Milan, Italy
  • Nicolas Karakatsanis, University of Geneva, Switzerland
  • Antonios Gasteratos, DUTH, Greece
  • Ioannis Andreadis, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
  • James Basilion, Case Western Reserve University, USA
  • Konstantinos Michmizos, Rudgers University, USA

Industrial Relationships/Sponsorships Coordinators

  • Aditi Deshpande, University of Akron, USA
  • Zoe Giakos, University of Akron, USA
  • Na Ying, Hangzhou Dianzi University, China