I am Associate Professor at the International Hellenic University, School for Science and Technology in Thessaloniki, Greece, and Associate Research Fellow at the University of Leuven (KU Leuven), Public Governance Institute, Belgium.

I contribute with expertise in projects (national and EU funded) on using IMAPS (Interoperability Maturity Assessment of a Public Service) tool.

He has participated in many R&D projects and has also significant experience as a research consultant and project manager in the private sector.

Doctor of Philosophy in Digital Transformation in Higher Education from International Hellenic University.

I am Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah, PhD Scholar at the International Hellenic University, School for Science and Technology in Thessaloniki, Greece and also performing the role of IHU Partner – Project Coordinator

Athanasios Deligiannis is a political scientist and information technologist, currently a researcher at the International Hellenic University working on the nexus of open government, open innovation and open public services.

Information Technologist with an MSc in e-Business and Digital Marketing and significant experience in R&D projects funded by the European Commission and national institutions. Currently a researcher at the International Hellenic University focusing on cutting -edge technologies in the Digital Transformation of Public Organizations.

Ioannis has worked in various machine learning projects related to fake news detection from text, knowledge graph construction from textual data, predicting missing links in citation networks

I have experience in Natural Language Processing and Text Analytics. Moreover, my research experience includes Linked Data and Ontology Engineering. Part of my research interests is Semantic Web and Graph Mining.

I have managed teams to bring measured optimization and develop techniques to achieve goals in a deterministic and data-driven way. I have supported many organizations in their digital transformation.

Following his research interests in combining state-of-the-art technologies within the context of the digital transformation of enterprises and public organizations, he is now working as a Data Scientist at the European Commission.

I have a computer science background, but my research interests extend to serious games, education, data analytics and artificial intelligence. I am looking forward to further deepening my knowledge and understanding in these fields and advancing my education level to a Ph.D.

I am looking forward to participating in multi-disciplinary teams and expanding my knowledge on these matters.