Science and Global Challenges of the 21st Century – Innovations and Technologies in Interdisciplinary Applications

Ekaterina Isaeva is a scholar whose scientific interests comprise inter-disciplinary research of the language, terminology, cognition, computational methods in linguistics, natural language processing, and artificial intelligence. She is the head of the Department of English for Professional Communication at Perm State University, Russia, and the leader of the project “Special Knowledge Mediation by means of Automated Ontological and Metaphorical Modelling” under the support of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research. Ekaterina Isaeva has Ph.D. in linguistics and a M.S. in Fundamental Information Technology. She is the editor of the book “Specialized Knowledge Mediation: Ontological & Metaphorical Modelling” and the proceedings of the International Perm Forum “Science and Global Challenges of the 21st Century”  Álvaro Rocha holds the title of Honorary Professor and holds a D.Sc. in Information Science, Ph.D. in Information Systems and Technologies, M.Sc. in Information Management, and B.C.s in Computer Science. He is a professor of Information Systems at the University of Lisbon - ISEG, a researcher at the ADVANCE (the ISEG Centre for Advanced Research in Management), and a collaborator researcher at both LIACC (Laboratory of Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science) and CINTESIS (Centre for Research in Health Technologies and Information Systems). His main research interests are maturity models, information systems quality, online service quality, requirements engineering, intelligent information systems, e-Government, e-Health, and information technology in education. He is also a vice-chair of the IEEE Portugal Section Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society Chapter, and a founder and editor-in-chief of both JISEM (Journal of Information Systems Engineering & Management) and RISTI (Iberian Journal of Information Systems and Technologies). Moreover, he has served as a vice-chair of Experts for the European Commission’s Horizon 2020Program, and as an expert at the COST - intergovernmental framework for European Cooperation in Science and Technology, at the European Commission’s Horizon Europe Program, at the Government of Italy’s Ministry of Universities and Research, at the Government of Latvia’s Ministry of Finance, at the Government of Mexico's National Council of Science and Technology,  at the Government of Polish's National Science Centre, and at the Government of Cyprus's Research and Innovation Foundation.