SmartAIDa 2026

Dr Andrea Visentin is an Associate Professor and the PhD Programme Director at the School of Computer Science & IT at University College Cork (Ireland). He holds a BSc and an MSc in Computer Engineering from the University of Padua (Italy) and completed a PhD at the Insight Centre for Data Analytics. His research focuses on optimisation, artificial intelligence, and their combination. In optimisation, the main emphasis is on stochastic inventory control and lot sizing. In AI, his work involves applications in Boolean satisfiability, time series forecasting, infrastructure health prediction devices, and medical biophotonics. He is a Funded Investigator at the RI Insight Centre for Data Analytics, a Principal Investigator for the DATAMITE Horizon Europe project, and part of the RI Centre for Research Training in AI, and the Tyndall National Institute.

Dr Martin Serrano is a recognised expert on semantic interoperability and distributed systems due to his scientific contribution(s) using liked data and semantic formalisms like ontology web language for the Internet of Things and federated data mechanisms to store and manage the collected sensor’s data in the Cloud. He has also contributed to define the data interplay in edge computing using the linked data paradigm; in those works, he has received awards recognizing his scientific contributions and publications. Dr Serrano has advanced the state of the art on pervasive computing using semantic data modelling and context awareness methods to extend the "autonomics" paradigm for networking systems. He has also contributed to the area of information and knowledge engineering using semantic annotation and ontologies for describing data and services relations in the computing continuum. Dr Serrano has defined the data continuum and published several articles on data science and Internet of Things science and he is a pioneer and visionary on proposing that semantic technologies applied to data management systems can be used as an approach to produce cognitive applications capable of understanding, service and produce application events, completing the services life cycle and thus enabling full-stack control loops. A process called bringing semantics into the box, as published in one of his academic books. He has published 5 academic books, 6 research books and more than 100 peer reviewed articles in IEEE, ACM and Springer conferences and journals

Prof. Edward Curry is the Established Professor of Data Science and Director of the Insight SFI Research Centre for Data Analytics and Data Science Institute at the University of Galway. Edward has made substantial contributions to semantic technologies, incremental data management, event processing middleware, software engineering, as well as distributed systems and information systems. He combines strong theoretical results with high-impact practical applications. The excellence and impact of his research have been acknowledged by numerous awards, including best paper awards and the University of Galway Presidents Award for Societal Impact in 2017. His team's technology enables intelligent systems for smart environments in collaboration with several industrial partners. He is organiser and programme co-chair of major international conferences, including CIKM 2020, ECML 2018, IEEE Big Data Congress, and European Big Data Value Forum. Edward is co-founder and elected Vice President of the Big Data Value Association (BDVA) and the AI, Data and Robotics Association (Adra). He has built consensus on a joint European research and innovation agendas and influenced European data and AI innovation policy to deliver on the agendas. He is a member of the Data Architecture amp; Technical Committee of the Irish Government Data Governance Board.