Speaker

Alvaro Rocha

Biography :

Álvaro Rocha is World's Top 1% Scientists by Stanford University (USA) and Elsevier, World's Top 0.05% Scientists by ScholarGPS, and World’s Top 1% Scientists by ResearchGate for the domains of Information Science and Information Systems. He is Professor at ISEG, University of Lisbon, Invited Professor at University of Calabria, Honorary Professor at Amity University, President of ITMA – Information and Technology Management Association, Vice-Chair of IEEE SMC Portugal Chapter, and Book Series Scientific Manager at Springer-Nature. He 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 BCs in Computer Science. He is researcher at the ADVANCE (the ISEG Centre for Advanced Research in Management), and a collaborator researcher at CINTESIS (Center 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 Founder and Editor-in-Chief of both following Scopus and/or WoS journals: JISEM (Journal of Information Systems Engineering & Management) and RISTI (Revista Ibérica de Sistemas e Tecnologias de Informação / Iberian Journal of Information Systems and Technologies). Moreover, he has served as Vice-Chair of Experts for the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 Program, 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, at the Government of Cyprus's Research and Innovation Foundation, and at the Government of Slovak's Research Agency.