Dr. Davide Taibi, LEGO® Chair/Professor
Head of SDU Vejle Campus Research Centre for Computer Science and AI
Head of SustainAI - Sustainable AI-Driven Software Engineering
University of Southern Denmark, Vejle, Denmark
Davide Taibi is the LEGO® Chair in Software Architecture, Professor at the University of Southern Denmark, Vejle, and head of the SustainAI group. His research focuses on AI for cloud and edge software architectures, including cloud-native technologies, microservices, serverless computing, software quality, and architectural technical debt, with the aim of developing more reliable, scalable, and sustainable software systems.
https://www.taibi.it/
KC ‘Casey’ Santosh, PhD
Professor, AI
Chair, Department of Computer Systems Engineering Technology
Chair (interim), Department of Applied Computing & Geomatics
Director, Center of Excellence in Applied Computing
College of Engineering, Technology and Management
Oregon Institute of Technology (Oregon Tech) | Oregon’s Polytechnic University
KC “Casey” Santosh is Director of the Center of Excellence in Applied Computing, Professor of AI, and Chair of the Departments of Computer Systems Engineering Technology and Applied Computing & Geomatics at Oregon Institute of Technology. Previously, he served at the University of South Dakota as Chair of Computer Science (2020–2026), Graduate Program Director (2017–2024), and Founding Director of AI Research (2015–2026), following more than four years of research appointments at the National Institutes of Health and LORIA Research Center in France. He holds a PhD in Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence) from INRIA Nancy Grand Est/Université de Lorraine, France. His work has secured approximately $10 million in funding from agencies including NSF, ED, and DOW. He has delivered more than 100 international keynote presentations, including a TEDx talk, and authored 13 books and over 280 peer-reviewed publications, including articles in IEEE TPAMI, IEEE TMI, and IEEE TAI. He has also served as an NSF reviewer and panelist and in editorial and review roles for prestigious journals, including IEEE TAI and IEEE TMI. He has contributed to NIST’s AI Standards and Innovation group and participated in the U.S. Department of State’s U.S. Speaker Program on AI and AI education. More information: www.kc-santosh.org