Assoc. Prof. Muhammad Tariq Mahmood
Korea University of Technology and Education (KOREATECH), Korea
He received the MCS degree in Computer Science from AJK University, Muzaffarabad, Pakistan, in 2004, the MS degree in Intelligent Software Systems from Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden, in 2006, and the PhD degree in Information and Mechatronics from Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Korea, in 2011. In the early stages of his career, he worked as a Software Engineer for over eight years at Khaksar and Co., Islamabad, Pakistan. He has been involved in several research projects funded by the National Research Foundation (NRF) of Korea, focusing on areas such as shape-from-focus/defocus, smart cities, and underwater imaging. He has authored more than 100 research articles published in reputable journals and international conferences. He is currently serving as an Associate Professor in the School of Computer Science and Engineering at Korea University of Technology and Education (KOREATECH), Cheonan, Korea. His research interests include image processing, 3D shape recovery from image focus, computer vision, pattern recognition, and machine/deep learning.
Assoc. Prof. Nico Surantha
Tokyo City University, Japan
Nico Surantha received the Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) and Master of Engineering (M. Eng.) degrees from the Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia, and the Ph.D. degree from the Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan. He is currently an associate professor in the Department of Electrical, Electronics, and Communication Engineering at Tokyo City University, Japan. He was with the Autonomous University of Barcelona (Spain) and the University of Technology Sydney (Australia) in 2024 as a visiting scholar. His research interests include ubiquitous computing, intelligent systems, the Internet of Things, and digital health. He currently serves as a research expert committee member at the Institute of Electronics, Information, and Communication Engineers (IEICE) Smart Info Media System Society. He is a Senior Member of IEEE and a member of IEICE Japan.