Polyphonic Construction of Smart Learning Ecosystems: Proceedings of the 7th Conference on Smart Learning Ecosystems and Regional Development

Mihai Dascalu is a professor at University Politehnica of Bucharest with a strong background in Computer Science applied in Education. He has extensive experience in national and international research projects with more than 200 published papers, including 30 articles at top-tier conferences, 80+ papers indexed ISI at renowned international conferences, and 10+ Q1 journal papers. Complementary to his competencies in NLP, technology-enhanced learning and discourse analysis, Mihai holds a multitude of professional certifications and extensive experience on strategic projects on non-refundable funds. Moreover, Mihai has obtained a Senior Fulbright scholarship in 2015, has become a fulbright ambassador since 2018, and holds the US patent. Mihai is also a corresponding member of the Academy of Romanian Scientists.

Patrizia Marti is a professor of Experience Design at the University of Siena. She is the director and Rector’s delegate of Santa Chiara Fab Lab where she manages several participatory innovation projects with external partners. Patrizia has an interdisciplinary background in design, philosophy, and computing and a Ph.D. in Interaction Design. Her research activity concerns designing interactive systems in various fields of application including special education for people with disability also mediated by robots. He has been a principal investigator on many EU-funded projects. She has been an expert advisor to many EU and international bodies, including EU Commission, EU Future & Emerging Technologies Program, EU Intelligent Information Interfaces, Eurocontrol, EU Disappearing Computer, UX group at University of Warsaw (Poland), and Swedish Agency for Innovation Systems. She has been an invited keynote speaker at various international conferences. She has also been the editor for special issues of international journals.