{"id":3410,"date":"2022-09-09T11:11:10","date_gmt":"2022-09-09T11:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/conferences.sigappfr.org\/wims2026\/?page_id=3410"},"modified":"2026-01-18T18:15:52","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T18:15:52","slug":"conference-chairs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/conferences.sigappfr.org\/wims2026\/conference-chairs\/","title":{"rendered":"Conference Chairs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Honorary Chair<\/h2>\n<div class='rt-container-fluid rt-team-container rt-pos-r rt-team-container-3437' id='rt-team-container-702517935'  data-layout='layout3' data-desktop-col='4'  data-tab-col='2'  data-mobile-col='1' data-sc-id='3437' data-popup-bg=''><div data-title='Loading ...' class='rt-row rt-content-loader layout3 ttp-even ttp-pre-loader'><div class=\"rt-col-md-3 rt-col-sm-6 rt-col-xs-12  even-grid-item rt-grid-item round-img\" data-id=\"5543\"><div class=\"single-team-area\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/conferences.sigappfr.org\/wims2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rak-300x300.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive rt-team-img\" alt=\"Rajendra Akerkar\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"tlp-content\"><h3><span class=\"team-name\">Rajendra Akerkar<\/span><\/h3><\/div><div class=\"contact-info\"><ul><li class=\"tlp-location\"><i class=\"fa fa-map-marker\"><\/i><span class=\"tlp-location\">Western Norway Research Institute, Norway<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"social-icons\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bigdata.vestforsk.no\/akerkar\" title=\"globe\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"fas fa-globe\"><\/i><\/a><a href=\"mailto:rak@vestforsk.no\" title=\"envelope-o\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"far fa-envelope\"><\/i><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/linkedin.com\/in\/rajendra-akerkar-995b067\" title=\"linkedin\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"fab fa-linkedin\"><\/i><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"rt-loading-overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"rt-loading rt-ball-clip-rotate\"><div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">General Chairs<\/h2>\n<div class='rt-container-fluid rt-team-container rt-pos-r rt-team-container-3409' id='rt-team-container-688514599'  data-layout='layout3' data-desktop-col='4'  data-tab-col='2'  data-mobile-col='1' data-sc-id='3409' data-popup-bg=''><div data-title='Loading ...' class='rt-row rt-content-loader layout3 ttp-even ttp-pre-loader'><div class=\"rt-col-md-3 rt-col-sm-6 rt-col-xs-12  even-grid-item rt-grid-item round-img\" data-id=\"5546\"><div class=\"single-team-area\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/conferences.sigappfr.org\/wims2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Richard-chbeir-pc-150x150.png\" class=\"img-responsive rt-team-img\" alt=\"Richard Chbeir\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"tlp-content\"><h3><span class=\"team-name\">Richard Chbeir<\/span><\/h3><\/div><div class=\"contact-info\"><ul><li class=\"tlp-location\"><i class=\"fa fa-map-marker\"><\/i><span class=\"tlp-location\">Univ. Pau &amp; Pays Adour, France<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"social-icons\"><a href=\"https:\/\/spider.sigappfr.org\/members\/rchbeir\" title=\"globe\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"fas fa-globe\"><\/i><\/a><a href=\"mailto:richard.chbeir@univ-pau.fr\" title=\"envelope-o\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"far fa-envelope\"><\/i><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.linkedin.com\/in\/richard-chbeir-b805226\" title=\"linkedin\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"fab fa-linkedin\"><\/i><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"rt-col-md-3 rt-col-sm-6 rt-col-xs-12  even-grid-item rt-grid-item round-img\" data-id=\"5534\"><div class=\"single-team-area\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/conferences.sigappfr.org\/wims2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Yanchun-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive rt-team-img\" alt=\"Yanchun Zhang\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"tlp-content\"><h3><span class=\"team-name\">Yanchun Zhang<\/span><\/h3><\/div><div class=\"contact-info\"><ul><li class=\"tlp-location\"><i class=\"fa fa-map-marker\"><\/i><span class=\"tlp-location\">Victoria University, Australia<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"social-icons\"><a href=\"https:\/\/researchers.vu.edu.au\/942-yanchun-zhang\" title=\"globe\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"fas fa-globe\"><\/i><\/a><a href=\"mailto:Yanchun.Zhang@vu.edu.au\" title=\"envelope-o\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"far fa-envelope\"><\/i><\/a><a href=\"\" title=\"linkedin\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"fab fa-linkedin\"><\/i><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"rt-loading-overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"rt-loading rt-ball-clip-rotate\"><div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Program Committee Chairs<\/h2>\n<div class='rt-container-fluid rt-team-container rt-pos-r rt-team-container-5002' id='rt-team-container-1237093563'  data-layout='layout3' data-desktop-col='4'  data-tab-col='2'  data-mobile-col='1' data-sc-id='5002' data-popup-bg=''><div data-title='Loading ...' class='rt-row rt-content-loader layout3 ttp-even ttp-pre-loader'><div class=\"rt-col-md-3 rt-col-sm-6 rt-col-xs-12  even-grid-item rt-grid-item round-img\" data-id=\"5547\"><div class=\"single-team-area\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/conferences.sigappfr.org\/wims2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/katsaros-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"img-responsive rt-team-img\" alt=\"Dimitrios Katsaros\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"tlp-content\"><h3><span class=\"team-name\">Dimitrios Katsaros<\/span><\/h3><\/div><div class=\"contact-info\"><ul><li class=\"tlp-location\"><i class=\"fa fa-map-marker\"><\/i><span class=\"tlp-location\">University of Thessaly, Greece<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"social-icons\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dana.e-ce.uth.gr\/\" title=\"globe\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"fas fa-globe\"><\/i><\/a><a href=\"mailto:dkatsar@uth.gr\" title=\"envelope-o\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"far fa-envelope\"><\/i><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/linkedin.com\/in\/dimitrios-katsaros-a178bbba\" title=\"linkedin\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"fab fa-linkedin\"><\/i><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"rt-col-md-3 rt-col-sm-6 rt-col-xs-12  even-grid-item rt-grid-item round-img\" data-id=\"4640\"><div class=\"single-team-area\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/conferences.sigappfr.org\/wims2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Nikolaos-Polatidis-150x150.webp\" class=\"img-responsive rt-team-img\" alt=\"Nikolaos Polatidis\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"tlp-content\"><h3><span class=\"team-name\">Nikolaos Polatidis<\/span><\/h3><\/div><div class=\"contact-info\"><ul><li class=\"tlp-location\"><i class=\"fa fa-map-marker\"><\/i><span class=\"tlp-location\">University of Brighton<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"social-icons\"><a href=\"https:\/\/research.brighton.ac.uk\/en\/persons\/nick-polatidis\" title=\"globe\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"fas fa-globe\"><\/i><\/a><a href=\"mailto:N.Polatidis@brighton.ac.uk\" title=\"envelope-o\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"far fa-envelope\"><\/i><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/nikolaos-polatidis-4488a4aa\/\" title=\"linkedin\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"fab fa-linkedin\"><\/i><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"rt-loading-overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"rt-loading rt-ball-clip-rotate\"><div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<script>\ndocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", (event) => {\n  console.log(document.querySelector('[data-id=\"5007\"] [title=\"linkedin\"]'));\n});\n<\/script>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Publicity <\/span><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Chairs<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class='rt-container-fluid rt-team-container rt-pos-r rt-team-container-3451' id='rt-team-container-2107172159'  data-layout='layout3' data-desktop-col='4'  data-tab-col='2'  data-mobile-col='1' data-sc-id='3451' data-popup-bg=''><div data-title='Loading ...' class='rt-row rt-content-loader layout3 ttp-even ttp-pre-loader'><div class=\"rt-col-md-3 rt-col-sm-6 rt-col-xs-12  even-grid-item rt-grid-item round-img\" data-id=\"3729\"><div class=\"single-team-area\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/conferences.sigappfr.org\/wims2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Theodoros-150x150.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive rt-team-img\" alt=\"Theodoros Tzouramanis\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"tlp-content\"><h3><span class=\"team-name\">Theodoros Tzouramanis<\/span><\/h3><\/div><div class=\"contact-info\"><ul><li class=\"tlp-location\"><i class=\"fa fa-map-marker\"><\/i><span class=\"tlp-location\">University of Thessaly, Greece<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"social-icons\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ttzouram.users.uth.gr\/\" title=\"globe\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"fas fa-globe\"><\/i><\/a><a href=\"mailto:ttzouram@uth.gr\" title=\"envelope-o\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"far fa-envelope\"><\/i><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"rt-col-md-3 rt-col-sm-6 rt-col-xs-12  even-grid-item rt-grid-item round-img\" data-id=\"3723\"><div class=\"single-team-area\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/conferences.sigappfr.org\/wims2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Salma-Sassi-150x150.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive rt-team-img\" alt=\"Salma Sassi\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"tlp-content\"><h3><span class=\"team-name\">Salma Sassi<\/span><\/h3><\/div><div class=\"contact-info\"><ul><li class=\"tlp-location\"><i class=\"fa fa-map-marker\"><\/i><span class=\"tlp-location\">Univ. Pau &amp; Pays Adour, France<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"social-icons\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Salma-Sassi\" title=\"globe\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"fas fa-globe\"><\/i><\/a><a href=\"mailto:salma.sassi@univ-pau.fr\" title=\"envelope-o\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"far fa-envelope\"><\/i><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/tn.linkedin.com\/in\/salma-sassi-ba29a7114\" title=\"linkedin\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"fab fa-linkedin\"><\/i><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"rt-loading-overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"rt-loading rt-ball-clip-rotate\"><div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Local Arrangement Chair<\/h2>\n<div class='rt-container-fluid rt-team-container rt-pos-r rt-team-container-3567' id='rt-team-container-2020472091'  data-layout='layout3' data-desktop-col='4'  data-tab-col='2'  data-mobile-col='1' data-sc-id='3567' data-popup-bg=''><div data-title='Loading ...' class='rt-row rt-content-loader layout3 ttp-even ttp-pre-loader'><div class=\"rt-col-md-3 rt-col-sm-6 rt-col-xs-12  even-grid-item rt-grid-item round-img\" data-id=\"3408\"><div class=\"single-team-area\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/conferences.sigappfr.org\/wims2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/yannis-m-683x1024.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive rt-team-img\" alt=\"Yannis Manolopoulos\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"tlp-content\"><h3><span class=\"team-name\">Yannis Manolopoulos<\/span><\/h3><\/div><div class=\"contact-info\"><ul><li class=\"tlp-location\"><i class=\"fa fa-map-marker\"><\/i><span class=\"tlp-location\">University of York, Europe Campus, Greece<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"social-icons\"><a href=\"http:\/\/yannismanolopoulos.eu\" title=\"globe\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"fas fa-globe\"><\/i><\/a><a href=\"mailto:manolopo@csd.auth.gr\" title=\"envelope-o\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"far fa-envelope\"><\/i><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gr.linkedin.com\/in\/yannis-manolopoulos-47989514\" title=\"linkedin\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"fab fa-linkedin\"><\/i><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"rt-loading-overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"rt-loading rt-ball-clip-rotate\"><div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Publication <\/span><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Chair<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class='rt-container-fluid rt-team-container rt-pos-r rt-team-container-3455' id='rt-team-container-856531793'  data-layout='layout3' data-desktop-col='4'  data-tab-col='2'  data-mobile-col='1' data-sc-id='3455' data-popup-bg=''><div data-title='Loading ...' class='rt-row rt-content-loader layout3 ttp-even ttp-pre-loader'><div class=\"rt-col-md-3 rt-col-sm-6 rt-col-xs-12  even-grid-item rt-grid-item round-img\" data-id=\"3736\"><div class=\"single-team-area\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/conferences.sigappfr.org\/wims2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Karam-Bou-Chaaya-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive rt-team-img\" alt=\"Karam Bou Chaaya\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"tlp-content\"><h3><span class=\"team-name\">Karam Bou Chaaya<\/span><\/h3><\/div><div class=\"contact-info\"><ul><li class=\"tlp-location\"><i class=\"fa fa-map-marker\"><\/i><span class=\"tlp-location\">EXPLEO GROUP, France<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"social-icons\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.linkedin.com\/in\/karam-bou-chaaya\" title=\"globe\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"fas fa-globe\"><\/i><\/a><a href=\"mailto:karam.bc@gmail.com\" title=\"envelope-o\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"far fa-envelope\"><\/i><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.linkedin.com\/in\/karam-bou-chaaya\" title=\"linkedin\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"fab fa-linkedin\"><\/i><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"rt-loading-overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"rt-loading rt-ball-clip-rotate\"><div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Webmaster<\/h2>\n<div class='rt-container-fluid rt-team-container rt-pos-r rt-team-container-3460' id='rt-team-container-802005847'  data-layout='layout3' data-desktop-col='4'  data-tab-col='2'  data-mobile-col='1' data-sc-id='3460' data-popup-bg=''><div data-title='Loading ...' class='rt-row rt-content-loader layout3 ttp-even ttp-pre-loader'><div class=\"rt-col-md-3 rt-col-sm-6 rt-col-xs-12  even-grid-item rt-grid-item round-img\" data-id=\"4540\"><div class=\"single-team-area\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/conferences.sigappfr.org\/wims2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/fouad-achkouty-150x150.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive rt-team-img\" alt=\"Fouad Achkouty\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"tlp-content\"><h3><span class=\"team-name\">Fouad Achkouty<\/span><\/h3><\/div><div class=\"contact-info\"><ul><li class=\"tlp-location\"><i class=\"fa fa-map-marker\"><\/i><span class=\"tlp-location\">Univ. Pau &amp; Pays Adour, France<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"social-icons\"><a href=\"mailto:fouad.achkouty@hotmail.com\" title=\"envelope-o\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"far fa-envelope\"><\/i><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/fouad-al-achkouty-0ab65b151\/\" title=\"linkedin\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"fab fa-linkedin\"><\/i><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"rt-loading-overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"rt-loading rt-ball-clip-rotate\"><div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Honorary Chair General Chairs Program Committee Chairs [\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Publicity Chairs Local Arrangement Chair Publication Chair Webmaster [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3410","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/conferences.sigappfr.org\/wims2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/conferences.sigappfr.org\/wims2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/conferences.sigappfr.org\/wims2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conferences.sigappfr.org\/wims2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conferences.sigappfr.org\/wims2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3410"}],"version-history":[{"count":74,"href":"https:\/\/conferences.sigappfr.org\/wims2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3410\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5592,"href":"https:\/\/conferences.sigappfr.org\/wims2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3410\/revisions\/5592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/conferences.sigappfr.org\/wims2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}