Prof. Philippe Fournier-Viger (Shenzhen University, China)
Prof. Philippe Fournier‑Viger is a full professor at the Big Data Institute of Shenzhen University, China. He earned his Ph.D. five years prior to joining Shenzhen University in 2015 as a national talent program awardee. He has published over 400 papers on data mining algorithms for complex data (sequences, graphs), intelligent systems, and applications, amassing more than 16,000 citations (Google Scholar H‑index 63). Prof. Fournier‑Viger is the creator of the SPMF data‑mining library, offering over 260 pattern‑detection algorithms, cited in more than 1,000 scientific articles. He served as Associate Editor of Applied Intelligence, has delivered keynote lectures at over 50 international conferences, and co‑edited four Springer books. Recognized among the top 0.3% of influential scientists by Stanford University, he received the “Most Influential Paper” award at PAKDD 2024 and seven international Best Paper awards.
Prof. Satoshi Tojo (Asia University, Japan)
Prof. Satoshi Tojo earned his B.E., M.E., and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Tokyo. From 1983 to 1995, he was a researcher at the Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc. He joined the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST) in 1995 as an Associate Professor in the School of Information Science, was promoted to Full Professor in 2000, and served there until 2023. He is currently Professor of Data Science at Asia University, Japan. His research interests include formal semantics of natural language, the logic of knowledge and belief in agent communication, language evolution, and linguistic analysis in music. Prof. Tojo has authored over 250 papers in leading international journals and conferences, delivered keynote speeches at more than 28 international conferences, and co‑edited five books.
Prof. Thomas Ågotnes (University of Bergen, Norway)
Prof. Thomas Ågotnes is Professor of Information Science and Head of the Logic and Artificial Intelligence Research Group in the Department of Information Science and Media Studies at the University of Bergen, Norway. He also serves as Visiting Professor at the Logic and Intelligence Research Center, Southwest University, China. His primary research interests include formal knowledge representation and reasoning about interactive systems, particularly using modal logic integrated with mathematical interaction models such as game theory, with applications in AI and multi-agent systems. Prof. Ågotnes has published over 180 research articles in these areas. He is a recipient of the Changjiang Scholar award from the Chinese government and has earned best-paper awards at leading conferences including AAMAS and CLAR.
Prof. Makoto Nakamura (Niigata Institute of Technology, Japan)
Prof. Makoto Nakamura received his Ph.D. in Information Science from the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST) in 2004. He served as Assistant Professor at JAIST (2004–2011), then held positions at the Institute of Legal Information, Graduate School of Law, Nagoya University, as Assistant Professor (2011–2016) and Associate Professor (2016–2018), before joining Niigata Institute of Technology as Associate Professor (2018–2021). He is currently Professor in the Faculty of Engineering at Niigata Institute of Technology. Prof. Nakamura has been a member of the scientific committee for the Law via the Internet (LVI) conference since 2016 and a steering committee member, and past co‑chair, of the International Workshop on Juris‑Informatics (JURISIN) since 2009. His research focuses on natural language processing for legal texts and the simulation of language evolution. He is an active member of ANLP, IPSJ, JCSS, and JSAI.