Plenary speakers
Naiming XIE
Prof. Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China
Plenary paper: Industrial Applications of Grey System Modeling
A researcher at the College of Economics & Management, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China, specializing in grey systems theory, industrial engineering, and data analytics.
He has authored 5 books and over 150 SCI/SSCI-indexed journal articles, earning recognition as a Top 2% global scientist (Stanford University). He has led 20+ research projects and holds key editorial roles, including Secretary-in-Chief of the journal Grey Systems Society of China (GSSC) and Assistant Editor of the journal Grey Systems: Theory and Application.
Bożena SKOŁUD
Prof. Department of Automation of Technological Processes and Integrated Manufacturing Systems, the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, the Silesian University of Technology, Poland
Plenary paper: Industry 5.0, What is next? Where are we going?
She is a specialist in production engineering, organization, and management of production systems. Her research includes production optimization, production scheduling, planning of multi-assortment rhythmic production, production planning for non-heterogeneous products, modeling of discrete systems, and balancing of assembly lines.
She was the supervisor of 6 completed doctoral theses. She is the author of 260 publications. She carried out numerous scientific and research works commissioned by the industry, managed scientific projects, as well as the didactic project Interactive Engineering Education – INTEREDU. She participated in two research internships at the Univ. of Bologna. She repeatedly conducted classes at ICAM Nantes, ICAM Toulouse (France), Trnavská Univerzita Trnava (Slovakia), and the University of Stavanger (Norway).
She held the following positions:
- in 2009, she was elected to the Production Engineering Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences;
- is a member of the Polish Society of Production Management, in subsequent periods she was a member of the management board, chairwoman of the Gliwice branch, and member of the audit committee;
- since 2010 she has been an expert, and since 2019 is a member of the Polish Accreditation Committee;
- in 2022, she was appointed to the advisory team to evaluate applications and reports under the “Implementation Doctorate” program;
- Currently, she is vice-rector for general affairs.