Keynote Speakers Details

Thomas Hanne received master's degrees in Economics and Computer Science, and a PhD in Economics. From 1999 to 2007 he worked at the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Mathematics (ITWM) as senior scientist. Since then, he is Professor for Information Systems at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland and Head of the Competence Center Systems Engineering since 2012. He is also Honorary Research Chair Professor at Bennett University, Greater Noida, India since 2023 and Honorary Research Chair at the SAI University in Chennai, India since 2025. Thomas Hanne is author of about 300 journal articles, conference papers, and other publications and editor of several journals and special issues. His current research interests include computational intelligence, evolutionary algorithms, metaheuristics, optimization, simulation, multicriteria decision analysis, machine learning, natural language processing, large language models, systems engineering, software development, logistics, and supply chain management.