Sano

The President of the Management Board, the Research Team Leader of the Extreme-scale Data and Computing team of Sano, Associate Professor at AGH, and a senior researcher at ACC Cyfronet AGH. Co-author of over 50 international publications including journal and conference papers, and book chapters. Member of technical program committees of premier conferences on scientific, parallel, and distributed computing (SC, ICCS, IPDPS, CCGrid, UCC). Has leadership positions in major conferences in the field: general co-chair of Euro-Par 2020 and member of Steering Committee, Area Co-chair IEEE Cluster 2021, BoF Vice-Chair at SC18. A member of the editorial board of Future Generation Computer Systems Journal.

Dr Sitek was instrumental in establishing and guiding the strategic vision for Sano as a research institute, specializing in the application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Medicine. As the director, was responsible for creating the research program and overseeing the hiring of principal investigators, senior research staff, students, and postdocs. Successfully grew Sano from 11 employees to 70, fostering a culture of innovation and collaboration that has enabled the institute to thrive and expand. By leading the Health Informatics Research Group, spearheaded research initiatives focused on clinical decision support, new biomarkers, novel approaches to telemedicine/therapy with AI VR/AR technologies, and quality registries/clinical pathways.

Graduated in Technical Physics at the AGH University of Science and Technology, where he subsequently obtained a PhD in Computer Science. Alongside conducting research at Sano, he heads the Laboratory of Information Methods in Medicine of the Cyfronet AGH Academic Computer Centre. He is a member of the research and teaching personnel at the Institute of Computer Science, AGH, and Professor (Emeritus) of Distributed Systems Engineering at the Institute of Computer Science, University of Amsterdam. Co-editor of the journals: FGCS, Bio-Algorithms and Med-Systems as well as The Computer Science Journal. He has co-authored about 230 scientific publications and played crucial roles in 15 international research projects of the Framework Programmes of the European Commission. He was involved in the organisation of international conferences: ICCS, EuroPar, CCGrid, eScience.

Hailing from Italy, with a PhD from the University of Florence. He is Professor in Computational Biomechanics at the Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Bologna, Italy, and Visiting Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Sheffield, UK, where he founded the prestigious Insigneo: Institute for In Silico Medicine. He is an expert in the biomechanics of the neuromusculoskeletal system, particularly in the use of physical modelling for medical decision support. Prof. Viceconti is recognised as one of the greatest authorities in the international in silico medicine community. He is the President of the VPH Institute, an international non-profit organisation that coordinates this research community, and board member of the Avicenna Alliance, an organisation representing the interests of the biomedical industry in this area.