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Pedro Liberato Editor

João Vidal de Carvalho is an Adjunct Professor at Institute of Accounting and Administration of Porto, Polytechnic of Porto (Portugal). Post-Doctorate in Technologies and Information Systems from University of Coimbra (Portugal). PhD in Information Systems and Technology from University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain), MSc in Information Technology Management from University of Minho (Portugal), and Bachelor in Computer Science. He is an effective member of the CEOS.PP Research Center - Center for Organizational and Social Studies of the Polytechnic of Oporto and member of LIACC Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science Laboratory – FEUP. Member of the Iberian Systems and Information Technology Association (AISTI). Conference Chair of the ICOTTS 2019 and ICOTTS2020- International Conference on Tourism, Technology & Systems. Published some books in computer science/Database Management. Scientific committee member of several conferences in the area of Information Systems and Technologies.

Pedro Liberato is a Professor of Tourism, specializing in tourism destinations management, tourism planning and tourism marketing, at the School of Hospitality and Tourism, Polytechnic of Porto. Currently he Coordinates the Tourism and Leisure Department and the Master in Tourism Management in the same School. His main research interests are tourism management, tourism planning, e-tourism, ICT in tourism and tourism marketing.

Alejandro Peña is part of the academic staff in the Accounting Department at Business School of EAFIT University. Dr. Peñas has a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, a Master’s degree in Systems Engineering, a PhD in Engineering and a Postdoctoral Researcher focused on Machine Learning. Dr. Peña has developed several researches and papers in advanced topics related to computational intelligence and machine learning, in fields such as financial risk, decision management, precision agriculture and other areas related to computer science.