Dr. T. P. Fowdur
Associate Professor, University of Mauritius, Mauritius
Title of Keynote: Towards User-Centric Network Intelligence: A Web-Based QoS and Security Analytics Framework Using Generative AI and Workflow Automation
Professional Profile: Dr. T.P. Fowdur received his BEng (Hons) degree in Electronic and Communication Engineering with first-class honors from the University of Mauritius in 2004. He was also the recipient of a Gold medal for having produced the best degree project at the Faculty of Engineering in 2004. In 2005, he obtained a full-time PhD scholarship from the Tertiary Education Commission of Mauritius and was awarded his PhD degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering in 2010 by the University of Mauritius. He is also a Registered Chartered Engineer of the Engineering Council of the UK, Fellow of the Institute of Telecommunications Professionals of the UK, and Senior Member of the IEEE. He joined the University of Mauritius as an academic in June 2009 and is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. His research interests include Mobile and Wireless Communications, Multimedia Communications, Networking and Security, Telecommunications Applications Development, Internet of Things, and AI. He has over 100 publications in these areas, including eight books, and is actively involved in research supervision, reviewing of papers, and organizing international conferences.
Research Interests: Mobile and Wireless Communications, Telecommunications Applications Development, IoT, and AI.
Prof. Mark Eberspächer
Professor, THWS, Germany
Title of Keynote: Making the Visible Invisible – and the Invisible Visible (From Metamaterials to Imaging Radar)
Professional Profile: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Mark Eberspächer is Professor of Radio Frequency and Microwave Engineering at the Technical University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt (THWS), Germany, where he heads the Microwave Engineering Laboratory. His research focuses on microwave and radar sensing, imaging radar, antennas, and artificial transmission lines and metamaterial-based structures. Before joining THWS in 2022, he spent more than 9 years at Balluff GmbH, working on industrial microwave sensors, radar systems, and imaging radar technologies, including the technical and business management of an internal start-up focused on industrializing imaging radar. He received his Dr.-Ing. degree with distinction from the Technical University of Munich in 2013 for his work on composite right/left-handed (CRLH) microwave transmission lines. Prof. Eberspächer is a Senior Member of IEEE and a member of URSI Commission B. Since July 2025, he has served as Chair of the VDE/ITG Technical Committee 7.3 “Microwave Engineering.”
Research Interests: Radar imaging, microwave based displacement and proximity sensors., metasurfaces.
Dr. Vivek Singh
Lecturer, University of Plymouth, United Kingdom
Title of Keynote: Computer Vision for Intelligent Systems
Professional Profile: Dr. Vivek Singh is a Lecturer in Artificial Intelligence in the School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics at the University of Plymouth, UK. He teaches AI and computer science modules at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, covering topics such as applied AI, software engineering, and systems design. Before joining Plymouth, he worked in industry on AI and machine vision technologies and held a Research Fellowship at the Visual Artificial Intelligence Lab, Oxford Brookes University. He completed his PhD in Computer Vision, where he focused on facial expression analysis and optimization of deep learning architectures.
Research Interests: multi-modal learning, artificial intelligence, medical image analysis.
