ACRI 2026 is held together by three Committees: the Scientific, Steering, and Organising Committee.
Scientific Committee
The Scientific Committee is responsible for evaluating submissions, ensuring academic quality, and shaping the programme’s content to uphold the event’s scholarly standards. This Committee consists of:
- Jan Baetens (Ghent University, Belgium)
- Franco Bagnoli (University of Florence, Italy)
- Stefania Bandini (University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy)
- Odemir Bruno (University of São Paulo, Brazil)
- Timoteo Carletti (University of Namur, Belgium)
- Bastien Chopard (University of Geneva, Switzerland)
- Sophie de Buyl (VUB Brussels University, Belgium)
- Alberto Dennunzio (University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy)
- Andreas Deutsch (TU Dresden, Germany)
- Salvatore Di Gregorio (University of Calabria, Italy)
- Samira El Yacoubi (University of Perpignan, France)
- Jean-Luc Falcone (University of Geneva, Switzerland)
- Enrico Formenti (University Côte d’Azur, France)
- Rolf Hoffmann (TU Darmstadt, Germany)
- Anna T. Lawniczak (University of Guelph, Canada)
- Daniele Marinazzo (Ghent University, Belgium)
- Katsuhiro Nishinari (University of Tokyo, Japan)
- Luis Rocha (Ghent University, Belgium)
- Michiel Rollier (Ghent University, Belgium)
- Dipanwita Roy Chowdhury (IIT Kharagpur, India)
- Georgios Ch. Sirakoulis (Democritus University of Thrace, Greece)
- Hiroshi Umeo (Osaka Electro-Communication University, Japan)
- Paul Van Liedekerke (Ghent University, Belgium)
- Wouter Vervust (Ghent University, Belgium)
- Giuseppe Vizzari (University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy)
Steering Committee
The Steering Committee provides strategic guidance, oversees long-term planning, and ensures that the event aligns with its overall goals and vision, and consists of:
- Franco Bagnoli (University of Florence, Italy)
- Stefania Bandini (University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy)
- Bastien Chopard (University of Geneva, Switzerland)
- Samira El Yacoubi (University of Perpignan, France)
- Nazim Fatès (INRIA/LORIA, France)
- Giancarlo Mauri (University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy)
- Katsuhiro Nishinari (University of Tokyo, Japan)
- Georgios Ch. Sirakoulis (Democritus University of Thrace, Greece)
- Hiroshi Umeo (University of Osaka Electro-Communication, Japan)
- Thomas Worsch (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany)
Organising Committee
The Organising Committee coordinates all logistical, administrative, and scientific planning — such as inviting speakers, managing submissions, scheduling sessions, arranging venues, and ensuring smooth communication — to ensure the event runs effectively and meets its scholarly objectives. For ACRI 2026, the Organising Committee consists of:
- Jan Baetens (Ghent University, Belgium) (PI)
- Timoteo Carletti (University of Namur, Belgium)
- Jeroen Galle (Ghent University, Belgium)
- Michiel Rollier (Ghent University, Belgium)
- Ruth Van den Driessche (Ghent University, Belgium)
- Wouter Vervust (Ghent University, Belgium)
- Timpe Vogelaers (Ghent University, Belgium)
The ACRI 2026 Organising Committee is primarily associated with research group BionamiX at Ghent University’s Faculty of Bioscience Engineering.
