Conference Program - ICEDEG 2024

Important: Each presenter is allotted 15 minutes for presenting, followed by 5 minutes for a discussion moderated by a chairperson. All presentations MUST be in English. 


Detailed Program


Monday, June 24

08h00 - 08h50

Registration Desk

Room: Hall Auditorium 1.24

08h50 - 09h00

ICEDEG 2024 Conference Opening

Prof. Dr. Matthes Fleck

09h00 - 10h00

Keynote 1: Artificial Intelligence in eHealth

Prof. Dr. Nevine Makram Labib

Room: Auditorium 1.24

10h00 - 10h10

Break

Session Chair: Prof. Dr. Sandra Sánchez
Room: 3.08

Session Chair: Dr. Jhonny Pincay
Room: 3.14

10h10 - 10h30

Title: Optimizing Geolocation Insights in Latin American Social Networks through Machine Learning Strategies (53). 

Author: Angel Fiallos.

Title: Addressing web accessibility challenges with generative artificial intelligence tools for inclusive education (38). 

Authors: Patricia Acosta-Vargas, Gloria Acosta-Vargas, Belén Salvador-Acosta and Janio Jadán-Guerrero.

10h30 - 10h50

Title: The Influence of Artificial Intelligence in Digital Marketing (59). Authors: Anthony David Bucheli Mendoza and Leticia Vaca.

Title: Trends of machine learning techniques for enhancing court decision making (62). 

Authors: Jaime Meza, Marcedes Carolina Navarro Cejas, Monica Vaca, María Linzan and Juan Carlos Morales.

10h50 - 11h10

Title: Online Political Participation in Smart Cities: (70). 

Authors: José Carlos Vaz.

 Title: Theoretical Framework of Digital Ethics Concerns for Public Services: Use Case Electronic Voting (7). 

Authors: Narek Andreasyan, Daniele Buson, Jasmin Rüst, Luis Teran and Edy Portmann.

11h10 - 11h40

Coffee Break

Session Chair: Prof. Dr. Sandra Sánchez
Room: 3.08

Session Chair: Dr. Jhonny Pincay
Room: 3.14

11h40 - 12h00

Title: Calculation model for correlating quantitative and qualitative peer assessment using fuzzy logic and generating individual and collective scores with measures of central tendency adjustment (26). 

Authors: Maricela Pinargote-Ortega, Lorena Bowen-Mendoza, Jaime Meza and Sebastián Ventura.

Title: Evaluation of Accessibility on the PAR Platform from the Perspective of Physicians (55). 

Authors: Patricia Acosta-Vargas, Gloria Acosta-Vargas, Marco Santórum, Mayra Carrión-Toro, Manuel Ayala-Chauvin, Verónica Maldonado-Garcés and Mario Gonzalez-Rodriguez. 

12h00 - 12h20

Title: Exploring Local Challenges Through the Lens of e-Government in Manabí, Ecuador (3). 

Authors: Ignacio Loor and Lucia Rivadeneira

Title: Documenting and Analyzing Business- and Operational Risks (51). 

Authors: Taivo Kangilaski and Jaanus Kaugerand

12h20 - 12h40

Title: Opportunities of fuzzy voting in decision-making and negotiation techniques in municipal and regional contexts (5). 

Authors: Benjamin Emmenegger, Georgiana Bigea and Edy Portmann.

Title: Cognitive model for epidemiological surveillance in the public space. The case of Chone, Ecuador (60). 

Authors: Jaime Meza, Pedro Jimenez, Karina Mendoza and Leticia Vaca.

12h40 - 14h00

Lunch Break

Restaurant 5th floor

14h00 - 15h00

Keynote 2: Digital Governance Trends 

Prof. Dr. Mete Yıldız 

Room: Auditorium 1.24

15h00 - 15h20

Coffee Break

Session Chair: Jame León
Room: 3.08

Session Chair: José Mancera
Room: 3.14

15h20 - 15h40

Title: The Co-shaping of e-Government and of Information Infrastructures (15). 

Authors: Alain Sandoz and Léa Stiefel.

Title: The evolution of e-voting and its application on electoral process abroad (72). 

Authors: Tatiana Saltos-Hidalgo, Alex Fabián Mejía-Sandoval and Anthony Gaon-Cajamarca.

15h40 - 16h00

Title: Factors influencing trust in e-government services: A meta-analytic review (39). 

Authors: Parul Gupta and Sumedha Chauhan.

Title: All We Need is Voter Feedback: a New Paradigm to Realize Politics without Politicians Using AI Models Aligned with Voter Inputs (73). 

Authors: Nour Diallo, Dana Alsagheer, Lei Xu, Yang Lu, Rabimba Karanjai, Weidong Shi and Mohammad Kamal.

16h00 - 16h20

Title: Development of a fuzzy algorithm for rubric selection (36). 

Authors: Lorena Bowen-Mendoza, Maricela Pinargote-Ortega, Jaime Meza and Sebastián Ventura.

Title: Effects of fuzzy voting on citizen participation: Empirical evidence from Switzerland (13). 

Authors: Daniel Schwarz, Benjamin Emmenegger, Jan Fivaz, Miroslav Hudec and Edy Portmann.

16h20 - 16h40

Coffee Break

Ongoing Research Session

Session Chair: PD Dr. Luis Terán
Room: 3.08

 

16h40 - 17h00

Title: Public Opinion Making and Discussion using Fuzzy Methods

Author: Benjamin Emmenegger

 

17h00 - 17h20

Title: Towards data sovereignty with digital cooperatives: mobility data sharing in the city of Lucerne.

Author: David Huser

 

17h20 - 17h40

Title: Predictive Maintenance and Data Augmentation in Solar Systems

Author: Remo Kälin

 

Tuesday, June 25

08h00 - 09h00

Registration Desk

Room: Hall Auditorium 1.24

09h00 - 10h00

Keynote 3: Value-based Engineering for Ethical AI Design 

Prof. Dr. Sarah Spiekermann

Room: Auditorium 1.24

10h00 - 10h10

Break

Session Chair: Prof. Dr. Patricia Acosta
Room: 3.08

Session Chair: Prof. Dr. Leticia Vaca
Room: 3.14

10h10 - 10h30

Title: Decision-making in digital ethics at the crossroads between reflective equilibrium and discourse ethics (67). 

Authors: Gordon Millar and Bruno Frischherz.

Title: Stress Detection among Higher Education Students: A Comprehensive Systematic Review of Machine Learning Approaches (25). 

Authors: Enrique Javier Macias-Arias, Jorge Parraga-Alava and David Zambrano-Montenegro.

10h30 - 10h50

Title: Digitally-led systemic future-dreaming to inform decision making in healthcare (12). 

Authors: Jan Ferrer i Picó, Michelle Catta-Preta, Alex Trejo Omeñaca, Tino Martí and Josep Maria Monguet i Fierro.

Title: Sentiment Analysis of Peer Feedback with Deep Learning and Semantic Enrichment (35). Authors: Maricela Pinargote-Ortega, Lorena Bowen-Mendoza, Jaime Meza and Sebastián Ventura.

10h50 - 11h10

Title: Tablets as pedagogical devices: Primary teachers’ perspectives (18). 

Authors: Tereza Cahlikova.

Title: Comparative and Business Impact Analysis (BIA) of Cybersecurity Risks in the Use of HTTP or HTTPS Protocols for Web Portals. Case Study: District Municipalities of Metropolitan Lima (4). 

Authors: Angie Centeno, Mariuxi Bruzza and Manuel Tupia

11h10 - 11h40

Coffee Break

Session Chair: Prof. Dr. Patricia Acosta
Room: 3.08

Session Chair: Prof. Dr. Leticia Vaca
Room: 3.14

11h40 - 12h00

Title: Cholo, Indio, Mono: Ecuador and the linguistic context of hate speech on Twitter (41). 

Authors: Jose Gabriel Suntaxi, Lorena Recalde, Edison Loza-Aguirre and Diana Martinez-Mosquera.

Title: Exploring Spanish Languange Patent Classification: A Case Study within the Subclasses of the International Patent Classification System (11). 

Authors: Daniel Atiencia and Jhonny Pincay.

12h00 - 12h20

Title: Immersive virtual reality for the preservation of cultural heritage (64). 

Authors: Jorge Luis Veloz Zambrano, Jean Carlos Palma Escobar, Ader Frederich Suárez Mera and Andrea Katherine Alcívar Cedeño.

Title: Identifying citizen interests during the COVID-19 pandemic using context change in Twitter conversations (54). 

Authors: Juan Carlos García, Xavier Figueroa, Carmen Vaca, Denisse Orozco, Gabriela Baquerizo-Neira, Priscilla Jimenez-Pazmino and Carlos Orellana Fantoni.

12h20 - 12h40

Title: Accessibility and Inclusion in Online National Population Censuses (9). 

Authors: Sandra Sanchez-Gordon, Hugo Arias-Flores and Mary Sánchez-Gordón.

Title: Advances and Challenges in Global Democratic Transformation: A Perspective on the Accessibility of Electronic Voting (56). 

Authors: Edy Cocón-Marroquin, Luis Pusey-Alvarado, Janio Jadán-Guerrero, and Javier Ferrer-Morales 

12h40 - 14h00

Lunch Break

Restaurant 5th floor

14h00 - 15h00

Keynote 4: Inclusion and e-Participation in rural areas 

Prof. Dr. Harekrishna Misra

Room: Main Auditorium 

15h00 - 15h30

Coffee Break

Session Chair: Prof. Tatiana Saltos-Hidalgo
Room: 3.08

Session Chair: Prof. Alex Fabián Mejía
Room: 3.14

15h30 - 15h50

Title: User Characterization Strategies in GDPR-Compliant Environments: Beekeeper AG Case Study (14). 

Authors: José Alberto Mancera Andrade, Luis Terán and Edy Portmann.

Title: Data Consent Management: A Blockchain Solution for User Empowerment and Trust (71). Authors: Carlos Ayala-Tipan, Gabriela Suntaxi, Boris Caiza-Jimenez, Adan Guzman-Castillo and Denys A. Flores.

15h50 - 16h10

Title: A Method to Evaluate User-Centered Self-Adaptive Systems for Smart Environments (16). 

Authors: Marcelo Avila-Fajardo, Christian Quito-Arevalo, Paul Cardenas, Wilson Valdez and Priscila Cedillo.

Title: Digital Inclusion and Culture: Training LLaMA-2 to Empower Kichwa Communities (65). 

Authors: James León, Daniel Riofrio, Felipe Grijalva and Kuymi Tambaco.

16h10 - 16h30

TTitle: The Assessment of Generation Z's Acceptance of Technology-Enhanced Public Bicycle-Sharing System In The Construction of Smart Mobility Through Student-Centricity Solutions In NCKU Campus In Response To Tainan Urban District Railway Underground Project (66). 
Authors: Li-Chun Chiang, Wen-Tung Lin, Kuang-Ting Tai,
Chih-Hung Chen, Ching-Huang Lin, De-Cian Li and Pei-Ju Wu.

Title: Theoretical Connotation and Improvement Path of Government Digital Resilience –A Case Study Based on the Practice of Urban Emergency Management Digital Transformation in China (68). Authors: Yichen Zhang and Fang Wang.

16h30 - 17h00

Coffee Break

Town Hall Session

Session Chair: Dr. Saleem Zougbi
Room: 3.08

 

17h00 - 18h00

Issues of Townhall Discussion: 

  • Global Research Compact: A new diversifying approach of academic conferences?
  • Sustaining the impact of an academic conference for an academic year worldwide
  • The ICEDEG Community: A tri-national partnership into a defined general assembly
  • Initiating a fellowship program for the Community’s international involvement 
  • Suggested topics for ICEDEC 2025

18h00 - 18h40

Closing Cocktail and Sneak Peek at ICEDEG 2025

18h40 - 22h00

Conference tour and dinner by boat: Start from the conference venue and walk to the harbor. The boat departs from the harbor at 19h12 (you can get on the boat from 18h45).

Wednesday, June 26 

08h00 - 09h00

Registration Desk

In front of Room 3.08

Room: 3.08

Room: 3.12

Room: 3.14

09h00 - 10h30

Tutorial 1A

Title: Voting Advice Applications: Design, Implementation, and Impact.

Instructors: Robin Bartlett Rissi, Luis Terán, José Mancera, and Carine Hunziker. 

 

Tutorial 3A

Title: Imagining Governance in 2050

Instructors: Jan Ferrer i Picó, Josep Maria Monguet i Fierro, Michelle Catta-Preta, and Alex Trejo Omeñaca

10h30 - 11h00

Coffee Break

11h00 - 12h30

Tutorial 1B

Continued: Tutorial 1A

 

Tutorial 3B

Continued: Tutorial 3A

12h30 - 14h00

Lunch Break

Restaurant 5th floor

14h00 - 15h30

Tutorial 4A

Title: Trust in Digital Government Services Revisited: Will PKI and Blockchain Incorporate in the Zero-Trust Era.

Instructors: Mohamed Hamdi and Manel Abdelkader.

 

Tutorial 5A

Title: Embracing the Future: Implementing Self-Sovereign Identity and Switzerland’s New Digital Identity Law.

Instructors: Tim Weingartner, Rolf Rauschenbach, Daniel Säuberli, and Vasily Suvorov

15h30 - 16h00

Coffee Break

16h00 - 17h30

Tutorial 4B

Continued: Tutorial 4A

 

Tutorial 5B

Continued: Tutorial 5A

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ICEDEG 2026
8 - 10 July 2026
Lisbon, Portugal

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