Conference Committee

IEEE COINS 2026 is organized by a dedicated international committee from leading institutions worldwide.

General Co-Chairs
Danilo Pau
Danilo Pau
STMicroelectronics, Italy
Andrea Acquaviva
Andrea Acquaviva
University of Bologna, Italy
Program Co-Chairs
Florenc Demrozi
Florenc Demrozi
University of Stavanger, Norway
florenc.demrozi@uis.no
Federica Zonzini
Federica Zonzini
University of Bologna, Italy
federica.zonzini@unibo.it
Steering Committee
KC
Krishnendu Chakrabarty
Arizona State University
Co-Founder & Steering Committee Co-Chair
FF
Farshad Firouzi
Johns Hopkins University
Co-Founder & Steering Committee Co-Chair
JR
Jan M. Rabaey
UC Berkeley
DP
David Z. Pan
University of Texas at Austin
MS
Majid Sarrafzadeh
UCLA
MD
Mahmoud Daneshmand
Stevens Institute of Technology
HW
Honggang Wang
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
BF
Bahar Farahani
Cyberspace Institute
Industrial Chair
MM
Michele Magno
ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Finance Chair
JC
Jimmy Chen
NTU, Taiwan
kcchen@nycu.edu.tw
Publication Co-Chairs
FB
Francesco Barchi
University of Bologna, Italy
francesco.barchi@unibo.it
KL
Kexin Li
Arizona State University, USA
Registration Co-Chairs
SB
Setareh Behroozi
University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
LC
Luigi Capogrosso
(IT:U), Austria
luigi.capogrosso@it-u.at
Local Chairs
EG
Elena Gnani
University of Bologna, Italy
LM
Luca De Marchi
University of Bologna, Italy
DNL Co-Chairs
BF
Bahar Farahani
Shahid Beheshti University, Iran
farahani.ict@gmail.com
SV
Sara Vinco
Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Publicity Co-Chairs
ND
Nicola Dall'Ora
Guglielmo Marconi University, Italy
AS
Aly Sabri Abdalla
Mississippi State University, USA
JS
Jessica Sena de Souza
University of Florida, USA
SK
Sumit K. Mandal
Indian Institute of Science, India
NB
Nicolo Bellarmino
Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Track Chairs
T1 — AI Hardware, Circuits, and Devices
MP
Maryam Parsa
George Mason University, USA
mparsa@gmu.edu
NB
Nathaniel Bleier
University of Michigan, USA
nbleier@umich.edu
T2 — AI-Driven Design Automation and Optimization
AB
Alessio Burrello
Polytechnic of Turin, Italy
alessio.burrello@polito.it
PZ
Peipei Zhou
Brown University, USA
peipei_zhou@brown.edu
T3 — AI Architectures and Systems Design
ER
Edoardo Ragusa
University of Genoa, Italy
edoardo.ragusa@unige.it
FZ
Federica Zonzini
University of Bologna, Italy
federica.zonzini@unibo.it
T4 — AI-Native Connectivity, Networks, and Distributed Intelligence
SK
Sokol Kosta
Aalborg University, Denmark
sok@es.aau.dk
LB
Luca Borgianni
Xtremion + University of Pisa, Italy
luca.borgianni@xtremion.com
T5 — Cloud, Infrastructure, and Data-Centric Intelligence
LI
Leila Ismail
United Arab Emirates University, UAE
leila@uaeu.ac.ae
RY
Renyu Yang
Beihang University, China
renyuyang@buaa.edu.cn
T6 — Internet of Things (IoT) and Cyber-Physical Intelligence
FB
Francesco Barchi
University of Bologna, Italy
francesco.barchi@unibo.it
FP
Francesco Ponzio
Polytechnic of Turin, Italy
francesco.ponzio@polito.it
T7 — Secure, Reliable, and Trustworthy AI Systems
AR
Annachiara Ruospo
Polytechnic of Turin, Italy
annachiara.ruospo@polito.it
FR
Francesco Regazzoni
Università della Svizzera italiana, Switzerland
francesco.regazzoni@usi.ch
T8 — Agentic and Robotic AI Systems
MH
Mary He
University of Salford, UK
H.He5@salford.ac.uk
LF
Laura Falaschetti
Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy
l.falaschetti@staff.univpm.it
T9 — Foundational, Generative, and Cognitive AI
YL
Yante Li
University of Oulu, Finland
Yante.Li@oulu.fi
YM
Yang Merik Liu
Stanford University, USA
yl2025@stanford.edu
T10 — Human-Centered AI, Interaction, and Visualization
FA
Fadi Al Machot
Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway
fadi.almachot@nmbu.no
EV
Edlira Vakaj
Birmingham City University, UK
Edlira.Vakaj@bcu.ac.uk
T11 — Responsible, Ethical, and Sustainable AI
FO
Ferhat Ozgur Catak
University of Stavanger, Norway
f.ozgur.catak@uis.no
OE
Ogerta Elezaj
Birmingham City University, UK
ogerta.elezaj@bcu.ac.uk
T12 — AI Applications across Smart, Industrial, and Sustainable Domains
IR
Ioanna Roussaki
National Technical University of Athens, Greece
ioanna.roussaki@cn.ntua.gr
LB
Luigi Borzi
Polytechnic of Turin, Italy
luigi.borzi@polito.it
Full Committee

This listing reflects key committee roles. The full committee, including all track chairs and program committee members, is published in the proceedings. Contact: coins@coinsconf.com