Faculty and Staff of Information Systems Group

Staff

• Prof. Dr. Dimka Karastoyanova, head of group
• Prof. dr. George Azzopardi
• Dr. Fadi Mohsen
• Dr. Mirela Riveni

Post-doctoral Researchers

• Dr. Guru Swaroop Bennabhaktula, 01-Sep-2023 - to date

PhD Students

• Novia Arum Sari, 01-Jan-2026 - to date.
  • Supervision team: Dimka Karastoyanova, Mirela Riveni
• Alexandre Uliana, 01-Jan-2-26 - to date. Promotors: Prof. Peter van Ooijen (UMCG), Dimka Karastoyanova
• Amey Bhole?, 01-Jan-2026 - to date
  • Supervision team:
• Samer Huwari, 01-Nov-2025 - to date
  • Supervision team: Fadi Mohsen, George Azzopardi
• Aliaa Tuqan, 01-June-2025 - to date
  • Supervision team: Fadi Mohsen, Dimka Karastoyanova
• Jeroen Pijpker,
  • Supervision team: Fadi Mohsen, Stephen McCombie, HNL Stenden, Dimka Karastoyanova
• Rafael Martínez García Peña, 01-July-2024 - to date
  • Supervision team: George Azzopardi
• Changmin Tian, 01-Nov-2024 - to date
  • Supervision team: George Azzopardi
• Eugene Shenderov, 01-April-2024 - to date.
  • Supervision team: Dr. Eelco Braad, Dr. Austin Dsouza, Rix Groenboom, HANZE, Dimka Karastoyanova
• Ludwig Stage, 01-Dec-2023 - to date.
  • Supervision team: Dimka Karastoyanova, Mirela Riveni, Raimundas Matulevičius, University of Tartu
• Peter van der Wal, 01-Nov-2023 - to date
  • Supervision team: George Azzopardi
• Sabatino Esposito, 01-February-2023 - to date
  • Supervision team:
• Tariq Bontekoe, 01-Dec-2022 - to date
  • Supervision team: Hassan Asghar, MacQuarie University, Sidney, Dimka Karastoyanova
• Mohammed Alghazwi, 01-Nov-2019 - to date
  • Supervision team: Fatih Turkmen, Dimka Karastoyanova
• Arash Yadegari, 01-Apr-2019 - to date
  • Supervision team: Dimka Karastoyanova

Former Group Members

• Dr. Michel Medema, 01-Feb-2024 - 28-02-2026, UMCG
• Dr. Estefania Talavera Martínez, University of Twente
• Arya Dharmaadi, 01-April-2023 - 28-02-2025
• Ali Satvaty, 01-September-2023 - 28-02-2025
• Pablo Sorrentino?, 01-Oct-2024 - 28-02-2025
• Prof. dr. Fatih Turkmen
• Liang Song, 01-Jul-2018 - 15-Jan-2020

Graduated PhD Students

• Steven N. Machetho, 01-March-2022 - 9-Dec-2025
• Anusha Aswath, 01-Sep-2020 - 24-Jun-2025
• Dagmar Heeg, 2021 - 2025,Promotors: Prof. Lucy Avraamodou, Dimka Karastoyanova
• Nafiseh Soveizi, 01-Oct-2019 - 04-March-2025
• Ali Reza Ghavamipour, defense date: 3-Dec-2024
• Ahmad Alsahaf, 01-02-2016 - to date (supervised in collaboration with the Intelligent Systems group, BI, RUG)
• Xueyi Wang, defense date: 4-Mar-2024
• Guru Swaroop Bennabhaktula, defense date: 18-May-2023
• Astone Shi, 01-09-2012 - 2022 (supervised in collaboration with the Intelligent Systems group, BI, RUG)

Research Assistant

• Derrick Timmerman, 01-12-2020 - 30-05-2021 (employed with funding from the Gratama Foundation)

Visiting PhD Student

• Bruno Vento, University of Salerno, Italy, 01-Sep-2024 - 28-Feb-2025
• Wen Shi, Southeast University, Nanjing, P. R. China, 15-11-2022 - 30-04-2024
• Surajit Saikia, University of Leon, 01-Feb-2019 - 30-Apr-2019

Visiting Scientists

• Dr. Joshua Ellul, University of Malta, Jul 2018

Visiting Students

• Ferdinando Cuomo, University of Salerno, Italy, 1-Sep-2024 - 28-Feb-2025
• Fabrizio Sarno, University of Salerno, Italy, 1-Sep-2024 - 28-Feb-2025
• Efe Nadir, Sabanci University, Turkey, Jun-Aug, 2018
• Vikram Shenoy, Mumbai University, India, Aug-Oct, 2018