Paradigm Shifts in Educational Technology and Administration Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Educational Technology and Administration (EduTA2025)

Prof. (Dr.) Srikanta Patnaik, Chairman and Founder Director of Interscience Institute of Management & Technology, earned his Ph.D. in Computational Intelligence from Jadavpur University in 1999. He has supervised 34 Ph.D. and over 60 M.Tech theses in Machine Intelligence and Soft Computing. With more than 100 research publications, 3 textbooks and more than 100 edited books, he is an academic leader. He serves as Editor-in-Chief of reputed International Journals and Springer Book Series. He has delivered keynote talks in over 20 countries and participated in UNESCO meetings on AI and Human Rights. 

Prof. (Dr.) Fred Paas is professor of Educational Psychology at the Department of Psychology, Education and Child Studies of Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands. He holds a master's degree (1988) in human movement sciences and a Ph.D. degree (1993) in instructional technology. He is one of the pioneers of cognitive load theory. His research examines the cognitive architecture that underlies learning and instruction, with a focus on self-regulated learning, multimedia learning, embodied cognition, and the effects of physical activity on cognition and learning. He has authored or co-authored nearly 400 scholarly publications. His contributions have been recognized through his election as Fellow of the American Educational Research Association and through consistent top rankings among the most productive and most cited scholars in educational psychology. He currently serves as Visiting Professor at the University of New South Wales and maintains active international collaborations across Europe, Asia, and Australia.

Prof. (Dr.) Anna Esposito received her “Laurea Degree” summa cum laude in Information Technology and Computer Science from University of Salerno in 1989 with a thesis on: The Behavior and Learning of a Deterministic Neural Net. She received her Ph.D. Degree in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science from University of Napoli “Federico II” in 1995. Her Ph.D. thesis on:  Vowel Height and Consonantal Voicing Effects: Data from Italian (published on Phonetica, vol 59(4),197-231, 2002) was developed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Research Laboratory of Electronics (RLE), under the supervision of Professor Kenneth N Stevens. She has been the post-doc at the International Institute for Advanced Scientific Studies (IIASS), an assistant professor at the Department of Physics at the University of Salerno (Italy), and a research professor (2000–2002) at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Wright State University (WSU), Dayton, OH, USA. 

Prof. (Dr.) Taosheng Wang is a doctor, professor of Applied Economics (International Trade Direction), specialist of General Office of the State Council, director of Chinese Society of World Economy, vice chairman of the Expert Committee of China Association of Trade in Service, master tutor. He is the dean of School of Business of Hunan International Economics University, chief expert of the provincial-level social science key research base. He is also foregoer of provincial-level key construction course “International Trade,” provincial-level teaching team “International Trade,” provincial-level characteristic specialty “International Economics and Trade.” His main research areas are international economic and trade theory and policy; institutional innovation and international trade; international competitive advantage and competitive strategy.