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MDPI Reviewer Club 2026 | Engineering Session 2

Name: MDPI Reviewer Club 2026 | Engineering Session 2
Start: 2026-02-05T14:00:00
End: 2026-02-05T15:20:00

05 February 2026

14:00 (CET)

Online

Welcome from
the chair

Welcome to the MDPI Reviewer Club 2026 | Engineering Session 2.

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Date: 05 February 2026
Time: 2:00 pm CEST | 9:00 pm CST (Asia) | 8:00 am EST
Webinar ID: 814 6288 4944
Webinar Secretariat: journal.webinar@mdpi.com

Meet the Event Chair

Ms. Regine Chia

MDPI

Meet Our Speakers

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Dr. Giacomo Peruzzi

Department of Information Engineering, University of Padova, Italy;
Giacomo Peruzzi received the B.Sc. degree in information engineering, the M.Sc. degree in computer and automation engineering, and the Ph.D. degree in information engineering and science from the University of Siena, Siena, Italy, in 2016, 2019, and 2023, respectively. He is currently a Research Fellow with the Department of Information Engineering, University of Padova, Padua, Italy. His current research interests include fields of the Internet of Things (IoT) and distributed measurement systems. In particular, he deals with wireless sensor networks (WSNs) for monitoring systems that are enabled by low-power wide-area network (LPWAN) technologies, as well as embedded machine learning (ML) for measurement infrastructures.

Dr. Georgi Gary Rozenman

Department of Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States;
Georgi Gary Rozenman is a C.L.E. Moore Instructor in the Department of Mathematics at MIT, where he works at the interface of fluid dynamics, quantum physics, and applied mathematics. He received his Ph.D. in Physics from Tel Aviv University, where he studied quantum mechanical analogies in surface gravity waves and also developed optical platforms for quantum communication and free-space quantum key distribution. Before joining MIT, he held postdoctoral appointments in both quantum cryptography, bridging experimental and theoretical approaches. His research includes hydrodynamic analogs of quantum and gravitational phenomena—such as the Aharonov–Bohm effect and rotating black holes—as well as the development of energy-efficient quantum cryptography testbeds. He has authored more than 20 peer-reviewed papers, supervised undergraduate research projects, and regularly collaborates across physics, engineering, and applied mathematics.

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Programme

Speaker	Presentation Title	Time in CET	Time in EST	Time in CST Asia
	MDPI Introduction	2:00 – 2:10 PM	8:00 – 8:10 AM	9:00 – 9:10 PM
Dr. Giacomo Peruzzi	Peer Review Between Judgment and Automation - Keeping it Human in the Age of AI	2:10 – 2:30 PM	8:10 – 8:30 AM	9:10 – 9:30 PM
Dr. Georgi Gary Rozenman	Rewiring Peer Review in the Age of Screenshots, Simulations, and AI Generated Synthetic Data	2:30 – 2:50 PM	8:30 – 8:50 AM	9:30 – 9:50 PM
	Q&A	2:50 – 3:10 PM	8:50 – 9:10 AM	9:50 – 10:10 PM
	Closing of Webinar	3:10 – 3:20 PM	9:10 – 9:20 AM	10:10 – 10:20 PM