International Programme Committee
The role of the IPC is as follows:-- To advise on the organisation of the conference;
- To promote the conference and bring it to the attention of other researchers;
- To advise on the topics of the conference;
- To help with the paper review process
- To assist in monitoring overall quality.
The IPC consists of the following members and, in addition, all Invited Session Chairs:-
Name | Affiliation |
Dr. Alanis Arnulfo G.  | Instituto Tecnológico de Tijuana, México  |
Prof. Ahmad Taher Azar  | Prince Sultan University, Saudi Arabia  |
Assoc. Prof. Adrian S. Barb  | Penn State University, USA  |
Assoc. Prof. Smaranda Belciug  | University of Craiova, Romania  |
Prof. Isabelle Bichindaritz  | State University of New York - Oswego, USA  |
Dr. Brenda Bogaert  | Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3, France  |
Dr. Christopher Buckingham  | Aston University, UK  |
Prof. Yen-Wei Chen  | Ritsumeikan University, Japan  |
Prof. José Manuel Fonseca  | NOVA University of Lisbon, Portugal  |
Prof. Yoshiaki Fukami  | Keio / Tokyo University of Sciences, Japan  |
Dr. Oana Geman  | University Stefan cel Mare of Suceava, Romania  |
Prof. Maria Iacob  | University of Twente, Netherlands  |
Dr. Anca Ignat  | Alexandru Ioan Cuza of Iasi, Romania  |
Prof. Rashmi Jain  | Montclair State University, USA  |
Prof. Bill Kapralos  | Ontario Tech University, Canada  |
Prof. Dalia Kriksciuniene  | Vilnius University, Lithuania  |
Prof. Jingbing Li  | Hainan University, China  |
Assoc. Prof. Liang Li  | Ritsumeikan University, Japan  |
Dr. Michaela Luca  | Institute of Computer Science, Romanian Academy, IaÅŸi Branch, Romania  |
Dr. Daniela Lopez De Luise  | CI2S Labs, Universidad Abierta Interamericana, Argentina  |
Dr. Ivan Macia  | VICOMTECH, Spain  |
Prof. Yoshimasa Masuda  | Carnegie Mellon University, USA / Tokyo University of Science, Keio University, Japan  |
Dr. Kazuyuki Matsumoto  | University of Tokushima, Japan  |
Prof. Rashid Mehmood  | King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia  |
Prof. Mayuri Mehta  | Sarvajanik College of Engineering and Technology, India  |
Prof. Polina Mihova  | New Bulgarian University, Bulgaria  |
Prof. Victor Mitrana  | Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain  |
Prof. Marek R. Ogiela  | AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland  |
Dr. Vijayalakshmi Ramasamy  | University of Wisconsin - Parkside, USA  |
Prof. Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues  | China University of Petroleum, China  |
Prof. Virgilijus Sakalauskas  | Vilnius University, Lithuania  |
Prof. Donald S. Shepard  | Brandeis University, USA  |
Prof. Margarita Stankova  | New Bulgarian University, Bulgaria  |
Dr. Ruxandra Stoean  | University of Craiova, Romania  |
Prof. Kazuyoshi Tagawa  | Aichi University of Technology, Japan  |
Prof. Satoshi Tanaka  | Ritsumeikan University, Japan  |
Prof. Eiji Uchino  | Yamaguchi University, Japan  |
Prof. Athanasios V. Vasilakos  | University of Agder, Norway  |
Prof. Didier Vinot  | Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3, France  |
Dr. Junzo Watada  | Waseda University, Japan  |
Assoc. Prof. Rui Xu  | Dalian University of Technology, China  |
Prof. Yoshiyuki Yabuuchi  | Shimonoseki City University, Japan  |
Prof. Shuichiro Yamamoto  | Nagoya University, Japan  |
Dr. Yulin Yang  | Ritsumeikan University, Japan  |
Prof. Hiroyuki Yoshida  | Harvard Medical School, USA  |