Organizing Committees
General Chairs
Simone Ludwig, North Dakota State University, USA
Ajith Abraham, Machine Intelligence Research Labs (MIR Labs), USA
Vaclav Snasel, VSB-Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
Technical Program Committee Chair
Reda Alhajj, University of Calgary, Canada
Publication Chair
Azah Kamilah Muda, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia
Local Organizing Committee
Nailah Al-Madi, North Dakota State University, USA
Min Chen, North Dakota State University, USA
Ibrahim Aljarah, North Dakota State University, USA
Stephanie Sculthorp, North Dakota State University, USA
Web Administrator
Kun Ma, University of Jinan, China
International Program Committee
Abdel-Badeeh Salem, Egypt
Abdullah Uz Tansel, City University of New York, United States
Alberto Cano, University of Córdoba, Spain
Alfredo Cuzzocrea, ICAR-CNR and University of Calabria, Italy
Ali Norouzi, Istanbul University, Turkey
Alicia Troncoso, Pablo de Olavide University, Spain
Alneu Lopes, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil
Amel Bouzeghoub Institut TELECOM Sudparis, France
Amelia Zafra Gómez, University of Córdoba, Spain
Ana M. Bernardos, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
Ana Madureira, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
Andre Carvalho, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Andres Ortiz, Universidad of Málaga, Spain
Anirban Kundu, Kuang-Chi Institute of Advanced Technology, China
Antonio Dourado, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Arash Shaban-Nejad, McGill University, Canada
Ashraf Darwish, Egypt
Ashraf Saad, Armstrong Atlantic State University, United States
Azah Kamilah Muda, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia
Carlos Pereira, Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra, Portugal
Cerasela Crisan, "Vasile Alecsandri" University of Bacau, Romania
César Hervás-Martínez, University of Córdoba, Spain
Dante Tapia, University of Salamanca, Spain
Dario Landa-Silva, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
Darya Chyzhyk, University of Basque Country, Spain
Diego Pablo Ruiz, University of Granada, Spain
Diptiman Dasgupta, IBM India Private Limited, India
Dusan Husek, Institute of Computer Science, Czech Republic
Eiji Uchino, Yamaguchi University, Japan
Fabrice Rossi, Université Paris 1, France
Fatos Xhafa, Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Spain
Fermin Segovia, University of Granada, Spain
Gerardo M. Mendez, Instituto Tecnologico de Nuevo Leon, Mexico
Gonzalo A. Aranda-Corral, Universidad de Huelva, Spain
Hana Rezankova, University of Economics, Czech Republic
Igor Ruiz-Agundez, University of Deusto, Spain
Ingo R. Keck, University of Regensburg, Germany
Irene Diaz, University of Oviedo, Spain
Isabel Barbancho, Universidad of Málaga, Spain
Javier Bajo, University of Salamanca, Spain
Javier De Lope, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
Javier Sánchez-Monedero, University of Córdoba, Spain
Javier Sedano, Technological Institute of Castilla y Leon, Spain
Jaydip Sen, Tata Consultancy Services, India
Jianwu Xu, University of Chicago, United States
Joaquin Derrac, University of Granada, Spain
Jonathan Chan, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand
Jose A. Piedra-Fernandez, University Of Almeria, Spain
Jose Garcia-Rodriguez, University of Alicante, Spain
Jose Luis Calvo Rolle, Universidad de A Corunha, Spain
Jose M. Molina, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
José Ramón Villar, University of Oviedo, Spain
Jose-María Luna, University of Córdoba, Spain
Joses Ranilla, Spain
Juan Álvaro Muñoz Naranjo. University of Almería, Almería, Spain
Juan Arturo Nolazco Flores, Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de
Juan Botia, Universidad de Murcia, Spain
Juan Francisco De Paz Santana, Universidad de Salamanca, Spain
Juan J. Flores, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo, Mexico
Juan-Luis Olmo, University of Córdoba, Spain
Julio Ponce, Universidad Autnoma de Aguascalientes, Mexico
Karmele López de Ipi˜na, University of the Basque Country, Spain
Katarzyna Wegrzyn-Wolska, ESIGETEL, France
Kewen Zhao, University of Qiongzhou, China
Kun Ma, University of Jinan, China
Kyriakos Kritikos, Foundation for Research and Technology, Greece
Laurence T. Yang, St Francis Xavier University, Canada
Lenka Lhotska, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic
Leocadio G. Casado, University of Almería, Spain
Lotfi Ben Othmane, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands
Luciano Baresi, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Manuel Grana, University of Basque Country, Spain
Maria Bielikova, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Slovakia
Martí Navarro, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain
Martin Gaedke, Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany
Massimiliano Pala, Polytechnic Institute of New York University, USA
Matjaz Gams, Jozef Stefan Institute, Slovenia
Mehmet Kaya, Firat University, Turkey
Michal Wozniak, Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland
Miguel ángel Veganzones, Universidad del País Vasco, Spain
Mrutyunjaya Panda, Gandhi Institute for Technological Advancement (GITA), India
Nader Mohamed, UAE University, United Emirates Arab
Nicola Di Mauro, Università di Bari, Italy
Ozgur Sahingoz, Istanbul Kültür üniversitesi, Turkey
Ozgur Ulusoy, Bilkent University, Turkey
Pascal Bouvry, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Pasquale De Meo, Università Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria, Italy
Paul Mueller, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Germany
Paula M. Castro Castro, University of A Coruña, Spain
Pedro Antonio Gutierrez, University of Córdoba, Spain
Petrica Claudiu Pop, North University of Baia Mare, Romania
Przemyslaw Kazienko, Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland
Qiang Tang, University of Twente, Netherlands
Rafael Corchuelo, University of Seville, Spain
Ricardo Del Olmo, Universidad de Burgos, Spain
Richard Duro, Universidade da Coruna, Spain
Robert Burduk, Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland
Roberto Uribeetxeberria, Mondragon Unibertsitatea, Spain
Ronald Yager, Machine Intelligence Institute - Iona College, United States
Sang Yong Han, Chung-Ang University, Korea
Sara Rodríguez, University of Salamanca, Spain
Satchidananda Dehuri, Fakir Mohanh University, India
Schahram Dustdar, Technische Universiti Wien, Austria
Sean Holden, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Shailendra Singh, National Institute of Technical Teachers' Training and Reseach, India
Sooyoung Lee, KAIST, Korea
Sung-Bae Cho, Yonsei University, Korea
Susan Koruth, Qatar
Theodoros Semertzidis, Informatics and Telematics Institute, Greece
Urko Zurutuza, Mondragon Unibertsitatea, Spain
Vaclav Snasel, VSB – Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
Vicente Julian, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain
Vincenzo De Florio, Universiteit Antwerpen, Belgia
Wael Elmedany, University of Bahrain, Bahrain
Wei-Chiang Hong, Oriental Institute of Technology, Taiwan
Wenjian Luo, University of Science and Technology of China, China
Werner Retschitzegger, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria
William Grosky, University of Michigan, United States
Witold Abramowicz, Poznan University of Economics, Poland
Yacine Atif, UAE University, United Emirates Arab
Yannis Marinakis, Technical University of Crete, Greece
Ying Tan, Peking University, China
Yun-Huoy Choo, University Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia
