Organization Committee

General Chairs

  (Kyushu University, Japan)
(Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)

Program Committee Chairs

(Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan)
(Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan)

Special Sessions and Events Chairs
(West University of Timisoara, Romania)
(Helsinki University of Technology, Finland)

Emergent Technologies Committee Chair

(University of Pretoria, South Africa)

Publication Chair

(University of Sao Paulo at Sao Carlos, Brazil)

Finance Chair

(Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic)

Local Arrangement Chairs
(Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan)
(Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan)

Webmasters

(University of Jinan, China)

Registration Chair

(Hiroshima University, Japan)

Publicity Chair

(Osaka Prefecture University,Japan)

Advisory Board

Yukinori Suzuki (Muroran Institute of Technology, Japan)
Takeshi Yamakawa (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan)

Publicity Committee

(Osaka Prefecture University, Japan) (Chair)
Emilio Corchado (University of Salamanca, Spain)
Keshav Dahal (University of Bradford, UK)
Gerald Schaefer (Loughborough University, UK)
Silvio Bortoleto (University Positivo, Brazil)
Mohamed Fayad (San Jose State University, USA)
James Peters (University of Manitoba, Canada)
Longbing Cao (University of Technology, Sydney, Australia)
Yusuke Nojima (Osaka Prefecture University, Japan)
Ponnuthurai N. Suganthan (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
Sung-Bae Cho (Yonsei University, Korea)
Chang-Shing Lee (National University of Tainan, Taiwan)
Ke Tang (University of Science and Technology of China, China)

Emergent Technologies Committee

(University of Pretoria, South Africa) (Chair)
Tim Hendtlass (winburne University of Technology, Australia)
Patrick Siarry (University Paris XII Val de Marne, France)
Janusz Kacprzyk (Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland)
Jacek Zurada (University of Louisville, USA)
Gusz Eiben (Vrije University Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Special Sessions and Events Committee
(West University of Timisoara, Romania) (Chair)
(Helsinki University of Technology, Finland) (Chair)
Bruno Apolloni (University of Milan, Italy)
Amir Atiya (Cairo University, Egypt)
Silvio Bortoleto (University Positivo, Brazil)
Abdelhamid Bouchachia (University of Klagenfurt, Austria)
Longbing Cao (University of Technology, Sydney, Australia)
Sung-Bae Cho (Yonsei University, Korea)
Emilio Corchado (University of Salamanca, Spain)
Ernesto Cuadros-Vargas (Universidad Católica San Pablo, Peru)
Kusum Deep (Indian Institute Of Technology Roorkee, India)
Mohamed Fayad (San Jose State University, USA)
Ashish Gosh (Indian Statistical Institute, India)
Crina Grosan (Babes Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
Chang-Shing Lee (National University of Tainan, Taiwan)
Liu Dalian (Maritime University, Dalian, China)
Chu Kiong Loo (Multimedia University (Melaka), Malaysia)
Yusuke Nojima (Osaka Prefecture University, Japan)
Jeng-Shyang Pan (National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences, Taiwan)
Bijaya Ketan Panigrahi (G.H. Raisoni College of Engineering)
Millie Pant (Indian Institute Of Technology Roorkee, India)
James Peters (University of Manitoba, Canada)
Gerald Schaefer (Loughborough University, UK)
Siti Mariyam Shamsuddin (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia)
Dipti Srinivasan (National University of Singapore)
Ponnuthurai N. Suganthan (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
Ke Tang (University of Science and Technology of China, China)
Michal Wozniak (Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland)
Fatos Xhafa (Technical University of Catalonia, Spain)

International Program Committee

(Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan) (Chair)
(Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan) (Chair)

 Shandar Ahmad (National Institute of Biomedical Innovation, Japan)
Plamen Angelov (Lancaster University, UK)
Bruno Apolloni (University of Milan, Italy)
Akira Asano (Hiroshima University, Japan)
Preeti Bajaj (G H Raisoni College of Engineering, Nagpur, India)
Ramiro Barbosa (Institute of Engineering of Porto, Portugal)
Anna Bartkowiak (University of Wroclaw, Poland)
Michael Blumenstein (Griffith University, Australia)
Abdelhamid Bouchachia (University of Klagenfurt, Austria)
Stefano Cagnoni (University of Parma, Italy)
Andre Carvalho (University of Sao Paulo, Brazil)
Oscar Castillo (Tijuana Institute of Technology, Mexico)
Basabi Chakraborty (Iwate Prefectural University, Japan)
Manohar Chandwani (Devi Ahilya University, India)
Bao Rong Chang (National University of Kaohsiung, Taiwan)
Ying-ping Chen (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan)
Sung-Bae Cho (Yonsei University, Korea)
Yun Huoy Choo (Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia)
Emilio Corchado (University of Burgos, Spain)
Oscar Cordon (European Centre for Soft Computing, Spain)
David Corne (Heriot-Watt University, UK)
Jose Alfredo Costa (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil)
Keshav Dahal (University of Bradford, UK)
Ernesto Damiani (University of Milan, Italy)
Swagatham Das (Jadavpur University, India)
Dipankar Dasgupta (The University of Memphis, USA)
Bernard De Baets (Ghent University, Belgium)
Massimo De Gregorio (Istituto di Cibernetica “E. Caianiello” – CNR, Italy)
Kalyanmoy Deb (Deva Raj Chair Professor, India)
Richard Duro (Universidad de la Coruna, Spain)
Kubilay Ecerkale (Istanbul University, Turkey)
Abdennour El Rhalibi (Liverpool John Moores University, UK)
Antonio Gaspar-Cunha (University of Minho, Portugal)
Crina Grosan (Babes-Bolyai University, Romania)
Dongbing Gu (University of Essex, UK)
Steven Guan (Xian Jiatong-Liverpool University, Australia)
Kevin Guelton (Universite de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, France)
Hani Hagras (University of Essex, UK)
Ramin Halavati (Sharif University of Technology, Iran)
Saman Halgamuge (The University of Melbourne, Australia)
Aboul Ella Hassanien (University of Cairo, Egypt)
Arturo Hernández-Aguirre (Center for Research in Mathematics, Mexico)
Julio Hernandez-Castro (University of Portsmouth, UK)
Francisco Herrera (University of Granada, Spain)
Tzung-Pei Hong (National University of Kaohsiung, Taiwan)
Wei-Chiang Hong (Oriental Institute of Technology, Taiwan)
Daniel Howard (QinetiQ, UK)
Zuwairie Ibrahim (University of Technology Malaysia, Malaysia)
Liliana Ironi (National Council Of Researches (CNR), Italy)
Richard Jensen (Aberystwyth University, UK)
Isabel Jesus (Institute of Engineering of Porto – ISEP, Portugal)
Yaochu Jin (Honda Research Institute Europe, Germany)
Er Joo (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
Ivan Jordanov (University of Portsmouth, UK)
Janusz Kacprzyk (Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland)
Faisal Khan (Khalifa University of Science, Technology & Research, UAE)
Frank Klawonn (Ostfalia University, Germany)
Andreas Koenig (University of Kaiserslautern, Germany)
Bernadetta Kwintiana Ane (Universitaet Stuttgart, Germany)
Dominique Laurent (University of Cergy-Pontoise, France)
Chin-Feng Lee (Chaoyang University of Technology, Taiwan)
Jong-Hyouk Lee (INRIA, France)
Andrew Lewis (Griffith University, Australia)
Leida Li (China University of Mining and Technology, P.R. China)
Zhao Liang (University of Sao Paulo, Brazil)
Honghai Liu (PORT, UK)
Rene Mayorga (University of Regina, Canada, Canada)
Patricia Melin (Tijuana Institute of Tecnnology, Mexico)
Azah Kamilah Muda (Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia)
Mike Nachtegael (Ghent University, Belgium)
Kazumi Nakamatsu (University of Hyogo, Japan)
Tomoharu Nakashima (Osaka Prefecture University, Japan)
Roman Neruda (Institute of Computer Science, Czech Republic)
Julio Nievola (Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Parana – PUCPR, Brazil)
Yusuke Nojima (Osaka Prefecture University, Japan)
Jorge Nunez Mc Leod (Universidad Nacional de Cuyo – CONICET, Argentina)
Michael O’Neil (University College Dublin, Ireland)
Gabriella Pasi (Universita degli Studi di Milano Bicocca, Italy)
Sandeep Paul (Dayalbagh Educational Institute, India)
Witold Pedrycz (University of Alberta, Canada)
Sabri Pllana (University of Vienna, Austria)
S. G. Ponnambalam (Monash University Sunway Campus, Malaysia)
Aurora Pozo (Federal University of Parana, Brazil)
Radu-Emil Precup (Politehnica University of Timisoara, Romania)
Andri Riid (Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia)
Selva Rivera (Cuyo National University, Argentina)
Ramon Sagarna (University of the Basque Country, Spain)
N. C. Sahoo (Indian Institute of Technology, India)
Luciano Sanchez (University of Oviedo, Spain)
Giovanni Semeraro (University of Bari, Italy)
Patrick Siarry (University of Paris XII, France)
Georgios Sirakoulis (Democritus University of Thrace, Greece)
Sang Suh (Texas A&M University – Commerce, USA)
Eulalia Szmidt (Systems Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland)
Kang Tai (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
Ying Tan (Peking University, P.R. China)
Juan Tapiador (University of York, UK)
Ayeley Tchangani (University Toulouse III, France)
İzzettin Temiz (Gazi University, Turkey)
Luigi Troiano (University of Sannio, Italy)
Elpida Tzafestas (University of Athens, Greece)
Eiji Uchino (Yamaguchi University, Japan)
Olgierd Unold (Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland)
Gancho Vachkov (Kagawa University, Japan)
Christian Veenhuis (Berlin University of Technology, Germany)
Marley Vellasco (Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Sebastian Ventura (University of Cordoba, Spain)
Enrique Viedma (University of Granada, Spain)
Alessandro E. P. Villa (Neuroheuristic Research Group, Institute of Information Sciences, Switzerland)
Michael Vrahatis (University of Patras, Greece)
Naoki Wakamiya (Osaka University, Japan)
Fatos Xhafa (UPC, Barcelona, Spain, Spain)
Ronald Yager (Iona College, USA)
Ruqiang Yan (Southeast University, P.R. China)
Zhigang Zeng (Huazhong University of Science and Technology, P.R. China)
Yao Zhao (Beijing Jiaotong University, P.R. China)
Shang-Ming Zhou (Swansea University, UK)
Albert Zomaya (University of Sydney, Australia)
Leyla Zhuhadar(Western Kentucky University, USA)
Hendrik Richter (HTWK Leipzig, Germany)
Albert Zomaya (University of Sydney, Australia)