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 |
Assoc. Prof. Marco Anisetti  | University of Milan, Italy  |
Prof. Ahmad Taher Azar  | Prince Sultan University, Saudi Arabia  |
Dr. Adrian Barb  | Penn State University, USA  |
Assoc. Prof. Smaranda Belciug  | University of Craiova, Romania  |
Prof. Jenny Benois-Pineau  | Université Bordeaux 1, France  |
Prof. Isabelle Bichindaritz  | State University of New York at Oswego, USA  |
Dr. Christopher Buckingham  | Aston University, UK  |
Prof. Yen-Wei Chen  | Ritsumeikan University, Japan  |
Prof. Cecilia Dias Flores  | UFCSPA, Brazil  |
Dr. Amir H. Foruzan  | Shahed University, Iran  |
Dr. Arnulfo Alanis Garza  | Instituto Tecnologico de Tijuana. Mexico  |
Dr. Georgiana Gavril  | National Institute of Research Development for Biological Sciences, Romania  |
Dr. Arfan Ghani  | Coventry University, UK  |
Prof. Juan Gorriz  | University of Granada, Spain  |
Prof. Aboul Ella Hassanien  | Cairo University, Egypt  |
Dr. Elena Hernandez-Pereira  | University of A Coruna, Spain  |
Prof. Dalia Kriksciuniene  | Vilnius University, Lithuania  |
Assoc. Prof. Liang Li  | Ritsumeikan University, Japan  |
Prof. Giosue', Lo Bosco  | University degli studi di Palermo, Italy  |
Dr. Francisco J. Martinez-Murcia  | University of Malaga, Spain  |
Dr. Yoshimasa Masuda  | Keio University, Japan  |
Prof. Rashid Mehmood  | King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia  |
Prof. Victor Mitrana  | Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain  |
Prof. Marek R. Ogiela  | AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland  |
Prof. Manuel Penedo  | Research Center CITIC, Spain  |
Prof. Dorin Popescu  | University of Craiova, Romania  |
Prof. Xu Qiao  | Shandong University, China  |
Prof. Ana Respício  | University of Lisbon, Portugal  |
Dr. John Ronczka  | Independent Research Scientist (SCOTTYNCC), Australia  |
Prof. Yves Rybarczyk  | Dalarna University, Sweden  |
Prof. Donald Shepard  | Brandeis University, USA  |
Assoc. Prof. Catalin Stoean  | University of Craiova, Romania  |
Assoc. Prof. Ruxandra Stoean  | University of Craiova, Romania  |
Prof. Kenji Suzuki  | Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan  |
Prof. Kazuyoshi Tagawa  | Aichi University, Japan  |
Prof. Satoshi Tanaka  | Ritsumeikan University, Japan  |
Prof. Eiji Uchino  | Yamaguchi University, Japan  |
Assoc. Prof. Zhongkui Wang  | Ritsumeikan University, Japan  |
Prof. Junzo Watada  | Waseda University, Japan  |
Prof. Yoshiyuki Yabuuchi  | Shimonoseki City University, Japan  |
Prof. Shuichiro Yamamoto  | Nagoya University, Japan  |
Prof. Hiro Yoshida  | Harvard Medical School, USA  |