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. Arnulfo Alanis  | Technological Institute of Tijuana, Mexico  |
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. Vitoantonio Bevilacqua  | Polytechnic University of Bari, Italy  |
Prof. Isabelle Bichindaritz  | State University of New York at Oswego, USA  |
Dr. Christopher Buckingham  | Aston University, UK  |
Prof. Yen-Wei Chen  | Ritsumeikan University, Japan  |
Dr. Massimo Esposito  | National Research Council of Italy (ICAR-CNR)  |
Prof. Yoshiaki Fukami  | Keio University / Gakushuin University, Japan  |
Dr. Luigi Gallo  | National Research Council of Italy, Italy  |
Prof. Dr. Oana Geman  | Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava, Romania  |
Dr. Arfan Ghani  | Coventry University, UK  |
Prof. Dalia Kriksciuniene  | Vilnius University, Lithuania  |
Prof. Jingbing Li  | Hainan University, China  |
Assoc. Prof. Liang Li  | Ritsumeikan University, Japan  |
Prof. Giosue' Lo Bosco  | University of Palermo, Italy  |
Dr. Cristina Manresa-Yee  | University of Balearic Islands, Spain  |
Dr. Yoshimasa Masuda  | Carnegie Mellon University, Keio University, USA  |
Prof. Andrea Matta  | The Polytechnic University of Milan, Italy  |
Prof. Rashid Mehmood  | King Abdul Aziz University, Saudi Arabia  |
Prof. Dr. Mayuri Mehta  | Sarvajanik College of Engineering and Technology, India  |
Dr. Aniello Minutolo  | Institute for High Performance Computing and Networking, ICAR-CNR, Italy  |
Prof. Marek Ogiela  | AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland  |
Prof. Manuel Penedo  | Center of Investigation CITIC (UDC), Spain  |
Dr. Marco Pota  | National Research Council of Italy (ICAR-CNR)  |
Dra. Margarita Ramirez Ramirez  | Universidad Autonoma de Baja California, Mexico  |
Dr. Ana Respicio  | University of Lisbon, Portugal  |
Dr. Luis Enrique Sanchez Crespo  | University of Castilla-la Mancha, Spain  |
Prof. Donald Shepard  | Brandeis University, USA  |
Dr. 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 of Technology, Japan  |
Prof. Satoshi Tanaka  | Ritsumeikan University, Japan  |
Prof. Eiji Uchino  | Yamaguchi University, Japan  |
Dr. Eloisa Vargiu  | Eurecat, Centre Tecnòlogic de Catalunya, Spain  |
Dr. Xiong Wei  | Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore  |
Prof. Yoshiyuki Yabuuchi  | Shimonoseki City University, Japan  |
Prof. Shuichiro Yamamoto  | Nagoya University, Japan  |
Prof. Hiroyuki Yoshida  | Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School, USA  |