1. Network Protocols and Applications

Track Co-chairs

Bhed Bahadur Bista	Iwate Prefectural University, Japan
Francesco Palmieri	University of Salerno, Italy
Isaac Woungang	Ryerson University, Canada

TPC members

• Jiahong Wang, Iwate Prefectural University, Japan
• Akio Koyama, Yamagata University, Japan
• Danda B. Rawat, Howard University, US
• Shigetomo Kimura, University of Tsukuba, Japan
• Chotipat Pornavalai, King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Thailand, Thailand
• Gongjun Yan, University of Southern Indiana, US
• Sachin Shetty, Old Dominion University, US
• Sasthi C. Ghosh, Indian Statistical Institute, India
• Arcangelo Castiglione, University of Salerno, Italy
• Raffaele Pizzolante, University of Salerno, Italy
• Ugo Fiore, Federico II University of Npoli, Italy
• Massimo Ficco, Campania University L. Vanvitelli, Italy
• Mauro Iacono, Campania University L. Vanvitelli, Italy
• Sergio Ricciardi, Barcelonatech, Spein
• Rohit Ranchal, IBM Watson Health Cloud, USA
• Sherif Saad Ahmed, University of Windsor, Canada
• Lu Wei, Keene State College, USA
• Marcelo Luiz Brocardo, Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina, Brazil
• Juggapong Natwichai, Chiang Mai University, Thailand
• Neeraj Kumar, Thapar University, India
• Hamed Aly, Acadia University, Canada
• Glaucio Carvalho, Sheridan College, Canada
• Taeshik Shon, Ajou University, Republic of Korea
• Ngatched Telex Magloire, Memorial University, Canada
• Chun-Wei Tsai, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan
• Petros Nicopolitidis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
• Stephane Maag, Telecom SudParis, France
• Marcelo Luiz Brocardo, Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina, Brazil
• Andrea Ceccarelli,Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy
• Manas Khatua, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India
• Leandro Becker, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil
• Goutam Mali, Xavier University Bhubaneswar, India

2. Next Generation Wireless Networks

Track Co-chairs

Roberto Nardone	University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Walter Balzano	University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Beniamino di Martino	University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Italy

TPC members

• Yoshiyuki Kido, Osaka University, Japan
• Susumu Date, Osaka University, Japan
• Te-Lung Liu, National Center for High-performance Computing, Taiwan
• Yuh-Shyan Chen, National Taipei University, Taiwan
• Chiu-Ching Tuan, National Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan
• Guey-Yun Chang, National Central University, Taiwan
• Luca Caviglione, National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Italy
• Andrea Ceccarelli, University of Firenze, Italy
• Telex Magloire Ngatched Nkouatchah, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada
• Marcello Luiz Brocardo, Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina, Brazil
• Glaucio Carvalho, Ryerson University , Canada
• Gaurav Indra, University of Delhi, India
• Marcello Trovati, University of Derby, UK
• Petros Nicopolitidis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
• Goutam Mali, Xavier University Bhubaneswar, India
• Lei Shu, Guangdong University of Petrochemical Technology, China, China
• Xiaoping Che, Beijing Jiaotong University, Chaina
• Marco Antonio To, Galileo University, Guatemala
• Felipe Lalanne, Inria Chile, Chile
• Hwee-Pink Tan, Singapore Management University, Singapore
• Victor Ramiro, EasyMile, France
• Chihi Houda, Laboratoire de recherche Innov’COM à Sup’Com, Tunisia
• Chun-Wei Tsai, National Chung-Hsing University, Taiwan
• Leonardo Montecchi, University of Campinas, Brazil, Brazil
• R. K. Pateriya, M.A.N.I.T. Bhopal, India
• Manas Khatua, India Institute of Technology, Jodhpur, India
• Zeadally, Sherali, University of Kentucky, USA
• Yasir Malik, Concordia University of Edmonton, Canada
• Danda B. Rawat, Howard University, Washington, D.C., USA
• Weichao Wang, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA
• Luca Caviglione, Institute for Applied Mathematics and Information Technologies, National Research Council of Italy (CNR)

3. Multimedia Systems and Applications

Track Co-chairs

Markus Aleksy	ABB AG, Germany
Francesco Moscato	University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Italy
Antonio Picariello	University of Naples Federico II, Italy

TPC members

• Giancarlo Sperlì, CINI Item, Italy
• Yong-Moo Kwon, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Korea
• Yoshihiro Okada, Kyushu University, Japan
• Makoto Nakashima, Oita University, Japan
• Nobukazu Iguchi, Kinki University, Japan
• Kenzi Watanabe, Hiroshima University, Japan
• Philipp Bauer, ABB AG, Germany
• Norman Franchi, Technical University of Dresden, Germany
• Fabian Mackenthun, NXP Semiconductors Germany GmbH, Germany
• Andreas Müller, Robert Bosch GmbH, Germany
• Michael Schneider, Bosch-Rexroth AG, Germany
• Hans Schotten, DFKI, Germany
• Lukasz Wisniewski, inIT, Germany
• Emanuela Marasco, West Virginia University, USA
• Anna Rita Fasolino, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
• Mario Mezzanzanica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Italy
• Domenico Amalfitano, CINI Item, Italy
• Alberto Pizzirani, European Commission Joint Research Centre
• Antonino Vespoli, Intel Corporation, County Dublin, Ireland
• Francesco Gargiulo, Institute for High Performance Computing and Networking (ICAR), Italy
• Giusy di Lorenzo, Vodafone, Italy
• Giovanna Sannino, Institute for High Performance Computing and Networking (ICAR), Italy
• Edoardo Serra, Boise State University, USA
• Fabio Mercorio, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Italy
• Francesca Esposito, University of Salerno, Italy
• Pierluigi Vitale, University of Salerno, Italy

4. Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing

Track Co-chairs

Chih-Lin Hu	National Central University, Taiwan
Neil Yen	The University of Aizu, Japan
Vamsi Paruchuri	University of Central Arkansas, United States

TPC members

• Hong Va Leong, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
• Ling-Jyh Chen, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
• Yao-Hua Ho, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan
• Jiun-Long Huang, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
• Somchoke Ruengittinun, Kasetsart University, Thailand
• Tanapat Anusas-amornkul, King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok, Thailand, Thailand
• Xin-Mao Huang, Aletheia University, Taiwan
• Jen-Wei Huang, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
• Hui Lin, Tamkang University, Taiwan
• Xiaokang Zhou, Shiga University, Japan
• Moloud Abdar, Deakin University, Australia
• Jason Hung, Overseas Chinese University, Taiwan
• Chun-Chia Wang, City University, Taiwan
• Sriram Chellappan, University of South Florida, USA
• Yu Sun, University of Central Arkansas, USA
• Qiang Duan, Penn State University, USA
• Jessie Walker, Jackson State University, USA
• Han-Chieh Wei, Dallas Baptist University, USA

5. Internet Computing and E-Learning

Track Co-chairs

Nicola Capuano	University of Salerno, Italy
Akio Koyama	Yamagata University, Japan
Giovanni Cozzolino	University of Naples, Italy

TPC members

• Santi Caballe, Open University of Catalonia, Spain
• Thanasis Daradoumis, University of the Aegean, Greece
• Elisabetta Fersini, University of Milan "Bicocca", Italy
• Angelo Gaeta, University of Salerno, Italy
• Giuseppe Guarino, University of Salerno, Italy
• Krassen Stefanov, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", Bulgaria
• Jordi Conesa, Open University of Catalonia, Spain
• David Gañan, Open University of Catalonia, Spain
• Jorge Miguel, Grupo San Valero, Spain
• Minoru Uehara, Toyo University, Japan
• Fumiaki Sato, Toho University, Japan
• Tomoyuki Nagase, Hirosaki University, Japan
• Bhed Bista, Iwate Prefectural University, Japan
• Makoto Ikeda, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan
• Keita Matsuo, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan
• Shingo Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi University, Japan
• Kazuyuki Kojima, Saitama University, Japan
• Shinji Sugawara, Chiba Institute of Technology, Japan
• Noritaka Shigei, Kagoshima University, Japan
• Yukinobu Fukushima, Okayama University, Japan
• Khin Khin Zaw, Okayama University, Myanmar
• Nobuo Funabiki, Okayama University, Japan
• Flora Amato, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
• Claudia Di Napoli, Italian National Research Center (CNR), Italy
• Salvatore Venticinque, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Italy
• Marco Scialdone, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Italy

6. Distributed Systems and Social Networks

Track Co-chairs

Naohiro Hayashibara	Kyoto Sangyo University, Japan
Giovanni Mazzeo	University of Naples Parthenope, Italy
Valentina Casola	University of Naples Federico II, Italy

TPC members

• Eric Pardede, La Trobe University, Australia
• Alessandra de Benedictis, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
• Nicola Mazzocca, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
• Douglas D. J. de Macedo, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina – UFSC, Brasil
• Rosario Catelli, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
• Aniello Minutolo, Institute for High Performance Computing and Networking (ICAR) , Italy
• Angelo Esposito, Institute for High Performance Computing and Networking (ICAR) , Italy
• Fiammetta Marulli, University of Campania Vanvitelli , Italy
• Giuseppe Caggianese, Institute of High Performance Computing and Networking (ICAR) , Italy
• Salvatore Venticinque, University of Campania Vanvitelli, Italy
• Alba Amato, University of Campania Vanvitelli, Italy
• Yasamin Salami, Accenture Stockholm, Sweden
• Michael Shekelyan, University of Warwick, England
• Asm Kayes, La Trobe University, Australia
• Ronaldo dos Santos Mello, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina , Brazil
• Saqib Ali, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
• Hong Quang Nguyen, Ho Chi Minh City International University, Vietnam
• Dr. Md Saiful Islam, Griffith University, Australia
• Salimur Choudhury, Lakehead University, Canada
• Kanwalinderjit Gagneja, Florida Polytechnic University
• Franco Frattolillo, University of Sannio, Italy
• Mohammad Shojafar, University of Padova, Italy
• Ji Zhang, University of Southern Queensland, Australia
• Xiaofeng Ding, HUST, China
• Lucian Podan, Polytechnic University Timisoara, Romania

7. Grid, P2P and Scalable Computing

Track Co-chairs

Fumiaki Sato	Toho University, Japan
Tomoki Yoshihisa	Osaka University, Japan
Farookh Hussain	University of Technology Sydney, Australia

TPC members

• Akira Kanaoka, Toho University, Japan
• Yoshiaki Terashima, Soka University, Japan
• Atsushi Takeda, Tohoku Gakuin University, Japan
• Tomoki Yishihisa, Osaka University, Japan
• Tomoya Kawakami, NAIST, Japan
• Yusuke Gotoh, Okayama University, Japan
• Yuuichi Teranishi, NICT, Japan
• Akimitsu Kanzaki, Shimane University, Japan
• Tomoya Kawakami, NAIST, Japan
• Geoff Skinner, Newcastle University, Australia
• Mukesh Prasad, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
• Salem Alkhalaf, Qasim University, Saudi Arabia

8. Agents, Semantics and Inteligent Computing

Track Co-chairs

Alessandro Maisto	University of Salerno, Italy
Vincenzo Moscato	University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Takahiro Uchiya	Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan

TPC members

• Giovanni Cozzolino, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
• Carlo Sansone, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
• Stefano Marrone, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
• Nico Surantha, Bina Nusantara University, Indonesia
• Luca Sorrentino, Accenture Stockholm, Sweden
• Alessandra Amato, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
• Marica Catone, University of Salerno, Italy
• Annibale Elia, University of Salerno, Italy
• Raffaele Guarasci, Institute for High Performance Computing and Networking (ICAR), CNR, Italy
• Mario Monteleone, University of Salerno, Italy
• Azzurra Mancuso, University of Salerno, Italy
• Daniela Trotta, University of Salerno, Italy
• Nico Surantha, Bina Nusantara University, Indonesia
• Alessandra Amato, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
• Luca Sorrentino, Accenture Stockholm, Sweden
• Hai Dong, RMIT University, Australia
• Mohammad Younas, Oxford Brookes University, United Kingdom
• Atsuko Mutoh, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan
• Shinsuke Kajioka, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan
• Ryota Nishimura, Tokushima University, Japan
• Shohei Kato, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan

9. Cloud, Data Centers and Services Computing

Track Co-chairs

Asm Kayes	La Trobe University, Australia
Salvatore Venticinque	Università degli studi della Campania Luigi Vamvitelli, Italy
Feilong Tang	Shanghai Jiao Tong University

TPC members

• Alex Ng, La Trobe University, Australia
• Alan Colman, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
• Lianhua Chi, La Trobe University, Australia
• Iqbal H. Sarker, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
• Stanley Shanapinda, La Trobe University, Australia
• Iman Avazpour, Deakin University, Australia
• Mohamed Abdelrazek, Deakin University, Australia
• Amani Ibrahim, Deakin University, Australia
• Giancarlo Fortino, University of Calabria, Italy
• Massimiliano Rak, University of Campania, Italy
• Jason J. Jung, Chung-Ang University, Korea
• Dimosthenis Kyriazis, University of Piraeus, Greece

10. Security, Privacy and Trust Computing

Track Co-chairs

Ren-Junn Hwang	Tamkang University, Taiwan
Aniello Castiglione	University of Naples Parthenope, Italy
Luigi Coppolino,	University of Naples Parthenope, Italy

TPC members

• Eric Medvet, University of Trieste, Italy
• Paul Tavolato, University of Applied Sciences St. Polten, Austria
• Luigi Sgaglione, University of Naples Parthenope, Italy
• Gigliola Vaglini, University of Pisa, Italy
• Massimo Esposito, Institute for High Performance Computing and Networking (ICAR), Italy
• Luigi Gallo, Institute for High Performance Computing and Networking (ICAR), Italy
• Marco Pota, Institute for High Performance Computing and Networking (ICAR), Italy
• Seyedeh Sajedeh Salehi, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Belgium
• Claudio Leonetti, Micron Semiconductor, Italy
• Orazio Tomarchio, University of Catania, Italy
• Yongfeng Huang, Tsinghua University, China
• Hung-Min Sun, National Tsinghua University, Taiwan
• Chun-I Fan, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan
• Nai-Wei Lo, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
• Raylin Tso, National Chengchi University, Taiwan
• Hui Tian, National Huaqiao University, China
• Sazia Parvin, UNSW, Australia
• Saqib Ali, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
• Adil Hammadi, Curtin University, Australia
• Asif Gill, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
• Kouichi Sakurai, Kyushu University, Japan
• Takamichi Saito, Meiji University, Japan
• Shou-Hsuan Stephen, Huang, University of Houston, US
• Isao Echizen, National Institute of Informatics, Japan
• Sushmita Ruj, Indian Statistical Institute, India

11. Intelligent and Cognitive Systems

Track Co-chairs

Lidia Ogiela	Pedagogical University of Cracow, Poland
Francesco Piccialli	University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Serena Pelosi	University of Salerno, Italy

TPC members

• Hoon Ko, Chosun University, Republic of Korea
• Goreti Marreiros, Institute of Engineering of Polytechnic of Porto, Portugal
• Urszula Ogiela, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
• Kitae Bae, Seoul Media Institute of Technology, Republic of Korea
• Jongsun Choi, Soongsil University, Republic of Korea
• Libor Měsíček, J.E. Purkyně University, Czech Republic
• Francesco Pascale, University of Salerno, Italy
• Domenico Santaniello, University of Salerno, Italy
• Salvatore Cuomo, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
• Nico Surantha, Bina Nusantara University, Indonesia
• Nicola Cuomo, Cracow, ESET internet security, Poland
• Andrea Ciardulli, European Commission Joint Research Centre
• Lorenza Melillo, University of Salerno, Italy
• Marco Giacalone, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Belgium
• Chiara Galdi, EURECOM, Sophia Antipolis, France
• Chiara Galdi, EURECOM, Sophia Antipolis, France
• Marco Cesarano, Sr. Software Engineer San Francisco Bay Area, USA
• Walter Petagna, MeetWeb, Italy
• Francesca Spezzano, Boise State University, USA

12. Intelligent Vehicle and Transportation Systems

Track Co-chairs

Antonella Santone	University of Molise, Italy
Francesco Mercaldo	Institute for Informatics and Telematics (CNR), University of Molise, Italy
Evjola Spaho	Polytechnic University of Tirana, Albania

TPC members

• Cinzia Bernardeschi, University of Pisa, Italy
• Fabio Di Troia, San Jose State University, United States
• Fausto Fasano, University of Molise, Italy
• Eric Filiol, Operational Cryptography and Computer Virology lab, ESIEA, France
• Hugo Gascon, Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany
• Davide Maiorca, University of Cagliari, Italy
• Ilaria Matteucci, Istituto di Informatica e Telematica, CNR, Italy
• Eric Medvet, University of Trieste, Italy
• Paul Tavolato, University of Applied Sciences St. Polten, Austria
• Gigliola Vaglini, University of Pisa, Italy