Organizing Committee
Honorary Chair
Makoto Takizawa, Hosei University, Japan
General Co-Chairs
Vladi Kolici, Polytechnic University of Tirana, Albania
Tomoya Enokido, Rissho University, Japan
Santi Caballé, Open University of Catalonia, Spain
Program Co-Chairs
Evjola Spaho, Polytechnic University of Tirana, Albania
Nadeem Javaid, COMSATS Institute of IT, Pakistan
Flora Amato, Naples University Frederico II, Italy
International Advisory Committee
Janusz Kacprzyk, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Vincenzo Loia, University of Salerno, Italy
Akio Koyama, Yamagata University, Japan
Arjan Durresi, IUPUI, USA
Hiroaki Nishino, Oita University, Japan
Publicity Co-Chairs
Elinda Kajo, Polytechnic University of Tirana, Albania
Keita Matsuo, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan
Admir Barolli, Alexander Moisiu Univ. of Durres, Albania
Klodiana Goga, Istituto Superiore Mario Boella, Italy
Omar Hussain, University of New South Wales, Canberra, Australia
International Liaison Co-Chairs
Algenti Lala, Polytechnic University of Tirana, Albania
Francesco Palmieri, University of Salerno, Italy
Elis Kulla, Okayama University of Science, Japan
Farookh Hussain, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Local Organizing Committee Co-Chairs
Olimpjon Shurdi, Polytechnic University of Tirana, Albania
Bexhet Kamo, Polytechnic University of Tirana, Albania
Ilir Shinko, Polytechnic University of Tirana, Albania
Enida Sheme, Polytechnic University of Tirana, Albania
Renalda Kushe, Polytechnic University of Tirana, Albania
Web Administrators
Shinji Sakamoto, Fukuoka Institute of Technology (FIT), Japan
Donald Elmazi, Fukuoka Institute of Technology (FIT), Japan
Yi Liu, Fukuoka Institute of Technology (FIT), Japan
Miralda Cuka, Fukuoka Institute of Technology (FIT), Japan
Finance Chair
Makoto Ikeda, Fukuoka Institute of Technology (FIT), Japan
Steering Committee Co-Chairs
Leonard Barolli, Fukuoka Institute of Technology (FIT), Japan
Fatos Xhafa, Technical University of Catalonia, Spain
Track Area
1. Databases, Knowledge Discovery, Semantics and Mining
Track Chairs:
Giuseppe Fenza, University of Salerno, Italy
Jugappong Natwichai, Chiang Mai University, Thailand
PC Members:
Pruet Boonma, Chiang Mai University, Thailand
Xue Li, The University of Queensland, Australia
Bowonsak Srisungsittisunti, University of Phayao, Thailand
Xingzhi Sun, IBM Research, Australia
Pornthep Rojanavasu, University of Phayao, Thailand
Alex Pongpech, National Institute of Development Administration, Thailand
Panachit Kittipanya-ngam, Electronic Government Agency, Thailand
Francesco Orciuoli, University of Salerno, Italy
Mariacristina Gal, University of Salerno, Italy
Néstor Álvarez-Díaz, University of La Laguna, Spain
Moisés Lodeiro-Santiago, University of La Laguna, Spain
Francisco Javier Cabrerizo, Distance Learning University of Spain (UNED), Spain
2. Ontologies, Metadata Representation and Digital Libraries
Track Chairs:
Titela Vilceanu, University of Craiova, Romania
Salvatore Ventiqincue, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Italy
PC Members:
Beniamino Di Martino, Università della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Italy
Alba Amato, National Research Council (CNR) - Institute for High-Performance Computing and Networking (ICAR), Italy
Tatiana A. Gavrilova, St. Petersburg University, Russia
Pavel Smrž, Brno University of Technology, Cezk Republic
Teodor Florin Fortis, West University of Timisoara, Romania
3. P2P, Grid and Cloud Computing
Track Chairs:
Hiroshi Shigeno, Keio University, Japan
Klodiana Goga, ISMB, Italy
PC Members:
Harold Castro, Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia
Olivier Terzo, ISMB, Turin, Italy
Philip Moore, Lanzhou University, China
Pietro Ruiu, ISMB, Turin, Italy
Alberto Scionti, ISMB, Turin, Italy
Giuseppe Caragnano, ISMB, Turin, Italy
Giovanni Masala, Plymouth University, UK
Fumiaki Sato, Toho University, Japan
Tomoya Kawakami, NAIST, Japan
Gen Kitagata, Tohoku University, Japan
Akimitsu Kanzaki, Shimane University, Japan
Tomoki Yoshihisa, Osaka University, Japan
Mauro Marcelo Mattos, FURB Universidade Regional de Blumenau, Brazil
4. Parallel and Distributed Systems
Track Chairs:
Giovanni Morana, C3DNA, USA
Naohiro Hayashibara, Kyoto Sangyo University, Japan
PC Members:
Lucian, Prodan, Polytechnic University Timisoara, Romania
Md. Abdur, Razzaque, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Ji, Zhang, The University of Southern Queensland, Australia
Ragib, Hasan, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
Antonella Di Stefano, University of Catania, Italy
Rao Mikkilineni, C3dna, USA
Douglas D.J. de Macedo, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brasil
Ilias Savvas, TEI of Larissa, Greece
Andrea Araldo, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
5. Networked Data Centers, IT Virtualization Technologies and Clouds
Track Chairs:
Gabriele Mencagli, University of Pisa, Italy
Mennan Selimi, University of Cambridge (Computer Laboratory), UK
PC Members:
Felix Freitag, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC), Spain
Amin M. Khan, Pentaho, Hitachi Data Systems, Japan
Albin Ahmeti, TU Wien, Austria
Besim Bilalli, University Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC), Spain
Leila Sharifi, Urmia University, Iran
Christoph Hochreiner, TU Wien (Distributed System Group), Austria
Ruben Mayer, University of Stuttgart, Germany
Stefano Forti, University of Pisa, Italy
Dalvan Griebler, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Massimo Torquati, University of Pisa, Italy
6. Network Protocols, Modelling, Optimization and Performance Evaluation
Track Chairs:
Bhed Bista, Iwate Prefectural University, Japan
Fabrizio Messina, University of Catania, Italy
PC Members:
Éric Renault, Institut Mines-Télécom, Télécom SudParis, France
Douglas Macedo, Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Brazil
Lidia Fotia, Università Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria (DIIES), Italy
Ilias Savvas, Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, T.E.I. of Thessaly, Greece
Matthias Steinbauer, Onlinegroup.at creative online systems, Austria
Jiahong Wang, Iwate Prefectural University, Japan
Shigetomo Kimura, University of Tsukuba, Japan
Chotipat Pornavalai, King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Thailand
Danda B. Rawat, Howard University, USA
Gongjun Yan, University of Southern Indiana, USA
Sachin Shetty, Old Dominion University, USA
7. Data Security, Trust and Reputation
Track Chairs:
Mirang Park, Kanagawa Institute of Technology, Japan
Francesco Palmieri, University of Salerno, Italy
PC Members:
Shigetomo Kimura, University of Tsukuba, Japan
Toshihiro Yamauchi, Okayama University, Japan
Hiroaki Yamamoto, Shinshu University, Japan
Naonobu Okazaki, University of Miyazaki, Japan
Arcangelo Castiglione, University of Salerno, Italy
Raffaele Pizzolante, University of Salerno, Italy
Ugo Fiore, Federico II University of Napoli, Italy
Sergio Ricciardi, Barcelonatech, Spain
8. Web Science, Learning and Business Intelligence
Track Chairs:
Ana Azevedo, ISCAP, Porto, Portugal
Filipe Portela, University of Minho, Portugal
PC Members:
Alvaro, Figueira, Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Sciences - University of Porto, Portugal
Marina Ribaudo, University of Genoa, Italy
Sotirios Kontogiannis, Dept. of Mathematics, University of Ioannina, Greece
Dumitru Burdescu, University of Craiova, Romania
Feng Xia, Dalian University of Technology, China
Hugo Peixoto, University of Minho, Portugal
Inna Skarga-Bandurova East Ukrainian National University, Ukraine
Jorge Bernardino, Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra, Portugal
Julio Duarte, University of Minho, Portugal
Teresa Guarda, State University of Santa Elena Peninsula, Ecuador
9. Data Analytics for Learning and Virtual Organisations
Track Chairs:
Nobuo Funabiki, Okayama University, Japan
Marcello Trovati, Edge Hill University, UK
PC Members:
Shinji Sugawara, Chiba Institute of Technology, Japan
Kazuyoshi Kojima, Saitama University, Japan
Tomoya Kawakami, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan
Makoto Fujimura, Nagasaki University, Japan
Kiyoshi Ueda, Nihon University, Japan
Yoshinobu Tamura, Tokyo City University, Japan
Dr Mohsen Farid, University of Derby, Japan
Richard Conniss, University of Derby, UK
Dr Georgios Kontonatsios, Edge Hill University, UK
Jeffrey Ray, Edge Hill University
10. Data Management and Information Retrieval
Track Chairs:
Farookh Hussain, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Carmen de Maio, University of Salerno, Italy
PC Members:
Francesco Orciuoli, University of Salerno, Italy
Stefania Tomasiello, University of Salerno, Italy
Neha Warikoo, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
Stefania Boffa, Università dell'Insubria, Italy
Chang Yung-Chun Teipei Medical University, Italy
Salem Alkhalaf, Qassim University, Saudi Arabia
Osama Alfarraj, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
Thamer AlHussain, Saudi Electronic University, Saudi Arabia
Mukesh Prasad, University of Technology, Australia
11. Massive Processing and Machine Learning on Large Data Sets
Track Chairs:
Paolo Trunfio, University of Calabria, Italy
Douglas Macedo, Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Brazil
PC Members:
Yue Zhao, National Institutes of Health, USA
Pelle Jakovits, University of Tartu, Estonia
Gustavo Medeiros de Araujo, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil
Diego Kreutz, Universidade Federal do Pampa, Brazil
Fabrizio Marozzo, University of Calabria, Italy
Marwan Hassani, TU Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Sofian Maabout, Bordeaux University, France
Anirban Mondal, Shiv Nadar University, India
12. Data Modeling, Visualization and Representation Tools
Track Chairs:
Omar Hussain, UNSW Canberra, Australia
Matthias Steinbauer, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria
PC Members:
Walayat Hussain, University of Technology, Australia
Naeem Janjua, Edith Cowan University, Australia
Jamshaid Ashraf, Data Processing Services, Kuwait
Farookh Hussain, University of Technology, Australia
Zia Rehman, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT), Pakistan
Sazia Parvin, Deakin University, Australia
Morteza Saberi, UNSW Canberra, Australia
Saqib Ali, Sultan Qaboos University, Australia
13. IoT and Fog Computing
Track Chairs:
Benoît Parrein, LS2N, University of Nantes, France
Luiz Fernando Bittencourt, UNICAMP - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil
PC Members:
Paolo Bellavista, University of Bologna, Italy
Victor Kardeby, RISE Acreo, Sweden
Dimitri Pertin, INRIA Nantes, France
Stefano Secci, LIP6, University Paris 6, France
Suayb Arslan, MEF University, Istanbul, Turkey
Rafael Tolosana-Calasanz, University of Zaragoza, Spain
Congduc Pham, University of Pau, France
Vlado Stankovski, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Dana Petcu, West University of Timisoara, Romania
14. Mobile and Wireless Networks
Track Chairs:
Bexhet Kamo, Polytechnic University of Tirana, Albania
Elis Kulla, Okayama University of Science, Japan
PC Members:
Kengo Katayama, Okayama University of Science, Japan
Isaac Woungang, Ryerson University, Canada
Bhed Bista, Iwate Prefectural University, Japan
Akira Uejima, Okayama University of Science, Japan
Tetsuya Oda, Okayama University of Science, Japan
Algenti Lala, Polytechnic University of Tirana, Albania
Olimpjon Shurdi, Polytechnic University of Tirana, Albania
Elson Agastra, Polytechnic University of Tirana, Albania
Alban Rakipi, Polytechnic University of Tirana, Albania
Shkelzen Cakaj, Polytechnic University of Tirana, Albania
15. Big data management and scalable storage technologies
Track Chairs:
Shadi Ibrahim, Inria Rennes, France
Pruet Boonma, Chiang Mai University, Thailand
PC Members:
Sivadon Chaisiri, University of Waikato, New Zealand
Long Cheng, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherland
Houssem Chihoub, Grenoble Institue of Technology, France
Chonho Lee, Osaka University, Japan
Catalin Leordeanu, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania
Dusit Niyato, NTU, Singapore
Anis Yazidi, Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences, Norway
Amelie Chi Zhou, ShenZhen University, China
Yunbo Li, IMT Atlantique, France
Matthieu Dorier, Argonne National Laboratory, USA
16. Energy-aware and Green Computing Systems
Track Chairs:
Evangelos Pournaras, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Tomoya Enokido, Rissho University, Japan
PC Members:
Omar Khadeer Hussain, University of New South Wales, Australia
Akio Koyama, Yamagata University, Japan
Eric Pardede, La Trobe University, Australia
Minoru Uehara, Toyo University, Japan
Motoi Yamagiwa, University of Yamanashi, Japan
Florin Pop, University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest, Romania
Akshay Uttama Nambi S.N, Microsoft Research India
Stefan Bosse, University of Bremen
Venkatesha Prasad, Delft University of Technology, Netherland
Per Ola Kristensson, University of Cambridge, UK
17. Multimedia Networking and Medical Applications
Track Chairs:
Hiroaki Nishino, Oita University, Japan
Sajal Mukhopadhyay, National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, India
PC Members:
Makoto Fujimura, Nagasaki University, Japan
Nobukazu Iguchi, Kindai University, Japan
Makoto Nakashima, Oita University, Japan
Yoshihiro Okada, Kyushu University, Japan
Toshiya Takami, Oita University, Japan
Kenzi Watanabe, Hiroshima University, Japan
Subhrabrata Choudhury, National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, India
Debashis Nandi, National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, India
Jaydeep Howlader, National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, India
Animesh Dutta, National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, India
Mansaf Alam, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India
P. Sakthivel, Anna University, Chennai, India
Dipankar Das, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India
18. Applied Cryptography and Cloud Security
Track Chairs:
Xu An Wang, Engineering University of CAPF,China
Mingwu Zhang, Hubei University of Technology,China
PC Members:
Guangquan Xu, Tianjing University, China
Yang Lei, Engineering University of CAPF, China
Yuechuan Wei, Engineering University of CAPF, China
Minghu Wu, Hubei University of Technology,China
Zhiqiang Gao, Engineering University of CAPF, China
Xuan Guo, Officer's University of CAPF, China
Xiaoou Song, Engineering University of CAPF, China
Yongqiang Li, Xi'an High Technology Research Institute, China
Ling Chen, Yangtze University, China
Leyou Zhang, Xidian University, China
Zhenhua Chen, Xi'an University of Technology, China