Organizing Comittee

Honorary Chair

Makoto Takizawa, Hosei Univ., Japan

Marta Aymerich, Open University of Catalonia, Spain

General Co-Chairs

Santi Caballe, Open University of Catalonia, Spain

Leonard Barolli, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan

Program Committee Co-Chairs

Jordi Conesa, Open University of Catalonia, Spain

Nicola Capuano, University of Salerno, Italy

Xu An Wang, CAPF University, China

Workshop Co-Chairs

Pere Tuset, Open University of Catalonia, Spain

Flora Amato, University of Naples, Italy

Tomoki Yoshihisa, Osaka University, Japan

Finance Chairs

Makoto Ikeda, FIT, Japan

Web Administrator Chairs

Shinji Sakamoto, FIT, Japan

Donald Elmazi, FIT, Japan

Yi Liu, FIT, Japan

Miralda Cuka, FIT, Japan

Local Organizing Co-Chairs

Mireia Riera, Open University of Catalonia, Spain

Felisa Cabeza, Open University of Catalonia, Spain

David Gañán, Open University of Catalonia, Spain

Steering Committee Co-Chairs

Fatos Xhafa, Technical University of Catalonia, Spain

Leonard Barolli, FIT, Japan

Track Areas

1. Data intensive computing, data mining, semantic web and information retrieval

Chairs:

Francesco Orciuoli, University of Salerno, Italy
Nicola Capuano, University of Salerno, Italy

PC Members:

Thanasis Daradoumis, University of the Aegean, Greece
Angelo Gaeta, University of Salerno, Italy
Fabio Gasparetti, Roma Tre University, Italy
Pierluigi Ritrovato, University of Salerno, Italy
Fernando Bobilo, Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain
Giuseppe Fenza, University of Salerno, Italy
Jelena Jovanovic, University of Belgrade, Serbia
Riichiro Mizoguchi, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Japan
Krassen Stefanov Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", Bulgaria
Thanassis Tiropanis, University of Southampton, United Kingdom

2. Data Storage in Distributed Computation and Cloud Systems

Chairs:

Douglas Macedo, Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Brazil
Fabrizio Messina, University of Catania, Italy

PC Members:

Mario Dantas, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil
Marcio Castro Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil
Rodrigo Righi, University of Vale do Rio dos Sinos, Brazil
Mathias Steinbauer, Johannes Kepler University, Austria
Edward Moreno, Federal University of Sergipe, Brazil
Giancarlo Fortino, Università della Calabria, Italy
Corrado Santoro, University of Catania, Italy
Rao Mikkilineni, C3DNA, USA
Eric Renault, Telecom Sud Paris, France
Pasquale De Meo, University of Messina, Italy
Marzio Pennisi, University of Catania, Italy

3. Secure Technology for Distributed Computation and Sensor Networks

Chairs:

Raffaele Gravina, University of Calabria, Italy
Pasquale Pace, University of Calabria, Italy

PC Members:

Claudio Savaglio, University of Calabria, Italy
Congcong Ma, Wuhan University of Technology, China
Xiuwen Fu, Wuhan University of Technology, China
Antonio Guerrieri, ICAR CNR, Italy
Andrea Vinci, ICAR CNR, Italy
Giuseppe Labate, Polytechnic University of Turin, Italy
Yi Ren, University of Massachusetts Boston, USA
Franco Cicirelli, ICAR-CNR, Italy

4. High Performance and Scalable Computing

Chairs:

Jose Luis Vazquez-Poletti, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
Alessandro Cilardo, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Itlay

PC Members:

Dana Petcu, West University of Timisoara, Romania
Rafael Tolosana-Calasanz, University of Zaragoza, Spain
Rui Han, Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Marcin Paprzycki, Polish Academia of Science, Poland
Costin Badica University of Craiova, Romania
Mehdi Sheikhalishahi CREATE-NET Research Center, Italy
José Flich Technical, University of Valencia, Spain
Mario Kovac, University of Zagreb, Hungary
Edoardo Fusella, CeRICT, Italy
Rafael Tornero Gavila, Technical University of Valencia, Spain
Mirko Gagliardi, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Innocenzo Mungiello, CeRICT, Italy
Daniel Hofman, University of Zagreb, Hungary
Martin Zagar, University of Zagreb, Hungary
Vlado Sruk, University of Zagreb, Hungary

5. Distributed Algorithms and Models for P2P, Grid, Cloud and Internet Computing

Chairs:

Francesco Moscato, Second University of Naples
Florin Pop, Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Romania

PC Members:

Salvatore Augusto Maisto, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Italy
Stefania Nacchia, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Italy
Salvatore D’Angelo, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Italy
Domenico Serpico, Intecs S.P.A., Italy
Giuliano Autiero, HP S.P.A., Italy
Ciprian Dorin Craciun, University of Timisoara, Romania

6. Bio-Inspired Computing and Pattern recognition

Chairs:

Lidia Ogiela, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
Ugo Fiore, Information Services Center of University of Naples - Federico II, Italy

PC Members:

Hoon Ko, Sungkyunkwan,University, South Korea
Urszula Ogiela, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
Libor Mesicek J.E., Purkinje University, Czech Rapublic
Goreti Marreiros, ISEP/IPP, Portugal
Maria Victoria Moreno-Cano, University of Murcia, Spain
Ji-Jian Chin, Multimedia University, Malaysia
Ki-tae Bae, Korean German Institute of Technology, Korea
Jongsun Choi, Soongsil University, Korea
Ismail Hakki Toroslu, Middle East Technical University, Turkey
Sabrina Titri, Center for Development of Advanced Technologies, Algeria

7. Cognitive Systems

Chairs:

Flora Amato, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy
Massimo Esposito, ICAR-CNR, Italy

PC Members:

Marco Pota, ICAR-CNR, Italy
Aniello Minutolo, ICAR-CNR, Italy
Emanuele Damiano, ICAR-CNR, Italy
Alessandro Maisto University of Salerno, Italy
Raffaele Guarasci, University of Salerno, Italy
Vincenzo Moscato, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy
Giovanni Cozzolino, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy
Giancarlo Sperlì, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy
Sergio Di Martino, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy
Sara Romano, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy

8. Adaptive Web-based, distributed and ubiquitous eLearning systems

Chairs:

Nicola Capuano, University of Salerno, Italy
Lidia Fotia, University of Reggio Calabria, Italy

PC Members:

Giovanna Albano, University of Salerno, Italy
Elisabetta Fersini, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy
Angelo Gaeta, University of Salerno, Italy
Christian Guetl, Graz University of Technology, Austria
Francesco Orciuoli, University of Salerno, Italy
Krassen Stefanov, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", Bulgaria
Daniele Toti, Roma Tre University, Italy
Massimiliano De Benedetti, University of Catania, Italy
Ilias Savvas, T.E.I. of Larissa, Italy
Hector Allende, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Brazil
Pasquale De Meo, University of Messina, Italy

9. Knowledge-based Stream Processing and Analytics

Chairs:

Giuseppe Fenza, University of Salerno, Italy
Carmen De Maio, University of Salerno, Italy

PC Members:

Francisco Javier Cabrerizo Distance Learning University of Spain, Spain
Francesco Orciuoli, University of Salerno, Italy
Neha Warikoo, University of Sinica, Italy
Stefania Boffa, Università dell'Insubria, Italy
Chang Yung-Chun, Teipei Medical University, Taiwan

10. IoT Computing Systems

Chairs:

Evjola Spaho, Polytechnic University of Tirana, Albania
Pere Tuset, Open University of Catalonia, Spain

PC Members:

Elis Kulla, Okayama University of Science, Japan
Renalda Kushe, Polytechnic University of Tirana, Albania
Mirjeta Alinci, Polytechnic University of Tirana, Albania
Vladi Kolici, Polytechnic University of Tirana, Albania
Tetsuya Oda, Okayama University of Science, Japan
Admir Barolli, Aleksander Moisiu University of Durres, Albania
Santi Caballe, Open University of Catalonia, Spain
Xavier Vilajosana, Open University of Catalonia, Spain
Jordi Conesa, Open University of Catalonia, Spain
David Gañán, Open University of Catalonia, Spain