Organizing Committee


Honorary Co-Chairs

Jianfeng Ma, Xidian University, China

Makoto Takizawa, Seikei University, Japan

General Co-Chairs

Xiaofeng Chen, Xidian University, China

Li Xu, Fujan Normal University, China

Leonard Barolli, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan

Fatos Xhafa, Technical University of Catalonia, Spain

Program Co-Chairs

Jin Li, Guangzhou University, China

Ladjel Bellatreche, ISAE-ENSMA, France

Workshop Co-Chairs

Nik Bessis, University Of Derby, Uk

Shengli Liu, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China

Kin Fun Li, University Of Victoria, Canada

International Liaison Co-Chairs

Stefan Trausan-Matu, Politehnica Bucharest, Romania

Award Co-Chairs

Ciprian Dobre, Politehnica Bucharest, Romania

Special Issue Chair

Natalia Kryvinska, University of Vienna, Austria

Local Organizing Committee

Baocang Wang, Xidian University, China (Chair) Juntao Gao, Xidian University, China

Web Administrators

Elis Kulla, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan

Evjola Spaho, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan

Finance Chair

Makoto Ikeda, Fukuoka Institute of Technology (FIT), Japan


Steering Committee

Leonard Barolli, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan (Chair)

Fatos Xhafa, Technical University of Catalonia, Spain

Nik Bessis, University of Derby (also at University of Bedfordshire), UK

Jin Li, Guangzhou University, China

Track Area Co-Chairs

  1. Ontologies and Metadata Representation
  2. Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining
  3. Data Centers and Cloud Computing
  4. Management of Big Data in Clouds
  5. Web Science and Business Intelligence
  6. Data Management and Information Retrieval
  7. Social Networking and Mining
  8. Natural Inspired Computing for Collective Intelligence
  9. New Cryptographic Techniques for Data Security
  10. Groupware and Online Campuses
  11. Data Modelling, Visualisation and Representation Tools
  12. Security, Trust and Reputation
  13. Ubiquitous Intelligence and Reality Mining

1. Ontologies and Metadata Representation

Chairs:

  • Ait Ameur Yamine, ENSEEIHT-IRIT, France
  • Dickson K.W. Chiu, City University, Hong Kong

PC Members:

  • Laor Boongasame, King Mongkut University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand
  • Haiyang Hu, Zhejiang Gongshang University, China
  • Edward Hung, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  • Patrick C. K. Hung, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Canada
  • An Liu, University of Science & Technology of China,China
  • Zakaria Maamar, National ICT, Zayed University, U.A.E.
  • Sietse Overbeek, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
  • Elvira Popescu, University of Craiova, Romania
  • Yuqing Sun, Shandong University, China
  • Dumitru Roman, DERI Innsbruck, Austria
  • Maggie M. Wang, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
  • Yi Zhuang, Zhejiang Gongshang University, China

2. Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining

Chairs:

  • Qing Li, City University, Hong Kong
  • Sofian Maabout, Labri, France

PC Members:

  • Frederic Flouvat, University of New Caledonia, New Caledonia
    frederic[dot]flouvat[at]univ-nc[dot]nc
  • SabineMc Connell, Trent University, Canada
    sabinemcconnell[at]trentu[dot]ca
  • Jordi Nin, Technical University of Catalonia, Spain
    nin[at]ac[dot]upc[dot]edu
  • Noël Novelli, Aix-Marseille University, France
    noel[dot]novelli[at]lif[dot]univ-mrs[dot]fr
  • Jose M. Pena, Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain
    jmpena[at]fi[dot]upm[dot]es
  • Pascal Poncelet, University of Montpellier, France
    poncelet[at]lirmm[dot]fr
  • Hua Wang, University of Southern Queensland, Australia
    hua[dot]wang[at]usq[dot]edu[dot]au
  • Sandra De Amo, Federal University of Uberlândia, Brazil
    deamo[at]ufu[dot]fr
  • Ben Yahia, Science Faculty of Tunis, Tunisia
    sadok[dot]benyahia[at]fst[dot]rnu[dot]tn

3. Data Centers and Cloud Computing

Chairs:

  • Alfredo Cuzzocrea, University of Calabria, Italy
  • David Hung Chang Du, University of Minnesota, USA

PC Members:

  • Stephane Bressan, National University of Singapore, Singapore
    steph[at]nus[dot]edu[dot]sg
  • Tania Cerquitelli, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
    tania[dot]cerquitelli[at]polito[dot]it
  • Baek-Young Choi, University of Missouri, Kansas City, USA
    choiby[at]umkc[dot]edu
  • Giuseppe Di Fatta, University of Reading, UK
    G[dot]DiFatta[at]reading[dot]ac[dot]uk
  • Todd Eavis, Concordia University, Canada
    eavis[at]cs[dot]concordia[dot]ca
  • Lin Gu, University of Hong Kong Science and Technology, China
    lingu[at]cse[dot]ust[dot]hk
  • Panagiotis Karras, Rutgers University, USA
    karras[at]business[dot]rutgers[dot]edu
  • Madhu Kumar, NIT Calicut, India
    madhu[at]nitc[dot]ac[dot]in
  • Ming Li, Nanjing University, China
    lim[at]nju[dot]edu[dot]cn
  • Patrick Martin, Queen's University, Canada
    martin[at]cs[dot]queensu[dot]ca
  • Rim Moussa, LaTICE lab[dot], Univ[dot] of Tunis, Tunisia
    rim[dot]moussa[at]esti[dot]rnu[dot]tn
  • Youngjin Nam, Oracle, USA
    youngjin[dot]nam[at]gmail[dot]com
  • Raghunath Nambiar, Cisco, USA
    Rnambiar[at]cisco[dot]com
  • George Pallis, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
    gpallis[at]cs[dot]ucy[dot]ac[dot]cy
  • Seijun Song, Texas A&M University, USA
    song[at]entc[dot]tamu[dot]edu
  • George Tsihrintzis, University of Piraeus, Greece
    geoatsi[at]unipi[dot]gr
  • Yang Xiang, Deakin University, Australia
    yang[at]deakin[dot]edu[dot]au
  • Tao Xie, San Diego State University, USA
    xie[at]cs[dot]sdsu[dot]edu
  • Jianping Wang, Hong Kong City University, China
    jianwang[at]cityu[dot]edu[dot]hk
  • Bin Zhou, University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA
    bzhou[at]umbc[dot]edu

4. Management of Big Data in Clouds

Chairs:

  • David Taniar, Monash University, Australia
  • Wenny Rahayu, La Trobe University, Australia

PC Members:

  • Markus Aleksy, ABB AG, Germany
    markus[dot]aleksy[at]de[dot]abb[dot]com
  • Reda Alhajj, University of Calgary, Canada
    rsalhajj[at]gmail[dot]com
  • Saqib Ali, Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman
    ali[dot]saqib[at]gmail[dot]com
  • Cláudio de Souza Baptista, Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, Brazil
    claudiobaptista[at]yahoo[dot]com
  • Stephane Bressan, National University of Singapore, Singapore
    steph[at]comp[dot]nus[dot]edu[dot]sg
  • Jinli Cao, La Trobe University, Australia
    J[dot]Cao[at]latrobe[dot]edu[dot]au
  • Richard Chbeir, Universite de Bourgogne, France
    Richard[dot]Chbeir[at]u-bourgogne[dot]fr
  • Luke Liming Chen, University of Ulster, UK
    l[dot]chen[at]ulster[dot]ac[dot]uk
  • Kai Cheng, Kyushu Sangyo University, Japan
    chengk[at]is[dot]kyusan-u[dot]ac[dot]jp
  • Sung-Bae Cho, Yonsei University, Korea
    sbcho[at]cs[dot]yonsei[dot]ac[dot]kr
  • Tran Khanh Dang, HCM University of Technology, Vietnam
    khanh[at]cse[dot]hcmut[dot]edu[dot]vn
  • Mustafa Mat Deris, KUSTEM, Malaysia
    mustafamatderis[at]yahoo[dot]com
  • Yusuke Gotoh, Okayama University, Japan
    gotoh[at]cs[dot]okayama-u[dot]ac[dot]jp
  • Farookh Hussain, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
    Farookh[dot]Hussain[at]uts[dot]edu[dot]au
  • Hamidah Ibrahim, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
    hamidah[at]fsktm[dot]upm[dot]edu[dot]my
  • Makoto Ikeda, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan
    makoto[dot]ikd[at]gmail[dot]com
  • Sergio Ilarri, University of Zaragoza, Spain
    silarri[at]unizar[dot]es
  • Maria Indrawan-Santiago, Monash University, Australia
    maria[dot]indrawan[at]monash[dot]edu
  • Hui Ma, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
    Hui[dot]Ma[at]ecs[dot]vuw[dot]ac[dot]nz
  • Kjetil Nørvåg, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
    Kjetil[dot]Norvag[at]idi[dot]ntnu[dot]no
  • Eric Pardede, La Trobe University, Australia
    E[dot]Pardede[at]latrobe[dot]edu[dot]au
  • Jaroslav Pokorny, Charles University, Czech Republic
    pokorny[at]ksi[dot]mff[dot]cuni[dot]cz
  • Vidyasagar Potdar, Curtin University of Technology, Australia
    vidyasagar[dot]potdar[at]gmail[dot]com
  • Maytham Safar, Kuwait University, Kuwait
    maytham[at]me[dot]com
  • Vlado Stankovski, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
    vlado[dot]stankovski[at]fgg[dot]uni-lj[dot]si
  • Agustinus Borgy Waluyo, Monash University, Australia
    abwaluyo[at]gmail[dot]com
  • Kefeng Xuan, Monash University, Australia
    kefeng[dot]xuan[at]gmail[dot]com
  • Mourad Ykhlef, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
    ykhlef[at]ksu[dot]edu[dot]sa
  • Gefei Zhang, Celonis GmbH, Germany
    gefei[dot]zhang[at]pst[dot]ifi[dot]lmu[dot]de

5. Web Science and Business Intelligence

Chairs:

  • Claude Godard, Loria France
  • Michael Mrissa, LIRIS, France
  • Eric Dubois, Centre Henri Tudor, Luxembourg

PC Members:

  • Boualem Benattalah, University of New South Wales, Australia
  • Sami Bhiri, NUI Gallway, Ireland
  • Pierre-Antoine Champin, Lyon 1 University, France
  • Dimitrios Georgakopoulos, CSIRO Canberra, Australia
  • Daniela Grigori, University of Paris 7, France
  • Michel Leonard, University of Genova, Switzerland
  • Maria Maleshkova, Karlsruhe IT, Germany
  • Lionel Medini, Lyon 1 University, France
  • Carlos Pedrinaci, Knowledge Media Institute, United Kingdom
  • Michael, Petit University of Namur, Belgium
  • Geert Poels, University of Gent, Belgium
  • Farouk Toumani, Blaise Pascal University, France
  • Stephanie Rinderle, Vienna University, Austria

6. Data Management and Information Retrieval

Chairs:

  • Wookey Lee, Inha University, Korea
  • Anirban Mondal, IIIT, India

PC Members:

  • Carson Kai-Sang Leung, University of Manitoba, USA
    kleung[at]cs[dot]umanitoba[dot]ca
  • Chan-Ki Jung, Korea Defense University, South Korea
    ckjung34[at]yahoo[dot]co[dot]kr
  • Deok-Hwan Kim, Inha University, South Korea
    deokhwan[at]inha[dot]ac[dot]kr
  • Dong-Soo Kim, Soongsil University, South Korea
    dskim[at]ssu[dot]ac[dot]kr
  • Hanjoon Kim, University Of Seoul, South Korea
    khj[at]uos[dot]ac[dot]kr
  • Heng Swee Huay, Multimedia University, Malaysia
    shheng[at]mmu[dot]edu[dot]my
  • Jeonghee Park, Choongnam National University, South Korea
    cheonghee[at]cnu[dot]ac[dot]kr
  • Jianxun Liu, Hunan University of Science and Technology, China
    ljx529[at]gmail[dot]com
  • Kazutoshi Sumiya, University of Hyogo, Japan
    sumiya[at]shse[dot]u-hyogo[dot]ac[dot]jp
  • Paul Heinzlreiter, RISC, Austria
    paul[dot]heinzlreiter[at]risc[dot]software[dot]at
  • Sangkil Kang, Inha University, South Korea
    sgkang[at]inha[dot]ac[dot]kr
  • Taesoo Lim, Sungkyul University, South Korea
    teshou[at]gmail[dot]com
  • Wanseop Cho, Chungbuk National University, South Korea
    wscho[at]chungbuk[dot]ac[dot]kr
  • Wendy Hui Wang, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA
    hwang[at]cs[dot]stevens[dot]edu
  • Wonik Choi, Inha University, South Korea
    wichoi[at]inha[dot]ac[dot]kr
  • Yasushi Sakurai, NTT, Japan
    yasushi[dot]sakurai[at]acm[dot]org

7. Social Networking and Mining

Chairs:

  • Yi Cai, South China university of Technology, China
    ycai@scut.edu.cn
  • Raymond Chi-wing Wong, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) , Hong Kong
    raywong@cse.ust.hk

PC Members:
  • Li Chen, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
    lichen@comp.hkbu.edu.hk
  • Yunjun Gao, Zhejiang University, China
    gaoyj@zju.edu.cn
  • Yuncheng Jiang, South China Normal University, China
    ycjiang@scnu.edu.cn
  • Shaoxu Song, Tsinghua University, China
    sxsong@tsinghua.edu.cn
  • I-Hsien Ting, National University of Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    iting@nuk.edu.tw
  • Hanghang Tong, IBM T.J. Watson Research, USA
    htong@us.ibm.com
  • Zhiwen Yu, South China University of Technology, China
    zhwyu@scut.edu.cn
  • Bin ZHOU, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA
    bzhou@umbc.edu
  • Feida Zhu, Singapore Management University, Singapore
    fdzhu@smu.edu.sg
  • Xiaodong Zhu, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, China
    zhuxd@usst.edu.cn

8. Natural Inspired Computing for Collective Intelligence

Chairs:

  • Jiahai Wang, Sun Yat-sen University, China
    wangjiah@mail.sysu.edu.cn
  • Ronglong Wang, University of Fukui, Japan
    wang@u-fukui.ac.jp

PC Members:
  • Yiqiao Cai, Huaqiao University, China
    yiqiao00@163.com
  • Shangce Gao, Donghua University, China
    cupid19831018@hotmail.com
  • Jing Xiao, South China Normal University, China
    xiaojing@scnu.edu.cn
  • Xinshu Xu, Shandong University, China
    xuxinshun@sdu.edu.cn
  • Gang Yang, Renmin University of China, China
    yanggang@ruc.edu.cn
  • Wei Wang, Nankai University, China
    kevinwangwei@nankai.edu.cn

9. New Cryptographic Techniques for Data Security

Chairs:

  • Licheng Wang, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China
    wanglc.cn@gmail.com
  • Joseph K. Liu, Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore
    ksliu9@googlemail.com
  • Chunming Tang, Guangzhou University, China
    ctang@gzhu.edu.cn

PC Members:
  • Joonsang Baek , Khalifa University of Science, Technology and Research, United Arab Emirates
    joon.baek@kustar.ac.ae
  • Baojing Cui, BeijingUniversity of Posts and Telecommunications, China
    cuibj@bupt.edu.cn
  • Yanli Feng, Shandong Institute of Business And Technology, China
    fengyanli@sdibt.edu.cn
  • Jian Li, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China
    lijian@bupt.edu.cn
  • Haifeng Qian, East China Normal Unversity, China
    hfqian@cs.ecnu.edu.cn
  • Yun Pan, Communication University of China, China
    pany@cuc.edu.cn
  • Willy Susilo, University of Wollongong, Australia
    wsusilo@uow.edu.au
  • Tsuyoshi Takagi, Kyushu University, Japan
    takagi@imi.kyushu-u.ac.jp
  • Chunming Tang, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China
    wanglc.cn@gmail.com
  • Tsz Hon Yuen, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
    johnyuenhk@gmail.com

10. Groupware and Online Campuses

Chairs:

  • Weiwei Lin, South China University of Technolgoy, China
    linww@scut.edu.cn
  • Jianxiong Wong Guangzhou University, China
    xiong.ong@gmail.com

PC Members:
  • Joe Dong, The University of Newcastle, Australia
    Joe.Dong@newcastle.edu.au
  • Ning Gu, The University of Newcastle, Australia
    Ning.Gu@newcastle.edu.au
  • Ruihong Huang, The University of Utah, USA
    huangrh@cs.utah.edu
  • Yang Jie, South China University of technology, China
    yjclear@scut.edu.cn
  • Huang Longjun, Jiangxi Normal University, China
    huanglong98614@163.com
  • Dong Min, South China University of Technology, China
    hollymin@scut.edu.cn
  • Xiongwen Pang, South China Normal University, China
    augepang@163.com
  • Somwrita Sarkar, The University of Sydney, Australia
    somwrita@gmail.com
  • Zheng Weiping, South China Normal University, China
    250145025@qq.com

11. Data Modelling, Visualisation and Representation Tools

Chairs:

  • Gansen Zhao, South China Normal University, China
    zhaogansen@gmail.com
  • Bo Hu, Fujitsu Laboratories of Europe Limited, UK
    Bohufuji@gmail.com

PC Members:
  • Harith Alani, KMI, UKSimone Braun, FZI, Germany
    h.alani@open.ac.uk
  • Nuno Carvalho, Fujitsu Laboratories Europe, UK
    Nuno.Carvalho@uk.fujitsu.com
  • Fiona McNeill, Edinburgh University, UK
    f.j.mcneill@ed.ac.uk
  • Oscar Corcho, UPM, Spain
    ocorcho@fi.upm.es
  • Zutao Zu, Google, US
    zuzhu @syr. edu
  • Bo Liu, South China Normal University, China
    Liubl@hsut.scnu.edu.cn
  • Uwe Riss, SAP, Germany
    uwe.riss@sap.com
  • Ligang Zheng, Guangzhou University, China
    zlg.sysu@gmail.com

12. Security, Trust and Reputation

Chairs:

  • Fagen Li, Kyushu University, Japan
    fagenli@imi.kyushu-u.ac.jp
  • Jian Weng, Jinan University, China
    cryptjweng@gmail.com

PC Members:
  • Wei Gao, Ludong University, China
    sdgaowei@gmail.com
  • Muhammad Khurram Khan, King Saud University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
    mkhurram@ksu.edu.sa
  • Yongjian Liao, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China
    liaoyj@uestc.edu.cn
  • Zheli Liu, Nankai University, China
    liuzheli1978@163.com
  • Masaaki Shirase, Future University-Hakodate, Japan
    shirase@fun.ac.jp
  • Baocang Wang, Xidian University, China
    bcwang79@yahoo.com.cn
  • Xiangjun Xin, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, China
    xin_xiang_jun@126.com
  • Zhiyong Zhang, Henan University of Science and Technology, China
    zhangzy@mail.haust.edu.cn
  • Lingling Xu, South China University of Technology, China
    xulingl@mail2.sysu.edu.cn

13. Ubiquitous Intelligence and Reality Mining

Chairs:

  • Rong Pan, Sun Yat-sen University, China
    panr@sysu.edu.cn
  • Jie Yin, CSIRO ICT Centre, Australia
    Jie.Yin@csiro.au

PC Members:
  • Xiaoyu Huang, South China University of Technology, China
    xyhuang@gmail.com
  • Gai Li, Shunde Polytechnic, China
    ligai999@126.com
  • Jiefei Li, Sun Yat-sen University, China
    lijiefei@mail2.sysu.edu.cn
  • Shuangyin Li, Sun Yat-sen University, China
    lihuihuiyin@gmail.com
  • Zhengzheng Xian, Guangdong University of Finance, China
    xianzhengzheng@126.com
  • Weidong Yang, Sun Yat-sen University, China
    ywdong8809@qq.com
  • Le Yu, Stanford University, US
    szbillyue@gmail.com