CONFERENCE CHAIRPERSONS

General Chairs
Leonard Barolli, Fukuoka Institute of Technology (FIT), Japan
Fatos Xhafa, Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), Spain
Ajith Abraham, Machine Intelligence Research Labs (MIR Labs), USA

Programme Committee Chairs
Janusz Kacprzyk, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Mario Köppen, Kyushu Institute of Technology (KIT), Japan

Workshop Co-Chairs
Santi Caballé, Open University of Catalonia (UPC), Spain
Kaori Yoshida, Kyushu Institute of Technology (KIT), Japan

International Liaison Chair
Stavros Demetriadis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Demetrios G. Sampson, University of Piraeus, Greece
Rafael A. Calvo, The University of Sydney, Australia

Publication Chair
Masato Tsuru, Kyushu Institute of Technology (KIT), Japan

Local Arrangement Chair
Makoto Ikeda, Fukuoka Institute of Technology (FIT), Japan

Web Administrators
Evjola Spaho, Fukuoka Institute of Technology (FIT), Japan
Elis Kulla, Fukuoka Institute of Technology (FIT), Japan

Steering Committee
Fatos Xhafa, UPC, Spain (Chair)
Leonard Barolli, FIT, Japan
Mario Köppen, KIT, Japan
Ajith Abraham, MIR Labs, USA

TRACKS & PROGRAM COMMITTEE MEMBERS

- GRID AND P2P DISTRIBUTED INFRASTRUCTURE FOR INTELLIGENT NETWORKING AND COLLABORATIVE SYSTEMS

Pilar Herrero, Technical University of Madrid, Spain (Chair)
Antonio la Torre de la Fuente, CESVIMA, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
Jose Luis Vazquez Poletti, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
Santiago Gonzalez Tortosa, CESVIMA, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
Oscar David Robles Sanchez, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain
Jesus Montes Sanchez, CESVIMA, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain

- METHODOLOGY, ANALYSIS, & SUSTAINABILITY OF INTELLIGENT NETWORKING AND COLLABORATIVE SYSTEMS

Hiroyoshi Miwa, Kwansei University, Japan (Chair)
Akihiro Fujihara, Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan
Masato Uchida, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan
Hirofumi Ueda, NEC, Japan
Ken'ichi Kawanishi, Gumma University, Japan
Takumi Miyoshi, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan
Masaki Aida, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan
Takahiro Matsuda, Osaka University, Japan
Shinya Yamamura, NICT, Japan
Akira Nagata, NICT, Japan
Bin Hu, Vienna University of Technology, Austria

- WIRELESS AND SENSOR SYSTEMS FOR INTELLIGENT NETWORKING AND COLLABORATIVE SYSTEMS

Xavier Vilajosana, Open University of Catalonia, Spain (Chair)
Antoni Morell, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
Marisa Gil, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain
Ferran Adelantado, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain
Jose Lopez Vicario, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
Mischa Dohler, Centre Tecnic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya, Spain
Michele Rossi, University of Padova, Italy
Nicola Bui, Patavina Technologies, Italy
Jordi Llosa, Worldsensing S.L., Spain
Fernando Pianegiani, University of Trento, Italy

- NETWORKING AND COLLABORATION AT SCHOOL (Special track)

Tharrenos Bratitsis, University of Western Macedonia, Greece (Chair)
Maria Grigoriadou, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Eric Bruillard, STEF - Ecole normale supérieure de Cachan (ENS Cachan), France
Nikolaos Avouris, University of Patras, Greece
Nikolaos Tselios, University of Patras, Greece
Katerina Zourou, University of Luxemburg, Luxemburg
Charoula Angeli, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Patrick Jermann, EPFL-CRAFT Lausanne, Switzerland
Ilias Karasavvidis, University of Thessaly, Greece
Anastasios Mikropoulos, University of Ioannina, Greece
Demetrios Sampson, University of Piraeus, Greece
Kyparisia Papanikolaou, School of Pedagogical & Technological Education, Greece
Davinia Hernandez-Leo, Pompeu Fabra University, Spain
Yannis Dimitriadis, University of Valladolid, Spain
Simos Retalis, University of Piraeus, Greece
Therese Laferriere, Laval University, Canada
Stephane Allaire, Université du Québec à Chicoutim, Canada

- COLLABORATIVE HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS: ISSUES, SOLUTIONS, AND TRENDS

Wathiq Mansoor, American University in Dubai, UAE (Chair)
Elie Abi-Lahoud, University of Bourgogne, France
Sohaib Majzoub, American University in Dubai, UAE
Hicham Elzabadani, American University in Dubai, Dubai
Lay-Ki Soon, Soongsil University Republic of Korea, Korea
Nora Cuppens, France Telecom, France
Mohammad Samaka, Qatar University, Qatar
Yuki Arase, Microsoft Research Asia, Japan
Nasser Nassiri, HCT, UAE
Min Wu, Oracle, USA

- INTELLIGENT COLLABORATIVE SYSTEMS FOR WORK AND LEARNING, VIRTUAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CAMPUSES

Kyparisia Papanikolaou, School of Pedagogical & Technological Education, Greece (Chair)
Helen Pain, University of Edinburgh, UK
Styliani Kleanthous, University of Leeds, UK
Mihaela Cocea, Univeristy of Portsmouth, UK
Pawel Myszkowski, Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland
Nicola Capuano, University of Salerno, Italy
Angel Juan, Open University of Catalonia, Spain
Abelardo Pardo, Carlos III University of Madrid, Spain
Stavros Dimitriadis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Thanasis Daradoumis, University of the Aegean, Greece
Agoritsa Gogoulou, Unversity of Athens, Greece
Evangelia Gouli, University of the Aegean, Greece

- SOFTWARE ENGINEERING FOR INTELLIGENT NETWORKING AND COLLABORATIVE SYSTEMS

Thuy-Linh Nguyen, Australian Catholic University, Australia (Chair)
Robert J. Walker, University of Calgary, Canada
Martin Gaedke, University of Karlsruhe, Germany
Karl Lieberherr, Northeastern University Boston, USA
Somkiat Kitjongthawonkul, Australian Catholic University, Australia

- DATA MINING AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT FOR INTELLIGENT NETWORKING AND COLLABORATIVE SYSTEMS

Marenglen Biba, Department of Computer Science, University of New York Tirana, Albania (Chair)
Donato Malerba, University of Bari, Italy
Janusz Wojtusiak, George Mason University, USA
Francesco Masullil, University of Genova, Italy
Stefano Ferilli, University of Bari, Italy
Alfredo Cuzzocrea, ICAR-CNR and University of Calabria, Italy
Keivan KianMehr, University of Western Ontario, Canada
Piero Leo,IBM Italy, Italy
Henryk Rybinski, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
Djamel Zighed, Universite Lumiere Lyon 2, France

-INTELLIGENT NETWORKING FOR SOCIAL NETWORKS

Hamamache Kheddouci, Universite Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France (Chair)
Reda Alhajj, University of Calgary, Canada
Dan Braha, University of Massachusetts, USA
Massimo Marchiori, W3C - MIT, USA

- SECURITY, ORGANIZATION, MANAGEMENT AND AUTONOMIC COMPUTING FOR INTELLIGENT NETWORKING AND COLLABORATIVE SYSTEMS

Xiaofeng Chen, Xidian University, China (Chair)
Hui Li, Xidian University, China
Xinyi Huang, Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore
Willy Susilo, University of Wollongong, Australia
Qianhong Wu, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain
Fangguo Zhang, Sun Yat-Sen Univeristy, China
Jin Li, Guangzhou University, China
Ashley Chonka, Deakin University/INRIA, Australia
Bo Qin, Universitat Rovira i Vergili, Spain
Lei Zhang, East China Normal University, China
Xinghua Li, Xidian University, China
Yulong Shen, Xidian University, China
Qiang Tang, University of Twente, Netherlands
Joonsang Baek, Khalifa University of Science, Technology and Research (KUSTAR), UAE
Jian Weng, Jinan University, China
Qiong Huang, City University of Hong Kong, China
Shengli Liu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

- POSTER PAPERS TRACK

Masato Tsuru, KIT, Japan (Chair)
Kaori Yoshida, KIT, Japan
Yoshiaki Hori, Kyushu University, Japan
Manabu Kato, Ariake National College of Technology, Japan
Hiroyuki Koga, The University of Kitakyushu, Japan
Hideaki Iiduka, KIT, Japan