CONFERENCE CHAIRPERSONS

Honorary Chairs
Jianfeng Ma, Xidian University, China
Makoto Takizawa, Seikei University, Japan

General Co-Chairs
Xiaofeng Chen, Xidian University, China
Fatos Xhafa, Technical University of Catalonia (UPC), Spain
Leonard Barolli, Fukuoka Institute of Technology (FIT), Japan

Programme Co-Chairs
Xinyi Huang, Fujian Normal University, China
Santi Caballé, Open University of Catalonia, Spain
Alex Thomo, University of Victoria, Canada

International Advisory Committee
Masato Tsuru, KIT, Japan (Co-Chair)
Hui Li, Xidian University, China (Co-Chair)
Mario Koeppen, KIT, Japan (Co-Chair)
Albert Zomaya, University of Sidney, Australia
Janusz Kacprzyk, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Ajith Abraham, MIRLabs, USA
Santi Caballé, Open University of Catalonia, Spain
Kaori Yoshida, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan
Valentin Cristea, Politehnica Bucharest, Romania

Workshop Co-Chairs
Qianhong Wu, Rovira I Virgili,Spain
Pavel Krömer, University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
Fangguo Zhang, Sun Yat-Sen University, China

Special Issues Chair
Horacio González-Vélez, National College of Ireland, Ireland

Publication and Proceedings Chairs
Ajith Abraham, MIR Labs, USA

International Liaison Chair
TBA
Thanasis Daradoumis, Open University of Catalonia, Spain

Award Chairs
TBA
Florin Pop, Politehnica Bucharest, Romania

Local Organizing Committee
Weiyi Yin, Xidian University, China (Co-Chair)
Yuanyuan Zuo, Xidian University, China (Co-Chair)
Baocang Wang, Xidian University, China
Juntao Gao, Xidian University, China

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

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

Steering Committee
Fatos Xhafa, Technical University of Catalonia (UPC), Spain (Chair)
Leonard Barolli, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, (FIT), Japan
Xiaofeng Chen, Xidian University, China

TRACKS & PROGRAM COMMITTEE MEMBERS

- Track 1: CLOUD COMPUTING: SERVICES, STORAGE, SECURITY and PRIVACY

Chunfu Jia, Nankai University, China (Track Co-Chair)
Qiang Tang, University of Twente, Netherlands (Track Co-Chair)

PC Members:
Leyi Shi, China University of Petroleum, China
Zheli Liu, Nankai University, China
Haojin Zhu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Chunfu Jia, Nankai University, China
Xin Liu, China University of Petroleum, China
Lingling Xu, South China University of Technology, China

- Track 2: DATA MINING, MACHINE LEARNING AND COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCE

Pavel Krömer, VSB Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic (Track Co-Chair)
Václav Snásel, VSB-TU Ostrava, Czech Republic (Track Co-Chair)

PC Members:
Petr Musilek, University of Alberta, Canada
Ivan Zelinka, VSB-TU Ostrava, Czech Republic
Jouni Lampinen, University of Vaasa, Finland
Eliska Ochodková, VSB-TU Ostrava, Czech Republic
Milos Kudelka, VSB-TU Ostrava, Czech Republic
Jan Platos, VSB-TU Ostrava, Czech Republic
Suhail Owais, Applied Science University, Jordan
Petr Gajdos, VSB-TU Ostrava, Czech Republic
Emilio Corchado, University of Salamanca, Spain
Pavel Moravec, VSB-TU Ostrava, Czech Republic
Tibebe Beshah, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia

- Track 3: FUZZY SYSTEMS AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT

Xiaojun Zeng, The University of Manchester, UK (Track Chair)

PC Members:
Valentina Emilia Balas, Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad, Romania
Antonio Dourado, Uiversity of Coimbra, Portugal
Xin Fu, Xiamen University, China
Kevin Guelton, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, France
Huey-Ming Lee, Chinese Culture University, Taiwan
Olivier Pivert, IRISA/ENSSAT, University of Rennes 1, France
Marek Reformat, University of Alberta, Canada
João Miguel Sousa, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal
Guy De Tré, Ghent University, Belgium
Shun-Hung Tsai, National Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan
Di Wang, Khalifa University, UAE
Hua-Liang Wei, University of Sheffield, U.K
Yingjie Yang, De Montfort University, U.K
Slawomir Zadrozny, Systems Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences , POLAND

- Track 4: GRID AND P2P DISTRIBUTED INFRASTRUCTURE FOR INTELLIGENT NETWORKING AND COLLABORATIVE SYSTEMS

Florin Pop, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania (Track Co-Chair)
Pilar Herrero, Technical University of Madrid, Spain (Track Co-Chair)

PC Members:
Antonio la Torre de la Fuente, CESVIMA, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
Ashiq Anjum, University of Derby, UK
Catalin Leordeanu, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania
Cheng-Kang Chu, Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore
Elena Apostol, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania
Haojin Zhu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, P.R. China
Hoon Wei Lim, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Jesus Montes Sanchez, CESVIMA, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
Jin Li, Guangzhou University, P.R. China
Jose Luis Vazquez Poletti, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
Licheng Wang, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China
Liqun Chen, HP Labs, UK
Man Ho Au, University of Wollongong, Australia
Mo Rezai, Sheffield Hallam University, UK
Mugurel Andreica, Politehnica University of Bucharest, Romania
Nik Bessis, University of Derby, UK
Oscar David Robles Sanchez, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain
Qiang Tang, University of Twente, The Netherlands
Raymond Choo, University of South Australia, Australia
Richard Hill, University of Derby, United Kingdom
Santiago Gonzalez Tortosa, CESVIMA, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
Sherman S. M. Chow, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Svetla Petkova-Nikova, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium

- Track 5: INTELLIGENT COLLABORATIVE SYSTEMS FOR WORK AND LEARNING, VIRTUAL ORGANIZATION AND CAMPUSES

Nicola Capuano , University of Salerno, Italy (Track Co-Chair)
Thanasis Daradoumis, University of the Aegean, Greece (Track Co-Chair)

PC Members:
Stephen Benton, University of Westminster, UK
Jordi Conesa, Open University of Catalonia, Spain
Yannis Dimitriadis, University of Valladolid, Spain
Javier Faulin, University of Navarra, Spain
Michael Feidakis, University of the Aegean, Greece
Sara de Freitas, Coventry University, UK
Scott Grasman, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA
Tzung-Pei Hong, National University of Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Angel Juan, Open University of Catalonia, Spain
Charalampos Karagiannidis, University of Thessaly, Greece
Maria Kordaki, University of the Aegean, Greece
Vincenzo Loia, University of Salerno, Italy
Giuseppina Rita Mangione, MOMA S.p.A., Italy
Anna Pierri, Centre for Research in Pure and Applied Mathematics, Italy
Simos Retalis, University of Piraeus, Greece
Saverio Salerno University of Salerno, Italy

- Track 6: NATURE'S INSPIRED MULTI-AGENT COLLABORATIVE SYSTEMS

Hisayuki Sasaoka, Asahikawa National College of Technology, Japan (Track Co-Chair)
Edward Curry, National University of Ireland, Ireland (Track Co-Chair)

PC Members:
Hisayuki Sasaoka, Asahikawa National College of Technology, Japan
Edward Curry, National University of Ireland, Ireland
Andre Freitas, Digital Enterprise Research Institute
Enda Ridge, KPMG, UK
Rainer Unland, University of Duisburg-Essen
Enda Howley, National University of Ireland, Galway

- Track 7: NEXT GENERATION NETWORK PROTOCOLS AND COMPONENTS

Xufei Mao, Tsinghua Univeristy, China (Track Co-Chair)
Sudhakar Ganti, University of Victoria, Canada (Track Co-Chair)

PC Members:
Shaojie Tang,Temple University, USA
Biswajit Nandy, Solana Networks/Carleton University, Canada
Jiliang Wang, Tsinghua University, China
Md. Humayun Kabir, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh
Yu Wang, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA
Deke Guo, National University of Defense Technology, China
Liang Liu, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China
Xiaohua Xu, University of Toledo, Canada
Wei Gong, Tsinghua University, China

- Track 8: SECURITY, ORGANIZATION, MANAGEMENT AND AUTONOMIC COMPUTING FOR INTELLIGENT NETWORKING AND COLLABORATIVE SYSTEMS

Yong Yu, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China (Track Co-Chair)
Man Ho Au, University of Wollongong, Australia (Track Co-Chair)

PC Members:
Claudio Orlandi, Aarhus University, Denmark
Jing Xu, Institute of Information Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences,China
Daojing He, Zhejiang University, China
Xiangxue Li, East China Normal University,China
Chuanrong Zhang, Air force Engineering University, China
Mingwu Zhang, South China Agricultural University,China
Huaqun Wang, Dalian Ocean University,China
Qiong Huang, South China Agricultural University,China
Joseph K. Liu, I2R, Singapore
Guomin Yang, University of Wollongong, Australia
Cheng-Kang Chu, I2R, Singapore
Tsz Hon Yuen, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

- Track 9: SOFTWARE ENGINEERING, SEMANTICS AND ONTOLOGIES FOR INTELLIGENT NETWORKING AND COLLABORATIVE SYSTEMS

Jordi Conesa, Open University of Catalonia, Spain (Track Co-Chair)
Santi Caballé, Open University of Catalonia, Spain (Track Co-Chair)

PC Members:
Robert Clarisó, Open University of Catalonia, Spain
Antoni Perez Navarro, Open University of Catalonia, Spain
Jong Woo Kim, University of Massacusetts Boston, USA
Elena Planas, Open University of Catalonia, Spain
Macario Polo, University of Castile-La Mancha, Spain
Francisco José García Peñalvo, University of Salamanca, Spain
Xiaodong Liu, Edinburgh Napier University, UK
Laia Descamps, I.C.A. Informática y Comunicaciones Avanzadas, Spain
Joan Casas, Open University of Catalonia, Spain
David Gañan, Open University of Catalonia, Spain
Elena Rodriguez, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain
Thuy-Linh Nguyen, Australian Catholic University, Australia
David Bañeres, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain
Antoni Perez Navarro, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain

- Track 10: WIRELESS AND SENSOR SYSTEMS FOR INTELLIGENT NETWORKING AND COLLABORATIVE SYSTEMS

Hiroyoshi Miwa, Kwansei University, Japan (Track Co-Chair)
Xavier Vilajosana, University of California, USA (Track Co-Chair)

PC Members:
Fabien Chraim, University of California, USA
Ferran Adelantado, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain
Pere Tuset, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain
Jose Lopez Vicario, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain
Antoni Morell, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain
Akihiro Fujihara, Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan
Noriaki Kamiyama, NTT, Japan
Masato Uchida, Chiba institute of technology, Japan
Hirofumi Ueda, NEC, Japan
Masanori Takaoka, NEC Communication Systems, Japan
Ken'ichi Kawanishi, Gumma University, Japan
Takumi Miyoshi, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan
Aida Masaki, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan
Takahiro Matsuda, Osaka University, Japan
Shinya Yamamura, Fujitsu, Japan
Akira Nagata, Network Application Engineering Laboratories, Japan
Bin Hu, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
Yusuke Sakumoto, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan

- Track 11: POSTER PAPERS TRACK

Masato Tsuru, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan (Track Co-Chair)
Lein Harn, University of Missouri-Kansas City, USA (Track Co-Chair)

PC Members:
Yong Li, Beijing Jiaotong University, China
Li Lu, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China
Peng Wang, Institute of Information Engineering,CAS, China
Changlu Lin, Fujian Normal University, China