SEPTEMBER 2 - 4, 2015
CONFERENCE CHAIRPERSONS
Honorary Chairs
Makoto Takizawa, Hosei University, Japan
General Co-Chairs
Fatos Xhafa, Technical University of Catalonia, Spain
Leonard Barolli, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan
Hui-Huang Hsu, Tamkang University, Taiwan
Programme Co-Chairs
Chien-Chang Chen, Tamkang University, Taiwan
Vaclav Snasel, VSB-Tech. Univ. of Ostrava, Czech Republic
International Advisory Committee
Witold Pedrycz(chair), University of Alberta, Canada
Kuan-Ching Li (co-chair), Providence University, Taiwan
Vincenzo Loia, University of Salerno, Italy
Masato Tsuru, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan
Albert Zomaya, University of Sydney, Australia
Christine Strauss, University of Vienna, Austria
Vincenzo Piuri, Universita degli Studi di Milano, Italy
Janusz Kacprzyk, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Workshops Co-Chairs
Jin Li, Guangzhou University, China
Francesco Palmieri, Second University of Naples, Italy
Mario Köppen, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan
Special Issues Chair
Natalia Kryvinska, University of Vienna, Austria
Farookh Hussain, Univ. of Technology Sydney, Australia
International Liaison Chair
Tzung-Pei Hong, National University of Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Santi Caballé, Open University of Catalonia
Ugo Fiore, University of Naples, Italy
Award Chairs
Tun-Wen Pai, National Taiwan Ocean University, Taiwan
Fang-Yie Leu, Tunghai University, Taiwan
Aniello Castiglione, University of Salerno, Italy
Web Administrators
Tetsuya Oda, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan
Shinji Sakamoto, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan
Local Arrangement Co-Chairs
Kuei-Ping Shih, Tamkang University, Taiwan
Chun-Hao Chen, Tamkang University, Taiwan
Meng-Shiuan Pan, Tamkang University, Taiwan
Yi-Cheng Chen, Tamkang University, Taiwan
Finance Chair
Makoto Ikeda, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan
Steering Committee
Fatos Xhafa, Technical University of Catalonia, Spain
Leonard Barolli, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan
TRACKS & PROGRAM COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Track 1: DATA MINING, MACHINE LEARNING AND COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCE
Track Co-Chairs:
Vaclav Snasel, VSB-TU Ostrava, Czech Republic
Pavel Kromer, VSB Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
Jan Platos, VSB Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
Petr Gajdos, VSB Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
Dusan Husek, Institute of Computer Science AS CR, Czech Republic
Ivan Zelinka, VSB Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
Sebastian Basterrech, VSB Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
Ladislav Zjavka, VSB Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
Jiri Dvorsky, VSB Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
Marek Penhaker, VSB Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
Jie Wu, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry , China
Suhail Owais, Applied Science University, Jordan
Track 2: FUZZY SYSTEMS AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
Track Co-Chair:
Marek Ogiela, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
Been-Chian Chien, National University of Tainan, Taiwan
Farookh Khadeer Hussain, University of Technology Sydney
Gangman Yi, Gangneung-Wonju, National University, Korea
Hae-Duck Joshua Jeong, Korean Bible University, Korea
Hoon Ko, J. E. Purkinje University, Czech Republic
Lidia Ogiela, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
Libor Mesicek, J. E. Purkinje University, Czech Republic
Sung-Ki Kim, Sun Moon University, Korea
Tomasz Hachaj, Pedagogical University of Cracow, Poland
Track 3: GRID AND P2P DISTRIBUTED INFRASTRUCTURE FOR INTELLIGENT NETWORKING AND COLLABORATIVE SYSTEMS
Track Co-Chairs:
Florin Pop, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania
Ciprian Dobre, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania
Aniello Castiglione, Dipartimento di Informatica, University of Salerno, Italy
Ashiq Anjum, University of Derby, UK
Cristian Chilipirea, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania
Dhiya Al-Jumeily, Liverpool John Moores University, UK
Dorian Gorgan, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Dragos Comaneci, University Politehnica of Bucharest
Gabriel Neagu, National Institute for Research and Development in Informatics, Romania
Giuliana Carullo, University of Salerno, Italy
Lucian Vintan, Lucian Blaga University, Sibiu, Romania
Maria Potop-Butucaru, University Paris 6, France
Matei Popovici, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania
Mauro Iacono, Seconda Universita' degli Studi di Napoli, Italy
Mihaela-Catalina Nita, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania
Mohammad Younas, Oxford Brookes University, UK
Nicolae Tapus, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania
Nik Bessis, University of Derby, UK
Radu Ciobanu, University Politehnica of Bucharest
Radu Marin, University Politehnica of Bucharest
Raphael Gomes, Federal University of Goiás, Brazil
Rodica Potolea, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Stelios Sotiriadis, Technical University of Crete, Greece
Valentin Cristea, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania
Vasile-Ion Manta, Gheorghe Asachi, Technical University, Iasi, Romania
Vladimir-Ioan Cretu, University Politehnica of Timisoara, Romania
Track 4: NATURE'S INSPIRED PARALLEL COLLABORATIVE SYSTEMS
Track Co-Chair:
Enrique Alba, University of Malaga, Spain
Gabriel Luque, University of Malaga, Spain
Francisco Luna, University of Extremadura, Spain
Sergio Nesmachnow, University La Republica, Uruguay
Nouredine Melab, University of Lille 1, France
Julio Ortega, University of Granada, Spain
Domingo Giménez, University of Murcia, Spain
Gregoire Danoy, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Carolina Salto, University of La Pampa, Argentina
Stefka Fidanova, IICT-BAS, Bulgaria
Michael Affenzeller, Upper Austria University, Austria
Hernan Aguirre, Shinshu University, Japan
Francisco Chicano, University of Malaga, Spain
Javid Tahery, University of Sydney, Australia
Track 5: SECURITY, ORGANIZATION, MANAGEMENT AND AUTONOMIC COMPUTING FOR INTELLIGENT NETWORKING AND COLLABORATIVE SYSTEMS
Track Co-Chair:
Mauro Migliardi: University of Padua, Italy
Alessio Merlo, Universita' degli Studi di Genova, Italy
Gianluca Stringhini, University College London, UK
Luigi Benedicenti, University of Regina, CN
Gabriele Costa, Universita' degli Studi di Genova, Italy
Paolo Gasti, New York Institute of Technology, USA
Carlo Ferrari, Universita' degli Studi di Padova, Italy
Luca Caviglione, National Research Council, Italy
Track 6: SOFTWARE ENGINEERING, SEMANTICS AND ONTOLOGIES FOR INTELLIGENT NETWORKING AND COLLABORATIVE SYSTEMS
Track Co-Chair:
Nien-Lin Hsueh, Feng Chia University, Taiwan
Wen-Hsiang Shen, Overseas Chinese University, Taiwan
Jong-Yih. Kuo, National Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan
Liu Chien-Hung, National Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan
Yi-Chung Chen, Feng Chia University, Taiwan
Wen-Tin Lee, National Kaohsiung Normal University, Taiwan
Track 7: WIRELESS AND SENSOR SYSTEMS FOR INTELLIGENT NETWORKING AND COLLABORATIVE SYSTEMS
Track Co-Chairs:
Hiroyoshi Miwa, Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan
Gianmarco Romano, Second University of Naples, Italy
Akihiro Fujihara, Fukui University of Technology, 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 8: SERVICE-BASED SYSTEMS FOR ENTERPRISE ACTIVITIES PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT
Track Co-Chairs:
Natalia Kryvinska, University of Vienna, Austria
Michal Gregus, Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia
Bohdalova Maria, Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia
Boudko Svetlana, Norwegian Computing Center, Norway
Demydov Ivan, Lviv Polytechnic National University, Ukraine
Dobre Ciprian, Politehnica University of Bucharest, Romania
Feltus Christophe, University of Namur, Belgium
Juhar Jozef, Technical University of Košice, Slovakia
Laurier Wim, Facultés Universitaires Saint-Louis, Brussels, Belgium
Malcher Viliam, Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia
Nor Shahniza Kamal Bashah, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
Pardede Eric, La Trobe University, Australia
Sushil, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India
Topics
- Enterprise Service Level Management
- Service-driven Enterprise Resources Planning
- Service Systems for Enterprise Management
- SOA and/for ERP
- Service Architectures for Enterprise Management
- Planning as a Service / Planning Services
- Management as a Service / Management Services
- Accounting and Economic Ontology and Enterprise Service Systems
- Resource Event Agent (REA) and Service-based Enterprise Systems
- Agent-based Technologies for Enterprise Resources Planning and Management
- Enterprise Business Planning and Management
- Methods/Approaches to Enterprise Service Systems Modeling
- Service/Business Activities in Enterprise Value Chains
- Business/Enterprise Management Systems and Risk Management Processes
- OSSs, BSSs, and MSSs (Management Support Systems)
- Standards, Policies for the Enterprise Service Systems
Track 9: UBIQUITOUS AND SENSOR-BASED CONTEXT AWARENESS COMPUTING
Track Co-Chairs:
Aboul Ella Hassanien, Cairo University, Faculty of Computers and Information, Cairo, Egypt
Tarek Gaber, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt
Mohamed Mostafa, Arab Academy for Science, Technology & Maritime Transport, Cairo, Egypt
Nashwa El-Bendary, Arab Academy for Science, Technology & Maritime Transport, Cairo, Egypt
Rania Hodhod , Columbus State University, Columbus , USA
Ahmed Fouad Ali, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, BC
Hossam Zawbaa, Babes-Bolyai University, Romania
Eid Emary, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
Michel Owayjan, American University of Science & Technology, Lebanon
Alaa Tharwat, Ghent university, Ghent, Belgium
Nour E. Oweis, VSB-TU Ostrava, Czech Republic
Track 10: NEXT GENERATION NETWORK PROTOCOLS AND COMPONENTS
Track Co-Chair:
Qing-yong Li, Beijing Jiaotong University, China
Ke Xiong, Beijing Jiaotong University, China
Gongpu Wang, Beijing Jiaotong University, China
Guan Gui, Akita Prefectural University, Japan
Linglong Dai, Tsinghua University, China
Fuhong Lin, University of Science & Technology Beijing, China
Yi Zhang, University of Science & Technology Beijing, China
Track 11: BIG DATA ANALYTICS FOR NETWORKING AND COLLABORATIVE SYSTEMS
Track Co-Chairs:
Kuan-Ta Chen, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
Ling-Jyh Chen, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
Chun-Ying Huang, National Taiwan Ocean University, Taiwan
Chun-Hsiung Tseng, Nanhua University, Taiwan
Hwai-Jung Hsu, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
Kunchan Lan, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
Track 12: CLOUD COMPUTING: SERVICES, STORAGE, SECURITY AND PRIVACY
Track Co-Chair:
Chia-Mu Yu, Yuan Ze University, Taiwan
Ching-Lueh Chang, Yuan Ze University, Taiwan
Li-Ping Chou, Chinese Culture University, Taiwan
Yen-Wu Ti, Hwa Hsia University of Technology, Taiwan
Yao-Hsin Chou, National ChiNan University, Taiwan
Chi-Yuan Chen, National Ilan University, Taiwan
Track 13: INTELLIGENT COLLABORATIVE SYSTEMS FOR WORK AND LEARNING, VIRTUAL ORGANIZATION AND CAMPUSES
Track Co-Chair:
Hitoshi Sasaki, Takushoku Univeristy, Japan
Kazunori Mizuno, Takushoku University, Japan
Keiichi Kaneko, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan
Satoshi Ono, Kagoshima University, Japan
Yoshiro Imai , Kagawa University, Japan
Asako Ohno, Osaka Sangyo University, Japan
Takashi Mitsuishi, Tohoku University, Japan
Hiroyuki Mitsuhara, University of Tokushima, Japan
Nguen Hoai Son, Viet Nam National University Hanoi, Viet Nam
Viet Ha Nguyen, Viet Nam National University Hanoi, Viet Nam
Yukihiro Matsubara, Hiroshima City University, Japan
Track 14: SOCIAL NETWORKING AND COLLABORATIVE SYSTEMS
Track Co-Chairs:
Chih-Chien Wang, National Taipei University, Taiwan
Mohd Sharifuddin Ahmad, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Malaysia
Dorit Olenik-Shemesh, The Open University of Israel, Isreal
Yu Guo, Hokkaido University, China
Yiwei Li, Hokkaido University, Japan
Topics
- Information retrieval and Information extraction in social contexts, political analysts
- Information diffusion models and analysis
- Security and privacy
- Recommendations for e-commerce and business applications
- Social media monitoring and analysis
- Community discovery in large-scale and complex social networks
- Dynamics and evolution patterns of social networks, trend prediction
- Data protection inside communities
- Evolution of communities in the Web Information acquisition and establishment of social relations
- Link and node prediction in social networks
- Searching in complex networks
- Real-world complex networks
Track 15: INTELLIGENT SENSOR NETWORKS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING
Track Co-Chair:
Petr Musilek, University of Alberta, Canada
Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa, University of Alberta, Canada
TPC Members
Tim Brown, Australia National University
Mario Marcos do Espirito Santo, Universidad Stadual de Montes Claros, Brazil
Jana Heckenbergerova University Pardubice, Czech Republic
Zdenek Matej, Masaryk University, Czech Republic
Michal Musilek, University Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
Michal Prauzek, VSB-TU OStrava, Czech Republic
Vaclav Prenosil, Masaryk University, Czech Republic
Alvin C. Valera, National University of Singapore
Nasem Badr El Din, University of Alberta, Canada
Emil Pelikan, Institute of Informatics, Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic)