Organizing Committees
General Chairs
Ajith Abraham, Machine Intelligence Research Labs (MIR Labs), USA
Salah A. Al-Sharhan , Gulf Univeristy for Science and Technology, Kuwait
Program Chairs
Fawaz S. Al-Anzi, Kuwait Univeristy, Kuwait
Emilio Corchado, University of Salamanca, Spain
Publication Chair
Yun-Huoy Choo, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia
International Advisory Board
Aboul Ella Hassanien, University of Cairo, Egypt
Ayed Salman, Kuwait University, Kuwait
Francesco Marcelloni, University of Pisa, Itlay
Francisco Herrera, University of Granada, Spain
Ghassan Aouad, Gulf University for Science and Technology, Kuwait
Hideyuki Takagi, Kyushu University, Japan
Hisao Ishibuchi, Osaka Prefecture University, Japan
Jeng-Shyang Pan, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
Mario Koeppen, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan
Sankar Kumar Pal, Indian Statistical Institute, India
Sebastian Ventura, University of Cordoba, Spain
Witold Pedrycz, University of Alberta, Canada
Web Administrator
Kun Ma, University of Jinan, China
Local Organizing Committee (GUST)
Ali Roumani (chair)
PR + Publicity sub-committee
Israa Hussein (coordinator)
Mohamed Omran
Walid Al-Ahmad
Khuloud Al-Hendi (PAAET, IEEE Kuwait Chapter)
Logistics sub-committee:
Taher Ali (Coordinator)
Ali Ansari
Fadi Deeb
Mohd Sapiyan Bin Baba
International Program Committee
| Abdel Hamid Bouchachia, University of Klagenfurt, Austria Adel M. Alimi, REGIM, University of Sfax, Tunisia Akira Asano, Kansai University, Japan Alberto Cano, University of C rdoba, Spain Amparo Fuster-Sabater, Institute of Applied Physics (C.S.I.C.), Spain Ana Lorena, Federal University of ABC, Brazil Andre Carvalho, University of S o Paulo, Brazil Andries Engelbrecht, University of Pretoria, South Africa Anna Bartkowiak, University of Wroclaw, Poland Anne Laurent, University of Montpellier II, France Antonio J. Tallón-Ballesteros, University of Seville, Spain Antreas Nearchou, University of Patras, Greece Aurora Pozo, Federal University of Paran , Brazil Azah Kamilah Muda, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia Azuraliza Abu Bakar, National University Malaysia, Malaysia Bartosz Krawczyk, Politechnika Wroclawska, Poland Chao-Chun Chen, Southern Taiwan University, Taiwan Chin-Chen Chang, Feng Chia University, Taiwan Chuan-Kang Ting, National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan Dalia Kriksciuniene, Vilnius University, Lithuania Davide Ciucci, Università di Milano Bicocca, Italy Dilip Pratihar, Indian Institute of Technology, India Eiji Uchino, Yamaguchi University, Japan Eliska Ochodkova, VSB Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic Elizabeth Goldbarg, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil Eulalia Szmidt, Systems Research Institute Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland Fernando Jimenez, University of Murcia, Spain Francisco Herrera, University of Granada, Spain Frank Klawonn, University of Applied Sciences Baunschweig, Germany Gabriel Luque, University of M laga, Spain Gede Pramudya, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia Habib M. Kammoun, University of Gafsa,Tunisia Imre Lend k, University of Novi Sad, Serbia Intan Ermahani A. Jalil, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia Isabel Nunes, UNL/FCT, Portugal Izzettin Temiz, Gazi University, Turkey Jae Oh, Syracuse University, United States Jitender S. Deogun, University of Nebraska, United States Jos M. Merig , University of Barcelona, Spain Jose Tenreiro Machado, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal Jose-Mar a Luna, University of C rdoba, Spain Juan-Luis Olmo Ortiz, University of Cordoba, Spain Julio Cesar Nievola, Pontif cia Universidade Cat lica do Paran , Brazil Kaori Yoshida, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan Kazumi Nakamatsu, University of Hyogo, Japan Kassem Saleh, Kuwait University, Kuwait Muhammad Sarfraz, Kuwait University, Kuwait Kun Ma, University of Jinan, China Leandro Coelho, Pontif cia Universidade Cat lica do Paran , Brazil Lee Chang-Yong, Kongju National University, Korea Leon Wang, National University of Kaohsiung, Taiwan Liang Zhao, University of S o Paulo, Brazil Ludwig Simone, North Dakota State University, United States Luigi Troiano, University of Sannio, Italy Manuel Grana, University of Basque Country, Spain Maria do Carmo Nicoletti, Universidade Federal de São Carlos (DC-UFSCar) , Brazil Mario Giovanni C.A. Cimino, University of Pisa, Italy Mario Koeppen, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan Marina L. Gavrilova, University of Calgary, Canada Michal Wozniak, Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland Michela Antonelli, University of Pisa, Italy Moeiz Miraoui, Université du Québec, École de Technologie Supérieure, Montreal, Canada Ninan Sajeeth Philip, St. Thomas College, India Nurul Akmar Emran, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia Oscar Castillo, Tijuana Institute of Technology, Mexico Otavio Noura Teixeira, Centro Universitario do Estado do Para, Brazil Ozgur Koray Sahingoz, Turkish Air Force Academy, Turkey Patricia Melin, Tijuana Institute of Technology, Mexico Patrick Siarry, Universit de Paris, France Paulo Carrasco, Universidade do Algarve, Portugal Paulo Moura Oliveira, UTAD University, Portugal Ramiro Barbosa, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal Ramon Sagarna, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom Richard Jensen, Aberystwyth University, United Kingdom Robert T. F. Ah King, University of Mauritius, Mauritius Sabrina Ahmad, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia Saurav Karmaka, Georgia State University, United States Sazalinsyah Razali, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia Selva Rivera, Institute of C.E.D.I.A.C, Argentina Shang-Ming Zhou, University of Wales Swansea, United Kingdom Steven Guan, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China Swati V. Chande, International School of Informatics and Management, India Sylvain Piechowiak, Universit de Valenciennes et du Hainaut-Cambr sis, France Takashi Hasuike, Osaka University, Japan Thomas Hanne, University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland, Switzerland Tzung-Pei Hong, National University of Kaohsiung, Taiwan Virgilijus Sakalauskas, Vilnius University, Lithuania Vladimir Filipovic, University of Belgrade, Serbia Wei-Chiang Hong, Oriental Institute of Technology, Taiwan Wen-Yang Lin, National University of Kaohsiung, Taiwan Ying-Ping Chen, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan Yun-Huoy Choo, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia Zeratul Izzah Mohd Yusoh, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia |
Additional Reviewers
Leonardo Ferreira
João Bertini
Andrea Biancini
Katherine Malan
Francesco Pistolesi
Eleonora D'Andrea
Armando Segatori
Christoph Stallmann
Silvia Calegari |