WICT 2014

Organizing Committees

Patron 
Prof. Datuk Dr. Shahrin Sahib@Sahibuddin, Vice Chancellor, University Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia

Advisors
Mohd. Jailani Mohd. Nor, University Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia
Mohd Khanapi Abd Ghani, University Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia

General Chairs
Ajith Abraham, Machine Intelligence Research Labs (MIR Labs), USA
Ahmad Zaki A Bakar, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia

Program Chairs 
Azah Kamilah Muda, University Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia
Emilio Corchado, Universidad de Salamanca, Spain
Marina Gavrilova, University of Calgary, Calgary

Publication Chair
Yun-Huoy Choo, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia

Advisory Board Member (IAB)
Aboul Ella Hassanien, University of Cairo, Egypt
Adel Alimi, Universit de Sfax, Sfax – Tunisia
André Ponce de Leon F de Carvalho, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Emilio Corchado, Universidad de Salamanca, Spain
Francisco Herrera, University of Granada, Spain 
Hideyuki Takagi, Kyushu University, Japan
Janusz Kacprzyk, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Jeng-Shyang Pan, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
Jun Wang, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Khairul Salleh Mohamed Sahari, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Malaysia
Krzysztof Cios, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA
Mario Koeppen, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan 
Ronald R. Yager, Machine Intelligence Institute, IONA College, USA
Sankar Pal, Indian Statistical Institute, India
Sebastián Ventura, University of Cordoba, Spain
Vaclav Snasel, VSB-Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic

Special Programme Steering Committee Chairs
Academic Program : Halimah Badioze Zaman, UKM, Malaysia 
Government Program : TBA
Industry Program : Dickson Lukose, MIMOS, Malaysia

Workshop/Tutorial Chair
Saurav Karmakar, Matrix Technologies, USA

Student Symposium Chair
Yogan Jaya Kumar, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia

Web Administrator
Kun Ma, University of Jinan, China

Local Organizer Committee: 

Academic Programme
Siti Rahayu Selamat, UTeM, Malaysia
Halizah Basiron, UTeM, Malaysia
Abdul Syukor Mohamad Jaya, UTeM, Malaysia
Nurul Azma Zakaria, UTeM, Malaysia
Shahrul Badariah Mat Sah, UTeM, Malaysia
Burhanuddin Mohd Aboobaider, UTeM, Malaysia
Faaizah Shahbodin, UTeM, Malaysia
Sharifah Sakinah Syed Ahmad, UTeM, Malaysia

Government Programme
Mokhtar Yusof, UTeM, Malaysia
Othman Mohd, UTeM, Malaysia
Mohd Faizal Abdollah, UTeM, Malaysia
Sabrina Ahmad, UTeM, Malaysia

Industry Programme
Mohd Hafiz Zakaria, UTeM, Malaysia
Zeratul Izzah Mohd Yusoh, UTeM, Malaysia
Zulisman Maksom, UTeM, Malaysia
Emaliana Kasmuri, UTeM, Malaysia

Publicity & Promotion
Rosmiza Wahidah Abdullah, UTeM, Malaysia
Siti Azirah Asmai, UTeM, Malaysia
Norashikin Ahmad, UTeM, Malaysia
Burairah Hussin, UTeM, Malaysia
Nurul Akmar Emran, UTeM, Malaysia
Norfadzlia Mohd Yusof, UTeM, Malaysia

Financial and Sponsorship Committee 
Noor Azilah Muda , UTeM, Malaysia
Noraswaliza Abdullah, UTeM, Malaysia
Hajah Norasiken Bakar, UTeM, Malaysia
Hazmilah Hasan, UTeM, Malaysia
Norasmara Mahmud, UTeM, Malaysia
Kasturi Kanchymalay, UTeM, Malaysia

Technical and Facilities Committee
Mohd Kamal Tarmizi Razak, UTeM, Malaysia
Suhaimi Basrah, UTeM, Malaysia
Amir Syariffuddin Kasim, UTeM, Malaysia
Fahmi Arif, UTeM, Malaysia

Designer
Maslita Ab Aziz, UTeM, Malaysia
Safizah Suhana Kamal Baharin, UTeM, Malaysia
Fadzidah Ithnin, UTeM, Malaysia

Registration, Certification and Souvenirs Committee
Marliza Binti Ramly, UTeM, Malaysia
Sazalinsyah Bin Razali, UTeM, Malaysia
Mashanum Binti Osman, UTeM, Malaysia
Nor Hafizah Binti Hamyadi, UTeM, Malaysia
Zahriah Binti Othman, UTeM, Malaysia
Khadijah Binti Wan Mohd Ghazali, UTeM, Malaysia

Food, Venue and Accomodations Committee
Wahidah Binti Md Shah, UTeM, Malaysia
Norharyati Binti Harum, UTeM, Malaysia
Robiah Binti Yusof, UTeM, Malaysia

Protocol and Conference Program Committee 
Rabiah Ahmad, UTeM, Malaysia
Zainal Bidin, UTeM, Malaysia
Muhamad Sopian Baharom, UTeM, Malaysia

Logistic, Security and Transport Committee
Ahmad Fadzli Nizam Bin Abdul Rahman, UTeM, Malaysia
Ahmad Shaarizan Shaarani, UTeM, Malaysia
Sanusi Azmi, UTeM, Malaysia
Muhammad Suryanata , UTeM, Malaysia
Yahya Ibrahim, UTeM, Malaysia
Yahaya Ab Rahim, UTeM, Malaysia
Abd Razak Hussain , UTeM, Malaysia
Gede Pramudya Ananta, UTeM, Malaysia

Social Events Committee 
Ibrahim Ahmad, UTeM, Malaysia

 

International Program Committee

Alexander Mendiburu, The University of the Basque Country, Spain
Amelia Zafra Gómez, University of Córdoba, Spain
Amit Dutta, Barkatullah University, India
Amitava Chatterjee, Jadavpur University, India
Anália Lourenço, Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Anan Banharnsakun, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand
Anand Kulkarni, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 
Andrea Corradini, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
Andrei Petrovski, Robert Gordon University, United Kingdom
Andres Ortiz, Universidad de Málaga, Spain
Anna Bartkowiak, University of Wroclaw, Poland
Antonio J. Tallón-Ballesteros, University of Seville, Spain
Andrew L. Nelson, Androtics LLC, United States
Antonio Dourado, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Antonio Latorre, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
Arshin Rezazadeh, Iran University of Science and Technology, Iran
Arturo Hernández-Aguirre, Centre for Research in Mathematics, Mexico
Asoke Nath, St. Xaviers College (Autonomous), India
Atta Rahman, ISRA University, Pakistan 
Azah Kamilah Muda, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia 
Bahareh Asadi, Islamic Azad University, Iran
Biju Issac, Teesside University, United Kingdom
Binod Kumar Prasad, Maharastra Academy of Engineering, India
Bruno Rossi, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy
C. Alberto Ochoa-Zezatti, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, Mexico
Carlos Fernandez-Llatas, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain
Cerasela Crisan, "Vasile Alecsandri" University of Bacau, Romania
Chai Tong Yun, UTAR, Malaysia
Chi Kin Chow, City University of Hong Kong, China
Daniela Zaharie, West University of Timisoara, Romania
Darya Chyzhyk, The University of the Basque Country, Spain
Diaf Moussa, Université Mouloud Mammeri, Algeria
Dragan Simic, University of Novi Sad, Serbia
Eliska Ochodkova, VSB – Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
Elpida Tzafestas, University of Athens, Greece
Ender Ozcan, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
Erkan Bostancı, University of Essex, United Kingdom
Faaizah Shahboddin, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia
Fernando Corinto, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Firkhan Ali Hamid Ali, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Malaysia
Fukuyama Yoshikazu, Nguyen Tat Thanh University, Vietnam
Gai-Ge Wang, Jiangsu Normal University, China
George D. C. Cavalcanti, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil
George Papakostas, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace Institute of Technology, Greece
Ghanshyam Thakur, Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, India
Giancarlo Mauri, Università di Milano Bicocca, Italy
Giovanni Iacca, INCAS³, Netherlands
Guillermo Leguizamón, Universidad Nacional de San Luis, Argentina
Habib M. Kammoun, Université de Sfax, Tunisia
Hana Rezankova, Poznan University of Economics, Poland
Harris Michail, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus
Hendrik Richter, Leipzig University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Hisashi Handa, Kindai University, Japan
Ho Jee Hou, Nottingham Univ. Malaysia Campus, Malaysia
Hongbo Liu, Dalian University of Technology, China
I.G.P. Asto Buditjahjanto, Universitas Negeri Surabaya, Indonesia
Imre Lendák, University of Novi Sad, Serbia
János Botzheim, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan
Jeng-Shyang Pan Pan, National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences , Taiwan
Jer Lang Hong, Taylors University, Malaysia
Jin Xu, University of Pennsylvania, United States
João Paulo Pereira, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
José Carlos Ortiz-Bayliss, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
José M. Merigó, University of Barcelona, Spain
José Ramón Villar, University of Oviedo, Spain
Jose Santos, Universidad de A Coruña, Spain
José Valente de Oliveira, University of Algarve, Portugal
Joseph Alexander Brown, University of Guelph, Canada
Joseph Spring, University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Julio Ponce, Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes, Mexico
Junzo Watada, Waseda University, Japan
Kadian Davis, University College of the Caribbean, Jamaica
Karthigayan Muthukaruppan, MANIPAL International Universitym, Malaysia
Kononova Anna, Heriot-Watt University, United Kingdom
Konstantinos Parsopoulos, University of Ioannina, Greece
Korhan Karabulut, Yaşar Üniversitesi, Turkey
Kun Ma, Jinan University, China
Laurence Amaral, Federal University of Uberlandia, Brazil
Lim Kim Chuan, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia
Lee Chang-Yong, Kongju National University, Korea
Lee Chien Sing, UTAR, Malaysia
Leocadio G. Casado, University of Almería, Spain
Leonilde Varela, Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Long-Thành Ngô, Le Quy Don Technical University, Vietnam
Marde Helbig, CSIR: Meraka Institute, South Africa
Mauricio Ayala-Rincon, Universidade de Brasilia, Brazil
Michael Epitropakis, University of Stirling, United Kingdom
Mohamed Shojafar, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Mourad Abbas, Centre de Recherche Scientifique et Technique sur le Développement de La Langue Arabe, Algeria
Mrutyunjaya Panda, Gandhi Institute for Technological Advancement, India
Muhammad Sarfraz, Kuwait University, Kuwait
Navin Kumar Agrawal, Sagar Institute of Research Technology and Science, India
Nelishia Pillay, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Nohe Ramon Cazarez-Castro, Instituto Tecnologico de Tijuana, Mexico
Norashikin Ahmad, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia
Otoniel Lopez Granado, Miguel Hernandez University, Spain
Prakash Shelokar, European Centre for Soft Computing, Spain
Punam Bedi, University of Delhi, India
Ramachandram Sirandas, Osmania University, India
Richard Duro, Universidad de A Coruña, Spain
Robiah Yusof, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia
Sabrina Ahmad, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia
Sabu M Thampi, Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, India
Seema Purohit, Navinchandra Mehta Institute of Technology and Development, India
Shing Chiang Tan, Multimedia University, Malaysia
Shinichi Shirakawa, Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan
Siby Abraham, University of Mumbai, India
Siddhivinayak Kulkarni, University of Ballarat, Australia
Siti Zaiton Mohd Hashim, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia
Suicheng Gu, University of Pittsburgh, United States
Sumithra Devi K A, Rashtreeya Vidyalaya College of Engineering, India
Sunil Kumar Jha, Banaras Hindu University, India
Susana C. Esquivel, Universidad Nacional de San Luis, Argentina
Sushil Kulkarni, University of Mumbai, India
Swati V. Chande, International School of Informatics and Management, India
Syed Abdul Rahman Alhadadd b Syed Mohammed, UPM, Malaysia
Tan Ching Seongm, MMU, Malaysia
Tay Yong Haur, UTAR, Malaysia.
Teoh Chee Hooi, TARC, Malaysia
Terry Woodings, University of Western Australia, Australia
Tibebe Beshah, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
Toshiharu Hatanaka, Osaka University, Japan
Ulrich Rueckert, University of Paderborn, Germany
Usha Mehta, Nirma University, India
Vincenzo Piuri, University of Milan, Italy
Vn Manjunath Aradhya, Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering, India
Wei-Chiang Hong, Oriental Institute of Technology, Taiwan
Weng Kin Lai, TARC, Malaysia
Wing-Kuen Ling, Guangdong University of Technology, China
Wladyslaw Homenda, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
Wu-Chih Hu, National Penghu University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Yogan Jaya Kumar, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia
Yong Wang, Central South University, China
Yun-Huoy Choo, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia
Zhanghui Chen, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Additional Reviewers

Cecilia Ciminelli
Zahriladha Zakaria
Mete Eminagaoglu
José Luis Soncco-Álvarez
Daniele Nantes-Sobrinho
Peng Wu
Jian Yu
Thorsten Weyer
Agnieszka Jastrzebska
Daniele Caso
Ariane A. Almeida