Organizing Committee

General Co-chairs

Technical Program Committee (TPC) Co-chairs

  • Cristóbal Romero, University of Córdoba (Spain)
  • Francesco Marcelloni, University of Pisa (Italy)
  • José Manuel Benítez, University of Granada (Spain)

Advisory Committee

  • Ajith Abraham, Machine Intelligence Research Labs (MIR Labs) (EU)
  • Krzysztof Cios, Virginia Commonwealth University (USA)
  • Emilio Corchado, University of Salamanca (Spain)
  • Aboul Ella Hassanien, Cairo University (Egypt)
  • Francisco Herrera, University of Granada (Spain)
  • Janusz Kacprzyk, Polish Academy of Sciences (Poland)
  • Nikola Kasabov, AUT University (New Zealand)
  • Mario Koeppen, Kyuhsu Institute of Technology (Japan)
  • Javier Montero, Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) (Spain)
  • Nikhil R. Pal, Indian Statistical Institute (India)
  • Henri Prade, IRIT (France)
  • Imre J. Rudas, Óbuda University (Hungary)
  • Hideyuki Takagi, Kyushu University (Japan)
  • Sebastián Ventura, University of Córdoba (Spain)

International Program Committee

  • Siby Abraham, University of Mumbai (India)
  • Giovanni Acampora, University of Salerno (Italy)
  • Nitin Agarwal, University of Arkansas at Little Rock (USA)
  • Rafael Alcalá, University of Granada (Spain)
  • Jesús Alcalá-Fdez, University of Granada (Spain)
  • Jose Alonso, European Centre for Soft Computing (Spain)
  • Michela Antonelli, Dip. Ingegneria dell’ Informazione Università di Pisa Italy (Italy)
  • José Luis Aznarte, Distance Learning University of Spain (Spain)
  • Javier Bajo, University of Salamanca (Spain)
  • Soumya Banerjee, Birla Institute of Technology (India)
  • Carlos Barranco, Pablo de Olavide University (Spain)
  • Edurne Barrenechea, Universidad Pública de Navarra (Spain)
  • Alberto Bartoli, University of Trieste (Italy)
  • Alan Barton, National Research Council Canada (Canada)
  • Rafael Bello, Universidad Central de Las Villas (Cuba)
  • Robert Berwick, MIT (USA)
  • Fernando Bobillo, University of Zaragoza (Spain)
  • Abdelhamid Bouchachia, University of Klagenfurt (Austria)
  • Alberto Bugarín, University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain)
  • Humberto Bustince, Universidad Publica de Navarra (Spain)
  • Stefano Cagnoni, University of Parma (Italy)
  • Cristóbal J. Carmona, University of Jaen (Spain)
  • Andre Carvalho, University of Sao Paulo (Brazil)
  • Giovanna Castellano, University of Bari (Italy)
  • Dagoberto Castellanos, University of Granada (Spain)
  • Gladys Castillo, University of Aveiro (Portugal)
  • Oscar Castillo, Tijuana Institute of Technology (Mexico)
  • Yuehui Chen, Jinan University (P.R. China)
  • Sung-Bae Cho, Yonsei University (Korea)
  • Mario Cimino, University of Pisa (Italy)
  • Mario Cimino, University of Pisa (Italy)
  • Marco Cococcioni, NATO Undersea Research Centre (Italy)
  • André Coelho, University of Fortaleza (Brazil)
  • Carlos Coello Coello, Cinvestav (Mexico)
  • Valentina Colla, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna (Italy)
  • Emilio Corchado, University of Salamanca (Spain)
  • Oscar Cordon, European Centre for Soft Computing (Spain)
  • Chris Cornelis, Ghent University (Belgium)
  • Peter Cowling, University of Bradford (United Kingdom)
  • Juan-Carlos Cubero, University of Granada (Spain)
  • Kevin Curran, University of Ulster (United Kingdom)
  • Alfredo Cuzzocrea, ICAR-CNR and University of Calabria (Italy)
  • Ashraf Darwish, Egypt (Egypt)
  • Bernard De Baets, Ghent University (Belgium)
  • Martine De Cock, Ghent University (Belgium)
  • Maria Jose Del Jesus, University of Jaen (Spain)
  • Javier Del Ser, Tecnalia Research & Innovation (Spain)
  • Coral del Val, University of Granada (Spain)
  • Jitender Deogun, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (USA)
  • Félix Díaz-Hermida, University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain)
  • Federico Divina, Pablo de Olavide University (Spain)
  • Abraham Duarte, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (Spain)
  • Pietro Ducange, University of Pisa (Italy)
  • Luka Eciolaza, European Centre for Soft Computing (Spain)
  • Wilfried Elmenreich, University of Klagenfurt (Austria)
  • Anna Fanelli, University of Bari Italy (Italy)
  • Javier Fernandez, Universidad Pública de Navarra (Spain)
  • Giacomo Fiumara, University of Messina (Italy)
  • Alexandru Floares, (Romania)
  • Jose Gamez, University of Castilla-La Mancha (Spain)
  • Xiao-Zhi Gao, Aalto University (Finland)
  • Carlos García-Alonso, ETEA (Spain)
  • José Luis García-Lapresta, Universidad de Valladolid (Spain)
  • Carlos Garcia-Martinez, University of Córdoba (Spain)
  • Jon Garibaldi, University of Nottingham (United Kingdom)
  • Razvan Ghinea, University of Granada (Spain)
  • Eva Gibaja, University of Cordoba (Spain)
  • Raul Giraldez, Pablo de Olavide University (Spain)
  • Alma Gómez, University of Vigo (Spain)
  • Juan Gomez-Romero, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (Spain)
  • Fernando Gomide, University of Campinas (Brazil)
  • Pedro González, University of Jaen (Spain)
  • Juan C. González-Moreno, University of Vigo (Spain)
  • Crina Grosan, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Norway)
  • Jerzy Grzymala-Busse, University of Kansas (USA)
  • Alberto Guillén, University of Granada (Spain)
  • Tauseef Gulrez, (Pakistan)
  • Pedro Antonio Gutiérrez, University of Córdoba (Spain)
  • Aboul Ella Hassanien, University of Cairo (Egypt)
  • Francisco Herrera, University of Granada (Spain)
  • Luis Javier Herrera, University of Granada (Spain)
  • César Hervás-Martínez, University of Córdoba (Spain)
  • Tzung-Pei Hong, National University of Kaohsiung (Taiwan)
  • Eduardo Hruschka, University of Sao Paulo (Brazil)
  • Stephen Huang, University of Houston (USA)
  • Eyke Huellermeier, University of Marburg (Germany)
  • Richard Jensen, Aberystwyth University (United Kingdom)
  • Frank Klawonn, Ostfalia University (Germany)
  • Mario Koeppen, Kyushu Institute of Technology (Japan)
  • Vladik Kreinovich, University of Texas at El Paso (USA)
  • Pavel Kromer, VSB – Technical University of Ostrava (Czech Republic)
  • Milos Kudelka, VSB – Technical University of Ostrava (Czech Republic)
  • Yasuo Kudo, Muroran Institute of Technology (Japan)
  • Manuel Lama, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (Spain)
  • Beatrice Lazzerini, University of Pisa (Italy)
  • Chang-Shing Lee, National University of Tainan (Taiwan)
  • Chia-Chen Lin, University (USA)
  • Vincenzo Loia, University of Salerno (Italy)
  • Xi Long, Amazon (USA)
  • Antonio Lopez-Herrera, Ugr (Spain)
  • Roberto Lopez-Valcarce, Universidad de Vigo (Spain)
  • Jose Lozano, University of the Basque Country (Spain)
  • Teresa Ludermir, Federal University of Pernambuco (Brazil)
  • Sabu M Thampi, Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management – Kerala (India)
  • Francisco Madrid-Cuevas, University of Córdoba (Spain)
  • Luis Magdalena, European Centre for Soft Computing (Spain)
  • Urszula Markowska-Kaczmar, Wroclaw University of Technology (Poland)
  • Pierre-Francois Marteau, Universite de Bretagne Sud (France)
  • Trevor Martin, University of Bristol (United Kingdom)
  • Francisco Martínez-Álvarez, Pablo de Olavide University (Spain)
  • Alfonso Carlos Martínez-Estudillo, INSA-ETEA (Spain)
  • Francisco Martínez-Estudillo, University of Córdoba (Spain)
  • Jan Martinovic, Technical University of Ostrava (Czech Republic)
  • Antonio Masegosa, University of Granada (Spain)
  • Rafael Medina, University of Cordoba (Spain)
  • Ernestina Menasalvas, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid (Spain)
  • Corrado Mencar, University of Bari (Italy)
  • Lahcene Mitiche, University of Djelfa (Algeria)
  • Sadaaki Miyamoto, University of Tsukuba (Japan)
  • Carlos Morell, Universidad Central Marta Abreu de Las Villas (Cuba)
  • Manuel Mucientes, University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain)
  • Azah Kamilah Muda, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (Malaysia)
  • Rafael Muñoz, University of Cordoba (Spain)
  • Venkata Reddy Muppani, Air Liquide (India)
  • Kazumi Nakamatsu, University of Hyogo (Japan)
  • Daniel Neagu, University of Bradford (United Kingdom)
  • Roman Neruda, Institute of Computer Science (Czech Republic)
  • Yusuke Nojima, Osaka Prefecture University (Japan)
  • Francisco P. Romero, University of Castilla La Mancha (Spain)
  • Miguel Pagola, Universidad Publica de Navarra (Spain)
  • Marcin Paprzycki, IBS PAN (Poland)
  • Witold Pedrycz, University of Alberta (Canada)
  • David Pelta, University of Granada (Spain)
  • José Peña, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (Spain)
  • Antonio Peregrin, University of Huelva (Spain)
  • Maria del Mar Perez, University of Granada (Spain)
  • Jose Luis Perez de la Cruz, University of Malaga (Spain)
  • Vincenzo Piuri, University of Milan (Italy)
  • Jan Platos, VSB-Technical University of Ostrava, FEECS (Czech Republic)
  • Beatriz Pontes, University of Seville (Spain)
  • Carlos Porcel, University of Jaén (Spain)
  • Petr Pošík, Czech Technical University in Prague (Czech Republic)
  • Manuel Prieto-Mendez, University of Castilla-La Mancha (Spain)
  • José Puerta, University of Castilla-La Mancha (Spain)
  • Zbigniew Ras, University of North Carolina (USA)
  • Carlos Regueiro, University of Coruña (Spain)
  • Germano Resconi, Catholic University (Italy)
  • Leonardo Reyneri, Politecnico di Torino (Italy)
  • Jose Riquelme, University of Seville (Spain)
  • Antonio Rivera, University of Jaén (Spain)
  • Francisco Javier Rodríguez Martínez, Universidade de Vigo (Spain)
  • Ignacio Rojas, University of Granada (Spain)
  • José Raúl Romero, University of Córdoba (Spain)
  • Rocio Romero-Zaliz, University of Granada (Spain)
  • Cristina Rubio-Escudero, University of Sevilla (Spain)
  • Antonio Salmerón, University of Almería (Spain)
  • Ovidio Salvetti, ISTI-CNR (Italy)
  • Daniel Sánchez, European Centre for Soft Computing (Spain)
  • Luciano Sanchez, University of Oviedo (Spain)
  • Andrea Schaerf, University of Udine (Italy)
  • Javier Sedano, Technological Institute of Castilla y Leon (Spain)
  • Giovanni Semeraro, University of Bari (Italy)
  • Jesús Serrano-Guerrero, University of Castilla La Mancha (Spain)
  • Georgios Sirakoulis, Democritus University of Thrace (Greece)
  • Luciano Stefanini, University of Urbino “Carlo Bo” (Italy)
  • Ayeley Tchangani, University Toulouse III (France)
  • Radha Thangaraj, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (India)
  • Alessandro Tognetti, Interdepartmental Research Center “Centro Piaggio”, University of Pisa (Italy)
  • Mercedes Torres, University of Córdoba (Spain)
  • Maria Torsello, University of Bari (Italy)
  • Alicia Troncoso, Pablo of Olavide University of Seville (Spain)
  • Ashish Umre, University of Sussex (United Kingdom)
  • José Valente de Oliveira, University of Algarve (Portugal)
  • Massimo Vecchio, University of Vigo (Spain)
  • Nele Verbiest, Ghent University (Belgium)
  • Seema Verma, University Banasthali Vidyapith (India)
  • Gregg Vesonder, AT&T Labs – Research (USA)
  • Juan Vidal, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (Spain)
  • Enrique Viedma, University of Granada (Spain)
  • Jose Villar, Oviedo University (Spain)
  • Michael Vrahatis, University of Patras (Greece)
  • Shyue-Liang Wang, National University of Kaohsiung (Taiwan)
  • Junzo Watada, Waseda University (Japan)
  • Michal Wozniak, Wroclaw University of Technology (Poland)
  • Fatos Xhafa, Technical University of Catalonia (Spain)
  • Yanping Xiang, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (P.R. China)
  • Enrique Yeguas, University of Cordoba (Spain)
  • Liu Yuzhe, University of Notre Dame (USA)
  • Amelia Zafra, University of Córdoba (Spain)
  • Jun Zhang, Waseda University (Japan)
  • Qieshi Zhang, Waseda University (Japan)
  • Huiyu Zhou, Queens’ University belfast (United Kingdom)
  • Indrė Žliobaitė, Bournemouth University (United Kingdom)
  • Igor Zwir, University of Granada (Spain)

Workshops and Special Sessions Co-chairs

Publicity Co-chairs

  • Rafael Alcalá, University of Granada (Spain)
  • José Raúl Romero, University of Córdoba (Spain)
  • Pietro Ducange, University of Pisa (Italy)
  • A B M Shawkat Ali, Central Quuensland University (Australia)
  • Eduardo Raul Hruschka, University of São Paulo (Brazil)

Local Arrangement Chair

  • Amelia Zafra, University of Córdoba (Spain)

Publication Chair

  • Eva Gibaja, University of Córdoba (Spain)

Web Chair

  • Pedro A. Gutiérrez, University of Córdoba (Spain)