Organizing Committee

General Chairs
Alexander Gelbukh, National Polytechnic Institute (IPN), Mexico
Ajith Abraham, Machine Intelligence Research Labs, USA
Albert Zomaya, University of Sydney, Australia

Technical Program Committee Chairs

Andre Carvalho, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil
Simone Ludwig, North Dakota State University, USA

Workshop and Special Session Chair

Ana Maria Madureira, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal

International Advisory Board
Aboul Ella Hassanien, University of Cairo, Egypt
Adel Alimi, Universit de Sfax, Sfax - Tunisia
André Ponce de Leon F de Carvalho, University of São Paulo, Brazil
Diane J Cook, Washington State University, USA
Emilio Corchado, Universidad de Salamanca, Spain
Francesco Marcelloni, University of Pisa, Itlay
Francisco Herrera, University of Granada, Spain
Hideyuki Takagi, Kyushu University, Japan
Hisao Ishibuchi, Osaka Perfecture University, Japan
Imre J Rudas, Obuda University, Hungary
Janusz Kacprzyk, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Javier Montero, Complutense University, Spain
Jeng-Shyang Pan, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
Joydeep Ghosh, University of Texas, USA
Jun Wang, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hongkong
Krzysztof Cios, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA
Mario Koeppen, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan
Nikola Kasabov, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
Sankar Pal, Indian Statistical Institute, India
Sebastián Ventura, University of Cordoba, Spain
Vaclav Snasel, VSB-Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
Witold Pedrycz, University of Alberta, Canada
Yuehui Chen, Jinan University, China


Publication Chair
Siby Abraham, University of Mumbai, India


Web Master

Kun Ma, University of Jinan, China

International Program Committee
Abdelhamid Bouchachia, University of Klagenfurt, Austria
Ahmad Banakar, Tarbiat Modares University. Tehran, Iran
Alan Barton, National Research Council Canada,Ontario, anada
Alberto Bugarn, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Alberto Guillen, University of Granada, Spain
Alexis Bondu, EDF R&D, Clamart, France
Alicia Troncoso, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Spain
Alicia, D'Anjou, Universidad del pais Vasco, Spain
Amelia Zafra Gmez, University of Crdoba,Spain
Ana Madureira, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
Andre Carvalho, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil
Andrea Corradini, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
Andres Ortiz, University of Malaga, Spain
Alex James, IIITM Kerala, India
Angelo Cangelosi, University of Plymouth, UK
Anthony Brabazon, University College Dublin, Ireland
Antonio Dourado, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Arash, Shaban-Nejad, McGill, University, Canada
Bogdan Trawinski, Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland
Bruno Rossi, Free University of Bozen Bolzano, Italy
Carlos Henrique Forster, Technological institute of Aeronautics, Brasil
Carlos Pereira, Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra, Portugal
Cerasela Crisan, Vasile Alecsandri University of Bacau, Romania
Cesar Torres, LTI, CINVESTAV-Tamaulipas, Mexico
Charles Peck, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA
Cheng-Hsiung Hsieh, Chaoyang University of Technology, Taiwan
Christophe Giraud-Carrier, Brigham Young University, USA
Dante Tapia, University of Salamanca, Spain
Dario Landa-Silva, University of Nottingham, UK
Darya Chyzhyk, University of Basque Country, Spain
David Hoyle, University of Manchester, UK
Dragan Simic, University of Novi Sad, Serbia
Eiji Uchino, Yamaguchi University, Japan
Elpida Tzafesta, University of Athens, Greece
Ekaterina Komendantskaya, University of Dundee, Scotland, UK
Emilio Corchado, University of Salamanca, Spain
Emmanouil Hourdakis, Institute of Computer Science, FORTH, Hellas, Greece
Eva Gibaja, University of Cordoba, Spain
Fabrício Olivetti De França, State University of Campinas, Brazil
Fermin Segovia, University of Granada, Spain
Fernando Corinto, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Francisco Bellas, Universidade da Coruna, Spain
Francisco Martnez Estudillo, ETEA, Crdoba, Spain
Francisco Martnez Estudillo, University of Crdoba, Spain
George D. C. Cavalcanti, Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil
George Papakostas, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
Georgios Dounias, University of the Aegean, Greece
Giancarlo Mauri, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy
Giorgio Fumera, University of Cagliari, Italy
Hana Rezankova, University of Economics, Prague, Czech Republic
Hanane Azzag, Laboratoire d'Informatique de l'Universit de Paris-Nord, France
Haresh Suthar, Parul Institute of Engineering and Technology, Vadodara, India
Hazem Abbas, Mentor Graphics, Cairo, Egypt
Hugo Jair Escalante, Instituto Nacional de Astrofisica, Mexico
Jaber Jemai, Institut Suprieur de Gestion de Tunis, Tunisia
Jaerock Kwon, Kettering University, USA
Javier Bajo, Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca, Spain
Javier Sedano, University of Burgos, Spain
Javier Snchez-Monedero, Departamento de Informtica y Anlisis Numrico, Spain
Jih Fu Tu, St. Johns University, Taipei, Taiwan
Jinglu Hu, Waseda University, Japan
Jinhyuk Choi, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, South Korea
Joaquin Derrac, University of Granada, Spain
Jong Kyoung Kim, Pohang University of Science and Technology, South Korea
Jorge Azorn-Lpez, University of Alicante, Spain
Jos Ramn Villar, University of Oviedo, Spain
Jose Garcia-Rodriguez, University of Alicante, Spain
Juan Arturo Nolazco Flores, ITESM, campus Monterrey, Mexico
Juan J. Flores, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas , Mexico
Juan Jose Martinez Castillo, Gran Mariscal deAyacucho University, Vezuela
Julio Ponce, Universidad Autnoma de Aguascalientes, Mexico
Kai-Uwe Kuehnberger, University of Osnabrck, Germany
Katsuhiro Honda, Osaka Prefecture University, Japan
Khalid Benabdeslem, Claude Bernard University of Lyon I, France
Krzysztof Walkowiak, Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland
Kun Ma, University of Jinan, China
Kuo-Sheng Cheng, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
Kyriakos Kritikos, Institute of Computer Science, FORTH, Greece
Kyung-Joong Kim, Yonsei University, South Korea
Laurence T. Yang, St Francis Xavier University, Canada
Lenka Lhotska, Czech Technical University, Prague, Czech Republic
Leocadio G. Casado, University of Almeriam, Spain
Leonardo Franco, Universidad de Mlaga, Spain
Llus Belanche, Universitat Politcnica de Catalunya, Spain
Luis Hernandez Gomez, Universidad Politcnica de Madrid, Spain
Maciej Grzenda, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
Manuel Grana, University of Basque Country, Spain
Mark Embrechts, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York,USA
Martine De Cock, Ghent University, Belgium
Mehmet Emin Aydin, University of Bedfordshire, UK
Michael Blumenstein, Griffith University, Australia
Michal Wozniak, Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland
Miguel Atencia, Universidad de Mlaga, Spain
Miguel Cazorla, University of Alicante, Spain
Mustapha Lebbah, Universit Paris 13, France
Nohe Ramon Cazarez-Castro, Universidad Autonoma de Baja California, Mexico
Oscar Castillo, Tijuana Institute of Technology, Mexico
Otoniel Lopez Granado, Miguel Hernandez University, Spain
Pablo Castro, University of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Paulo Cortez, University of Minho, Portugal
Pedro Castillo, University of Granada, Spain
Petrica Claudiu Pop, North University of Baia Mare, Romania
Petro Gopych, Universal Power Systems USA, Ukraine
Pietro Ducange, University of Pisa, Italy
Ping Guo, Beijing Normal University, China
Piotr Porwik, University of Silesia,Katowice, Poland
Qi Kang, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
Rafael Alcala, University of Granada, Spain
Rafael Corchuelo, University of Seville, Spain
Raghavendra Kulkarni, Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA
Richard Duro, Universidade da Coruna, Spain
Ryotaro Kamimura, Tokai University, Tokyo, Japan
Sara Rodrguez, University of Salamanca, Spain
Sarjoun Doumit, University of Cincinnati, USA
Schahram Dustdar, Technical University of Vienna, Austria
Sean Holden, University of Cambridge, UK
Shu-Ching Chen, Florida International University, US
Siddhivinayak Kulkarni, University of Ballarat, Australia
Sooyoung Lee, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea
Stella Heras, Universitat Politcnica de Valncia, Spain
Suhas Chelian, HRL Laboratories, California, US
Sung-Bae Cho, Yonsei University, South Korea
Swati V Chandi, ISIM Jaipur, India
Takio Kurita, Hiroshima Universiy, Japan
Tsai-Rong Chang, Southern Taiwan University, Taiwan
Valeriu Beiu, UAE University - College of Information Technology,UAE
Vicente Julian, Universidad Politcnica de Valencia, Spain
Vladik Kreinovich, University of Texas at El Paso, USA
Wei-Chiang Hong, Oriental Institute of Technology, Taiwan
Wenjian Luo, University of Science and Technology of China, China
Wladyslaw Homenda, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
Wu-Chih Hu, National Penghu University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Yannis Marinakis, Technical University of Crete, Greece
Yau-Hwang Kuo, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
Yo Horikawa, Kagawa University, Japan
Zvi Boger, OPTIMAL - Industrial Neural Systems Ltd, Israel