General Chair
Prof. Dr.Srikanta Patnaik, Department of Computer Science and Engineering. SOA University, Bhubaneswar- 751030 ORISSA
Dr. Srikanta Patnaik is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, SOA University, Bhubaneswar, India. He has received his Ph. D. (Engineering) on Computational Intelligence from Jadavpur University, India in 1999 and supervised 12 Ph. D. theses and more than 30 M. Tech theses in the area of Machine Intelligence, Soft Computing Applications and Re-Engineering. Dr. Patnaik has published more than 60 research papers in international journals and conference proceedings. He is author of 2 text books and edited 12 books and few invited book chapters, published by leading international publisher like Springer-Verlag, Kluwer Academic, etc.. Dr. Patnaik was the Principal Investigator of TAPTEC project “Building Cognition for Intelligent Robot” sponsored by All India Council for Technical Education, New Delhi and Major Research Project “Machine Learning and Perception using Cognition Methods” sponsored by University Grant Commission. He is the Editors-in-Chief of International Journal of Information and Communication Technology and International Journal of Computational Vision and Robotics published from Inderscience Publishing House, England and also Editors-in-chief of Book Series on “Modeling and Optimization in Science and Technology” published from Springer, Germany.
Advisory Committee Chair:
Prof. Dr.Sc.Kazumi Nakamatsu
School of Human Science and Environment University of Hyogo
Kazumi Nakamatsu received the Ms. Eng. and Dr. Sci. from Shizuoka University and Kyushu University, Japan, respectively. He is a full Professor at School of Human Science and Environment, University of Hyogo, Japan.
His research interests encompass various kinds of logic and their applications to Computer Science, especially paraconsistent annotated logic programs and their applications. He has developed some paraconsistent annotated logic programs called ALPSN(Annotated Logic Program with Strong Negation), VALPSN(Vector ALPSN), EVALPSN(Extended VALPSN) and bf-EVALPSN (before-after EVALPSN) recently, and applied them to various intelligent systems such as a safety verification based railway interlocking control system and process order control. He is an author of over 150 papers and 20 book chapters, and 10 edited books published by prominent publishers.
Kazumi Nakamatsu has chaired various international conferences, workshops and invited sessions, and he has been a member of numerous international program committees of workshops and conferences in the area of Computer Science. He serves as Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Reasoning-based Intelligent Systems(IJRIS) by Inderscience Publisher(UK) and an editorial board member of many international journals. He has contributed numerous invited lectures at international workshops, conferences, and academic organizations. He also is a recipient of some conference and paper awards. He is a member of Japan AI Society, Japan Facial Society, etc.
Prof. Dr.Roumen Kountchev
Faculty of Telecommunications, Department of Radio Communications and Video Technologies at the Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria
Roumen Kountchev, Ph.D., D. Sc. is a professor at the Faculty of Telecommunications, Department of Radio Communications and Video Technologies at the Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria.
His scientific areas of interest are: digital signal and image processing, image compression, multimedia watermarking, video communications, pattern recognition and neural networks. Prof. Kountchev has 341 papers published in magazines and conference proceedings (71 international); 15 books; 46 book chapters; 20 patents (3 international). He had been principle investigator of 38 research projects (6 international).
At present he is a member of Euro Mediterranean Academy of Arts and Sciences (EMAAS) and President of Bulgarian Association for Pattern Recognition (member of Intern. Association for Pattern Recognition). Editorial board member of: Intern. Journal of Reasoning-based Intelligent Systems; Intern. Journal Broad Research in Artificial Intelligence and Neuroscience; KES Focus Group on Intelligent Decision Technologies; Egyptian Computer Science Journal; Intern. Journal of Bio-Medical Informatics and e-Health, and Intern. Journal Intelligent Decision Technologies. He has been a plenary speaker at: WSEAS Intern. Conf. on Signal Processing 2009, Istanbul; WSEAS Intern. Conf. on Signal Processing, Robotics and Automation, University of Cambridge 2010, UK; WSEAS Intern. Conf. on Signal Processing, Computational Geometry and Artificial Vision 2012, Istanbul, Turkey; Intern. Workshop on Bioinformatics, Medical Informatics and e-Health 2013, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt; Workshop SCCIBOV 2015, Djillali Liabès University, Sidi Bel Abbès, Algérie; Intern. Conf. on Information Technology 2015 and 2017, Al Zayatoonah University, Amman, Jordan; WSEAS European Conf. of Computer Science 2016, Rome, Italy.
Organising Chair:
Prof.Dr. Xi-Long Qu
School of Information Technology and Management
Hunan University of Finance and Economics
Number 139, the second roads of Fenglin, Yuelu district,Changsha,Hunan,China
Prof. Xilong Qu is the dean of School of Information Technology and Management, Hunan University of Finance and Economics, he is also the master degree student advisor for both Xiangtan University and Hunan Institute of Engineering. Prof. Xilong Qu received his Ph.D on Southwest Jiaotong University, he finished his post-doctor study in Post-doctoral Research Center of Computer Science and Technology, South China University of Technology. Prof. Xilong Qu is the young core teacher of Hunan and a member of“121” talents program of Hunan.Prof.Xilong Qu joined 4 projects from the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (863 Program) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China, also he led the National Natural Science Foundation of Hunan, the Research Foundation of Education Bureau of Hunan Province, China and the National Science Foundation for Post-doctoral Scientists of China for 3, 1 and 1 times respectively. Prof. Xilong Qu published 4 books 35 articles (5 articles are indexed by SCI and the rest are indexed by EI). Prof. Xilong Qu is also invited for chairs and keynote speakers of numerous conferences and forums in China.
Technical Program Committee Chair:
Prof. Sudip Misra
Department of Computer Science & Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology
West Bengal, India
Prof. Zhengtao Yu, Dean
School of Information Engineering and Automation
Kunming University of Science and Technology
China
Dr. Rashid Ali
Department of Computer Engineering
Aligarh Muslim University
Aligarh, India
International Advisory Committee:
Popentiu Vladicescu, Florin, City University, UK
Qu, Guangzhi, Oakland University, USA
Yadavalli, V.S.S., University of Pretoria, South Africa Apolloni
Bruno, Universit degli Studi di Milano, Italy
Chen, Shyi-Ming, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Coulibaly, Yahaya, University Technology Malaysia, Malaysia
Cui, Zhihua, Taiyuan University of Science and Technology, China
Das, B.K., Government of India, India Davis, Joseph, The University of Sydney, Australia
De La Escalera Hueso, Arturo, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain El Mohajir, Mohammed, Dhar Mahraz University, Morocco
Hessami, Ali, Vega Systems, UK
Hsu, Yen-Tseng, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Jain, Lakhmi C., Bournemouth University, UK
Jain, Sanjay, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Khatua, Chidananda, Intel Corporation Inc., USA
Kiper, Ayse, Middle East Technical University, Turkey
Kohout, Ladislav J., Florida State University, USA
Koukam, Abderrafiaa, Universit de Technologie de Belfort Montbliard, France
Langari, Reza, Texas A&M University, USA
Liu, Feng, Wuhan University, China
Ma, Maode, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Mahalik, N. P., California State University, Fresno, USA
Mahapatra, Rabi N, Texas A&M University, USA
Misra, Subhas C., IIT Kanpur, India
Mitra, Pabitra, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India
Phillips-Wren, Gloria, Loyola University Maryland, USA
Reddy, P. Krishna, International Institute of Information Technology, India
Serhani, M. Adel, United Arab Emirates University, United Arab Emirates
Shafazand, M. Hassan, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Iran
Shan, Tony C., Wachovia Bank, USA
Shukla, Anupam, Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Gwalior (ABV-IIITM), India
Soto Acosta, Pedro, University of Murcia, Spain
Trappl, Robert, Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence (OFAI), Austria
Tzafestas, Spyros, National Technical University, Greece
Yeap, Wai-Kiang, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
Zhang, Yudong, Nanjing Normal University, China
Zorat, Alessandro, University of Trento, Italy
Technical Program Committee:
Dr. Brian SIU, City University of Hong Kong
Prof.Dr. Xilong Qu, Hunan University of Finance and Economics, China
Prof.Dr. Tongliang Fan, China Maritime Police Academy, China
Prof. Junjie Lv, University of Wuhan Polytechnic, China
Prof.Dr. Roman Szewczyk,Industrial Research Institute for Automation and Measurements PIAP,Poland
Prof.Dr. Hao Wang, State Key Laboratory of Rolling and Automation, Northeastern University, China
Prof.Dr. Imran Memon, Zhejiang University, China
Prof.Dr. Guodong Wang , South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, USA
Prof.Dr. Vladicescu Popentiu, Florin, City University, UK
Prof.Dr. Guangzhi Qu, Oakland University, USA
Prof.Dr. V.S.S. Yadavalli, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Prof.Dr. Bruno Apolloni, Università degli Studi di Milano, ItalyProf.Dr. Harry Bouwman, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
Prof.Dr. Yahaya Coulibaly, University Technology Malaysia, Malaysia
Prof.Dr. Ing Kong, RMIT University, Australia
Prof.Dr. Gerald Midgley, Centre for Systems Studies, Business School, University of Hull, UK
Prof.Dr. Khubaib Ahmed, Hamdard University, Pakistan
Prof.Dr. Moustafa Mohammed Eissa, Faculty of Engineering-Helwan University, Egypt
Dr. Liang Zong, Shaoyang University, China
Dr. Xilang Tang, Airforce Engineering University, China
Dr. Fernando Boronat Seguí, UNIVERSIDAD POLITéCNICA DE VALENCIA, SPAIN
Dr. Alexandros Fragkiadakis, Institute of Computer Science (FORTH-ICS), GreeceDr. Cristina Alcaraz, University of Malaga, Spain
Dr. Mohamed Atef, Assiut University, Egypt
Dr. Weilin Wang , University of Georgia, USA
Dr. Bensafi Abd-Ei-Hamid, World Islamic Sciences and Education University, Jordan
Dr. Yudi Gondokaryono, Institute of Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia
Dr. Hadi Arabshahi, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran
Dr. Qian Lv , Western Digital, USA
Dr. Alojz Poredo, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Dr. Mohamed F. El-Santawy, Cairo University, Egypt
Dr. Tongpin Liu, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA
Dr. Seema Verma, Banasthali University, India
Prof. Loc Nguyen, Director of International Engineering and Technology Institute (IETI), Vietnam
Prof. Cheng-Yuan Tang, Huafan University, Taiwan
Prof. Jun Tao, Jianghan University, China
Dr. Wei Wei, Xi’an University. of Tech, China
Dr. Hyunsung Kim, Kyungil University, Korea
Dr. Faisal Syafar, UNM Parangtambung, Indonesia
Dr., Nikolaos Pellas, University of the Aegean, Greek
Dr., Alexey Nekrasov, Southern Federal University, Russia
Dr., Wen-Cheng Lai, National Penghu University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Dr., Jian-wei Liu, China University of Petroleum, China
Dr., ARUN AGARWAL, Siksha 'O' Anusandhan Deeemed to be University, India
Dr., Biju T. Sayed Mohammed, Dhofar University, Indian
Prof., Wuyi Yue, Konan University, Japan
Dr., Juan M. Carrillo, Universidad de Murcia, Spain
Dr., Ioan-Lucian Popa, University Alba Iulia, Romania
Dr., Xu Zezhong, Changzhou Institute of Technology, China
Dr., Ray-Hwa Wong, Hwa-Hsia University of Technology, Taiwan
Dr., Saman Shojae Chaeikar, K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
Dr., HAMIDA Souraya, Université Batna 2, Algérie, Algeria
Dr., Teodor Lucian Grigorie, Ecole de Technologie Superieure, Romania
Dr., Ong Pauline, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Malaysia.
Dr., Tsun Ku, Institute for Information Industry, Taiwan
Dr., Jahangir Dadkhah Chimeh, Iran Telecommunication Research Center, Iran
Dr., Soumyadip Bandyopadhyay, System Analysis and Modeling Group Hasso Plattner Institute, Germany
Dr., Jian-wei Liu, University of Petroleum, China
Dr., Dariusz Jacek Jakóbczak, Koszalin University of Technology, Poland
Dr., Jun Guo, East China Normal University, China
Dr., A.D.N.SARMA, Centre for Good Governance, Indian
Dr., Ing. Kuan Chee, University of Nottingham Ningbo China , China
Dr., Xu Wang, Heriot Watt University, UK
Dr., Zahéra Mekkioui, University Abou Bekr Belkaid of Tlemcen, Algeria
Dr., Wolfgang A. Halang, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, D-58084 Hagen, Germany
Prof., X. SUSAN CHRISTINA, MIET Engineering College, Indian
Dr., Gordon Huang, University of Regina, Regina, Canada
Dr., Xi Vincent Wang,KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Dr., MEHMET NURİ AKINCI, İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi, Ayazağa Kampüsü
Dr., Fateh Mebarek-Oudina, Skikda University, Algeria
Dr., Zahéra Mekkioui, University of Tlemcen, Algeria
Dr., Elias Shokati Asl, University of Tabriz, Iran
Dr., Carlos Calderón Córdova, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, República del Ecuador
Dr., Grigoras Gheorghe, Technical University of Iasi, Romania
Dr., Kei Eguchi, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan
Dr., Roberto Nardone, Regional Consortium of Universities and Research Centers in Campania Region, Itliy
Dr.,Tan Yi Fei, Multimedia University, Selangor
Dr., Shahbaz Pervez, Yanbu University College, Saudi Arabia
Dr., Chii-Wai CHOW, Chinese University of HongKong, China
Dr., Zhao-Hui Li, Dalian Maritime Unisversity, China
Dr., P.M.Meshram, Yeshwantrao Chavan College of Engineering (Y.C.C.E), India
Prof., Qiao GUO, Beijing Institute of Technology, China
Prof., Cheng-Yuan Tang, Huafan University, Taiwan
Dr., Nurul Hidayah Binti Ab Rahman, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Malaysia
Dr.,P. BALASUBRAMANIAN, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Dr., xiangshuai Tao, the PLA University of science anf technology, China
Dr., chen Han, Army engineering university of PLA, China
Dr., Ing. Jan Kubíček, Technical University of Ostrava ,Ostrava
Dr., Krzysztof Dyczkowski, University of Adam Mickiewicz, Poland
Dr., Vasilios Zarikas, University of Applied Sciences, Greek
Dr., GIUSEPPE D'ANIELLO, Università degli Studi di Salerno, Italy
Dr., Asaad Y. Shamseldin, The University of Auckland, New Zealand
Dr., Muhammad Hafidz Fazli Bin Md Fauadi, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM), Malaysia
Prof., Anabela Moreira Bernardino ,Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Portuguesa
Prof.,BASEL ALI MAHAFZAH,University of Jordan,Jordan
Dr.,Ashkan Yousefpour, The University of Texas at Dallas, USA
