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The role of the IPC is as follows:- We are grateful for their valuable assistance.

The IPC consists of the following members and, in addition, all Invited Session Chairs:-


KES-IDT-18 IPC Members

Name Affiliation
Prof. Dr. Jair M. Abe Paulista University, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil 
Prof. Witold Abramowicz Poznan University of Economics and Business, Poland 
Assoc Prof. Alireza Ahrary Faculty of Computer and Information Sciences, Sojo University, Japan 
Dr. Piotr Artemjew University of Warmia and Mazury, Poland 
Dr. Ahmad Taher Azar Faculty of Computers and Information, Benha University, Egypt 
Prof. Hyerim Bae Pusan National University, Korea 
Prof. Valentina Emilia Balas Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad, Romania 
Assoc. Prof. Alina Barbulescu Ovidius University of Constanta, Romania 
Dr. Dariusz Barbucha Gdynia Maritime University, Poland 
Dr. Andreas Behrend University of Bonn, Germany 
Prof. Mokhtar Beldjehem University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada 
Prof. Monica Bianchini Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Informazione e Scienze Matematiche, Università degli Studi di Siena, Italy 
Dr. Gloria Bordogna CNR IREA, Italy 
Dr. Oliver Bossert McKinsey & Co. Inc, Germany 
Dr. János Botzheim Szechenyi Istvan University, Hungary 
Prof. Lars Brehm University of Munich, Germany 
Dr. Alfonso Mateos Caballero Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain 
Assoc. Prof. Frantisek Capkovic Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia 
Prof. Shyi-Ming Chen National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan 
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Adrian-Gabriel CHIFU Aix-Marseille Université (FEG/LSIS), France 
Prof. Mario G. C. A. Cimino University of Pisa, Italy 
Dr. Marco Cococcioni University of Pisa, Italy 
Dr. Angela Consoli Defence, Science and technology Group, Australia 
Dr. Paolo Crippa Department of Information Engineering, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy 
Dr. Matteo Cristani Universita di Verona, Italy 
Prof. Alfredo Cuzzocrea University of Trieste, Italy 
Prof. Bogdan Cyganek AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland 
Prof. Dr. Irek Czarnowski Gdynia Maritime University, Poland 
Prof. Eman El-Sheikh University of West Florida, USA 
Prof. Margarita N. Favorskaya Reshetnev Siberian State University of Science and Technology, Russia 
Michael Fellmann University of Rostock, Germany 
Prof. Bogdan Franczyk Universitat Leipzig, Germany 
Dr. Ulrik Franke RISE SICS Swedish Institute of Computer Science, Sweden 
Dr. Mauro Gaggero National Research Council of Italy, Italy 
Prof. Mauro Gaspari Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Bologna, Italy 
Dr. Bogdan Gliwa AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland 
Prof. Christos Grecos Central Washington University, USA 
Dr. Foteini Grivokostopoulou University of Patras, Greece 
Prof. Jerzy Grzymala-Busse University of Kansas, USA 
Assoc. Prof. Ioannis Hatzilygeroudis University of Patras, Greece 
Prof. Enrique Herrera-Viedma University of Granada, Spain 
Dr. Dawn E.Holmes University of California, Santa Barbara, USA 
Prof. Katsuhiro Honda Osaka Prefecture University, Japan 
Prof. Chia-ling Hsu TKU, Taiwan 
Prof. Yuh-Jong Hu National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan​ 
Prof. Dr. Yoshiteru Ishida Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan 
Prof. Naohiro Ishii Aichi Institute of Technology, Japan 
Prof. Mirjana Ivanovic University of Novi Sad, Serbia 
Prof. Yuji Iwahori Chubu University, Japan 
Prof. Lakhmi Jain Bournemouth University, UK / University of Canberra, Australia 
Nikita Jain Rajasthan Technical University, India 
Dr. Jacqueline Jarvis Central Queensland University, Australia 
Prof. Dr. Piotr Jedrzejowicz Gdynia Maritime University, Poland 
Assoc. Prof Björn Johansson Lund University, Sweden 
Prof. Nikos Karacapilidis University of Patras, Greece 
Dr. Pawel Kasprowski Silesian University of Technology, Poland 
Prof. Radoslaw Piotr Katarzyniak Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Poland 
Prof. Dr. Eizo Kinoshita Meijo University, Japan 
Prof. Frank Klawonn Ostfalia University, Germany 
Prof. Boris Kovalerchuk Central Washington University, USA 
Dr. Petia Koprinkova-Hristova Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia 
Prof. Marek Kretowski Bialystok University of Technology, Poland 
Prof. Dr. Dalia Kriksciuniene Vilnius University, Lithuania 
Dr. Vladimir Kurbalija University of Novi Sad, Serbia 
Prof. Kazuhiro Kuwabara Ritsumeikan University, Japan 
Prof. Chee Peng Lim Deakin University, Australia 
Assist. Prof. Pei-Chun Lin Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science, Feng Chia University, Taiwan 
Prof. Ivan Luković University of Novi Sad, Serbia 
Dr. Neel Mani ADAPT Centre for Digital Content Technology, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland 
Dr. Raimundas Matulevičius University of Tartu, Estonia 
Prof. Dr. Lyudmila Mihaylova University of Sheffield, UK 
Assoc. Prof. Mohamed Arezki Mellal M'Hamed Bougara University, Algeria 
Mr. Michael Möhring Munich University of Applied Sciences, Germany 
Dr. Daniel Moldt University of Hamburg, Germany 
Dr. Stefania Montani DISIT, Computer Science Institute, University of Piemonte Orientale, Alessandria, Italy 
Prof. Mikhail Moshkov King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia 
Prof. Fionn Murtagh University of Huddersfield, UK 
Prof. Kazumi Nakamatsu University of Hyogo, Japan 
Prof. Tomoharu Nakashima Osaka Prefecture University, Japan 
Dr. Shastri L Nimmagadda Curtin Business School, Curtin University, Perth, Australia 
Mr. Takahiro Niwa Aichi Institute of Technology, Japan 
Prof. Selmin Nurcan University of Paris, France 
Prof. Marek Ogiela AGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow, Poland 
Prof. Dr. Takao Ohya Kokushikan University, Japan 
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Takeshi Okamoto Kanagawa Institute of Technology, Japan 
Dr. Tomasz Orzechowski AGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow, Poland 
Prof. Dr. Georg Peters Munich University of Applied Sciences, Germany 
Dr. Camelia Pintea Technical University Cluj-Napoca, Romania 
Dr. Clara Pizzuti National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Italy 
Prof. Petra Perner Institut of Computer Vision and Applied Computer Sciences, Germany 
Dr. Isidoros Perikos University of Patras & TEI of Western Greece, Greece 
Prof. Dr. Georg Peters Munich University of Applied Sciences, Germany 
Prof. Gunther Piller University of Mainz, Germany 
Prof. Radu-Emil Precup Politehnica University of Timisoara, Romania 
Prof. Jim Prentzas Democritus University of Thrace, Greece 
Dr. Małgorzata Przybyła-Kasperek University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland 
Dr. Seema Purohit Kirti College, Mumbai, India 
Dr. Marcos Quiles Federal University of Sao Paulo (UNIFESP), Brazil 
Dr. Milos Radovanovic University of Novi Sad, Serbia 
Dr. Hirosato Seki Osaka University, Japan 
Prof. Dr. Sheela Ramanna University of Winnipeg, Canada 
Dr. Torsten Reiners Curtin Business School, Curtin University, Perth, Australia 
Prof. Paolo Remagnino Kingston University Surrey, UK 
Dr. Ana Respicio Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal 
Dr. John Ronczka SCOTTYNCC Independent Research Scientist, Australia 
Prof. Mika Sato-Ilic University of Tsukuba, Japan 
Prof. Dr. Kurt Sandkuhl University of Rostock, Germany 
Dr. Miloš Savić University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Mathematics and Informatics, Serbia 
Prof. Rainer Schmidt Munich University, Germany 
Dr. Christian Schweda Technical University of Munich, Germany 
Prof. Dr. Ralf Seepold HTWG Konstanz, Germany 
Dr. Aleksander Skakovski Gdynia Maritime University, Poland 
Dr. Marina Sokolova Southwest State University, Russia 
Dr. Urszula Stańczyk Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland 
Prof. Dr. Ulrike Steffens Hambury Uni of Applied Sciences, Germany 
Prof. Janis Stirna Stockholm University, Sweden 
Dr. Ruxandra Stoean University of Craiova, Romania 
Dr. Mika Sulkava Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), Finland 
Dr. Shing Chiang Tan Multimedia University, Malaysia 
Prof. Maasnori Takagi Iwate Prefectural University, Japan 
Dr. Dilhan J. Thilakarathne VU University Amsterdam / ING Bank Personeel BV, The Netherlands 
Prof. Ippei Torii Aichi Institute of Technology, Japan 
Jeffrey W. Tweedale DST Group, Australia 
Prof. Eiji Uchino Yamaguchi University, Japan 
Dr. Marco Vannucci Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy 
Dr. Pandian Vasant Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia 
Prof. Fen Wang Central Washington University, USA 
Prof. Junzo Watada Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia 
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Yuji Watanabe Nagoya City University, Japan 
Dr. Ing Matthias Wissotzki University of Rostock, Germany 
Prof. Dr. Gloria Wren Loyola University Maryland, USA 
Assoc. Prof. Celimuge Wu The University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo, Japan 
Prof. Yoshiyuki Yabuuchi Shimonoseki City University, Japan 
Prof. Takahira Yamaguchi Keio University, Japan 
Prof. Hiroyuki Yoshida Harvard Medical School, USA 
Dr. Beata Zielosko University of Silesia in Katowice, Institute of Computer Science, Poland 
Prof. Alfred Zimmermann Reutlingen University, Germany 
Dr. Sergey Zykov National Research University Higher School of Economics - and - National Research University MEPhI, Russia 

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