International Programme Committee
The role of the IPC is as follows:-- To advise on the organisation of the symposium;
- To promote the conference and bring it to the attention of other researchers;
- To advise on the topics of the symposium;
- To help with the paper review process
- To assist in monitoring overall quality.
The IPC consists of the following members and, in addition, all Invited Session Chairs:-
| Name | Affiliation |
| Dr. Fuminori Akiba  | Nagoya University, Japan  |
| Professor Grigoris Antoniou  | FORTH-ICS, Greece  |
| Prof Kumiko Aoki  | The Open University of Japan, Japan  |
| Professor Monica Bianchini  | Università degli Studi di Siena, Italy  |
| Dr. Brahnam  | Missouri State University, USA  |
| Dr. Abdellah Chehri  | University of Ottawa, Canada  |
| Prof. Ernesto Damiani  | Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy  |
| Dr. Ognjen Dobrijević  | University of Zagreb, Croatia  |
| Prof. Colette Faucher  | LSIS-Polytech’Marseille, France  |
| Prof. Margarita Favorskaya.  | Siberian State Aerospace University,Russia  |
| Prof.Yoshimi Fukumura  | Nagaoka University of Technology, Japan  |
| Prof. Christos Grecos  | University of the West of Scotland, Scotland, UK  |
| Prof. Kiyota Hashimoto  | Osaka Prefecture University, Japan  |
| Dr. Yusuke Hayashi  | Nagoya University, Japan  |
| Dr Katsuhiro Honda  | Osaka Prefecture University, Japan  |
| Professor Keiichi Horio  | Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan.  |
| Dr Hsiang-Cheh Huang  | National University of Kaohsiung, Taiwan  |
| Dr. Yurie Iribe  | Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan  |
| Prof. Yukuo Isomoto  | Nagoya Women’s Univ., Japan  |
| Dr. Dimitris Kanellopoulos  | University of Patras, Greece  |
| Prof.Shohei Kato  | Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan  |
| Dr. Tomoko Kojiri  | Kansai University, Japan  |
| Professor Naoyuki Kubota  | Metropolitan University Tokyo  |
| Assoc. Prof. Hisayoshi Kunimune  | Shinshu University, Japan  |
| Dr Hiroyuki Masuta  | Kanagawa University,Japan  |
| Prof. Shigeki Matsubara  | Nagoya University, Japan  |
| Prof. Jean-Marc Mercantini  | LSIS-Polytech’Marseille, France  |
| Dr. Naoto Mukai  | Sugiyama Jo-gakuen University, Japan  |
| Dr. Noriaki Muranaka  | Kansai University, Japan  |
| Prof. Kazunori Nishino  | Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan  |
| Prof. Hironari Nozaki  | Aichi Univ.of Education, Japan  |
| Prof. Radu-Emil Precup  | Politehnica University of Timisoara, Romania  |
| Prof. Kazuhisa Seta  | Osaka Prefecture University, Japan  |
| Prof. Kenichi Sugihara  | Gifu Keizai Univ., Japan  |
| Prof. Naohisa Takahashi  | Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan  |
| Prof. Yuichiro Tateiwa  | Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan  |
| Prof. Kyoko Umeda  | Aichi Univ.of Education, Japan  |
| Prof Taketoshi Ushiama  | Kyushu University, Japan  |
| Professor Rosa Vicari  | Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil  |
| Prof. Toyohide Watanabe  | Nagoya University, Japan  |
| Prof. Hatsuo Yamasaki  | Meijo Univ., Japan  |