CONFERENCE CHAIR

Jerry Gao, San Jose State University, USA

PROGRAM COMMITTEE CHAIR

Xudong He, Florida International University, USA

PROGRAM COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS

Oscar Mortagua Pereira, University of Aveiro, Portugal
Angelo Perkusich, Federal University of Campina Grande, Brazil
Huiqun Yu, East China University of Science and Technology, China

STEERING COMMITTEE CHAIR

Shi-Kuo Chang, University of Pittsburgh, USA

STEERING COMMITTEE

Vic Basili, University of Maryland, USA
Bruce Buchanan, University of Pittsburgh, USA
C. V. Ramamoorthy, University of California, Berkeley, USA

ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Jerry Gao, San Jose State University, USA
Swapna Gokhale, Univ. of Connecticut, USA
Natalia Juristo, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain
Taghi Khoshgoftaar, Florida Atlantic University, USA
Guenther Ruhe, University of Calgary, Canada
Masoud Sadjadi, Florida International University, USA
Du Zhang, California State University, USA

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Silvia Teresita Acuna, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain
Shadi Alawneh, Oakland University, USA
Izzat Alsmadi, Boise State University, USA
Taisira Al-Belushi, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
Mark Allison, University of Michigan - Flint, USA
John Anvik, Univ. of Lethbridge, Canada
Omar El Ariss, Penn State Univ at Harrisburg, USA
Doo-Hwan Bae, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Korea
Kyungmin Bae, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Korea
Ebrahim Bagheri, Ryerson University, Canada
Hamid Bagheri, George Mason University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Xiaoying Bai, Tsinghua University, China
Fevzi Belli, University of Paderborn, Germany
Ateet Bhalla, Consultant, India
Swapan Bhattacharya, NITK, Surathakl, India
Alessandro Bianchi, University of Bari, Italy
Ivo Bukovsky, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic
Jiannong Cao, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China
Raul Garcia Castro, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain
Nabendu Chaki, University of Calcutta, India
Chih-Hung Chang, Hsiuping University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Keith Chan, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Kuang-nan Chang, Eastern Kentucky University, USA
Lily Chang, University of Wisconsin, Platteville, USA
Meiru Che, University of Texas at Austin, USA
Wen-Hui Chen, National Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan
William Chu, Tunghai University, Taiwan
Stelvio Cimato, University of Milan, Italy
Nelly Condori-fernandez, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Fabio M. Costa, Universidade Federal de Goias, Brazil
Maria Francesca Costabile, University of Bari, Italy
Jose Luis De La Vara, Carlos III University of Madrid, Spain
Massimiliano Di Penta, University of Sannio, Italy
Scott Dick, University of Alberta, Canada
Junhua Ding, East Carolina University, USA
Fei Dong, Google Inc., USA
Zhijian Dong, Middle Tennessee State University, USA
Derek Doran, Wright State University, USA
Weichang Du, University of New Brunswick, Canada
Philippe Dugerdil, HEG - Univ. of Applied Sciences, Switzerland
Christof Ebert, Vector Consulting Services, Germany
Ali Ebnenasir, Michigan Technological University, USA
Raimund Ege, NIU, USA
Magdalini Eirinaki, San Jose State University, USA
Mahmoud Elish, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia
Ruby ElKharboutly, Quinnipiac University, Canada
Davide Falessi, Cal Poly, USA
Behrouz Far, University of Calgary, Canada
Liana Fong, IBM, USA
Ellen Francine Barbosa, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Fulvio Frati, University of Milan, Italy
Yujian Fu, Alabama A & M University, USA
Jerry Gao, San Jose State University, USA
Kehan Gao, Eastern Connecticut State University, USA
Felix Garcia, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
Olivier Le Goaer, University of Pau, France
Swapna Gokhale, Univ. of Connecticut, USA
Wolfgang Golubski, Zwickau University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Anurag Goswami, North Dakota State Univ., USA
Desmond Greer, Queen's University Belfast, United Kingdom
Christiane Gresse Von Wangenheim, UFSC - Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil
Katarina Grolinger, University of Western Ontario, Canada
Hassan Haghighi, Shahid Beheshti University, Iran
Hao Han, National Institute of Informatics, Japan
Xudong He, Florida International University, USA
Robert Heinrich, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
Miguel Herranz, University of Alcala, Spain
Rubing Huang, Jiangsu University, China
Shihong Huang, Florida Atlantic University, USA
Hamdy Ibrahim, University of Calgary, Canada
Bassey Isong, North-West University, South Africa
Clinton Jeffery, University of Idaho, USA
Jason Jung, Chung-Ang University, South Korea
Selim Kalayci, Florida International University, USA
Marcos Kalinowski, Fluminense Federal University, Brazil
Pankaj Kamthan, Concordia University, Canada
Ananya Kanjilal, B.P. Poddar Institute of Technology and Management, India
Eric Kasten, Michigan State University, USA
Taghi Khoshgoftaar, Florida Atlantic University, USA
Claudiu V. Kifor, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Romania
Jun Kong, North Dakota State University, USA
Aneesh Krishna, Curtin University of Technology, Australia
Vinay Kulkarni, Tata Consultancy Services, India
Jeff Lei, University of Texas at Arlington, USA
Meira Levy, Shenkar College of Engineering and Design, Israel
Bixin Li, Southeast University, China
Xin Li, Google Inc., USA
Yuan-Fang Li, Monash University, Australia
Zhi Li, Guangxi Normal University, China
Jianhua Lin, Eastern Connecticut State University, USA
Lan Lin, Ball State University, USA
Xiaoqing Frank Liu, Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA
KaiKai Liu, San Jose State University, USA
Shih-hsi Liu, California State University, Fresno, USA
Ting Liu, Xian Jiaotong University, China
Xiaodong Liu, Edinburgh Napier University, United Kingdom
Yi Liu, Georgia College & State University, USA
Luanna Lopes Lobato, Federal University of Goias, Brazil
Jian Lu, Nanjing University, China
Baojun Ma, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China
Ivan Machado, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil
Marcelo de Almeida Maia, Federal University of Uberlendia, Brazil
Beatriz Marin, Universidad Diego Portales, Chile
Riccardo Martoglia, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy
Santiago Matalonga, Universidad ORT Uruguay, Uruguay
Hong Mei, Peking University, China
Hsing Mei, Fu Jen Catholic Unicersity, Taiwan
Andre Menolli, Universidade Estadual do Norte do Parana (UENP), Brazil
Ali Mili, NJIT, USA
Alok Mishra, Atilim University, Turkey
Manuel Mora, Autonomous University of Aguascalientes, Mexico
Hiroyuki Nakagawa, Osaka University, Japan
Kia Ng, ICSRiM - University of Leeds, United Kingdom
Allen Nikora, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA
Amjad Nusayr, University of Houston-Victoria, USA
Edson A. Oliveira Jr., State University of Maringa, Brazil
Oscar Mortagua Pereira, University of Aveiro, Portugal
Antonio Piccinno, University of Bari, Italy
Alfonso Pierantonio, University of L'Aquila, Italy
Daniel Plante, Stetson University, USA
Rick Rabiser, Johannes Kepler University, Austria
Filip Radulovic, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain
Claudia Raibulet, University of Milan, Italy
Damith C. Rajapakse, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Rajeev Raje, IUPUI, USA
Santanu Ku Rath, National Institute of Technology, India
Henrique Rebelo, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil
Marek Reformat, University of Alberta, Canada
Robert Reynolds, Wayne State University, USA
Hassan Reza, University of North Dakota, USA
Elder Macedo Rodrigues, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Ignacio Garcia Rodriguez De Guzman, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
Daniel Rodriguez, Universidad de Alcala, Spain
Ivan Rodero, The State University of New Jersey, USA
Samira Sadaoui, University of Regina, Canada
Masoud Sadjadi, Florida International University, USA
Claudio Sant'Anna, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil
Abdelhak-Djamel Seriai, University of Montpellier 2 for Sciences and Technology, France
Andreas Schoenberger, Siemens AG, Germany
Michael Shin, Texas Tech University, USA
Martin Solari, Universidad ORT Uruguay, Uruguay
Qinbao Song, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China
George Spanoudakis, City University London, United Kingdom
Jing Sun, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Meng Sun, Peking University, China
Yanchun Sun, Peking University, China
Gerson Sunye, University of Nantes, France
Sarkar Tanmoy, Microsoft Corporation, USA
Chuanqi Tao, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, China
Jeff Tian, Southern Methodist University, USA
Mark Trakhtenbrot, Holon Institute of Technology, Israel
Peter Troeger, TU Chemnitz, Germany
T. H. Tse, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Christelle Urtado, LGI2P Ecole des Mines d'Ales, France
Sylvain Vauttier, Ecole des mines d'Ales, France
Silvia Vergilio, Federal University of Parana (UFPR), Brazil
Gennaro Vessio, University of Bari, Italy
Sergiy Vilkomir, East Carolina University, USA
Aaron Visaggio, University of Sannio, Italy
Arndt Von Staa, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Huanjing Wang, Western Kentucky University, USA
Jiacun Wang, Monmouth University, USA
Xiaoyin Wang, University of Texas at San Antonio, USA
Ye Wang, Zhejiang Gongshang University, China
Yong Wang, New Mexico Highlands University, USA
Young Wang, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China
Zhongjie Wang, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
Ziyuan Wang, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China
Hironori Washizaki, Waseda University, Japan
Victor Winter, University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA
Guido Wirtz, Bamberg University, Germany
Franz Wotawa, TU Graz, Austria
Peng Wu, Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Dianxiang Xu, Boise State University, USA
Frank Weifeng Xu, Bowie State University, USA
Haiping Xu, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, USA
Guowei Yang, Texas State University, USA
Hongji Yang, Bath Spa University, United Kingdom
Huiqun Yu, East China University of Science and Technology, China
Jiang Yue, Fujian Normal University, China
Du Zhang, Macau University of Science and Technology, China
Pengcheng Zhang, Hohai University, China
Yong Zhang, Tsinghua University, China
Zhenyu Zhang, Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Jiang Zheng, ABB US Corporate Research Center, USA
Zhigao Zheng, Central China Normal University, USA
Hong Zhu, Oxford Brookes University, UK
Huibiao Zhu, East China Normal University, China
Xingquan Zhu, Florida Atlantic University, USA
Eugenio Zimeo, University of Sannio, Italy

DEMO&POSTER SESSION CO-CHAIRS

(TBA)

PUBLICITY CHAIR

Robert Heinrich, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany

ASIA LIAISON

Hironori Washizaki, Waseda University, Japan

AUSTRALIA LIAISON

Aneesh Krishna, Curtin University of Technology, Australia

EUROPE LIAISON

Raul Garcia Castro, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain

INDIA LIAISON

Swapan Bhattacharya, National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathakl, India

SOUTH AMERICA LIAISON

Jose Carlos Maldonado, ICMC-USP, Brazil