| Honorary Chairs
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| Yongyi, Guo, |
Taiyuan University of Science and Technology, |
China |
| Chun-Hsiung Fang, |
Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences, |
Taiwan |
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| General Chairs
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| Jianchao Zeng, |
Taiyuan University of Science and Technology, |
China |
| Jeng-Shyang Pan, |
Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences, |
Taiwan |
| Ajith Abraham, |
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, |
Norway |
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| Program Chairs
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| Vaclav Snasel, |
VSB-Technical University of Ostrava, |
Czech Republic |
| Katarzyna Wegrzyn-Wolska, |
ESIGETEL, Avon-Fontainebleau, |
France |
| Zhiyi Sun, |
Taiyuan University of Science and Technology, |
China |
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| International Co-chair
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| HsinChun Chen, |
University of Arizona, |
USA |
| Osmar R. Zaiane, |
University of Alberta, |
Canada |
| David Zeng, |
University of Arizona, |
USA |
| Gening Xu, |
Taiyuan University of Science and Technology, |
China |
| Bin-Yih Liao, |
Kaohsiung University of Applied Science, |
Taiwan |
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| Program Committee Members
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| Yonglin Ren, | University of Ottawa, | Canada |
| Yau-Hwang Kuo | National Cheng Kung University | Taiwan |
| Ronald R. Yager | Iona College | USA |
| Ning Zhong | Maebashi Institute of Technology | Japan |
| Matjaz Gams | Jozef Stefan Institute | Slovenia |
| Moustafa Hammad | University of Calgary | Canada |
| Witold Pedrycz | University of Alberta | Canada |
| Milos Kudelka | Inflex | Czech Republic |
| Adam Wierzbicki | PJIIT | Poland |
| Kasia Wegrzyn-Wolska | ESIGETEL, Avon-Fontainebleau | France |
| Fatos Xhafa | Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya | Spain |
| Osmar R. Zaiane | University of Alberta | Canada |
| Thanos Vasilakos | University of Western Macedonia | Greece |
| Irwin King | The Chinese University of Hong Kong | Hong Kong |
| Maryam Purvis | University of Otago | New Zealand |
| Tanya Berger-Wolf | University of Illinois | USA |
| Juan D. Velasquez | University of Chile | Chile |
| Aris Anagnostopoulos | Yahoo! Research | USA |
| Bingjun Sun | Ebay - Shopping.com | USA |
| Athena Vakali | Aristotle University of Thessaloniki | Greece |
| Michael W. Berry | University of Tennessee | USA |
| Haizheng Zhang | Microsoft Live Search Division | USA |
| Arnd Christian Konig | Microsoft Research | USA |
| Xiaowei Xu | University of Arkansas, Little Rock | USA |
| Mohammad Mahdian | Yahoo! Research | USA |
| Jiun-Huei Ho | Cheng Shiu University | Taiwan |
| Jie Tang | Knowledge Engineering Group, Tsinghua University | China |
| Qiang Yang | Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | Hong Kong |
| Abdullah Uz Tansel | Baruch College | USA |
| Ozgur Ulusoy | Bilkent University | Turkey |
| Arash Shaban-Nejad | Concordia University | Canada |
| Matjaz Gams | Jozef Stefan Institute | Slovenia |
| Mohammed Alshalalfa | University of Calgary | Canada |
| Nader F. Mohamed | UAEU | UAE |
| Zongmin Ma | Northeastern University | China |
| Jiming Liu | Hong Kong Baptist University | Hong Kong |
| Mehmet Kaya | Firat University | Turkey |
| Faruk Polat | METU | Turkey |
| Witold Pedrycz | University of Alberta | Canada |
| Tansel Ozyer | TOBB University | Turkey |
| Malek Mouhoub | University of Regina | Canada |
| William I. Grosky | University of Michigan-Dearborn | USA |
| Reda Alhajj | University of Calgary | Canada |
| Vaclav Snasel | VSB-Technical University of Ostrava | Czech Republic |
| Youakim BADR | INSA-Lyon | France |
| Onur Ozyer | Microsoft, Redmond | USA |
| Yonglin Ren | University of Ottawa | Canada |
| Yuxin Din | Harbin Institute of Technology | China |
| UNNO Naoyuki | THine Electronics, Inc. | Japan |
| H. W. Lee | National Kaohsiung First university of Science and Technology | Taiwan |
| Chung-Ming Kuo | I-Shou University | Taiwan |
| Ching-Chih Tsai | National Chung Hsing University | Taiwan |
| Wei-Yen (Wayne) Wang | National Taiwan Normal University | Taiwan |
| Hsiang-Cheh Huang, | National Kaohsiung University, | Taiwan |
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| International Advisory Committee
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| Reda Alhajj, |
VSB-Technical University of Ostrava, |
Canada |
| Nasrullah Memon, |
Alborg University, |
Denmark |
| Katarzyna Wegrzyn-Wolska, |
ESIGETEL, Avon-Fontainebleau, |
France |
| Youakim Badr, |
INSA-Lyon, |
France |
| Richard Chbeir, |
University of Bourgogne, |
France |
| Yanwei Ruan, |
Taiyuan University of Science and Technology, |
China |
| Tzung-Pei Hong, |
Kaohsiung University, |
Taiwan |
| Shusaku Tsumoto, |
Shimane University, |
Japan |
| Ching-Chih Tsai, |
Chung Hsing University, |
Taiwan |
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| Local Organizing Chair
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| Anhong Wang, |
Taiyuan University of Science and Technology, |
China |
| Zhihua Cui, |
Taiyuan University of Science and Technology, |
China |
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| Publicity Chairs
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| Xinming Li, |
Taiyuan University of Science and Technology, |
China |
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| Finance Chairs
|
| Hsiang-Cheh Huang, |
University of Kaohsiung, |
Taiwan |
| Junlin Li, |
Taiyuan University of Science and Technology, |
China |