Organizing Committee


Honorary Chairs
Yoshiaki Shirai,
Ritsumeikan University,
Japan
Lakhmi C. Jain,
Univ. of South Australia,
Australia
Chin-Chen Chang,
Feng Chia University,
Taiwan

Advisory Committee Chairs
C.C. Jay Kuo,
Univ. of Southen California,
USA
Kozaburo Hachimura,
Ritsumeikan University,
Japan
Pau-Choo Chung,
Cheng Kung University,
Taiwan

Conference Chairs
Yen-Wei Chen,
Ritsumeikan University,
Japan
Jeng-Shyang Pan,
Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences,
Taiwan

Program Committee Chair
Hitoshi Sakano,
NTT Communication Science Lab.,
Japan
Kai-Kuang Ma,
Nanyang Technological University,
Singapore

Invited Session Organizers
Isao Echizen,
National Institute of Informatics,
Japan
Frank Y. Shih,
New Jersey Institute of Technology,
USA
Shin-Feng Lin,
National Dong Hwa University,
Taiwan
Xia-Mu Niu,
Harbin Institute of Tech.,
China
Chia-Chen Lin,
Providence University,
Taiwan

Publication Chairs
Ikuko Nishikawa,
Ritsumeikan University,
Japan
Chin-Shiuh Shieh,
Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences,
Taiwan

Publicity Chairs
Hideki Noda,
Kyushu Institute of Tech.,
Japan
Alsharif Mohammad Reza,
Ryukyus University,
Japan

Electronic Media Chair
Huchun Lu,
Dailian University of Technology,
China
Kazumi Nakamatsu,
University of Hyogo,
Japan

Registration and Finance Chairs
Shinya Nozaki,
Okinawa National College of Technology,
Japan
Minniu Zhou,
yogo Prefectural Institute of Technology,
Japan

Local Arrangement Chair
Kazutoshi Sakakibara,
Ritsumeikan University,
Japan

Asia Liaison
Yoiti Suzuki,
Tohoku University,
Japan

North America Liaison
Xiangyan Zeng,
Fort Valley State University,
USA

Europe Liaison
George A. Tsihrintzis,
University of Piraeus,
Greece

Advisory Committee Members
Kiyoharu Aizawa,
University of Tokyo,
Japan
Atsushi Fujii,
University of Tsukuba,
Japan
Hisato Fujisaka,
Hiroshima City University,
Japan
Wen Gao,
Peking University,
China
Chooi Ling Goh,
National Institute of Information and Communications Technology,
Japan
Mo Hiroshi,
National Institute of Informatics,
Japan
Anthony TS Ho,
University of Surrey,
UK
Tadayuki Imai,
NTT Research Laboratories,
Japan
Masakazu Iwamura,
Osaka Prefecture University,
Japan
Ton Kalker,
HP Research Laboratories,
USA
Akira Kitauchi,
NTT Data corp,
Japan
Sang-Uk Lee,
Seoul National University
Korea
Mark Liao,
Academia Sinica,
Taiwan
Zengliang Liu,
University of Science and Technology,
China
Takehiro Moriya,
NTT Research Laboratories,
Japan
Hiroshi Murase,
Nagoya University,
Japan
Masakatsu Nishigaki,
Shizuoka University,
Japan
Vasile Palade,
Oxford University,
UK
Frank Rinaldo,
Ritsumeikan University,
Japan
Heung-Gyoon Ryu,
Chungbuk National University,
Korea
Tadeusz J. Sawik,
AGH University of Science & Technology,
Poland
Shunsuke Soeda,
Advanced Industrial Science and Technology,
Japan
Ming-Ting Sun,
University of Washington,
USA
Tomokazu Takahashi,
Gifu Shotoku Gakuen University,
Japan
Seishi Takamura,
NTT Research Laboratories,
Japan
Shinichi Tamura,
Nippon Basic Technology Lab.,
Japan
Jainron Tan,
Zhejiang University,
China
Hiromi Tanaka,
Ritsumeikan University,
Japan
Lin-Ichiro Taniguchi,
Kyusyu University,
Japan
Ja-Ling Wu,
Taiwan University,
Taiwan
Gang Xu,
Ritsumeikan University,
Japan
Tetsuya Yamaguchi,
NTT Research Laboratories,
Japan
Hongbin Zha,
Beijing University,
China
David Zhang,
Hong Kong Polytechnic University,
China

Program Committee Members
Toshiyuki Amano,
Nagoya Institute of Technology,
Japan
Akira Asano,
Hiroshima University,
Japan
Supavadee Aramvith,
Chulalongkorn University,
Thailand
Noboru Babaguchi,
Osaka University,
Japan
Christoph Busch,
Gjøvik University College,
Norway
Canhui Cai,
Hua-Qiao University,
China
Patrizio Campisi,
University of Roma TRE,
Italy
Turgay Celik,
Temasek Laboratories,
Singapore
Thanarat Chalidaphongse,
King Mongkut Institute of Technology Larbkrabang,
Thailand
Chi-Shiang Chan,
Asia University,
Taiwan
Kap-Luk Chan,
Nanyang Technological University,
Singapore
Bao-Rong Chang,
Taitung University,
Taiwan
Feng-Cheng Chang,
National Chiao Tung University,
Taiwan
Yueh-Hong Chen,
Far East University,
Taiwan
Jian Cheng,
Chinese Academy of Science,
China
L L Cheng,
City Univ. of Hong Kong,
Hong Kong
Hung-Yu Chien,
Chi Nan University,
Taiwan
Hyunseung Choo,
Sungkyunkwan University,
Korea
Kuo-Liang Chung,
Taiwan University of Science and Technology,
Taiwan
Shu-Chuan Chu,
Cheng-Shiu University,
Taiwan
Hien Thai Duy,
University of the Ryukyu,
Japan
Isao Echizen,
National Institute of Informatics,
Japan
Said E. El-Khamy,
Alexandria University,
Egypt
Lu Gan,
Brunel University,
United Kingdom
Tong Gan,
IMEC,
Belgium
Utpal Garain,
Indian Statistical Institute,
India
Pengwei Hao,
Queen Mary, University of London,
United Kingdom
Yutao He,
California Institute of Technology,
USA
Jiun-Huei Ho,
Cheng Shiu University,
Taiwan
Hirohisa Hioki,
Kyoto University,
Japan
Jun-Wei Hsieh,
Yuan Ze University,
Taiwan
Raymond Hsieh,
California University of Pennsylvania,
USA
Bo Hu,
Fudan University,
China
Yongjian Hu,
South China University of Technology,
China
Du Huynh,
University of Western Australia,
Australia
Ren-Junn Hwang,
Tamkang University,
Taiwan
Ichiro Ide,
Nagoya University,
Japan
Akinori Ito,
Tohoku University,
Japan
Keiichi Iwamura,
Tokyo University of Science,
Japan
Jyh-Horng Jeng,
I-Shou University,
Taiwan
Kebin Jia,
Beijing University of Technology,
China
Xudong Jiang,
Nanyang Technological University,
Singapore
Xin Jin,
Waseda University,
Japan
Jien Kato,
Nagoya University,
Japan
Chang-Su Kim,
Korea University,
Korea
Jong Won Kim,
Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology,
Korea
Shigenori Kinjo,
Japan Coast Guard Academy,
Japan
Norihide Kitaoka,
Nagoya University,
Japan
Hitoshi Kiya,
Tokyo Metropolitan University,
Japan
Kazuhiro Kondo,
Yamagata University,
Japan
Xiangwei Kong,
Dalian University of Technology,
China
Tien-Ying Kuo,
Taipei University of Technology,
Taiwan
Wen-Chung Kuo,
Formosa University,
Taiwan
Chih-Chin Lai,
University of Kaohsiung,
Taiwan
Kwok-Yan Lam,
Tsinghua University,
China
Chin-Feng Lee,
Chaoyang University of Technology,
Taiwan
Jia-Hong Lee,
Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology,
Taiwan
Jung-San Lee,
Feng Chia University,
Taiwan
Wei-Bin Lee,
Feng Chia University,
Taiwan
Chang-Tsung Li,
University of Warwick,
United Kingdom
Jun-Bao Li,
Harbin Institute of Technology,
China
Li Li,
Hangzhou Dianzi Uinversity,
China
Mingchu Li,
Dalian University of Technology,
China
Li Lian,
Hefei University of Technology,
China
Chia-Chen Lin,
Providence University,
Taiwan
Chih-Hung Lin,
Southern Taiwan University,
Taiwan
Weicheng Lin,
Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences,
Taiwan
Guizhong Liu,
Xi'an Jiaotong University,
China
Ju Liu,
Shandong University,
China
Der-Chyuan Lou,
National Defense University,
Taiwan
Yuh-Yih Lu,
Minghsin University of Science and Technology,
Taiwan
Bin Luo,
Anhui University,
China
Zongming Ma,
Northeastern University,
China
Keith Martin,
Royal Holloway University of London,
United Kingdom
Hiroshi Mo,
National Institute of Informatics (NII),
Japan
Saraju P. Mohanty,
University of North Texas,
USA
Vishal Monga,
Xerox Labs,
USA
Itaru Nagayama,
University of the Ryukyu,
Japan
Takuo Nakashima,
Kyushu Tokai University,
Japan
Michiharu Niimi,
Kyushu Institute of Technology,
Japan
Nikos Nikolaidis,
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki,
Greece
Akira Nishimura,
Tokyo University of Information Sciences,
Japan
Ryouichi Nishimura,
National Institute of Information and Communications Technology,
Japan
Takanobu Nishiura,
Ritsumeikan University,
Japan
Hideki Noda,
Kyushu Institute of Technology,
Japan
Alexander Nouak,
Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics Research IGD,
Germany
Tien-Szu Pan,
Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences, Taiwan,
Taiwan
Qiang Peng,
Southwest Jiaotong University,
China
Ioannis Pitas,
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki,
Greece
Charnchai Pluempitiviroyavej,
Chulalongkorn University,
Thailand
Yu-Long Qiao,
Harbin Engineering University,
China
Kouichi Sakurai,
Kyushu University,
Japan
Jau-Ji Shen,
Chung Hsing University,
Taiwan
Yun-Qing Shi,
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT),
USA
Nobutaka Shimada,
Ritsumeikan University,
Japan
Jong-Jy Shyu,
University of Kaohsiung,
Taiwan
Kotaro Sonoda,
National Institute of Information and Communications Technology,
Japan
Pochyi Su,
National Central University,
Taiwan
Yoiti Suzuki,
Tohoku University,
Japan
Tooru Tamaki,
Hiroshima University,
Japan
Yuan-Liang Tang,
Chaoyang University of Technology,
Taiwan
Ngo Quoc Tao,
Institute of Information Technology,
Vietnam
Jing Tian,
Temasek Laboratories,
Singapore
Chwei-Shyong Tsai,
Chung Hsing University,
Taiwan
Imran Usman,
Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences(PIEAS),
Pakistan
Lidong Wang,
Dalian Nationalities University,
China
Shengjin Wang,
Tsinghua University,
China
Shiuh-Jeng Wang,
Central Police University,
Taiwan
Yuan-Kai Wang,
Fu Jen Catholic University,
Taiwan
Stephen D. Wolthusen,
University of London Egham,
United Kingdom
Chih-Hung Wu,
University of Kaohsiung,
Taiwan
Da-Chun Wu,
Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology,
Taiwan
Haiyuan Wu,
Wakayama University,
Japan
Mei-Yi Wu,
Chang Jung Christian University,
Taiwan
Chao Xu,
Peking University,
China
Yukihiko Yamashita,
Tokyo Institute of Technology,
Japan
Ching-Yu Yang,
National Penghu University,
Taiwan
Maki Yoshida,
Osaka University,
Japan
Katsunari Yoshioka,
Yokohama National University,
Japan
Hiroshi Yoshiura,
The University of Electro-Communications,
Japan
Chung-Ping Joseph Young,
Cheng Kung University,
Taiwan
Xiaoyi Yu,
Osaka University,
Taiwan
Xiangyan Zeng,
Fort Valley State University,
USA
Jian Qiu Zhang,
Fudan University,
China
Liqing Zhang,
Shanghai Jiao Tong University,
China
Penglin Zhang,
Wuhan University,
China
Xinpeng Zhang,
Hanghai University,
China
Yong Zhang,
Shenzhen University,
China
Ce Zhu,
Nanyang Technical University,
Singapore
Reza A. Zoroofi,
University of Tehran,
Iran
M. Hassan Shirali-Shahreza,
Amirkabir University of Technology,
Iran
Qiang Peng,
Southwest Jiaotong University,
China
Wei-Min Zheng,
Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
China

Conference Secretary
Xianhua Han,
Ritsumeikan University,
Japan
Hsiang-Cheh Huang,
National University of Kaohsiung,
Taiwan