Chief Patron
Dr. G. Viswanathan, Chancellor, VIT University

Patrons
Mr. Sanakar Viswanathan, Vice President, VIT University
Dr. Sekar Viswanathan, Vice President, VIT University
Mr. G.V. Selvam, Vice President, VIT University

Advisors
Dr. Anand A. Samuel, Vice Chancellor, VIT University
Dr. V. Raju, Pro-Vice Chancellor, VIT University, Vellore
Dr. S. Narayanan, Pro-Vice Chancellor, VIT University, Vellore

General Chairs
Ajith Abraham, Machine Intelligence Research Labs (MIR Labs), USA
Aswani Kumar Cherukuri, VIT University, India

Program Chairs
Ana Maria Madureira, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal

Publication Chair
Azah Kamilah Muda, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia

Web Master
Kun Ma, University of Jinan, China

Local Organizing Committee

Local Advisory Committee
Prof. Arunkumar.T , Senior Professor & Dean, SCOPE
Prof. Vaidhehi Vijayakumar, Senior Professor & Dean, SCSE-Chennai Campus
Prof. Dinakaran, HoD, Dept. of IT, SITE
Prof. Durai Raj Vincent, HoD, Dept. of DC, SITE
Prof. Prabukumar, HoD, Dept. of CACM, SITE
Prof. Valarmathi, HoD, Dept. of SSE, SITE
Prof .Ajit Kumar Santra, Senior Professor
Prof. Bimal Kumar Ray, Senior Professor
Prof. Ganesan K, Senior Professor & Director (TIFAC)
Prof. Hari Ram Vishwakarma, Senior Professor
Prof. Saravanan R, Senior Professor
Prof. Daphne Lopez, Professor
Prof. Shantharajah S P, Professor
Prof. Subha S, Professor

Local Organizing Chair
– Prof.E. Sathiyamoorthy
Finance Committee :
Prof. J.Gitanjali
Prof. K.Arivuselvan

Sponsorship Committee
Prof. Prabu.J
Prof. Lakshmi Priya G G
Prof. Manikandan. K
Prof. R.Vijay Anand.R
Registration Committee:
Prof. Agilandeeswari L
Prof. Gunasekaran
Prof. Prasanna.S
Prof. Suba Shanthini S

Hospitality & Guest care Committee
Prof .G.Jagadeesh
Prof. Thanapal. P (Men’s Accommodation In-Charge – E-Mail-ID: thanapal.p@vit.ac.in)
Prof. Rajesh Kaluri
Prof. Nancy Victor (Ladies Accommodation In-Charge – E-Mail-ID:nancyvictor@vit.ac.in)
Prof. Srinivasa Koppu
Event Management Committee:
Prof. Srinivasa Perumal
Prof. R.Sujatha
Prof. Swarna Priya. RM
Prof. Asha Jerlin.M
Prof. Nithya.S
Prof. Aarthy S L
Prof. Jeyakumar.S

Printing Committee
Prof. Chandramouliswaran.S
Prof. Prabadevi.B
Prof. Deepa.N

Technical Program Committee
Ajith Abraham, Machine Intelligence Research Labs, United States
Alexander Mendiburu, The University of the Basque Country, Spain
Anan Banharnsakun, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand
Anand Bhojan, NUS, Singapore
Andrew L. Nelson, Androtics LLC, United States
Antonio LaTorre, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
Azah Kamilah Muda, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia
Bahareh Asadi, Islamic Azad University, Iran
Bing Xue, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Carlos Alberto Ochoa Ortiz, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, Mexico
Carlos Fernandez Llatas, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain
Carlos Pereira, Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra, Portugal
Cerasela Crisan, "Vasile Alecsandri" University of Bacau, Romania
Chao Chun Chen, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Chi Kin Chow, University of Hong Kong, China
Chien Sing Lee, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia
Chin Chen Chang, Feng Chia University, Taiwan
Chintan Bhatt, Charotar University of Science and Technology, India
Chun Wei Lin, National University of Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Clerc Maurice, Independent Consultant on Optimisation, France
Dalia Kriksciuniene, Vilnius University, Lithuania
Danail Dochev, Institute of information and communication technologies, Bulgaria
Diaf Moussa, Université Mouloud Mammeri, Algeria
Dilip Pratihar, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India
Dominique Laurent, Université Cergy-Pontoise, France
Eduardo Solteiro Pires, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Portugal
Eiji Uchino, Yamaguchi University, Japan
Eliska Ochodkova, VSB – Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
Elizabeth Goldbarg, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Elpida Tzafestas, University of Athens, Greece
El-Sayed M. El-Alfy, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia
Eulalia Szmidt, Systems Research Institute Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Fady Alnajjar, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Japan
Francisco Escolano, Universidad de Alicante, Spain
Gai Ge Wang, Jiangsu Normal University, China
George Georgiev, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, United States
Giancarlo Mauri, Università di Milano Bicocca, Italy
Girijesh Prasad, University of Ulster, United Kingdom
Gregg Vesonder, AT&T Labs – Research, United States
Habib M. Kammoun, Université de Sfax, Tunisia
Hafiz Zakaria, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia
Haikal Elabed, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany
Heder Bernardino, Universidade Federal de Juiz de For a, Brazil
Hirosato Seki, Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan
Holger Morgenstern, Sachverstaendigenbuero Morgenstern, Germany
Hongwei Mo, Harbin Engineering University, China
I. G. P. Asto Buditjahjanto, Universitas Negeri Surabaya, Indonesia
Ilhem Kallel, École Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Sfax, Tunisia
Irene Moser, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
Isaac Chairez, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico
Jasminka Dobsa, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Javier Bajo, Universidad de Salamanca, Spain
Jean Loup Guillaume, Université de La Rochelle, France
Jeffrey Strickland, Humalytica Analytics, USA
Jer Lang Hong, Taylors University, Malaysia
Jinhai Li, Kunming University of Science and Technology, China
João Calado, Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Portugal
João Paulo Pereira, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
Jorge Bernardino, Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra, Portugal
Jose Carlos Ortiz Bayliss, Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Mexico
José Ramón Villar, University of Oviedo, Spain
Jose Santos, Universidad de A Coruña, Spain
Jose Tenreiro Machado, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
Joseph Alexander Brown, University of Guelph, Canada
Julio Cesar Nievola, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Brazil
Julio Ponce, Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes, Mexico
Junzo Watada, Waseda University, Japan
Kang Tai, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Karthigayan Muthukaruppan, Manipal International University, Malaysia
Katsuhiro Honda, Osaka Prefecture University, Japan
Korhan Karabulut, Yaşar Üniversitesi, Turkey
Kyriakos Kritikos, Foundation for Research and Technology (FORTH) Hellas, Greece
Laszlo Koczy, Budapest University of Technology, Hungary
Laurence T. Yang, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada
Laurent Heutte, Université de Rouen, France
Lee Chang Yong, Kongju National University, South Korea
Leon Wang, National University of Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Leonilde Varela, Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Lian Liu, University of Kentucky, United States
Long Thành Ngô, Le Quy Don Technical University, Vietnam
Loo Chu Kiong, University of Malaya, Malaysia
Ludwig Simone, North Dakota State University, United States
Luigi Troiano, University of Sannio, Italy
Luis Coelho, Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Portugal
Luis Hernandez Encinas, Institute of Applied Physics (C.S.I.C.), Spain
M. Fatih Tasgetiren, Yaşar Üniversitesi, Turkey
M. Mukesh Raghuwanshi, Rajiv Gandhi College of Engineering and Research Nagpur, India
Majid Bakhtiari, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia
Man Leung Wong, Lingnan University, China
Mansaf Alam, Jamia Millia Islamia, India
Manuel Graña, The University of the Basque Country, Spain
Marco Cococcioni, University of Pisa, Italy
Maria Nicoletti, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Brazil
Mark Embrechts, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, United States
Miguel Rocha, Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Mourad Zaied, Université de Sfax, Tunisia
Mrutyunjaya Panda, Gandhi Institute for Technological Advancement, India
Muhammad Ghifary, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Muhammad Sarfraz, Kuwait University, Kuwait
Naim Hanapi, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia
Najoua Ben Amara, Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Sousse, Tunisia
Nessrine Baklouti, Université de Sfax, Tunisia
Ondrej Matustik, University of Economics, Czech Republic
Otoniel Lopez Granado, Miguel Hernandez University, Spain
Radu Codrut David, Politehnica University of Timisoara, Romania
Rafael Corchuelo, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain
Ramsuri Narayanam, IBM, India
Ryotaro Kamimura, Tokai Univerisity, Japan
Sebastian Basterrech, VSB – Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
Shing Chiang Tan, Multimedia University, Malaysia
Somnuk Phon Amnuaisuk, Institut Teknologi Brunei, Brunei
Sung Bae Cho, Yonsei University, South Korea
Suresh Satapathy, ANITS, India
Tzung Pei Hong, National University of Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Wei Chiang Hong, Oriental Institute of Technology, Taiwan
Wladyslaw Homenda, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
Wu Chih Hu, National Penghu University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Yun Huoy Choo, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia