Patron
Prof. Datuk Dr. Ahmad Yusoff Hassan, Vice Chancellor, UTeM

Advisors
Dato' Prof. Dr. Mohd Nor Husain, Deputy VC (Academic and International), UTeM
Prof. Dato' Dr. Mohamad Kadim Suaidi, Deputy VC (Research & Innovation), UTeM
Prof. Dr. Shahrin Sahib@Sahibuddin, Dean of FTMK, UTeM

General Chairs
Ajith Abraham, Machine Intelligence Research Labs (MIR Labs), EU
Mohamed Kamel, University of Waterloo, Canada
Ronald Yager, Iona College, USA

Special Event Chairs
Mario Koeppen, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan
Kaori Yoshida, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan

Workshop and Special Sessions Chairs
Ashraf Darwish, Saint Petersburg State University

Tutorial Chair
Abd Samad Hasan Basari, UTeM, Malaysia

International Advisory Board Members
Shahrin Sahib, UTeM, Malaysia
Andre Carvalho, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Janusz Kacprzyk, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Witold Pedrycz, Uinversity of Alberta, Canada
Diane J. Cook, Washington State University, USA
Joydeep Ghosh, University of Texas at Austin, USA
Hisao Ishibuchi, Osaka Prefecture University, Japan
Imre J. Rudas, Obuda University , Budapest, Hungary
Hideyuki Takagi, Kyushu University , Japan
Mo Jamshidi, University of Texas at San Antonio, USA
Nikhil Pal, Indian Statistical Institute, India
Bruno Apolloni, University of Milano, Italy
Francisco Herrera, University of Granada,Spain
Emilio Corchado, University of Salamanca,Spain

Publication Chairs
Yun-Huoy Choo, UTeM, Malaysia
Azah Kamilah Muda, UTeM, Malaysia

Web Master & Designer
Shahril Parumo, UTeM, Malaysia
Mohamad Lutfi Dolhalit, UTeM, Malaysia
Yun-Huoy Choo, UTeM, Malaysia

Local Organising Committee
Mohd Faizal Abdollah, UTeM, Malaysia
Ummi Rabaah Hashim, UTeM, Malaysia
Mohd Rady Ab Karim, UTeM, Malaysia
Emaliana Kasmuri, UTeM, Malaysia
Marliza Ramly, UTeM, Malaysia
Kasturi Kanchymalay, UTeM, Malaysia
Noor Azilah Draman @ Muda, UTeM, Malaysia
Sabrina Ahmad, UTeM, Malaysia
Maslita Abdul Aziz, UTeM, Malaysia

Ad Hoc Committee
Lela Omar, UTeM, Malaysia
Nor Azman Md Ariff

International  Program Committee
Abdel-Badeeh Salem, Egypt
Abdelhamid Bouchachia, University of Klagenfurt, Austria
Aboul Ella Lassanien, Cairo University, Egypt
Adel Al-Jumaily, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
Alpha Agape Gopalai, Monash University Sunway Malaysia 
Amparo Fuster-Sabater, Institute of Applied Physics (C.S.I.C.), Spain
Ana Madureira, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
Anazida Zainal, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia
Andri Riid, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
Anhong Wang, Taiyuan University of Science and Technology, China.
Anna Bartkowiak, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw
Antonio Gaspar-Cunha, University of Minho, Portugal
Antonio J. Tallón-Ballesteros, University of Seville, Spain
Arosha Senanayake, Monash University Malaysia, Malaysia
Arshad Mansoor, Pakistan Air Force, Pakistan
Arturo Hernández-Aguirre, Centre for Research in Mathematics, Mexico
Asano Akira, Hiroshima University, Japan
Aurora Pozo, Federal University of Paraná, Brazil
Ayeley Tchangani, Universite Paul Sebatier, France
Azilah Muda, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia
Binod Kumar, LNCT Bhopal, India
Bo Yuan, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, China
Brijesh Verma, Central Queensland University, Australia
Cagnoni Stefano, University of Parma, Italy
Carlos deMoura, Instituto De Matematica E Estatistica, Brasil
Carlos Raimundo Erig Lima, Fed. Univ. of Technol., Curitiba 
Chao-Chun Chen, Southern Taiwan University, Taiwan
Cheng-Hung Chen, National Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan
Chia-Chen Lin, Providence University, Taiwan
Chin-Chen Chang, Feng Chia University, Taiwan
Chin-Shiuh Shieh, National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences, Taiwan
Christian Veenhuis, Berlin University of Technology, Germany
Chuan-Kang Ting, National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan
Chuan-Wei Ting, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
Chu-Hsing Lin, Tunghai University, Taiwan
Crina Grosan, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Daniela Zaharie, West University of Timisoara, Romania
Darwin Gouwanda, Monash University Sunway Malaysia 
David Monismith, Oklahoma State University Computer Science, USA
Debaets Bernard, Ghent University, Belgium
Debajyoti Mukhopadhyay, WIDiCoReL Lab, India
deCarvalho Andre, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil
deGemmis Marco, Università degli Studi di Bari , Italy
Dilip Pratihar, Indian Institute of Technology, India
Dominik Slezak, Infobright Inc., Canada
Elizabeth Goldbarg, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Emilio Corchado, University of Burgos, Spain
Engelbrecht Andies, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Eulalia Szmidt, Systems Research Institute Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Faisal Khan, Portland State University, US
Frank Klawonn, University of Applied Sciences Baunschweig, Germany
Gabriel Luque, University of Málaga, Spain
Gabriella Sanniti-di-Baja, Institute of Cybernetics "E.Caianiello", Italy
Georgios Sirakoulis, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
Gloria Bordogna, CNR IDPA, Italy
Govind Tanwar, Govt. Engineering College Bikaner, India
Gursaran Srivastava, Dayalbagh Educational Institute, India
Heitor Silverio Lopes, UTFPR, Brazil
Heloisa Camargo, UFSCar, Brazil
Henryk Maciejewski, Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland 
Herrera Francisco, University of Granada, Spain
Hideyasu Sasaki, Ritsumeikan University, Japan
Hongbo Liu, Dalian University of Technology, China
Isabel Jesus, ISEP - Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
Isabel Nunes, UNL/FCT, Portugal
Istvan Fehervari, Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Austria 
Izzettin Temiz, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey
Jae Oh, Syracuse University, US
Janusz Kacprzyk, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Javier Medina, CICEI – ULPGC, Spain
Javier Sanchez Medina, CICEI – ULPGC, Spain
Jerzy Grzymala-Busse, University of Kansas, US
Jong-Hyouk Lee, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea
Jorge Casillas, University of Granada, Spain
Jorge Núñez Mc Leod, Institute of C.E.D.I.A.C, Argentina
Jorge Tavares, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Jose Costa, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Juan Flores, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo, Mexico
Julio Cesar Nievola, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Brazil
Jyh-Horng Chou, National Kaohsiung First Univ. of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Kamran Fatahi, Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran
Kanak Saxena, Samrat Ashok Technological Institute (SATI), India
Kang Tai, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Ke Zhang, Shanghai Institute of Technology, China
Keshav Dahal, University of Bradford, UK
Kevin Guelton, Universite De Reims Champagne-Ardenne, France
Kin-Fun Li, University of Victoria, Canada
Kubilay Ecerkale, Turkish Air Force, Turkey
Leida LI, University of Mining and Technology, China
Liang Zhao, University of São Paulo, Brazil
Liliana Ironi, IMATI-CNR, Italy
Ludemir Teresa, Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil
Man-Leung Wong, Lingnan University, Hong Kong
Mario Koeppen, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan
Massimo DeGregorio, Istituto di Cibernetica "Eduardo Caianiello", Italy
Ming-Hung Su, National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences
Mohammad Daliri, Cognitive Neuroscience Lab., DPZ, Germany
Mohsen Askari, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia
Nakamatsu Kazumi, University of Hyogo, Japan
Nakashima Tomoharu, Osaka Prefecture University, Japan
Naoki Wakamiya, Osaka University, Japan
Ninan Sajeeth Philip, St. Thomas College, India
Olgierd Unold, Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland
Oscar Castillo, Tijuana Institute of Technology, Mexico
Ozgur Koray Sahingoz, Turkish Air Force Academy, Turkey
Paresh Virparia, Sardar Patel University, India
Pascal Bouvry, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Patricia Melin, Tijuana Institute of Technology, Mexico
Paulo Carrasco, Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
Paulo Moura Oliveira, UTAD University, Portugal
Paweł Skrobanek, Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland
Preeti Bajaj, India
Priti Srinivas Sajja, Sardar Patel University, India
Rama Mohan S, The University of Tulsa, Oklahoma
Ramin Halavati, Sharif University of Technology, Iran
Ramiro Barbosa, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
Ramon Sagarna, University of Birmingham, UK
Richard Jensen, Aberystwyth University, UK
Ronald Yager, Machine Intelligence Institute - Iona College, USA
Rudolf Kruse, University of Magdeburg, Germany
Ruqiang Yan, Southeast University, China
Sabri Pllana, University of Vienna, Austria
Sabrina Ahmad, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia
Sameulson Hong, Oriental Institute of Technology, Taiwan
Sandeep Paul, Dayalbagh Educational Institute (Deemed University), Agra
Sanjaykumar Vij, University of Utah, Utah
Sebastian Ventura, University of Cordoba, Spain
Selva Rivera, Institute of C.E.D.I.A.C, Argentina
Shandar Ahmad, National Institute of Biomedical Innovation, Japan
Shang-Ming Zhou, University of Wales Swansea, UK
Sheng-Ta Hsieh, National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan
Shengxiang Yang, University of Leicester, UK
Shyue-Liang Wang, National.University of Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Son Doan, National Institute of Informatics, Japan
Sung-Bae Cho, Yonsei University, Korea
Swagatam Das, Jadavpur University, India
Sylvio Júnior, UNIFOR, Brazil
Tanveer Siddiqui, Indian Institute of Information Technology Allahabad, India
Thomas Hanne, University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland,
Tsung-Che Chiang, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan
Tzung-Pei Hung, National Univesity of Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Uchino Eiji, Yamaguchi University, Japan
Wei Wei, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China
Weiping Liu, Eastern Connecticut State University, USA
Wen-Yang Lin, National University of Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Wilfried Elmenreich, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
William Hung, Portland State University, US
Ying Tan, Peking University, China
Yingjie Yang, De Montfort University, UK
Ying-Ping Chen, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
Yoshida Kaori, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan
Yun-Chia Liang, Yuan Ze University, Taiwan
Yusuke Nojima, Osaka Prefecture University, Japan
Zhigang Zeng, Wuhan University of Technology, China
Zongmin Ma, Northeastern University, China

Additional Reviewers
Almeida, Carolina
Amoretti, Michele
Arora, Prof. Nidhi
Bertini, João
Breve, Fabricio
Cupertino, Thiago Henrique
De Moura, Carlos
Demoura, Carlos
Dorronsoro, Bernabe
Fan, Zhaoyan
Goldbarg, Marco
Gonçalves, Richard
Held, Pascal
Huang, Shih-Shinh
Justo, Fabio
Kubik, Tomasz
Lin, Jih-Yiing
Maciejewski, Henryk
Mehdi, Malika
Mo, Lingfei
Nielsen, Sune
Ostaszewski, Marek
Perlin, Hugo Alberto
Pimenta, Adinovam
Pinel, Frederic
Poggi, Agostino
Ptak, Roman
Ruß, Georg
Shim, Vui Ann
Silva, Thiago
Tantar, Alexandru-Adrian
Tantar, Emilia
Vachkov, Gancho
Wang, Jinjiang
Wu, Ailong
Yaguinuma, Cristiane