General Chairs
Ana Maria Madureira, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
Ajith Abraham, Machine Intelligence Research Labs (MIR Labs), USA

Program Chairs
Dorabela Gamboa, Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Porto, Portugal
Paulo Novais, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal

Advisory Board members
Aboul Ella Hassanien, University of Cairo, Egypt
André Ponce de Leon F de Carvalho, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Andries Engelbrecht, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Emilio Corchado, Universidad de Salamanca, Spain
Francisco Herrera, University of Granada, Spain
Francesco Marcelloni, University of Pisa, Italy
Hideyuki Takagi, Kyushu University, Japan
Imre J Rudas, Obuda University, Hungary
Jeng-Shyang Pan, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
Krzysztof Cios, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA
Mario Koeppen, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan
Janusz Kacprzyk, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Sebastián Ventura, University of Cordoba, Spain

Tutorials/Workshops and Special Sessions Chair
Amélia Loja , Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon, Portugal
Eduardo Solteiro Pires, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Portugal
Leonilde Varela, Minho University, Portugal

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

Web Master
Kun Ma, University of Jinan, China

Local Organizing Committee
Ana Madureira, Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Porto, Portugal
Judite Ferreira, Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Porto, Portugal
Ivo Pereira, Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Porto, Portugal
Bruno Cunha, Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Porto, Portugal
André Gomes, Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Porto, Portugal
José Ricardo Puga, Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Porto, Portugal
Luis Coelho, Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Porto, Portugal

Technical Program Committee
Ajith Abraham, Machine Intelligence Research Labs, United States
Alberto Cano, Virginia Commonwealth University,
Alex James, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan
Alexander Mendiburu, The University of the Basque Country, Spain
Alfredo Arias Montano, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico
Alma Rahat, University of Exeter, United Kingdom
Amelia Zafra Gómez, University of Córdoba, Spain
Ana Madureira, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
Anan Banharnsakun, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand
Anand Jayant Kulkarni, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Anang Hudaya Muhamad Amin, Multimedia University, Malaysia
Andrea Corradini, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
Andrew L. Nelson, Androtics LLC, United States
Anna Kononova, Heriot-Watt University, United Kingdom
Anne Laurent, University of Montpellier II, France
Antonio Dourado, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Antonio J. Tallón Ballesteros, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain
Antonio LaTorre, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
Antreas Nearchou, University of Patras, Greece
Arshin Rezazadeh, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Iran
Ashwani Kush, Kurukshetra University, India
Asoke Nath, St. Xaviers College (Autonomous), India
Azah Kamilah Muda, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia
Bahareh Asadi, Islamic Azad University, Iran
Biju Issac, Teesside University, United Kingdom
Bing Xue, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Binod Kumar Prasad, Maharastra Academy of Engineering, India
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
Chi Kin Chow, University of Hong Kong, China
Chu Hsing Lin, Tunghai University, Taiwan
Chun Wei Lin, National University of Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Clara Pizzuti, Universita` della Calabria, Itlay
Dalia Kriksciuniene, Vilnius University, Lithuania
Dalila Duraes, Technical University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Daniela Zaharie, West University of Timisoara, Romania
Davide Ciucci, Università di Milano Bicocca, Italy
Diaf Moussa, Université Mouloud Mammeri, Algeria
Doaa Hassan, National Telecommunication Institute, Egypt
Edgar Alfredo Portilla Flores, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico
Eduardo Solteiro Pires, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Portugal
Eiji Uchino, Yamaguchi University, Japan
Eliana Costa e Silva, CIICESI/Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão, POLYTECHNIC OF PORTO
Eliska Ochodkova, VSB – Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
Elpida Tzafestas, University of Athens, Greece
El-Sayed M. El-Alfy, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia
Fernando Jimenez, University of Murcia, Spain
Francesco Moscato, Seconda Università degli Studi di Napoli, Italy
Francisco Chicano, Universidad de Málaga, Spain
Franco Frattolillo, Università degli Studi del Sannio, Italy
Gabriel Luque, Universidad de Málaga, Spain
Gai Ge Wang, Jiangsu Normal University, China
Georg Peters, Munich University of Applied Sciences, Germany
George Georgiev, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, United States
Georgy Sofronov, Macquarie University, Australia
Ghanshyam Thakur, National Institute of Technology, India
Giancarlo Mauri, Università di Milano Bicocca, Italy
Heder Bernardino, Universidade Federal de Juiz de For a, Brazil
Ian Sillitoe, University of Wolverhampton, United Kingdom
James O'Shea, Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom
José Raúl Romero, University of Córdoba, Spain
Jose Santos, Universidad de A Coruña, Spain
Kang Tai, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Konstantinos Parsopoulos, University of Ioannina, Greece
Korhan Karabulut, Yaşar Üniversitesi, Turkey
Kun Ma, University of Jinan, China
Laurence Amaral, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Brazil
Leonardo Trujillo, Instituto Tecnológico de Tijuana, Mexico
Leonilde Varela, Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Li Zhang, Soochow University, China
Luigi Benedicenti, University of Regina, Canada
Majid Bakhtiari, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia
Mario Koeppen, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan
Marjan Kuchaki Rafsanjani, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Iran
Mauricio Ayala Rincon, Universidade de Brasilia, Brazil
Mengjie Zhang, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Miguel Rocha, Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Mohammad Reza Bonyadi, The University of Adelaide, Australia
Ngo Hea Choon, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia
Patrick Siarry, Universit de Paris, France
Paulo Moura Oliveira, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Portugal
Ricardo Landa, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico
Riyad Alshammari, Dalhousie University, Canada
Roberto Antonio Vázquez Espinoza De Los Monteros, Lasallistas de Corazón, Mexico
Rodica Ioana Lung, Babeş-Bolyai University, Romania
Solteiro Pires, UTAD University, Portugal
Sung Bae Cho, Yonsei University, South Korea
Tatiana Kalganova, Brunel University London, United Kingdom
Thomas Hanne, University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland, Switzerland
Tien Tsin Wong, University of Hong Kong, China
Tzung Pei Hong, National University of Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Victor Manuel Landassuri Moreno, Centro Universitario UAEM Valle de Mexico, Mexico
Vincenzo Piuri, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy
Wei Chiang Hong, Oriental Institute of Technology, Taiwan
Yi Mei, RMIT University, Australia
Ying Ping Chen, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
Yogan Jaya Kumar, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia
Yong Wang, Central South University, China
Yun Huoy Choo, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia