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

Program Chairs
Emilio Corchado, University of Salamanca, Spain
Leonilde Varela, Leonilde Varela, Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Workshops and Special Sessions Chairs
Amélia Loja , Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon, Portugal
Eduardo Solteiro Pires, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Portugal

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

Publicity Chair
Choo yun Huoy, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia

Local Organizing Committee
Luis Coelho, Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Porto, Portugal
Judite Ferreira, Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Porto, Portugal
João Paulo Pereira, Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Porto, Portugal
Jorge Santos, Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Porto, Portugal
Ivo Pereira, Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Porto, Portugal

International Advisory Board
Aboul Ella Hassanien, University of Cairo, Egypt
Adel Alimi, Universit de Sfax, Sfax – Tunisia
André Ponce de Leon F de Carvalho, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Emilio Corchado, Universidad de Salamanca, Spain
Francisco Herrera,University of Granada, Spain
Hideyuki Takagi, Kyushu University, Japan
Janusz Kacprzyk, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Jeng-Shyang Pan, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
Jun Wang, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Krzysztof Cios, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA
Mario Koeppen, KyushuInstitute of Technology, Japan
Oscar Castillo, Tijuana Institute of Technology, Mexico
Ronald R. Yager, Machine Intelligence Institute, IONA College, USA
Sankar Pal, Indian Statistical Institute, India
Sebastián Ventura, University of Cordoba, Spain
Vaclav Snasel, VSB-Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic

International Program Committee
Adel Al-Jumaily, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Ajith Abraham, Machine Intelligence Research Labs, United States
Alex James, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan
Alexander Mendiburu, The University of the Basque Country, Spain
Alicia Troncoso, Pablo de Olavide University, Spain
Amélia Loja, Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Portugal
Amelia Zafra Gómez, University of Córdoba, Spain
Amit Dutta, Barkatullah University, India
Amitava Chatterjee, Jadavpur University, India
Ana Madureira, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
Anália Lourenço, Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Anan Banharnsakun, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand
Anand Kulkarni, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 
Andrea Corradini, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
Andres Ortiz, Universidad de Málaga, Spain
Andrew L. Nelson, Androtics LLC, United States
Anna Jordanous, King's College London, United Kingdom
Antonio Dourado, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Antonio Latorre, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
Arshin Rezazadeh, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Iran
Arturo Hernández-Aguirre, Centre for Research in Mathematics, Mexico
Assel Akzhalova, Kazakh British Technical University, Kazakhstan
Ata Kaban, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
Atta Rahman, ISRA University, Pakistan 
Azah Kamilah Muda, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia
Bahareh Asadi, Islamic Azad University, Iran
Biju Issac, Teesside University, United Kingdom
Bingwei He, Fuzhou University, China
Binod Kumar Prasad, Maharastra Academy of Engineering, India
Bruno Rossi, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy
C. Alberto Ochoa-Zezatti, 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
Cesar Torres, CINVESTAV, Mexico
Chi Kin Chow, City University of Hong Kong, China
Chillarige Raghavendra Rao, Hyderabad Central University, India
Chin-Shiuh Shieh, National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences, Taiwan
Chun-Wei Lin, National University of Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Crina Grosan, Babes-Bolyai University, Norway
Daniela Zaharie, West University of Timisoara, Romania
Dante Tapia, Universidad de Salamanca, Spain
Darya Chyzhyk, The University of the Basque Country, Spain
Diaf Moussa, Université Mouloud Mammeri, Algeria
Dragan Simic, University of Novi Sad, Serbia
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
Elpida Tzafestas, University of Athens, Greece
El-Sayed M. El-Alfy, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia
Ender Ozcan, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
Erkan Bostancı, University of Essex, United Kingdom
Eulanda Dos Santos, Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Brazil
Eunice Lopez-Camacho, Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Mexico
Fabrício Olivetti De França, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil
Fernando Corinto, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Firkhan Ali Hamid Ali, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Malaysia
Francisco Chicano, Universidad de Málaga, Spain
Fukuyama Yoshikazu, Nguyen Tat Thanh University, Vietnam
Gai-Ge Wang, Jiangsu Normal University, China
George D. C. Cavalcanti, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil
George Papakostas, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
Georgy Sofronov, Macquarie University, Australia
Giancarlo Mauri, Università di Milano Bicocca, Italy
Giovanni Iacca, INCAS³, Netherlands
Gregor Papa, Jozef Stefan Institute, Slovenia
Guillermo Leguizamón, Universidad Nacional de San Luis, Argentina
Habib M. Kammoun, Université de Sfax, Tunisia
Hadi Mashinchi, Simavita Ltd., Australia
Hana Rezankova, University of Economics, Czech Republic
Heder Bernardino, Universidade Federal de Juiz de For a, Brazil
Hendrik Richter, Leipzig University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Hirosato Seki, Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan
Hisashi Handa, Kindai University, Japan
Holger Morgenstern, Sachverstaendigenbuero Morgenstern, Germany
I.G.P. Asto Buditjahjanto, Universitas Negeri Surabaya, Indonesia
Imre Lendák, University of Novi Sad, Serbia
Indra Adji Sulistijono, Electronics Engineering Polytechnic Institute of Surabaya, Indonesia
Ivo Pereira, Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Portugal
Jan Platoš, VSB – Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
János Botzheim, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan
Javier Pérez, Universidad de Salamanca, Spain
Javier Sánchez-Monedero, University of Córdoba, Spain
Javier Sedano, Technological Institute of Castilla y Leon, Spain
Jeng-Shyang Pan Pan, National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences, Taiwan
Jer Lang Hong, Taylors University, Malaysia
Jih Fu Tu, St. Johns University, United States
Jin Xu, University of Pennsylvania, United States
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
José Carlos Ortiz-Bayliss, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
José M. Merigó, University of Barcelona, Spain
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
Joseph Spring, University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Jose-Raul Romero, University of Córdoba, Spain
Julio Ponce, Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes, Mexico
Junzo Watada, Waseda University, Japan
Kadian Davis, University College of the Caribbean, Jamaica
Kang Tai, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 
Katsuhiro Honda, Osaka Prefecture University, Japan
Kazuaki Masuda, Kanagawa University, Japan
Kazumi Nakamatsu, University of Hyogo, Japan
Kononova Anna, Heriot-Watt University, United Kingdom
Konstantinos Antonakopoulos, Norwegian Univeristy of Science and Technology, Norway
Konstantinos Parsopoulos, University of Ioannina, Greece
Korhan Karabulut, Yaşar Üniversitesi, Turkey
Kun Ma, Jinan University, China
Kyriakos Kritikos, Foundation for Research and Technology (FORTH) Hellas, Greece
Laurence Amaral, Federal University of Uberlandia, Brazil
Laurence T. Yang, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada
Lee Chang-Yong, Kongju National University, Korea
Leocadio G. Casado, University of Almería, Spain
Leonilde Varela, Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Long-Thành Ngô, Le Quy Don Technical University, Vietnam
Luis Coelho, Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Portugal
Manuel Graña, The University of the Basque Country, Spain
Marde Helbig, CSIR: Meraka Institute, South Africa
Maria José Angélico, Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Portugal
Marjan Kuchaki Rafsanjani, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Iran
Mark Embrechts, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, United States
Martin Lukac, Tohoku University, Japan
Mauricio Ayala-Rincon, Universidade de Brasilia, Brazil
Mehul Raval, Ahmedabad University, India
Michael Epitropakis, University of Stirling, United Kingdom
Michele Vadursi, Università di Napoli "Parthenope", Italy
Miguel Ángel Veganzones, GIPSA-lab, Grenoble INP, France
Mo Hongwei, Harbin Engineering University, China
Mohamed Shojafar, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Mohd Faizal Abdollah, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia
Mourad Abbas, Centre de Recherche Scientifique et Technique sur le Développement de La Langue Arabe, Algeria
Mrutyunjaya Panda, Gandhi Institute for Technological Advancement, India
Muhammad Sarfraz, Kuwait University, Kuwait
Nasimul Noman, University of Newcastle, Australia
Navin Kumar Agrawal, Sagar Institute of Research Technology and Science, India
Nelishia Pillay, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Nohe Ramon Cazarez-Castro, Instituto Tecnologico de Tijuana, Mexico
Noor Azilah Muda, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia
Noor Shaker, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Norashikin Ahmad, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia
Noraswaliza Abdullah, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia
Nurul Akmar Emran, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia
Ondrej Matustik, University of Economics, Czech Republic
Othman Mohd, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia
Otoniel Lopez Granado, Miguel Hernandez University, Spain
Patrick Siarry, Universit de Paris, France
Paulo Gonçalves, Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco, Portugal
Paulo Moura Oliveira, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Portugal
Pavel Kromer, VSB – Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
Pedro Castillo, Universidad de Granada, Spain
Petrica Claudiu Pop, North University of Baia Mare, Romania
Petro Gopych, Universal Power Systems USA-Ukraine LLC, Ukraine
Ping Guo, Beijing Normal University, China
Piotr Porwik, University of Silesia, Poland
Prakash Shelokar, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, India
Punam Bedi, University of Delhi, India
Quang Uy Nguyen, University College Dublin, Ireland
Radu-Codrut David, Politehnica University of Timisoara, Romania
Rafael Corchuelo, University of Seville, Spain
Raghavendra Kulkarni, Missouri University of Science and Technology, United States
Ramachandram Sirandas, Osmania University, India
Razib Hayat Khan, Norwegian Univeristy of Science and Technology, Norway
Robiah Yusof, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia
Ryotaro Kamimura, Tokai Univerisity, Japan
S. Ramakrishnan, Dr. Mahalingam College of Engineering and Technology, India
Saber Elsayed, Australian Defence Force Academy, Australia
Sabrina Ahmad, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia
Sabu M Thampi, Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, India
Sameena Shah, Thomson Reuters, United States
Sanjay Dhar Roy, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, India
Santiago Muelas, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
Saurav Karmakar, Georgia State University, United States
Seema Purohit, Navinchandra Mehta Institute of Technology and Development, India
Shaheen Fatima, Loughborough University, United Kingdom
Shing Chiang Tan, Multimedia University, Malaysia
Shinichi Shirakawa, Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan
Siby Abraham, University of Mumbai, India
Siddhivinayak Kulkarni, University of Ballarat, Australia
Sudhanshu Joshi, Doon University, India
Suhas Chelian, HRL Laboratories LLC, United States
Suicheng Gu, University of Pittsburgh, United States
Sunil Kumar Jha, Banaras Hindu University, India
Susana C. Esquivel, Universidad Nacional de San Luis, Argentina
Sushil Kulkarni, University of Mumbai, India
Sven Tomforde, Universität Augsburg, Germany
Thomas Hanne, University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland, Switzerland
Toshiharu Hatanaka, Osaka University, Japan
Ulrich Rueckert, University of Paderborn, Germany
Usha Mehta, Nirma University, India
Vidya Dhamdhere, GHRACM, India
Vn Manjunath Aradhya, Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering, India
Wei-Chiang Hong, Oriental Institute of Technology, Taiwan
Wei-Neng Chen, Sun Yat-Sen University, China
Wing-Kuen Ling, University of Lincoln, United Kingdom
Wladyslaw Homenda, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
Wu-Chih Hu, National Penghu University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Yannis Marinakis, Technical University of Crete, Greece
Yau-Hwang Kuo, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
Yuan Haibin, Beihang University, China
Yun-Huoy Choo, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia
Zhanghui Chen, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China