Honorary Chairs
Abderazek Ben Abdallah, University of Aizu, Japan
Volker Märgner, University of Braunschweig, Germany

General Chairs
Ajith Abraham, MIR Labs, USA
Adel M. Alimi, University of Sfax, Tunisia

Technical Program Committee Chairs
Haikal El Abed, University of Braunschweig, Germany
Mohamed Ben Halima, University of Gabes, Tunisia

Organizing Chairs
Habib Kammoun, University of Sfax, Tunisia
Ali Wali, University of Kairouan, Tunisia

Publication Chair
Yun-Huoy Choo, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia

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

Local Organizing Committee Chair
Mohamed Neji, University of Gabes, Tunisia

 Web Administrator
Kun Ma, University of Jinan, China

International Program Committee
Adel Al-Jumaily, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Aitor Rodriguez-Alsina, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain
Ajay Somkuwar, Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, India
Ajith Abraham, Machine Intelligence Research Labs, United States
Akira Namatame, National Defense Academy, Japan
Alex James, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan
Alexander Mendiburu, The University of the Basque Country, Spain
Alicia Troncoso, Pablo de Olavide University, Spain
Amélia Loja , ISEL - Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Portugal
Amelia Zafra Gómez, University of Córdoba, Spain
Amit Dutta, Barkatullah University, India
Amitava Chatterjee, Jadavpur University, India
Anália Lourenço, University of 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
Andreas Dengel, Technischen Universität Kaiserslautern, Germany
Andrei Petrovski, Robert Gordon University, United Kingdom
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
Anurag Dixit, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
Arshin Rezazadeh, Iran University of Science and Technology, Iran
Arturo Hernández-Aguirre, Centre for Research in Mathematics, Mexico
Ashwani Kush, Kurukshetra University, India
Asoke Nath, St. Xaviers College (Autonomous), India
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
Baihai Zhang, Beijing Institute of Technology, China
Bharanidharan Shanmugam, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia
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
Chi-Keong Goh, Advanced Technology Centre, Rolls-Royce, Singapore 
Chillarige Raghavendra Rao, Hyderabad Central University, India
Chin-Shiuh Shieh, National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences, Taiwan
Chokri Ben Amar, University of Sfax, Tunisia
Chuan Shi, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China
Chun Yew Cheong, Institute of High Performance Computing, A*STAR, Singapore 
Chun-Wei Lin, National University of Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Clerc Maurice, Independent Consultant on Optimisation, France
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
Dejene Ejigu, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
Diaf Moussa, Université Mouloud Mammeri, Algeria
Dragan Simic, University of Novi Sad, Serbia
Eduardo-Solteiro Pires, University of Tras-os-montes and Alto Douro, Portugal
Eduardo-Solteiro Pires, University of Tras-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
Faaizah Shahboddin, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM), Malaysia
Fabrício Olivetti De França, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil
Fatih Tasgetiren, Yaşar Üniversitesi, Turkey
Fernando Corinto, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Firkhan Ali Hamid Ali, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Malaysia
Fouad Slimane, Braunschweig Technical University, Germany
Francisco Chicano, Universidad de Málaga, Spain
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
Ghanshyam Thakur, Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, India
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
Halizah Basiron, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia
Hana Rezankova, University of Economics, Czech Republic
Harris Michail, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus
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
Hongbo Liu, Dalian University of Technology, China
Hunny Mehrotra, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, India
Huynh Thi Thanh Binh, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Vietnam
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
Irene Moser, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
Ivo Pereira , Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Porto, Portugal
Jan Platoš, VSB – Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
János Botzheim, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan
Javier Bajo, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 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
Jian Xiong, National University of Defense Technology, China
Jih Fu Tu, St. Johns University, United States
Jin Xu, BehaviorMatrix, LLC, USA
Joaquin Derrac, Universidad de Granada, Spain
John Crawford, University of Sydney, Australia
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
K. Mustafa, Jamia Millia Islamia, India
Kadian Davis, University College of the Caribbean, Jamaica
Kang Tai, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 
Karthik Sindhya, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
Katsuhiro Honda, Osaka Prefecture University, Japan
Kazuaki Masuda, Kanagawa University, Japan
Kazumi Nakamatsu, University of Hyogo, Japan
Keeley Crockett, Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom
Keun Ho Ryu, Chungbuk National University, Korea
Komal Kumar Bhatia, YMCA Institute of Engineering, India
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
La Langue Arabe, Algeria
Lam Thu Bui, Le Quy Don Technical University, Vietnam
Laurence Amaral, Federal University of Uberlandia, Brazil
Laurence T. Yang, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada
Laurent Heutte, UFR des Sciences, Université de Rouen, France
Lee Chang-Yong, Kongju National University, Korea
Leocadio G. Casado, University of Almería, Spain
Leonilde Varela, Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Li-Wei Ko, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
Long-Thành Ngô, Le Quy Don Technical University, Vietnam
Mahmoud Mejdoub, University of Sfax
Mansaf Alam, Jamia Millia Islamia, India
Manuel Graña, The University of the Basque Country, Spain
Marcio Dorn, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Marde Helbig, CSIR: Meraka Institute, South Africa
Marjan Kuchaki Rafsanjani, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Iran
Mark Embrechts, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, United States
Martin Lukac, Tohoku University, Japan
Mehul Raval, Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, India
Michael Epitropakis, University of Stirling, United Kingdom
Michele Vadursi, Università di Napoli "Parthenope", Italy
Miguel Ángel Veganzones, GIPSA-lab, Grenoble INP, France
Miguel Rocha, University of Minho, Portugal
Millie Pant, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India
Mo Hongwei, Harbin Engineering University, China
Mohammad Shojafar, University Sapienza of Rome, Italy
Mohd Abdul Hameed, Osmania University, India
Mohd Faizal Abdollah, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia
Monica Mehrotra, Jamia Millia Islamia, India
Mounir Ben Ayed, University of Sfax, Tunisia
Mourad Abbas, Centre de Recherche Scientifique et Technique sur le Développement de
Mourad MARS, University of Monastir, Tunisia
Mourad Zaied, University of Sfax, Tunisia
Mrutyunjaya Panda, Gandhi Institute for Technological Advancement, India
Muhammad Sarfraz, Kuwait University, Kuwait
Nadia El Mrabet, LIASD - Université Paris 8, France
Najoua Ben Amara, Réseau National Universitaire, Tunisia
Navin Kumar Agrawal, Sagar Institute of Research Technology and Science, India
Nelishia Pillay, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Nikos Papamarkos, Democritus University of Thrace (DUTh), Greece
Nizar Rokbani, University of Sousse, Tunisia
Nizar Zaghden, University of Gabes
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
Olfa Jemai, University of Gabes, Tunisia
Oliver Schuetze, CINVESTAV, Mexico
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
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
Phan Cong-Vinh, Nguyen Tat Thanh University, Vietnam
Ping Guo, Beijing Normal University, China
Piotr Porwik, University of Silesia, Poland
Prakash Shelokar, Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Goa, India
Punam Bedi, University of Delhi, India
Quang Anh Tran, Hanoi University, Vietnam
Quang Uy Nguyen, University College Dublin, Ireland
Radu-Codrut David, Politehnica University of Timisoara, Romania
Rafael Corchuelo, University of Seville, Spain
Rafael Falcon, University of Ottawa, Canada
Raghavendra Kulkarni, Missouri University of Science and Technology, United States
Ramachandram Sirandas, Osmania University, India
Ramel Jean-Yves, Ecole Polytechnique de l'Université de Tours, France 
Razib Hayat Khan, Norwegian Univeristy of Science and Technology, Norway
Riadh Robbana, Carthage University, Tunisia
Richard Duro, Universidad de A Coruña, Spain
Ridha Ejbali, University of Sfax, Tunisia
Riyad Alshammari, Dalhousie University, Canada
Roberto Antonio Vázquez Espinoza De Los Monteros, Universidad La Salle, Mexico
Roberto Santana, The University of the Basque Country, Spain
Robiah Yusof, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia
Rodica Ioana Lung, Babeş-Bolyai University, Romania
Ryotaro Kamimura, Tokai Univerisity, Japan
S. Ramakrishnan, Dr. Mahalingam College of Engineering and Technology, India
Saber Elsayed, Australian Defence Force Academy, Australia
Sabine Barrat, François Rabelais University, France
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, India
Sanjeev Wagh, KJ's College of Engineering and Management Research, India
Santiago Muelas, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
Saurav Karmakar, Matrix Technologies, USA
Seema Purohit, Navinchandra Mehta Institute of Technology and Development, India
Shaheen Fatima, Loughborough University, United Kingdom
Shaojing Fu, National University of Defense Technology, China
Shawkat Ali, Central Queensland University, Australia
Sheng-Ta Hsieh, Oriental Institute of Technology, Taiwan
Shing Chiang Tan, Multimedia University, Malaysia
Shinichi Shirakawa, Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan
Shubham Chopra, Portland State University, United States
Shu-Ching Chen, Florida International University, United States
Shu-Fen Tu, Chinese Culture University, China
Shuming Wang, Waseda University, Japan
Siby Abraham, University of Mumbai, India
Siddhivinayak Kulkarni, University of Ballarat, Australia
Siti Rahayu Selamat, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia
Sudhanshu Joshi, Doon University, India
Suicheng Gu, University of Pittsburgh, United States
Sumithra Devi K A, Rashtreeya Vidyalaya College of Engineering, India
Sung-Bae Cho, Yonsei University, Korea
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
Swati V. Chande, International School of Informatics and Management, India
Syarrifah Sakinah Syed Ahmad, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia
Tao Shi, Research In Motion, United States
Tarek M. Hamdani, Taibah University, Saudi Arabia
Thierry Artieres, UPMC, France
Thierry Charnois, Laboratoire d'Informatique de Paris-Nord (LIPN), France
Thomas Hanne, University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland, Switzerland
Tibebe Beshah, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
Timur Umarov, Kazakh British Technical University, Kazakhstan
Tobias Mahlmann, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Toktam Ebadi, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Toshiharu Hatanaka, Osaka University, Japan
Trong Hai Duong, Ho Chi Minh City International University, Vietnam
Trung Thanh Nguyen, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
Tsai-Rong Chang, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Tzung-Pei Hong, National University of Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Ulrich Rueckert, University of Paderborn, Germany
Usha Mehta, Nirma University, India
Van Giang Nguyen, Le Quy Don Technical University, Vietnam
Vasif Ahmed, Babasaheb Naik College of Engineering, India
Vidya Dhamdhere, GHRACM, India
Vincenzo Piuri, University of Milan, Italy
Vivek Deshpande, MIT College of Engineering, India
Vn Manjunath Aradhya, Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering, India
Walid Elloumi, University of Gabes
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
Xianneng Li, Waseda University, Japan
Xiaobing Hu, University of Warwick, United Kingdom
Xuan Nam Tran, Le Quy Don Technical University, Vietnam
Yannis Marinakis, Technical University of Crete, Greece
Yau-Hwang Kuo, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
Yifan Sun, Renmin University of China, China
Ying-Ping Chen, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
Yong Wang, Central South University, China
Yoshikazu Fukuyama, Meiji University, Japan
Yuan Haibin, Beihang University, China
Yuji Sato, Hosei University, Japan
Yun-Huoy Choo, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia
Yusuke Nojima, Osaka Prefecture University, Japan
Zhanghui Chen, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Zied Kechaou, University of Sousse