WSC14 Organization

Honorary Chair

Jun Wang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

General Chair

Mario Köppen, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Fukuoka, Japan

Program Co-Chairs

Xiao-Zhi Gao, Helsinki University of Technology, Espoo, Finland
António Gaspar-Cunha, University of Minho, Guimarães, Portugal

International Advisory Board

Nik Kasabov, Auckland University, New Zealand
Janusz Kascprzyk, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Seppo Ovaska, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
Andreas König, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany
Ashraf Saad, Armstrong Atlantic State University, USA
Jörn Mehnen, Cranfield University, UK
Bernadetta Kwintiana Ane, Stuttgart University, Germany

Special Event Chair

Gerald Schaefer, Loughborough University, UK

Publicity Chair

Kaori Yoshida, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan

Best Paper Award Chair

Youakim Badr, INSA-Lyon, France

Web Chair

Rodrigo Verschae, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan

International Program Committee

Janos Abonyi, University of Pannonia, Hungary
Ajith Abraham, NTNU, Norway
Akira Asano, Hiroshima University, Japan
Erel Avineri, University of the West of England, UK
Sudhirkumar V Barai, IIT Kharagpur, India
Helio Barbosa, Laboratorio Nacional de Computaçao Científica, Brazil
Valeriu Beiu, United Arab Emirates University, UAE
Zvi Boger, OPTIMAL - Industrial Neural Systems Ltd., Israel
Oscar Castillo, Tijuana Institute of Technology, Mexico
Sung-Bae Cho, Yonsei University, South Korea
Leandro Coelho, Pontifical Catholic University of Parana, Brazil
Carlos Coello Coello, CINVESTAV-IPN, Mexico
Lino Costa, Dept. of Production and Systems - University of Minho, Portugal
Keshav Dahal, University of Bradford, UK
Justin Dauwels, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Guy De Tre, Ghent University, Belgium
Giuseppe Di Fatta, The University of Reading, UK
Carlos Fonseca, Universidade do Algarve - Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
Matjaz Gams, Jozef Stefan Institute, Slovenia
Bernard Grabot, ENIT, France
Roderich Groß, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland
Jerzy Grzymala-Busse, University of Kansas, USA
Ioannis Hatzilygeroudis, University of Patras, Greece
Francisco Herrera, University of Granada, Spain
Frank Hoffmann, TU Dortmund, Germany
Hisao Ishibuchi, Osaka Prefecture University, Japan
Akimoto Kamiya, Kushiro National College of Technology, JAPAN
Petra Kersting, TU Dortmund, Germany
Frank Klawonn, University of Applied Sciences BS - WF, Germany
Andreas König, TU Kaiserslautern/ISE, Germany
Renato Krohling, UFES - Federal University of Espirito Santo, Brazil
Heitor Lopes, Federal University of Technology - Parana (UTFPR), Brazil
Christophe Marsala, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6, France
Jörn Mehnen, Cranfield University, UK
Patricia Melin, Tijuana Institute of Technology, Mexico
Sanaz Mostaghim, University of Karlsruhe, Germany
Jae Oh, Syracuse University, USA
Pedro Oliveira, Dept. of Production and Systems - University of Minho, Portugal
Marcin Paprzycki, IBS PAN and WSM, Poland
David Pelta, University of Granada, Spain
Petrica Pop, North University of Baia Mare, Romania
Radu-Emil Precup, Politehnica University of Timisoara, Romania
Ashraf Saad, Armstrong Atlantic State University, USA
Muhammad Sarfraz, Kuwait University, Kuwait
Abhinav Saxena, NASA Ames Research Center, USA
Giovanni Semeraro, Univ. of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy
Yos Sunitiyoso, University of Southampton, UK
Ricardo Takahashi, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - Departamento de Matematica, Brazil
Ashutosh Tiwari, Cranfield University, UK
Heike Trautmann, TU Dortmund, Germany
Eiji Uchino, Yamaguchi University, Japan
Olgierd Unold, Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland
Marley Vellasco, PUC-Rio, Brazil
Tobias Wagner, TU Dortmund, Germany
Xiaolei Wang, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland