| Honorary Chairs | ||
| YongyiGuo | Taiyuan University of Science and Technology | China |
| Chun-Hsiung Fang | Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences | Taiwan |
| General Chairs | ||
| Jianchao Zeng | Taiyuan University of Science and Technology, | China |
| Jeng-Shyang Pan | Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences | Taiwan |
| Ajith Abraham | Norwegian University of Science and Technology | Norway |
| Special Session Chair | ||
| Mario Koeppen | Kyushu Institute of Technology | Japan |
| Program Committee Members | ||
Yonglin Ren |
University of Ottawa |
Canada |
Yau-Hwang Kuo |
National Cheng Kung University |
Taiwan |
Ronald R. Yager |
Iona College |
USA |
Ning Zhong |
Maebashi Institute of Technology |
Japan |
Matjaz Gams |
Jozef Stefan Institute |
Slovenia |
Moustafa Hammad |
University of Calgary |
Canada |
Witold Pedrycz |
University of Alberta |
Canada |
Milos Kudelka |
Inflex |
Czech Republic |
Adam Wierzbicki |
PJIIT |
Poland |
Kasia Wegrzyn-Wolska |
ESIGETELAvon-Fontainebleau |
France |
Fatos Xhafa |
Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya |
Spain |
Osmar R. Zaiane |
University of Alberta |
Canada |
Thanos Vasilakos |
University of Western Macedonia |
Greece |
Irwin King |
The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
Hong Kong |
Maryam Purvis |
University of Otago |
New Zealand |
Tanya Berger-Wolf |
University of Illinois |
USA |
Juan D. Velasquez |
University of Chile |
Chile |
Aris Anagnostopoulos |
Yahoo! Research |
USA |
Bingjun Sun |
Yahoo! Labs |
USA |
Athena Vakali |
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki |
Greece |
Michael W. Berry |
University of Tennessee |
USA |
Haizheng Zhang |
Microsoft Live Search Division |
USA |
Arnd Christian Konig |
Microsoft Research |
USA |
Xiaowei Xu |
University of ArkansasLittle Rock |
USA |
Mohammad Mahdian |
Yahoo! Research |
USA |
Jie Tang |
Knowledge Engineering GroupTsinghua University |
China |
Qiang Yang |
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology |
Hong Kong |
Abdullah Uz Tansel |
Baruch College |
USA |
Ozgur Ulusoy |
Bilkent University |
Turkey |
Arash Shaban-Nejad |
Concordia University |
Canada |
Matjaz Gams |
Jozef Stefan Institute |
Slovenia |
Mohammed Alshalalfa |
University of Calgary |
Canada |
Nader F. Mohamed |
UAEU |
UAE |
Zongmin Ma |
Northeastern University |
China |
Jiming Liu |
Hong Kong Baptist University |
Hong Kong |
Mehmet Kaya |
Firat University |
Turkey |
Faruk Polat |
METU |
Turkey |
Witold Pedrycz |
University of Alberta |
Canada |
Tansel Ozyer |
TOBB University |
Turkey |
Malek Mouhoub |
University of Regina |
Canada |
William I. Grosky |
University of Michigan-Dearborn |
USA |
Reda Alhajj |
University of Calgary |
Canada |
Vaclav Snasel |
VSB-Technical University of Ostrava |
Czech Republic |
Youakim BADR |
INSA-Lyon |
France |
Onur Ozyer |
MicrosoftRedmond |
USA |
Yonglin Ren |
University of Ottawa |
Canada |
Yuxin Din |
Harbin Institute of Technology |
China |
| Jiye Liang | Shanxi University |
China |
Jilong Zhang |
North University of China |
China |
Yaowen Xue |
Shanxi Normal University |
China |
Junjie Chen |
Taiyuan University of Technology |
China |
Suodi Zhang |
Shanxi University of Finance&Economics |
China |
Gang xie |
Taiyuan University of Science and Technology |
China |
Yu Hu |
Taiyuan University of Science and Technology |
China |
Hong Chen |
North University of China |
China |
Zhen Jin |
North University of China |
China |
Jifu Zhang |
Taiyuan University of Science and Technology |
China |
Deyu Li |
Shanxi University |
China |
Renbin Xiao |
Huazhong University of Science and Technology |
China |
| Program Chairs | ||
| Vaclav Snasel | VSB-Technical University of Ostrava | Czech Republic |
| Katarzyna Wegrzyn-Wolska | ESIGETELAvon-Fontainebleau | France |
| Zhiyi Sun | Taiyuan University of Science and Technology | China |
| International Co-chair | ||
| HsinChun Chen | University of Arizona | USA |
| Osmar R. Zaiane | University of Alberta | Canada |
| David Zeng | University of Arizona | USA |
| Gening Xu | Taiyuan University of Science and Technology | China |
| Bin-Yih Liao | Kaohsiung University of Applied Science | Taiwan |
| International Advisory Committee | ||
| Reda Alhajj | VSB-Technical University of Ostrava | Canada |
| Katarzyna Wegrzyn-Wolska | ESIGETELAvon-Fontainebleau | France |
| Yanwei Ruan | Taiyuan University of Science and Technology | China |
| Janusz Kacprzyk | Polish Academy of Sciences | POLAND |
| Witold Pedrycz | University of Alberta | CANADA |
| Albert Zomaya | The University of Sydney | AUSTRALIA |
| Tzung-Pei Hong | Kaohsiung University | Taiwan |
| Shusaku Tsumoto | Shimane University | Japan |
| Ching-Chih Tsai | Chung Hsing University | Taiwan |
| Local Organizing Chair | ||
| Anhong Wang | Taiyuan University of Science and Technology | China |
| Zhihua Cui | Taiyuan University of Science and Technology | China |
| Publicity Chairs | ||
| Xinming LiŁ¬ | Taiyuan University of Science and Technology | China |
| Finance Chairs | ||
| Hsiang-Cheh Huang | University of Kaohsiung | Taiwan |
| Junlin Li | Taiyuan University of Science and Technology | China |