International Programme Committee
The role of the KES2008 IPC is as follows:-- To advise on the organisation of the conference;
- To promote the conference and bring it to the attention of other researchers;
- To advise on the topics of the conference;
- To help with the paper review process
- To assist in monitoring overall quality.
The IPC consists of the following members and, in addition, all Invited Session Chairs:-
| Name | Affiliation |
| Abe, Akinori | ATR Knowledge Science Lab, Japan |
| Adachi, Yoshinori | Chubu Uni, Japan |
| Angulo, Cecilio | Technical University of Catalonia, Spain |
| Apolloni, Bruno | University of Milan, Italy |
| Baba, Norio | Osaka Kyoiku University, Japan |
| Balachandran, Bala | University of Canberra, Australia |
| Basic Dalbelo, Bojana | University of Zagreb, Croatia |
| Beristain, Andoni | Universidad del Pais, Spain |
| Bianchini, Monica | Uni degli studi di Siena, Italy |
| Castellano, Giovanna | Uni of Bari, Italy |
| Chen, Yen-Wei | Rotsumeikan University, Japan |
| Cheng, Jingde | Saitama University, Japan |
| Corchado, Emilio | University of Burgos, Spain |
| Cuzzocrea, Alfredo | Uni of Calabria, Italy |
| Damiani, Ernesto | University of Milan, Italy |
| Di Noia, Tommaso | University of Bari, Italy |
| Gabrys, Bogdan | University of Bournemouth, UK |
| Gao, Kun | Zhejiang Wanli University, China |
| Hartung, Ronald | Franklyn University, USA |
| Holmes, Dawn | University of California Santa Barbara, USA |
| Howlett, Bob,KES International | |
| Howlett, Robert J. | University of Brighton, UK |
| Håkansson, Anne | University of Upsala, Sweden |
| Ishida, Yoshiteru | Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan |
| Ishii, Naohiro | Aichi Inst of Tech, Japan |
| Jain, Lakhmi C. | University of South Australia, Adelaide |
| Jetvic, Dragan | University of Zagreb, Croatia |
| Karny, Miroslav | Czech Republic Academy of Science, Czechoslovakia |
| Kunifuji, Susumu | Japan Advanced Inst of Science and Tech, Japan |
| Lee, Hsuan-Shih | National Taiwan Ocean University, Taiwan |
| Lim, Chee-Peng | University of Science, Malaysia |
| Liu, Honghai | University of Portsmouth, UK |
| Lopez, Raquel Florez | University of Leon, Spain |
| Lovrek, Ignac | University of Zagreb, Croatia |
| Maojo, Victor | Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain |
| Markey, Mia | University of Texas, USA |
| Mumford, Christine | Cardiff University, UK |
| Munemor , Jun | Wakayama University, Japan |
| Nakamatsu, Kazumi | Uni of Hyogo, Japan |
| Nakano, Ryohei | Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan |
| Nakano, Ryohei | Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan |
| Nakao, Zensho | University of the Ryukyus, Japan |
| Nauck, Detlef | BT Intelligent Systems Research Centre, UK |
| Negoita, Mircea | Pertronic Industries Ltd, New Zealand |
| Negoita, Mircea | Pertronic Industries Ltd., NZ |
| Nguyen, Ngoc Thanh | Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland |
| Nikolos, Ioannis | Technical University of Crete, Greece |
| Nishida, Toyoaki | Kyoto University, Japan |
| Nuernberger, Andreas | University of Magdeburg, Germany |
| Palade, Vasile | University of Oxford, UK |
| Park, Gwi-Tae | Korea University, Seoul, Korea |
| Pham, Tuan | James Cook University, Australia |
| Phillips-Wren, Gloria | Loyola College in Maryland, USA |
| Rhee, Phil Kyu | Inha University, Korea |
| Sharma, Dharmendra | University of Canberra, Australia |
| Shkodirev, Viacheslaw | St Petersburg State Polytechnic University, Russia |
| Sik Lanyi, Cecilia | University of Pannoia, Hungary |
| Sunde, Jadranka | DSTO, Australia |
| Tagliaferri, Roberto | University of Salerno, Italy |
| Taki, Hirokazu | Wakayama University, Japan |
| Tsuda, Kazuhiko | University of Tsukuba, Japan |
| Turchetti, Claudio | Uni Politechnica delle Marche, Italy |
| Vassanyi, Istvan | University of Pannonia, Hungary |
| Veganzones, Miguel | Universidad del Pais, Spain |
| Vellido, Alfredo | Technical University of Catalonia, Spain |
| Watada, Junzo | Waseda University, Japan |
| Watanabe, Toyohide | Nagoya University, Japan |
| Yamashita, Yoshiyuki | University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan |
| do Carmo Nicoletti, Maria | Federal Uni of S. Carlos, Brazil |