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.

We are grateful for their valuable assistance.

The IPC consists of the following members and, in addition, all Invited Session Chairs:-

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KES2008 IPC Members

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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