International Programme Committee
The role of the IPC is as follows:-- To advise on the organisation of the symposium;
- To promote the conference and bring it to the attention of other researchers;
- To advise on the topics of the symposium;
- 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 |
| Dr. Fuminori Akiba  | Nagoya University, Japan  |
| Prof. Koichi Asakura  | Daido University, Japan  |
| Prof. Grigoris Antoniou  | FORTH-ICS, Greece  |
| Prof. Kumiko Aoki  | The Open University of Japan, Japan  |
| Prof. Monica Bianchini  | Universita degli Studi di Siena, Italy  |
| Dr. S. Brahnam  | Missouri State University, USA  |
| Dumitru Dan Burdescu  | University of Craiova, Romania  |
| Dr. Abdellah Chehri  | University of Ottawa, Canada  |
| Prof. Ernesto Damiani  | University of Milan, Italy  |
| Dr. Ognjen Dobrijevia  | University of Zagreb, Croatia  |
| Prof. Colette Faucher  | LSIS-Polytech Marseille, France  |
| Prof. Margarita Favorskaya  | Siberian State Aerospace University, Russia  |
| Assoc. Prof. Gianluigi Ferrari  | University of Parma  |
| Prof. Yoshimi Fukumura  | Nagaoka University of Technology, Japan  |
| Prof. Christos Grecos  | University of West of Scotland, UK  |
| Prof. Kiyota Hashimoto  | Osaka Prefecture University, Japan  |
| Dr. Yusuke Hayashi  | Nagoya University, Japan  |
| Dr. Katsuhiro Honda  | Osaka Prefecture University, Japan  |
| Prof. Keiichi Horio  | Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan  |
| Dr. Hsiang-Cheh Huang  | National University of Kaohsiung, Taiwan  |
| Dr. Yurie Iribe  | Toyahashi University of Technology, Japan  |
| Prof. Yukuo Isomoto  | Nagoya Womens University, Japan  |
| Dr. Dimitris Kanellopoulos  | University of Patras, Department of Mathematics, Greece  |
| Prof. Shohei Kato  | Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan  |
| Dr. Tomoko Kojiri  | Kansai University, Japan  |
| Prof. Naoyuki Kubota  | Metropolitan University Tokyo, Japan  |
| Prof. Hisayoshi Kunimune  | Shinshu University, Japan  |
| Dr. Hiroyuki Masuta  | Kanagawa University, Japan  |
| Prof. Shigeki Matsubara  | Nagoya University, Japan  |
| Prof. Jean-Marc Mercantini  | LSIS-Polytech Marseille, France  |
| Marian Cristian Mihăescu  | University of Craiova, Romania  |
| Dr. Naoto Mukai  | Sugiyama Jo-gakuen University, Japan  |
| Dr. Noriaki Muranaka  | Kansai University, Japan  |
| Prof. Hironari Nozaki  | Aichi Univ.of Education, Japan  |
| Prof. Radu-Emil Precup  | Politehnica University of Timisoara, Romania  |
| Prof. Abdel-Badeeh M. Salem  | Ain Shams University Abbasia, Cairo-Egypt  |
| Prof. Kazuhisa Seta  | Osaka Prefecture University, Japan  |
| Prof. Kenichi Sugihara  | Gifu Keizai University, Japan  |
| Prof. Naohisa Takahashi  | Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan  |
| Prof. Yuichiro Tateiwa  | Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan  |
| Prof. Kyoko Umeda  | Aichi Univ.of Education, Japan  |
| Prof. Taketoshi Ushiama  | Kyushu University, Japan  |
| Prof. Rosa Vicari  | Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil  |
| Prof. Toyohide Watanabe  | Nagoya University, Japan  |
| Prof. Hatsuo Yamasaki  | Meijo University, Japan  |