MEDES
Conference Forwards Conference Committees Proceedings

Main Conference


General Chair

William I. Grosky,University of Michigan, USA 

Program Chair

Youakim Badr, INSA de Lyon, France

International Advisory Board Members

Asanee Kawtrakul, NECTEC, Thailand
Janusz Kacprzyk, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Philippe De Wilde, Heriot-Watt University, Scotland
Yasuo Matsuyama, Waseda University, Japan
Albert Zomaya, The University of Sydney, Australia

Steering Committee Members

Frederic Andres, National Institute of Informatics, Japan
Youakim Badr, INSA De Lyon, France
Richard Chbeir, University of Bourgogne, France
Fernando Ferri, IRPPS-CNR, Italy
Hiroshi Ishikawa, Shizuoka University, Japan
Epaminondas Kapetanios, University of Westminster, UK
Asanee Kawtrakul, NECTEC, Thailand
Dominique Laurent, University of Cergy-Pontoise, France

Publication and Proceedings Chair

Richard Chbeir, University of Bourgogne, France

Webmaster

Elie Raad, University of Bourgogne, France

Publicity Chair

Ezendu Ariwa, London Metropolitan University, UK

Conference Program Committee Members

Abdelaziz Bouras, University Lumière Lyon 2, France
Agma Juci Traina, University of São Paulo, Brazil
Ahmed El Oualkadi, Université Abdelmalek Essaadi, Morocco
Ahmed Lbath, Université Joseph Fourier, France
Ahmed Mostefaoui, IUT Belfort-Montbéliard, France
Akira Asano, Hiroshima University, Japan
Amparo Fúster-Sabater, Institute of Applied Physics (CSIC), Spain
Andre de Carvalho, University of São Paulo, Brazil
Andrea Nicolai, T6, Italy
Antonio Gaspar-Cunha, University of Minho, Portugal
Badir Hassan, ENSAT University, Morocco
Bechara Al Bouna, Antonine University, Lebanon
Bruno Defude, Institut TELECOM, France
Cécile Favre, Université Lyon 2, France
Chrisa Tsinaraki, Technical University of Crete, Greece
Christian Blum, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain
Christian Veenhuis, Fraunhofer IPK, Germany
Christophe Claramunt, Naval Academy Research Institute, France
Christophe Marquesuzaà, University of Pau, France
Claudia Di Napoli, C.N.R. - Istituto di Cibernetica E. Caianiello, Italy
Costin Badica, University of Craiova, Romania
Daniel Merkle, University of Leipzig, Germany
Danielle Boulanger, University of Lyon 3, France
David Taniar, Monash University, Australia
Deborah Dahl, Conversational Technologies, USA
Dragan Gasevic, Athabasca University, Canada
Duminda Wijesekera, George Mason University, USA
Eiji Uchino, Yamaguchi University, Japan
Eleanna Kafeza, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece
Elizabeth Goldbarg, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Enrique Herrera-Viedma, University of Granada, Spain
Ernesto Cuadros-Vargas, Universidad Católica San Pablo, Perú
Esteban Tlelo-Cuautle, INAOE, Mexico
Eunika Mercier-Laurent, Innovation3D, France
Farid Meziane, University of Salford, UK
Fekade Getahun, Addis-Abeba University, Ethiopia
Fernando Lyardet, Universität in Hessen, Germany
Flavius Frasincar, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Frederic Andres, NII, Japan
Frédéric Hubert, Université Laval, Canada
Frederick Benaben, Ecole des Mines d'Albi-Carmaux, France
Gabriel Luque, University of Malaga, Spain
George Ghinea, Brunel University, UK
Georgios Ch. Sirakoulis, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
Gilbert Tekli, Telecom Sainte Etienne, France
Haklae Kim, Dankook University, Korea
Harald Kosch, University Passau, Germany
Helmut Horacek, Universität des Saarlandes,Germany
Hervé Martin, LIG - Université de Grenoble, France
Hideyasu Sasaki, Ritsumeikan University/Keio University, Japan, Japan
Hiroshi Ishikawa, Shizuoka University, Japan
Igor Lemberski, Baltic International Academy, Latvia
Imad Saleh, University Paris-8, France
Isabel L. Nunes, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
Jacky Akoka, Institut Telecom/TEM Research, France
Jae Oh, Syracuse University, USA
Jaroslaw Kozlak, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
Jerzy Grzymala-Busse, University of Kansas, USA
Jianxin Li, University of Technology, Australia
Joe Tekli, University of São Paulo, Brazil
Juan de Lara, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain
Juan Manuel Torres-Moreno, Université d'Avignon et des Pays de Vaucluse, France
Juergen Rilling, University of Concordia, Canada
Kaori Yoshida, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan
Kazumi Nakamatsu, University of Hyogo, Japan
Kazushi Ohya, Tsurumi University, Japan
Khalid Benali, Nancy University, France
Khalil Drira, LAAS-CNRS, France
Krassimir Markov, ITHEA International Scientific Society, Bulgaria
Kubilay Ecerkale, Turkish Air Force, Turkey
Liang Zhao, University of São Paulo, Brazil
Ling-Jyh Chen, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
Luciano Baresi, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Marcela Xavier Ribeiro, University of São Paulo, Brazil
Marcin Paprzycki, University of Southern Mississippi, USA
Maria Ganzha, Systems Research Institute Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Maria J. Blesa, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain
Maria Luisa Sapino, Università di Torino, Italy
Mario Koeppen, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan
Markus Schaal, Middle East Technical University, North Cyprus
Martin Middendorf, Universität Leipzig, German
Martine De Cock, Ghent University, Belgium
Maumita Bhattacharya, Charles Sturt University, Australia
Maytham Safar, Kuwait University, Kuwait
Michael Blumenstein, Griffith University, Australia
Mir Abolfazl Mostafavi, Université Laval, Canada
Monica Chis, SIEMENS Program and System Engineering, Romania
Morad Benyoucef, University of Ottawa, Canada
Nicolas paparoditis, laboratoire MATIS, France
Nicolas Spyratos, University of Paris South, France
Nitin Agarwal, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, USA
Nora Cuppens, Telecom Bretagne, France
Olgierd Unold, Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland
Oscar Castillo, Tijuana Institute of Technology, Mexico
Patrick Siarry, University Paris-Est Creteil, France
Patrizia Grifoni, National Research Council, Italy
Paulo Moura Oliveira, UTAD University, Portugal
Peter Eklund, The University of Wollongong, Australia
Peter L. Stanchev, Kettering University, USA
Peter Peinl, University of Applied Sciences Fulda, Germany
Peter Wood, Birkbeck, University of London, UK
Petr Pošík, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic
Priscila M V Lima, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Qiang Zhu, University of Michigan, USA
Rajesh Prasad, Vishwakarma Institute of Information Technology, India
Rajkumar Kannan, Bishop Heber College, India
Regina Motz, Universidad de la República, Uruguay
Richard Duro, Universidade da Coruna, Spain
Riddhiman Ghosh, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, USA
Roman Neruda, Institute of Computer Science ASCR, Czech Republic
Sabrina De Capitani di Vimercati, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy
Samir Tata, Institut TELECOM, France
Selma Ayse Özel, Cukurova University, Turkey
Shiguo Lian, France Telecom R&D Beijing, China
Shlomo Berkovsky, Tasmanian ICT Centre, Australia
Shu-Ching Chen, Florida International University, USA
Slinger Roijackers, Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands
Solomon Atnafu, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
Songnian Li, Ryerson University, Canada
Soumya Banerjee, Birla Institute of Technology, India
Stefano Montanelli, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy
Sung-Bae Cho, Yonsei University, Korea
Susan Elias, Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, India
Svein Johan Knapskog, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Takafumi Matsumaru, Waseda University, Japan
Thanasis Daradoumis, University of the Aegean, Greece
Theng Yin Leng, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Thierry Badard, Université Laval, Canada
Thomas Hanne, University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland, Switzerland
Valérie Gouet-Brunet, Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers Paris, France
Viorel Negru, West University, Romania
Willy Susilo, University of Wollongong, Australia
Witold Abramowicz, Poznan University of Economics, Poland
Witold Pedrycz, University of Alberta, Canada
Yannis Stavrakas, Institute for the Management of Information Systems, Greece
Zhi-Hong Deng, Peking University, China
Zhigang Zeng, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China

Chairs of the Special Session on Electronic Democracy: Trends, Challenges, and Future Prospects

Nashwa El-Bendary, Arab Academy for Science, Egypt
Aboul Ella Hassanien, Cairo University, Egypt

Special Session Reviewers

Mohammed Eltaweel, Arab Academy for Science, Technology, and Maritime Transport, Egypt
Mostafa A. Salama, British University in Egypt, Egypt
Soumya Banerjee, Birla Institute of Technology, India
Nedhal A. Al-Saiyd, Applied Science University, Jordan
Violeta Bulbenkienė, Klaipeda University, Lithuania
Fakhrul Hazman Yusoff, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia

Chair of the Special Session on Immunity-Based Systems: Reconciliation between Nature and Human

Yoshiteru Ishida, Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan

Special Session Reviewers

Koji Harada, Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan
Yoshiteru Ishida, Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan
Nur Budi Mulyono, Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan
Takeshi Okamoto, Kanagawa Institute of Technology, Japan
Masahiro Tokumitsu, Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan
Yuji Watanabe, Nagoya City University, Japan