Organizing Comittee

Honorary Chair

Makoto Takizawa, Hosei Univ., Japan

Michal Sliwa, Rector of the Pedagogical University of Cracow.

General Co-Chairs

Leonard Barolli, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan
barolli at fit.ac.jp

Fatos Xhafa, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain
fatos at lsi.upc.edu

Marek R. Ogiela, AGH, Poland
mogiela at agh.edu.pl

Program Committee Co-Chairs

Lidia Ogiela, AGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow, Poland

Noriki Uchida, SIT, Japan

Nadeem Javaid, COMSATS IIT, Pakistan

Workshop Co-Chairs

Tomasz Hachaj, Pedagogical University of Krakow,Poland

Xiaofeng Chen, Xidian University, China

Tetsuya Shigeyasu, Prefec. Univ. of Hiroshima, Japan

Finance Chairs

Makoto Ikeda, FIT, Japan

Web Administrator Chair

Joan Arnedo Moreno, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain
jarnedo at uoc.edu

Track Areas

1. Wireless Networks and Applications

Chairs:

Hsing-Chung Chen, Asia University, Taiwan
Safdar Hussain Bouk, Kyungpook National University, Korea
Jing Li, Xidian University, China

PC Members:

  1. Jyh-Horng Wen, Tunghai University, Taiwan
  2. Cheng-Ying Yang, University of Taipei, Taiwan
  3. Makoto Ikeda, Seikei University, Japan
  4. Baojiang Cui, Beijing University of Posts And Telecommunications, China
  5. China Zheli, Liu Nankai University , China
  6. Tainhan Gao, National Pilot Software College, China
  7. Yung-Fa Huang Huang, Chaoyang University of Technology, Taiwan
  8. Chia-Hsin Cheng, National Formosa University Yunlin County, Taiwan
  9. Tzu-Liang Kung, Asia University, Taiwan
  10. Shu-Hong Lee, Chienkuo Technology University, Taiwan
  11. Ho-Lung Hung, Chienkuo Technology University, Taiwan
  12. Gwo-Ruey Lee, Lung-Yuan Research Park, Taiwan
  13. Chung-Wen Hung, National Yunlin University of Science & Technology University, Taiwan

2. Ad-Hoc and Mesh Networks

Chairs:

Elis Kulla, Okayama University of Science, Japan
Dongkyun Kim, Kyungpook National University, Korea
Makototo Ikeda, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan

PC Members:

  1. Elis Kulla, Okayama University of Science, Japan
  2. Dongkyun Kim, Kyungpook National University, Lroea
  3. Makoto Ikeda, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan
  4. Klodian Xheka, Universiteti Metropolitan Tirana, Albania
  5. Konstantin Mikhaylov, University of Oulu, Finland
  6. Bhed Bahadur Bista, Iwate Prefectural University, Japan
  7. Kengo Katayama, Okayama University of Science, Japan
  8. Akira Uejima, Okayama University of Science, Japan
  9. Noritaka Nishihara, Okayama University of Science, Japan

3. Cloud and Service Computing

Chairs:

Omar Hussain, University Technology Sydney, Australia
Hoon Ko, J. E. Purkinje University, Czech Republic
Yilei Wang, Shangdong University, China

PC Members:

  1. Ki-tae Bae, Korean German Institute of Technology, Korea
  2. Jongsun Choi, Soongsil University, Korea
  3. Jongmyung Choi, Mokpo National University, Korea
  4. Libor Mesícek, J. E. Purkinje University, Czech Republic
  5. Goreti Marreiros, Institute of Engineering-Polytechnic of Porto (ISEP/IPP), Portugal
  6. Chengyu Hu Shandong University, China
  7. Tao Li, Ludong University, China
  8. Shaojing Li, Qingdao Agricultural University, China
  9. Guoyan Zhang, Shandong University, China
  10. Xiaomei Yu, Shandong Normal University, China

4. Multimedia and Web Applications

Chairs:

Tomoyuki Ishida, Ibaraki University, Japan
Markus Aleksy, ABB Corporate Research, Germany
Akio Koyama, Yamagata University, Japan

PC Members:

  1. Giacomo Cabri, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy
  2. Heinz Kredel, University of Mannheim, Germany
  3. Martin Pluemicke, Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University, Germany
  4. Joanna Kolodziej, Cracow University of Technology, Poland
  5. Thomas Preuss, Brandenburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany
  6. Stephan Kopf, University of Mannheim, Germany
  7. Yoshitaka Shibata, Iwate Prefectural University, Japan
  8. Noriki Uchida, Saitama Institute of Technology, Japan
  9. Kaoru Sugita, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan
  10. Tetsuro Ogi, Keio University, Japan
  11. Yasuo Ebara, Osaka University, Japan
  12. Minoru Uehara, Toyo University, Japan
  13. Tomoya Enokido, Risho University, Japan
  14. Tomoyuki Nagase, Hirosaki University, Japan
  15. Makoto Ikeda, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan
  16. Junpei Arai, Yamagata College of Industry and Technology, Japan

5. Security and Privacy

Chairs:

Sriram Chellappan, Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA
Takamichi Saito, Meiji University, Japan
Baojiang Cui, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China

PC Members:

  1. Baojiang Cui, Beijing University of Posts And Telecommunications, China
  2. Shaozhang Niu, Beijing University of Posts And Telecommunications, China
  3. Jianxin Wang, Beijing Forestry University, China
  4. Jie Cheng, Shandong University, China
  5. Shaoyin Cheng, University of Science And Technology of China, China
  6. Jingling Zhao, Beijing University of Posts And Telecommunications, China
  7. Neelanjana Dutta, Jasper Wireless, USA
  8. Marck Snyder, Expedia, USA
  9. Vimal Kumar, University of West Florida, USA
  10. Debraj De, Missouri S&T, USA
  11. Brijesh Chejarla, Missouri S&T, USA
  12. Masakatsu Nishigaki, Shizuoka University, Japan
  13. Hisashi Kojima, Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd., Japan
  14. Takao Okubo, Institute of Information Security, Japan
  15. Akira Kanaoka, Toho University, Japan
  16. Toshihiro Ohigashi, Tokai University, Japan

6. Network Protocols and Performance Analysis

Chairs:

Karim Djouani, University of Paris-Est, France
Francesco Palmieri, Second University of Naples, Italy
Mubashir Hussain Rahmani, COMSATS IIT, Wah Cantt, Pakistan

PC Members:

  1. Abderrezak Rachedi UPEM, France
  2. Yau Kok Lim, Sunway University, Malaysia
  3. Ayaz Ahmad, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan
  4. Naima Kaabouch, Univeristy of North Dakota, USA
  5. Yasir Faheem, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan
  6. Nadir Shah, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan
  7. Francesco Palmieri, Second University of Naples, Italy
  8. Raffaele Pizzolante, University of Salerno, Italy
  9. Bruno Carpentieri, University of Salerno, Italy
  10. Arcangelo Castiglione, University of Salerno, Italy
  11. Massimo Ficco, Second University of Naples, Italy
  12. Mauro Iacono, Second University of Naples, Italy
  13. Sergio Ricciardi, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain

7. Intelligent Computing

Chairs:

Tomasz Hachaj, Pedagogical University of Cracow, Poland
Hui-Huang Hsu, Tamkang University, Taiwan
Salvatore Vitabile, University of Palermo, Italy

PC Members:

  1. Vincenzo Conti, University of Enna Kore, Italy
  2. Roberto Pirrone, University of Palermo, Italy
  3. Salvatore Sorce, University of Palermo, Italy
  4. Minoru Uehara, Toyo University, Japan
  5. Wu-Chih Hu, National Penghu University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
  6. Bao Rong Chang, National University of Kaohsiung, Taiwan
  7. Chuan-Kang Ting, National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan
  8. Jian Yu, Beijing Jiaotong University, China
  9. Adam Piórkowski, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
  10. Pawel Hachaj, Cracow University of Technology, Poland
  11. Hung-Yu Kao, National Cheng Kung University, Korea

8. Mobile and Vehicular Networks

Chairs:

Bhed Bista, Iwate Prefectural University, Japan
Danda B. Rawat, Georgia Southern University, USA
Ansar Yasar, Hasselt University, Belgium

PC Members:

  1. Chotipat Pornavalai, King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Thailand
  2. Jiahong Wang, Iwate Prefectural University, Japan
  3. Shigetomo Kimura, University of Tsukuba, Japan

9. Distributed Algorithms and Systems

Chairs:

Abdelhamid Mellouk, University of Paris-Est, France
Tomoya Enokido, Rissho University, Japan
Fumiaki Sato, Toho University, Japan

PC Members:

  1. Minoru Uehara, Toyo University, Japan
  2. Vamsi Krishna Paruchuri, University of Central Arkansas, US
  3. Aniello Castiglione, University of Salerno, Italy
  4. Nik Bessis, University of Derby, UK
  5. Joanna Kolodziej, Cracow University of Technology, Poland
  6. Atsushi Takeda, Tohoku Gakuin University, Japan
  7. Yoh Shiraishi, Future University Hakodate, Japan
  8. Yshiaki Terashima, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Japan
  9. Tetsuya Shigeyasu, Prefectural University of Hiroshima, Japan
  10. Takuya Yoshihiro, Wakayama University, Japan

10. Database and Data Mining

Chairs:

Eric Pardede, La Trobe University, Australia
Katarzyna Koptyra, Pedagogical University of Cracow, Poland

PC Members:

  1. Yusuke Gotoh, Okayama University, Japan
  2. Ghazi Al-Naymat, University of Dammam, SA
  3. Carlos Calafate, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain
  4. Sami Habib, Kuwait University, Kuwait
  5. Ugo Fiore, University of Naples "Federico II", Italy
  6. Dominique Genoud, University of Applied Sciences Western, Switzerland
  7. Antonio Jara, University of Applied Sciences Western, Switzerland
  8. Marcin Piekarczyk, Pedagogical University of Cracow, Poland
  9. Junsheng Zhang, Institute of Scientific and Technical Information, China

11. Ubiquitous and Pervasive Computing

Chairs:

Sherali Zeadally, University of Kentucky, USA
Susumu Ishihara, Shizuoka University, Japan
Piotr Wisniewski, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland

PC Members:

  1. Cristina Alcaraz, University of Malaga, Spain
  2. Ioannis Anagnostopoulos, University of Thessaly, Greece
  3. Oladayo Bello, Monash University, South Africa campus, South Africa
  4. Salim Bitam, University of Biskra, Algeria
  5. Jassim Happa, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
  6. Leila Ismail, UAE University, UAE
  7. Rida Khatoun, Telecom ParisTech, France
  8. Ibrahim Korpeoglu, Bilkent University, Turkey
  9. Neeraj Kumar, Thapar University, India
  10. Jesús Téllez, Universidad de Carabobo, Venezuela
  11. Masayuki Iwai, Tokyo Denki University, Japan
  12. Kazuya Murao, Ritsumeikan University, Japan
  13. Yutaka Arakawa, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan
  14. Tomoya Kitani, Shizuoka University, Japan
  15. Hiroshi Shigeno, Keio University, Japan

12. IoT, Sensor and Body Networks

Chairs:

Zahoor Khan, Dalhousie University, Canada
Muhammad Imran, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
Umar Qasim, University of Alberta, Canada

PC Members:

  1. Kashif Saleem, King Saud University, SA
  2. Abid Ali Minhas, Al Yamamah University, SA
  3. Seungmin Rho, Sungkyul University, Korea
  4. Abdelouahid Derhab, King Saud University, SA
  5. Ata Ullah, Ghafoor National University of Modern Languages, Pakistan
  6. Izzet F. Senturk, The Ohio State University, US
  7. Yasir Mehmood, University of Bremen, Germany
  8. Noman Haider, Macquarie University, Australia
  9. Sana Ullah, Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Portugal
  10. Mohsin Iftikhar, Charles Sturt University, Australia

13. Security in Information and Intelligent Knowledge Management

Chairs:

Lidia Ogiela, AGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow, Poland
Hae-Duck Joshua Jeong, Korean Bible University, Korea

PC Members:

  1. JongSuk Ruth Lee, KISTI, Korea
  2. Francesco Palmieri, Second University of Naples, Italy
  3. Cuong Viet Dinh, University of Science Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
  4. Hsing-Chung Jack Chen, Asia University, Taiwan
  5. Woo-Seok Hyun, Korean Bible University, Korea
  6. Gangman Yi, Gangneung-Wonju National University, Korea