Proposed Invited Sessions
An invited session consists of a presentation session of six to 12 or more papers on a specific conference topic, organised as half or full day mini-conference.
Details of proposed invited sessions are shown below.
IS01: To follow
Dr Andrzej Sluzek
Khalifa University of Science, Technology & Research (KUSTAR), UAE
andrzej.sluzek@kustar.ac.ae
IS03: Knowledge-Based Systems for e-Business
Chair: Professor Kazuhiko Tsuda
The University of Tsukuba,Tokyo, Japan
tsuda@gssm.otsuka.tsukuba.ac.jp
co-chaired by
Dr Nobuo Suzuki
KDDI Corporation, Japan
nu-suzuki@kddilabs.jp
co-chaired by
Professor Masakazu Takahashi
University of Gumma, Japan
masakazu@gunma-u.ac.jp
IS04: Data Modeling and Analysis for Knowledge-based System
Chair: Professor Dr. Mika Sato-Ilic
The University of Tsukuba,Japan
mika@sk.tsukuba.ac.jp
co-chaired by
Professor Dr Lakhmi C. Jain
University of South Australia
Lakhmi.jain@unisa.edu.au
IS05: Skill Acquisition and Ubiquitous Human Computer Interaction
Chair: Prof. Hirokazu Taki
Wakayama University, Japan
taki@sys.wakayama-u.ac.jp
co-chaired by
Ass. Prof. Masato Soga
Wakayama University, Japan
IS06: TBA
Professor Georg Peters
Munich University of Applied Sciences, Germany
georg.peters@cs.hm.edu
IS08: Intelligent monitoring and high-level activity interpretation using multisensory systems
Chair: Prof. Antonio Fernández-Caballero
Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
Antonio.Fdez@uclm.es
co-chaired by
Ass. Prof. Rafael Martínez-Tomás
Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Spain
rmtomas@dia.uned.es
IS09: Social Knowledge Support Infrastructure for Human Activity and Creativity
Chair: Asst. Prof Naoto Mukai
Sugiyama Jo-gakuen University, Japan
nmukai@sugiyama-u.ac.jp
co-chaired by
Assoc. Prof. Taketoshi Ushiama
Kyushu University, Japan
ushiama@design.kyushu-u.ac.jp
co-chaired by
Prof. Toyohide Watanabe
Nagoya University, Japan
watanabe@is.nagoya-u.ac.jp
IS10: Learning Support for Intelligence: Functionality and Environment
Chair: Assoc. Prof. Tomoko Kojiri
Kansai University, Japan
kojiri@kansai-u.ac.jp
co-chaired by
Prof. Toyohide Watanabe
Nagoya University, Japan
watanabe@is.nagoya-u.ac.jp
IS11: Population-based metaheuristics
Chair: Prof. Piotr Jêdrzejowicz
Gdynia Maritime University, Poland
pj@am.gdynia.pl
co-chaired by
Dr. Ireneusz Czarnowski
Gdynia Maritime University, Poland
irek@am.gdynia.pl
IS12: Advanced Knowledge-based Systems
Chair: Professor Alfredo Cuzzocrea
University of Calabria, Italy
cuzzocrea@si.deis.unical.it,
IS13: to follow
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Silviya Popova
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria
popova@icsr.bas.bg
IS14: Reasoning-based Intelligent Systems
Chair: Prof. Kazumi Nakamatsu
University of Hyogo, Japan
nakamatu@shse.u-hyogo.ac.jp
co-chaired by
Prof. Jair Minoro Abe
Paulista University, Brazil
jairabe@uol.com.br
IS15: Artificial Intelligence techniques for Business Process Management
Chair: Prof. Stefania Montani
University of Piemonte Orientale, Italy
stefania.montani@unipmn.it
IS16: Knowledge Engineering Solutions for Biomedical Applications
Chair: Prof. Gloria Bueno
Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
gloria.bueno@uclm.es
co-chaired by
Dr. Grégory Maclair
Vicomtech Research Centre, Spain
gmaclair@vicomtech.org
co-chaired by
Carlos Parra
Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Spain
IS17: Recent trends in Knowledge Engineering, Smart Systems and their applications
Chair: Dr. Cesar Sanín
University of Newcastle, Australia
Cesar.Sanin@newcastle.edu.au
co-chaired by
Dr. Carlos Toro
Vicomtech Research Centre, Spain
ctoro@vicomtech.org
co-chaired by
Prof. Edward Szczerbicki
University of Newcastle, Australia
IS18: Ontologies for decision-making
Chair: Dr Cecilia Zanni-Merk
BFO team, University of Strasbourg, France
merk@unistra.fr
co-chaired by
Dr Gregory Zacharewicz
GRAI, University of Bordeaux 1,France
gregory.zacharewicz@u-bordeaux1.fr
IS19: Chance Discovery
Chair: Prof. Akinoro Abe
IREIIMS University, Japan
ave@ultimaVI.arc.net.my
co-chaired by
Prof. Yukio Ohsawa
Univ. of Tokyo, Japan
y.ohsawa@gmail.com
IS20: Innovation and Automation using MAS
Chair: Dr. Jeffrey W. Tweedale
Defence Science and Technology Organisation and University of South Australia
jeff.tweedale@unisa.edu.au
co-chaired by
Prof. Lakhmi Jain
University of South Australia
Lakhmi.jain@unisa.edu.au
IS21: Computational Intelligence in Multimedia Processing
Chair: Prof.Otoniel Mario López Granado
Universidad Miguel Hernández, Spain
otoniel@umh.es
co-chaired by
Prof. Adriana Dapena Janeiro
Universidade Da Coruña, Spain
adriana.dapena@udc.es
co-chaired by
Prof.Nicolás Guil Mata
Universidad de Málaga, Spain
nico@ac.uma.es
IS22: Knowledge-Based Intelligent System and Application
Chair: Prof. Yuji Iwahori
Chubu University, Japan
iwahori@cs.chubu.ac.jp
co-chaired by
Prof. Yoshinori Adachi
Chubu University, Japan
adachiy@isc.chubu.ac.jp
co-chaired by
Prof. Nobuhiro Inuzuka
Nagoya Inst. of Technology, Japan
inuzuka@nitech.ac.jp
IS23: Intelligent Network and Service
Chair: Prof. Jun Munemori
Wakayama University, Japan
munemori@sys.wakayama-u.ac.jp
co-chaired by
Prof. Takaya Yuizono
Japan Advanced Institute Science and Technology, Japan
yuizono@jaist.ac.jp
IS24: Ontology-based Information Retrieval
Chair: Dr. Antonio Moreno
University Rovira i Virgili (URV), Spain
antonio.moreno@urv.cat
co-chaired by
Dr. Hajer Baazaoui
University of La Manouba, Tunisia
hajer_bz@yahoo.fr
co-chaired by
Dr. Aida Valls
University Rovira i Virgili (URV), Spain
aida.valls@urv.cat
co-chaired by
Nesrine Ben Mustapha
University of La Manouba, Tunisia
IS25: Intelligent solutions in network economy and manufacturing (ISNEM 2012)
Chair: Dr. Arkadiusz Kawa
Poznan University of Economics
arkadiusz.kawa@ue.poznan.pl
co-chaired by
Dr. Pawel Pawlewski
Poznan University of Technology
pawel.pawlewski@put.poznan.pl
IS26: Soft Computing Techniques and Their Intelligent Utilizations Toward Gaming, Stock Markets, Robotics, and etc.
Chair: Prof. Norio Baba
Kansai University, Osaka Kyoiku University, Japan
baba@ex.osaka-kyoiku.ac.jp
IS27: Affective Engineering and Management Engineering Approaches to the Restructuring of Aging Society
Chair: Prof. Hisao Shiizuka
Kogakuin University, Japan
shiizuka@cc.kogakuin.ac.jp
co-chaired by
Prof. Junzo Watada
Waseda University, Japan
junzo.watada@gmail.com
IS28: Data Mining and Service Science for Innovation
Chair: Prof. Katsutoshi Yada
Kansai University, Japan
yadalab.conf@gmail.com
co-chaired by
Prof. Takahira Yamaguchi
Keio University, Japan
IS29: Mining Facial Information: Theory and Applications
Chair: Mr. Ion Marqués
University of Basque Country,UPV/EHU, Spain
ion.marques@ehu.es
co-chaired by
Dr. Bogdan Raducanu
Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain
bogdan@cvc.uab.es
IS30: Second workshop on Hyperspectral image processing, intelligent systems for remote sensing and High Performance Computing
Chair: Prof. Manuel Graña
University of the Basque Country
manuel.grana@ehu.es
co-chaired by
Prof. Richard Duro
University de A Coruña, Spain
Richard@udc.es
co-chaired by
Prof. Antonio Plaza
University de Extremadura, Spain
aplaza@unex.es
co-chaired by
Prof. Alicia d’Anjou
co-chaired by
Prof. Dora Blanco Heras
IS31: Knowledge engineering and computational intelligence in medical image and medical data processing.
Chair: Prof. Manuel Graña
University of the Basque Country
manuel.grana@ehu.es
co-chaired by
Alexandre Savio
University of the Basque Country
alexandre.manhaes@ehu.es
co-chaired by
Darya Chyzhyk
University of the Basque Country
darya.chyzhyk@ehu.es
IS32: Knowledge Systems in Virtual Reality, Computer Graphics and Multimedia
Chair: Dr. Jorge Posada
Vicomtech Research Centre, Spain
jposada@vicomtech.org
IS33: Immunity-Based Systems
Chair: Prof. Yoshiteru Ishida
Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan
is12@sys.tut.ac.jp
co-chaired by
Professor Andreas Koenig
University of Kaiserslautern, Germany
koenig@eit.uni-kl.de