KES2009 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 |
| Abe, Akinori | ATR Knowledge Science Laboratories, Japan |
| Abe, Jair M. | University of Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| Adachi, Yoshinori | Chubu University, Japan |
| Angelov, Plamen | University of Lancaster, UK |
| Arroyo-Figueroa, Gustavo | Instituto de Investigaciones Electricas, Mexico |
| Baba, Norio | Osaka Kyoiku Univiversity, Japan |
| Balachandran, Bala M. | Camberra University, Australia |
| Balas, Valentina Emilia | *Aurel Vlaicu* University of Arad, Romania |
| Bandyopadhyay, Sanghamitra | Indian Statistical Institute, India |
| Bichindarit, Isabelle | University of Washington, USA |
| Boicu, Mihai | George Mason University, USA |
| Bottema, Murk | Flinders University, Australia |
| Braga, Antonio de Padua | UFMG, Brazil |
| Brahnam, Sheryl | Missouri State University, USA |
| Breuel, Thomas | German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence, DFKI GmbH, Germany |
| Brna, Paul | University of Glasgow, UK |
| Butz, Cory | University of Regina, Canada |
| Cali, Andrea | Oxford University, UK |
| Camastra, Francesco | University of Naples Parthenope, Italy |
| Castellano, Giovanna | University of Bari, Italy |
| Chan, Chien-Chung | The University of Akron, USA |
| Chen, Yen-Wei | Ritsumeikan University, Japan |
| Cuzzocrea, Alfredo | University of Calabria, Italy |
| Da Silva, Ivan Nunes | University of São Paulo, Brazil |
| Dengel, Andreas | German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) GmbH, Germany |
| Devanathan, R. | Hindustan College of Engineering, India |
| Elomaa, Tapio | Tampere University of Technology, Finland |
| Er, Meng Joo | School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Malaysia |
| Fasli, Maria | University of Essex, UK |
| Felfernig, Alexander | University of Klagenfurt, Austria |
| Feng, Jun | Hohai University, China |
| Franco, Leonardo | UK |
| García-Sebastián, Maite | UPV/EHU, Spain |
| George, Jieh-Shan | Providence University, Taiwan |
| Ghosh, Ashish | Indian Statistical Institute, India |
| Godoy, Daniela | UNICEN, Argentina |
| Graña, Manuel | Universidad País Vasco, Spain |
| Ha, Sung Ho | Kyungpook National University, South Korea |
| Hatzilygeroudis, Ioannis | University of Patras, Greece |
| Herrera, Francisco | University of Granada, Spain |
| Hintea, Sorin | Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania |
| Holmes, Dawn | University of California at Santa Barbara, USA |
| Honda, Katsuhiro | Osaka Prefecture University, Japan |
| Hong, Tzung-Pei | National University of Kaohsiung, Taiwan |
| Horng, Mong-Fong | Nat. Cheng Kung University, Taiwan |
| Hu, Sanqing | Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, USA |
| Huang, Guang-Bin | Nanyang Technological University, Singapore |
| Ines Pena de Carrillo, Clara | Universidad Industrial de Santander, Colombia |
| Inuiguchi, Masahiro | Osaka University, Japan |
| Inuzuka, Nobuhiro | Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan |
| Ishibuchi, Hisao | Osaka Prefecture University, Japan |
| Ishida, Yoshiteru | Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan |
| Ishii, Naohiro | Aichi Institute of Technology, Japan |
| István , Vassányi | University of Pannonia, Hungary |
| Ito, Takayuki | Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan |
| Iwahori, Yuji | Chubu University, Japan |
| Jain, Lakhmi | University of South Australia |
| Jannach, Dietmar | Technische Universität Dortmund, Germany |
| Kaczmar, Urszula Markowska | Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland |
| Kanda, Taki | Bunri University of Hospitality, Japan |
| Kastania, Anastasia | Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece |
| Klawonn, Frank | University of Applied Sciences Braunschweig, Germany |
| Koczkodaj, Waldemar W. | Laurentian University, Canada |
| Kodogiannis, Vassilis | University of Westminster, UK |
| Koenig, Andreas | Technische Universitaet Kaiserslautern, Germany |
| Kojiri, Tomoko | Nagoya University, Japan |
| Konar, Amit | Jadavpur University, India |
| Kovalerchuk, Boris | Central Washington University, USA |
| Kusiak, Andrew | University of Iowa, USA |
| Kwasnicka, Halina | Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland |
| Lee, Geuk | Hannam University, South Korea |
| Lee, Huey-Ming | Chinese Culture University, Taiwan |
| Lensu, Anssi | University of Jyväskylä, Finland |
| Lin, Lily | China University of Technology, Taiwan |
| Liszka, Kathy J | The University of Akron, USA |
| Liu, James | The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China |
| Loucopoulos, Pericles | Loughborough University, UK |
| Lovrek, Ignac | University of Zagreb, Croatia |
| Lygouras, John N. | Democritus University of Thrace, Greece |
| Markey, Mia | The University of Texas, USA |
| Mital, Dinesh P | University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey, USA |
| Montani, Stefania | Universita del Piemonte Orientale, Italy |
| Mora, Manuel | Autonomous University of Aguascalientes, Mexico |
| Moraga, Claudio | European Centre for Soft Computing, Spain |
| Mukai, Naoto | Tokyo University of Science, Japan |
| Mumford, Christine L. | Cardiff University, UK |
| Nasraoui, Olfa | University of Louisville, USA |
| Nauck , Detlef D | BT, UK |
| Nguyen, Ngoc | Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland |
| Niskanen, Vesa A. | University of Helsinki, Finland |
| Ogiela, Lidia | AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland |
| Ogiela, Marek | AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland |
| Ohsawa, Yukio | University of Tokyo, Japan |
| O’Hare, Gregory | UCD School of Computer Science and Informatics, Ireland |
| Palade, Vasile | Oxford University, UK |
| Park, Kwang-Hyun | KAIST, South Korea |
| Percannella, Gennaro | Universita* di Salerno, Italy |
| Petrosino, Alfredo | University of Naples, Italy |
| Phillips-Wren, Gloria | Loyola College in Maryland, USA |
| Pratihar, Dilip Kumar | Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India |
| Reidsema, Carl | University of New South Wales, Australia |
| Remagnino, Paolo | Kingston University, UK |
| Resconi, Germano | Catholic University in Brescia, Italy |
| Rhee, Phill Kyu | Inha University, Korea |
| Rodriguez, Marko A. | Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA |
| Sampaio, Paolo | University of Madeira, Portugal |
| Sansone, Carlo | Napoli University Federico II, Italy |
| Sato-Ilic, Mika | University of Tsukuba, Japan |
| Sawicki, Dariusz | Warsaw University of Technology, Poland |
| Setchi, R | Cardiff University, UK |
| Silverman, Barry G. | University of Pennsylvania, USA |
| Sordo, Margarita | Harvard Medical School, USA |
| Szczerbicka, Helena | Leibniz University Hannover, Germany |
| Szczerbicki, Edward | University of Newcastle, Australia |
| Tanaka, Mieko | Tottori University, Japan |
| Tanaka, Takushi | Fukuoka Inst. Tech, Japan |
| Tecuci, Gheorghe | George Mason University, USA |
| Thalmann, Daniel | EPFL Vrlab, Switzerland |
| Tolk, Andreas | Old Dominion University, USA |
| Toro, Carlos Andrés | VICOMTech, Spain |
| Tsihrintzis, George | University of Pireaus, Greece |
| Turchetti, Claudio | Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy |
| Ushiama,Tatetoshi | Kyushu University, Japan |
| Vakali, Athena | Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece |
| Velasquez Silva, Juan D. | University of Chile, Chile |
| Vellido, Alfredo | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain |
| Vialatte, Francois-B. | Riken BSI, Lab. ABSP, Japan |
| Virvou, Maria | University of Pireaus, Greece |
| Wang, Guoren | Northeastern University, China |
| Wang, Justin | LaTrobe University, Australia |
| Watada, Junzo | Waseda University, Japan |
| Watanabe, Toyohide | Nagoya University, Japan |
| Watkins, Jennifer H. | Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA |
| Weber, Richard | University of Chile |
| Weber, Rosina | The iSchool at Drexel University, USA |
| Williams, M. Howard | Heriot-Watt University, UK |
| Windeatt, Terry | University of Surrey, UK |
| Xiang, Yang | University of Guelph, Canada |
| Yoshida, Hiroyuki | Harvard Medical School, USA |
| Younan, Nick | Mississippi State University, USA |
| Zazula, Damjan | University of Maribor, Slovenia |
| Zhang, Minjie | University of Wollongong, Australia |
| Zhang, Zili | Deakin University, Australia |
| Zharkova, Valentina | University of Bradford, UK |
| Zinsmeister, Stefan | University of Kaiserslautern, Germany |