WCCI General Chairs
General Chair
Amir Hussain
Edinburgh Napier University, UK
General Chair
Marios M. Polycarpou
University of Cyprus, Cyprus
General Chair
Xin Yao
Southern University of Science and Technology, China
WCCI Honorary Chair
WCCI Honorary Chair
Nick Antonopoulos
Edinburgh Napier University, UK
WCCI Conference Chairs
IJCNN Chairs:
IJCNN Conference Chair
Asim Roy
Arizona State University, USA
IJCNN Technical Chairs
IJCNN Technical Chair
Péter Érdi
Kalamazoo College, USA
IJCNN Technical Chair
Daniel S. Levine
University of Texas at Arlington, USA
IJCNN Technical Chair
Seiichi Ozawa
Kobe University, Japan
IJCNN Technical Chair
Chrisina Jayne
Oxford Brookes University, UK
IJCNN Technical Chair
Minho Lee
Kyungpook National University, South Korea
IJCNN Web Reviews Chair
IJCNN Web Reviews Chair
Tomasz Cholewo
Lexmark Intl., USA
FUZZ-IEEE Chairs:
FUZZ-IEEE Conference Chair
FUZZ-IEEE Conference Chair
Nikhil R Pal
Indian Statistical Institute, India
FUZZ-IEEE Technical Chairs
FUZZ-IEEE Technical Chair
Oscar Cordon
Univerisity of Granada, Spain
FUZZ-IEEE Technical Chair
Hani Hagras
University of Essex, UK
FUZZ-IEEE Technical Chair
Hak-Keung Lam
King’s College London, UK
FUZZ-IEEE Technical Chair
Chin-Teng Lin
University of Technology Sydney, Australia
IEEE CEC Chairs:
IEEE CEC Conference Chair
IEEE CEC Conference Chair
Yaochu Jin
University of Surrey, UK
IEEE CEC Technical Chairs
IEEE CEC Technical Chair
Hisao Ishibuchi
Osaka Prefecture University, Japan
IEEE CEC Technical Chair
Jing Liu
Xidian University, China
IEEE CEC Technical Chair
Dipti Srinivasan
National University Singapore, Singapore
IEEE CEC Technical Chair
Andy Tyrrell
University of York, UK
WCCI Chairs:
Finance Chair
Finance Chair
Kay Chen Tan
City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Finance co-Chair
Finance co-Chair
Ying Liu
Cardiff University, Cardiff (UK)
Plenary Session Chairs
Plenary Session Chair
Cesare Alippi
Politecnico de Milano, Italy
Plenary Session Chair
Hussein Abbass
University of New South Wales, Australia
Plenary Session Chair
Haibo He
University of Rhode Island, USA
Panel Session Chairs
Panel Session Chair
Derong Liu
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Panel Session Chair
Robert Kozma
University of Memphis, USA
Panel Session Chair
Marley Vellasco
PUC-Rio, Rio De Janiero, Brazil
Workshop Chairs
Workshop Chair
Ali Minai
University of Cincinnati, USA
Workshop Chair
Lipo Wang
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Workshop Chair
Khan M Iftekharuddin
Old Dominion University, USA
Tutorial Session Chairs
Tutorial Session Chair
Barbara Hammer
Bielefeld University, Germany
Tutorial Session Chair
Ponnuthurai N. Suganthan
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Tutorial Session Chair
Plamen Angelov
Lancaster University, UK
Special Session Chairs
Special Session Chair
David Corne
Heriot-Watt University, Scotland, UK
Special Session Chair
Richard Duro
University of A Coruña, Spain
Special Session Chair
Humberto Bustince
Public University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
Special Session Chair
Xiao-Jun Zeng
The University of Manchester, UK
Poster Session Chairs
Poster Session Chair
Ashish Ghosh
Indian Statistical Institute, India
Poster Session Chair
Jonathan Wu
University of Windsor, Canada
Poster Session Chair
Guangbin Huang
National Technological University, Singapore
Competition Chairs
Competition Chair
Huanhuan Chen
University of Science and Technology of China, China
Competition Chair
Jialin Liu
Southern University of Science and Technology, China
Competition Chair
Bill Buchanan
Edinburgh Napier University, UK
Competition Chair
Christos Panayiotou
University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Competition Chair
Chang-Shing Lee
National University of Tainan, Taiwan
Publication Chairs
Publication Chair
Stefano Squartini
Universita Politecnica Delle Marche, Italy
Publication Chair
Alice E. Smith
Auburn University, Alabama, USA
Publication Chair
Mengjie Zhang
Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Publicity Chairs
Publicity Chair
Yew Soon Ong
National Technological University, Singapore
Publicity Chair
Zidong Wang
Brunel University, UK
Publicity Chair
Stefan Wermter
University of Hamburg, Germany
Publicity Chair
Damien Coyle
University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, UK
Publicity Chair
Huaping Liu
Tsinghua University, China
Publicity Chair
Ron Sun
University of Missouri-Colombia, USA
Publicity Chair
Teresa B. Ludimer
Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil
Publicity Chair
Adel Alimi
University of Sfax, Tunisia
Publicity Chair
Carlos A. Coello Coello
CINVESTAV-IPN, Mexico
Publicity Chair
Bill Howell
Hussar, Canada
Publicity Chair
Ahmad Y Hawalah
Taibah University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Sponsor/Exhibit Chairs
Sponsor/Exhibit Chair
Hadi Larijani
Glasgow Caledonian University, UK
Sponsor/Exhibit Chair
Ahmed Al-Dubai
Edinburgh Napier University, UK
Registrations Chair
Registrations Chair
Keshav Dahal
University of West of Scotland, UK
Registrations Chair
Roberto Tagliaferri
Università degli Studi di Salerno, Italy
Registrations Chair
Carlo Francesco Morabito
Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria (UNIRC), Italy
Student Activities Chairs
Student Activities Chair
Ruck Thawonmas
Ritsumeikan University, Japan
Student Activities Chair
El-Sayed M. El-Alfy
King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia
Student Activities Chair
Robi Polikar
Rowan University, NJ, USA
Student Activities Chair
Keeley A Crockett
Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
Awards Chair
Awards Chair
Dongbin Zhao
Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Industry Liaison Chairs
Industry Liaison Chair
Danil Prokhorov
Toyota Tech Centre, MI, USA
Industry Liaison Chair
Catherine Huang
McAfee LLC
Industry Liaison Chair
Muhammad Imran
University of Glasgow, UK
Conflict of Interest Papers Chairs
Conflict of Interest Papers Chair
Qiang Chen
Aberystwyth University, Wales, UK
Conflict of Interest Papers Chair
Sanaz Mostaghim
Otto von Guericke University of Magdeburg, Germany
Conflict of Interest Papers Chair
Kaizhu Huang
Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China
Advisory Board Chairs
Advisory Board Chair
Gary Yen
Oklahoma State University, USA
Advisory Board Chair
Tariq S. Durrani
University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
Webmaster Chairs
Webmaster Chair
Muhammad Ilyas
Edinburgh Napier University, UK
Webmaster Chair
Mandar Gogate
Edinburgh Napier University, UK
Mobile App and Social Media Chair
Mobile App and Social Media Chair
Simone Scardapane
Satienza University, Italy
Local Arrangements Chairs
Local Arrangements Chair (Coordinator)
Mufti Mahmud
Nottingham Trent University, UK
Local Arrangements Chair
Jingpeng Li
University of Stirling, UK
Local Arrangements Chair
Abdelfateh Kerrouche
Edinburgh Napier University, UK
Local Arrangements Chair
Gabriela Ochoa
University of Stirling, UK
Local Arrangements Chair
Jinchang Ren
University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
Local Arrangements Chair
Naeem Ramzan
University of West of Scotland, UK
Local Arrangements Chair
Adeel Ahsan
University of Wolverhampton, UK
Local Arrangements Chair
Ben Paechter
Edinburgh Napier University, UK
Local Arrangements Chair
Kia Dashtipour
University of Glasgow, UK
Local Arrangements Chair
Cosimo Ieracitano
University Mediterranea of Reggio Calabria, Italy