Organization
Conference Committee
- Steering Chair
- Reda AlhajjUniversity of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
- Honorary Co-Chairs
- Erol ArkunBilkent University, Turkey
- Alex Pentland The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, USA
- General Co-Chairs
- Jon Rokne University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
- Christos FaloutsosCarnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Program Co-Chairs
- Tansel ÖzyerTOBB University of Economics and Technology, Turkey
- Peter CarringtonUniversity of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, USA
- Ee-Peng LIMSingapore Management University, Singapore
- Industry Track Co-Chairs
- Przemyslaw KazienkoWrocław University of Technology, Poland
- Nitesh ChawlaUniversity of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, USA
- Sponsorship Co-Chairs
- Ugur AyanTUBITAK, Turkey
- Hady LauwSingapore Management University, Singapore
- Alfredo CuzzocreaICAR-CNR and University of Calabria, Italy
- Tutorials Co-Chairs
- Osmar ZaïaneUniversity of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
- Nitin AgarwalUniversity of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AR, USA
- Jie TangTsinghua University, China
- Workshop Co-Chairs
- Martin EsterSimon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada
- I-Hsien TingNational University of Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Myra Spiliopoulou University of Magdeburg, Germany
- Panels, Exhibits and Demos Co-Chairs
- Kang ZhangUniversity of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA
- Kishan MehrotraSyracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA
- Rokia MissaouiUniversité du Québec en Outaouais, Gatineau, QB, Canada
- Publicity Co-Chairs
- Mohsen AfsharchiUniversity of Zanjan, Iran
- Keivan KianmehrUniversity of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
- Mehmet KayaFirat University, Turkey
- Mohamad NagiUniversity of Bradford, Bradford, Yorkshire, UK
- Jamal JidaLebanese University, Lebanon
- Publications Co-Chairs
- Panagiotis KarampelasHellenic American University, Greece
- Min-Yuh DayTamkang University, Taiwan
- Local Arrangements Co-Chairs
- Negar Koochakzadeh
- Keivan KianmehrUniversity of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
- Registration Co-Chairs
- Jalal KawashUniversity of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
- Mehmet TanTOBB University of Economics and Technology, Turkey
- Web Chair
- Tamer Jarada University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
Program Committee
- Adam KrzyzakConcordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada
- Aijun AnYork University, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Albrecht ZimmermannKatholieke Universiteit, Leuven, Belgium
- Alessandra SalaBell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent, Ireland
- Alex ThomoUniversity of Victoria, BC, Canada
- Alfredo CuzzocreaICAR-CNR and University of Calabria, Italy
- Alipio Jorge
- Amol GhotingIBM T. J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA
- Ana Paula AppelIBM Research, Brazil
- Andre CarvalhoUniversidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Andrea TagarelliUniversity of Calabria, Italy
- Andreas SchmidtKarlsruhe University of Applied Sciences, Germany
- Andrew KusiakUniversity of Iowa, Iowa, IA, USA
- Arnaud SouletUniversité François Rabelais Tours, France
- Arno ReuserReuser's Information Services, Netherlands
- Artur DubrawskiCarnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Bart SelmanCornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
- Bartel Van De Walle
- Been-Chian ChienNational University of Tainan, Taiwan
- Bettina BerendtKatholieke Universiteit, Leuven, Belgium
- Boleslaw SzymanskiRensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA
- Bulent TavliTOBB University of Economics and Technology, Turkey
- Byron MarshallOregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA
- Cagdas Evren GeredeTOBB University of Economics and Technology, Turkey
- Celine RobardetINSA-Lyon, France
- Chandan ReddyWayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
- Chen-Shie HoOriental Institute of Technology, Pan-Chiao, Taiwan
- Chien-Chung ChanUniversity of Akron, Akron, OH, USA
- Choochart HaruechaiyasakNational Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC), Thailand
- Chou Tung-HsiangNational Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
- Chris GiannellaThe MITRE Corporation, McLean, VA, USA
- Christian StegbauerGoethe-Universität, Germany
- Christine LargeronUniversité de Lyon, France
- Christopher YangDrexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Chung-Hong LeeNational Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences, Taiwan
- Clark ThomborsonUniversity of Auckland, New Zealand
- Conor HayesDigital Enterprise Research Institute, Galway, Ireland
- Dan BrahaNew England Complex Systems Institute, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Daniel ZengUniversity of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
- Darko ObradovicGerman Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), Germany
- David JensenUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, USA
- David SkillicornQueen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada
- David TaniarMonash University, Australia
- Diane CookWashington State University, Pullman, WA, USA
- Dimitrios GunopulosNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
- Dino PedreschiUniversity of Pisa, Italy
- Dominique LaurentUniversité Cergy-Pontoise, France
- Dorothea WagnerUniversitaet Karlsruhe, Germany
- Ee-Peng LimSingapore Management University, Singapore
- Elena BaralisPolitecnico di Torino, Italy
- Elizabeth M. DalyIBM Research, Ireland
- Ersin Elbaşı
- Etienne KerreUniversity of Gent, Belgium
- Fabrice GuilletPolytechnics Graduate School of Nantes University (Polytech'Nantes), France
- Fan WangDuke University, NC, USA
- Faruk PolatMiddle East Technical University, Turkey
- Fatos XhafaPolytechnic University of Catalonia, Spain
- Federico NeriSyNTHEMA, Italy
- Fei WangTsinghua University, China
- Feida ZhuSingapore Management University, Singapore
- Felix WuUniversity of California, Davis, CA, USA
- Fosca GiannottiInstitute of the National Research Council, Italy
- Frank S.C. TsengNational Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
- Gang LiDeakin University, Australia
- George KarypisUniversity of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
- Georgios LappasTechnological Educational Institute of Western Macedonia, Kastoria, Greece
- Gill DobbieUniversity of Auckland, New Zealand
- Gregory PiatetskyKdnuggets, Brookline, MA, USA
- Guido BarbianLüneburg, University, Lüneburg, Germany
- Gui-Rong XueShanghai Jiao-Tong University, China
- Guozhu DongWright State University, Dayton, OH, USA
- Hadi Güneş
- Hady LauwSingapore Management University, Singapore
- Haibin ZhuNipissing University, North Bay, ON, USA
- Haimonti DuttaColumbia University, New York, NY, USA
- Hanghang TongIBM T. J. Watson Research Center, Hawthorne, NY, USA
- Haris MemicInternational University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo
- Harith AlaniKnowledge Media Institute, The Open University, UK
- Heng JiQueens College and Graduate Center City University of New York, New York, NY, USA
- Hitoshi Okada
- Hongbo DengUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA
- Hsieh-Hua YangOriental Institute of Technology, Pan-Chiao, Taiwan
- Hsin-Chang YangNational University of Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Huan LiuArizona State University, Glendale, AZ, USA
- Hui XiongRutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
- Huu Hanh HoangThe University of Hue, Vietnam
- Huzefa RangwalaGeorge Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA
- Idrissa SarrCheikh Anta Diop University, Senegal
- I-Hsien TingNational University of Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Irwin KingThe Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Jaideep SrivastavaUniversity of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
- Jalal KawashUniversity of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
- James ChengNanyang Technological University, Singapore
- Jana DiesnerUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA
- Jaroslaw JankowskiWest Pomeranian University of Technology, Poland
- Jason JungYeungnam University, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea
- Jean-Francois BoulicautInstitut National des Sciences Appliquées, Lyon, France
- Jeffery Xu YuChinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Jen-Yao ChungIBM T. J. Watson Research Center, Hawthorne, NY, USA
- Jeroen De KnijfUniversity of Antwerp, Belgium
- Jian PeiSimon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada
- Jianyong WangTsinghua University, China
- Jiawei HanUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA
- Jie TangTsingua University, China
- Jing GaoUniversity at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
- Jiuyong LiUniversity of South Australia, Australia
- Joao GamaUniversity Porto, Portugal
- Johannes FürnkranzTechnische Universität Darmstadt, Germany
- John SalernoAir Force Research Lab, USA
- Juergen LernerUniversity of Konstanz, Germany
- Julien VelcinUniversité de Lyon 2, France
- Jun ShenUniversity of Wollongong, Australia
- Jun LiUniversity of Technology, Sydney, Australia
- Junehwa SongKorea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea
- Junzo WatadaWaseda University, Japan
- Jürgen PfefferCarnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Kaidi ZhaoAmazon.com Inc., USA
- Kai-Yu WangBrock University, Catharines, ON, Canada
- Kamalika DasUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore County, MD, USA
- Kang ZhangTianjin University, China
- Kanishka BhaduriMCT Inc at NASA Ames Research Center, USA
- Katarzyna MusialKing's College London, UK
- Katharina Anna Zweig
- Keivan KianmehrUniversity of Western Ontario, ON, Canada
- Kemal AkkayaSouthern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, USA
- Kok-Leong OngDeakin University, Australia
- Krzysztof JuszczyszynWroclaw University of Technology, Poland
- Kun LiuYahoo! Labs, USA
- Kun-Lung WuIBM T. J. Watson Research Center, Hawthorne, NY, USA
- Kwan Hong LeeMIT Media Lab, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Kyuseok Shim
- Larry KerschbergGeorge Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA
- Lars Schmidt-ThiemeUniversity of Hildesheim, Germany
- Laura PullumOak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA
- Lei Tang@WalmartLabs, Silicon Valley, CA, USA
- Li ChenHong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
- Lina ZhouUniversity of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Lorna UdenStaffordshire University, UK
- Luciano GamberiniUniversity of Padova, Italy
- M. Rezwan Khan
- Marc PlantevitUniversité Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France
- Marcin PaprzyckiInstytut Badań Systemowych PAN, Poland
- Marenglen BibaUniversity of New York Tirana, Albania
- Maria BielikovaSlovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Slovakia
- Maria Ganzha
- Mark GoldbergRensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA
- Mark Zhang
- Martin EsterSimon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada
- Masatoshi YoshikawaKyoto University, Japan
- Massimo MarchioriUNIPD and UTILABS, Italy
- Matjaz GamsJožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Matteo MagnaniAarhus University, Denmark
- Mehmed KantardzicUniversity of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA
- Mehmet KayaFirat University, Turkey
- Michael FarrugiaUniversity College Dublin, Ireland
- Michael LyuThe Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Michalis VazirgiannisAthens University of Economics and Business, Greece
- Miha ŠkerlavajUniversity of Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Mikolaj MorzyPoznan University of Technology, Poland
- Ming LiNanjing University, China
- Ming-Syan ChenNational Taiwan University, Taiwan
- Min-Ling ZhangSoutheast University, China
- Minos GarofalakisTechnical University of Crete, Greece
- Min-Yuh DayTamkang University, Taiwan
- Mohammed ZakiRensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA
- Mohammed Yakoob SiyalNanyang Technological University, Singapore
- Mohsen AfsharchiUniversity of Zanjan, Iran
- Moninder SinghIBM T. J. Watson Research Center, Hawthorne, NY, USA
- Muhammad Akram Shaikh MehranUniversity of Engineering & Technology, Pakistan
- Munmun De ChoudhuryMicrosoft Research, Redmond, WA, USA
- Murat ManguogluMiddle East Technical University, Turkey
- Myra SpiliopoulouOtto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, Germany
- Nicola DoeringTechnische Universität Ilmenau, Ilmenau, Germany
- Nitesh V. ChawlaUniversity of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN, USA
- Nitin AgarwalUniversity of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AR, USA
- Olfa NasraouiUniversity of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA
- Ozgur UlusoyBilkent University, Turkey
- Panagiotis KarampelasHellenic American University, Athens, Greece
- Paolo GarzaPolitecnico di Torino, Italy
- Paul BradleyMethodCare Inc., Chicago, IL, USA
- Paul DavidssonBlekinge Tekniska Högskola, Sweden
- Peer KrögerLudwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany
- Peng DaiGoogle Inc., USA
- Peter MutschkeGESIS-IZ, Germany
- Peter AbellLondon School of Economics and Political Science, UK
- Peter CoganBell Labs, Ireland
- Petko BogdanovUniversity of California Santa Barbara, CA, USA
- Philip YuUniversity of Illinois at Chicago, IL, USA
- Piotr BródkaWroclaw University of Technology, Poland
- Przemyslaw KazienkoWroclaw University of Technology, Poland
- Qiangfu ZhaoThe University of Aizu, Japan
- Raymond Chi-Wing WongThe Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
- Richard ChbeirLIUPPA Laboratory, France
- Robert AcklandThe Australian National University, Australia
- Robert PattonOak Ridge National Lab, Oak Ridge, TN, USA
- Roger WhitakerCardiff University, UK
- Rokia MissaouiUniversité du Québec en Outaouais, Gatineau, QB, Canada
- Ronald YagerMachine Intelligence Institute - Iona College, New Rochelle, NY, USA
- Rosa MeoUniversity of Torino, Italy
- Roumen KountchevTechnical University of Sofia, Bulgaria
- Rui KuangUniversity of Minnesota, Twin Cities, MN, USA
- Rui ZhangPalo Alto Reserach Center, Palo Alto, CA, USA
- Ruoming JinKent State University, Kent, OH, USA
- Sameep MehtaIBM India Research Lab, India
- Sangkeun LeeKorea University, South Korea
- Sang-Wook Kim
- Sanjay ChawlaUniversity of Sydney, Australia
- Schahram DustdarTechnische Universität Wien, Vienna, Austria
- Sertan GirginINRIA Lille-Nord Europe, France
- Shin-Horng ChenJinwen University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
- Shinsuke NakajimaKyoto Sangyo University, Japan
- Shou-De LinNational Taiwan University, Taiwan
- Songul Albayrak
- Soumya BanerjeeBirla Institute of Technology, India
- Taghi KhoshgoftaarFlorida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA
- Tamraparni DasuAT&T Labs Research, Florham Park, NJ, USA
- Tao LiFlorida International University, Greater Miami, FL, USA
- Terrill FrantzCarnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Thomas SchottUniversity of Southern Denmark, Denmark
- Tie-Yan LiuMicrosoft Research Asia, China
- Tomasz KajdanowiczWroclaw University of Technology, Poland
- Toyohide WatanabeNagoya University, Japan
- Trevor MartinUniversity of Bristol, UK
- Tsuyoshi MurataTokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
- Tzung-Pei HongNational Kaohsiung University, Taiwan
- Ulrik BrandesUniversity of Konstanz, Germany
- Uwe GlaesserSimon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada
- V.S. SubrahmanianUniversity of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
- Vaclav SnaselVŠB -Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
- Vasant HonavarIowa State University, Ames, IA, USA
- Vassilis KostakosUniversity of Oulu, Finland
- Vlad Estivill-CastroGriffith University, Australia
- Vladimir BatageljUniversity of Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Wagner Meira Jr.Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Walid ArefPurdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
- Wang-Chien LeePennsylvania State University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Wanita SherchanMonash University, Australia
- Weidong HuangCommonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, ICT Centre, Australia
- Wei-Shinn KuAuburn University, Auburn, AL, USA
- Wen-Yang LinNational University of Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- William GroskyUniversity of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Xiangmin ZhouCommonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, ICT Centre, Australia
- Xingquan ZhuFlorida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA
- Xintao WuUniversity of North Carolina at Charlotte, NC, USA
- Xumin LiuRochester Institute of Technology, NY, USA
- Yan WangMacquarie University, Australia
- Ying DingIndiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA
- Yiping KeThe Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
- Yizhou SunUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA
- Yun ChiNEC Laboratories America Inc., Cupertino, CA, USA
- Yun HuangNorthwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
- Yunwei ChenChinese Academy of Science,China
- Yutaka MatsuoUniversity of Tokyo, Japan
- Yuval EloviciBen-Gurion University, Israel
- Zhi-Hua Zhou
- Zongmin MaNortheastern University, China
- Zoran ObradovicTemple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
To be completed...
