Conference Chair:

Dr. Mohamed I. Dessouky
Ph.D., P.E., Editor-in-Chief, Computers & IE
Dept. of Industrial & Systems Eng,
University of Southern California

Conference Co-Chairs:

Dr. Hiroaki Ishii, Osaka University
Dr. Toyokazu Nose, Osaka Institute of Technology
Dr. Mitsuo Gen, Fuzzy Logic Systems Institute
Dr. Shogo Shiode, Kobe Gakuin University

Program Committee:

Char: Dr. Mitsuo Gen, Fuzzy Logic Systems Institute
Dr. Hajime Mizuyama, Kyoto University
Dr. Koji Okuhara, Osaka University
Dr. Yukiko Orito, Hiroshima University
Dr. Kazuhiro Takeyasu, Osaka Prefecture University
Dr. Katsuhiko Takahashi, Hiroshima University
Dr. Shigehiro Osumi, Kobe Gakuin University
Dr. Hisashi Handa, Okayama University
Dr. Lin Lin, Dalian University of Technology, China
Dr. Xinjie Yu, Tsinghua University, China
Dr. Seren Ozmehmet Tasan, Dokuz Eylul University, Turkey
Dr. Hideki Katagiri, Hiroshima University
Dr. Takeshi Uno, University of Tokushima
Dr. Shimpei Matsumoto, Oita National College of Technology
Dr. Ryo Haruna, Kanazawa Gakuin University
Dr. Fumihiko Shimada, Hiroshima International University
Dr. Takeshi Koide, Konan University
Dr. Kosuke Kato, Hiroshima Institute of Technology
Dr. Tatsuo Matsutomi, Kinki University
Dr. Kazutomi Sugihara, Fukui Institute of Technology

Organizing Committee:

Char: Dr. Shogo Shiode, Kobe Gakuin University
Dr. Terushige Honiden, Osaka Institute of Technology
Dr. Masahiro Inuiguchi, Osaka University
Dr. Takeshi Itoh, Tohoku University
Dr. Shintaro Mohri, Kobe Gakuin University
Dr. Masatsugu Shiihara, Osaka Institute of Technology
Dr. Hiroshi Noguchi, Univ. of Market. and Dist. Sciences
Dr. Tetsuo Ichimori, Osaka Institute of Technology

International Advisory Committee: (Tentative)

Dr. Osamu Katai, Kyoto University, Japan
Dr. Takeshi Yamakawa, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan
Dr. Hajime Kita, Kyoto University, Japan
Dr. Hisao Ishibuchi, Osaka Prefecture University, Japan
Dr. Tomoharu Nagao, Yokohama National University, Japan
Dr. Hideyuki Takagi, Kyushu University, Japan
Dr. Naoyuki Kubota, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan
Dr. Moo Wan Kim, Tokyo University of Information Sciences, Japan
Dr. Imed Kacem, University of Technology of Troyes, France
Dr. Yong-Jin Park, Hanyang University, Korea
Dr. Yoon Ha Jeong, Pohang University of Science & Technology, Korea
Dr. Jifa Gu, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Dr. Baoding Liu, Tsinghua University, China
Dr. Dingwei Wang, Northeastern University, China
Dr. Shouyang Wang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Dr. Chen-Fu Chien, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
Dr. James Benneyen, Northeastern University, USA
Dr. Maged M. Dessouky, University of Southern California, USA
Dr. Yasser M. Dessouky, San Jose State University, USA
Dr. M. Sadek Eid, University of Moncton, Canada
Dr. William G. Ferrell, Clemson University, USA
Dr. Mohamad Y. Jaber, Ryerson University, Canada
Dr. Paul. A. Savory, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
Dr. Satish T.S. Bukkapatnam, Oklahoma State University, USA
Dr. Gürsel A. Süer, Ohio University, USA
Dr. T.C. Edwin Cheng, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Dr. Demet Bayraktar, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
Dr. Hans-Otto Guenther, Technical University of Berlin, Germany
Dr. Hark Hwang, Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology, Korea
Dr. Moo Young Jung, Ulsan National Institute of Science & Technology, Korea
Dr. Hamid R. Parsaei, University of Houston, USA
Dr. Henri Pierreval, Institut Fran?ais de Méchnique Avancée (IFMA), France
Dr. Dongliang (Daniel) Sheu, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
Dr. François Vernadat, Directorate General Information (DIGIT), European Commission, Luxembourg
Dr. M.T. Tabucanon, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand
Dr. Guoping Xia, BeiHang University, China
Dr. Weixuan Xu, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Contact Information:

Dr. Koji Okuhara, Osaka University
Dr. Tetsuo Ichimori, Osaka Institute of Technology
Dr. Masatsugu Shiihara, Osaka Institute of Technology