KES2020 International Programme Committee
The role of the IPC is as follows:-- To advise on the organisation of the conference;
- To promote the conference and bring it to the attention of other researchers;
- To advise on the topics of the conference;
- 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 |
| Prof. Akinori Abe | Chiba University, Japan |
| Dr. Jair Minoro Abe | Paulista University & University of Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| Prof. Yoshinori Adachi | Chubu University, Japan |
| Dr. Nadeem Ahmad | The University of Sialkot, Pakistan |
| Prof. Lenuta Alboaie | Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Romania |
| Prof. Ferda Alpaslan | Middle East Technical University, Turkey |
| Prof. Flora Amato | University of Naples Federico II, Italy |
| Prof. Alonso-Betanzos Amparo | University of A Coruna, Spain |
| Prof. Masayoshi Aritsugi | Kumamoto University, Japan |
| Prof. Piotr Artiemjew | University Warmia and Mazury, Poland |
| Prof. Ahmad Taher Azar | Prince Sultan University, Kingdom Saudi Arabia |
| Prof. Valentina Balas | Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad, Romania |
| Prof. Zbigniew Banaszak | Koszalin Technical University, Poland |
| Assoc. Prof. Alina Barbulescu | University of Civil Engineering Bucharest, Romania |
| Prof. Monica Bianchini | University of Siena, Italy |
| Dr. Gloria Bordogna | National Research Council, Italy |
| Dr. Janos Botzheim | Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary |
| Dr. Zaki Brahmi | Sousse University, Tunisia |
| Prof. Dumitru Dan Burdescu | University of Craiova, Romania |
| Prof. Alfonso Mateos Caballero | Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain |
| Dr. Maria Caliusco | CIDISI-UTN'FRSF, Argentina |
| Assoc. Prof. Frantisek Capkovic | Institute of Informatics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia |
| Prof. Andre Ponce de Leon F. de Carvalho | Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| Prof. Giovanna Castellano | University of Bari, Italy |
| Assoc. Prof. Gloria Cerasela Crisan | Vasile Alecsandri University of Bacau, Romania |
| Dr. Nathalie Chaignaud | INSA Rouen Normandie, France |
| Assist. Prof. Jyotir Moy Chatterjee | Asia Pacific University of Technology & Innovation, Nepal |
| Prof. Abdellah Chehri | University of Quebec- UQAC, Canada |
| Prof. Mu-Chen Chen | National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan |
| Prof. Mu-Song Chen | Da-Yeh University, Taiwan |
| Prof. Stelvio Cimato | University of Milan, Italy |
| Prof. Mario G.C.A. Cimino | University of Pisa, Italy |
| Ms Alina Maria Ciobanu | University of Bucharest, Romania |
| Dr. Angela Consoli | DST Group, Australia |
| Dr. Paulo Cortez | University of Minho, Portugal |
| Dr. Paolo Crippa | Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy |
| Prof. Alfredo Cuzzocrea | University of Calabria, Italy |
| Prof. Liya Ding | Meiji University, Japan |
| Dr. Olfa Belkahla Driss | Université de la Manouba, Tunisia |
| Prof. Anna Esposito | Università della Campania “Luigi Venvitelli”, Italy |
| Prof Margarita Favorskaya | Siberian State Aerospace University, Russian Federation |
| Prof. Paul Fortier | University Laval, Canada |
| Dr. Wojciech Froelich | University of Silesia, Poland |
| Dr. Muhammad Marwan Muhammad Fuad | Coventry University, UK |
| Prof. Faiez Gargouri | University of Sfax, Tunisia |
| Dr. Natacha Gueorguieva | CUNY, USA |
| Prof. Foteini Grivokostopoulou | University of Patras, Greece |
| Dr. Petr Hajek | University of Pardubice, Czech Republic |
| Prof Anne Hakansson | UiT Norges arktiske universitet, Norway |
| Dr. Katarzyna Harezlak | Silesian University of Technology, Poland |
| Prof. Ralf-Christian Harting | University of Aalen, Germany |
| Prof. Ronald Hartung | The Design Knowledge Company, USA |
| Prof. Ioannis Hatzilygeroudis | University of Patras, Greece |
| Prof. Atsuo Hazeyama | Tokyo Gakugei University, Japan |
| Prof. Francisco Herrera | University of Granada, Spain |
| Dr. Yulia A Hicks | Cardiff University, UK |
| Dr. Dawn.E.Holmes | University of California, USA |
| Prof. Katsuhiro Honda | Osaka Prefecture University, Japan |
| Assoc. Prof. Daocheng Hong | East China Normal University, China |
| Prof. Tzung-Pei Hong | National University of Kaohsiung, Taiwan |
| Prof. Wei-Chiang Hong | Jiangsu Normal University, China |
| Prof. Ryutaro Ichise | National institute of Informatics, Japan |
| Assoc. Prof.Adrian Iftene | Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Romania |
| Prof. Anca Ignat | University Alexandru Ioan Cuza of Iasi, Romania |
| Dr. Shraddha Ingale | Pune University, India |
| Prof. Nobuhiro Inuzuka | Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan |
| Prof. Radu Tudor Ionescu | University of Bucharest, Romania |
| Prof. Yoshiteru Ishida | Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan |
| Prof. Mirjana Ivanovic | University of Novi Sad, Serbia |
| Prof. Yuji Iwahori | Chubu University, Japan |
| Prof. Girish Jha | Jawaharlal Nehru University, India |
| Prof. Jaroslaw Jankowski | West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin, Poland |
| Prof. Piotr Jedrzejowicz | Gdynia Maritime University, Poland |
| Prof. Gwanggil Jeon | Incheon National University, Korea |
| Prof. Dragan Jevtic | University of Zagreb, Croatia |
| Prof. Vladimir Jotsov | State University for Library Studies and Information Technologies, Bulgaria |
| Prof. Haruhiko Kaiya | Kanagawa University, Japan |
| Prof. Hideyuki Kanematsu | National Institute of Technology, Suzuka College, Japan |
| Assoc. Prof. Hiroko Kanoh | Yamagata University, Japan |
| Assoc. Prof. Da-Yu Kao | Central Police University, Taiwan |
| Prof. Nikos Karacapilidis | University of Patras, Greece |
| Dr. Pawel Kasprowski | Silesian University of Technology, Poland |
| Prof. Yasuhiro Katagiri | Future University, Japan |
| Prof. Radoslaw Piotr Katarzyniak | Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Poland |
| Prof. Arkadiusz Kawa | Poznan University of Economics, Poland |
| Dr. Cheonshik Kim | Sejong University, South Korea |
| Prof. Frank Klawonn | Ostfalia University, Germany |
| Prof. Tomoko Kojiri | Kansai University, Japan |
| Prof. Boris Kovalerchuk | Central Washington University, USA |
| Prof. Laszlo Koczy | Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary |
| Prof. Konrad Kulakowski | AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland |
| Prof. Mario Kusek | University of Zagreb, Croatia |
| Prof. Noriyuki Kushiro | Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan |
| Prof. Kazuhiro Kuwabara | Ritsumeikan University, Japan |
| Assoc. Prof. Yu-Chen Lin | Feng Chia University, Taiwan |
| Prof. Chengjun Liu | New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA |
| Dr. Edwin Lughofer | Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria |
| Prof. Ivan Luković | University of Novi Sad, Serbia |
| Dr. Christos Makris | University of Patras, Greece |
| Prof. Ziemowit Malecha | Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Poland |
| Prof. Federica Mandreoli | University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy |
| Prof. Eleni Mangina | University College Dublin, Ireland |
| Prof. Urszula Markowska-Kaczmar | Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland |
| Dr. Riccardo Martoglia | University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy |
| Dr. Yoshimasa Masuda | Carnegie Mellon University, USA |
| Prof. Manuel Mazzara | Innopolis university, Russia |
| Dr. Lin Meng | Ritsumeikan University, Japan |
| Dr. Francesco Mercaldo | National Research Council of Italy, Italy |
| Assoc. Prof. Cristian Mihaescu | University of Craiova, Romania |
| Prof. Lyudmila Mihaylova | University of Sheffield, UK |
| Prof. Victor Mitrana | Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain |
| Dr. Hiroyuki Mitsuhara | Tokushima University, Japan |
| Assist. Prof. Hirokazu Miura | Wakayama University, Japan |
| Prof. Panchanan Mohanty | Central University of Hyderabad, India |
| Prof. Stefania Montani | University of Piemonte Orientale, Italy |
| Dr. Esmiralda Moradian | Stockholm University, Sweden |
| Assoc. Prof. Beulah Moses | SP Jain School of Global Management, Australia |
| Prof. Mikhail Moshkov | King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia |
| Prof. Josiane Mothe | University of Toulouse, France |
| Prof. Michal Munk | Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Slovakia |
| Prof Shin'ya Nagasawa | Waseda University, Japan |
| Assist. Prof. Katsuko T. Nakahira | Nagaoka University of Technology, Japan |
| Prof. Grzegorz Nalepa | AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland |
| Prof. Kesra Nermend | University of Szczecin, Poland |
| Prof. Ioannis K. Nikolos | University of Crete, Greece |
| Dr. Piotr Nikonczuk | West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin, Poland |
| Prof. Kazunori Nishino | Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan |
| Dr. Houssem Eddine Nouri | Université de la Manouba, Tunisia |
| Prof. Vilem Novak | University of Ostrava, Czech Republic |
| Prof. Nobuyuki Ogawa | National Institute of Technology, Gifu College, Japan |
| Prof. Yukio Ohsawa | University of Tokyo, Japan |
| Prof. Takeshi Okamoto | Kanagawa Institute of Technology, Japan |
| Dr. Osvaldo Luiz Oliveira | UNIFACCAMP, Brazil |
| Assist. Prof. Wieslaw Paja | University of Rzeszow, Poland |
| Assoc. Prof. Krzysztof Pancerz | University of Rzeszow, Poland |
| Prof. Marcin Paprzycki | Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland |
| Prof. Isidoros Perikos | University of Patras, Greece |
| Prof. Petra Perner | Institute of Computer Vision and applied Computer Sciences, Germany |
| Prof. Georg Peters | Munich University of Applied Sciences, Germany |
| Dr. Francesco Piccialli | Federico II University of Naples, Italy |
| Prof. Anitha S Pillai | Hindustan University, India |
| Prof. Lech T. Polkowski | University of Warmia and Mazury, Poland |
| Prof. Oliver Popov | Stockholm university, Sweden |
| Prof. Jim Prentzas | Democritus University of Thrace, Greece |
| Dr. Seema Purohit | UDCS, India |
| Prof. Elisabeth Rakus-Andersson | Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden |
| Assoc. Prof. Dzati Athiar Ramli | Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Malaysia |
| Dr. Abolfazl Razi | Northern Arizona University, USA |
| Prof. Ana Respício | University of Lisbon, Portugal |
| Dr. Marina Resta | University of Genova, Italy |
| Dr. Gerasimos Rigatos | SMIEEE, MIET, Greece |
| Dr. Jose Hiroki Saito | UFSCar/FACCAMP, Brazil |
| Dr. Wojciech Salabun | West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin, Poland |
| Dr. Cesar Sanin | University of Newcastle, Australia |
| Prof. Mika Sato-Ilic | University of Tsukuba, Japan |
| Dr. Milos Savic | University of Novi Sad, Serbia |
| Prof. Rainer Schmidt | Munich University of Applied Sciences, Germany |
| Prof. Ralf Seepold | HTWG Konstanz, Germany |
| Dr. Hirosato Seki | Osaka University, Japan |
| Dr. Milan Simic | RMIT University, Australia |
| Prof. Velina Slavova | New Bulgarian University, Bulgaria |
| Prof. Janusz Sobecki | Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Poland |
| Assoc. Prof. Masato Soga | Wakayama University, Japan |
| Prof. Michael Soltys | California State University at Channel Islands, USA |
| Prof. Roman Sperka | Silesian University in Opava, Czech Republic |
| Dr. Maria Spichkova | RMIT University, Australia |
| Assoc. Prof. Margarita Stankova | New Bulgarian University, Bulgaria |
| Assoc. Prof. Catalin Stoean | University of Craiova, Romania |
| Assoc.Prof. Ruxandra Stoean | University of Craiova, Romania |
| Prof. Toshiharu Sugawara | Waseda University, Japan |
| Prof. Nobuo Suzuki | Kindai University, Japan |
| Dr. Friedhelm Schwenker | Ulm University, Germany |
| Prof. Edward Szczerbicki | University of Newcastle, Australia |
| Dr. Piotr Szczuko | Gdansk University of Technology, Poland |
| Prof. Eulalia Szmidt | Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland |
| Prof. Masakazu Takahashi | University of Yamaguchi, Japan |
| Prof. Hironori Takeuchi | Musashi University, Japan |
| Dr.. Shing Chiang Tan | Multimedia University, Malaysia |
| Dr. Mieko Tanaka-Yamawaki | Meiji University, Japan |
| Prof. Takao Terano | Chiba University of Commerce, Japan |
| Dr. Dilhan J. Thilakarathne | VU University Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Prof. Masahiro Tokumitsu | National Institute of Technology, Yonago College, Japan |
| Prof. Ljiljana Trajkovic | Simon Fraser University, Canada |
| Prof. Edmondo Trentin | University of Siena, Italy |
| Assist. Prof. Fuching Tsai | Central Police University, Taiwan |
| Prof. Kazuhiko Tsuda | University of Tsukuba, Japan |
| Dr. Jeffrey W. Tweedale | University of South Australia, Australia |
| Dr. Andrey A. Tyugashev | Samara State Transport University, Russia |
| Dr. Angelina Tzacheva | University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA |
| Prof. Eiji Uchino | Yamaguchi University, Japan |
| Prof. Hiroshi Ueda | Hosei University, Japan |
| Prof. Taketoshi Ushiama | Kyushu University, Japan |
| Prof. Jordi Vallverdu | Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain |
| Prof. Junzo Watada | Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Malaysia |
| Prof. Toyohide Watanabe | Nagoya University, Japan |
| Assoc. Prof. Yuji Watanabe | Nagoya City University, Japan |
| Assoc. Prof. Jaroslaw Watrobski | University of Szczecin, Poland |
| Prof. Andre Wlodarczyk | Sorbonne University, France |
| Assoc. Prof. Marcin Wozniak | Silesian University of Technology, Poland |
| Prof. Yoshiyuki Yabuuchi | Shimonoseki City University, Japan |
| Prof. Kuniaki Yajima | National Institute of Technology, Sendai College, Japan |
| Prof. Takahira Yamaguchi | Keio University, Japan |
| Prof. Shuichiro Yamamoto | Nagoya University, Japan |
| Assoc. Prof. Ryosuke Yamanishi | Ritsumeikan University, Japan |
| Prof. James C.N. Yang | National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan |
| Prof. Takaya Yuizono | Advanced Institute Science and Technology, Japan |
| Dr. Beata Zielosko | University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland |
| Prof. Ewa Ziemba | University of Economics in Katowice, Poland |
| Prof. Alfred Zimmermann | Reutlingen University, Germany |
| Prof. Sergey Zykov | National Research University, Russia |