General Co-chairs
Beatrice Lazzerini (University of Pisa, Italy)
Lakhmi Jain (University of South Australia, Australia)
Ajith Abraham (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)

TPC Co-chairs
Francesco Marcelloni (University of Pisa, Italy)
Francisco Herrera (University of Granada, Spain)
Vincenzo Loia (University of Salerno, Italy)

Steering Committee
Ajith Abraham (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)
Janos Abonyi (University of Veszprem, Hungary)
Yuehui Chen (Jinan University, Jinan, China)
Lakhmi Jain (University of South Australia, Australia)
Halina Kwasnicka (Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland)
Etienne Kerre (Ghent University, Belgium)
Janusz Kacprzyk (Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland)
Nadia Nedjah (State University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Marcin Paprzycki (SWPS, Poland)
Jeng-Shyang Pan (National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences, Taiwan)
Paramasivan Saratchandran (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

Advisory board
Bernadette Bouchon-Meunier (CNRS, France)
Christian Borgelt (European Centre for Soft Computing, Spain)
Stefano Cagnoni (University of Parma, Italy)
Oscar Cordon (European Centre for Soft Computing, Spain)
Bernard de Baets (Ghent University, Belgium)
Enrique Herrera Viedma (University of Granada, Spain)
Mario Köppen (Kyushu Institute of Technology, JAPAN)
Chang-Shing Lee (National University of Tainan, Taiwan)
Trevor Martin (University of Bristol, United Kingdom)
Yew-Soon Ong (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
Nikhil R. Pal (Indian Statistical Institute, India)
Vincenzo Piuri (University of Milan, Italy)
Hideyuki Takagi (Kyushu University, Japan)
Domenico Talia (University of Calabria, Italy)
Ronald R. Yager (Iona College, USA)
Albert Zomaya, (University of Sydney, Australia)

International Program Committee (to be extended)
Akshai Aggarwal (University of Winsor, Canada)
Cesare Alippi (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)
Bruno Apolloni (University of Milan, Italy)
Adil Baykasoglu (University of Gaziantep, Turkey)
Rafael Bello (Universidad Central “Marta Abreu”, Cuba)
Ester Bernado (University of Ramon Llull, Spain)
Andrea Bonarini (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)
Piero Bonissone (General Electric, USA)
Abdelhamid Bouchachia (Alps-Adriatic University of Klagenfurt, Austria)
Alberto Bugarín (University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain)
Humberto Bustince (Public University of Navarra, Spain)
Oscar Castillo (HAFSA, Mexico)
Yuehui Chen (Jinan University, China)
Sung-Bae Cho (Yonsei University, Korea)
Mario G.C.A. Cimino (University of Pisa, Italy)
Marco Cococcioni (University of Pisa, Italy)
Carlos Artemio Coello Coello (CINVESTAV-IPN, Mexico)
Andre L. Coelho (University of Fortaleza, Brazil)
Emilio Corchado (University of Burgos, Spain)
Alfredo Cuzzocrea (ICAR-CNR and University of Calabria, Italy)
Ernesto Damiani (University of Milan, Italy)
Andre de Carvalho (University of São Paulo, Brazil)
Martine De Cock (Ghent University, Belgium)
José Valente de Oliveira (University of Algarve, Portugal)
María José del Jesus (University of Jaen, Spain)
Hai-Bin Duan (Beihang University, China)
Abraham Duarte (University Rey Juan Carlos, Spain)
Wilfried Elmenreich (Vienna University of Technology, Austria)
Anna Maria Fanelli (University of Bari, Italy)
Maria Pia Fanti (Politecnico di Bari, Italy)
Jose Antonio Gámez (University of Castilla la Mancha, Spain)
Xiao-Zhi Gao (University of Technology, Helsinki  )
José Luís García-Lapresta (University of Valladolid, Spain)
Nicolás García-Pedrajas (University of Cordoba, Spain)
Raul Giraldez (University Pablo Olavide, Spain)
Fernando Gomide (DCA–FEEC–UNICAMP, Brazil)
Crina Grosan (Babes-Bolyai University, Romania)
Jerzy Grzymala-Busse (University of Kansas, USA)
Hani Hagras (University of Essex, UK)
Cesar Hervás (University of Córdoba, Spain)
Tzung-Pei Hong (National University of Kaohsiung, Taiwan)
Stephen Huang (University of Houston, USA)
Dušan Húsek (Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic)
Pedro Isasi (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain)
Hisao Ishibuchi (Osaka Prefecture University, Japan)
Frank Klawonn (University of Applied Sciences Braunschweig/Wolfenbuettel, Germany)
Andreas König (TU Kaiserslautern, Germany)
Jonathan Lee (National Central University, Taiwan)
Chia-Chen Lin (Providence University, Taiwan)
Paul P. Lin (Cleveland State University, USA)
Jose Antonio Lozano (Universidad del País Vasco, Spain)
Teresa B. Ludermir (Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil)
Urszula Markowska-Kaczmar (Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland)
Pierre-François Marteau (Université de Bretagne-Sud, France)
Francesco Masulli (University of Genova, Italy)
Lahcéne Mitiche (University of Djelfa, Algeria)
Venkata Reddy Muppani (Dow Chemical, India)
Roman Neruda (Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Czech Republic)
Seppo J. Ovaska (Helsinki University of Technology, Finland)
Marcin Paprzycki (Polish Academy of Science, Poland)
Witold Pedrycz (University of Alberta, Canada)
José María Peña (Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain)
Antonio Peregrin (University of Hueva, Spain)
Petr Posik (Czech Technical University, Czech Republic)
Dilip Pratihar (Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India)
Germano Resconi (Catholic University, Italy)
José Riquelme (University of Sevilla, Spain)
Ignacio Rojas (University of Granada, Spain)
Ovidio Salvetti (ISTI-CNR, Italy)
Elie Sanchez (CNRS, France)
Luciano Sánchez (University of Oviedo, Spain)
Andrea Schaerf (University of Udine, Italy)
Giovanni Semeraro (University of Bari, Italy)
Georgios Ch. Sirakoulis (Democritus University of Thrace, Greece)
Václav Snášel (VSB-Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic)
Luciano Stefanini (University of Urbino, Italy)
Carlo Tasso (University of Udine, Italy)
Ayeley Tchangani (Universite Toulouse III, France)
Ashish Umre (University of Sussex, UK)
Sebastian Ventura (University of Cordoba, Spain)
Gregg Vesonder (Executive Director and AT&T Fellow, USA)
Michael N. Vrahatis (University of Patras, Greece)
Shyue-Liang Wang (National University of Kaohsiung, Taiwan)
Fatos Xhafa (Universtat Politécnica de Catalunya, Spain)

Workshop Chair
Jose Manuel Benitez Sanchez (University of Granada, Spain)

Special Session Chair
Sabrina Senatore (University of Salerno, Italy)

Publicity Co-chairs 
Rafael Alcalà (University of Granada, Spain)
Mokhtar Beldjehem (École Polytechnique de Montréal, Canada)
Pietro Ducange (University of Pisa, Italy)
Yusuke Nojima (Osaka Prefecture University, Japan)
Ashraf Saad (Armstrong Atlantic State University, USA)

Publication Chair
Michela Antonelli (University of Pisa, Italy)

Local Organization
Mario G.C.A. Cimino (University of Pisa, Italy)
Marco Cococcioni (University of Pisa, Italy)