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Prof. Dr. Lakhmi C. Jain
Professor of Knowledge-Based Engineering, Founding Director of the KES Centre
University of South Australia
Division of Information Technology, Engineering and the Environment
School of Electrical and Information Engineering
Mawson Lakes Campus
Adelaide, South Australia 5095
AUSTRALIA
Prof. Witold Pedrycz
Professor and Director
University of Alberta
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Edmonton AB T6R 2V4
CANADA
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Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad
Faculty of Engineering
Department of Automation and Applied Informatics
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Prof. Anca Ralescu
University of Cincinnati
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Prof. Jair Minoro Abe
Paulista University
Instituto de Ciências Exatas e Tecnologia (ICET)
Graduate Program in Production Engineering
CEP 04026-002 São Paulo – SP
BRAZIL
Prof. Janos Fodor
Budapest Tech
Institute of Intelligent Engineering Systems
Bécsi út 96/b
H-1034 Budapest
HUNGARY
Prof. Janusz Kacprzyk
Polish Academy of Sciences
Systems Research Institute
ul. Newelska 6
01-447 Warsaw
POLAND
Prof. Laszlo T. Koczy
University of Technology and Economics and Szechenyi I. University
Jedlik Ányos Institute of Informatics, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering
Faculty of Engineering Sciences
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HUNGARY
Prof. Constantin V. Negoita
City University of New York
Department of Computer Science
Hunter College
New York NY 10031
USA
Prof. Dan Ralescu
University of Cincinnati
Department of Mathematical Sciences
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USA
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Doshisha University
Faculty of Culture and Information Science
Laboratory for Language-Based Intelligent Systems
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Kyoto 610-0394
JAPAN
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Vice-Rector
Technical University
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RECTORATE
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ROMANIA
Prof. Lotfi A. Zadeh
Director, Berkeley Initiative in Soft Computing (BISC)
University of California, Berkeley
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
729 Soda Hall, MC #1776
Berkeley, CA 94720 -1776
USA
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Dr. Canicious AbeynayakeCa
Defence Science and Technology Organisation
Weapons Systems Division
P O Box 1500
Edinburgh SA 5111
AUSTRALIA
Dr. Bala M. BalachandranBa
University of Canberra
School of Information Sciences and Engineering
Division of Business, Law and Information Sciences
Canberra ACT 2601
AUSTRALIA
Associate Prof. Marius M. BalasMa
Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad
Department of Automatics and Applied Informatics
Faculty of Engineering
B-dul Revolutiei Nr. 77
Arad, 310130
ROMANIA
Associate Prof. Jean-Francois BalmatJe
Université du Sud-Toulon-Var
Laboratoire Systèmes Information Signal
Equipe COSI
B.P 20132 - 83957 La Garde Cedex
FRANCE
Dr. Vivek BannoreVi
ThinkingSpace IT Solutions
Unit 6, 259 Leitchs Road
Brendale, QLD 4500
AUSTRALIA
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Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad
Department of Automatics and Applied Informatics
Faculty of Engineering
B-dul Revolutiei Nr. 77
Arad, 310130
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National Taiwan University of Science & Technology
Electrical Engineering Department
43 Keelung Road, Section 4
Taipei, 10607
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Politehnica University of Timisoara
Facultatea de Electronica si Telecomunicatii
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300223, Timisoara
ROMANIA
Dr. Mihaela CostinMi
Romanian Academy
Computer Science Institute IIT
Blvd. Carol I 22A
700505, Iasi
ROMANIA
Prof. Kusum DeepKu
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
Department of Mathematics
Roorkee - 247667 (U.A.)
INDIA
Prof. Radu DogaruRa
Polytechnic University of Bucharest
Department of Applied Electronics and Information Engineering
061071 Bucharest
ROMANIA
Prof. Jozsef DombiJo
University of Szeged
Institute of Informatics
Arpad ter 2.
6720 Szeged
HUNGARY
Prof. Toma L. DragomirTo
Politehnica University of Timisoara
Department of Automatics
Faculty of Automatics and Computers Science
Bd. V. Pârvan 2
300223 Timişoara
ROMANIA
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Université du Sud Toulon-Var
Departement GEII IUT Toulon
LSIS Marseille
FRANCE
Prof. Michael FairhurstMi
University of Kent
Department of Electronics
Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NT
UK
Prof. Laurent FoulloyLa
Université de Savoie
Laboratoire d'Informatique, Systèmes, Traitement de l'Information et de la Connaissance (LISTIC)
ESIA BP 806
74016 ANNECY cedex
FRANCE
Associate Prof. Voicu GrozaVo
University of Ottawa
School of Information Technology and Engineering (SITE)
800 King Edward
Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 6N5
CANADA
Dr. Nikhil IchalkaranjeNi
Senior Technology Advisor
Australian Government Department of Broadband, Communications, and the Digital Economy
Research Statistics & Technology Branch (RS&T)
Burns Centre
28 National Circuit
Forrest, ACT 2601
AUSTRALIA
Dr. Chung-Hsien KuoCh
Associate Professor
National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
Department of Electrical Engineering
43 Sec.4, Keelung Rd.
Taipei, 106
TAIWAN
Prof. Halina KwasnickaHa
Professor of Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence; Deputy Director for Scientific Research
Wroclaw University of Technology
Institute of Applied Informatics
Wyb. Wyspianskiego 27
51-370 Wroclaw
POLAND
Prof. Chee-Peng LimCh
University of Science Malaysia
School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering
Engineering Campus
14300 Nibong Tebal, Penang
MALAYSIA
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Associate Professor
University of Central Florida
Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Systems
PO Box 16450
Orlando, FL 32816-2450
USA
Dr. Dorothy N. MonekossoDo
Senior Lecturer
Kingston University
Faculty of Computing, Information Systems and Mathematics
Penrhyn Road
Kingston upon Thames
Surrey KT1 2EE
UK
Prof. Maurice MulvennaMa
School of Computing and Mathematics
University of Ulster
Faculty of Computing and Engineering
Jordanstown Campus, Shore Road
Newtownabbey, Co. Antrim BT37 0QB
UK
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University of Hyogo
School of Human Science and Environment
1-1-12, Shinzaike-honcho, Himeji
Hyogo 670-0092
JAPAN
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Czech Technical University
Department of Cybernetics
Faculty of Electrical Engineering
Center for Machine Perception, Technicka 2
CZ-166 27 Praha 6
CZECH REPUBLIC
Prof. Viorel NicolauVi
Dunarea de Jos University of Galati
Automatic Control and Electronics Department
Domneasca Street 111
Galati 6200
ROMANIA
Prof. Stephan OlariuSt
Old Dominion University
Department of Computer Science
Norfolk VA 23529-0162
USA
Associate Prof. Felix Riesco PeláezFe
Senior Project Engineer O2MicroSRL; Associate Professor
University of León
Department of Electric Engineering and Systems and Automatics
Leon
SPAIN
Prof. Emil M. PetriuEm
University of Ottawa
School of Information Technology and Engineering
800 King Edward Avenue
Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5
CANADA
Prof. Daniela E. PopescuDa
University of Oradea
Department of Computer Science
Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology
Universitatii St., No.1, 410087 Oradea
ROMANIA
Prof. Dumitru PopescuDu
Politehnica University of Bucharest
Facultatea de Automatica si Calculatoare
Splaiul Independentei 313
cod postal 060042, sector 6, Bucuresti
ROMANIA
Prof. D.K. PratiharD.
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
Soft Computing Lab.
Mechanical Engineering Department
Kharagpur, WB 721302
INDIA
Prof. Radu Emil PrecupRa
Politehnica University of Timisoara
Department of Automatics
Faculty of Automatics and Computers Science
Bd. V. Pârvan 2
300223 Timişoara
ROMANIA
Prof. Ales ProchazkaAl
Head, Digital Signal and Image Processing Research Group
Institute of Chemical Technology Prague
Department of Computing and Control Engineering
Technická 5
166 28 Prague 6
CZECH REPUBLIC
Prof. Octavian ProsteanOc
Politehnica University of Timisoara
Department of Automatics
Faculty of Automatics and Computers Science
Bd. V. Pârvan 2
300223 Timişoara
ROMANIA
Dr. Svetlana RauSv
Senior Project Engineer O2MicroSRL; Associate Professor
University of Bucharest
70709, Bucharest
ROMANIA
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Budapest Tech Polytechnical Institution
Budapest
HUNGARY
Dr. Rudolf SeisingRu
European Centre for Soft Computing
Edificio Científico-Tecnológico. 3ª Planta
C Gonzalo Gutiérrez Quirós S/N
33600 Mieres, Asturias
SPAIN
Prof. Dharmendra SharmaDh
Head of School
University of Canberra
School of Information Sciences and Engineering
Canberra ACT 2601
AUSTRALIA
Dr. Kostas SirlantzisKo
University of Kent
School of Engineering and Digital Arts
Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NZ
UK
Prof. Tiberiu SpircuTi
Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy
Department of Medical Informatics
Bucharest
ROMANIA
Prof. Hong-Zhou TanHo
Sun Yat-Sen University
School of Information Science & Technology
Guangzhou, Guangdong 510275
CHINA
Dr. Durga ToshniwalDu
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
Department of Electronics and Computer Engineering
Uttaranchal - 247 667
INDIA
Dr. Jeff TweedaleJe
Defence Science and Technology Organisation
Edinburgh SA 5111
AUSTRALIA
Prof. Annamaria R. Varkonyi-KoczyAn
Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Department of Measurement and Information Systems
Magyar tudósok krt. 2.
H-1521 Budapest
HUNGARY
Dr. Zili ZhangZi
Senior Lecturer
Deakin University
School of Engineering and Information Technology
Geelong VIC 3217
AUSTRALIA
Dr. Djuro ZrilicDj
New Mexico Highlands University
Las Vegas NM 87701
USA