KES2021 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.

We are grateful for their valuable assistance.

The IPC consists of the following members and, in addition, all Invited Session Chairs.

KES2021 IPC Members

Name	Affiliation
Prof. Akinori Abe	Chiba University, Japan
Dr. Jair Minoro Abe	Paulista University, Brazil
Prof. Yoshinori Adachi	Chubu University, Japan
Prof. Amparo Alonso Betanzos	University of Coruna, Spain
Akhil Anand	The Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Dr. Paul Anand	Kyungpook National University, South Korea
Prof. Masayoshi Aritsugi	Kumamoto University, Japan
Assoc. Prof. Piotr Artiemjew	University of Warmia and Mazury, Poland
Prof. Ahmad Taher Azar	Prince Sultan University, Saudi Arabia
Prof. Zbigniew Banaszak	Koszalin University of Technology, Poland
Prof. Monica Bianchini	Universita degli Studi di Siena, Italy
Dr. Mihai Boicu	George Mason University, USA
Dr. Janos Botzheim	Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary
Prof. Sadok Bouamama	Higher College of Technology, DMC, UAE
Dr. Zaki Brahmi	RIADI-GDL, Manouba University, Tunisia
Prof. Dumitru Dan Burdescu	University of Craiova, Romania
Dr. Eduardo Carrasco	Vicomtech Foundation & Biodonostia Health Research Institute, Spain
Prof. Giovanna Castellano	University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy
Asst. Prof. Jyotir Moy Chatterjee	Asia Pacific University of Technology & Innovation, Nepal
Prof. Katarzyna Cheba	West Pomeranian University of Technology, Poland
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. Witold Chmielarz	University of Warsaw, Poland
Assoc. Prof. Tanupriya Choudhury	University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, India
Prof. Stelvio Cimato	Universita degli studi di Milano, Italy
Dr. Angela Consoli	Defence, Science and Technology (DST) Group, Australia
Dr. Paulo Cortez	University of Minho, Portugal
Prof. Doug Creighton	Institute for Intelligent Systems Research and Innovation, Deakin University, Australia
Dr. Paolo Crippa	Universita Politecnica delle Marche, Italy
Dr. Matteo Cristani	Universita di Verona, Italy
Dr. Gloria Cerasela Crisan	Vasile Alecsandri University of Bacau, Romania
Prof. Ireneusz Czarnowski	Gdynia Maritime University, Poland
Dr. Violeta Damjanovic-Behrendt	Salzburg Research Forschungsgesellschaft, Austria
Prof. Izabela Dembinska	Maritime Academy in Szczecin, Poland
Prof. Dr. Qiwen Dong	East China Normal University, China
Prof. Wojciech Drozdz	University of Szczecin, Poland
Assist. Prof. Mu Du	Dalian University of Technology, China
Assoc. Prof. Agnieszka Duraj	Lodz University of Technology, Poland
Dr. Linda Elmhadhbi	University of Toulouse, France
Prof. Margarita Favorskaya	Reshetnev Siberian State University of Science and Technology, Russia
Dr. hab. Kinga Flaga-Gieruszyńska	University of Szczecin, Poland
Prof. Paul Fortier	University Laval, Canada
Prof. Wojciech Froelich	University of Silesia, Poland
Assoc. Prof. Gloria Cerasela Crisan	Vasile Alecsandri University of Bacau, Romania
Vilde Gjærum	The Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Prof. Manuel Gonzalez Penedo	Center Investigation CITIC, Spain
Assoc. Prof. Tadeusz Grzeszczyk	Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
Prof. Dr. Natacha Gueorguieva	City University of NY / College of Staten Island, USA
Prof. Petr Hajek	University of Pardubice, Czech Republic
Prof. Anne Håkansson	UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Norway
Dr. Moez Hammami	University of Tunis, Tunisia
Prof. Katarzyna Harezlak	Silesian University of Technology, Poland
Prof. Dr. Ralf-Christian Harting	University of Aalen, Germany
Prof. Ioannis Hatzilygeroudis	University of Patras, Greece
Prof. Atsuo Hazeyama	Tokyo Gakugei University, Japan
Assoc. Prof. Marcin Hernes	Wroclaw University of Economics and Business, Poland
Dr. Yulia Hicks	Cardiff University, UK
Prof. Jose Hiroki Saito	UFSCar/UNIFACCAMP, Brazil
Dr. Dawn Holmes	University of California, USA
Prof. Katsuhiro Honda	Osaka Prefecture University, Japan
Dr. Assoc. Prof. Daocheng Hong	East China Normal University, China
Prof. Tzung-Pei Hong	National University of Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Prof. Florentina Hristea	University of Bucharest, Romania
Prof. Xiangpei Hu	Dalian University of Technology, China
Prof. Ryutaro Ichise	National Institute of Informatics, Japan
Dr. Anca Ignat	University Alexandru Ioan Cuza of Iasi, Romania
Prof. Nobuhiro Inuzuka	Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan
Prof. PhD. Radu Tudor Ionescu	University of Bucharest, Romania
Prof. Giuseppe Ioppolo	University of Messina, Italy
Prof. Yoshiteru Ishida	Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan
Prof. Mirjana Ivanovic	University of Novi Sad, Serbia
Prof. Yuji Iwahori	Chubu University, Japan
Prof. Ryszard Janicki	McMaster University, Ontario, Canada
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
Dr. Ze Ji	Cardiff University, UK
Prof. Vladimir Jotsov	State University for Library Studies and Information Technologies, Bulgaria
Prof. Joanna Jozefowska	Poznan University of Technology, Poland
Prof. Haruhiko Kaiya	Kanagawa University, Japan
Prof. Hideyuki Kanematsu	National Institution of Technology (KOSEN), Suzuka College, Japan
Dr. Da-Yu Kao	Central Police University, Taiwan
Prof. Nikos Karacapilidis	University of Patras, Greece
Mr. Artur Karczmarczyk	West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin, Poland
Prof. Hedi Karray	University of Toulouse, France
Prof. Pawel Kasprowski	Silesian University of Technology, Poland
Prof. Yasuhiro Katagiri	Future University, Japan
Prof. Radoslaw Katarzyniak	Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland
Prof. Arkadiusz Kawa	Lukasiewicz Research Network- Institute of Logistics and Warehousing, Poland
Dr. Hiroharu Kawanaka	Mie University, Japan
Asst. Prof. Abhirup Khanna	University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, India
Prof. Ouajdi Korbaa	University of Sousse, Tunisia
Prof. Jaroslaw Korpysa	University of Szczecin, Poland
Prof. Boris Kovalerchuk	Central Washington University, USA
Prof. Konrad Kulakowski	AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
Prof. Noriyuki Kushiro	Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan
Prof. Kazuhiro Kuwabara	Ritsumeikan University, Japan
Prof. Dr. Chenhui Li	East China Normal University, China
Prof. Chengjun Liu	New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA
Dr. Guoliang Liu	Shandong University, China
Dr. Katarzyna Lobacz	University of Szczecin, Poland
Prof. Ivan Lukovic	University of Novi Sad, Serbia
Prof. Dr. Zhihui Lv	Fudan University, China
Prof. Federica Mandreoli	University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy
Dr. Maroua Masmoudi	University of Toulouse, France
Prof. Alfonso Mateos Caballero	Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain
Prof. Manuel Mazzara	Innopolis University, Russia
Prof. Lin Meng	Ritsumeikan University, Japan
Dr. Francesco Mercaldo	National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Italy
Prof. Victor Mitrana	Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain
Assist. Prof. Hirokazu Miura	Wakayama University, Japan
Prof. Panchanan Mohanty	GLA University, India
Prof. Stefania Montani	University of Piemonte Orientale, Italy
Prof. Francesco Moscato	University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Italy
Dr. Muhammad Marwan Muhammad Fuad	Coventry University, UK
Prof. Michal Munk	Constantine the Philosopher University, Slovakia
Assoc. Prof. Katsuko T. Nakahira	Nagaoka University of Technology, Japan
Prof. Kesra Nermend	University of Szczecin, Poland
Prof. Piotr Nikonczuk	West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin, Poland
Prof. Kazunori Nishino	Taisei Gakuin University, Japan
Prof. Vilem Novak	University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
Assoc. Prof. Agnieszka Nowak-Brzezinska	University of Silesia, Poland
Prof. Nobuyuki Ogawa	National Institute of Technology, Gifu College, Japan
Prof. Yukio Ohsawa	University of Tokyo, Japan
Prof. Dr. Takeshi Okamoto	Kanagawa Institute of Technology, Japan
Prof. Eugenio Oliveira	University of Porto; LIACC, Portugal
Mr. Juan Antonio Ortega	University of Seville, Spain
Dr. Wieslaw Paja	University of Rzeszow, Poland
Assoc. Prof. Krzysztof Pancerz	Szymon Szymonowic State Higher Vocational School, Poland
Prof. Stefan Panic	University of Pristina, Kosovska Mitrovica, Serbia
Prof. Marcin Paprzycki	Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Prof. Pawel Pawlewski	Poznan University of Technology, Poland
Prof. Dr. hab. Wojciech Penczek	Institute of Computer Science of PAS, Poland
Prof. Manuel Penedo	Center Investigation CITIC (UDC), Spain
Prof. Dr. Chao Peng	East China Normal University, China
Dr. Isidoros Perikos	University of Patras, Greece
Prof. Francesco Piccialli	University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Dr. Bartosz Pilecki	University of Szczecin, Poland
Dr. Anitha S. Pillai	Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science, India
Prof. Dorin Popescu	University of Craiova, Romania
Prof. Oliver Popov	Stockholm University, Sweden
Prof. Jim Prentzas	Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
Dr. hab. Malgorzata Przybyla-Kasperek	University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland
Dr. Marcin Rabe	University of Szczecin, Poland
Prof. Elisabeth Rakus-Andersson	Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Dzati Athiar Ramli	Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
Dr. Abolfazl Razi	Northern Arizona University, USA
Assoc. Prof. Traian Rebedea	University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania
Dr. Ana Respicio	Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Haakon Robinson	The Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Asst. Prof. Artur Rot	Wroclaw University of Economics and Business, Poland
Prof. Przemyslaw Rozewski	West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin, Poland
Prof. Edyta Rudawska	University of Szczecin, Poland
Aya Saad	The Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Prof. Jose Hiroki Saito	UFSCar/FACCAMP, Brazil
Prof. Maria Jose Santofimia	Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
Prof. Mika Sato-Ilic	University of Tsukuba, Japan
Dr. Milos Savic	University of Novi Sad, Serbia
Katrine Seel	The Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Prof. Dr. Ralf Seepold	HTWG Konstanz, Germany and Sechenov University, Russia
Dr. Hirosato Seki	Osaka University, Japan
Prof. Rossi Setchi	Cardiff University, UK
Prof. Dr. Chaofeng Sha	Fudan University, China
Prof. Dr. Fuke Shen	East China Normal University, China
Dr. Milan Simic	RMIT University, Australia
Dr. Rafal Skinderowicz	University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland
Prof. Dr. Velina Slavova	New Bulgarian University, Bulgaria
Assoc. Prof. Masato Soga	Wakayama University, Japan
Prof. Michael Soltys	California State University, USA
Prof. Roman Sperka	Silesian University in Opava, Czech Republic
Dr. Maria Spichkova	RMIT University, Australia
Dr. Urszula Stanczyk	Silesian University of Technology, Poland
Assoc. Prof. Margarita Stankova	New Bulgarian University, Bulgaria
Dr. Catalin Stoean	University of Craiova, Romania
Dr. Ruxandra Stoean	University of Craiova, Romania
Dr. hab. Joanna Studzinska	Leon Kozminski University, Poland
Prof. Nobuo Suzuki	Kindai University, Japan
Assoc. Prof. Jakub Swacha	University of Szczecin, Poland
Prof. Andrzej Szalas	University of Warsaw, Poland / University of Linkoping, Sweden
Prof. Edward Szczerbicki	University of Newcastle, Australia
Prof. Eulalia Szmidt	Systems Research Institute Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Prof. Katarzyna Szopik-Depczynska	University of Szczecin, Poland
Prof. Dr. Masakazu Takahashi	Yamaguchi University, Japan
Prof. Dr. Hironori Takeuchi	Musashi University, Japan
Prof. Hirokazu Taki	Wakayama University, Japan
Antonio J. Tallon-Ballesteros	University of Seville, Spain
Prof. Takao Terano	Chiba University of Commerce, Japan
Dr. Ng Theam Foo	Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
Prof. Roberto Theron	Universidad de Salamanca, Spain
Dr. Dilhan Thilakarathne	Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam & ING Bank, Netherlands
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	The University of Tsukuba, Japan
Prof. Dr. Andrey Tyugashev	Samara State Technical 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. Zeev Volkovich	ORT Braude College, Israel
Prof. Justin Wang	Latrobe University, Australia
Prof. Dr. Songxi Wang	Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, China
Prof. Dr. Ye Wang	East China Normal University, China
Prof. Junzo Watada	Waseda University, Japan
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Yuji Watanabe	Nagoya City University, Japan
Prof. Joanna Wisniewska	University of Szczecin, Poland
Prof. Em. Andre Wlodarczyk	Sorbonne University, France
Prof. Em. Helene Wlodarczyk	Sorbonne University, France
Assoc. Prof. Agnieszka Wosiak	Lodz University of Technology, Poland
Prof. Yoshiyuki Yabuuchi	Shimonoseki City University, Japan
Prof. Katsutoshi Yada	Kansai University, Japan
Prof. Kuniaki Yajima	National Institute of Technology, Sendai College, Japan
Prof. Takahira Yamaguchi	Keio University, Japan
Assoc. Prof. Ryosuke Yamanishi	Kansai University, Japan
Prof. Ching-Nung Yang	National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan
Prof. Dr. Peisen Yuan	Nanjing Agricultural University, China
Dr. Cecilia Zanni-Merk	ICube Laboratory / INSA de Strasbourg, France
Dr. Mahdi Zargayouna	University Gustave Eiffel, France
Prof. Krzysztof Zatwarnicki	Opole University of Technology, Poland
Prof. Dr. Shuigeng Zhou	Fudan University, China
Prof. Beata Zielosko	University of Silesia in Katowice, Institute of Computer Science, Poland
Prof. Ewa Ziemba	University of Economics in Katowice, Poland
Dr. Pawel Ziemba	University of Szczecin, Poland
Prof. Dr. Alfred Zimmermann	Reutlingen University, Germany
Prof. Dr. Sergey Zykov	National Research University – Higher School of Economics and MEPhI National Nuclear Research University, Russia