Conference Committee
Honorary Chairs
Nikola Kasabov
Auckland University of Technology
New Zealand
Derong Liu
Southern University of Science and Technology
China
Seiichi Ozawa
Kobe University
Japan
Jonathan Chan
King Mongkut’s University of Technology
Thailand
General Chairs
Maryam Doborjeh
Auckland University of Technology
New Zealand
Mufti Mahmud
King Fahd University
of Petroleum and Minerals
Saudi Arabia
Michael Witbrock
The University of Auckland
New Zealand
Programme Chairs
Kevin Wong
Murdoch University
Australia
Andrew Chi Sing Leung
City University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Zohreh Doborjeh
The University of Auckland
New Zealand
M Tanveer
IIT Indore
India
Finance Chairs
Saori Tanaka
The University of Electro-Communications
Japan
Terry Brydon
Auckland University of Technology
New Zealand
Special Session Chairs
Tingwen Huang
Texas A&M University
Qatar
Wei-Neng Chen
South China University of Technology
China
Edmund Lai
Auckland University of Technology
New Zealand
Tutorial & Workshop Chairs
Alex Sumich
Nottingham Trent University
United Kingdom
Kenneth Johnson
Auckland University of Technology
New Zealand
Marzia Hoque Tania
University of New South Wales
Australia
Akbar Ghobakhlou
Auckland University of Technology
New Zealand
Competition Chairs
Paul S. Pang
Federation University
Australia
Goh Wen Bin Wilson
Nanyang Technological University
Singapore
Award Chairs
Kenji Doya
Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
Japan
Tanja Mitrovic
University of Canterbury
New Zealand
Keynote Chairs
Zeng-Guang Hou
Chinese Academy of Sciences
China
Amir H. Gandomi
University of Technology Sydney
Australia
Industry Liaison Chairs
Stephen Thorpe
Auckland University of Technology
New Zealand
Leanne Bint
Auckland University of Technology
New Zealand
Jing Ma
Auckland University of Technology
New Zealand
Mahsa Mohaghegh
Auckland University of Technology
New Zealand
Publication Chairs
Wei Qi Yan
Auckland University of Technology
New Zealand
Amir Hussain
Edinburgh Napier University
United Kingdom
Roopak Sinha
Deakin University
Australia
Publicity Chairs
El-Sayed M. El-Alfy
King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
Saudi Arabia
David Brown
Nottingham Trent University
United Kingdom
Siddhartha Bhattacharyya
VSB Technical University of Ostrava
Czech Republic
Hyeyoung Park
Kyungpook National University
South Korea
Qinmin Yang
Zhejiang University
China
Chu Kiong Loo
University of Malaya
Malaysia
Cosimo Ieracitano
Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria
Italy
Bernhard Pfahringer
Waikato University
New Zealand
Local Organising Chairs
Tek Tjing Lie
Auckland University of Technology
New Zealand
Felix Tan
Auckland University of Technology
New Zealand
Minh Nguyen
Auckland University of Technology
New Zealand
Yvonne Chan Cashmore
Auckland University of Technology
New Zealand
Peter Chong
Auckland University of Technology
New Zealand
Reza Enayatollahi
Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology
New Zealand
Selina Nihalani-Sharma
Auckland University of Technology
New Zealand
Janie van Woerden
Auckland University of Technology
New Zealand
International Advisory Committee
Giancarlo Fortino
University of Calabria
Italy
Hamido Fujita
Iwate Prefectural University
Japan
Shariful Islam
Deakin University
Australia
Tianzi Jiang
Institute of Automation, CAS
China
M Shamim Kaiser
Jahangirnagar University
Bangladesh
Joarder Kamruzzaman
Federation University
Australia
Francesco Carlo Morabito
University Mediterranea of Reggio Calabria
Italy
Stefano Panzeri
University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
Germany
Hanchuan Peng
SEU-Allen Institute for Brain & Intelligence
China
Nelishia Pillay
University of Pretoria
South Africa
Registration Chairs
Auckland University of Technology
New Zealand
Web/Social Media Chairs
Auckland University of Technology Media
New Zealand
The University of Auckland
New Zealand