Program committee

  • Sharat Akhoury, University of Cape Town, South Africa
  • Ana Almeida, GECAD-ISEP-IPP, Portugal
  • Orcan Alpar, University of Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
  • Bashar Al-Shboul, University of Jordan, Jordan
  • Thierry Badard, Laval University, Canada
  • Amelia Badica, University of Craiova, Romania
  • Costin Badica, University of Craiova, Romania
  • Hassan Badir, ENSAT, Morocco
  • Dariusz Barbucha, Gdynia Maritime University, Poland
  • Nick Bassiliades, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
  • Artur Bąk, Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology, Poland
  • Narjes Bellamine, ISI & Laboratoire RIADI / ENSI, Tunisia
  • Maria Bielikova, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Slovakia
  • Pavel Blazek, University of Defence, Czech Republic
  • Mariusz Boryczka, University of Silesia, Poland
  • Peter Brida, University of Žilina, Slovakia
  • Robert Burduk, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Poland
  • Krisztian Buza, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary
  • Aleksander Byrski, AGH University Science and Technology, Poland
  • Jose Luis Calvo-Rolle, University of A Coruña, Spain
  • David Camacho, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain
  • Alberto Cano, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA
  • Frantisek Capkovic, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia
  • Dariusz Ceglarek, Poznan High School of Banking, Poland
  • Amine Chohra, Paris-East University (UPEC), France
  • Kazimierz Choroś, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Poland
  • Mihaela Colhon, University of Craiova, Romania
  • Jose Alfredo Ferreira Costa, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
  • Ireneusz Czarnowski, Gdynia Maritime University, Poland
  • Paul Davidsson, Malmö University, Sweden
  • Gayo Diallo, University of Bordeaux, France
  • Tien V. Do, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary
  • Ivan Dolnak, University of Žilina, Slovakia
  • Olfa Belkahla Driss, Université de Tunis, Tunisia
  • Atilla Elci, Aksaray University, Turkey
  • Vadim Ermolayev, Zaporozhye National University, Ukraine
  • Nadia Essoussi, University of Carthage, Tunisia
  • Rim Faiz, University of Carthage, Tunisia
  • Faiez Gargouri, University of Sfax, Tunisia
  • Mauro Gaspari, University of Bologna, Italy
  • Antonio Gonzalez-Pardo, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain
  • Huu Hanh Hoang, Hue University, Viet Nam
  • Tzung-Pei Hong, National University of Kaohsiung, Taiwan
  • Josef Horalek, University of Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
  • Frédéric Hubert, Laval University, Canada
  • Maciej Huk, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Poland
  • Dosam Hwang, Yeungnam University, Korea
  • Lazaros Iliadis, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
  • Agnieszka Indyka-Piasecka, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Poland
  • Dan Istrate, Université de Technologie de Compiègne, France
  • Mirjana Ivanovic, University of Novi Sad, Serbia
  • Jaroslaw Jankowski, West Pomeranian University of Technology, Poland
  • Joanna Jędrzejowicz, University of Gdansk, Poland
  • Piotr Jędrzejowicz, Gdynia Maritime University, Poland
  • Jason Jung, Chung-Ang University, Korea
  • Przemysław Juszczuk, University of Silesia, Poland
  • Ioannis Karydis, Ionian University, Greece
  • Petros Kefalas, University of Sheffield International Faculty, CITY College, Greece
  • Rafał Kern, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland
  • Marek Kisiel-Dorohinicki, AGH University Science and Technology, Poland
  • Attila Kiss, Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary
  • Jitka Komarkova, University of Pardubice, Czech Republic
  • Marek Kopel, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Poland
  • Ivan Koychev, University of Sofia “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Bulgaria
  • Jan Kozak, University of Silesia, Poland
  • Adrianna Kozierkiewicz-Hetmańska, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Poland
  • Ondrej Krejcar, University of Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
  • Dariusz Król, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Poland
  • Elżbieta Kukla, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Poland
  • Julita Kulbacka, Wrocław Medical University, Poland
  • Marek Kulbacki, Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology, Poland
  • Piotr Kulczycki, Systems Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Science, Poland
  • Kazuhiro Kuwabara, Ritsumeikan University, Japan
  • Florin Leon, Technical University “Gheorghe Asachi” of Iasi, Romania
  • Edwin Lughofer, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria
  • José María Luna, University of Cordoba, Spain
  • Juraj Machaj, University of Žilina, Slovakia
  • Bernadetta Maleszka, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Poland
  • Marcin Maleszka, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Poland
  • Yannis Manolopoulos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
  • Antonio David Masegosa Arredondo, University of Granada, Spain
  • Adam Meissner, Poznań University of Technology, Poland
  • Ernestina Menasalvas, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain
  • Héctor Menéndez, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain
  • Jacek Mercik, Wrocław School of Banking, Poland
  • Peter Mikulecky, University of Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
  • Alin Moldoveanu, University Politechnica of Bucharest, Romania
  • Javier Montero, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
  • Ahmed Moussa, Abdelmalek Essaadi University, Morocco
  • Grzegorz J. Nalepa, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
  • Filippo Neri, University of Napoli Federico II, Italy
  • Linh Anh Nguyen, University of Warsaw, Poland
  • Ngoc-Thanh Nguyen, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Poland
  • Adam Niewiadomski, Lodz University of Technology, Poland
  • Alberto Núñez, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
  • Manuel Núñez, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
  • Tarkko Oksala, Aalto University, Finland
  • Tomasz Orczyk, University of Silesia, Poland
  • Rafael Parpinelli, Santa Catarina State University, Brazil
  • Marek Penhaker, VSB -Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
  • Dariusz Pierzchała, Military University of Technology, Poland
  • Marcin Pietranik, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Poland
  • Elias Pimenidis, University of the West of England, United Kingdom
  • Bartłomiej Płaczek, Silesian University of Technology, Poland
  • Piotr Porwik, University of Silesia, Poland
  • Radu-Emil Precup, Politehnica University of Timisoara, Romania
  • Ales Prochazka, Institute of Chemical Technology, Czech Republic
  • Paulo Quaresma, Universidade de Evora, Portugal
  • Ewa Ratajczak-Ropel, Gdynia Maritime University, Poland
  • José Antonio Sáez, University of Granada, Spain
  • Virgilijus Sakalauskas, Vilnius University, Lithuania
  • Jose L. Salmeron, University Pablo de Olavide, Spain
  • Jakub Segen, Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology, Poland
  • Ali Selamat, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia
  • Natalya Shakhovska, Lviv Polytechnic National University, Ukraine
  • Andrzej Siemiński, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Poland
  • Vladimir Sobeslav, University of Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
  • Stanimir Stoyanov, University of Plovdiv “Paisii Hilendarski”, Bulgaria
  • Yasufumi Takama, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan
  • Bogdan Trawiński, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Poland
  • Maria Trocan, Institut Superieur d’Electronique de Paris, France
  • Krzysztof Trojanowski, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
  • Ventzeslav Valev, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria
  • Izabela Wierzbowska, Gdynia Maritime University, Poland
  • Michal Woźniak, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Poland
  • Krzysztof Wróbel, Uniwersity of Silesia , Poland
  • Drago Žagar, University of Osijek, Croatia
  • Danuta Zakrzewska, Lodz University of Technology, Poland
  • Constantin-Bala Zamfirescu, “Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu, Romania
  • Aleksander Zgrzywa, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Poland

Program Committees of Special Sessions

WASA 2016: 6th Workshop on Applications of Software Agents

  • Amelia Badica, University of Craiova, Romania
  • Olivier Boissier, ENS Mines Saint-Etienne, France
  • Paolo Bresciani, FBK, Italy
  • Marius Brezovan, University of Craiova, Romania
  • Zoran Budimac, University of Novi Sad, Serbia
  • Mihaela Colhon, University of Craiova, Romania
  • Weihui Dai, Fudan University, China
  • Adina Magda Florea, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania
  • Giancarlo Fortino, University of Calabria, Italy
  • Daniela Gifu, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iasi, Romania
  • Adrian Groza, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania
  • Sorin Ilie, University of Craiova, Romania
  • Galina Ilieva, University of Plovdiv “Paisii Hilendarsky”, Bulgaria
  • Nicolae Jascanu, “Dunarea de Jos” University of Galati, Romania
  • Gordan Jezic, University of Zagreb, Croatia
  • Systä Kari, Tampere University of Technology, Finland
  • Petros Kefalas, University of Sheffield International Faculty, Thessaloniki, Greece
  • Setsuya Kurahashi, University of Tsukuba, Japan
  • Mario Kusek, University of Zagreb, Croatia
  • Florin Leon, Technical University “Gheorghe Asachi” of Iasi, Romania,
  • Marin Lujak, University Rey Juan Carlos, Spain
  • Viorel Negru, West University of Timisoara, Romania
  • Andrea Omicini, University of Bologna, Italy
  • Mihaela Oprea, University Petroleum-Gas of Ploiesti, Romania
  • Agostino Poggi, University of Parma, Italy
  • Ilias Sakellariou, University of Macedonia, Greece
  • Stanimir Stoyanov, University of Plovdiv “Paisii Hilendarsky”, Bulgaria
  • Denis Trcek, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
  • George Vouros, University of Piraeus, Greece
  • Constantin-Bala Zamfirescu, University of Sibiu, Romania

CSDMO 2016: Special Session on Cooperative Strategies for Decision Making and Optimization

  • Dariusz Barbucha, Gdynia Maritime University, Poland
  • Ireneusz Czarnowski, Gdynia Maritime University, Poland
  • Joanna Jędrzejowicz, University of Gdansk, Poland
  • Piotr Jędrzejowicz, Gdynia Maritime University, Poland
  • Edyta Kucharska, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
  • Antonio D. Masegosa, University of Deusto, Spain
  • Javier Montero, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
  • Ewa Ratajczak-Ropel, Gdynia Maritime University, Poland
  • Iza Wierzbowska, Gdynia Maritime University, Poland
  • Mahdi Zargayouna, IFSTTAR, France

RUMOUR 2016: Workshop on Social Media and the Web of Linked Data

  • Nuria Bel, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain
  • Costin Badica, University of Craiova, Romania
  • Georgeta Bordea, National University of Ireland, Ireland
  • Steve Cassidy, Macquarie University, Australia
  • Dragoș Ciobanu, University of Leeds, UK
  • Mihaela Colhon, University of Craiova, Romania
  • Dan Cristea, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iași, Romania
  • Thierry Declerck, Universitat des Saarlandes, Saarbrucken, Germany
  • Daniela Gîfu, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iași, Romania
  • Jorge Gracia, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain
  • Radu Ion, Microsoft Ireland, Ireland
  • John McCray, National University of Ireland, Ireland
  • Rada Mihalcea, University of Michigan, USA
  • Andrei Olariu, University of Bucharest, Romania
  • Octavian Popescu, IBM Research, USA
  • Dan Ștefănescu, Vantage Labs, USA
  • Diana Trandabăț, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iași, Romania
  • Dan Tufiș, Romanian Academy Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence “Mihai Drăgănescu”, Romania
  • Piek Vossen, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • Gabriela Vulcu, National University of Ireland, Ireland
  • Michael Zock, Aix-Marseille Universite, France

WebSys 2016: Special Session on Web Systems and Human-Computer Interaction

  • František Čapkovič, Academy of Sciences, Slovakia
  • Kazimierz Choroś, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Poland
  • Jarosław Jankowski, West Pomeranian University of Technology, Poland
  • Ondřej Krejcar, University of Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
  • Matthieu Manceny, Institut Supérieur d’Électronique de Paris, France
  • Aleš Procházka, Institute of Chemical Technology, Czech Republic
  • Andrzej Siemiński, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Poland
  • Maria Trocan, Institut Supérieur d’Électronique de Paris, France
  • Aleksander Zgrzywa, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Poland

MHTA 2016: Special Session on Meta-Heuristics Techniques and Applications

  • Gerhard-Wilhelm Weber, Middle East Technical University, Turkey
  • Kwon-Hee Lee, Dong-A University, Korea
  • Igor Litvinchev, Nuevo Leon State University, Mexico
  • Mohammad Abdullah-Al-Wadud, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
  • Vo Ngoc Dieu, HCMC University of Technology, Vietnam
  • Gerardo Maximiliano Mendez, Instituto Tecnologico de Nuevo Leon, Mexico
  • Leopoldo Eduardo Cárdenas Barrón, Tecnológico de Monterry, Mexico
  • Denis Sidorov, Irkutsk State University, Russia
  • Weerakorn Ongsakul, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand
  • Goran Klepac, Raiffeisen Bank Austria, Croatia
  • Herman Mawengkang, The University of Sumatera Utara, Indonesia
  • Igor Tyukhov, Moscow State University of Mechanical Engineering, Russia
  • Hayato Ohwada, Tokyo University of Science, Japan
  • Ugo Fiore, Federico II University, Italy
  • Leo Mrsic, University College Effectus – College for Law and Finance, Croatia
  • Nguyen Trung Thang, Ton Duc Thang University, Vietnam
  • Nikolai Voropai, Energy Systems Institute, Russia
  • Shiferaw Jufar, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia
  • Xueguan Song, Dalian University of Technology, China
  • Ruhul A Sarker, UNSW , Australia
  • Vipul Sharma, Lovely Professional University, India

CSI 2016: Special Session on Computational Swarm Intelligence

  • Urszula Boryczka, University of Silesia, Poland
  • Mariusz Boryczka, University of Silesia, Poland
  • Miłosław Chodacki, University of Silesia, Poland
  • Diana Domańska, University of Oslo, Norway
  • Wojciech Froelich, University of Silesia, Poland
  • Przemysław Juszczuk, University of Silesia, Poland
  • Jan Kozak, University of Silesia, Poland
  • Dariusz Pierzchała, Military University of Technology, Poland
  • Rafał Skinderowicz, University of Silesia, Poland
  • Tomasz Staś, University of Economics in Katowice, Poland
  • Beata Zielosko, University of Silesia, Poland

AMNET 2016: Special Session on Ambient Networks

  • Ana Almeida, Porto Superior Institute of Engineering, Portugal
  • Peter Brida, University of Žilina, Slovakia
  • Ivan Dolnak, University of Žilina, Slovakia
  • Elsa Gomes, Porto Superior Institute of Engineering, Portugal
  • Josef Horalek, University of Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
  • Josef Janitor, Technical University of Kosice, Slovakia
  • Ondrej Krejcar, University of Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic.
  • Goreti Marreiros, Porto Superior Institute of Engineering, Portugal
  • Peter Mikulecký, University of Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
  • Juraj Machaj, University of Žilina, Slovakia
  • Marek Penhaker, Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
  • José Salmeron, Universidad Pablo de Olavide of Seville, Spain
  • Ali Selamat, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia
  • Vladimir Sobeslav, University of Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
  • Stylianakis Vassilis, University of Patras, Greece

ITiB 2016: Special Session on IT in Biomedicine

  • Dawit Assafa Haile, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
  • Peter Brida, University of Žilina, Slovakia
  • Richard Cimler, University of Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
  • Rafael Dolezal, University of Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
  • Ricardo J. Ferrari, Federal University of Sao Carlos, Brazil
  • Tanos C.C. Franca, Military Institute of Engineering, Brasil
  • Ondrej Krejcar, University of Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
  • Kamil Kuca, University of Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
  • Juraj Machaj, University of Žilina, Slovakia
  • Petra Maresova, University of Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
  • Marek Penhaker, Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
  • Jan Plavka, Technical University of Kosice, Slovakia
  • Teodorico C. Ramalho, Federal University of Lavras, Brasil
  • Saber Salehi, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia
  • Ali Selamat, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia

ISITE 2016: Special Session on Impact of Smart and Intelligent Technology on Education

  • Pavel Doulik, Jan Evangelista Purkyne University, Czech Republic
  • Blanka Klimova, University of Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
  • Katerina Kostolanyova , University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
  • Silvia Pokrivcakova, Constantine the Philosopher University, Slovakia
  • Tatiana Polyakova, Moscow State Technical University for Automobile and Road, Russia
  • Petra Poulova, University of Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
  • Maria Teresa Restivo, Universidade do Porto, Portugal
  • Tiia Ruutmann, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
  • Jiri Skoda, Jan Evangelista Purkyne University, Czech Republic
  • Marcela Sokolova, University of Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
  • Ivana Simonova, University of Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
  • Darina Tóthova, European University Information Systems Slovakia
  • Milan Turcani, Constantine the Philosopher University, Slovakia

BigDMS 2016: Special Session on Big Data Mining and Searching

  • Ajith Abraham, Machine Intelligence Research Labs, USA
  • Thierry Badard, Laval University, Canada
  • Hassan Badir, ENSAT Tangier, Morocco
  • Chiheb Ben N’cir, Université de la Manouba, Tunisia
  • Ismaïl Biskri, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Canada
  • Guillaume Cleuziou, Université d’Orléans, France
  • Ernesto Damiani, University of Milan, Italy
  • Gayo Diallo, University of Bordeaux, France
  • Aymen Elkhlifi, University of Paris Sorbonne, France
  • Nadia Essoussi, FSEG Nabeul, University of Carthage, Tunisia
  • Rim Faiz, IHEC, University of Carthage, Tunisia
  • Sami Faiz, ISAMM, University of Manouba, Tunisia
  • Riadh Farah, ISAMM, University of Manouba, Tunisia
  • Faiez Gargouri, ISIMS, University of Sfax, Tunisia
  • Lamia Hadrich Belguith, FSEGS, University of Sfax, Tunisia
  • Frédéric Hubert, Laval University, Canada
  • Ahmed Moussa, ENSA, Abdelmalek Essaadi University, Morocco
  • Maria Malek, EISTI, France
  • Gabriella Pasi, University of Milan Bicocca, Italy

MLMB 2016: Special Session on Machine Learning in Medicine and Biometrics

  • Nabendu Chaki, University of Calcutta, India
  • Robert Czabański, University of Silesia, Poland
  • Adam Gacek, Institute of Medical Technology and Equipment, Poland
  • Marina Gavrilova, University of Calgary Canada
  • Manuel Graña, University of the Basque Country, Spain
  • Alicja Wakulicz-Deja, University of Silesia, Poland
  • Robert Koprowski, University of Silesia, Poland
  • Agnieszka Nowak-Brzezińska, University of Silesia, Poland
  • Nobuyuki Nishiuchi, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan
  • Małgorzata Przybyła-Kasperek, University of Silesia, Poland
  • Marek Kurzyński, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Poland
  • Roman Simiński, University of Silesia, Poland
  • Janusz Jeżewski, Institute of Medical Technology and Equipment, Poland
  • Dragan Simic, University of Novi Sad, Serbia
  • Ewaryst Tkacz, Silesian University of Technology, Poland
  • Dariusz Mrozek, Silesian University of Technology, Poland
  • Bożena Małysiak – Mrozek, Silesian University of Technology, Poland
  • Michał Dramiński, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland.
  • Michał Kozielski, Silesian University of Technology, Poland
  • Rafał Deja, Academy of Business in Dabrowa Gornicza, Poland

LRLP 2016: Special Session on Low Resource Language Processing

  • Ualsher Tukeyev, al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Kazakhstan
  • Zhandos Zhumanov, al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Kazakhstan
  • Francis Tyers, The Arctic University of Norway, Norway
  • Madina Mansurova, al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Kazakhstan
  • Altynbek Sharipbay, L.N.Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Kazakhstan
  • Orken Mamyrbayev, Institute of Information and Computational Technologies, Kazakhstan
  • Rustam Musabayev, Institute of Information and Computational Technologies, Kazakhstan
  • Zhenisbek Assylbekov, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan
  • Aibek Makazhanov, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan
  • Jonathan Washington, Indiana University, USA
  • Djavdet Suleimanov, Institute of Applied Semiotics, Tatarstan, Russia
  • Sergazy Narynov, Alem Research company, Kazakhstan
  • Miquel Esplà-Gomis, University of Alicante, Spain
  • Altangerel Chagnaa, National University of Mongolia, Mongolia