Organizers

Honorary Chairs  

Shun-ichi Amari, Teikyo University, Japan
Kunihiko Fukushima, Fuzzy Logic Systems Institute, Japan

General Chairs  

Kenji Doya, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Japan
Maryam Doborjeh, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand

Programme Chairs

Tadahiro Taniguchi, Kyoto University, Japan
Andrew Chi Sing Leung, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Special Session Chairs   

Tatsuya Daikoku, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Monowar Bhuyan, Umeå University, Sweden

Tutorial & Workshop Chairs

Tadashi Kozuno, Omron Sinic-X, Japan
Masakazu Taira, The University of Sydney, Australia
Heyang Thomas Li, University of Canberbury, New Zealand

Competition Chairs      

Tao Ban, NICT, Japan
Ryo Karakida, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan

Award Chairs     

Yutaka Sakai, Tamagawa University, Japan
Tingwen Huang, Shenzhen University of Advanced Technology, China

Finance Chairs  

Saori Tanaka, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan
Yumi Shikauchi, Showa University, Japan
MTanveer, Indian Institute of Technology Indore, India

Publication Chairs  

Junichiro Yoshimoto, Fujita Health University, Japan
Mufti Mahmud, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia

Publicity Chairs 

Natsue Yoshimura,  Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan
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 Leracitano, Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria, Italy
Zohreh Doborjeh, The University of Auckland, New Zealand

Web Master 

Ken Nakae, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Japan

Social Media Chair

Hiroaki Hamada, Araya Inc.

Local Organising Chairs 

Yukako Yamane, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Japan
Makoto Yamada, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Japan

Industry Liaison Chairs

Shinichi Maeda, Preferred Networks, Japan

International Advisory Committee

Shin Ishii, Kyoto University, Japan
Kevin Wong, Murdoch University, Australia
Danilo Mandic, Imperial College London, UK
Francesco Carlo Morabito, University Mediterranea of Reggio Calabria, Italy
Stefan Wermter, University of Hamburg, Germany