Committees


Chief Patron

Dr. G. Viswanathan, Chancellor, VIT

Patrons

Sankar Viswanathan, Vice-President Vellore Institute of Technology
Sekar Viswanathan, Vice-President Vellore Institute of Technology
G. V. Selvam, Vice-President Vellore Institute of Technology
Sandhya Pentareddy, Executive Director, Vellore Institute of Technology
Kadhambari S. Viswanathan, Assistant Vice-President, VIT
Rambabu Kodali, Vice Chancellor , Vellore Institute of Technology
S. Narayanan, Pro-VC, Vellore Institute of Technology Vellore
V. S. Kanchana Bhaaskaran, Pro-VC, Vellore Institute of Technology Chennai
P. K. Manoharan, Additional Registrar, VIT Chennai

General Chairs

Janusz Kacprzyk, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Marcin Paprzycki, Systems Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
Sushmita Mitra, Machine Intelligence Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India

General Executive Chair

Sabu M. Thampi, IIITM-Kerala, India

Organizing Chairs

Geetha S, VIT, Chennai
Jagadeesh Kannan R, VIT, Chennai

Organizing Co-Chairs

Asha S., VIT, Chennai
Pattabiraman R, VIT, Chennai
Viswanathan V, VIT, Chennai

Technical Program Chairs

Juan Manuel Corchado Rodriguez, University of Salamanca, Spain
El-Sayed El-Alfy, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia
Ljiljana Trajkovic, Simon Fraser University, Canada

Organizing Secretaries

Sweetlin Hemalatha C, VIT, Chennai
Suganya G, VIT, Chennai
Kumar R, VIT, Chennai

Technical Program Committee Members

Phan Cong-Vinh, NTT University, Vietnam
Hai Pham, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Vietnam
Eduard Babulak, Liberty University, USA
Roy Campbell, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
Sumer Can, Diodes, Inc., USA
Jiajian Chen, Qualcomm Research Silicon Valley, USA
Samuel Cheng, University of Oklahoma, USA
K. Kishore Dhara, Avaya Labs Research, USA
J. Mailen Kootsey, Simulation Resources, Inc., USA
Xia Li, Apple, USA
Hossein Malekinezhad, Michigan Technological University, USA
Haijun Pan, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA
Vishnu Pendyala, San Jose State University, USA
John Strassner, Huawei, USA
Tatsuya Suda, University Netgroup Inc., USA
Taha Selim Ustun, Carnegie-Mellon University, USA
Gang Wang, PCTEL, Inc., USA
Martine Wedlake, Amazon, USA
Peng Zhang, Stony Brook University, USA
Arijit Bhattacharya, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom
Tasos Dagiuklas, London South Bank University, United Kingdom
Ahmed Elmisery, University of South Wales, United Kingdom
Mustansar Ghazanfar, University of Southampton, United Kingdom
Miguel López-Benítez, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
Ahmad Lotfi, Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom
Lyudmila Mihaylova, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
Ray Sheriff, University of Bolton, United Kingdom
Mohammad Al-Shabi, University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Saad Harous, UAE University, United Arab Emirates
Albert Guvenis, Bogazici University, Turkey
Mohamed Najeh Lakhoua, SMS, ENICarthage, Tunisia
Grienggrai Rajchakit, Maejo University, Thailand
Mu-Song Chen, Electrical Engineering, Da-Yeh University, Taiwan
Chien-Fu Cheng, Tamkang University, Taiwan
Yih-Jiun Lee, Chinese Culture University, Taiwan
Jeng-Shyang Pan, National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences, Taiwan
Kuei-Ping Shih, Tamkang University, Taiwan
I-Hsien Ting, National University of Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Ming-Fong Tsai, National United University, Taiwan
You-Chiun Wang, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan
Monowar Bhuyan, Umeå University, Sweden
Oskars Ozolins, RISE AB, Sweden
Athanasios V. Vasilakos, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden
Jorge Bernal Bernabe, University of Murcia, Spain
Pablo Corral, Miguel Hernández University, Spain
Emilio Jiménez Macías, University of La Rioja, Spain
Antonio LaTorre, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
Hector Menendez, Middlesex University London, Spain
Nestor Mora Nuñez, Cadiz University, Spain
Addisson Salazar, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain
Alvaro Suárez-Sarmiento, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Viranjay Mohan Srivastava, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Chau Yuen, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore
Dr Eng Harish Kumar, King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia
Elena Benderskaya, Saint-Petersburg State Politechnical University, Russia
Monica Chis, Freelancer Information Technology and Services, Romania
Dan Milici, University of Suceava, Romania
Jose Delgado, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal
Manuel Silva, ISEP/IPP - School of Engineering, Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Portugal
Iouliia Skliarova, University of Aveiro, Portugal
Christophe Soares, University Fernando Pessoa, Portugal
Luis Teixeira, Universidade Catolica Portuguesa, Portugal
Janusz Kacprzyk, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Dariusz Krol, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland
Micha? Wo?niak, Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland
Piotr Zwierzykowski, Poznan University of Technology, Poland
Alaa Aljanaby, Aspire2 International, New Zealand
Anouar Abtoy, The National School of Applied Sciences (ENSA) ot Tetuan, Abdelmalek Essaâdi University, Morocco
Mhamed Bakrim, University of Cadi Ayyad Marrakesh, Morocco
Dalila Chiadmi, Mohammadia School of Engineering, Morocco
Hicham Ghennioui, LSSC, Faculty of Sciences and Technologies, University of Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah, Fez, Morocco
Jose Alanis, Universidad Tecnologica de Puebla, Mexico
Blanca Bermúdez, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Mexico
Rosaura Palma-Orozco, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico
Mark Micallef, University of Malta, Malta
Mohammad Faiz Liew Abdullah, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM), Malaysia
Badrul Hisham Ahmad, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia
Mohd Ashraf Ahmad, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Malaysia
Nurin Haniah, UiTM, Malaysia
Azlan Iqbal, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Malaysia
Lai Khin Wee, Universiti Malaya, Malaysia
Ku Nurul Fazira Ku Azir, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Malaysia
Mustafa Man, University Malaysia Terengganu, Malaysia
Norita Md Norwawi, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia, Malaysia
Mas Rina Mustaffa, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
Hu Ng, Multimedia University, Malaysia
Md Jan Nordin, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia
Thinagaran Perumal, University Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
Saidah Saad, Faculty of Information Science And Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia
Rizauddin Saian, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
Muataz Salih, Flex, Malaysia
Rossi Kamal, Kyung Hee University, Korea (South)
Dhananjay Singh, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Korea (South)
Noriko Etani, Peach Aviation Limited, Japan
Akihiro Fujihara, Chiba Institute of Technology, Japan
Hiroshi Kamabe, Gifu University, Japan
Kenichi Kourai, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan
Kazuo Mori, Mie University, Japan
Flora Amato, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy
Domenico Ciuonzo, University of Naples Federico II, IT, Italy
Paolo Crippa, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy
Ruggero Donida Labati, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy
Claudio Ferrari, UNIFI, Italy
Ugo Fiore, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Marco Listanti, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Italy
Fabio Scotti, Universita' degli Studi di Milano, Italy
Valeria Seidita, DIID - Università degli Studi di Palermo, Italy
Sabrina Senatore, University of Salerno, Italy
Orazio Tomarchio, University of Catania, Italy
Karim Al-Saedi, Mustansiriyah University, Iraq
Safanah Raafat, University of Technology Baghdad, Iraq
Mohammadali Behrang, FARAB Co., Iran
Shahram Javadi, Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch, Iran
Abdalhossein Rezai, ACECR, Iran
Hamed Vahdat-Nejad, University of Birjand, Iran
Tri Priyambodo, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia
Sritrusta Sukaridhoto, Politeknik Elektronika Negeri Surabaya, Indonesia
Nagaraju A, CURAJ, India
Naveen Aggarwal, Panjab University, India
Tanvir Ahmad, Jamia Millia Islamia, India
Firoz Ahmed, Alstom T&D India Limited, India
Shajith Ali, SSN College of Engineering, Chennai, India
Manjunath Aradhya, Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering, India
Anirban Chowdhury, School of Design (SoD), India
Durairaj Devaraj, Kalasalingam University, India
Subhash Dubey, Govt College of Engineering and Technology Jammu-J&K, India
Omid Mahdi Ebadati E., Hamdard University, India
Omar Farooq, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India
Niketa Gandhi, Senior Member IEEE, India
Rama Garimella, IIIT Hyderabad, India
Anjana Gosain, Indraprastha University, India
Brij Gupta, National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra, India
Hari Gupta, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi, INDIA, India
Shruti Jain, Jaypee University of Information Technology, Waknaghat, India
Vimala Jayakumar, Alagappa University, India
Shreenivas Jog, Savitribai Phule of Pune University, India
Satishkumar Joshi, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, India
Raveendranathan Kalathil Chellappan, College of Engineering Thiruvananthapuram, India
Arun Kumar, NIT Rourkela, India
Anirban Kundu, Netaji Subhash Engineering College, India
Santosh Majhi, Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology, India
Akhil jabbar Meerja, Vardhaman College of Engineering, India
Ravibabu Mulaveesala, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, India
Madhu Nair, Cochin University of Science and Technology, India
Asoke Nath, St. Xavier's College, India
Kanubhai Patel, Charotar University of Science and Technology (CHARUSAT), India
Zaheeruddin Prof, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India
Jaynendra Kumar Rai, Amity School of Engineering and Technology, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, India
Priya Ranjan, SRM University, Amaravathi, India
G. p. Sajeev, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, India
Sayantam Sarkar, Vijaya Vittala Institute of Technology, India
Arun Sharma, Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women, India
Urmila Shrawankar, RTM Nagpur University, India
Manu Sood, Himachal Pradesh University, India
Sreedharan Pillai Sreelal, Indian Space Research Organization, India
Smriti Srivastava, Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology, India
K Subramanian, NIC, India
Mukesh Taneja, Cisco Systems, India
Ragunathan Thirumalaisamy, Indian Institute of Design Manufacturing, Kurnool, India
Ciza Thomas, College of Engineering Trivandrum, India
Ram Narayan Yadav, Institute of Infrastructure Technology Research And Management, Ahmedabad, India
Robert Szabolcsi, Óbuda University, Hungary
Vasileios Baousis, University of Athens, Greece
Katerina Kabassi, Ionian University, Greece
Sotiris Kotsiantis, University of Patras, Greece
Ioannis Moscholios, University of Peloponnese, Greece
Dimitrios Stratogiannis, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
Abdul-Rahman Ahmed, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana
Munir Georges, Intel, Germany
Ilka Miloucheva, Media Applications Research, Germany
Dennis Pfisterer, University of Luebeck, Germany
A F M Sajidul Qadir, Samsung R&D Institute-Bangladesh, Germany
Matthias Vodel, Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany
Salah Bourennane, Ecole Centrale Marseille, France
Jean Dezert, Onera, France
Attilio Fiandrotti, Telecom ParisTech, France
Pascal Lorenz, University of Haute Alsace, France
Stephane Maag, TELECOM SudParis, France
Kester Quist-Aphetsi, University of Brest France, France
Patrick Siarry, University of Paris XII, France
Mare Koit, University of Tartu, Estonia
Hanaa Ali, Zagazig University, Egypt
Maki Habib, The American University in Cairo, Egypt
Padmanaban Sanjeevikumar, Aalborg University, Denmark
Roman Neruda, Institute of Computer Science, Czech Republic
George Dekoulis, Mesoyios College, Cyprus
Kamil Dimililer, Near East University, Cyprus
Jovana Zoroja, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Xiangguo Li, Henan University of Technology, China
Philip Moore, Lanzhou University, China
Laxmisha Rai, Shandong University of Science and Technology, China
Arvind Singh, Shandong University, China
Belloulata Kamel, Université de Sherbrooke, Canada
Tushar Ratanpara, Dharmsinh desai University, Canada
Adel Sharaf, University of New Brunswick, Canada
Abhijit Sinha, AUG Signals, Canada
Haibin Zhu, Nipissing University, Canada
Rossitza Goleva, New Bulgarian University, Bulgaria
Lucio Agostinho, Federal University of Technology - Campus Apucarana, Brazil
Miguel Franklin de Castro, Federal University of Ceará, Brazil
Raphael Gomes, Instituto Federal de Goiás - IFG, Brazil
Otavio Lavor, UFERSA, Brazil
Joel Rodrigues, Federal University of Piauí (UFPI), Brazil
Sasan Adibi, Deakin University, Australia
Narottam Das, CQUniversity Australia, Australia
Waail Lafta, Griffith University / School of Engineering, Australia
Ligang Zhang, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Esteban Mocskos, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Mourad Amad, Bouira University, Algeria
Samir Ladaci, National Polytechnic School of Constantine, Algeria
Mohand Lagha, Blida1 University, Aeronautical Science Laboratory, Algeria
Mohammed Saaidia, University of Souk-Ahras. Algeria, Algeria