Organizing Committee

Advisory Committee

Isao Hayashi (Kansai University, Japan)
Atsushi Inoue (Eastern Washington University, USA)
Mario Köppen (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan)
Hideyuki Takagi (Kyushu University, Japan)
Motohide Umano (Osaka Prefecture University, Japan)
Toshihiko Watanabe (Osaka Electro-Communication University, Japan)
Takahiro Yamanoi (Hokkai-Gakuen University, Japan)
Yi Gon Kim (Chonnam Nat'l Univ., Korea)
Young Hoon Joo (Kunsan Nat'l Univ., Korea)
Suk-Seung Hwang (Kyungnam Univ., Korea)
Seok Jong Lee (Chungbuk Nat'l Univ., Korea)
Gyei-Kark Park (Mokpo Nat'l Maritime Univ., Korea)
Yong Soo Kim (Daejeon University, Korea)
Sang Yong Rhee (Kyungnam University, Korea)

Honorary Chairs

Honorary Co-Chairs

Toshio Fukuda (Nagoya University, Japan)
Takehisa Onisawa (Univ. of Tsukuba, Japan)
Junzo Watada (Waseda Univ., Japan)
Takeshi Yamakawa (Fuzzy Logic Sys. Inst., Japan)
Zenn Bien (UNIST, Korea)
Hong Tae Jeon (CAU, Korea)
Geun Taek Kang (Pukyong Nat'l Univ., Korea)
Kwee-Bo Sim (Chung-Ang Univ., Korea)

Local Honorary Co-Chairs

Hiroshi Maeda (Kyushu Institute of Tech., Japan)
Hiromi Miyajima (Kagoshima University, Japan)

Founding Chairs

Kaoru Hirota (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)
Kwang Hyung Lee (KAIST, Korea)
Takanori Shibata (AIST, Japan)

General Section

General Chair

Norikazu Ikoma (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan)
Young Jae Ryoo (Mokpo National University, Korea)

Vice-General Chair

Hiroshi Wakuya (Saga University, Japan)

General Affairs

Mitsunori Mizumachi (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan)

Local Organizing Committee

Chair

Takashi Samatsu (Tokai University, Japan)

Vice-Chairs

Kiyotaka Izumi (Saga University, Japan)
Noritaka Shigei (Kagoshima University, Japan)

Secretariat

Motoki Miura (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan)

Local Arrangements Committee

Chair

Kenichi Asami (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan)

Vice-Chairs

Akitoshi Hanazawa (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan)
Sozo Inoue (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan)
Hyoungseop Kim (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan)
Kazuhiro Tokunaga (National Fisheries Univ., Japan)

Social Events Committee

Chair

Yoshiyuki Yabuuchi (Shimonoseki City Univ., Japan)

Vice-Chair

Yoshiyuki Matsumoto (Shimonoseki City Univ., Japan)

Program Committee

Chairs

Keiichi Horio (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan)
Suk-seung Hwang (Chosun Univ., Korea)

Vice-Chairs

Yutaka Hatakeyama (Kochi University, Japan)
Yukinobu Hoshino (Kochi University of Technology, Japan)
Shinichi Yoshida (Kochi University of Technology, Japan)
Bo Hyeun Wang (Kangnung-Wonju Nat'l Univ. Korea)
Youngho Lee (Mokpo Nat'l Univ. Korea)
Kyoung-jae Kim (Dongguk University, Korea)

Organized Session Committee Co-Chairs

Kazuo Ishii (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan)
Kazuo Kiguchi (Kyushu University, Japan)
Hiroshi Sakai (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan)
Eiji Uchino (Yamaguchi University, Japan)
Keigo Watanabe (Okayama University, Japan)
Eun Tai Kim ( Yonsei Univ., Korea)
Hyun-sik Kim (Tongmyung University, Korea)
Jung-Sook Kim (Kimpo College, Korea)
In-ho Ra (Kunsan National University, Korea)
Hwachang Song (Seoul Nat'l University of Science & Tech., Korea)

Program Committee Members

List of PC Members

Finance Committee

Chairs

Eiichi Inohira (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan)
Chang hoon Lee (Paichai Univ., Korea)

Vice-Chairs

Ryosuke Kubota (Ube Nat'l College of Tech., Japan)
Hiroaki Wagatsuma (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan)
Jin-Woo Jung (Dongguk Univ., Korea)

Exhibition Committee

Chairs

Noriaki Suetake (Yamaguchi University, Japan)
Byung-Jae Choi, Daegu University, Korea

Vice-Chairs

Takanori Koga (Tokuyama College of Technology, Japan)
Hideaki Misawa (Ube National College of Technology, Japan)
Kiyeol Seo (KIOST, Korea)
Myung Geun Chun (Chungbuk Nat'l Univ., Korea)

Publication Committee

Chairs:

Kei Ohnishi (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan)
MoonSoo Chang (Seokyeong Univ., Korea)

Vice-Chairs

Keiji Kamei (Nishinippon Institute of Tech., Japan)
Manabu Shimakawa (Kumamoto NCT., Japan)
Yong-Tae Kim (Hankyong National University, Korea)
Byoung-Tak Zhang (Seoul Nat'l Univ., Korea)
Jongmyung Choi (Mokpo Nat'l Univ. Korea)
Soo-Chan Kim (Hankyong National University , Korea)

Publicity Committee

Chairs

Hideaki Kawano (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan)
Hiroshi Ohtake (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan)
Namkyun Im (Mokpo Nat'l Maritime Univ., Korea)
Sungshin Kim (Pusan Nat'l Univ. Korea)

Vice-Chairs

Aoi Honda (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan)
Naruki Shirahama (Kitakyushu NCT, Japan)
Jung Sik Jeong (Mokpo Maritime National University, Korea)
Kwang Baek Kim (Silla University, Korea)

International Relations Chairs

Md. Atiqur Rahman Ahad (University of Dhaka, Bangladesh)
Edson Hiroshi Aoki (Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore)
Youngchul Bae (Chonnam National Univ., Korea)
Young Im Cho (University of Suwon, Korea)
Jee-Hyong Lee (Sungkyunkwan Univ. Korea)
Keon Myung Lee (Chungbuk Nat'l Univ., Korea)
Gerald Schaefer (Loughborough University, U.K.)
Yan Shi (Tokai University, Japan)
Kaori Yoshida (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan)

Award Committee

Chairs

Yasuo Kudo (Muroran Institute of Technology, Japan)
Dae Yeong Im (KITECH, Korea)

Vice-Chairs

Yukio Horiguchi (Kyoto University, Japan)
Takeshi Nishida (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan)
Chang-Ho Hyun (Kongju Nat'l Univ., Korea)
Chang Suk Kim (Kongju National University, Korea)