Committee
Chief Patron
Madhavan Nambiar IAS (Rtd.), Chairman, IIITM-K
Patron
Saji Gopinath, Director, IIITM-K
General Chairs
Rajesh M. Hegde, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India
Sri Krishnan, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada
Jayanta Mukhopadhyay, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India
Vipin Chaudhary, State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo, USA
General Executive Chair
Sabu M. Thampi, IIITM-K, India
Technical Program Chairs
Oge Marques, Florida Atlantic University (FAU), USA
Selwyn Piramuthu, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
Theodoros Tsiftsis, Jinan University, China
Juan M. Corchado, Air Institute, University of Salamanca, Spain
Workshop Chairs
Anustup Choudhury, Dolby Laboratories, USA
Maheshkumar H. Kolekar, Indian Institute of Technology Patna, India
Domenico Ciuonzo, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Advisory Committee
Francesco Masulli, University of Genoa, Italy
Pramod K. Varshney, Syracuse University, USA
Dharma P. Agrawal, University of Cincinnati, USA
Soura Dasgupta, The University of Iowa, USA
Kuan-Ching Li, Providence University, Taiwan
Sushmita Mitra, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India
Hideyuki TAKAGI, Kyushu University, Japan
Deniz Erdogmus, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
Sergey Mosin, Kazan Federal University, Russia
TPC Members
Hossein Malekinezhad, Michigan Technological University, USA
V. B. Surya Prasath, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, USA
Jun Qin, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, USA
Thakshila Wimalajeewa, Syracuse University, USA
Peng Zhang, Stony Brook University, USA
Zhe Zhang, Geroge Mason University, USA
Sergey Biryuchinskiy, Vigitek, Inc., USA
Anustup Choudhury, Dolby Laboratories, USA
Sharath Pankanti, IBM Research, USA
Vesh Raj Sharma Banjade, Intel Corporation, USA
Yingmeng Xiang, GEIRI North America, USA
Ognjen Arandjelovic, University of St Andrews, United Kingdom (Great Britain)
Cathryn Peoples, Ulster University, United Kingdom (Great Britain)
John Soraghan, University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom (Great Britain)
Quoc-Tuan Vien, Middlesex University, United Kingdom (Great Britain)
Wenwu Wang, University of Surrey, United Kingdom (Great Britain)
Hector Zenil, Oxford University and Karolinska Institute, United Kingdom (Great Britain)
Burhan Gulbahar, Ozyegin University, Turkey
Yasin Kabalci, Nigde Omer Halisdemir University, Turkey
Tarek Bejaoui, University of Paris-Sud 11, Tunisia
Elyas Rakhshani, Delft University of Technology, TU Delft, The Netherlands
Thaweesak Yingthawornsuk, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand
Grienggrai Rajchakit, Maejo University, Thailand
Bao Rong Chang, National University of Kaohsiung, Taiwan
I-Cheng Chang, National DongHwa University, Taiwan
Tzung-Pei Hong, National University of Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Gwo-Jiun Horng, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Jiachyi Wu, National Taiwan Ocean University, Taiwan
Emilio Jiménez Macías, University of La Rioja, Spain
Juan Pedro Lopez Velasco, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain
Gema Piñero, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
Jithin Ravi, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
Addisson Salazar, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain
Viranjay Mohan Srivastava, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Theo Swart, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Ales Zamuda, University of Maribor, Slovenia
Anna Antonyová, University of Prešov in Prešov, Slovakia
Chau Yuen, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore
Dragana Baji?, University of Novi Sad, Serbia
Ervin Varga, University of Novi Sad, Serbia
Sameera Abar, King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia
Haikal El Abed, Technical Trainers College (TTC), Saudi Arabia
El-Sayed El-Alfy, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia
Kashif Saleem, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
Justin Dauwels, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Salvatore Distefano, University of Kazan, Russia
Andrey Krylov, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia
Anh Huy Phan, SKOLKOVO Institute of Science and Technology, Russia
Felix Albu, Valahia University of Targoviste, Romania
Mihaela Albu, Politehnica University of Bucharest, Romania
Valentina Balas, Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad, Romania
Doru Florin Chiper, University Gh. Asachi of Iasi, Romania
Bogdan Dumitrescu, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania
Radu Vasiu, Politehnica University of Timisoara, Romania
Faycal Bensaali, Qatar University, Qatar
Fernando Perdigão, Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal
Adão Silva, Instituto de Telecomunicações (IT)/University of Aveiro, Portugal
Anna Bartkowiak, University of Wroclaw, Poland
Andrzej Borys, Gdynia Maritime University, Poland
Tomasz Piotrowski, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Poland
Zbigniew Piotrowski, Military University of Technology, Poland
Ryszard Tadeusiewicz, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
Belal Amro, Hebron University, Palestine
Bin Cao, Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen Graduate School, P.R. China
Jiayu Chen, Wuhan University, P.R. China
Mingkai Chen, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China
Shiwen He, Central South University, P.R. China
Wei-Chiang Hong, Jiangsu Normal University, P.R. China
Philip Moore, Lanzhou University, P.R. China
Wei Wei, Xi'an University of Technology, P.R. China
Jingjin Wu, BNU-HKBU United International College, P.R. China
Kui Xu, Army Engineering University of PLA, P.R. China
Yuhua Xu, PLA University of Science and Technology, P.R. China
Qiang Yang, Zhejiang University, P.R. China
Jihong Yu, Beijing Institute of Technology/ Simon Fraser University, P.R. China
Rongqing Zhang, Tongji University, P.R. China
Aniruddha Bhattacharjya, Tsinghua University, P.R. China
Ramesh Rayudu, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Raouyane Brahim, Faculty of Sciences Ain Chock, Morocco
Ahmed El Oualkadi, Abdelmalek Essaadi University, Morocco
César Cárdenas, Tecnológico de Monterrey - Campus Guadalajara, Mexico
Rosaura Palma-Orozco, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico
Badrul Hisham Ahmad, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia
Mohd Ashraf Ahmad, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Malaysia
Kamarulafizam Ismail, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia
Thinagaran Perumal, University Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
Bahbibi Rahmatullah, Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris, Malaysia
Muhammad Rashid, IIUM Gombak Malaysia, Malaysia
Ibrahim Nasir, Sebha University, Libya
Mohammad Abushariah, The University of Jordan, Jordan
Toru Takahashi, Osaka Sangyo University, Japan
Toshio Tsuji, Hiroshima University, Japan
Tomonobu Sato, Hitachi ICT Business Services, Ltd., Japan
Paolo Crippa, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy
Gianluigi Ferrari, University of Parma, Italy
Ugo Fiore, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Stavros Ntalampiras, Università degli studi Milano, Italy
Pisana Placidi, University of Perugia, Italy
Alessandro Testa, Ministry of Economy and Finance, Italy
Kenneth Dawson-Howe, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
Dheyaa Sabr Al Azzawi, Wasit University, Iraq
Reza J. Alitappeh, Mazandaran University of Science and Technology (MAZUST), Iran
Hamed Mojallali, University of Guilan, Iran
Hugeng Hugeng, Universitas Tarumanagara, Indonesia
Shikha Agrawal, Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya, Bhopal, India
Shamim Akhter, Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, NOIDA, India
Shajith Ali, SSN College of Engineering, Chennai, India
Krishna Battula, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Kakinada, India
Chinmay Chakraborty, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, India
Nishant Doshi, PDPU, India
Nithin George, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, India
Surajeet Ghosh, Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, India
Ashish Goel, JIIT, India
Madhu Jain, Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Noida, India
Shruti Jain, Jaypee University of Information Technology, Waknaghat, India
Raveendranathan K Chellappan, College of Engineering Thiruvananthapuram, India
Vineet Khandelwal, Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, India
Mofazzal Khondekar, B C Roy Engineering College, India
Anirban Kundu, Netaji Subhash Engineering College, India
Noor Mahammad Sk, Indian Institute of Information Technology Design and Manufacturing (IIITDM) Kancheepuram, India
TC Manjunath, Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Joycee Mekie, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, India
Abhishek Midya, National Institute of Technology, Silchar, India
Vinay Mittal, Indian Institute of Technology Chittoor, Sri City, India
Ravibabu Mulaveesala, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, India
Kalavathi Palanisamy, The Gandhigram Rural Institute - Deemed to be University, India
Dipti Patil, Pune University, India
Munaga Prasad, IDRBT, India
Sathidevi P. Savithri, National Institute of Technology Calicut, India
Vadivelu R, Anna University, India
Jaynendra Kumar Rai, Amity School of Engineering and Technology, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, India
Harikumar Rajaguru, Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, India
Priya Ranjan, Amity University, India
G. Ramachandra Reddy, Vellore Institute of Technology, India
Priti Rege, College of Engineering, Pune, India
Andrews Samraj, Mahendra Engineering College, India
Jankiballabh Sharma, Rajasthan Technical University, India
Neeru Sharma, Jaypee University of Information Technology, India
Raghvendra Sharma, Amity School of Engineering and Technology, Gwalior, India
Pushpendra Singh, Bennett University, Greater Noida, India
Arun Sinha, Vellore Institute of Technology, Andhrapradesh, India
China Sonagiri, Institute of Aeronautical Engineering, India
Seshan Srirangarajan, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India
Ciza Thomas, College of Engineering Trivandrum, India
Nilesh Uke, University of Pune, India
Madhur Upadhayay, Shiv Nadar University, India
Samudra Vijaya, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India
Rajeev Shrivastava, MPSIDC, India
Hrishikesh Sharma, Innovation Labs, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., India
Jayakumar Singaram, Independent IoT Consultant, India
Kalman Palagyi, University of Szeged, Hungary
Jozsef Vasarhelyi, University of Miskolc, Hungary
Hing Keung Lau, Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education, Tsing Yi, Hong Kong
Dimitris Ampeliotis, University of Patras, Greece
Grigorios Beligiannis, University of Patras, Greece
Konstantinos Blekas, University of Ioannina, Greece
Katerina Kabassi, Ionian University, Greece
Michael Vrahatis, University of Patras, Greece
George Tambouratzis, Institute for Language & Speech Processing, Greece
Ilka Miloucheva, Media Applications Research, Germany
Matthias Vodel, Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany
Valerio Frascolla, Intel Deutschland Gmbh, Germany
Munir Georges, Intel, Germany
Lotfi Chaari, University of Toulouse, France
Aladine Chetouani, Polytech Orleans, France
Paul Honeine, Université de Rouen, France
Pascal Lorenz, University of Haute Alsace, France
Kester Quist-Aphetsi, University of Brest France, France
Patrick Siarry, University of Paris XII, France
Mohamed Moustafa, Egyptian Russian University, Egypt
Eduardo Pinos, Universidad Politécnica Salesiana, Ecuador
Vladislav Skorpil, Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic
George Dekoulis, Aerospace Engineering Institute, Cyprus
Nizar Bouguila, Concordia University, Canada
Stefka Fidanova, Institute of Information and Communication Technologies, Bulgaria
Minh-Son Dao, Universiti Teknologi Brunei, Brunei Darussalam
Marcelo Alencar, Federal University of Campina Grande, Brazil
Rodrigo Capobianco Guido, São Paulo State University, Brazil
Joao Paulo da Costa, University of Brasília, Brazil
Marcio Eisencraft, Escola Politécnica da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
Alexandre Gonçalves Silva, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil
Waslon Lopes, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Brazil
Wemerson Parreira, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil
Joel Rodrigues, National Institute of Telecommunications (Inatel), Brazil
Otavio Teixeira, Universidade Federal do Para (UFPA), Brazil
Suryakanthi Tangirala, University of Botswana, Botswana
José Luis Hernandez Ramos, European Commission - Joint Research Centre (JRC), Belgium
Gustavo Fernández Domínguez, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, Austria