Sponsor/Tech. Co-Sponsor of ICIEV17:

• Technical Co-sponsor: IEEE
• Technical Co-sponsor: IEEE Computer Society
• Technical Co-sponsor: IEEE Technical Committee on Pattern Analysis & Machine Intelligence
• Co-organizer: The Society of Instrument and Control Engineers
• Technical Co-sponsor: The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE)
• Technical Co-sponsor: The Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan (IEEJ)
• Technical Co-sponsor: The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME)
• Technical Co-sponsor: Japan Institute of Navigation (JIN)
• Technical Co-sponsor: MobileRGO
• Technical Co-sponsor: Japan Ergonomics Society (JES)
• Technical Co-sponsor: Human Interface Society (HIS)
• Co-sponsor: University of Hyogo, Japan
• Organizer: Center for Natural Science & Engineering Research

• Mohamed-Slim Alouini, Fellow, IEEE, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, KSA
• Toshio Fukuda, Fellow, IEEE, Nagoya University, Japan
• Takamichi Murakami, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, JAPAN
• Anton Nijholt, University of Twente, The Netherlands
• V.R. Singh, Life Fellow, IEEE; National Physical Laboratory, India
• Yasushi Yagi, Vice-President, Osaka University, Japan

• Shoji Hirano, Shimane University, School of Medicine, JAPAN
• Koichiro Kato, Mizuho Information and Research Institute, Inc., Tokyo, JAPAN
• Naoyuki Kubota, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan
• Koji Murai, Kobe University, JAPAN
• Kyoko Namura, Kyoto University, JAPAN
• Kazunori Nozaki, Osaka University Dental Hospital, Dental Informatics, JAPAN
• Gerald Schaefer, Loughborough University, UK
• Stephen Shervais, Eastern Washington University, USA
• Ruri Shoji, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, JAPAN
• Chao-Cheng Wu, Taipei Tech, Taipei, Taiwan
• Naomi Yagi, Hyogo College of Medicine, JAPAN, Kyoto University, JAPAN

Sponsor/Tech. Co-Sponsor of ICIEV16:

• Mohammad S. Alam, Fellow, IEEE, OSA, SPIE, IoP, IS&T & IET, University of South Alabama, USA
• Mohamed-Slim Alouini, Fellow, IEEE, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, KSA
• Mahbub Hassan, IEEE Distinguished Lecturer, University of New South Wales, Australia
• Craig S. Levin, Stanford University School of Medicine, USA
• Anton Nijholt, University of Twente, The Netherlands
• Nikhil R. Pal, Fellow, IEEE, IFSA, IETE, NASc., NAE, NA; Vice-President (Publications), IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (2013-2016); Indian Statistical Institute, India
• Sankar K. Pal, Fellow, IEEE, IAPR, TWAS, IFSA; Padma Shri in Science and Engineering 2013; Indian Statistical Institute, India
• Muhammad H. Rashid, Life Fellow, IEEE; Fellow, IET; University of West Florida, USA

• Nowshad Amin, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia; Head, Solar Photovoltaics Research Group, SERI Visiting Prof., King Saud University, KSA
• Shogo Arai, Tohoku University, Japan
• Takayuki Fujita, University of Hyogo, Japan
• Quazi K. Hassan, University of Calgary, Canada
• Afzal Hossain, Nanova Corporation, USA
• Korovin Iakov, Southern Federal University, Russia
• Atsushi Inoue, Eastern Washington University, USA
• Naotake Kamiura, University of Hyogo, Japan
• Hiroharu Kawanaka, Mie University, Japan; Founder and Director, Medical Engineering Institute, Inc.
• Farhana H. Zulkernine, Coordinator and Advisor, Cognitive Science Program, School of Computing, Queen's University, Canada
• Rahamatullah Khondoker, Mobile Networks (MNE), Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technology SIT, Germany
• Syoji Kobashi, University of Hyogo, Japan
• Hafizur Rahaman, Indian Institute of Engineering Science & Technology, India
• Mohammad A Rashid, Massey University, New Zealand
• V.R. Singh, Fellow IEEE, F-IETE, F-IE-I, F-ASI/USI, F-IFDUMB, National Physical Laboratory, India
• Taiga Yamaya, Team Leader, National Institute of Radiological Sciences (NIRS), Visiting Professor, Chiba University, Japan

Sponsor/Tech. Co-Sponsor of ICIEV15:

• Toshio Fukuda, Meijo University, Nagoya University, Japan; Beijing Institute of Technology, China
• Anton Nijholt, University of Twente, The Netherlands
• Matthew Turk, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
• Yasushi Yagi, Osaka University, Japan
• Takeshi Yamakawa, Fuzzy Logic Systems Institute, Japan
• Shinichi Yoshiya, Hyogo College of Medicine, Japan

• Capt. Kazunori Fujise, Hakata Pilot Association, Japan (Luncheon Speaker - sponsored by TST CORPORATION)

• Shahera Hossain (University of Asia Pacific): Texture analysis: Application and methods
• Norikazu Ikoma (Kyushu Institute of Technology): Theory, Methodology, Engineering Applications, Real-time Implementations of Particle Filters
• Sozo Inoue (Kyushu Institute of Technology): Pervasive Sensing for Nursing and Smart Energy Applications
• Md. T. I. Khan (Saga University): Acoustic Emission Technique - an influential NDT tool in Damage Clarification and Source Location
• Hyoungseop Kim (Kyushu Institute of Technology): Image Registration Method for Detecting of Temporal Changes in Thoracic MDCT Image
• Naoyuki Kubota (Tokyo Metropolitan University): Informationally Structured Space Based on Life Hub for Community-centric Systems
• Ikuhisa Mitsugami (Osaka University): 3-D Gait Measurement and Analysis
• Koji Murai (Kobe University): Toward Evaluation of Simulator-based Training Using Physiological Index
• Kouki Nagamune (University of Fukui): 3D Reconstruction of Human Body with Arthroscopy
• Tomoharu Nakashima (Osaka Pref. University): Constructing On-Line Fuzzy Classifiers using Confidence-Weighted Learning
• Gerald Schaefer (Loughborough University): Classifier ensembles for thermography-based breast cancer diagnosis
• Tomohiro Shibata (Kyushu Institute of Technology): TBD
• Satoshi Shioiri (Tohoku University): Eye-head coordination for visual perception and attention
• Kazuhiko Sumi (Aoyama Gakuin University): Time-series Range Data Analysis for Pedestrian Group Segmentation
• Kenji Suzuki (University of Chicago): Patch-based Machine Learning and Deep Learning in Medical Image Processing and Diagnosis
• Naomi Yagi (Kyoto University): Healthcare Monitoring System for Swallowing by Wearable Sensors
• Hirotake Yamazoe (Ritsumeikan University): Analysis of Gait Changes Caused by Gaze Direction Changes
• Kaori Yoshida (Kyushu Institute of Technology): Case Study of Interaction Design: Assist Robot for Walking Rehabilitation

Sponsor/Tech. Co-Sponsor of ICIEV14:

• Mohammad S. Alam, University of South Alabama, USA
• Jan-Michael Frahm, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
• Katsushi Ikeuchi, The University of Tokyo, Japan
• Anton Nijholt, University of Twente, The Netherlands
• Sankar K. Pal, Indian Statistical Institute, India
• Muhammad H. Rashid, University of West Florida, USA
• Kaushik Roy, Purdue University, USA
• Yasushi Yagi, Osaka University, Japan

• Shogo Arai, Tohoku University, Japan
• Abu Asaduzzaman, Wichita State University, USA
• Anthony Centeno, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia
• Kiyota Hashimoto, Osaka Prefecture University, Japan
• Tomohisa Hayakawa, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
• Mohammad Tariqul Islam, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia
• Norihiko Kawai, Nara Institute of Science & Technology, Japan
• Md. Tawhidul Islam Khan, Saga University, Japan
• Syoji Kobashi, University of Hyogo, Japan
• Ikuhisa Mitsugami, Osaka University, Japan
• Seigi Mizuno, Kyushu University, Japan
• Hirosato Seki, Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan
• Akihiro Takita, Gunma University, Japan
• Rin-ichiro Taniguchi, Kyushu University, Japan
• Toshio Wakabayashi, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia
• Toshihiko Watanabe, Osaka Electro-Communication University, Japan

Sponsor/Tech. Co-Sponsor of ICIEV13: