CONFERENCE COMMITTEES

Advisory Committee

Jerome H.               Friedman,                Stanford University, USA

Michalski                 Ryszard,                  George Mason University, USA

Tom                        Mitchell,                  Carnegie Mellon University, USA

Kurt                         VanLehn,                 University of Pittsburgh, USA

David                      McAllester,              Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago

Robert                     Schapire,                                Princeton University, USA

Yao                         Xin,                         University of Birmingham, UK

Lofti                        Zadeh,                    University of California Berkeley, USA

Technical Meeting Committee

General Chair
M. Arif Wani, California State University Bakersfield

Conference Co-Chairs

Xue-wen Chen                         The University of Kansas, USA

David Casasent                      Carnegie Mellon University, USA

Program Co-Chairs

Tony Hu                                  Drexel University, USA

Lukasz Kurgan                        University of Alberta, Canada

Workshops Co-Chairs

Sun Kim                                 Indiana University, USA

Dechang Chen                        Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, USA

Chris Ding                              University of Texas, Dallas, USA

Special Session Co-Chairs

Mark Kon                                Boston University, USA

Dit-Yan Yeung                        The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, HK

Rong Jin                                 Michigan State University, USA

Leif Peterson                          The Methodist Hospital, USA

Xiangyang Xue                       Fudan University, China

Steve Jiang                            University of California, San Diego, USA

Wei Li,                                      California State University Bakersfield, USA

Ying Liu University of Texas at Dallas, USA

Seref Sagiroglu University of Gazi, Turkey

Paulo Lisboa                     Liverpool John Moores University, UK

Tutorials chair

Yonghong Peng                      University of Bradford, UK

Competition chair

Wenjia Wang                           University of East Anglia, Norwich, U.K

Gavin Cawley                          University of East Anglia, U.K.

Local Arrangements Chair

Steve Jiang                            University of California, San Diego, USA

Publicity Co-Chairs

Ronald Taylor Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA

Khalid Hafeez University of Bradford, UK

Awards Chair

Jieping Ye Arizona State University, USA

International Program Committee

Rui Kuang University Minnesota Twin Cities, USA

Jason T.L. Wang Jason Wang, NJIT, USA

Chris Ding Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, USA

Mohammed Zaki Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA

Wei Wang UNC Chapel-hill, USA

Srini Parthasarathy Ohio State University, USA

George Karypis University of Minnesota, USA

Hagit Shatkay Queen's University, USA

Gary Fogel Natural Selection Inc., USA

Yanqing Zhang Georgia State Univ., USA

Jimmy Huang Iowa State University, USA

TY Lin San Jose State Univ. San Jose, USA

Zhoujun Li

Shuigeng Zhou Fudan University, 220 Handan Road, China

Ying Xu University of Georgia, USA

Michael Ng, Hong Kong Baptist University, USA

See-Kiong Ng, Knowledge Discovery Department, Singapore

Sun Kim Indiana University, USA

David Taniar Monash University, Australia

Mathew Palakal Indiana University - Purdue University, USA

Vincent S. Tseng National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan,

Werner Dubitzky University of Ulster, Northern Ireland

Olivier Bodenreider U.S. National Library of Medicine, USA

Qiu, Robin Pennsylvania State University, USA

Jiong Yang Case Western Reserve University, USA

Zoren Obradovic Temple University, USA.

Jiong YangJi Western Reserve University, USA

Sun KimSu Indiana University, USA

Janusz                     Kacprzyk                Polish Academy of Sciences

Krysia                     Broda                      Imperial College London

Radhakrishnan         Nagarajan University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Abdelhamid             Bouchachia             Alps-Adriatic University of Klagenfurt

Abdennour              El Rhalibi                Liverpool John Moores University

Alan                        Sprague                  University of Alabama at Birmingham

Alina                       Lazar                       Youngstown State University

Charles                    Perng                      IBM Research

Chengcui                 Zhang                      University of Alabama at Birmingham

Chris                       Ding                        Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA

Chunmei                  Liu                          Howard University

Cristina                   Boicu                      George Mason University

Daniel                     Neagu                     University of Bradford

Daoqiang                Zhang                      Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China

Don                        Sofge                     Naval Research Laboratory

Du                          Zhang                     California State University Sacramento, USA"

Etienne                    Schneider                University Petronas of Technology

Fei                          Wang                      Tsinghua University

Francois                  Jacquenet               Universite Jean Monnet de Saint-Etienne

Giri                          Narasimhan             Florida International University

Glenn                      Fung                       Siemens

Graham                   Kendall                    University of Nottingham UK

Guizhen                   Yang                       SRI International, USA"

Iren                         Valova                    University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

Iryna                        Skrypnyk                 University of Jyvaskyla

James Tin-Yau         Kwok                       Hong Kong University, Hong Kong"

Ji                            Xiang                      Yahoo! Inc

Jianhui                    Chen                       Arizona State University

Jianping                  Fan                         UNC-Charlotte, USA"

Jingbo                    Xu                           Toyota Institute of Technology

John                       Anderson                University of Manitoba, Canada"

Jun                         Liu                          Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Jungpil                    Shin                        The University of AIZU , Japan"

Kim                         Seungchan              Arizona State University

Larry                       Hall                         University of South Florida

Liang                       Sun                         Arizona State University

Marek                      Reformat                 University of Alberta, Canada"

Maumita                  Bhattacharya           Charles Sturt University , Australia"

Mihai                       Boicu                      George Mason University, USA"

Min-Ling                  Zhang                     Nanjing University, China"

Minoo                     Aminian                   Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Mohammad             Reza Daliri               SISSA/ISAS

Petia                       Radeva                   University Autonomic Barcelona, Spain"

Petr                         Ekel                        University of Minas Gerais, Brazil"

Petra                       Perner                     Institute of Computer Vision and Applied Comp Sc, Germany"

Qi                           Li                            Western Kentucky University

Ryszard                   Tadeusiewicz           AGH University Krakow Poland

Sargur                     Srihari                     University at Buffalo

Shenghuo                Zhu                         NEC Laboratories America, USA"

Shi                          Zhong                     Yahoo! Inc

Shuiwang                Ji                            Arizona State University

Song                       Joe                         New Mexico State University

Stuart                      Rubin                      SPAWAR, Navy, San Diego , USA"

Taghi                       Khoshgoftaar          Florida Atlantic University

Tao                         Xiong                      Ebay Inc.

Tie                          Wang                      Yahoo!  Intl Social Search Team

Tomasz                   Smolinski                Emory University, USA"

Vandana                  Janeja                     University of Maryland at Baltimore County

Vasile                      Palade                    Oxford University, UK"

Weichuan                Yu                           Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Xiao-Lin                  Li                            Nanjing University, China"

Xiaotong                 Shen                       University of Minnesota

Xin                          Zhang                     Arizona State University

Xutao                      Deng                       Cedars-Sinai Medical Center /UCLA

Yan                         Huang                     University of North Texas

Yangqiu                  Song                       Tsinghua University

Yixin                       Chen                       University of Mississippi

Yonghong               Peng                       University of Bradford, UK"

Yu                           Jiao                        Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Zaidi                       Sahnoun                  University Mentouri of Constantine , Algeria"

Zhi-Hua                   Zhou                       Nanjing University, USA"

Zhonghang              Xia                          Western Kentucky University

Luke                        Huan                       University of Kansas

Yu-Ping                   Wang                      University of Missiouri-Kansas City

Dongyi                    Ye                           Fuzhou University, China"

Janez                      Brank                      Jozef Stefan Institute,Slovenia"

Li                            Liao                        University of Delaware

Danny                     Barash,                   University Ben-Gurion of Negev, Israel

Peter                       Bajcsy,                   University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

Dechang                 Chen,                      Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, USA

Youping                  Deng,                      The University of Southern Mississippi, USA

Anne                       Denton,                   North Dakota State University, USA

Barbara                   Hammer,                 Clausthal University of Technology, Germany

Luke                        Huan,                      The University of Kansas, USA

Emmanuel               Ifeachor,                  University of Plymouth, UK

Hyunsoo                 Kim,                        Georgia Institute of Tech, USA

Mark A.                    Kon,                       Boston University, USA

Birong                     Liao,                       Eli Lilly and Company, USA

Li                            Liao,                       University of Delaware, USA

Raja                        Loganantharaj,         University of Louisiana, USA

Fuhui                       Long,                      Janelia Farm, HHMI, USA

Feng                       Luo,                        University of Clemson, USA

Yinghua                   Ma,                         Xianghai Jiaotong University, China

Francesco               Masulli,                   University of Genoa, Italy

Lucila                      Ohno-Machado,       Harvard University, USA

Simon                     Mercer,                    Microsoft Research, USA

Silvano                    Paoli,                      ITC-irst, Italy

Vladimir                   Pavlovic,                 Rutgers University, USA

Yonghong               Peng,                      University of Bradford, UK

Chandan                  Reddy,                    Cornell University, USA

Li                            Sheng,                    Drexel University,     USA

Sagi                        Snir,                        University of Berkeley, USA

Guiyang                  Su,                          Xianghai Jiaotong University, China

Roberto                   Tagliaferri,               University of Salerno, Italy

Ronald                    Taylor,                     Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA

Bernd                      Wachmann,             Siemens Corporate Research, USA

Yu-Ping                   Wang,                     University of Missouri, USA

Jiong                      Yang,                      Case Western Reserve University, USA

Xuegong                 Zhang,                    Tsinghua University, China

Anne                       Zhang,                    The University of Kansas, USA

Mark                        Clement,                  Brigham Young University, USA

Amit                        Konar,                     Jadavpur University, India

Lukasz                     Kurgan,                   University of Alberta, Canada

Li                            Liao,                       University of Delaware, USA

Hiroshi                    Mamitsuka,              Kyoto University, Japan

Sushmita                 Mitra,                      Indian Statistical Institute, India

Szymon                   Nowakowski,            Infobright Inc., Poland

Anita                       Wasilewska,             Warsaw University, Poland

An                           Zeng,                      Guangdong University of Technology, China

Seref                       Sagiroglu,               Gazi University, Turkey

Shuicheng               Yan                         University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign  USA

Tao                         Xiong                      University of Minnesota, USA

Shipeng                  Yu                           Siemens Medical Solutions, Inc., USA

Qi                           Li                            Western Kentucky University, USA

Predrag                   Radivojac,               Indiana University

Doheon                   Lee,                        KAIST, Korea

Chandan                  Reddy,                    Wayne State University

Alberto                    Maria Segre,            University of Iowa

Hyunsoo                 Kim,                        Harvard University

Chunsheng              Yang,                      National Research Council Canada

Huilin Xiong, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China

Jiangsheng Yu, Beijing University, China