General Chair:
Prof. Dr. Madjid Tavana
Professor and Distin guished Chair of Business Analytics Chairman of the Business Systems and Analytics Department
La Salle University ● Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19141 ● USA
Phone: (215) 951-1129 ● Fax: (267) 295-2854 ● Skype: madjidtavana
Email: tavana@lasalle.edu ● Web: http://tavana.us
Editor-in-Chief:
International Journal of Management and Decision Making
International Journal of Applied Decision Sciences
International Journal of Knowledge Engineering and Data Mining
International Journal of Strategic Decision Sciences
International Journal of Enterprise Information Systems
International Journal of Communication Networks and Distributed Systems
Dr. Madjid Tavana is Professor and Lindback Distinguished Chair of Business Analytics at La Salle University, where he serves as Chairman of the Business Systems and Analytics Department. He also holds an Honorary Professorship in Business Information Systems at the University of Paderborn in Germany. Dr. Tavana is Distinguished Research Fellow at the Kennedy Space Center, the Johnson Space Center, the Naval Research Laboratory at Stennis Space Center, and the Air Force Research Laboratory. He was recently honored with the prestigious Space Act Award by NASA. He holds an MBA, PMIS, and PhD in Management Information Systems and received his Post-Doctoral Diploma in Strategic Information Systems from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He has published 12 books and over 250 research papers in international scholarly academic journals. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Decision Analytics, International Journal of Applied Decision Sciences, International Journal of Management and Decision Making, International Journal of Communication Networks and Distributed Systems, International Journal of Knowledge Engineering and Data Mining, International Journal of Strategic Decision Sciences and International Journal of Enterprise Information Systems.
Prof.Dr. Xilong Qu
School of Information Technology and Management
Hunan University of Finance and Economics,Changsha,Hunan,China
Prof. Xilong Qu is the dean of School of Information Technology and Management, Hunan University of Finance and Economics, he is also the master degree student advisor for both Xiangtan University and Hunan Institute of Engineering. Prof. Xilong Qu received his Ph.D on Southwest Jiaotong University, he finished his post-doctor study in Post-doctoral Research Center of Computer Science and Technology, South China University of Technology. Prof. Xilong Qu is the young core teacher of Hunan and a member of “121” talents program of Hunan. Prof.Xilong Qu joined 4 projects from the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (863 Program) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China, also he led the National Natural Science Foundation of Hunan, the Research Foundation of Education Bureau of Hunan Province, China and the National Science Foundation for Post-doctoral Scientists of China for 3, 1 and 1 times respectively. Prof. Xilong Qu published 4 books 35 articles (5 articles are indexed by SCI and the rest are indexed by EI). Prof. Xilong Qu is also invited for chairs and keynote speakers of numerous conferences and forums in China.
Program Chair:
Prof. Dr.Srikanta Patnaik
Department of Computer Science and EngineeringFaculty of Engineering and Technology
SOA University, Bhubaneswar- 751030 ORISSA
Dr. Srikanta Patnaik is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, SOA University, Bhubaneswar, India. He has received his Ph. D. (Engineering) on Computational Intelligence from Jadavpur University, India in 1999 and supervised 12 Ph. D. theses and more than 30 M. Tech theses in the area of Machine Intelligence, Soft Computing Applications and Re-Engineering. Dr. Patnaik has published more than 60 research papers in international journals and conference proceedings. He is author of 2 text books and edited 12 books and few invited book chapters, published by leading international publisher like Springer-Verlag, Kluwer Academic, etc.. Dr. Patnaik was the Principal Investigator of TAPTEC project “Building Cognition for Intelligent Robot” sponsored by All India Council for Technical Education, New Delhi and Major Research Project “Machine Learning and Perception using Cognition Methods” sponsored by University Grant Commission. He is the Editors-in-Chief ofInternational Journal of Information and Communication Technology and International Journal of Computational Vision and Robotics published from Inderscience Publishing House,England and also Editors-in-chief of Book Series on “Modeling and Optimization in Science and Technology” published from Springer, Germany.
Publications Chair:
Prof.Dr. Mehdi Toloo
Department of Systems Engineering and Informatics, VŠB-Technical University of OstravaSokolská třída 33, 702 00, Ostrava, Czech Republic.
Dr. Mehdi Toloo is a Full Professor of Data Modelling and Analytics in the Department of Systems Engineering and Informatics at the Technical University of Ostrava in Czech Republic. He is an internationally recognized expert in Data Envelopment Analysis, Decision Analysis, Performance Evaluation, Multi-objective programming, and Mathematical Modelling. He serves as an area editor for Computers & Industrial Engineering. He has written fourteen books and published in top-tier journals including OMEGA, European Journal of Operational Research, Computers & Operations Research, International Journal of Production Research, Computers & Industrial Engineering, Applied Mathematics and Computers, Applied Mathematical Modelling, Expert Systems with Applications, Annals of Operations Research, Journal of the Operational Research Society, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Computers and Mathematics with Applications, Measurement, Computational Economics, Computational and Applied Mathematics, International Journal of Management Science, and The Journal of Supercomuting among others. He has contributed to numerous international conferences as a chair, keynote speaker, presenter, track/session chair, workshop organizer, and member of the scientific committee. He also was the Principal Investigator of many founded projects.
Organising Chair:
Prof. Dr. E. Ertugrul Karsak
E. Ertugrul Karsak is a Professor of Industrial Engineering, and Rector at Galatasaray University, Turkey. He is also the co-chairholder of the UNESCO Chair in Computer-Integrated Manufacturing established at Galatasaray University. He holds B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Industrial Engineering from Istanbul Technical University, and an M.S. degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the University of Southern California. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA). His areas of interest include decision analysis, performance assessment, product development, supplier selection, and technology evaluation and selection. Dr. Karsak is the author of numerous technical papers, which have appeared in leading academic journals including International Journal of Production Research, International Journal of Production Economics, Production Planning & Control, Expert Systems with Applications, Applied Mathematical Modelling, Journal of Systems and Software, Computers & Industrial Engineering, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Applied Soft Computing, International Journal of Systems Science, Software Quality Journal, and Resources, Conservation and Recycling among others. He has contributed to a number of international conferences as a keynote speaker, presenter, track chair, workshop organizer, and member of the scientific committee. He also served as the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Technology from April 2008 to April 2014, and Vice Rector for Academic Affairs from January 2008 to February 2015 at Galatasaray University.
Prof. Dr. Yusuf Joseph Ugras
Prof. Dr. Yusuf Joseph Ugras has been at La Salle University in faculty and academic leadership roles since 1987. As an academic leadership, he was Associate Provost, Dean, Associate Dean and MBA Director with focus on academic programming for working professionals and international audiences. Dr. Ugras brings over 30 years of academic experience from the world of Accounting, Finance and International Business Strategy. Dean Ugras has a strong background in corporate training and academic program design and administration.
He has published in Advances in Management Accounting, Accounting Enquiries, Southern Business and Economic Journal, Journal of Business Ethics, Health Care Financial Management, Journal of Management Systems, and Mid-American Journal of Business. His research paper on Business Ethics is among the top 50 cited articles in the field. He has provided consulting services to several organizations including Crown Cork & Seal, Subaru America, UNISYS, Binney and Smith, Albert Einstein Hospital, Triump, and Carpenter Tech. He has made presentations at various conferences including UPCEA, AACSB International, Mid Atlantic Association of Colleges of Business Administration (MAACBA), American Accounting Association, European Management Accounting Conference, Management Accounting Research Symposia, and Philadelphia Controllers Conference. He has also provided assistance to several universities in improving their adult, and graduate programming. He has served as President of the American Accounting Association – Mid-Atlantic Region, as well as several positions with the Institute of Management Accountants. Most recently, he has served in the leadership positions with University Professional Continuing Education Association and American International Recruitment Council.
Prof. Kun Zhang
Hainan Tropical Ocean University, China
Zhang Kun, male, the Han nationality, born in May 1981, Jiamusi, Heilongjiang Province. Graduated from Dalian Maritime University; Ph.D. candidate of Hainan University; Professor; Master's Supervisor.
Professor in Hainan Tropical Ocean University. Guest Master's Supervisor in Tianjin Science and Technology University; Visiting Scholar at the Harbin Institute of Technology; candidate in the third level of Hainan province "515" Engineering; senior Member of Chinese Computer Society (CCF) and China Electronics Association (CIE); member of ACM and IEEE; the cultural industry experts in Sanya, Hainan Province; the informatization construction experts in Haikou and Sanya, Hainan Province, the cultural relics protection in Sanya; host of Key Laboratory of visual computer in Sanya; editor of country-level journal like Software and New Industrialization; reviewers of Several core journal like Computer Science, Acta Automatica Sinica and Chinese science paper, ect. So far, more than 100 papers have been published, including SCI/ EI papers, ect.
Co-Organising Chair:
Silai Zhou
Founder of IRNet
Coordinator:
Bin Hu
Co-founder and contacting chair of IRNet
International Advisory Committee:
Prof. A. Ridha Mahjoub, University Paris Dauphine, France
Prof. Ali Emrouznejad, Aston University, United Kingdom
Prof. Briance Mascarenhas, Rutgers University-Camden, United States
Prof. Farookh Khadeer Hussain, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Prof. Francisco Javier Santos Arteaga, Free University of Bolzano, Italy
Prof. Gholam R. Amin, University of New Brunswick, Canada
Prof. Gregory Ulferts, University of Detroit Mercy, United States
Prof. Gül Temur, Bahcesehir University, Turkey
Prof. Hasan Bal, Gazi University, Turkey
Prof. Hür Bersam Bolat, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
Prof. Ibrahim H. Osman, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Prof. Imed Kacem, Université de Lorraine, Nancy, France
Prof. Jana Hančlova, VŠB-Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
Prof. Joshua Ignatius, University of Warwick, United Kingdom
Prof. Josef Jablonský, University of Economics Prague, Czech Republic
Prof. José Luis Verdegay, University of Granada, Spain
Prof. Long Pham, University of Louisiana, United States
Prof. Luisa Tibiletti, University of Torino, Italy
Prof. Mariana Rodrigues de Almeida, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Prof. Matteo Rocca, Università degli Studi dell’Insubria, Italy
Prof. Mehtap Dursun, Galatasaray University, Turkey
Prof. Michael Patriksson, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
Prof. Mohsen Attaran, California State University-Bakersfield, United States
Prof. Rosa Lombardi, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Prof. Sahand Daneshvar, Eastern Mediterranean University, Turkey
Prof. Simone Domenico Scagnelli, Edith Cowan University, Australia
Prof. Sungmook Lim, Dongguk University, Korea
Prof. Vincent Charles, University of Buckingham, United Kingdom
Prof. Alexandros Fragkiadakis, Institute of Computer Science, Greece
Prof. Alojz Poredo, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Prof. Biju Theruvil Sayed, Dhofar University, Oman
Prof. Cristina Alcaraz, University of Malaga, Spain
Prof. Gerald Midgley, University of Hull, United Kingdom
Prof. Harry Bouwman, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
Prof. Imran Memon, Zhejiang University, China
Prof. Ing Kong, RMIT University, Australia
Prof. Jianyi Lin, Khalifa University, United Arab Emirates
Prof. Junjie Lv, University of Wuhan Polytechnic, China
Prof. Krzysztof Koszela, Poznan University, Poland
Prof. Liang Zong, Shaoyang University, China
Prof. Loc Nguyen, Ho Chi Minh University of Science, Vietnam
Prof. Marko Krstić, University of Belgrade, Serbia
Prof. Mohamed Atef, Assiut University, Egypt
Prof. Mohamed El-Santawy, Cairo University, Egypt
Prof. Moustafa Mohammed Eissa, Helwan University, Egypt
Prof. Qiao Guo, Beijing Institute of Technology, China
Prof. Seema Verma, Banasthali University, India
Prof. Tongliang Fan, China Maritime Police Academy, China
Prof. Tongpin Liu, University of Massachusetts - Amherst, United States
Prof. Weilin Wang, University of Georgia, United States
Prof. Xinqiang Chen, Shanghai Maritime University, China
Prof. Yudi Gondokaryono, Institute of Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia
Prof. Alexander Ya. Fridman, Murmansk Arctic State University, Russia
Dr. NORAN AZIZAN BIN CHOLAN, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Malaysia
Dr. Md Zaheer Ansari, Cochin University of Science and Technology, India
Prof. Huaming Wu, Center for Applied Mathematics, Tianjin University, China
Prof. Alexander Gelbukh, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Spain
Dr. Fankang Li, INDIANA UNIVERSITY, Bloomington, IN, USA
Dr. Mudasir Maqbool, University Of Kashmir Hazratbal, India
Dr. Yahya Hassanzadeh Nazarabadi, Koç University, Turkey
Dr. Mohmad Amin DAR , Department of Pharmaceuticals Science, Kashmir University, India
Dr. Dalin Zhang, University of New South Wales, Australia
Dr. ZEESHAN SHAUKAT, Beijing University of Technology, Pakistan
Prof. Puneet Prakash, College of Business, Missouri State University, USA
Dr. Akbar Vaseghi, Dept of Nano-Biotechnology, Tarbiat Modares University, Iran
Prof. Rajasekharan Pillai K., School of Management, Manipal University, India
Dr. Shuangming Li, University of South Florida, China
Dr. Suresh Thanakodi, National Defence University of Malaysia, Malaysia
Prof. Chih-Hsuan Wang, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
Dr. Yanyu Chen, Zhejiang Normal University, China
Dr. Yana Yuan, Haikou College of Economics, China
Dr. Caichuan Wang, Hubei Urban Vocational College, China
Dr. Lin Yang, Hubei University of Automotive Technology, China
Prof. Dr. Baolin Li, Hubei University of Automotive Technology, China
Dr. Xuchao Bai, Xidian University, China