General Chair
Alexander Felfernig, Graz University of Technology

Program Co-Chairs
Denis Helic, Graz University of Technology
Gerhard Leitner, University of Klagenfurt
Martin Stettinger, Graz University of Technology

Steering Committee Chair
Zbigniew Ras, University of North Carolina

Program Committee

Henryk Rybiński, Warsaw University of Technology
Stefano Ferilli, Universita’ di Bari
Ruggero G. Pensa, University of Torino, Italy
Antoni Ligeza, AGH University of Science and Technology
Marharyta Aleksandrova, University of Luxembourg
Yang Liu, Hong Kong Baptist University
Corrado Loglisci, University of Bari
Rory Lewis, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
Dominique Laurent, Université Cergy-Pontoise
Hiroshi Sakai, Kyushu Institute of Technology
Anita Raja, City University of New York
Ingo Pill, Graz University of Technology
Jacek Grekow, Bialystok Technical University
Marcin Sydow, PJIIT and ICS PAS, Warsaw
Roberto Corizzo, UNIBA
Elisabeth Lex, Graz University of Technology
Simon Walk, Graz University of Technology
Luca Piovesan, DISIT, Università del Piemonte Orientale
Andreas Falkner, Siemens AG Österreich
Alois Haselboeck, Siemens AG
Mirsad Hadzikadic, UNC Charlotte
Esra Akbas, Oklahoma State University
François Bry, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Pance Panov, Jozef Stefan Institute
Andreas Holzinger, Medical University and Graz University of Technology
Arunkumar Bagavathi, Oklahoma State University
Nicola Fanizzi, Università degli studi di Bari “Aldo Moro”
Mamoun Mardini, University of Florida
Tiago Santos, Graz University of Technology
Jan Paralic, Technical University Kosice
Roxane Koitz, TU Graz
Alicja Wieczorkowska, Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology
Jean-Marc Petit, Université de Lyon, INSA Lyon
Gloria Bordogna, National Research Council of Italy – CNR
Christoph Schommer, University of Luxembourg
Paolo Garza, Politecnico di Torino
Saso Dzeroski, Jozef Stefan Institute
Maria Bielikova,Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava
Mieczysław Kłopotek, Polish Academy of Sciences
Troels Andreasen, Roskilde University
Bernhard Geiger
Nazha Selmaoui-Folcher, University of New Caledonia
Jan Rauch, University of Economics, Prague
Silvia Chiusano, Politecnico di Torino
Yannis Manolopoulos, Open University of Cyprus
Peter Dolog, Aalborg University
Jaakko Hollmén, Aalto University
Petr Berka, University of Economics, Prague
Annalisa, Appice University Aldo Moro of Bari
Marek Reformat, University of Alberta
Henrique Lopes Cardoso, University of Porto
Arkaitz Zubiaga Queen Mary, University of London
Matthias Klusch, DFKI
Dragi Kocev, Jozef Stefan Institute
Martin Gebser, University of Klagenfurt
Alfredo Cuzzocrea, ICAR-CNR and University of Calabria
Robert Bembenik, Warsaw University of Technology
Marian Scuturici, LIRIS-INSA de Lyon, France
Dietmar Jannach, University of Klagenfurt
Bozena Kostek, Gdansk Univ. of Technology
Hakim Hacid, Zayed University
Michelangelo, Ceci Universita degli Studi di Bari
Mohand-Said Hacid, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 – UCBL
Luigi Di Caro, University of Torino
Dominik Slezak, University of Warsaw
Naoki Fukuta, Shizuoka University
Christoph F. Eick, University of Houston
Michael Granitzer, University of Passau
Jianhua Chen, Louisiana State University
Martin Atzmueller, Tilburg University
Katarzyna Tarnowska, San Jose State University
Jerzy Błaszczyński, Poznań University of Technology
Gerhard Friedrich, Alpen-Adria-Universitaet Klagenfurt
João Mendes-Moreira, University of Porto
Marcilio De Souto, LIFO/University of Orleans
Lothar Hotz, University of Hamburg
Stephan Doerfel, University of Kassel
Andreas Hotho, University of Wuerzburg
Roman Kern, Know-Center GmbH
Jose Borges, University of Porto
Giovanni Semeraro, University of Bari
Tomi Männistö, University of Helsinki
Jerzy Stefanowski, Poznan University of Technology, Poland
Jiming Liu, Hong Kong Baptist University
Herna Viktor, University of Ottawa
Wlodek Zadrozny, UNC Charlotte
Slawomir Zadrozny, Systems Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences
Shoji Hirano, Shimane University
Dejing Dou, University of Oregon
Elio Masciari, ICAR-CNR
Giuseppe Manco, ICAR-CNR
Jure Zabkar, University of Ljubljana
Agnieszka Mykowiecka, IPI PAN
Donato Malerba, Università degli Studi di Bari “Aldo Moro”
Allel Hadjali, LIAS/ENSMA
Paola Mello, University of Bologna
Luis Moreira-Matias, NEC Laboratories Europe
Mirco Nanni, ISTI-CNR Pisa
Olivier Pivert, IRISA-ENSSAT
Małgorzata Marciniak, Institute of Computer Science PAS
Tapio Elomaa, Tampere University of Technology
Beata Zielosko, University of Silesia
Yiyu Yao, University of Regina
Marie-Jeanne Lesot, LIP6 – UPMC
Urszula Stanczyk, Silesian University of Technology
Ayman Hajja, College of Charleston
Mikolaj Morzy, Poznan University of Technology
Maria Ganzha, Warsaw University of Technology
Lubos Popelinsky, Masaryk University
Aijun An, York University
David Wilson, UNC Charlotte
Samira Shaikh, UNC Charlotte
Ladjel Bellatreche, Poitiers University
Amedeo Napoli, LORIA Nancy (CNRS – Inria – Université de Lorraine) France
Adam Jatowt, Kyoto University
Bernard Zenko, Jozef Stefan Institute

Steering Commitee Members
Troels Andreasen, Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark
Annalisa Appice, Universita degli Studi di Bari, Italy
Jaime Carbonell, CMU, USA
Michelangelo Ceci, Universita degli Studi di Bari, Italy
Henning Christiansen, Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark
Juan Carlos Cubero, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
Floriana Esposito, Universita degli Studi di Bari, Italy
Alexander Felfernig, Graz University of Technology, Austria
Mohand-Said Hacid, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France
Nathalie Japkowicz, American University, USA
Marzena Kryszkiewicz, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
Jiming Liu, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
Jerzy Pawel Nowacki, Polish-Japanese Academy of IT, Warsaw, Poland
George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Olivier Pivert, Université Rennes 1, France
Zbigniew Ras, UNC-Charlotte, USA & Polish-Japanese Academy of IT, Poland
Henryk Rybinski, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
Andrzej Skowron, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
Dominik Slezak, University of Warsaw, Poland

Publicity Chair
Müslüm Atas, Graz University of Technology

Publication Chair
Trang Tran, Graz University of Technology

Web & Local Committee
Jörg Baumann, Graz University of Technology
Elisabeth Orthofer, Graz University of Technology
Petra Schindler, Graz University of Technology