KES2026 International Programme Committee

The role of the IPC is as follows:-

To advise on the organisation of the conference;
To promote the conference and bring it to the attention of other researchers;
To advise on the topics of the conference;
To help with the paper review process
To assist in monitoring overall quality.

We are grateful for their valuable assistance.

The IPC consists of the following members and, in addition, all Invited Session Chairs.

KES2026 IPC Members

Name	Affiliation
Dr. Houda Abadlia	National School of computer science, University of Manouba, Tunisia
Dr. Noramalina Abdullah	Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Malaysia
Dr. Jair Minoro Abe	Graduate Program in Production Engineering, ICET - Paulista University & Institute For Advanced Studies, University of São Paulo, Brazil
Prof. Jesus Almendros-Jimenez	Universidad de Almería, Spain
Assoc. Prof. Alessia Amelio	ICAR National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Italy
Dr. Sabeur Aridhi	LORIA, University of Lorraine, France
Prof. Masayoshi Aritsugi	Kumamoto University, Japan
Prof. Piotr Artiemjew	University Warmia and Mazury, Poland
Dr. Ali Ayadi	University of Strasbourg - ICube laboratory, France
Prof. Ahmad Taher Azar	Prince Sultan University, Saudia Arabia
Prof. Anis Bach-Tobji	ESEN, University of Manouba, Tunisia
Prof. Valentina E. Balas	Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad, Romania
Prof. Andrzej Banaszek	West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin, Poland
Prof. Dariusz Barbucha	Gdynia Maritime University, Poland
Prof. Alina Barbulescu	Translvania University of Brasov, Romania
Prof. Smaranda Belciug	University of Craiova, Romania
Dr. Mohamed Bennasar	The Open University, UK
Dr. Jose Blanco	Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
Prof. Srdja Bjeladinovic	University of Belgrade, Serbia
Dr. Gloria Bordogna	National Research Council of Italy, CNR IREA
Prof. Alfonso Mateos Caballero	Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
Prof. Giacomo Cabri	University of Modena, Italy
Prof. Abdellah Chehri	University of Quebec- UQAC, Canada
Dr. Grzegorz Chmileraz	Czestochowa University of Technology, Poland - Faculty of Management, Department of Management Information Systems
Dr. Tanupriya Choudhury	University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, India
Prof. Massimo Conti	Universita' Politecnica delle Marche, Italy
Prof. Gennaro Cordasco	Dipartimento di Informatica, Università degli Studi di Salerno, Italy
Dr. Paulo Cortez	University of Minho, Campus de Azurem, 4804-533 Guimaraes, Portugal
Prof. Paolo Crippa	Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy
Dr. Gloria Cerasela Crisan	Vasile Alecsandri University of Bacau, Romonia
Prof. Ireneusz Czarnowski	Gdynia Maritime University, Poland
Dr. Rafał Deja	WSB University, Poland
Dr. Rocco di Filippo	University of Trento, Italy
Prof. Olfa Driss	University of Manouba, Tunisia
Dr. Dariusz Dudek	Czestochowa University of Technology, Poland - Faculty of Management, Department of Management Information Systems
Assoc. Prof. Agnieszka Duraj	Lodz University of Technology, Poland
Dr. Krzysztof Ejsmont	Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
Prof. Margarita Favorskaya	Reshetnev Siberian State University of Science and Technology, Russia
Prof. Marcin Fojcik	Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Norway
Prof. Petra Friedrich	University of Applied Sciences Kempten, Germany
Dr. Maksym Gaiduk	HTWG Konstanz - University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Dr. Arnulfo Alanis Garza	Tecnológico Nacional de México, campus Tijuana, Mexico
Dr. Daniela Gifu	Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Romania
Dr. Ayse Glass	HafenCity University, Germany
Assoc. Prof. Jose Daviz Nunez Gonzalez	University of Basque Country, Spain
Prof. Dr. Dennis Grewe	Esslingen University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Assoc. Prof. Tadeusz A. Grzeszczyk	Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
Prof. Goichi Hagiwara	Maritime University of Szczecin Department of Sport Science and Health, Kyushu Sangyo University, Poland
Prof. Nobukuni Hamamoto	Gunma University, Japan
Prof. Tarek Hamrouni	LIPAH, Idonesia
Prof. Ralf-Christian Harting	University of Aalen, Germany
Dr. Nehal Hasnine	Hosei University, Japan
Dr. Krzysztof Hauke	Wroclaw University of Economics and Business, Poland
Dr. Petr Hayek	University of Pardubice, Czechia
Prof. Atsuo Hazeyama	Tokyo Gakugei University, Japan
Prof. Katsuhiro Honda	Osaka Prefecture University, Japan
Assoc. Prof. Daocheng Hong	East China Normal University, China
Prof. Tzung-Pei Hong	National University of Kaohsiung, Japan
Prof. Wei-Chiang Hong	College of Shipbuilding Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, China
Prof. Xiangpei Hu	Dalian University of Technology, Dalian
Prof. Anca Ignat	University Alexandru, Ioan Cuza of Iasi, Romania
Dr. Atsushi Inoue	Mie University, Japan
Assoc. Prof. Radu Tudor ionescu	University of Bucharest, Romania
Prof. Mirjana Ivanovic	University of Novi Sad, Serbia
Assoc. Prof. Maya Iwano	Yamaguchi University, Japan
Prof. Arkadiusz Januszewski	Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology, Poland
Dr. Elżbieta Jaworska	West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin, Poland
Assoc. Prof. G. Jayanthi	Sri Ramachandra Faculty of Engineering and Technology, India
Prof. Reza Jazar	School of Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
Prof. Piotr Jedrzejowicz	Gdynia Maritime University, Poland
Prof. Dragan Jevtic	University of Zagreb, Croatia
Prof. Girish Jha	Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
Dr. Marta Kadlubek	Czestochowa University of Technology, Poland
Prof. Haruhiko Kaiya	Kanagawa University, Japan
Prof. Hideyuki Kanematsu	Graduate Scool of Engineering, Osaka University, Japan
Assoc. Prof. Eiji Kano	Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Japan
Assoc. Prof Hiroko Kanoh	Yamagata University, Japan
Prof. Nikos Karacapilidis	University of Patras, Greece
Dr. Pawel Kasprowski	Silesian University of Technology, Poland
Prof. Arkadiusz Kawa	Łukasiewicz Research Network - Institute of Logistics and Wareousing, Poland
Prof. Hiroharu Kawanaka	Mie University, Japan
Dr. Imen Khamassi	University of Tunisia, Tunisia
Asst. Prof. Abhirup Khanna	University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, India
Prof. Kayoko Kurita	The University of Tokyo, Japan
Prof. Aleksandra Klasnja-Milicevic	University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Mathematics and Informatics, Serbia
Prof. Laszlo Koczy	Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary
Dr. Agnieszka Konys	West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin, Poland
Prof. Boris Kovalerchuk Kovalerchuk	Central Washington University, USA
Dr. Lukasz Kozar	University of Lodz, Poland
Dr. Adrianna Kozierkiewicz	Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland
Prof. Krzysztof Krawiec	Institute of Computing Science, Poznan University of Technology, Poland
Dr. Kinga Krupcała	Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology, Poland
Prof. Konrad Kułakowski	AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
Dr. Sana Ben Abdallah Ben Lamine	ESEN, University of Manouba, Tunisia
Dr. Huong Le	New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA
Prof. Chengjun Liu	New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA
Prof. Ivan Luković	University of Belgrade, Serbia
Dr. Christos Makris	University of Patras, Greece
Prof. Gianluca Maracchini	University of Trento, Italy
Dr. Fabrizio Marozzo	University Mediterranea of Reggio Calabria, Italy
Dr. Bilel Marzouki	University of Manouba, Tunisia
Dr. Maroua Masmoudi	University of Toulouse, France
Prof. Mitsunori Matsushita	Kansai University, Japan
Dr. Mayuri Mehta	Sarvajanik College of Engineering and Technology, Sarvajanik University, Surat
Dr. Lin Meng	Ritsumeikan University, Japan
Dr. Francesco Mercaldo	National Research Council of Italy
Dr. Ireneusz Miciula	University of Szczecin, Poland
Prof. Lyudmila Mihaylova	University of Sheffield, UK
Prof. Polina Mihova	New Bulgarian University, Bulgaria
Prof. Victor Mitrana	Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain
Dr. Suneeta Mohanty	KIIT Deemed to be University, India
Prof. Stefania Montani	University of Piemonte Orientale, Alessandria
Prof. Chikako Morimoto	Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
Prof. Mikhail Moshkov	King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudia Arabia
Dr. Teresa Mroczek	University of Information Technology and Management
Prof. Michal Munk	Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Slovakia
Asst. Prof. Katsuko T. Nakahira	Nagaoka Institute of Technology, Japan
Prof. Satoshi Nakamura	Meiji University, Japan
Prof. Piotr Nikończuk	West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin Faculty of Maritime Technology and Transport, Poland
Prof. Yoko Nishihara	Ritsumeikan University, Japan
Prof. Kazunori Nishino	Taisei Gakuin University, Japan
Prof. Vesa Niskanen	University of Helsinki, Vytautas Magnus University, Finland
Dr. Issam Nouaouri	Universite d'Artois, France
Prof. Nobuyuki Ogawa	National Institute of Technology, Gifu College, Japan
Dr. Michael Packianather	Cardiff University, UK
Asst. Prof. Wieslaw Paja	University of Rzeszow, Poland
Prof. Ingrid Pappel	Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech), Estonia
Prof. Marcin Paprzycki	Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Dr. Ilona Paweloszek	Czestochowa University of Technology, Poland
Dr. Isidoros Perikos	University of Patras, Greece
Prof. Vincenzo Piuri	University of Milan, Italy
Prof. Ana Poledica	University of Belgrade, Faculty or Ogranizational Sciences, Serbia
Dr. Grzegorz Popek	Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Poland
Prof. Dorin Popescu	University of Craiova, Romania
Prof. Oliver Popov	Stockholm University, Sweden
Prof. Jim Prentzas	Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
Dr. Malgorzata Przybyla-Kasperek	University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland
Dr. Seema Purohit	UDCS, India
Assoc. Prof. Dzati Athiar Ramli	Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Malaysia
Dr. Christoph Rathfelder	Hahn-Schickard, Germany
Prof. Ana Respicio	University of Lisbon, Portugal
Dr. Hadi Saleh	HSE University, Russia
Dr. Noelia Sánchez-Marono	CITIC-University of A Coruña (UDC), Spain
Prof. Marcello Sanguineti	University of Genova, Italy
Dr. Wilhelm Daniel Scherz	HTWG Konstanz - University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Prof. Ralf Seepold	HTWG Konstanz and Sechenov University, Germany
Dr. Gaetano Settembre	Università degli Studi di Bari “Aldo Moro”, Bari, Italy
Dr. Leslie F. Sikos	Edith Cowan University, Australia
Dr. Milan Simic	SAMME RMIT University, Australia
Mr Bharat Singh	Data Scientist Big Data Labs
Dr. Letycja Sołoducho-Pelc	Wroclaw University of Business and Economics, Poland
Dr. Hanna Soroka-Potrzebna	University of Szczecin, Poland
Prof. Petar Spalević	Universidad de la Sabána, Colombia
Prof. Roman Šperka	Silesian University in Opava, czechia
Dr. Maria Spichkova	RMIT University, School of Science, Australia
Dr. Urszula Stańczyk	Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice
Dr. Margarita Stankova	New Bulgarian University, Bulgaria
Assoc. Prof. Catalin Stoean	University of Craiova, Romania
Assoc. Prof. Ruxandra Stoean	University of Craiova, Romania
Prof. Toshiharu Sugawara	Waseda University, Japan
Prof. Adam Sulich	Wroclaw University of Economics and Business, Poland
Prof. Lijun Sun	Dalian University of Technology, Dalian
Dr. Piotr Szczuko	Multimedia Systems Department, Gdańsk University of Technology, Poland
Prof. Eulalia Szmidt	Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
Prof. Masakazu Takahashi	University of Yamaguchi, Japan
Prof. Hironori Takeuchi	Musashi University, Japan
Prof. Shing Chiang Tan	Faculty of Information Science and Technology,Multimedia University, Japan
Prof. Edmondo Trentin	University of Siena, Italy
Prof. Kazuhiko Tsuda	The University of Tsukuba,Tokyo
Prof. Eiji Uchino	Yamaguchi University, Japan
Prof. Hiroshi Ueda	Hosei University, Japan
Asst. Prof. Hiroyasu Usami	Chubu University, Japan
Prof. Taketoshi Ushiama	Kyushu University, Japan
Prof. Florin Mircea Vaida	Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Prof. Jordi Vallverdu	Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain
Prof. Juan D. Velasquez Silva	University of Chile, Chile
Prof. Zeev Volkovich	ORT Braude College Karmiel, Israel
Prof. Junzo Watada	Waseda University, Japan
Dr. Paweł Weichbroth	Gdansk University of Technology, Poland
Prof. Yoshiyuki Yabuuchi	Shimonoseki City University, Japan
Prof. Ryosuke Yamanishi	Kansai University, Japan
Prof. Ching-Nung Yang	National DOng Hwa University, Taiwan
Prof. Ivona Zakarija	University of Dubrovnik, Croatia
Dr. Marek Zborowski	University of Warsaw, Faculty of Management, Department of Management Information System, Poland
Dr. Beata Zielosko	University of Silesia in Katowice, Institute of Computer Science, Czechia
Prof. Sergey Zykov	National Research University – Higher School of Economics, Russia