WSTST 2005 Organization

Honorary Chair
Lotfi A. Zadeh, University of California, USA

International Advisory Board
James Keller, University of Missouri-Columbia, U.S.A.
Cihan H. Dagli, University of Missouri-Rolla, U.S.A.
Hidenori Kimura, University of Tokyo, Japan
Fumio Harashima, Tokyo Denki University, Japan
Lakhmi Jain, University of South Australia, Australia
Janusz Kacprzyk, Polish Academy of Science, Poland
Antony Satyadas, IBM Corporation, U.S.A.

General Co-Chairs
Yasuhiko Dote, Muroran Institute of Technology, Japan
Seppo J. Ovaska, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
Ajith Abraham, Chung-Ang University, Republic of Korea

Program Co-Chairs
Azuma Ohuchi,  Hokkaido University, Japan
Akimoto Kamiya, Kushiro National College of Technology, Japan
Nobuyoshi Yabuki, Muroran Institute of Technology, Japan

Local Arrangement Co-Chairs
Tadashi Momono, Muroran Institute of Technology

Finance Co-Chairs
Noriaki Kaneki, Muroran Institute of Technology
Hironobu Kamimura, Muroran Institute of Technology, Japan

Publications Co-Chairs
Mario Koppen, Fraunhofer IPK, Gernany
Isao Tokuda, Muroran Institute of Technology, Japan
Xiao-Zhi Gao, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
Takashi Uozumi, Muroran Institute of Technology, Japan

Web Co-Chairs
Andy AuYeung, Oklahoma State University, USA
Wakio Oka, Muroran Institute of Technology, Japan
Noriyuki ishii, Muroran Institute of Technology, Japan
Shungo Tanemura, Muroran Institute of Technology, Japan
Masahiro Nakazawa, Muroran Institute of Technology, Japan

Stream Chairs
Intelligent Hybrid Systems
Clarence W. de Silva, University of British Columbia, Canada
Fusion of Soft Computing and Hard Computing
Akimoto Kamiya, Kushiro National College of Technology, Japan
Data Mining and Decision Support Systems
Kate Smith, Monash University, Australia
Chance Discovery
Yukio Ohsawa, University of Tsukuba, Japan
Intelligent Agent-Based Systems, Cognitive and Reactive Distributed Artifcial Intelligence (Complex Systems)
Azuma Ohuchi, Hokkaido University, Japan
Internet Modeling
Vana Kalogeraki, University of California, U.S.A.
Human Interface and Kansei Engineering
Hideyuki Takagi, Kyushu University, Japan
Biology and Medicine
Takashi Uozumi, Muroran Insitute of Technology, Japan
Business and Management
Azuma Ohuchi, Hokkaido University, Japan
Artificial Societies
Azuma Ohuchi, Hokkaido University, Japan
Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals, and Materials
March J. Embrechts, Rensselaer Polytechnic, U.S.A.
Environment Engineering
Tohru Tamura, Muroran Institute of Technology, Japan

International Program Committee
Janos Abonyi, University of Veszprem, Hungary
Soumya Banerjee, Institute of Management Studies, India
Anrew Bonarini, Plitecnico di Milano, Italy
Costa Branco P J, stituto Superior Technico, PortugalIn
Maria do Carmo Nicoletti, Federal University of São Carlos
Andre C PL Ferreira de Carvalho, University of San Paulo, Brazil
Yuehui Chen, Jinan University, China
Sung Bae Cho, Yonsei University, Korea
Dipankar Dasgupta, University of Memphis, U.S.A.
Raj Dasgupta, University of Nebraska, USA
Kalyanmoy Deb, Indian Institute of Technology, India
Yasuhiko Dote, Muroran Institute of Technology, Japan
Mark J. Embrechts, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, U.S.A.
Takeshi Furuhashi, Mie University, Japan
Matjaz Gams, Jozef Stefan Institute, Slovenia
Maria Ganzha, Private Higher Educational Institute , Poland
Xiao-Zhi Gao, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
Tom Gedeon, Murdoch University, Australia
Joydeep Ghosh, Universty of Texas at Austin, U.S.A.
Crina Grosan, Babes-Bolyai University, Romania
Sajjad Haider, George Mason University, USA
Hideki Hashimoto, University of Tokyo, Japan
Francisco Herrera, University of Granada, Spain
Hiromitu Hikita, Muroran Institute of Technology, Japan
Frank Hoffmann, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Hitoshi Iba, University of Tokyo, Japan
Hisao Ishibuchi, Osaka Prefecture University, Japan
Ken-ichi Itakura, Muroran Institute of Technology, Japan
R.P. Jagadeesh Chandra Bose, India
Akimoto Kamiya, Kushiro National College of Technology, Japan
Joarder Kamruzzaman, Monash University, Australia
Stephen Kercel, Oak Ridge National Lboratory, U.S.A.
Etienne Kerre, Ghent University, Belgium
Mario Koppen, Fraunhofer IPK, Germany
William B. Langdon, University College London, U.K.
Kyungmi Lee, Griffith University, Australia
Z. Nakao, University of the Ryukyus, Japan
Yukio Ohsawa, University of Tsukuba, Japan
Azuma Ohuchi, Hokkaido University, Japan
Hironori Okii, Muroran Institute of Technology, Japan
Seppo J. Ovaska, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
Nikhil .R. Pal, Indian Statistical Institute, India
Vasile Palade, Oxford University, U.K.
Marcin Paprzycki, Oklahoma State University, USA
Witold Pedrycz, University of Alberta, Canada
Tuan Pham, Griffith University, Australia
Wenyu Qu, JASIST, Japan
Daniel Rodic, Nam Tech, South Africa
Rajkumar Roy, Cranfield University, U.K.
Javier Ruiz-del-Solar, University of Chile, Chile
Sugata Sanyal, Tata Institute ofFundamental Research, India
Jianming Shi, Muroran Institute of Technology, Japan
Zhaohao Sun, University of Wollongong, Australia
Hideyuki Takagi, Kyushu University, Japan
Tohru Tamura, Muroran Institute of Technology, Japan
Atsushi Toyama, Muroran Institute of Technology, Japan
Cong Tran, University of South Australia, Australia
Takashi Uozumi, Muroran Insitute of Technology, Japan
Berend Vanderzwaag, University of Twente, The Netherlands
Marley Vellasco, PUC-RJ, Brazil
Brijesh Verma, Griffith University, Australia
Fernando J. Von Zuben , State University of Campinas, Brazil
Donald C. Wunsch II. New Mexico State University,U.S.A.
Nobuyoshi Yabuki, Muroran Institute of Technology, Japan
Ronald　R. Yager, Iona College, U.S.A.
Toru Yamaguchi, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Technology, Japan