General Chairs

Akira Hirose
The University of Tokyo, Japan

Hisao Ishibuchi
Southern University of Science and Technology, China

IJCNN Conference Chair

Chrisina Jayne
Teesside University, UK
IJCNN Technical Chairs

Zeng-Guang Hou
Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Barbara Hammer
Bielefeld University, Germany

Teresa Ludermir
Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil

Seiichi Ozawa
Kobe University, Japan
FUZZ-IEEE Conference Chair

Sansanee Auephanwiriyakul
Chiang Mai University, Thailand
FUZZ-IEEE Technical Chairs

Nipon Theera-Umpon
Chiang Mai University, Thailand

Keeley Crockett
Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

Mihail Popescu
University of Missouri, USA
CEC Conference Chair

Bing Xue
Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
CEC Technical Chairs

Carlos Artemio Coello Coello
CINVESTAV-IPN, Mexico

Xiaodong Li
RMIT University, Australia

Juergen Branke
The University of Warwick, UK

Nelishia Pillay
University of Pretoria, South Africa

Mengjie Zhang
Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

WCCI Chairs

Finance Chairs
Seiichi Ozawa (see IJCNN TC)        
Teijiro Isokawa            
Sponsorship Chairs

Toshiaki Omori        Teijiro Isokawa ( see Finance Chairs)            
Exhibition Chairs

Tomohiro (Tom) Shibata    
Hideaki Yamamoto

Publication Chair

Kazushi Ikeda                    
Paper Submission Chairs

Keiichi Horio    
Hiroaki Wagatsuma    
Kei Ohnishi            
Publicity / Public Relations Chairs

Junichiro Yoshimoto    
Kanta Tachibana                    
International Publicity Chairs

Jose Maria Alonso-Moral    
Guilherme Barreto    
Beatrice Ombuki-Berman    
Min Jiang            

Ferrante Neri    
Zhen Ni    
Hemant Singh    
Nishchal K. Verma            

Plenary Session Chairs

Derong Liu    
Kenji Doya    
Joao M. Costa Sousa    
Oscar Cordon        
Special Session Chairs

Robi Polikar    
Marie-Jeanne Lesot    
Mika Sato-Ilic            

Handing Wang    
Noriyasu Homma    
Yasue Mitsukura
Tutorial Chairs

Naoyuki Kubota    
Jesus Chamorro    
Chuan-Kang Ting            
Workshop Chairs

Rieko Osu    
Derek T. Anderson    
Ying Bi            

Panel Session Chairs

Hitoshi Iba    
Susana Vieira    
Yaochu Jin            

Hava Siegelmann    
Hiroshi Yamakawa    

Conflict-of-Interest Chairs

Christian Wagner    
Chee Seng Chan    
Sanaz Mostaghim            

Diversity and Inclusion Chair

Dipti Srinivasan                    

Industry Liaison Chairs

Asim Roy    
Hakaru Tamukoh                

Competition Chairs

Anna Wilbik    
Jialin Liu                
Award Chair

Masashi Sugiyama                    

Student Activities Chairs

Mikiko Sato    
Hayaru Shouno    
Eckhard Hitzer            

Mobile App and Social Media Chairs

Hirosato Seki    
Yasuo Kudo     
Sou Nobukawa                

Technical Tour Chairs

Toshiyuki Yamane    
Akira Oyama    
Eiji Uchibe    
Shinya Watanabe        

On-Line Conference Chairs

Koichiro Yamauchi     
Hisashi Handa    
Hiroyuki Sato     
Naoki Masuyama                

Local Arrangement Chairs

Hiroyuki Torikai    
Ryosho Nakane    
Gouhei Tanaka            

Tomoe Entani    
Takashi Matsubara    
Brian Sumali

WCCI Program Coordination Chair

Yusuke Nojima