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Tianzhou Chen, Department of Computer Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

Xu Hong, College of Information Science and engineering, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, China

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Hajime Fujita, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Takayama, Japan

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Yuk-Hei Lam, School of Information Technology, Deakin University Pigdons Road, Victoria, Australia

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Ying Guan, Decision Systems Lab, School of IT and Computer Science University of Wollongong, Australia

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Holger Brocks, Fraunhofer Integrated Publication and Information Systems Institute, Darmstadt, Germany

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N. Shah, Distributed Systems and Modelling Research Group Coventry University, Coventry UK

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Elisabeth Crawford, Computer Science Department Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh PA

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Amrish Vyas, Department of Information Systems University of Maryland, Baltimore County

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Maria Fasli, University of Essex, Department of Computer Science Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, UK

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Manuel Kolp, Information System Unit, University of Louvain

Haralambos Mouratidis, School of Computing and Technology, University of East London

Paolo Giorgini, Department of Information and Communication Technology University of Trento - Italy

Peter Braun, Swinburne University of Technology Faculty of Information and Communication Tech.

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Steffen Kern, Friedrich Schiller University Jena Department of Computer Science 07743 Jena, Germany

Charles Madiera, Laboratoire d'Informatique de Paris 6, Unibversite Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris Cedex France

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Guido Boella, Dipartimento di Informatica Universit`a di Torino Italy

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Wenyu Qu, Graduate School of Information Science Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

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Sahin Albayrak, DAI-Lab, Technical University Berlin, Germany

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Martin Rehák, Czech Technical University in Prague

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Guido Boella, Dipartimento di Informatica Universita di Torino - Italy

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Leendert van der Torre, CWI and TU Delft - Amsterdam

Raphen Becker, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Department of Computer Science

Victor Lesser, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Department of Computer Science

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Hoong Chuin LAU, School of Information Systems Singapore Management University

Lei ZHANG, The Logistics Institute Asia Pacific National University of Singapore

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Nicola Gatti, Dipartimento di Elettronica e Informazione Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy

Francesco Amigoni, Dipartimento di Elettronica e Informazione Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy

Michael Kirley, Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering The University of Melbourne Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Marcin Dziubinski, Institute of Informatics,Warsaw University,Banacha 2, Warsaw, Poland

Rineke Verbrugge, Institute of Arti?cial Intelligence, University of Groningen, Grote Kruisstraat Groningen,Netherlands

Barbara Dunin-Keplicz, Institute of Informatics,Warsaw University, Banacha 2,Warsaw, Poland

Tingting Wang, Department of Computer Science Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong

Jiming Liu, Department of Computer Science Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong

Pierrick Plamondon, Computer Science & Software Engineering Dept Laval University Ste-Foy, Quebec, Canada

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Abder Rezak Benaskeur, Decision Support Systems Section Defence RD Canada - Valcartier Val-B?elair, Quebec, Canada

Zhengnan Shi, Dept of Computer Science Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina

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Elizabeth Chang, CEEBI and School of Information Systems, Curtin University of Technology, Australia

Farookh Khadeer Hussain, CEEBI and School of Information Systems, Curtin University of Technology, Australia

Tharam Dillon, Faculty of Information Technology, University of Technology Sydney, Australia

Adam Barker, Centre for Intelligent Systems and their Applications (CISA) School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh, UK

Roman Neruda, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic

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Yoseba K. Penya, Department of Information Systems Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Austria.

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Fu-Ming Lee, Department of Information Management, Chaoyang University of Technology, Taichung County 41349, Taiwan

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Malamati Louta, School of Electrical & Computer Engineering,National Technical University of Athens,Heroon Polytechneiou Str, Athens, Greece

Ioanna Roussaki, School of Electrical & Computer Engineering,National Technical University of Athens,Heroon Polytechneiou Str, Athens, Greece

Lambros Pechlivanos, Department of International and European Economic Studies, Athens University of Economics and Business, Athens,Greece

Dionisis Kehagias, Informatics and Telematics Institute Center for Research and Technology Hellas 1st km Thermi-Panorama road, Thermi, Greece

Pericles A. Mitkas, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

Emerson Cabrera Paraiso, Ponificia Universidade catolica do Parana, Computer Science Department, Brazil

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Kenichi Takahashi, Hiroshima City University Hiroshima, 731-3194, Japan

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XIE Xiong, Department of Computer Science and Technology Dalian Maritime University, Dalian 116026, P.R.China

ZHANG Weishi, Department of Computer Science and Technology Dalian Maritime University, Dalian 116026, P.R.China

XU Lei, Department of Computer Science and Technology Dalian Maritime University, Dalian 116026, P.R.China

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J.A. Suarez-Romero, University of A Coruna, Department of Computer Science, LIDIA Group

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B. Guijarro-Berdinas, University of A Coruna, Department of Computer Science, LIDIA Group

C. Duran-Sanles, University of A Coruna, Department of Computer Science, LIDIA Group

St?phane Daviet, LINA and PerformanSe

H?l?ne Desmier, LINA and PerformanSe

Henri Briand, LINA

Fabrice Guillet, LINA

Vincent Philipp?, PerformanSe

Pasquale De Meo, Universita Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria Via Graziella, Localit`a Feo di Vito Reggio Calabria, Italy

Giovanni Quattrone, Universita Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria Via Graziella, Localit`a Feo di Vito Reggio Calabria, Italy

Domenico Ursino, Universita Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria Via Graziella, Localit`a Feo di Vito Reggio Calabria, Italy

Giorgio Terracina, Dipartimento di Matematica Universit`a della Calabria Via Pietro Bucci 87036 Rende (CS), Italy

Dennis Pratistha, School of Computer Science and Software Engineering, Monash University, Australia

Arkady Zaslavsky, School of Computer Science and Software Engineering, Monash University, Australia

Simon Cuce, School of Computer Science and Software Engineering, Monash University, Australia

Martin Dick, School of Business Information Technology,RMIT University, Australia

Bastian Blankenburg, DFKI - German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence Stuhlsatzenhausweg 3, 66123 Saarbrucken, Germany

Matthias Klusch, DFKI - German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence Stuhlsatzenhausweg 3, 66123 Saarbrucken, Germany

Tarak Melliti, LAMSADE, University of Paris Dauphine

Serge Haddad, LAMSADE, University of Paris Dauphine

Alexandru Suna, LIP6, University of Paris 6

Amal El Fallah Seghrouchni, LIP6, University of Paris 6

Ioan Sova, Department of Automation Control and Computer Science Technical University Gh. Asachi - Ia i, Romania

Ayodele Oluyomi, Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering The University of Melbourne 111 Barry Street, Carlton, Victoria 3053, Australia

Shanika Karunasekera, Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering The University of Melbourne 111 Barry Street, Carlton, Victoria 3053, Australia

Leon Sterling, Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering The University of Melbourne 111 Barry Street, Carlton, Victoria 3053, Australia

Francesco Amigoni, Dipartimento di Elettronica e Informazione Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy

Mario Arrigoni Neri, Dipartimento di Elettronica e Informazione Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy

Caroline Chopinaud, Thales Airborne Systems and LIP62 avenue Gay Lussac 78851 Elancourt, France

Amal El Fallah Seghrouchni, LIP6 rue du Capitaine Scott 75015 Paris, France

Patrick Taillibert, Thales Airborne Systems

Wei Yin, CAS Research Center on Data Technology & Knowledge Economy and Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100080, China

Qing Yang, Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, 100080, China

Shaoyuan Yao, State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Biology, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing,

Yong Shi, CAS Research Center on Data Technology & Knowledge Economy and Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100080, China