Soft Computing

TC Leadership

Ajith Abraham

TC Chair

Ajith Abraham (Email)
Machine Intelligence Research Labs (MIR Labs), USA

Hideyuki Takagi

TC Chair

Hideyuki Takagi (Email)
Kyushu University, Japan

Mario Koppen

TC Chair

Mario Koppen (Email)
Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan


Our Goal

Our goal is to provide a forum for exchanging ideas among Soft Computing researchers and engineers through scientific events, such as organizing special sessions at SMC annual conferences, organizing and supporting international conferences and workshops, our Google Site and Google Group, and editing special issues for SMC Society’s publications.


Members

  • Hozeifa Adam Abd Alshafy, Karary University, Sudan
  • Baharom Abdul Hamid, Taylors University, Malaysia
  • Ajith Abraham, Machine Intelligence Research Labs, USA
  • Siby Abraham, University of Mumbai, India
  • Olawale Surajudeen Adebayo, Federal University of Technology Minna, Nigeria
  • Walaa Abd El aal Afifi, Institute of Statistical Studies and Research, Egypt
  • Hernan Eduardo Aguirre Duran, Shinshu University, Japan
  • Robert T. F. Ah King, University of Mauritius, Mauritius
  • Faudziah Ahmad, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Malaysia
  • Mojtaba Ahmadieh Khanesar, Semnan University, Iran
  • Nadeem Akhtar, Aligarh Muslim University, India
  • Srinivasan Alavandar, Anna University, India
  • Rashid Ali, Aligarh Muslim University, India
  • Adel M. Alimi, University of Sfax, Tunisia
  • Salha M. Alzahrani, Taif University, Saudi Arabia
  • Murat I Anchokov, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
  • Diego Andina, Technical University of Madrid, Spain
  • Michela Antonelli, University of Pisa, Italy
  • Yassine Aribi, Regim-Lab, Tunisia
  • Meghna Babbar-Sebens, Oregon State University, USA
  • Mohammad Babrdel Bonab, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia
  • Youakim Badr, INSA Lyon, France
  • Javier Bajo, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
  • Valentina Emilia Balas, University “Aurel Vlaicu” Arad, Romania
  • Sebastián Basterrech, Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
  • Barnabas Bede, DigiPen Institute of Technology, USA
  • Mokhtar Beldjehem, Sainte-Anne’s University, Canada
  • Chokri Ben Amar, University of Sfax, Tunisia
  • Mohamed Ben Halima, REGIM/Sfax University, Tunisia
  • Stefano Berretti, University of Florence, Italy
  • Jan Bohacik, University of Zilina, Slovakia
  • Rajakumar Boothalingom, Aloy Labs, India
  • Abdelhak Bousbaci, USTHB, Algérie
  • Faouzi Bouslama, Dubai Men’s College /Higher Colleges of Technology, UAE
  • Oscar Castillo, Tijuana Institute of Technology, Mexico
  • Basabi Chakraborty, Iwate Prefectural University, Japan
  • Goutam Chakraborty, Iwate Prefectural University, Japan
  • Swati Vilas Chande, International School of Informatics and Management, India
  • Aravindan Chandrabose, SSN College of Engineering, India
  • Pei-Chann Chang, Yuan Ze University, Taiwan
  • Chuan-Yu Chang, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
  • Richard Chbeir, Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour, France
  • Yun-Huoy Choo, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia
  • Leandro dos Santos Coelho, Pontifical Catholic University of Parana, Brazil
  • Lino Costa, University of Minho, Portugal
  • Alfredo Cuzzocrea, ICAR-CNR and University of Calabria, Italy
  • Mohamad Yusof Darus, UiTM, Malaysia
  • Sourav Das, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India
  • Sujata Dash, North Orissa University, Baripada, India
  • Radu Codrut David, Politehnica University of Timisoara, Romania
  • Amol Yashwant Deshmukh, G.H.Raisoni College of Engineering, India
  • Habib Dhahri, University of sfax, Tunisia
  • Rodrigo Miranda Feitosa, Unidade de Ensino Superior Dom Bosco, Brasil
  • Francesc Josep Ferri, Universitat de Valencia, Spain
  • Vladimir J. Filipovic, Belgrade University, Serbia
  • Imtiez Fliss, University of Manouba, Tunisia
  • Mohamed Mostafa Fouad, Arab Academy for Science, Technology, and Maritime Transport, Egypt
  • Robert Fullér, Óbuda University, Hungary
  • Lubna Gabralla, Sudan University of Science and Technology, Sudan
  • Xavier Gandibleux, University of Nantes, France
  • Xiao-Zhi Gao, Aalto University, Finland
  • Cicero Garrozi, Federal Rural University of Pernambuco, Brazil
  • Alexander Emilov Gegov, University of Portsmouth, UK
  • Alexander Gelbukh, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico
  • Kareem Kamal A. Ghany, Beni-Suef University, Egypt
  • Sing Ong Goh, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia
  • Jerzy Witold Grzymala-Busse, University of Kansas, USA
  • Bharti Gupta, RGPV Bhopal, India
  • Tarek M. Hamdani, Taibah University, Tunisia
  • Oussama H. Hamid, Arab Open University, Kuwait
  • Lakshmikanth Hari, K. J. Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and Research, India
  • Pitoyo Hartono, Chukyo University, Japan
  • Hazila Hasan, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia
  • Takashi Hasuike, Osaka University, Japan
  • Jude D. Hemanth, Karunya University, India
  • Wladyslaw Homenda, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
  • Wei-Chiang Samuclson Hong, Oriental Institute of Technology, Taiwan
  • Estevam R. Hruschka, Federal University of Sao Carlos, Brazil
  • Hsiang-Cheh Huang, Natl University of Kaohsiung, Taiwan
  • Dusan Husek, ICS AS CR v.v.i., Czech Republic
  • Norikazu Ikoma, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan
  • Jun-ichi Imai, Chiba Institute of Technology, Japan
  • Amelia Ritahani Ismail, IIUM, Malaysia
  • Hesam Izakian, Alberta Centre for Child, Family & Community Research, Canada
  • Jafreezal Jaafar, Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Malaysia
  • Alex Pappachen James, Nazarbayev University, Republic of Kazakhstan
  • Nursuriati Jamil, Universiti Teknologi Mara, Malaysia
  • Agnieszka Jastrzebska, Warsaw University of Technology, Polska
  • Chia-Feng Juang, Chung Hsing University, Taiwan
  • Paul Kaefer, Marquette University, USA
  • Tsuneo Kagawa, Oita University, Japan
  • Nor Shahniza Kamal Bashah, Universiti Teknologi Mara, Malaysia
  • Habib M. Kammoun, University of Sfax, Tunisia
  • Rajib Kar, National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, India
  • Maryam Kardgar, Mirdamad University, Iran
  • Hiroharu Kawanaka, Mie University, Japan
  • Saif Ur Rehman Khan, University of Malaya, Malaysia
  • Dina Khattab, Ain Shams University, Egypt
  • Shubhalaxmi Kher, Arkansas State University, USA
  • Nik Zulkarnaen Khidzir, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, Malaysia
  • Mario Köppen, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan
  • Vladik Kreinovich, University of Texas at El Paso, USA
  • Dalia Kriksciuniene, Vilnius University, Lithuania
  • Pavel Krömer, Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
  • Anand Jayant Kulkarni, University of Windsor, Canada
  • Sanjay Kumar, Jaipur National University, India
  • Bernadetta Kwintiana Ane, Universität Stuttgart, Germany
  • Saima Anwar Lashari, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Malaysia
  • Syaheerah Lebai Lutfi, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
  • Chang-Yong Lee, Kongju National University, Korea
  • Imre Lendák, University of Novi Sad, Serbia
  • Xianneng Li, Waseda University, Japan
  • Tze Hui Liew, Multimedia University, Malaysia
  • Ahmad Lotfi, Nottingham Trent University, UK
  • Simone A. Ludwig, North Dakota State University, USA
  • Ana Maria Madureira, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
  • Renato Dourado Maia, State University of Montes Claros, Brasil
  • Syahaneim Marzukhi, National Defense Univ. Malaysia, Malaysia
  • Suleman Mazhar, Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Science & Technology, Pakistan
  • Jose M. Merigo, University of Chile, Chile
  • Vitaliy Mezhuyev, Berdyansk State Pedagogical University, Ukraine
  • Efrén Mezura-Montes, University of Veracruz, Mexico
  • Krishn Kumar Mishra, MNNIT Allahabad, India
  • Neha Mittal, JPIET, India
  • Nurfadhlina Mohd Sharef, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
  • Wiilam Murray Mount, UNSW, Australia
  • Azah Kamilah Muda, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia
  • Anang Hudaya Muhamad Amin, Multimedia University, Malaysia
  • Snehasis Mukhopadhyay, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, USA
  • Mohamed Eljafiz Mustafa Musa, Sudan University of Science and Technology, Sudan
  • Andreas C. Nearchou, University of Patras, Greece
  • Atul Negi, University of Hyderabad, India
  • Sergio Nesmachnow, Universidad de la República, Uruguay
  • Thành Long Ngô, Le Quy Don niversity, Vietnam
  • Kei Ohnishi, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan
  • Olufunke Oyejoke Oladipupo, Covenant University, Nigeria
  • Olayemi Olaolu Olawumi, University of Eastern Finland, Finland
  • Yukiko Orito, Hiroshima University, Japan
  • Kauser Ahmed P., VIT University, India
  • Vijayalakshmi G. A. Pai, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, India
  • Jisha Jose Panackal, Vidya Academy of Science and Technology, India
  • Bijaya Ketan Panigrahi, IIT Dehli, India
  • Millie Pant, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India
  • Andrew Peter Paplinski, Monash University, Australia
  • Krishna Patteti, JNTU Hyderabad, India
  • Yan Pei, University of Aizu, Japan
  • David A. Pelta, University of Granada, Spain
  • Mikhail Petrovskiy, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russian
  • Anitha S Pillai, Hindustan University, India
  • Nelishia Pillay, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
  • Jan Platoš, VSB-Techical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
  • ESN Krishna Prasad Ponnekanti, Prasad V. Potluri Siddhartha Institute of Technology, India
  • Florin Pop, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania
  • BDCN Prasad, JNTU Kakinada, India
  • Attar u Rahman, BIIT PMAS-AA University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
  • Ali Asghar Rahmani Hosseinabadi, Islamic Azad University, Iran
  • Rahmita Wirza Rahmat, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
  • Tirumala K Rama Krishna Rao, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, India
  • Vijay Duddu Rao, ISSA, DRDO, Metcalfe House, Delhi, India
  • Mehul Shirish Raval, Ahmedabad University, India
  • Sandeep Reddivari, University of North Florida, USA
  • Muhammad Habib ur Rehman, University of Malaya, Malaysia
  • Rim Rekik, University of Sfax, Tunisia
  • Ejbali Ridha, University of Sfax, Tunisia
  • Alvaro Rocha, University of Coimbra, Portugal
  • Peter Rockett, University of Sheffield, UK
  • Nizar Rokbani, ISSAT University of Sousse, Tunisia
  • Alvaro Rubio-Largo, University of Extremadura, Spain
  • Toshimichi Saito, HOSEI University, Japan
  • Virgilijus Sakalauskas, Vilnius University, Lithuania
  • Jan Samek, Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic
  • Hirosato Seki, Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan
  • Francisco Serdio Fernández, Johannes Kepler University, Austria
  • Noor Akhmad Setiawan, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia
  • Shahaboddin Shamshirband, University of Malaya, Malaysia
  • Siti Norul Huda Sheikh Abdullah, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia
  • Mohammad Shojafar, University Sapienza of Rome, Italy
  • Patrick Siarry, University Paris 12 (LiSSi), France
  • Ahmad Tasnim Siddiqui, Taif University, Saudi Arabia
  • Clay Palmeira Da Silva, Universidade Federal do Amapá, Brasil
  • Pramod Kumar Singh, ABV-IIITM Gwalior, India
  • Shailendra Singh, NITTTR, Bhopal, India
  • Vaclav Skala, University of West Bohemia, Czech Republic
  • Layth Sliman, Olab-Dynamics, France
  • James E. Smith, University of the West of England, UK
  • Shahab Saquib Sohail, Aligarh Muslim University, India
  • Aureli Soria-Frisch, Satarlab Barcelona SL, Spain
  • Ponnuthurai Nagaratnam Suganthan, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
  • Sharifah Sakinah Syed Ahmad, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia
  • Faraz Tahir, EME College NUST, Pakistan
  • Hideyuki Takagi, Kyushu University, Japan
  • Noboru Takagi, Toyama Prefectural University, Japan
  • Antonio J. Tallón-Ballesteros, University of Seville, Spain
  • Jose Antonio Tenreiro Machado, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
  • Sabu M. Thampi, IIITM-K, India
  • Geetam Singh Tomar, MIR Labs, MPCT Gwalior, India
  • Bipin Kumar Tripathi, H B Technological Institute, India
  • Leonilde Rocha Varela, University of Minho, Portugal
  • Miguel A. Vega-Rodríguez, University of Extremadura, Spain
  • Jasmin Velagić, University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Sebastian Ventura, University of Cordoba, Spain
  • Gregg T. Vesonder, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA
  • Liviu Mihai Vladutu, Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Romania
  • Talaat Mohyeldin Wahby, Sudan University of Science and Technology, Sudan
  • Toshihiko Watanabe, Osaka Electro-Communication University, Japan
  • Li-Pei Wong, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
  • Tak-Lam Wong, The Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong
  • Michal Wozniak, Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland
  • Fatos Xhafa, Technical University of Catalonia, Spain
  • Guangfei Yang, Dalian Univ. of Tech., China
  • Jun Yoneyama, Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan
  • Ahmed Khalaf Zager, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Malaysia
  • Daniela Zaharie, West University of Timisoara, Romania
  • Mourad Zaied, University of Gabes, Tunisia
  • Anazida Zainal, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia
  • Alexandru Ciprian Zavoianu, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria
  • Hossam M. Zawbaa, Babes-Bolyai University, Romania
  • Ivan Zelinka, Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
  • Qiangfu Zhao, University of Aizu, Japan

Recent Activities

  • We have organized special sessions (SS’s) every year at the SMC annual conferences since SMC2001 and are one of the champion TCs that collected the most SS papers. Our TC was awarded by IEEE Most Active SMC Technical Committee Award in 2006 and 2009.
  • Our TC is very active in organizing and supporting international conferences. Our TC members serve as chairs of organizing committees and invited speakers. We are organizing and have organized many conferences, including CYBCONF2015, ICSNS2015, PAAMS2015, ICACCI2015, NAFIPS2015, INCoS2015, AECIA2015, iCAST2015, SoCPaR2015, CASoN2015, NaBIC2015, IAS2015, and IEMCON2015.
  • See our current and past activities at our Google Site on IEEE SMCS TC on Soft Computing
  • We have a public forum, Google Site on IEEE SMCS TC on Soft Computing, for our TC members and provide members’ research interests, related conference information, and Google Group for discussion among TC members.
  • We edited a Special Issue on Soft Computing for the SMC Society eNewsletter, No. 29 (Dec. 2009) and an article on our TC at the eNewsletter, No. June 2013.

Join Us

We are the most active TC that provides opportunities for exchanging technical ideas to TC members as you see the above our activities. See our detail activities at Google Site on IEEE SMCS TC on Soft Computing, join our TC through “Join Us!” web page at this Google Site, and enjoy members’ privileges of:

  • Post your research keywords at our Google Site and find our TC members in the same research areas.
  • Advertise your conference information by posting it at our Google Site as well as finding conferences of your interest at the same site.
  • Discuss, exchange research ideas, and possibly share research resources with our TC members at Bulletin Board System, Google Group, or connect with certain TC members whom you find in the Members’ Research Interests web page at our Google Site.
  • Interact with experts in Soft Computing such as neural networks, fuzzy systems, evolutionary computation or other biologically inspired systems that are rapidly growing research fields.
  • Participate in interesting conferences and workshops.
  • Make friends from different regions of the world at our Google Site and organized conferences.

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