KES-SDM-16 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.
The IPC consists of the following members and, in addition, all Invited Session Chairs.
| Name | Affiliation |
| Prof. Emmanuel Adamides | University of Patras, Greece |
| Prof. Leo Alting | Technical University of Denmark |
| Dr. Peter Ball | Cranfield University, UK |
| Dr. Richard Bateman | Brunel University, UK |
| Prof. Alain Bernard | Ecole Centrale de Nantes (France) |
| Prof. Nadia Bhuiyan | Concordia University, USA |
| Dr. Ran Bhamra | Loughborough University, UK |
| Dr. Samuel Bigot | Cardiff University, UK |
| Dr. Nancy Bocken | TU Delft, University of Cambridge |
| Prof. K.-D. Bouzakis | Aristoteles University of Thessaloniki, Greece |
| Dr. Ken Bruton | Intelligent Efficiency Research Group (IERG), MaREI, Civil Engineering Department, University College Cork, Ireland |
| Dr. Anisoara Calinescu | Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford, UK |
| Prof. Huajun Cao | Chongqing University, China |
| Assoc. Prof. Giampaolo Campana | University of Bologna - School of Architecture & Engineering, Italy |
| Dr. Fiona Charnley | Cranfield University, UK |
| Prof. Kai Cheng | Brunel University, UK |
| Dr. Wai Ming Cheung | Northumbria University, UK |
| John Cosgrove | Limerick Institute of Technology |
| Dr. Mélanie Despeisse | Institute for Manufacturing, Engineering Department, University of Cambridge, UK |
| Dr. Vimal Dhokia | University of Bath, UK |
| Dr. Peter Dorrington | Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK |
| Prof. Joost Duflou | KU Leuven, Belgium |
| Assist. Prof. Bryony DuPont | Oregon State University, USA |
| Dr. Ignacio Eguia | University of Seville, Spain |
| Prof. Steve Evans | University of Cambridge, UK |
| Prof. Tulay Esin | Gebeze Institute of Technology, Turkey |
| Prof. Steve Gill | Cardiff School of Art & Design, UK |
| Prof. Bernard Grabot | INP-ENIT, France |
| Dr. Ian Graham | Loughborough University, UK |
| Dr. Rick Greenough | De Montfort University, UK |
| Rachael Gould | Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden |
| Prof. Anthimos Georgiadis | Leuphana University Luneburg, Germany |
| Mr. Juhani Heilala | VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd |
| Prof. Chris Hinde | Loughborough University, UK |
| Dr. Maria Holgado | University of Cambridge, UK |
| Prof. Takamichi Hosoda | Aoyama Gakuin Univeristy, Japan |
| Dr. Luisa Huaccho Huatuco | University of York, UK |
| Prof. Haihong Huang | Hefei University of Technology, China |
| Dr. Alessio Ishizaka | University of Portsmouth, UK |
| Dr. Atanas Ivanov | Brunel University, UK |
| Prof. MuDer Jeng | National Taiwan Ocean University, Taiwan |
| Dr. Jian JIN | Beijing Normal University, China |
| Prof. Mark Jolly | Cranfield University, UK |
| Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stefan Junk | University of Applied Sciences, Offenburg, Germany |
| Prof. Dani Juricic | Jozef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| Dr. Sam Kayaga | Loughborough University, UK |
| Dr. Olivier Kerbrat | Ecole Normale Supérieure de Rennes, France |
| Dr. Timoleon Kipouros | Cambridge University, UK |
| Dr. Edwin Koh | National University of Singapore, Singapore |
| Dr. Mikko Koho | Ponsse Plc. Finland |
| Prof. Kari Koskinen | Tampere University of Technology, Finland |
| Prof. Gül E. Okudan Kremer | The Pennsylvania State University, USA |
| Prof. Martin Lehmann | Universitaet der Bundeswehr Muenchen, Germany |
| Prof. Fiona Lettice | Norwich Business School, University of East Anglia, UK |
| Prof. & Senior Engineer Dongru Li | Federation of Machinery Industry, China |
| Prof. Weiping Li | Peking University, China |
| Prof. Chee-Peng Lim | Deakin University, Australia |
| Dr. Johnson Lim | Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Malaysia |
| Dr. Ying Liu | Cardiff University, UK |
| Dr. Andrew Longstaff | University of Huddersfield, UK |
| Prof. Alison McKay | School of Mechanical Engineering University of Leeds, UK |
| Prof. Chris McMahon | University of Bristol, UK |
| Dr. Qinggang Meng | Loughborough University, UK |
| Dr. Eng. Paolo Minetola | Politecnico di Torino - Dept. Management and Production Engineering, Italy |
| Assist. Prof. Seung Ki Moon | Nanyang Technological University, Singapore |
| Dr. Scott Moura | University of California, Berkeley |
| Dr. Esmiralda Moradian | Stockholm University, Sweden |
| Prof. Saeid Nahavandi | Deakin University, Australia |
| Prof. Mohamed Naim | Cardiff University, UK |
| Dr. Linda Newnes | Department of Mechanical Engineering - University of Bath, UK |
| Prof. Stephen Newman | University of Bath, UK |
| Prof. Aldo Roberto Ometto | University of São Paulo, Brazil |
| Dr. Mohamed Osmani | Loughborough University, UK |
| Assoc. Prof. Soh Khim Ong | National University of Singapore, Singapore |
| Dr. Curie Park | Cambridge University, UK |
| Jae-Hwan Park | Middlesex University, UK |
| Prof Kulwant S. Pawar | University of Nottingham, UK |
| Prof. Stefan Pickl | Universitat der Bundeswehr, Munich |
| Dr. Daniela Pigosso | Technical University of Denmark |
| Dr. Lluís Miquel Plà-Aragonès | Leeds University Business School, University of Leeds, UK |
| Mr. Paul Prickett | Cardiff School of Engineering, United Kingdom |
| Dr. Laura Purvis | Cardiff Business School, UK |
| Prof. Caterina Rinaldi | ENEA Bologna Laboratorio ~ LCA & Ecodesign, Italy |
| Assist. Prof. Davide Russo | DIGIP Department of Management, Information and Production Engineering |
| Prof. Hefin Rowlands | University of South Wales, UK |
| Prof. Sameh Saad | Sheffield Hallam University, UK |
| Dr. Konstantinos Salonitis | Cranfield University, UK |
| Prof. Dr. Ernesto Santibanez-Gonzalez | Universidad de Talca, Chile |
| Prof. Tadeusz Sawik | AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland |
| Dr. Dirk Schaefer | University of Bath, UK |
| Dr. Tim Short | Liverpool University, UK |
| Dr. Anabela Soares | Claude Littner Business School, University of West London, UK |
| Dr. Shwe Soe | Cardiff University, UK |
| Dr. Anthony Soroka | Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, UK |
| Dr. Thomas Steffen | Loughborough University, UK |
| Prof. Fernando Tadeo | Universidad de Valladolid, Spain |
| Prof. George A Tsihrintzis | University of Piraeus, Greece |
| Prof. Dr. Eckart Uhlmann | Technische Universität Berlin, Germany |
| Dr. Ilias Vlahos | Leeds University Business School, University of Leeds, UK |
| Dr. Hongwei Wang | University of Portsmouth, UK |
| Prof. Lihui Wang | KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden |
| Dr. Qing Wang | Durham University, UK |
| Dr. Patrick Webb | Loughborough University, UK |
| Prof. Peter Wells | University of Cardiff, UK |
| Dr. Paul Witherell | National Institute of Standards and Technology |
| Dr. Dazhong Wu | Pennsylvania State University, U.S. |
| Prof. Hong-Chao Zhang | Texas Tech University, USA |
| Dr. Assist. Prof. Zhinan Zhang | Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China |
| Prof. Shan Zhongde | China Academy of Machinery Science & Technology, China |
| Prof. Zhou Zude | Wuhan University of Technology, Hubei, China |