KES Focus Group on Intelligent Decision Technologies
The KES Focus Group on Intelligent Decision Technologies is organized to facilitate and coordinate mutual R&D efforts in the field of intelligent systems that improve decision making. Its strategic aim is to encourage interdisciplinary research in applied and fundamental studies by providing opportunities for interaction, collaborative activities, and scholarly publication.
Activities
The Focus Group will carry out a range of activities in pursuit of its aim, including:-
1. Organizing an annual International Conference on Intelligent Decision Technologies, KES-IDT.
Details of the next conference are available
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2. Organizing workshops and seminars among the group.
3. Realizing projects.
4. Publication of periodicals and books.
Publications
1. The International Intelligent Decision Technologies International Journal (IDT). Details are available
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2. Contributing to book series such as
http://www.springer.com/series/8578
http://www.springer.com/series/4738
http://www.kesinternational.org/bookseries.php
http://www.worldscibooks.com/series/sii_series.shtml
Group Leader
The leader of the Focus Group are Professor Gloria Phillips-Wren, Loyola University Maryland, and Professor Lakhmi Jain, University of South Australia, Adelaide.
Technical Committee
Kazumi Nakamatsu, University of Hyogo, Japan
Junzo Watada, Waseda University, Japan
Anne Hakansson, Uppsala University, Sweden
Ronald Hartung, Franklin University, USA
Barry G. Silverman, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Valentina Emilia Balas, University of Arad, Romania
Roumen Kountchev, Technical University - Sofia, Bulgaria
M. Sato-Ilic, University of Tsukuba, Japan
Academic Members
Anca Ralescu , USA
Andreas Tolk , USA
Anne Snowden , Canada
Bill Dembski , USA
Carlo Sansone , Italy
Chih-Yung Chang , Taiwan
Daniel Power , USA
Daniela Godoy , Argentina
Eizo Kinoshita , Japan
Feng-Tse Lin , Taiwan
Frada Burstein , Australia
Fumiaki Takeda , Japan
George A. Tsihrintzis , Greece
Hisao Shiizuka , Japan
Hu Xiangpei , China
Huey-Ming Lee , Taiwan
Isabelle Bichindaritz , USA
Jaeseok Choi , Korea
Jian-Bo Yang , UK
Jie Lu , Australia
Junzo Watada , Japan
Kazuo Hatakeyama , Brazil
Leonardo Garrido , Mexico
Lily Lin , Taiwan
Luiz Fernando Capretz , Canada
Manuel Mora , Mexico
Maria Virvou , Greece
Mika Sato-Ilic , Japan
P C Yuen , Hong Kong
Pascale Zarate' , France
Patrick Brenzillon , France
Roumen Kountchev , Bulgaria
Shangming Zhou , UK
Thong Nguyen , Australia
Toyohide Watanabe , Japan
Vicenc Torra , Spain
Yukio Ohsawa , Japan
Contact
For more information on the Focus Group or enquiries about it, please contact
Professor Gloria Phillips-Wren, E-mail:- gwren@loyola.edu
or
Professor Lakhmi Jain, Email:- lakhmi.jain@unisa.edu.au