Managing Complex Systems 9-13 June 2014
Managing Complex Systems
9-13 June 2014 CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
Founding Chair Publications Chair Mo Jamshidi – University of Texas, USA Tim Ferris – University of South Australia, Australia
Conference General Co-Chairs Military Liaison Stephen Cook – University of South Australia, Australia Anne-Marie Grisogono - DSTO Vernon Ireland – University of Adelaide, Australia Asia & Pacific Liaisons Program Co-Chairs Saeid Nahavandi – Deakin University, Australia Quoc Do – Frazer Nash, Australia Bob Cavana – Victoria University, NZ Alex Gorod – University of Adelaide, Australia Fei- Yue Wang – Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Ramakrishnan Raman – Honeywell, India Tutorial and Organised Sessions Chair: Yeo Tat Soon, National University of Singapore, Singapore Matthew Joordens – Deakin University, Australia Tim Ferris – University of South Australia, Australia Europe Liaison Michael Henshaw – Loughborough University, UK Special Sessions Chair Roberto Sacile – University of Genova, Italy Saeid Nahavandi – Deakin University, Australia Abdelmadjid Bouabdallah, Technical University of Compiegne, France Mikhail Belov – IBS, Russia Local Arrangements Chair Daniel Drob – Ecole Polytechnique, France Jaci Pratt – DSTO, Australia US Liaison Alex Gorod – University of Adelaide, Australia Industrial Liaisons Mo Jamshidi – University of Texas San Antonio, USA Garry Roedler – Lockheed Martin Corp, USA Paul Rad – Rackspace Open Cloud Company, USA IT Chair Saeid Nahavandi – Deakin University, Australia William Scott – University of South Australia, Australia
See web site: http://sosengineering.org/2014/technical-committee/ for contact information Getting to the Conference Venue from the Airport: Short Taxi Ride Getting to the city from Glenelg
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