Organizing Committee General Chairs Bazhong Shen, Xidian University, Mahmoud Daneshmand, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA Tie Qiu, University, China

Program Chairs Joel Rodrigues, National Institute of Telecommunications (Inatel), Brazil Chen Chen, Xidian University, China Wenbing Zhao, Cleveland State University, USA

Workshop Chairs Zhangbing Zhou, China University of Geosciences, China Chun Wang, Concordia University, Canada Zongtao Duan, Changan University, China

Demo/Poster Chairs Yanjun Shi, Dalian University of Technology, China Ivan Lee, University of South Australia, Australia Xiaoming Wang, Normal University, China

Publication Chairs Chun-Wei Tsai, National Chung-Hsing University, Taiwan Laiping Zhao, , China Lu Liu, University of Derby, UK

Special issue Chairs Arun Kumar Sangaiah, VIT University, India Jianwei Niu, , China Qinglin Zhao, Macau University of Science and Technology, China

Track Co-Chairs Yuanqiu Luo, Technologies, USA Xiaoxiong Zhong, , China Yong Liao, University, China Jianxin Li, The University of Western Australia, Australia Nan Ding, Dalian University of Technology, China Xiulong Liu, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Lei Wang, Dalian University of Technology, China Guangjie Han, , China Sabu M. Thampi, Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, India Rossi Kamal, Shanto-Mariam University of Creative Technology, Bangladesh Mohamed Elhoseny, Mansoura University, Egypt Hyunbum Kim, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, USA

xiii Publicity Chairs Qing Hu, Dalian Maritime University, China Chungang Yang, Xidian University, China Songtao Lu, Iowa State University, USA Honggang Wang, Xi`an University of Posts & Telecommunications, China Liangyin Chen, University, China

Conference Secretaries Lei Liu, Xidian University, China Jinna Hu, Xidian University, China Cong Wang, Xidian University, China Tingting Xiao, Xidian University, China Qianzhen Sun, Dalian University of Technology, China

Steering Committee Chunming Rong, University of Stavanger, Norway Huansheng Ning, University of Science and Technology , China Mahmoud Daneshmand, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA

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