Chairs and committee members

General Chairs

•     Berthold K.P. Horn, MIT, USA
•     Ichiro Masaki, MIT, USA
•     Kazuya Takeda, Nagoya Univ., Japan
•     Zhang Xiong, Beihang Univ., P.R.China

Conference Chairs

•     Yajun Fang, MIT, USA
•     Yoshiki Ninomiya, Nagoya Univ., Japan

Technology Chairs

•     Xiaoman Duan, MIT, USA
•     Yasha Yi, Univ. of Michigan, USA
•     Juejun Hu, MIT, USA

Program Chairs

•     Hao Sheng, Beihang Univ., P.R.China
•     Jing Ma, Harvard Univ., USA
•     Takayuki Morikawa, Nagoya Univ., Japan
•     Chendi Li, Boston Univ., USA
•     Ruitao Wen, MIT, USA

Catogory Program Chairs

•     Yousuke Watanabe, Nagoya University, Japan
•     Keigo Takeda, Nagoya University, Japan
•     Akihisa Ichiki, Nagoya University, Japan

Local Chairs

•     Kenji Mase, Nagoya Univ., Japan
•     Chunzhao Guo, Toyota Central R&D Labs, Japan
•     Victor Muhandiki, Nagoya Univ., Japan

Public Relation Chairs

•     Sherene M. Aram, MIT, USA
•     Debroah Hodges-Pabon, MIT, USA
•     Shinichi Tsuji, Nagoya Univ., Japan

Financial Chair

•     Hiro Aoki, Nagoya Univ., Japan

International Coordination Chairs

•     Javier Sanchez-Medina, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
•     Mai Nomura, Central European Univ. Business School, Hungary
•     Ratana Rujiravanit, Chulalongkorn Univ., Thailand

•     Francisco Bozzano-Barnes, Tenure and Ecology LLC, USA

Administrative Chairs

•     Shigeaki Zaima, Nagoya Univ., Japan
•     Guoping Zhang, Harvard & Nankai Univ., USA
•     Yanyan Li, Sichuan Univ., P.R. China

Conference Secretary

•     Yohji Suhara, Community Technology Institute, Japan
•     Yuumi Atobe, Nagoya Univ., InterGroup, Japan

Media Chairs

•     Gang Wu, Chinese National Radio, P.R. China
•     Dongxu Shan, Verizon, USA
•     Roger Dejean, End-Tech, USA

Marketing Chair

•     Benjamin Cheung, Architectural Illusions, USA

Exhibition Chairs

•     Eiji Ono, Nagoya Univ., Japan
•     Rongduo Liu, China Academy of Telecommunication Research, P.R.China

Publication Chairs

•     Shoji Suzuki, Fujitsu, Japan
•     Hongyan Cui, MIT, USA

UV Forum Chairs

•     Michael Chen, MIT, USA
•     Lan Li, MIT, USA

Session Chairs

Category I: Intelligent Transport Systems

•     Takayuki Morikawa, Nagoya Univ., Japan
•     Hiroaki Takada, Nagoya Univ., Japan

Category I: Intelligent Vehicles

•     Shinpei Kato, Univ. of Tokyo, Japan
•     Yoshiki Ninomiya, Nagoya Univ., Japan

Category II: Intelligent Healthcare

•     Mingsheng Yuan, Lahey Medical Center, USA
•     Masaru Hori, Nagoya Univ., Japan
•     John Hu, Hstar Inc., USA

Category II: Intelligent Life Support

•     Kenji Mase, Nagoya Univ., Japan
•     Kazuya Takeda, Nagoya Univ., Japan

Category III: Continuous Care Retirement Community (CCRC)

•     Yoshihiro Takano, Japan

Category III: Intelligent City

•     Hiroto Yasuura, Kyusyu Univ., Japan

Category III: Internet of Thing / Sensor Network

•     Hongyan Cui, MIT, USA

Category IV: Microbial Technology & Environmental Protection

•     Masaki Shintani, EM Research Organization / Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Japan

Category IV: Climate Changes & Future Life Styles

•     Gene Fry, USA

Category IV: Smart-City Trash Management and Treatment for Zero-Emission

•     Tingying Zeng, Academy for Advanced Research Institute, USA

Category IV: Environmental Protection & Waste Processing

•     Joshua Ellsworth, Brandeis Univ., USA

Category IV: Natural Intelligence & Environmental Protection

•     Apratim Sahay, USA
•     Muhammad Saqib Sultan, Brandeis Univ., USA

Category IV: Intelligent Monitoring & Environmental Protection:

•     Wei Ding, Univ. of Massachusetts Boston, USA

Category V: Data Visualization

•     Guangtao Xue, Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ., P.R.China
•     Nengcheng Chen, Wuhan University, P.R.China
•     Jian Wu, Zhejiang, Univ., P.R.China

Category VI: Renewable Energy

•     Yasha Yi, Univ. of Michigan, USA
•     Xinyu Tan, Sanxia Univ., P.R.China

Category VI: Intelligent Material

•     Toru Ujihara, Nagoya Univ., Japan

Category VII: Special Session - Persuasive City

•     Agnis Stibe, MIT, USA

Category VII: Special Session - Lighting, Healthcare and Future Life Styles

•     Yong Xu, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, P.R.China

Category VII: Special Session - Human Factors

•     Satoshi Kitazaki, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan
•     Hirofumi Aoki, Nagoya Univ., Japan

Category VII: Special Session - Music & Future Life Styles

•     Chen Chen Gong, MIT, USA 

Technical Tour Chairs (Asuke Visit)

•     Chiho Kenmochi, Nagoya Univ., Japan
•     Tomihiro Hayakawa, Asuke Hospital, Japan

Art Designer

•     Tianli Wang, Rhode Island School of Design, USA

Advisors    

•     Lionel C. Kimerling, MIT, USA
•     Charles G. Sodini, MIT, USA
•     Alberto Broggi, Università di Parma, Italy
•     Yuanli Liu, Harvard University, USA
•     Gang Chen, MIT, USA
•     Theodore D. Moustakas, Boston University, USA
•     Zongguo Xia, Univ. of Massachusetts Boston, USA
•     Jinhua Zhao, MIT, USA
•     Shuguang Zhang, Fei Tao, MIT, USA
•     Ryan C. C. Chin, MIT, USA
•     Guanghui Rong, MIT, USA
•     Nam P. Suh, Professor Emeritus MIT, USA
•     Toshio Fukuda, Meijo University, Japan
•     Lumin Wang, University of Michigan, USA
•     Mohan Trivedi, University of California at San Diego, USA
•     Tim Tianyi Cheng, Vancouver Clean Energy and Advanced Materials Technology (VCEAMT), Canada
•     Minghui Liang, National Institute of Hospital Administration, P.R.China
•     Jianchao Zeng, Taiyuan University of Science and Technology, P.R.China
•     Zhiyong Lan, Renmin University of China, P.R.China
•     Makoto Mizukawa, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan
•     Hidekazu Nishimura, Keio University, Japan
•     Yuanchun Shi, Tsinghua University, P.R.China
•     Fei-yue Wang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.R.China / IEEE Intelligent Transportation System Society
•     Daniel Zeng, The University of Arizona, USA / IEEE Intelligent Transporation System Society

Assistant Program Chair   

•     Shuo Zhang, MIT, USA

Organization Committee Members

•     Hitoshi Arima, Dspace, Japan
•     Naohiko Kohtake, Keio Univ., Japan
•     Toshimitsu Hamada, Tsukuba Gakuin Univ., Japan
•     Victor Bi, Canada
•     Shuhang Wang, Harvard Univ., USA
•     Don Naggie, Global Education, USA
•     Gongqin Li, MIT, USA
•     Wei Wu, China Academy of Telecommunication Research, P.R. China
•     Zhilu Zhang, Brandeis Univ., USA
•     Yanyan Peng, Unihero, P.R.China
•     Jie Zhang, San Francisco State Univ., USA

International Program Committee Members

•     Jaime Alvarez, Monterrey Tec Univ., Mexico
•     Satoshi Naoi, Fujitsu China, Japan
•     Ting Shu, National Institute of Hospital Administration, P.R. China
•     Jingyu Yang, NeuSoft, P.R. China
•     Adrian Ionescu, Nanoelectronic Devices Laboratory, EPFL, Switzerland
•     Chundong Zhou, Digiascend, P.R. China
•     Thomas O. Mensah, Georgia Aerospace Systems, USA