SDM2014 International Programme Committee
The role of the IPC is as follows:-- To advise on the organisation of the symposium;
- To promote the conference and bring it to the attention of other researchers;
- To advise on the topics of the symposium;
- 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 |
| Dr. Assc. Prof. Abdel Ghani Aissaoui | University of Bechar, Algeria |
| Dr. Abdul-Hadi Abulrub | University of Bath, UK |
| Dr. Luis Alonso Pastor | UPM and UDIMA |
| Dr. Nader Anani | Manchester Metropolitan University, UK |
| Dr. Hamad Al Kaabi | New York Institute of Technology, Bahrain |
| Dr. Claire Y Barlow | University of Cambridge, UK |
| Dr. Ran Bhamra | Wolfson School of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering, Loughborough University, UK |
| Assoc. Prof. Marenglen Biba | University of New York in Tirana, Albania |
| Dr. Samuel Bigot | Cardiff University, UK |
| Dr. Nancy Bocken | University of Cambridge, UK |
| Prof. Theodor Borangiu | University Politechnica of Bucharest, Romania |
| Dr. Sheryl Brahnam | Missouri State University, USA |
| Ana Rita Campos | UNINOVA, Institute for the Development of New Technologies, Portugal |
| Dr. Nabendu Chaki | University of Calcutta, India |
| Dr. Amitava Chatterjee | Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India |
| Prof. Kai Cheng | Brunel University, UK |
| Dr. Wai Ming Cheung | Northumbria University, UK |
| Prof. Maria Manuela Cruz-Cunha | Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave, Portugal |
| Dr. Theophile K. Dagba | University of Abomey-Calavi, Africa |
| Dr. Jonathan H Deacon | University of South Wales |
| Prof. Dr. Lubomir Dimitrov | Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Prof. Stefan Dimov | University of Birmingham, UK |
| Prof. Mohamed Djemai | University of Valenciennes, France |
| Dr. Delcie R. Durham | University of South Florida, USA |
| Dr. Peter Dorrington | The National Centre for Product Design and Development Research, Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK |
| Dr. Krassimir Dotchev | University of Portsmouth, UK |
| Dr. Mahieddine Emziane | Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, UAE |
| Dr. Youssef Errami | Faculty of Science- University Chouaib Doukkali, Eljadida, Morocco |
| Prof. Steve Evans | University of Cambridge, UK |
| Prof. Najib Essounbouli | University of Reims Champagne Ardenne, France |
| Prof. Ken-ichi Fukui | The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, Japan |
| Prof. Göran Finnveden | Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden |
| Prof. Hossam Gaber | University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Canada |
| Dr. Shuming Gao | Zhejiang University, China |
| Dr. Zunmin Geng | University of Sheffield, UK |
| Dr. Saurav Goel | Queen's University, Belfast |
| Dr. Susan Grant | School of Engineering and Design, Brunel University, UK |
| Dr. Richard Greenough | De Montfort University, UK |
| Prof. Bernard Grabot | University of Toulouse, France |
| Prof. David K Harrison | Glasgow Caledonian University, Scotland |
| Prof. David Harrison | School of Engineering and Design, Brunel University, UK |
| Dr. Peter Hehenberger | Institute for Mechatronic Design and Production, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria |
| Prof. Chris Hinde | Loughborogh University, UK |
| Prof. Taka Hosoda | Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan |
| Prof. George Q. Huang | The University of Hong Kong |
| Prof. Yi-Sheng Huang | National Ilan University, Taiwan |
| Dr. Luisa Huaccho Huatuco | University of Leeds, UK |
| Dr. Marc-Philippe Huget | University of Savoie, France |
| Eng. Taofeeq Ibn-Muhammed | Institute of Energy and Sustainable Development, UK |
| Dr. Winifred Ijomah | University of Strathclyde, UK |
| Dr. David Isern | University Rovira i Virgili, Catalonia |
| Dr. Alessio Ishizaka | University of Portsmouth, UK |
| Atanas Ivanov | Brunel University, UK |
| Dr. Guoqing Jin | Coventry University, UK |
| Prof. Dragan Jevtic | University of Zagreb, Croatia |
| Prof. Kari T. Koskinen | Tampere University of Technology, Finland, |
| Dr. Adrianna Kozierkiewicz | Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland |
| Dr. Minna Lanz | Tampere University of Technology, Finland |
| Dr. Nicholas Lavery | Materials Research Centre, Swansea University, UK |
| Jay Lee | University of Cincinnati, USA |
| Prof. Fiona Lettice | University of East Anglia, UK |
| Dr. Yong Lin | University of Greenwich, UK |
| Prof. Weidong Li | Faculty of Engineering and Computing, Coventry University, UK |
| Assoc. Prof. Ted TC Lirn | National Taiwan Ocean University |
| Prof. Florin Lonescu | Steinbeis University Berlin, Germany |
| Dr. Andrew Longstaff | The University of Huddersfield, UK |
| Dr. Marin Lujak | University Rey Juan Carlos, Spain |
| Dr. Venus Lun | The Hong Kong Polytechnic University |
| Dr. Rachel Mason-Jones | University of South Wales |
| Prof. Zakaria Maamar | Zayed University, U.A.E |
| Prof. Timo Määttä | VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Industrial Systems |
| Dr. Charalampos (Harris) Makatsoris | Brunel University, UK |
| Dr. Maik Maurer | Technische Universität München, Germany |
| Dr. Jorn Mehnen | Cranfield University, UK |
| Prof. Qinggang Meng | Loughborough University, UK |
| Prof. Ahmed Mezrhab | Université Mohamed Premier, Morrocco |
| Dr. Heman Mohabeer | University of Mauritius, Mauritius |
| Dr. Esmiralda Moradian | Stockholm University, Sweden |
| Prof. Saeid Nahavandi | Deakin University, Australia |
| Prof. Mohamed Naim | Cardiff University, UK |
| Prof. Ossi Nykänen | Tampere University of Technology, Finland |
| Mr. Emeka Osaji | ENERGY GLOBE Foundation & World Award for Sustainability |
| Dr. Sabeha Ouki | University of Surrey, UK |
| Dr. Vasile Palade | Oxford, UK |
| Mr. Ankit Patel | Gujarat Technological University, India |
| Dr. Konstantinos Patsakis | Trinity College, Ireland |
| Prof. Kulwant Pawar | University of Nottingham, UK |
| Dr. Paul Phillips | Cranfield University, UK |
| Dr. Camelia Pintea | Technical University Cluj-Napoca, Romania |
| Paul Prickett | Cardiff University, UK |
| Prof. Rustem Popa | University in Galati, Romania |
| Prof. Chris Price | Aberystwyth University, UK |
| Prof. Mark Price | The Queen's University of Belfast |
| Prof. Mohammed Quaddus | Curtin University |
| Dr. Abdelhamid Rabhi | University of Picardie Jules Verne of Amiens, France |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr. Azmawani Abd Rahman | Universiti Putra Malaysia |
| Prof. Fernando Tadeo Rico | University of Valladolid, Spain |
| Dr. John Ronczka | Australian Society of Rheology, Australia |
| Dr. Atul A. Sagade | New Satara College of Engineering & Management, India |
| Sebastian Scholze | ATB-Bremen, Germany |
| Dr. Hirosato Seki | Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan |
| Dr. Mahmoud Shafik | University of Derby, UK |
| Dr. Volodymyr Shatokha | National Metallurgical Academy of Ukraine |
| Prof. Patrick Siarry | University of Paris, France |
| Prof. Basilio Sierra | University of the Basque Country, Spain |
| Pekka Siltanen | VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland |
| Dr. Patrick J. Smith | University of Sheffield, UK |
| Dr. Anthony Soroka | Cardiff School of Engineering, UK |
| Prof. Andreja Starcic | University of Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| Dr. Tamas Szecsi | Dublin City University |
| Prof. Eulalia Szmidt | Systems Research Institute Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland |
| Prof. Marco Taisch | Politecnico di Milano, Italy |
| Mr. Richard Thomas | Swansea Metropolitan University, UK |
| Prof. Dr. Georgi Todorov | Technical University of Sofia |
| Dr. Mingming Tong | University College Dublin, Ireland |
| Prof. Romina Torres | Universidad Andres Bello, Chile |
| Prof. Edmondo Trentin | DIISM - University of Siena, Italy |
| Prof. Jan Treur | VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
| Prof. George A. Tsihrintzis | University of Piraeus, Greece |
| Dr. Christopher Tuck | University of Nottingham, UK |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sharif Ullah | Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kitami Institute of Technology, Japan |
| Ashish Umre | University of Sussex, UK |
| Prof. João Varajão | University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro |
| Dr. Bay Vo | Information technology College, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam |
| Dr. Simon Walters | Brighton Universtity, UK |
| Dr. Hongwei Wang | University of Portsmouth, UK |
| Prof. Lihui Wang | KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden |
| Dr. Jaroslaw Was | AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland |
| Prof. Toyohide Watanbe | Nagoya Industrial Science Research Institute, Japan |
| Dr. Santoso Wibowo | Central Queensland University, Australia |
| Prof. Steven Wilcox | University of South Wales |
| Dr. Igor Wojnicki | AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland |
| Dr. Hartanto Wong | Aarhus University, Denmark |
| Dr. Yunchun Xu | Cranfield University, UK |
| Prof. Tetsuya Yoshida | Nara Women's University, Japan |
| Dr. Kevin Kam Fung Yuen | Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China |
| Dr. Cecilia Zanni-Merk | INSA de Strasbourg / ICube Laboratory (Unirversity of Strasbourg, CNRS), France |
| Dr. Hamza Mahdi Zargayouna | Université Paris-Est, IFSTTAR, France |
| Dr. Shangming Zhou | University Swansea, UK |
| Prof. Reyer Zwiggelaar | Aberystwyth University, UK |