Xindong Wu, Colorado School 
          of Mines, USA (Chair) 
        Hongjun Lu, National University 
          of Singapore (Co-Chair) 
        Rao Kotagiri, University 
          of Melbourne, Australia 
        Huan Liu, Arizona State University 
          
        Hiroshi Motoda, Osaka University, 
          Japan 
        Lizhu Zhou, Tsinghua University, 
          China 
        Ning Zhong, Yamaguchi University, 
          Japan 
        Masaru Kitsuregawa, University 
          of Tokyo, Japan 
        Takao Terano, University of 
          Tsukuba, Japan