Leadership and Advisory Board
Founders and Executive Board
Prof. Kaoru Hirota
Role: Founder; Chairman
Affiliation: Tokyo Institute of Technology
Previous Affiliation: Tokyo Institute of Technology
Prof. Kaoru Hirota is an internationally recognized scholar in computational intelligence, fuzzy systems, intelligent robotics, and soft computing. He has made long-standing contributions to fuzzy theory, intelligent systems, human-centered robotics, and international academic collaboration.
Prof. Yaping Dai
Role: Founder; Vice-Chairman; Secretary General
Affiliation: International Association for Computational Intelligence
Prof. Yaping Dai plays an important role in the organization and development of IACI's academic activities. Her work supports international academic exchange, conference coordination, research collaboration, and the institutional development of computational intelligence communities.
Senior Advisors
Prof. Toshio Fukuda
Role: Chief Advisor
Country: Japan
Affiliation: Professor Emeritus, Nagoya University
Prof. Toshio Fukuda is a world-leading scholar in robotics, intelligent systems, micro-nano robotics, and systems engineering. He served as IEEE President in 2020 and has made major contributions to intelligent robotic systems, engineering education, and international professional communities.
Prof. Witold Pedrycz
Role: Expert Advisor
Country: Canada
Affiliation: University of Alberta
Prof. Witold Pedrycz is a leading scholar in computational intelligence, fuzzy modelling, granular computing, data science, and human-centric intelligent systems. His research has strongly influenced the theory and application of intelligent information processing and soft computing.
Prof. Qinglin Wang
Role: Expert Advisor
Country: China
Affiliation: National Key Laboratory of Parallel and Distributed Computing
Prof. Qinglin Wang works in areas related to high-performance computing, parallel and distributed computing, intelligent computing, and machine learning applications. He provides academic guidance for IACI in interdisciplinary research and computational intelligence-related activities.
Prof. Peter Sincak
Role: Expert Advisor
Country: Slovakia
Affiliation: Technical University of Košice
Prof. Peter Sincak is associated with artificial intelligence, cybernetics, intelligent technologies, robotics, and AI education. He has contributed to academic training, international collaboration, and the development of intelligent systems research in Europe and beyond.
Prof. Abdullah M. Iliyasu
Role: Expert Advisor
Country: Saudi Arabia
Affiliation: Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University
Prof. Abdullah M. Iliyasu works in computational intelligence, quantum image processing, quantum-inspired computing, machine learning, intelligent information processing, and information security. His interdisciplinary work supports emerging applications of intelligent systems and advanced computational technologies.