Honorary Chairs
Way Kuo, City University of Hong Kong, China
Dong Ho Park, Hallym University, Korea
Tadashi Dohi, Hiroshima University, Japan
General Chairs
Ming J Zuo, University of Alberta, Canada
George Zhang, Simon Fraser University, Canada
Yi-Kuei Lin, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
Publications Chairs
Liudong Xing, University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, USA
Lirong Cui, Beijing Institute of Technology, China
Program Committee Chairs (including Tutorial Program)
Zhaojun Li, Western New England University, USA
John Doucette, University of Alberta, Canada
Awards Committee Chairs
Zhigang Tian, University of Alberta, Canada
Ramin Moghaddass, University of Miami, USA
Local Arrangement Chairs
Daniel Ding, University of British Columbia, Canada
Mike Lipsett, University of Alberta, Canada
Aminah Robinson Fayek, University of Alberta, Canada
Publicity Chairs
Mingchih Chen, Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan
Shubin Si, Northwest Polytechnic University, China
Pingfeng Wang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
Conference Secretariat
Xihui Liang, University of Manitoba, Canada
Yuejian Chen, University of Alberta, Canada
Conference Management Company
Janette Champ, ETP Symposium Inc.
Email Distributor: Constant Contact, Inc.
Way Kuo, City University of Hong Kong, China
Dong Ho Park, Hallym University, Korea
Tadashi Dohi, Hiroshima University, Japan
General Chairs
Ming J Zuo, University of Alberta, Canada
George Zhang, Simon Fraser University, Canada
Yi-Kuei Lin, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
Publications Chairs
Liudong Xing, University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, USA
Lirong Cui, Beijing Institute of Technology, China
Program Committee Chairs (including Tutorial Program)
Zhaojun Li, Western New England University, USA
John Doucette, University of Alberta, Canada
Awards Committee Chairs
Zhigang Tian, University of Alberta, Canada
Ramin Moghaddass, University of Miami, USA
Local Arrangement Chairs
Daniel Ding, University of British Columbia, Canada
Mike Lipsett, University of Alberta, Canada
Aminah Robinson Fayek, University of Alberta, Canada
Publicity Chairs
Mingchih Chen, Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan
Shubin Si, Northwest Polytechnic University, China
Pingfeng Wang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
Conference Secretariat
Xihui Liang, University of Manitoba, Canada
Yuejian Chen, University of Alberta, Canada
Conference Management Company
Janette Champ, ETP Symposium Inc.
Email Distributor: Constant Contact, Inc.
Organized by
University of Alberta, Canada;
University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), China;
Simon Fraser University, Canada;
In Cooperation with
• System Reliability Division, Systems Engineering Society of China
• Reliability Committee, Operations Research Society of China
• Industrial Engineering Division, Chinese Society of Optimization, Overall Planning and Economical Mathematics, China
• The Korean Reliability Society, Korea
• The Korea Society for Quality Management, Korea
• Operations Research Society of Japan, Japan
• Reliability Engineering Association of Japan, Japan
• Japan Industrial Management Association, Japan
• The Japanese Society for Quality Control, Japan
• IEICE Technical Committee on Reliability, Japan
• IEEE Reliability Society Japan Chapter, Japan
• Chinese Institute of Industrial Engineers, Taiwan
• Operations Research Society of Taiwan, Taiwan
University of Alberta, Canada;
University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), China;
Simon Fraser University, Canada;
In Cooperation with
• System Reliability Division, Systems Engineering Society of China
• Reliability Committee, Operations Research Society of China
• Industrial Engineering Division, Chinese Society of Optimization, Overall Planning and Economical Mathematics, China
• The Korean Reliability Society, Korea
• The Korea Society for Quality Management, Korea
• Operations Research Society of Japan, Japan
• Reliability Engineering Association of Japan, Japan
• Japan Industrial Management Association, Japan
• The Japanese Society for Quality Control, Japan
• IEICE Technical Committee on Reliability, Japan
• IEEE Reliability Society Japan Chapter, Japan
• Chinese Institute of Industrial Engineers, Taiwan
• Operations Research Society of Taiwan, Taiwan
Technically Sponsored by
IEEE Reliability Society, USA
IEEE Reliability Society, USA