[Haskell] WSC9 - Call for Papers

[Ajith Abraham]

** WSC9 - Call for Papers ***

###  FREE ONLINE CONFERENCE ###

WSC9: 9th Online World Conference on Soft Computing in Industrial Applications 
 
September 20th - October 08th, 2004

** On the World Wide Web **

Conference URL: http://www.cs.nmt.edu/~wsc9/

Mirror: http://wsc9.softcomputing.net/


General Information about WSC9: 

Original papers and tutorials are invited for the 9th Online World Conference on Soft Computing in Industrial Applications (WSC9) to be held on the Internet. WSC9 aims at bringing together outstanding research and developments in the field of soft computing (evolutionary computation, fuzzy logic, neural networks, and their fusion) and its applications across the world with the goal to publish high-quality research quickly and with less cost. Accepted papers of WSC9 will be published as an edited volume by Springer Verlag, Germany after the conference. Moreover, extended versions of selected papers of the conference will also be invited for a "fast track" submission for the Elsevier Science Applied Soft Computing Journal. 

We aim to have inspiring discussions between the authors and participants, and make them visible to everyone on the Internet. There will be a number of mirror sites around the world to make easier the access to this major event. Please note that the registration is open to everyone and it is completely free of charge. 

June 04th, 2004 
Deadline for submissions of regular papers, online survey paper proposals and online tutorial proposals. Papers are submitted in electronic form as PDF-files through the conference web site. Authors are also encouraged to submit multi-media demonstrations (including software etc.) 

July 30th, 2004
Acceptance/rejection notification 

August 27th, 2004
Submission of full papers and online presentations 

September 20th - October 08th, 2004
Online conference 

November 12th, 2004
Submission of camera-ready papers for final review 

Topics of Interest: 

Submissions are invited in, but not limited to, any of the following areas: 

Soft Computing for Modeling, Control, and Optimization 
Fuzzy Control 
Neuro-Fuzzy Systems 
Genetic Fuzzy Systems 
Neuro-Fuzzy-Genetic Systems 
Software Agent Systems and Architectures 
Multi-Agent Architectures and Collaborative Learning 
Ant Colony Optimization 
Fuzzy Information Fusion 
Rough Sets 
Bayesian Networks 
Fuzzy Image Processing 
Bio-inspired Systems 
Artificial Neural Networks 
Support Vector Machines 
Evolutionary Algorithms, Simulated Annealing, Tabu Search 
Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization 
Hybrid Optimization Techniques (integration of global search and local search techniques) 
Simulation Environments 
Data Mining 
Industrial Applications of Soft Computing 
Intelligent Information Retrieval 
Language Processing 
Robotics 
Autonomous Reasoning 
Fault Diagnosis 
Bioinformatics 
Web Intelligence 
Speech Processing 
Business Information Systems 
Knowledge Management 


Paper Submission   

Authors should fill up the online form and upload a full paper (max. 10 pages) in PDF format by June 04, 2004.

Authors who are interested to submit a paper should send an expression of interest to: <wsc9 at softcomputing.net> including title of paper and author details.

Organized session proposals and tutorials are welcome. Please notify the Special Events Chair, Katrin Franke (katrin.franke at ipk.fhg.de) about your intention to organize a session/tutorial as soon as possible.

For special sessions, please send session title, organizer’s name and e-mail address, a short synopsis of session objective (max. 100 words), organizer's expertise in the field, and a tentative list of papers in the proposed technical session. At least three session papers have to be submitted by June 04, 2004. 

For online proposals and survey papers, please send the abstract and biography of the presenter before June 04, 2004 and if approved send the final presentation paper by August 27th, 2004.



Paper Acceptance: 
All accepted papers would be presented during the online conference. Participants are also encouraged to present multimedia presentations like online demonstrations, software, video clips etc.) to make the online discussions more interesting. Authors of accepted papers have to register and visit the conference website on a regular basis in order to respond to questions and comments on their paper without delay. By November 26th, 2004, camera-ready copies of extended papers have to be submitted for final inclusion in the conference proceedings. Significantly revised and enhanced versions of selected papers of the conference will also be invited for a "fast track" submission for  the Applied Soft Computing Journal.

WSC 9 Organization 

Honorary Chair 
Ronald Yager, Iona College, USA 

General Chair 
Ajith Abraham, Oklahoma State University, USA 

Program Chair 
Mario Köppen, Fraunhofer IPK Berlin, Germany  

International Co-chairs 
Frank Hoffmann, University of Dortmund, Germany 
Avineri Erel, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel   

Sponsorship Chair 
Rajkumar Roy, University of Cranfield, UK
 
Publication Chair 
Bernard de Baets, Ghent University, Belgium     

Virtual Exhibition Chair 
Fabio Zambetta, University of Bari, Italy

Special Events Chair 
Katrin Franke, Fraunhofer IPK Berlin, Germany    

Industrial Liason Chairs 
Antony Satyadas, IBM, USA 
Suthikshn Kumar, Larsen & Toubro Infotech, India 

Best Paper Award Chair 
Janos Abonyi, University of Veszprém, Hungary 

International Technical Program Committee
 
Walter D. Potter, University of Georgia, USA 
Mark Embrechts, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA 
Hisao Ishibuchi, Osaka Prefecture University, Japan 
Thomas Sudcamp, Wright State University, USA 
Christian Wöhler, Daimler Chrysler AG, Germany
Vasile Palade, Oxford University, UK 
Marley Vellasco, University College London, UK
Yaochu Jin, Honda Research Institute Europe, Germany 
Yukinori Suzuki, Muroran Institute of Techology, Japan
John Debanham, University of Technology Sydney, Australia 
Yanqing Zhang, Georgia State University, USA 
Srinivasan S.H., Satyam Computers, India
Okyay Kaynak , Bogazici University, Turkey
Hung T. Nguyen, New Mexico State University, USA 
Aureli Soria Frisch, FhG IPK Berlin, Germany 
Jae C. Oh, Syracuse University, USA
Andrea Bonarini, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Andreas Koenig, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany
Bart Baesens, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Brian Carse, University of the West of England, UK
Christophe Marsala, University Pierre et Marie Curie Paris, France
Detlef D. Nauck, BTexact Technologies Ipswich, UK
Francisco Herrera, E.T.S. Ingeneria Informatica Granada, Spain
Frank Klawonn, University of Applied Sciences Braunschweig/Wolfen, Germany
Guy de TrÈ, Ghent University, Belgium
Hani Abdel Kader Hagras, University of Essex, UK
Javier Ruiz-del-Solar, Universidad de Chile, Chile
Leandro dos Santos Coelho, Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Paran Curitib, Brazil
Luis Magdalena, Ciudad Universitaria Madrid, Spain
Mauro Dell'Orco, Polytechnic of Bari, Italy
Sankar Kumar Pal, Indian Statistical Institute Kolkata, India
SenÈn Barro Ameneiro, SEVIMAV Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Vicent Torra, Universitat AutÚnoma de Barcelona, Spain
Takeshi Furuhashi, Mie University, Japan
Oscar Cordon, University of Granada, Spain
Vitorino Ramos, CRVM IST, Portugal
P. Saratchandran, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Sonja Petrovic-Lazarevic, Monash University, Australia
Andew Sung, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, USA 
Zaheeruddin, Jamia Milia Islamia New Dehli, India 
Xiao-Zhi Gao, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
Edward Tunstel, NASA, USA 
Berend Jan van der Zwaag, University of Twente, The Netherlands 
Muhammad Sarfraz, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia 

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