Fw: ISDA 2002 - First Call for Papers

Dear Colleagues,

After the success of ISDA 2001, we are organising
ISDA 2002: Second International Workshop on Intelligent Systems
Design and Applications in Atlanta, USA.

Venue: Atlanta, USA
Date: 07-08 August 2002,
Workshop URL: http://isda2002.softcomputing.net/

Sponsors:

Technically co-sponsored by The World Federation of Soft Computing (WFSC)

Intelligent Systems Design and Applications (ISDA 2002) is an International
workshop that brings together international soft computing / artificial
intelligence researchers, developers, practitioners, and users. The aim
of ISDA 2002 is to serve as a forum to present current and future work as
well as to exchange research ideas in this field.

ISDA 2002 invites authors to submit their original and unpublished work
that demonstrate current research in all areas of soft computing and
computational intelligence including design of artificial neural networks,
fuzzy systems, evolutionary algorithms, hybrid systems, agents, and their
applications in science, technology, business and commercial.

Topics of interest include but not limited to:

Applications/techniques using the following, but not limited to:

  Artificial Neural Networks

- Mathematical foundations of neural networks, architectures and algorithms.
- Learning theory (supervised/unsupervised/reinforcement learning)
- Knowledge based networks
- Implementation issues of neural networks
- Neural network applications
- Special topics

Fuzzy Systems

- Fuzzy logic and possibility theory
- Fuzzy expert systems
- Fuzzy system design using evolutionary algorithms
- Fuzzy system modeling and simulation
- Fuzzy systems and applications
- Special topics

Evolutionary Algorithms

- Genetic algorithms
- Evolution strategies
- Genetic programming
- Evolutionary programming
- Learning Classifiers
- Hybrid evolutionary algorithms
- Evolutionary algorithms and applications
- Special topics

Hybrid Soft Computing

Neural network- fuzzy systems
Fuzzy systems- evolutionary algorithms
Neural network - evolutionary algorithms
Neural network- fuzzy systems- evolutionary algorithms
Hybrid systems applications
Special topics

All Other Intelligent Systems

- Intelligent agents (architectures, environments, adaptation/
   learning and knowledge management)
- Support Vector Machines
- Bayesian networks and probabilistic reasoning
- Rough sets
- Hard computing techniques
- Fusion of hard and soft computing techniques
- Intelligent CAD systems
- Intelligent optimization techniques
- Special topics

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                          Paper Submission
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Authors of contributed and invited papers are requested to submit, before
February 28, 2002, an article not exceeding 4 pages of their research
presentation (each additional page costs US$50.00 per page). Please type
each article single spaced on one side of 8.5x11 size paper with one inch
margin on all sides.

Submission implies the willingness of at least one of the authors to
register
and present the paper. All full papers are to be submitted in PDF,
postscript
or MS word version electronically to: isda02@softcomputing.net

Hard copies should be sent only if electronic submission is not possible.
All papers will be peer reviewed by at least two independent referees of the
international program committee of ISDA'02.

Extended version of selected papers will be considered as book chapters
for a special edited volume which will be published in the "Studies in
Fuzziness and Soft Computing" by Springer Verlag, Germany. Authors should
indicate whether they wish their papers to be considered for this special
volume.

Extended version of outstanding papers will be invited for the Elsevier
Science International On-line " Applied Soft Computing Journal" (official
journal of the World Federation on Soft Computing) . The paper will be
selected by the International Technical Committee of ISDA 2002.

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                          Important Dates
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Submission deadline: February 28, 2002

Notification of acceptance: March 22, 2002

Camera ready papers and pre-registration due : April 15, 2002

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                          Workshop Chairs
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Organising Chair

Ajith Abraham
School of Computing and Information Technology,
Monash University, VIC 3842 , Australia
Phone: +61 3 990 26778, Fax: +61 3 990 26879
Email: ajith.abraham@ieee.org

Program Chairs

Baikunth Nath
School of Computing and Information Technology
Monash University (Gippsland Campus), Australia,
Phone: +61 3 990 26468
Email: Baikunth.Nath@infotech.monash.edu.au

Saratchandran P
School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering,
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798
Telephone: +65-790 5029
Email: epsarat@ntu.edu.sg

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            International Technical Committee Members

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Shunichi Amari, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Japan
Janusz Kacprzyk, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Etienne E Kerre, Ghent University, Belgium
Hung T. Nguyen, New Mexico State University,USA
Seppo Ovaska, HUT, Finland
Lakhmi Jain, KES Center, University of South Australia, Australia
Robert Babuska, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
Francisco Herrera, University of Granada, Spain
Rajkumar Roy, Cranfield University, United Kingdom
W. B. Langdon, University College, London
Sankar K Pal, Indian Statistical Institute, India
Takeshi Furuhashi, Nagoya University, Japan
Robert Kozma, University of Memphis, USA
Robert John, De Montfort University, UK
Vasant Honavar, Iowa State University, USA
Pavel Osmera, Brno University of Tech., Czech Republic
Kate Smith, Monash University, Australia
José Manuel Benítez, University of Granada, Spain
Baikunth Nath, Monash University, Australia
Janos Abonyi, University of Veszprem, Hungary
Maumita Bhattacharya, Monash University, Australia
Greg Huang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Eulalia Szmidt, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Joshua Singer, Stanford University, USA
Vijayan Asari, Old Dominion University, USA
Xin Yao, University of Birmingham, UK
Jose Mira, University Nacional de Educacion a Distancia, Spain
Bret Lapin, SAIC Inc, San Diego, USA
Matthias Klusch, German AI Research Center Ltd, Germany
Saratchandran P, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Frank Hoffmann, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Sami Khuri, San Jose University, USA
Mario Köppen, Fraunhofer IPK-Berlin, Germany
Ajith Abraham, Monash University, Australia
Rajan Alex, Western Texas A & M University, USA
Xiao Zhi Gao, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland.
Er Meng Hwa, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Costa Branco P J, Instituto Superior Technico, Portugal

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Received on Tue Oct 30 07:36:52 2001