** WSC9 - Final Call for Papers ***
WSC9: 9th Online World Conference on Soft Computing in
Industrial Applications
September 20th - October 08th, 2004
** On the World Wide Web **
Conference URL: cs.nmt.edu~wsc9Open ↗
Mirror: wsc9.softcomputing.netwsc9.softcomputing.netOpen ↗
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 18th, 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 18, 2004.
Organized session proposals and tutorials are welcome.
Please notify the Special Events Chair, Katrin Franke
([email hidden]) 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 18, 2004.
For online tutorials and survey papers, please send the
abstract and biography of the presenter before June 18, 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
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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