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---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2005 International Conference on Natural Computation (ICNC'05) International Conference on Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Discovery (FSKD'05) ----------------------------------------------------------------------

27 - 29 August 2005, Changsha, China

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Home Page: http://www.xtu.edu.cn/nc2005 http://www.ntu.edu.sg/home/elpwang/nc2005 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

*** Submission Deadline: 15 March 2005 ***

FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS, SPECIAL SESSIONS, AND SPONSORSHIP

The ICNC'05-FSKD'05 will feature the most up-to-date research results in computational algorithms inspired from nature, including biological, ecological, and physical systems. It is an exciting and emerging inter-disciplinary area in which a wide range of techniques and methods are being studied for dealing with large, complex, and dynamic problems. The joint conferences will also promote cross- fertilization over these exciting and yet closely-related areas. Registration to either conference will entitle a participant to the proceedings and technical sessions of both conferences, as well as the conference banquet, buffet lunches, and tours to some attractions in Changsha.

Specific areas include, but are not limited to neural computation, evolutionary computation, quantum computation, DNA computation, chemical computation, information processing in cells and tissues, molecular computation, computation with words, fuzzy computation, granular computation, artificial life, swarm intelligence, ants colony, artificial immune systems, etc., with applications to knowledge discovery, finance, operations research, and more.

Publications ------------ The ICNC'05 and FSKD'05 conference proceedings will be published in Springer's Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) and Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI), respectively. Both the LNCS and LNAI are indexed in SCI-Expanded. A selected number of authors will be invited to expand and revise their papers for possible inclusions in peer-reviewed international journals / edited books.

Special Sessions ---------------- In addition to regular sessions, participants are encouraged to organize special sessions on specialized topics. Each special session should have at least 4 papers. Special session organizers will solicit submissions and conduct reviews on the submitted papers. Proposals for special sessions should be sent to the respective Program Chairs, i.e., Ke Chen (neural computation, Ke.Chen@manchester.ac.uk) Yew Soon Ong (other topics in ICNC'05, asysong@ntu.edu.sg) Yaochu Jin (FSKD'05, yaochu.jin@honda-ri.de)

Keynote Speakers ---------------- Shun-ichi Amari, Japan Aike Guo, China Nikhil R. Pal, India Xin Yao, UK

About Changsha, Hunan, China ---------------------------- Changsha, the capital of Hunan Province, is a historic and cultural city in southern China and a busy port on the Xiangjiang River, with a population over 6 million. Founded 3000 years ago, the city became the capital of the Zhou state (951-960 AD) and a leading commercial center during the Song dynasty (960-1279 AD). Changsha International Airport is easily accessible with direct flights to all major domestic and some international destinations. Other famous tourist destinations in Hunan include the Zhangjiajie National Park (natural heritage listed by UN) and Fenghuang (Phoenix) Ancient City.

Important Dates --------------- Paper Submission : 15 March 2005 Decision Notification : 15 April 2005 Final Versions / Author Registration: 15 May 2005

Contact ------- Email: nc2005@xtu.edu.cn Phone/Fax: +86 732 829 2201 / 829 3249

Submission of Papers -------------------- Authors are invited to submit a full paper as an electronic file (postscript, pdf or Word format) at the conference website. Templates are available at both the conference website and the Springer website.

Sponsorship / Exhibition ------------------------ The conferences will offer product vendors a sponsorship package and/or an opportunity to interact with conference participants. Product demonstration and exhibition can also be arranged. For more information, please visit the conference web page.

Sponsor / Organizer ------------------- Xiangtan University, China

Technical Co-Sponsor -------------------- IEEE Circuits and Systems Society IEEE Computational Intelligence Society IEEE Control Systems Society

In Co-operation with -------------------- International Neural Network Society International Fuzzy Systems Association Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence European Neural Network Society Fuzzy Mathematics and Systems Association of China Japanese Neural Network Society Asia-Pacific Neural Network Assembly

Honorary Conference Chairs -------------------------- Shun-ichi Amari, Japan Lotfi A. Zadeh, USA

International Advisory Board ---------------------------- Toshio Fukuda, Japan Kunihiko Fukushima, Japan Tom Gedeon, Australia Aike Guo, China Zhenya He, China Janusz Kacprzyk, Poland Nik Kasabov, New Zealand John A. Keane, UK Soo-Young Lee, Korea Erkki Oja, Finland Nikhil R. Pal, India Witold Pedrycz, Canada Jose Principe, USA Harold Szu, USA Shiro Usui, Japan Xindong Wu, USA Lei Xu, Hong Kong, China Xin Yao, UK Syozo Yasui, Japan Bo Zhang, China Yixin Zhong, China Jacek M. Zurada, USA

General Chair ------------- He-An Luo, China

General Co-Chairs ----------------- Lipo Wang, Singapore Yunqing Huang, China

Program Chairs -------------- ICNC'05: Ke Chen, UK Yew Soon Ong, Singapore FSKD'05: Yaochu Jin, Germany

Local Arrangement Chairs ------------------------ Renren Liu, China Xieping Gao, China

Proceedings Chair ----------------- Fen Xiao, China

Publicity Chair --------------- Hepu Deng, Australia

Sponsorship/Exhibits Chairs --------------------------- Shaoping Ling, China Geok See Ng, Singapore

Webmaster --------- Linai Kuang, China Yanyu Liu, China

--- Lipo WANG School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Nanyang Technological University Block S1, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798 http://www.ntu.edu.sg/home/elpwang Phone: +65 6790 6372 Fax +65 6793 3318

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