International Conference on Computational Intelligence for Modelling, Control and Automation - CIMCA'2001

4-6 July 2001 Las Vegas, USA

http://beth.canberra.edu.au/conferences/CIMCA2001/index.htm

In Conjunction with International Conference on Intelligent Agents, Web Technologies and Internet Commerce - iawtic'2001

http://beth.canberra.edu.au/conferences/IAWTIC2001/index.htm

CALL FOR PAPERS ======================= 16 March 2001 Deadline for submission of draft papers

Honorary Chairs: Lotfi A. Zadeh, University of California, USA Stephen Grossberg, Boston University, USA

The international conference on computational intelligence for modelling, control and automation will be held in Las Vegas, USA on 4-6 July 2001. The conference provides a medium for the exchange of ideas between theoreticians and practitioners to address the important issues in computational intelligence, modelling, control and automation. The conference will consist of both plenary sessions and contributory sessions, focusing on theory, implementation and applications of computational intelligence techniques to modelling, control and automation. For contributory sessions, draft papers (4 pages or more) are being solicited. Several well-known keynote speakers will address the conference. Topics of the conference include, but are not limited to, the following areas:

Modern and Advanced Control Strategies Neural Networks Control, Fuzzy Logic Control, Genetic Algorithms & Evolutionary Control, Model-Predictive Control, Adaptive and Optimal Control, Intelligent Control Systems, Robotics and Automation, Fault Diagnosis, Industrial Automations

Hybrid Systems Fuzzy Evolutionary Systems, Fuzzy Expert Systems, Fuzzy Neural Systems, Neural Genetic Systems, Neural-Fuzzy-Genetic Systems, Hybrid Systems for Optimisation

Data Analysis, Prediction and Model Identification Signal Processing, Prediction & Time Series Analysis, System Identification, Data Fusion and Mining, Knowledge Discovery, Intelligent Information Systems, Image Processing, Image Understanding, Parallel Computing applications in Identification & Control, Pattern Recognition, Clustering, Classification

Decision Making and Information Retrieval Case-Based Reasoning, Decision Analysis, Intelligent Databases & Information Retrieval, Dynamic Systems Modelling, Decision Support Systems, Multi-criteria Decision Making, Qualitative and Approximate-Reasoning

Paper Submission ================ Papers will be selected based on their originality, significance, correctness, and clarity of presentation. Extended abstract (4 pages) should be submitted

to the following e-mail or the following address:

CIMCA'2001 Secretariat School of Computing University of Canberra Canberra, 2601, ACT, Australia E-mail: cimca@ise.canberra.edu.au

E-mail submission is preferred. Extended abstract should present original work, which has not been published or being reviewed for other conferences.

Important Dates ===============

16 March 2001 Deadline for submission of draft papers

16 April 2001 Notification of acceptance

1 May 2001 Deadline for camera-ready copies of accepted papers

4-6 July 2001 Conference sessions

Special Sessions and Tutorials Special sessions and tutorials will be organised at the conference. The conference is calling for special sessions and tutorial proposals. All proposals should be sent to the conference chair on or before April 9th, 2001. CIMCA'2001 will also include a special poster session devoted to recent work and work-in-progress. Abstracts are solicited for this session. Abstracts (3 pages limit) may be submitted up to 30 days before the conference date.

Invited Sessions Keynote speakers from academia and industry will be addressing the main issues of the conference.

Visits and social events Sightseeing visits will be arranged for the delegates and guests. A separate program will be arranged for companions during the conference.

Further Information For further information either contact cimca@ise.canberra.edu.au or see the conference homepage at: http://beth.canberra.edu.au/conferences/ CIMCA2001/index.htm

International Program Committee: B. Kosko, University of Southern California, USA A. Kandel, University of South Florida, USA T. Fukuda, Nagoya University, Japan T. Baeck, Informatic Centrum Dortmund, Germany J. Bezdek, University of West Florida, USA K. Hirota, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan R. J. Stonier, Central Queensland University, Australia E. Oja, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland W. Pedrycz, University of Manitoba, Canada Henry Selvaraj, University of Las Vegas, USA X. Yao, The University of Bermingham, UK H. R. Berenji, NASA Ames Research Center, USA R. C. Eberhart, Purdue University, USA T. Shibata, Ministry of International Trade and Industry, Japan H. Liljenstrom, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden F. Herrera, University of Granada, Spain A. Bulsari, AB Nonlinear Solutions OY, Finland J. D. Pinter, Dalhousie University, Canada H. Adeli, The Ohio State University, USA V. Piuri, Politecnico di Milano, Italy A. Aamodt, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway J. Fernandez de Cañete, University of Malaga, Spain W. Duch, Nicholas Copernicus, University, Poland E. Tulunay, Middle East Technical University, Turkey L. Guan, University of Sydney, Australia C. Kuroda, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan

Organising Committee Chair: Masoud Mohammadian School of Computing University of Canberra Canberra, 2601, Australia

International Liaison:

Canada and USA Liaison: J. D. Pinter, Dalhousie University, Canada

Europe Liaison : Z. Pahlavani, AVIP, Austria

Local Arrangements and Public Relation: Z. Pahlavani, AVIP, Austria P. Kazumi, VL-Pro, The Netherlands

Publicity: P. Kazumi, VL-Pro, The Netherlands R. John, De Montfort University, UK

Publication : M. Mohammadian, University of Canberra, Australia