This message is for the Computational Intelligence Science Community: We hope that this CFP could be useful for your work. Please forward the following to anybody who you think may be interested. Apologies if you have already seen this. CIMA'2001 Computational Intelligence, Methods and Applications http://www.icsc.ab.ca/cima2001.htm The second International ICSC Congress on COMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGENCE: METHODS & APPLICATIONS (CIMA 2001) will be held in cooperation with the University of Wales in Bangor, U.K., on June 19-22, 2001. CIMA 2001 will include four symposia and the GrC workshop: - Fuzzy Logic and Applications FLA 2001 http://www.icsc.ab.ca/171-info.htm - Advances in Intelligent Data Analysis (AIDA 2001) http://www.icsc.ab.ca/172-info.htm - Advanced Computing in Bio Medicine (ACBM 2001) http://www.icsc.ab.ca/173-info.htm - Advanced Computing in the Financial Market (ACFM 2001) http://www.icsc.ab.ca/175-info.htm - Granular Computing Workshop (GcC 2001) http://www.icsc.ab.ca/175-info.htm Ludmila I. Kuncheva, University of Wales (UWB), is the General Chairperson of the CIMA congress and Tim Porter, also affiliated with UWB, is the Co-chair. CALL FOR PAPERS Defining "Computational Intelligence" is not straightforward. Several expressions compete to name the same interdisciplinary area. It is difficult, if not impossible, to accommodate in a formal definition disparate areas with their own established individualities such as fuzzy sets, neural networks, evolutionary computation, machine learning, Bayesian reasoning, etc. "Computational Intelligence" is rather the intuition behind the synergism between these and many more, at the verge of Computer Sciences, Mathematics and Engineering. Bringing together diverse expertise and experience can enrich each of the participating disciplined and foster new research perspectives in the broad field of Computational Intelligence. Sponsors: British Computer Society University of Wales, Bangor U.K. ICSC International Computer Science Conventions Canada SYMPOSIA : FLA'2001 (fuzzy logic and applications) Chair: Vilem Novak Vice-Chair: Irina Perfilieva Fuzzy logic can be divided into fuzzy logic in narrow sense (FLn) and broader sense (FLb). The recent decade has brought a lot of significant results, which put these logic onto firm ground and so, especially FLn is now well recognized by logical community. The aim of the symposium is to foster the latest results both in the theory as well as applications of fuzzy logic. The topics of the symposium will include (but are not limited to): * meta-mathematics of FL, * mathematics of FL, * provability in FL and its complexity, * approximate reasoning, * topological and categorical aspects of FL, * approximation abilities of FL, * applications of FL in * control, * decision making, * classification, * linguistics, * non-standard applications of FL Papers are invited from any application area. Papers on combining ideas, methods and techniques are especially welcome. AIDA 2001 (Advances in Intelligent Data Analysis) Chair: Mayer Aladjem The symposium on AIDA'2001 will provide a forum aimed at covering state-of-the-art research, development and applications of computational intelligence techniques in data analysis across a variety of disciplines. All aspects of data analysis are of interest: applications and tools, theory and general principles, algorithms and techniques, etc. The main topics include but are not limited to: * classification, regression, clustering * statistical pattern recognition * neural networks for classification and regression * self-organizing networks * machine learning * support vector machines * committee of machines * data mining * feature extraction and selection * dimensionality reduction * exploratory data analysis * visualization * knowledge-based analysis * human-computer interaction in data analysis * optimization, heuristics and search methods * comparative studies * applications ACBM 2001 (Advanced Computing in Biomedicine) Chair: Friedrich Steimann Despite continuous progress, advances in biomedical computing, especially in the area of diagnosis and therapy, remain moderate. This is not surprising since in biomedicine, most of the many challenges computer scientists have ever faced, meet: vagueness and uncertainty stemming from a lack of understanding, idiosyncratic differences, and imprecise measurement; system dynamics with time constants ranging from seconds to years; and the integration of information as different as patient narrative, medical imagery, and online sampling are but the most obvious problems of the field. And yet, as an area of research biomedicine is highly attractive for computer scientists of all disciplines, not out of economical interest, but out of scientific ambition and the desire to help. "What can we do?" is therefore still a valid question in the field. The Symposium on advanced computing in Biomedicine will provide a multidisciplinary forum for discussions on the theory and applications of Fuzzy Logic, Neural Network, Probabilistic Reasoning, Distributed Reasoning, Evolutionary Algorithms, Chaos Theory, Belief Networks, Machine learning Methods, Artificial Life, Cellular Automata, Adaptive Agents on issues in all areas of Medicine and Biology. Papers are invited from any application area. Papers on combining ideas, methods and techniques are especially welcome. The main topics include but are not limited to: * Knowledge Engineering in Medicine * Image Guided Surgery * Medical Imaging * Shape Analysis * Physiological Signals and Time Series Simulation * Modeling of Biological Systems, Population Dynamics * Epidemiology * Medical Diagnosis * Control Systems for Therapy * Rehabilitation and Artificial Organs * Telemedicine * Molecular Biology ACFM 2001 (Advanced Computing in the Financial Market) Chair: Christian Haefke The purpose of this symposium is to bring together leading researchers and interested practitioners in all fields of computational methods and finance. Submissions are especially encouraged in the areas of derivative pricing, risk management, as well as exchange rate and interest rate modeling. Papers that provide new methodologies and techniques or enhance our understanding of existing methods are particularly welcome. Topics (not limited to:) * Application areas: * Asset Valuation and Trading * Corporate Distress * Currency Models * Derivatives: * Hedging Strategies * Pricing * Portfolio management * Retail Finance * Risk Management * Tactical asset allocation * Term Structure Models Methodologies: * Adaptive/Kalman Filtering Techniques * Automated Reasoning * Classification * Context Free Languages * Econometrics of High Frequency Data * Extreme Value Statistics * Fuzzy Systems and Rough Sets * Genetic Algorithms and Genetic Programming * Global Optimization * Hypothesis Testing and Confidence Intervals * Intelligent Trading Agents * Model Identification, Selection and Specification * Neural Networks and Machine Learning * Probabilistic Modeling/Inference * Resampling and Monte Carlo Methods * Robust Model Estimation * Time Series Analysis WORKSHOP GcC 2001 (Granular Computing) A Computing Paradigm of the New Millenium http://www.icsc.ab.ca/175-info.htm Chair: Witold Pedrycz Vice-Chair: Tsau Young Lin The objective of the workshop is to bring together representatives of academe and industry to discuss the advancements in the fundamental and applied granular computing. The topics of particular interest include: * Main information technologies of Granular Computing (GrC) (rough sets, sets, fuzzy sets, random sets, etc.) * Synergistic links between technologies of GrC * Granulation of information: from data to knowledge * Hierarchies of granular models and processes * Decoding and encoding mechanisms of GrC * Interoperability of GrC environments * Algorithmic issues of granular computing *Applications of granular computing SUBMISSIONS OF PAPERS Prospective authors are requested to send a draft paper of maximum 7 pages for review by the International Program Committee. All submissions must be written in English. The submissions should include: - Title of symposium (FLA 2001, AIDA 2001, ACBM 2001, ACFM 2001) - Preferred type of the paper (oral/poster) - Title of proposed paper - Authors names, affiliations, addresses - Name of author to contact for correspondence - E-mail address and fax # of contact author - Topics which best describe the paper (max 7 keywords) CALL FOR WORKSHOPS/TUTORIALS A workshop/tutorial should focus on a particular topic, and consist of several presentations and open discussions. The proposal for a workshop/tutorial should include the title, topics covered, proposed speakers, targeted audiences, and estimated length (hours) of the workshop/tutorial. The proposal should be submitted either to the congress chair, the corresponding symposium chair or the congress organizer by January 15, 2001. CALL FOR INVITED SESSIONS Proposals for invited sessions are encouraged. A session proposal consists of 4-5 invited papers, the recommended session-chair and co-chair, as well as a short statement describing the title and the purpose of the session. The organizer should send the proposal to the respective symposium chair or the congress organizer. Invited sessions should preferably start with a tutorial paper. The organizer will be responsible for the review of the papers in the session. The registration fee of the session organizer will be waived, if at least 4 authors of invited papers register to the conference. PROCEEDINGS AND PUBLICATIONS Proceedings will be available at the congress. All accepted and invited papers (oral and poster presentations) will be included in the proceedings, published in print and on CD-ROM by ICSC Academic Press, Canada/Switzerland. Extended versions of selected papers will be considered for possible publication in special issues of leading international journals. Contributions are welcome from researchers, academics and practitioners in any field of computational intelligence covered by the topics of the congress. IMPORTANT DATES Submission deadline: October 31, 2000 Acceptance letters: December 31, 2000 Full papers/registration February 15, 2001 Conference June 19 - 22, 2001 ************************************** CONGRESS LOCATION, ACCOMMODATION AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES More specific information will follow. Meanwhile you may refer to page: http://dir.yahoo.com/Regional/Countries/United_Kingdom/Wales/Counti es_and_Re gions/Gwynedd_County/Cities_and_Towns/Bangor or look up the University of Wales, Bangor www pages at http://www.bangor.ac.uk/home.html. TRANSPORTATION: BY AIR The best airport for both overseas and domestic flights is Manchester. This is the third busiest airport in the U.K. with a wide range of services. More information can be found at www.manairport.co.uk FROM MANCHESTER AIRPORT TO BANGOR BY RAIL: There are up to 15 rail connections to Bangor each day (reduced service at weekends) and journey times vary from 2 hours 15 minutes to 3 hours. All journeys require one change, usually at Crewe, but some require two changes. There is an on-line timetable and booking facility at www.virgintrains.co.uk BY RAIL Bangor has excellent rail connections to all parts of the U.K. with direct trains from London taking as little as 3 � hours. An on-line timetable and booking facility is available at www.virgintrains.co.uk BY ROAD Delegates driving to Bangor are advised to approach North Wales via the M6 and M56 before joining the A55 expressway to Bangor. The M6 provides links to all parts of the U.K. via the motorway network. BY FERRY High speed and conventional services sail from the Dublin area to the port of Holyhead, 25 miles from Bangor. Convenient ferries from Northern Europe (Holland, Germany and Scandinavia) arrive at ports in the Humber Estuary from where the M62 motorway leads to the M6. BY COACH / BUS Coach travel in the U.K. is relatively slow and there are fewer connections than by rail. London to Bangor takes from 7 to 8 � hours and there are only two direct services a day. More information can be found at www.gobycoach.com GENERAL CHAIR: Ludmila I. Kuncheva School of Informatics University of Wales, Bangor Dean Street, Bangor Gwynedd LL57 1UT UK telephone: +44 1248 38 3661 fax: +44 1248 38 3663 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.bangor.ac.uk/~mas00a/welcome.html SYMPOSIA CHAIRS FLA Vilem Novak University of Ostrava, Czech Republic [EMAIL PROTECTED] and Irina Perfilieva [EMAIL PROTECTED] AIDA Mayer Aladjem Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel (Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering) [EMAIL PROTECTED] ACBM Friedrich Steimann University of Hanover, Germany [EMAIL PROTECTED] ACFM Christian Haefke University of California, San Diego, USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] and Ypke Hiemstra, Netherlands [EMAIL PROTECTED] CONGRESS ORGANIZER ICSC International Computer Science Conventions 5101C - 50 Street Wetaskiwin AB, T9A 1K1 / Canada Operating Division: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Planning Division: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
