Warsaw, October 25, 2004
http://www.ibspan.waw.pl/wissc2004/wissc04.htm
First of all, we wish to thank all the participants of the Warsaw International Seminars on Soft Computing, WISSC-1'03 - WISSC-3'03, that were held in 2003 at the Systems Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences. This series of seminars was a great success and it was generally agreed upon that the organization of next seminars of this kind is very useful and beneficial to the scientific community. We have also received many letters of support and interest from those who have not been able to be with us.
That is why, as we have mentioned before, the next seminar, i.e. the Fourth Warsaw International Seminar on Soft Computing, WISSC-4'04, will be held on October 25, 2004 in Warsaw (Poland) at the same location of Systems Research Institute.
This Seminar is organized in memory of Professor Stefan Chanas on the second anniversary of his death (he died on 4th November 2002). That is why the Seminar is organized jointly by the Systems Research Institute and the Wroclaw University of Technology.
Professor Didier Dubois (France) is one of the prominent scientists in the field who has already confirmed his participation in the Fourth Seminar. We expect many other leading experts to confirm their participation shortly. We think that it is also a great opportunity to organize a meeting of the whole Polish soft computing community.
This Seminar, as previous seminars in the series, will be focused on: foundational and applicational issues of broadly perceived soft computing, including but not limited to, fuzzy sets, rough sets, evolutionary computations, neural networks, probabilistic reasoning, etc., and applications in the areas exemplified by: operation research, decision making and support, control, data analysis, data mining, signal processing, management, financial engineering, etc.
The formula of the seminar is the same, i.e. a one day seminar starting at ca. 10:30 and finishing at ca.18 with a symbolic registration fee of 80 PLN with a book publication (the accepted papers - after peer reviews - will be published in a special post conference volume by EXIT Publishing House, Warsaw). The Seminar will consist of plenary talks by leading experts in the fields, and of shorter technical contributions. >From a feedback received by us after previous seminars this inexpensive in terms of costs ant time is very welcome by the community. Moreover, it was generally expressed that such seminars may be very valuable for younger researchers as a unique opportunity to meet both prominent scientists and their colleagues from other universities and research institutes.
In the relation to the above, we plan for WISSC-4'04 an extended program for younger scientists in the sense that, in addition to general plenary lectures and technical sessions there will be special sessions on selected topics in which interested people may have an opportunity for deeper discussions and exchange of ideas. Therefore, this invitation is not only a personal invitation to the person (most probably a senior researcher) but also an invitation for him or her to come with younger collaborators. We are deeply convinced that this will not only be beneficial to all the participants but will also integrate soft computing community in Poland.
Location
Systems Research Institute,
Polish Academy of Sciences
Newelska 6, 01-447 Warsaw, Poland
Tel. (+48) 22 836 44 14,
The place is easily accessible by direct street cars and buses from the
center of Warsaw including the central railway and bus stations. The
Seminar is scheduled to start at c.a. 10:30-11:00 a.m. and to finish at
c.a. 6-7 p.m. Polish Academy of Sciences
Newelska 6, 01-447 Warsaw, Poland
Tel. (+48) 22 836 44 14,
Participants interested in a convenient and inexpensive accommodation should contact the Seminar Secretariat.
Registration
To help us to plan the seminar will you please respond as soon as possible to Ms. Edyta Mrowka
wissc@ibspan.waw.pl
with an _expression_ of intent to participate by himself or herself and
also by his or her collaborators. Please, submit us as much information
as possible (number of participants with names, e-mails, addresses and
tentative titles of papers).Participants who are interested in presenting a technical contribution should also send its title and a short abstract of the talk (no longer than half page) by October 15th, 2004 at the latest.
Registration fee
Registration fee is 80 PLN and includes: lunch, soft drinks during the breaks and proceedings. The fee is to be paid in cash during the Seminar.
We are looking forward to meeting you soon.
Best regards
Janusz Kacprzyk and Przemyslaw Grzegorzewski
on behalf of the Program and Organizing Committee
(see also http://www.ibspan.waw.pl/wissc2003/wissc.htm, http://www.ibspan.waw.pl/wissc2003/wissc02.htm,
http://www.ibspan.waw.pl/wissc2003/wissc03.htm)
Edyta Mrowka
Systems Research Institute
Polish Academy of Sciences
ul. Newelska 6
01-447 Warsaw, Poland
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Phone: (+48 22) 837-35-78 int. 207
Fax: (+48 22) 837-27-72
