ANNOUNCEMENT / CALL FOR PAPERS Second International ICSC Symposium on ENGINEERING OF INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS / EIS'2000 To be held at the University of Paisley, Scotland, U.K. June 29 - July 02, 2000 http//www.icsc.ab.ca/eis2000.htm EIS'2000 is co-sponsored by The Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE), The University of Paisley and ICSC International Computer Science Conventions SYMPOSIUM ORGANIZATION - HONORARY CHAIR Erkki Oja Helsinki University of Technology Department of Computer Science P.O.B. 5400 SF - 02015 HUT Finland Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fax +358-9-451-3277 - GENERAL CHAIR Colin Fyfe University of Paisley Computing & Information Systems High Street Pasiley PA1 2DE Scotland / U.K. Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fax +44-141-848-3542 - VICE CHAIR J. Ruiz-Gomez Universidad de Malaga Ingenieria de Sistemas y Automatica Campus de Teatinos E - 29071 Malaga / Spain Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fax +34-952-133-361 - SYMPOSIUM ORGANIZER ICSC International Computer Science Conventions P.O. Box 279 Millet, Alberta T0C 1Z0 / Canada Phone +1-780-387-3546 Fax +1-780-387-4329 Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW http//www.icsc.ab.ca INTERNATIONAL STEERING COMMITTEE C. Fyfe (Chair), University of Paisley, Scotland E. Alpaydin, Bogazici University, Turkey R. Avila, University of Idaho, USA / Honduras A. Cichocki, FRP, RIKEN, Japan D. Dasgupta, University of Memphis, USA H. Demuth, University of Idaho, USA M. Fathi-Torbagahn, University of Dortmund, Germany R. Gallard, Universidad Nacional de San Luis, Argentina K. Kurbel, University Viadrina Frankfurt, Germany R. Lopez de Mantaras, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain G. N. Marichal, University of La Laguna Tenerife, Spain F. Masulli, University of Genova, Italy H. J. Sebastian, RWTH Aachen, Germany B. Stilman, University of Colorado at Denver, USA E. Szczerbicki, University of Newcastle, Australia H. Tian, Tongji University Shanghai, P.R. China INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE L. Acosta, University of La Laguna Tenerife, Spain L. Almeida, INESC, Lisbon, Portugal E. Alpaydin, Bogazici University Istanbul, Turkey R. Avila, University of Idaho, USA / Honduras S. Barro, University Santiago de Compostela, Spain P. Bosc, IRISA/ENSSAT, France H. Bothe, University of Oerebro, Sweden R. Brown, ManSA, Australia J. Cabestany, Universidad Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain A. Cichocki, FRP, RIKEN, Japan R. Conejo, Universidad de M�laga, Spain B. Cremilleux, University de Caen, France D. Dasgupta, University of Memphis, USA R. De Keyser, University of Gent, Belgium H. Demuth, University of Idaho, USA A. Dobnikar, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia M. Fathi-Torbagahn, University of Dortmund, Germany R. Gallard, Universidad Nacional de San Luis, Argentina A. Garcia-Cerezo, University of Malaga, Spain Z. Gomolka, Uniwersytet Szczecinski, Szczecin, Poland A. Gunasekaran, University of Massachusetts, USA F. Gurgen, Bogazici University, Turkey/Australia D. Heiss-Czedik, TU Vienna, Austria M. Heiss, Siemens Vienna, Austria R. Howlett, University of Brighton, U.K A. Hussain, University of Dundee, U.K. E. Ifeachor, University of Plymouth, U.K. Ch. Irgens, University of the West of England Bristol, U.K. M. Jamshidi, University of New Mexico, USA Jeganathan, Victoria University Melbourne, Australia C.A. Kaestner, Centro Federal de Educacao Tecnologica do Parana Curitita, Brazil Gerd Kock, GMD FIRST, Berlin, Germany K. Kurbel, University Viadrina Frankfurt, Germany B. Lees, University of Paisley, U.K. T.Y. Lin, San Jose State University , USA E. Massad, University of S�o Paolo, Brazil F. Masulli, University of Genova, Italy L. Moreno, University of La Laguna Tenerife, Spain M. Nakajima, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan Ch. Nguyen, Catholic University of America, USA Orlowski, University of Gdansk, Poland K. Passino, The Ohio State University, USA D. Pearson, EMA � EERIE, France W. Pedrycz, University of Alberta, Canada I. Philippow, Technical University Illmenau, Germany H. Prade, Universit� Paul Sabatier, France B. Reusch, University of Dortmund, Germany B. Roffel, University of Twente, Netherlands H.-J. Sebastian, RWTH Aachen, Germany N. Steele, Coventry University, U.K. B. Stilman, University of Colorado at Denver, USA E. Szczerbicki, University of Newcastle, Australia A. Tharumarajah, CSIRO, Australia H. Tian, Tongji University Shanghai, P.R. China M. Ulieru, University of Calgary, Canada J.L. Verdegay, University of Granada, Spain D. Wend, University of Duisburg, Germany K. Zreik, University of Caen, France ************************************************* INTRODUCTION The EIS conference series pursue the synthesis of Artificial Intelligence techniques with Control Engineering methods to produce Intelligent Systems for Engineering applications. In recent years, the combination of Control Engineering and extensive knowledge of AI techniques has allowed scientists and practitioners to make a number of significant contributions to this rapidly developing field, for example in qualitative control, fuzzy qualitative simulation and model based diagnosis, Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs), Genetic Algorithms (GAs), Fuzzy Logic (FL), and Neuro-Fuzzy Systems (NFS). The EIS conference series intend to provide researchers and practitioners from industry and academia with a platform to report on recent developments in the area of intelligent systems with focus on applications of computational intelligence techniques to engineering systems. The meeting will also provide a venue for dialogues between software engineers, systems designers and knowledge engineers. The first very successful conference in the series was held in Tenerife, in February 1998 and the follow up event will be held in cooperation with the University in Malaga, Spain, in the year 2002. ************************************************* TOPICS Contributions are sought in areas based on the list below, which is indicative only. Contributions from new applications areas are particularly welcome. THEORY - Artificial Immune Systems - Artificial Life - Case-based Reasoning - Chaos - Constraint Satisfaction and Constraint Programming - Expert Systems - Fuzzy Logic - Genetic Algorithm - Hybrid Systems - Intelligent Agents - Knowledge Extraction - Machine Learning - Model based and Qualitative Reasoning - Multi Agent Systems - Neural Networks - Wavelets APPLICATIONS - Concurrent Engineering - Condition Monitoring and Control - Damage Assessment - Data Mining and Knowledge Exraction - Design - Emerging Organizational Forms - Hardware Implementations - Image Processing and Computer Vision - Industrial Diagnostics - Management - Monitoring and Control - Multimedia - Natural Language Processing - Pattern Recognition - Product Development - Resource Allocation - Remote Sensing - Robotics - Security - Signal Processing - Speech Processing and Regognition SPECIAL SESSIONS Papers are particularly sought for the following special sessions which are expected to attract wide international interest - Artificial Immune Systems (Dipankar Dasgupta, University of Memphis, USA) - Intelligent Mechatronics (Mark Girolami, University of Paisley, Scotland, U.K.) - Speech Processing (Amir Hussain, University of Dundee, Scotland, U.K.) - Machine Vision (Norbert Krueger, Technical University of Kiel, Germany) ************************************************* SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM EIS'2000 will include invited plenary talks, contributed sessions, invited sessions, workshops and tutorials. ************************************************* INVITED SESSIONS The organization of invited sessions is encouraged. Prospective organizers are requested to send a session proposal (consisting 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 to the Symposium Chairman or the Symposium Organizer. Invited sessions should preferrably start with a tutorial paper. The registration fee of the session organizer will be waived, if at least 4 authors of invited papers register to the conference. ************************************************* POSTER PRESENTATIONS Poster presentations are encouraged for people who wish to receive peer feedback and practical examples of applied research are particularly welcome. Poster sessions will allow the presentation and discussion of respective papers, which will also be included in the conference proceedings. ************************************************* WORKSHOPS, TUTORIALS AND OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS Proposals should be submitted as soon as possible to the Symposium Chairman or the Symposium Organizer. ************************************************* SUBMISSION OF PAPERS Prospective authors are requested to either send a draft paper (maximum 7 pages) or an extended abstract for review by the International Program Committee. All submissions must be written in English, starting with a succinct statement of the problem, the results achieved, their significance and a comparison with previous work. Submissions must be received by November 30, 1999. The submission should also include - Title of conference (EIS'2000) - Type of paper (regular, poster, tutorial, invited or dedication to special session) - 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. 5 keywords) - Short CV of authors (recommended) Contributions are welcome from those working in industry and having experience in the topics of this conference as well as from academics. The conference language is English. It is strongly recommended to submit abstracts by electronic mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or else by fax or mail (2 copies) to the following address ICSC Canada P.O. Box 279 Millet, Alberta T0C 1Z0 Canada Fax +1-780-387-4329 ************************************************* BEST PRESENTATION AWARDS The best oral and poster presentations will be honored with best presentation awards. ************************************************* PUBLICATIONS Conference proceedings (including all accepted papers) will be published by ICSC Academic Press and be available for the delegates at the symposium in printed form or on CD-ROM. Authors of a selected number of innovative papers will be invited to submit extended manuscripts for publication in prestigious international journals. ************************************************* IMPORTANT DATES - Submission Deadline November 30, 1999 - Notification of Acceptance January 31, 2000 - Delivery of full papers March 15, 2000 - Tutorials and Workshops June 29, 2000 - EIS'2000 Symposium June 30 - July 01, 2000 ************************************************* ACCOMMODATION Accommodation at reasonable rates will be available at nearby hotels and within student residences at the University of Paisley. Full details will follow with the letters of acceptance. ************************************************* SOCIAL AND TOURIST ACTIVITIES A social program will be organized and also be available for accompanying persons. ************************************************* THE CITY OF PAISLEY Paisley has always been colourful. With a population of over 79,000, it is the largest town in Scotland, but its scale and character make it a friendly place to study and live. Today Paisley is home to a diverse range of modern industries including engineering, chemicals, food, oil, microelectronics and computer systems. Back in the 19th Century, the town�s fame and prosperity came in the shape of beautifully patterned Paisley shawls which were made by local weavers and exported throughout the world. Paisley�s other main industry of the era was thread-making in massive mills that stood along the banks of the River Cart. Today, there�s an excellent variety of shops, restaurants, bars and nightclubs. The Lagoon Leisure Centre includes saunas, solarium and an Olympic sized ice rink. Regular exhibitions and events covering every area of the arts add to the town�s cultural calendar. You can enjoy the great outdoors in numerous parks and gardens including the Gleniffer Braes Country Park which covers 1300 acres of woodland and moorland. ************************************************* FURTHER INFORMATION Full updated information is available from http//www.icsc.ab.ca/eis2000.htm or contact - ICSC International Computer Science Conventions P.O. Box 279, Millet, Alberta T0C 1Z0 / Canada Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone +1-780-387-3546 Fax +1-780-387-4329 - Prof. Colin Fyfe (EIS'2000 General Chair) University of Paisley, Computing & Information Systems High Street, Pasiley PA1 2DE, Scotland / U.K. Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fax +44-141-848-3542
