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2005 International Conference on Natural Computation (ICNC'05)=20
International Conference on Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Discovery=20
(FSKD'05)=20
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27 - 29 August 2005, Changsha, China=20
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Home Page: http://www.xtu.edu.cn/nc2005=20http://www.ntu.edu.sg/home/elpwang/nc2005=20
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*** Submission Deadline: 15 March 2005 ***=20
FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS, SPECIAL SESSIONS, AND SPONSORSHIP=20
The ICNC'05-FSKD'05 will feature the most up-to-date research results=20
in computational algorithms inspired from nature, including=20
biological, ecological, and physical systems. It is an exciting and=20
emerging inter-disciplinary area in which a wide range of techniques=20
and methods are being studied for dealing with large, complex, and=20
dynamic problems. The joint conferences will also promote cross-=20
fertilization over these exciting and yet closely-related areas.=20
Registration to either conference will entitle a participant to the=20
proceedings and technical sessions of both conferences, as well as=20
the conference banquet, buffet lunches, and tours to some attractions=20
in Changsha.=20
Specific areas include, but are not limited to neural computation,=20
evolutionary computation, quantum computation, DNA computation,=20
chemical computation, information processing in cells and tissues,=20
molecular computation, computation with words, fuzzy computation,=20
granular computation, artificial life, swarm intelligence, ants=20
colony, artificial immune systems, etc., with applications to=20
knowledge discovery, finance, operations research, and more.=20
Publications=20
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The ICNC'05 and FSKD'05 conference proceedings will be published in=20
Springer's Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) and Lecture Notes=20
in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI), respectively. Both the LNCS and=20
LNAI are indexed in SCI-Expanded. A selected number of authors will be=20
invited to expand and revise their papers for possible inclusions in=20
peer-reviewed international journals / edited books.=20
Special Sessions=20
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In addition to regular sessions, participants are encouraged to=20
organize special sessions on specialized topics. Each special session=20
should have at least 4 papers. Special session organizers will solicit=20
submissions and conduct reviews on the submitted papers. Proposals for=20
special sessions should be sent to the respective Program Chairs,=20
i.e.,=20
Ke Chen (neural computation, Ke.Chen at manchester.ac.uk)=20
Yew Soon Ong (other topics in ICNC'05, asysong at ntu.edu.sg)=20
Yaochu Jin (FSKD'05, yaochu.jin at honda-ri.de)=20
Keynote Speakers=20
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Shun-ichi Amari, Japan=20
Aike Guo, China=20
Nikhil R. Pal, India=20
Xin Yao, UK=20
About Changsha, Hunan, China=20
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Changsha, the capital of Hunan Province, is a historic and cultural=20
city in southern China and a busy port on the Xiangjiang River, with=20
a population over 6 million. Founded 3000 years ago, the city became=20
the capital of the Zhou state (951-960 AD) and a leading commercial=20
center during the Song dynasty (960-1279 AD). Changsha International=20
Airport is easily accessible with direct flights to all major=20
domestic and some international destinations. Other famous tourist=20
destinations in Hunan include the Zhangjiajie National Park (natural=20
heritage listed by UN) and Fenghuang (Phoenix) Ancient City.=20
Important Dates=20
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Paper Submission : 15 March 2005=20
Decision Notification : 15 April 2005=20
Final Versions / Author Registration: 15 May 2005=20
Contact=20
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Email: nc2005 at xtu.edu.cn=20
Phone/Fax: +86 732 829 2201 / 829 3249=20
Submission of Papers=20
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Authors are invited to submit a full paper as an electronic file=20
(postscript, pdf or Word format) at the conference website. Templates=20
are available at both the conference website and the Springer=20
website.=20
Sponsorship / Exhibition=20
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The conferences will offer product vendors a sponsorship package=20
and/or an opportunity to interact with conference participants.=20
Product demonstration and exhibition can also be arranged. For more=20
information, please visit the conference web page. =20
Sponsor / Organizer=20
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Xiangtan University, China=20
Technical Co-Sponsor=20
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IEEE Circuits and Systems Society=20
IEEE Computational Intelligence Society=20
IEEE Control Systems Society=20
In Co-operation with=20
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International Neural Network Society=20
International Fuzzy Systems Association=20
Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence=20
European Neural Network Society=20
Fuzzy Mathematics and Systems Association of China=20
Japanese Neural Network Society=20
Asia-Pacific Neural Network Assembly=20
Honorary Conference Chairs=20
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Shun-ichi Amari, Japan=20
Lotfi A. Zadeh, USA=20
International Advisory Board=20
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Toshio Fukuda, Japan =20
Kunihiko Fukushima, Japan=20
Tom Gedeon, Australia=20
Aike Guo, China=20
Zhenya He, China =20
Janusz Kacprzyk, Poland=20
Nik Kasabov, New Zealand=20
John A. Keane, UK=20
Soo-Young Lee, Korea=20
Erkki Oja, Finland=20
Nikhil R. Pal, India=20
Witold Pedrycz, Canada=20
Jose Principe, USA=20
Harold Szu, USA=20
Shiro Usui, Japan=20
Xindong Wu, USA=20
Lei Xu, Hong Kong, China=20
Xin Yao, UK=20
Syozo Yasui, Japan=20
Bo Zhang, China=20
Yixin Zhong, China =20
Jacek M. Zurada, USA=20
General Chair=20
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He-An Luo, China=20
General Co-Chairs=20
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Lipo Wang, Singapore=20
Yunqing Huang, China=20
Program Chairs=20
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ICNC'05: =20
Ke Chen, UK=20
Yew Soon Ong, Singapore=20
FSKD'05: =20
Yaochu Jin, Germany=20
Local Arrangement Chairs=20
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Renren Liu, China=20
Xieping Gao, China=20
Proceedings Chair=20
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Fen Xiao, China=20
Publicity Chair=20
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Hepu Deng, Australia=20
Sponsorship/Exhibits Chairs=20
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Shaoping Ling, China=20
Geok See Ng, Singapore=20
Webmaster=20
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Linai Kuang, China=20
Yanyu Liu, China=20
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Lipo WANG=20
School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering=20
Nanyang Technological University=20
Block S1, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798=20
http://www.ntu.edu.sg/home/elpwang=20
Phone: +65 6790 6372 Fax +65 6793 3318=20
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