HIS'04 - Call for Papers

[Ajith Abraham <ajith.abraham@valornet.com>]

**** HIS'04 - Call for Papers ****

4rd International Conference on Hybrid Intelligent Systems (HIS'04)

December 05-08, 2004
Kitakyushu, Japan

Conference URL: http://his04.hybridsystem.com

Mirror Site: http://www.cs.nmt.edu/~his04

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Deadline for Paper Submission: August 16, 2004

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HIS'04 is technically co-sponsored by:


- IEEE Neural Network Society (pending approval)
- The World Federation on Soft Computing
- International Fuzzy Systems Association


Hybridization of intelligent systems is a promising research field of 
computational intelligence focusing on synergistic combinations of 
multiple approaches to develop the next generation of intelligent 
systems. A fundamental stimulus to the investigations of Hybrid 
Intelligent Systems (HIS) is the awareness that combined approaches will 
be necessary if the remaining tough problems in artificial intelligence 
are to be solved. Neural computing, machine learning, fuzzy logic, 
evolutionary algorithms, agent-based methods, among others, have been 
established and shown their strength and drawbacks. Recently, hybrid 
intelligent systems are getting popular due to their capabilities in 
handling several real world complexities involving imprecision, 
uncertainty and vagueness.

HIS'04 builds on the success of HIS’03, which was held in Melbourne, 
Australia during 14-17 December 2003 and attracted participants from 
over 30 countries. HIS'04 is the fourth International conference that 
brings together researchers, developers, practitioners, and users of 
soft computing, computational intelligence, multi-agents, and several 
other intelligent computing techniques. The objectives of this 
international meeting are to increase the awareness of the research 
community of the broad spectrum of hybrid techniques, to bring together 
AI researchers from around the world to present their cutting-edge 
results, to discuss the current trends in HIS research, to develop a 
collective vision of future opportunities, to establish international 
collaborative opportunities, and as a result to advance the state of the 
art of the field.

HIS'04 invites authors to submit original and unpublished work that 
demonstrate current research in hybrid intelligent systems research and 
their applications in science, technology, business and commerce. 
Submitted papers have to be original, containing new and original 
results. The assessment criteria will be heavily weighted towards 
originality, potential impact and relevance to HIS'04 themes. All papers 
will be peer reviewed by three independent referees of the international 
program committee of HIS'04.

HIS'04 will focus on the following topics:

** Theoretical Advances in Hybrid Intelligent System Architectures

* Interactions between neural networks and fuzzy inference systems
* Hybrid learning techniques (supervised/unsupervised/reinforcement 
learning)
* Artificial neural network optimization using global optimization 
techniques
* Fuzzy inference system optimization using global optimization algorithms
* Hybrid systems involving support vector machines, rough sets, Bayesian 
networks, probabilistic reasoning, minimum message length, etc.
* Hybrid computing using neural networks - fuzzy systems - evolutionary 
algorithms
* Hybrid optimization techniques (evolutionary algorithms, simulated 
annealing, tabu search, GRASP etc.)
* Hybrid of soft computing and statistical learning techniques
* Integration with Intelligent agents (architectures, environments, 
adaptation/learning and knowledge management)
* Hybrid models using inductive logic programming, logic synthesis, 
grammatical inference, case-based reasoning etc.


** Hybrid Approaches and Applications

* Robotics and automation
* Biomimetic applications
* Bioinformatics
* Web intelligence
* Image and signal processing
* Adaptive systems
* Data mining
* Behavioral simulations
* Affective computing
* Soft computing for control and automation
* Multi-agent systems
* Knowledge management
* Communication and networking
* Business systems and financial engineering.
* Power engineering

We invite you to submit a:

- full paper of 6 pages (A4 size) for oral presentation

- proposal to organize a technical session and/or workshop (see the Call 
for Events Proposals in the conference Web page for more information).

Submitted papers have to be original, containing new and original 
results. The proceedings of the Conference will be published by Advanced 
Knowledge International, Australia. It is assumed that all accepted 
manuscripts would be presented at the conference. All accepted papers 
must be accompanied by a full paid registration to appear in the 
proceedings. All full papers are to be submitted in PDF electronically 
via the web site. Hard copies should be sent only if electronic 
submission is not possible. All papers will be peer reviewed by at least 
three independent referees of the international program committee of HIS'04.


* Journal Publication Opportunities *

IJHIS
Papers addressing strong HIS theoretical developments (based on the 
referee recommendations) after substantial revision may be considered 
for publication in the International Journal of Hybrid Intelligent 
Systems (IJHIS - http://ijhis.hybridsystem.com).

Applied Soft Computing
Extended versions of 10 application papers of the conference will also 
be invited for a "fast track" submission for the Elsevier Science 
Applied Soft Computing Journal 
(http://www.elsevier.com/locate/inca/621920).

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Important Dates

Deadline for workshop/sessions/tutorial proposals: July 02, 2004
Deadline for Paper Submission (full paper): August 16, 2004
Notification of Acceptance: September 30, 2004
Deadline for Camera Ready Papers and Authors' Registration: October 15, 2004
HIS'04 Conference in Kitakyushu, Japan: December 05-08, 2004

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Honorary Chair
Shunichi Amari, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Japan

General Chairs
Mario Koeppen, Fraunhofer IPK FHG, Germany
Ajith Abraham, Oklahoma State University, USA
David Corne, University of Exerter, UK

Program Chairs
Shuji Hashimoto, Waseda University, Japan
Masumi Ishikawa, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan

International Co-Chairs
Yasuhiko Dote, Muroran Institute of Technology, Japan
Lakhmi Jain, University of South Australia, Australia
Kate Smith, Monash University, Australia

International Advisory Board
David Fogel, Natural Selection Inc., USA
Janusz Kacprzyk, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Javier Ruiz-del-Solar, Universidad de Chile, Chile
Vasile Palade, University of Oxford, UK
Jae Oh, Syracuse University, USA
Marley Vellasco, PUC-Rio, Brazil

Local Organizing Chairs
Emilia Barakova, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Japan
Kaori Yoshida, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan

Finance Chair
Bob Howlett, University of Brighton, UK

Special Event Chair
Katrin Franke, Fraunhofer IPK FHG, Germany

Publicity Chair
Vitorino Ramos, CVRM - IST, Portugal

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Contact Information

For general enquiries
Mario Köppen
Department of Pattern Recognition, Franuhofer IPK-Berlin, Germany
Email: mario.koeppen@ipk.fhg.de

For local information
Kaori Yoshida
Kyushu Institute of Technology,Japan
Email: yoshida@cse.kyutech.ac.jp