HIS'04 - Final Call for Papers

[Ajith Abraham <abraham88@yahoo.com>]

**** HIS'04 - Final 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: September 06, 2004

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HIS'04 is technically co-sponsored by:


- IEEE Systems Man and Cybernetics Society
- 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unpublished work that demonstrate current research in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 Paper Submission (full paper): September
06, 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
David Corne, University of Exerter, UK
Ajith Abraham, Oklahoma State University, USA

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

Special Event Chair
Katrin Franke, Fraunhofer IPK FHG, Germany

Publicity Chair
Vitorino Ramos, CVRM - IST, Portugal



		
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