Second Call for Papers: WSC10 - Free Online World Conference

["Keshav Dahal" <k.p.dahal@Bradford.ac.uk>]

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** WSC10 - Free Online World Conference **

Second Call for Papers
WSC10: 10th Online World Conference on Soft Computing in Industrial
Applications
September 19th - October 7th, 2005

** On the World Wide Web **

Conference URL: www.cranfield.ac.uk/wsc10
Hosted by Cranfield University, UK

Paper Submission Deadline: April 29th, 2005

WSC10 is sponsored by the World Federation of Soft Computing (WFSC),
European Neural Network Society (ENNS),
North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society (NAFIPS), and European
Society for Fuzzy Logic and Technology (EUSFLAT)

GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT WSC10

Original papers are invited for the 10th Online World Conference on Soft
Computing in Industrial Applications (WSC10) to be held on the Internet.
WSC10 aims at bringing together outstanding research and developments in the
field of soft computing (evolutionary computation, fuzzy logic, neural
networks, and their fusion) and its applications, from across the world.
Papers are published on-line with the dual benefits of rapid dissemination
and reduced cost. Springer Verlag has also agreed to publish accepted papers
of WSC10 as an edited volume (with ISBN), after the conference. Furthermore,
extended versions of selected papers of the conference will be invited for a
"fast track" submission to the Elsevier Science Applied Soft Computing
Journal.

During the conference, we will host interactive discussions between the
authors and participants across the Internet. There will be a number of
mirror sites around the world to ensure easy and rapid access to this major
event from all locations. The registration to the conference is open to all
(academics, students and industrial/commercial parties) and is completely
free of charge.

The WSC10 Program Committee would also like to invite proposals for special
sessions to be held during the conference. All special sessions are to be
organised around a specific topic in order to encourage in-depth
discussions. Special sessions will be an integral part of the conference.

WSC10 is now also inviting online tutorial proposals in topics related to
soft computing in industrial applications. All accepted online tutorials
will be held during the WSC10 conference.

IMPORTANT DATES

April 29th, 2005

Deadline for submissions of regular papers. Papers are submitted in
electronic form as PDF-files to wsc10@cranfield.ac.uk; authors are also
encouraged to submit multi-media demonstrations (including software etc.)

July 29th, 2005
Acceptance/rejection notification
August 26th, 2005
Submission of full papers and online presentations
September 19th - October 07th, 2005
Online conference
November 11th, 2005
Submission of camera-ready papers for final review

TOPICS OF INTEREST
Submissions are invited in, but not limited to, any of the following areas:
Techniques:
Soft Computing for Modelling, Control, and Optimisation
Fuzzy Control
Neuro-Fuzzy Systems
Genetic Fuzzy Systems
Neuro-Fuzzy-Genetic Systems
Software Agent Systems and Architectures
Multi-Agent Architectures and Collaborative Learning
Ant Colony Optimisation
Fuzzy Information Fusion
Rough Sets
Bayesian Networks
Fuzzy Image Processing
Bio-inspired Systems
Artificial Neural Networks
Support Vector Machines
Evolutionary Algorithms, Simulated Annealing, Tabu Search
Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimisation
Hybrid Optimisation Techniques (integration of global search and local
search techniques)

Application Areas:
Simulation Environments
Data Mining
Industrial Applications of Soft Computing
Intelligent Information Retrieval
Language Processing
Robotics
Autonomous Reasoning
Fault Diagnosis
Bioinformatics
Web Intelligence
Speech Processing
Business Information Systems
Knowledge Management

SUBMISSION DETAILS
Authors should submit their papers to wsc10@cranfield.ac.uk by April 29,
2005. All papers are to be submitted in PDF format. The maximum page limit
is 10 pages. The papers are to be formatted according to the author's
instructions found at the conference website (www.cranfield.ac.uk/wsc10). In
your submission email please mention: (i) the contact details of the
corresponding author (Name, Address, Phone, Fax and E-mail), and (ii) upto
five keywords.

Special session proposals and tutorials are welcome. Please notify the
Special Session Chair, Erel Avineri (erel.avineri@uwe.ac.uk) about your
intention to organise a session/tutorial as soon as possible.

For special sessions, please send session title, organiser's name and e-mail
address, a short synopsis of session objective (max. 100 words), organiser's
expertise in the field, and a tentative list of papers in the proposed
technical session. At least three session papers have to be submitted by
April 29, 2005.

For online tutorials, please send the abstract and biography of the
presenter before April 29, 2005 and if approved send the final presentation
paper by August 26th, 2005.

PAPER ACCEPTANCE
All accepted papers would be presented during the online conference.
Participants are also encouraged to present multimedia presentations (such
as online demonstrations, software, video clips etc.) to make the online
discussions more interesting. Authors of accepted papers have to register
and visit the conference website on a regular basis in order to respond to
questions and comments on their paper without delay. By November 11th, 2005,
camera-ready copies of extended papers have to be submitted for final
inclusion in the conference proceedings. Significantly revised and enhanced
versions of selected papers of the conference will also be invited for a
"fast track" submission for the Applied Soft Computing Journal.

WSC10 ORGANISATION
General Chair
Ashutosh Tiwari, Cranfield University, UK

Program Chair
Joshua Knowles, University of Manchester, UK

Virtual Exhibition Chair
Rajkumar Roy, Cranfield University, UK

Special Session Chair
Erel Avineri, University of the West of England, UK

Publicity Chair
Keshav Dahal, Bradford University, UK

International Co-Chairs
Nadia Nedjah, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Esam Shehab, Cranfield University, UK
Shengxiang Yang, University of Leicester, UK
Ruhul A Sarker, University of New South Wales, Australia
Local Organising Committee Chair
Esam Shehab, Cranfield University, UK

Advisory Board
Rajkumar Roy, Cranfield University, UK
Ajith Abraham, Chung-Ang University, Korea
Mario Koppen, Fraunhofer IPK Berlin, Germany
Frank Hoffmann, University of Dortmund, Germany
Takeshi Furuhashi, Mie University, Japan

INTERNATIONAL TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Janus Abonyi, University of Veszprem, Hungary
Ajith Abraham,Chung-Ang University, Korea
Erel Avineri, University of the West of England, UK
Thomas Baeck, Leiden University, Netherlands
Senen Barro Ameneiro, SEVIMAV Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Bart Baesens, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Soumya Banerjee, Institute of Management Studies Dehradun, India
Sigal Berman, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
Christian Blum, Universitat PolitScnica de Catalunya, Spain
Ulrich Bodenhofer, Software Competence Center Hagenberg, Austria
Andrea Bonarini, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Brian Carse, University of the West of England, UK
Oscar Castillo, Tijuana Institute of Technology, Mexico
Carlos A. Coello Coello, CINVESTAV-IPN, Mexico
Oscar Cordon, University of Granada, Spain
David Corne, University of Exeter, UK
John Debanham, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Mauro Dell'Orco, Polytechnic of Bari, Italy
Guy de Tre, Ghent University, Belgium
Giuseppe di Fatta, University of Konstanz, Germany
Marco Dorigo, Free University of Brussels, Belgium
Leandro dos Santos Coelho, Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Paran
Curitib, Brazil
Mark Embrechts, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA
Katrin Franke, Fraunhofer IPK Berlin, Germany
Aureli Soria Frisch, Fraunhofer IPK Berlin, Germany
Takeshi Furuhashi, Mie University, Japan
Xiao-Zhi Gao, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
Antonio Gaspar-Cunha, University of Minho, Portugal
Jens Gottlieb, SAP AG, Germany
Roderich Gross, Free University of Brussels, Belgium
Hani Abdel Kader Hagras, University of Essex, UK
Julia Handl, University of Manchester, UK
Ioannis Hatzilygeroudis, University of Patras, Greece
Francisco Herrera, E.T.S. Ingeneria Informatica Granada, Spain
Frank Hoffman, Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm, Sweden
Hisao Ishibuchi, Osaka Prefecture University, Japan
Yaochu Jin, Honda Research Institute Europe, Germany
Frank Klawonn, University of Applied Sciences Braunschweig/Wolfen, Germany
Andreas Koenig, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany
Mario Koeppen, Fraunhofer IPK Berlin, Germany
Andras Kornai, Metacarta, US
Natalio Krasnogor, University of Nottingham, UK
Vladik Kreinovich, University of Texas at El Paso, USA
Renato Krohling, University of York, UK
Halva Labella, Free University of Brussels, Belgium
Luis Magdalena, Ciudad Universitaria Madrid, Spain
Max Manfrin, Free University of Brussels, Belgium
Christophe Marsala, University Pierre et Marie Curie Paris, France
Patricia Melin, Tijuana Institute of Technology, Mexico
Sanaz Mostaghim, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Detlef D. Nauck, BTexact Technologies Ipswich, UK
Nadia Nedjah, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Shervin Nouyan, Free University of Brussels, Belgium
Andreas Nuernberger, University of Magdeburg, Germany
Jae C. Oh, Syracuse University, USA
Sankar Kumar Pal, Indian Statistical Institute Kolkata, India
Luis Paquete, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany
Sonja Petrovic-Lazarevic, Monash University, Australia
Walter D. Potter, University of Georgia, USA
Guenther Raidl, Technical University of Vienna, Austria
Vitorino Ramos, CRVM IST, Portugal
Richard Regli, Mass Customization and Personalization International, USA
Andrea Roli, Universit. degli Studi "G.D'Annunzio", Italy
Olivia Rossi-Doria, Napier University, UK
Rajkumar Roy, Cranfield University, UK
Javier Ruiz-del-Solar, Universidad de Chile, Chile
Michael Sampels, Free University of Brussels, Belgium
P. Saratchandran, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Jim Smith, University of the West of England, UK
S.H. Srinivasan, Satyam Computers, India
Thomas Sudcamp, Wright State University, USA
Yukinori Suzuki, Muroran Institute of Techology, Japan
Vicenc Torra, Universitat Auténoma de Barcelona, Spain
Vito Trianni, Free University of Brussels, Belgium
Edward Tunstel, NASA, USA
Berend Jan van der Zwaag, University of Twente, The Netherlands
Marley Vellasco, University College London, UK
Christian W"hler, Daimler Chrysler AG, Germany
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Please address all general enquiries to <wsc10@cranfield.ac.uk>

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Dr Keshav Dahal
MOSAIC Research Centre
School of Informatics
University of Bradford
Richmond Road
Bradford, West Yorkshire
BD7 1DP,  UK
Web: www.mosaic.ac
E-mail: k.p.dahal@bradford.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0) 1274 234019
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