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The 2012 IEEE Congress on Computational Intelligence will take place 10-15 of June, in sunny Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In this Newsletter, you can read about
1- Important Dates
2- Get your special session as early as possible
3- Funding Available for Authors from Developing Countries
4- Call for Papers: IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (IEEE-CEC 2012)
5- Call for Papers: IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (Fuzz-IEEE 2012)
6- Call for Papers: International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN 2012)
7- Call for Workshops
1- Important Dates
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Competition proposals submission deadline: October 17, 2011
Special sessions proposal submission deadline: November 21, 2011
Special session decision notification: November 28, 2011
Paper submission deadline: December 19, 2011
Tutorial and Workshop proposal submission deadline: January 16, 2012
Tutorial and Workshop decision notification: January 23, 2012
Paper acceptance notification date: February 20, 2012
Final paper submission deadline: April 2, 2012
Early registration: April 2, 2012
Conference dates: June 10-15, 2012
2- Get your special session as early as possible
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Special sessions are evaluated as soon as they are received and a decision is made on each special session proposal as they arrive. Get your special session proposal early so that you have enough time to advertise for your special session and attract enough papers to run the session.
3- Funding Available for Authors from Developing Countries
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The organizing committee for IEEE WCCI 2012 is pleased to announce the availability of funding for authors from developing countries to attend the Congress. More on the conditions and level of funding will be announced in future editions of this newsletter.
4- 2012 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation
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The annual IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC) will be held jointly with the International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN) and the IEEE Conference on Fuzzy Systems (FUZZ-IEEE) as part of the 2012 IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence (IEEE WCCI), June 10-15, 2012, Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, Brisbane, Australia. Cross-fertilization of the three technical disciplines and newly emerging technologies is strongly encouraged.
Call for Contributed Papers
IEEE CEC 2012 will feature a world-class conference that aims to bring together researchers and practitioners in the field of evolutionary computation and computational intelligence from all around the globe. Technical exchanges within the research community will encompass keynote lectures, special sessions, tutorials and workshops, panel discussions as well as poster presentations. In addition, participants will be treated to a series of social functions, receptions, and networking to establish new connections and foster everlasting friendship among fellow counterparts. The annual IEEE CEC covers all topics in evolutionary computation including
Ant colony optimization
Molecular and quantum computing
Artificial life
Particle Swarm Optimization
Agent-based systems
Artificial immune systems
Bioinformatics and bioengineering
Representation and operators
Coevolution and collective behaviour
Industrial applications of evolutionary computation
Combinatorial and numerical optimization
Evolutionary game theory
Constraint and uncertainty handling
Cognitive systems and applications
Evolutionary data mining
Computational finance and economics
Evolutionary learning systems
Estimation of distribution algorithms
Evolvable/adaptive hardware and systems
Evolutionary design
Evolving neural networks and fuzzy systems
Evolutionary scheduling
Emerging areas
Paper Submission and Inquiries
Prospective authors are invited to contribute high-quality papers to IEEE CEC 2012. All papers are to be submitted electronically through the IEEE WCCI 2012 website http://www.ieee-wcci2012.org/.
For general inquiries about IEEE CEC 2012, please contact Conference Chair Garry Greenwood at greeenwood@ieee.org.
For Program inquiries please contact Program Chair: Xiaodong Li at xiaodong.li@rmit.edu.au
General Enquires for IEEE WCCI 2012 should be sent to the General Chair: Hussein Abbass at h.abbass@adfa.edu.au
Call for Special Sessions
The IEEE CEC 2012 Program Committee solicits proposals for special sessions within the technical scopes of the congress. Special sessions, to be organized by international recognized experts, aim to bring together researchers in special focused topics. Papers submitted for special sessions are to be peer-reviewed with the same criteria used for the contributed papers. Proposals should include the session title, a brief description of the scope and motivation, biographic and contact information of the organizers. Researchers interested in organizing special sessions are invited to submit formal proposal to the Special Session Chair: Mengjie Zhang at mengjie.zhang@ecs.vuw.ac.nz.
Call for Tutorials
IEEE CEC 2012 will also feature pre-congress tutorials and post-congress workshops, covering fundamental and advanced evolutionary computation topics. A tutorial proposal should include title, outline, expected enrolment, and presenter/organizer biography. We invite you to submit proposals to the Tutorial Chair: Janet Wiles at janetw@itee.uq.edu.au.
Call for Competitions
IEEE CEC 2012 will host competitions to stimulate research in evolutionary computation, promote fair evaluations, and attract students. The proposals for new competitions should include descriptions of the problems addressed, motivations and expected impact on evolutionary computation, data description, evaluation procedures and established baselines, schedules, anticipated number of participants, and a biography of the main team members. We invite you to submit proposals to the Competitions Chair: Philip Hingston at p.hingston@ecu.edu.au.
5- 2012 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems
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The annual IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (FUZZ-IEEE) will be held jointly with the International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN) and the IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (IEEE CEC) as part of the 2012 IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence (IEEE WCCI), June 10-15, 2012, Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, Brisbane, Australia. Cross-fertilization of the three technical disciplines and newly emerging technologies is strongly encouraged.
Call for Contributed Papers
FUZZ-IEEE 2012 will feature a world-class conference that aims to bring together researchers and practitioners in the field of fuzzy systems and computational intelligence from all around the globe. Technical exchanges within the research community will encompass keynote lectures, special sessions, tutorials and workshops, panel discussions as well as poster presentations. In addition, participants will be treated to a series of social functions, receptions, and networking to establish new connections and foster everlasting friendship among fellow counterparts. The annual FUZZ-IEEE covers all topics in fuzzy systems including:
Fuzzy logic and fuzzy set theory
Fuzzy document retrieval systems, text mining
Lattice theory and multi-valued logics
Fuzzy systems for natural language processing
Approximate reasoning
Fuzzy information processing
Type-2 fuzzy logic
Fuzzy and rough data analysis, fuzzy statistics
Rough sets and random sets
Fuzzy data mining and forecasting
Fuzzy mathematics
Fuzzy systems modeling and identification
Possibility theory and imprecise probability
Fuzzy control and intelligent systems
Fuzzy decision making and decision support systems
Fuzzy systems for robotics
Fuzzy optimization and design
Fuzzy pattern recognition
Fuzzy man-machine interfaces, emotional computing
Fuzzy clustering
Fuzzy computing with words, granular computing
Fuzzy systems architectures and hardware
Fuzzy systems for agent technology
Fuzzy web intelligence
Hybrid fuzzy systems (fuzzy-neuro-evolutionary)
Fuzzy sets in bioinformatics
Fuzzy image and multimedia processing
Fuzzy databases, fuzzy data summarization
Medical, financial, industrial applications
Emerging areas
Paper Submission and Inquiries
Prospective authors are invited to contribute high-quality papers to FUZZ-IEEE 2010. All papers are to be submitted electronically through the IEEE WCCI 2012 website http://www.ieee-wcci2012.org/.
For FUZZ-IEEE inquiries, please contact Conference Chair Bernadette Bouchon-Meunier: Bernadette.Bouchon-Meunier@lip6.fr.
For Program inquiries please contact Program Chair James M. Keller: KellerJ@missouri.edu.
General Enquires for IEEE WCCI 2012 should be sent to the General Chair: Hussein Abbass at h.abbass@adfa.edu.au
Call for Special Sessions
The FUZZ-IEEE 2012 Program Committee solicits proposals for special sessions within the technical scopes of the Congress. Special sessions, to be organized by international recognized experts, aim to bring together researchers in special focused topics. Papers submitted for special sessions are to be peer-reviewed with the same criteria used for the contributed papers. Proposals should include the session title, a brief description of the scope and motivation, biographic and contact information of the organizers. Researchers interested in organizing special sessions are invited to submit formal proposal to the Special Session Chair: Laszlo T. Koczy at koczy@tmit.bme.hu.
Call for Tutorials
FUZZ-IEEE 2012 will also feature pre-Congress tutorials and workshops, covering fundamental and advanced fuzzy systems topics. A tutorial proposal should include title, outline, expected enrolment, and presenter/organizer biography. We invite you to submit proposals to the Tutorial Chair: Scott Dick at dick@ee.ualberta.ca.
Call for Competitions
FUZZ-IEEE 2012 will host competitions to stimulate research in fuzzy systems, promote fair evaluations, and attract students. The proposals for new competitions should include descriptions of the problems addressed, motivations and expected impact on fuzzy systems, data description, evaluation procedures and established baselines, schedules, anticipated number of participants, and a biography of the main team members. We invite you to submit proposals to the Competitions Chair: Simon Lucas at sml@essex.ac.uk
6- 2012 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks
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The annual International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN) will be held jointly with the IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (FUZZ-IEEE) and the IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (IEEE CEC) as part of the 2012 IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence (IEEE WCCI), June 10-15, 2012, Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre, Brisbane, Australia. Cross-fertilization of the three technical disciplines and newly emerging technologies is strongly encouraged.
Call for Contributed Papers
IJCNN 2012 will feature a world-class conference that aims to bring together researchers and practitioners in the field of neural networks and computational intelligence from all around the globe. Technical exchanges within the research community will encompass keynote lectures, special sessions, tutorials and workshops, panel discussions as well as poster presentations. In addition, participants will be treated to a series of social functions, receptions, and networking to establish new connections and foster everlasting friendship among fellow counterparts. The annual IJCNN covers all topics in neural networks including:
Neural network theory & models
Computational neuroscience
Learning and adaptation
Pattern recognition
Cognitive models
Machine vision and image processing
Brain-machine interfaces
Collective intelligence
Neural control
Hybrid systems
Evolutionary neural systems
Self-aware systems
Neurodynamics and complex systems
Data mining
Neuroinformatics
Sensor networks and intelligent systems
Neural hardware
Applications
Neural network applications
Computational biology
Neuroengineering
Bioinformatics
Emerging areas
Paper Submission and Inquiries
Prospective authors are invited to contribute high-quality papers to IJCNN 2012. All papers are to be submitted electronically through the IEEE WCCI 2012 website http://www.ieee-wcci2012.org/.
For IJCNN inquiries please contact Conference Chair: Cesare Alippi at cesare.alippi@polimi.it
For Program inquiries please contact Program Chair: Kate Smith-Miles at kate.smith-miles@sci.monash.edu.au
General Enquires for IEEE WCCI 2012 should be sent to the General Chair: Hussein Abbass at h.abbass@adfa.edu.au
Call for Special Sessions
The IJCNN 2012 Program Committee solicits proposals for special sessions within the technical scopes of the Congress. Special sessions, to be organized by international recognized experts, aim to bring together researchers in special focused topics. Papers submitted for special sessions are to be peer-reviewed with the same criteria used for the contributed papers. Proposals should include the session title, a brief description of the scope and motivation, biographic and contact information of the organizers. Researchers interested in organizing special sessions are invited to submit formal proposal to the Special Session Chair: Brijesh Verma at b.verma@cqu.edu.au
Call for Tutorials
IJCNN 2012 will also feature pre-Congress tutorials, covering fundamental and advanced neural network topics. A tutorial proposal should include title, outline, expected enrollment, and presenter/organizer biography. We invite you to submit proposals to the Tutorial Chair: Toshio Fukuda at fukuda@mein.nagoya-u.ac.jp.
Call for Competitions
IJCNN 2012 will host competitions to stimulate research in neural networks, promote fair evaluations, and attract students. The proposals for new competitions should include descriptions of the problems addressed, motivations, expected impact on neural networks and machine learning, and established baselines, schedules, anticipated number of participants, and a biography of the main team members. We invite you to submit proposals to the Competitions Chair: Sung-Bae Cho at sbcho@yonsei.ac.kr
7- Call for Workshops
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Researchers interested to organize a pre-event workshop at the Congress, contact the workshop chair: Slawomir Wesolkowski at s.wesolkowski@ieee.org
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