KES'2006

10th Anniversary!

International Conference on
 Knowledge-Based & Intelligent Information & Engineering Systems

Bournemouth International Conference Centre, U.K.
9, 10 & 11 October 2006

http://kes2006.kesinternational.org

KES International Conference Series


Welcome! For ten years KES has been organising conferences for the
Intelligent Systems community. We are pleased to celebrate a decade of
KES conferences with the announcement of KES2006, the tenth
International Conference in Knowledge Based and Intelligent
Information and  Engineering Systems. KES2006 will be jointly
organised by the Universities of Brighton and Bournemouth and held in
the Bournemouth International Conference Centre on the South Coast of
the United Kingdom.  The conference will consist of keynote talks and
paper presentations, invited sessions and workshops, on the
applications and theory of Intelligent Systems and related areas. It
will provide excellent opportunities for the presentation of
interesting new research results, and discussion about them, leading
to knowledge transfer and the synergetic generation of new ideas.
The scope of the conference includes the following topics:-

Generic Topics of Interest: Knowledge-Based Systems, Expert Systems,
Neural Networks, Fuzzy Techniques and Systems, Genetic Algorithms and
Evolutionary Computing, Hybrid Intelligent Systems, Intelligent Agents
and Multi-Agent Systems, Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, Machine
Learning, Cognitive Modelling, Knowledge Representation and
Management, Planning, Spatial & Temporal Reasoning, Knowledge
Acquisition.
	Intelligent Applications:  Industrial Control and Monitoring,
Fault Diagnosis, Robotics, Image Processing, Machine & Computer
Vision, Medical & Diagnostic Systems, Financial & Stock Market
Monitoring and Prediction, Speech Processing and Synthesis, Natural
Language Processing, Environmental Monitoring, Power Electronics &
Drives, High Voltage Systems, Engine Control and Vehicle
Applications; Signal Processing; Wavelets.
	Emerging Intelligent Technologies: Context-aware and  Affective
(Emotional) Computing, Mobile Computing and Systems, Business
Intelligence Systems, Human-centered Computing, User-profiling,
Evolvable Hardware, DNA Computing, Artificial Life, Bioinformatics
using Intelligent & Machine Learning Techniques, Intelligent Tutoring
Systems, Artificial Intelligence and the Internet, Information Agents
on the Internet, E-commerce/E-business and E-learning, Intelligent
Information Retrieval, Intelligent Web Mining & Applications,
Intelligent User Interfaces, Virtual Reality & Multi-Media
Intelligent Information Systems.


CALL FOR PAPERS

Papers are invited from prospective authors with interests in the
indicated conference topics and related areas of application. All
contributions should be original and not published elsewhere or
submitted for publication during the review period. Please see the web
site for details of the required paper format.  To ensure high
quality, all papers must be submitted using the PROSE online system,
and will be thoroughly reviewed by the KES2006 Programme Committee.
The conference proceedings will be published by a major publisher.
Extended versions of selected papers will be considered for
publication in the KES Journal
http://www.kesinternational.org/journal/.
Authors will be limited to one paper per registration.

CALL FOR SUBJECT CHAIRS

Specialists in technical areas within the scope of the conference are
invited to apply to be Subject Chairs at KES2006, taking
responsibility for overseeing the paper review process within their
domain of expertise.  Please contact the KES2006 Secretariat
outlining your experience and area of expertise if you would like to
contribute to the organisation of KES2006 as a Subject Chair.

CALL FOR INVITED SESSIONS

Scientists, engineers and researchers who would like to organise an
invited session of 5/6 papers, or a parallel workshop of a half or
full day, on some topic falling within the scope of the conference
are
invited to contact the KES Secretariat enclosing the title and content
of the proposed session.  We also welcome suggestions for other
activities that will appeal to our delegates.

DEADLINES

General Sessions
Submission of papers: 1 February 2006
Notification of acceptance: 1 April 2006
Final papers to be received by: 1 May 2006

Invited Sessions
Proposals for Invited Sessions / Workshops: 1 February 2006
Session Chair sets Invited Session the interim deadlines.
Final papers for Invited Session musts be received by: 1 May 2006

All presenting authors must register with payment by 1 June 2006 for
their papers to appear in the proceedings


KES2006 General Chairs:
B.Gabrys, University of Bournemouth, UK and
R.J.Howlett, University of Brighton, UK

Invited Sessions Chair: L.C.Jain, University of South Australia

KES2006 is part of the KES International Conference Series, Chairs
L.C.Jain and R.J.Howlett
Web Site: http://kes2006.kesinternational.org
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