--- Apology for multiple copies ------ ** WSC10 - First 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: http://public.cranfield.ac.uk/2003DMSIMFRC/wl078890/WSC10/Index.htm Hosted by Cranfield University, UK 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 tentatively 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 NOW Submit expressions of interest containing the following information: title of the paper, authors and their affiliations, and 100-word abstract. Please email the expression of interest to Program Chair, Joshua Knowles ([log in to unmask]) April 29th, 2005 Deadline for submissions of regular papers. Papers are submitted in electronic form as PDF-files through the conference web site. 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 fill up the online form and upload a full paper (max. 10 pages) in PDF format by April 29, 2005. Special session proposals and tutorials are welcome. Please notify the Special Session Chair, Erel Avineri ([log in to unmask]) 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 (List to be extended) 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 Advisory Board Chair Rajkumar Roy, Cranfield University, UK INTERNATIONAL TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE (Tentative) 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 Politècnica 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, Università 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 AutÚnoma 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 Wöhler, Daimler Chrysler AG, Germany ------------------------------------------------ Please address all general enquiries to [log in to unmask] ============================================= 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: [log in to unmask] Tel: +44 (0) 1274 234019 Fax: +44 (0) 1274 233920