[ACT-R-users] ICNC'05-FSKD'05 Final Call for Papers/Special Sessions/Sponsorship: Changsha China

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    2005 International Conference on Natural Computation (ICNC'05) 
   International Conference on Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Discovery 
                          (FSKD'05) 
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                27 - 29 August 2005, Changsha, China 

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               Home Page: http://www.xtu.edu.cn/nc2005 
              http://www.ntu.edu.sg/home/elpwang/nc2005 
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             *** Submission Deadline: 15 March 2005 *** 

      FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS, SPECIAL SESSIONS, AND SPONSORSHIP 

The ICNC'05-FSKD'05 will feature the most up-to-date research results 
in computational algorithms inspired from nature, including 
biological, ecological, and physical systems. It is an exciting and 
emerging inter-disciplinary area in which a wide range of techniques 
and methods are being studied for dealing with large, complex, and 
dynamic problems. The joint conferences will also promote cross- 
fertilization over these exciting and yet closely-related areas. 
Registration to either conference will entitle a participant to the 
proceedings and technical sessions of both conferences, as well as 
the conference banquet, buffet lunches, and tours to some attractions 
in Changsha. 

Specific areas include, but are not limited to neural computation, 
evolutionary computation, quantum computation, DNA computation, 
chemical computation, information processing in cells and tissues, 
molecular computation, computation with words, fuzzy computation, 
granular computation, artificial life, swarm intelligence, ants 
colony, artificial immune systems, etc., with applications to 
knowledge discovery, finance, operations research, and more. 

Publications 
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The ICNC'05 and FSKD'05 conference proceedings will be published in 
Springer's Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) and Lecture Notes 
in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI), respectively. Both the LNCS and 
LNAI are indexed in SCI-Expanded. A selected number of authors will be 
invited to expand and revise their papers for possible inclusions in 
peer-reviewed international journals / edited books. 

Special Sessions 
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In addition to regular sessions, participants are encouraged to 
organize special sessions on specialized topics. Each special session 
should have at least 4 papers. Special session organizers will solicit 
submissions and conduct reviews on the submitted papers. Proposals for 
special sessions should be sent to the respective Program Chairs, 
i.e., 
        Ke Chen (neural computation, Ke.Chen at manchester.ac.uk) 
        Yew Soon Ong (other topics in ICNC'05, asysong at ntu.edu.sg) 
        Yaochu Jin (FSKD'05, yaochu.jin at honda-ri.de) 

Keynote Speakers 
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        Shun-ichi Amari, Japan 
        Aike Guo, China 
        Nikhil R. Pal, India 
        Xin Yao, UK 

About Changsha, Hunan, China 
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Changsha, the capital of Hunan Province, is a historic and cultural 
city in southern China and a busy port on the Xiangjiang River, with 
a population over 6 million. Founded 3000 years ago, the city became 
the capital of the Zhou state (951-960 AD) and a leading commercial 
center during the Song dynasty (960-1279 AD). Changsha International 
Airport is easily accessible with direct flights to all major 
domestic and some international destinations. Other famous tourist 
destinations in Hunan include the Zhangjiajie National Park (natural 
heritage listed by UN) and Fenghuang (Phoenix) Ancient City. 

Important Dates 
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        Paper Submission                    :   15 March 2005 
        Decision Notification               :   15 April 2005 
        Final Versions / Author Registration:   15 May 2005 

Contact 
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        Email: nc2005 at xtu.edu.cn 
        Phone/Fax: +86 732 829 2201 / 829 3249 

Submission of Papers 
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Authors are invited to submit a full paper as an electronic file 
(postscript, pdf or Word format) at the conference website. Templates 
are available at both the conference website and the Springer 
website. 

Sponsorship / Exhibition 
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The conferences will offer product vendors a sponsorship package 
and/or an opportunity to interact with conference participants. 
Product demonstration and exhibition can also be arranged. For more 
information, please visit the conference web page.  

Sponsor / Organizer 
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        Xiangtan University, China 

Technical Co-Sponsor 
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        IEEE Circuits and Systems Society 
        IEEE Computational Intelligence Society 
        IEEE Control Systems Society 

In Co-operation with 
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        International Neural Network Society 
        International Fuzzy Systems Association 
        Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence 
        European Neural Network Society 
        Fuzzy Mathematics and Systems Association of China 
        Japanese Neural Network Society 
        Asia-Pacific Neural Network Assembly 

Honorary Conference Chairs 
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        Shun-ichi Amari, Japan 
        Lotfi A. Zadeh, USA 

International Advisory Board 
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        Toshio Fukuda, Japan  
        Kunihiko Fukushima, Japan 
        Tom Gedeon, Australia 
        Aike Guo, China 
        Zhenya He, China  
        Janusz Kacprzyk, Poland 
        Nik Kasabov, New Zealand 
        John A. Keane, UK 
        Soo-Young Lee, Korea 
        Erkki Oja, Finland 
        Nikhil R. Pal, India 
        Witold Pedrycz, Canada 
        Jose Principe, USA 
        Harold Szu, USA 
        Shiro Usui, Japan 
        Xindong Wu, USA 
        Lei Xu, Hong Kong, China 
        Xin Yao, UK 
        Syozo Yasui, Japan 
        Bo Zhang, China 
        Yixin Zhong, China  
        Jacek M. Zurada, USA 

General Chair 
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        He-An Luo, China 

General Co-Chairs 
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        Lipo Wang, Singapore 
        Yunqing Huang, China 

Program Chairs 
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        ICNC'05:        
           Ke Chen, UK 
           Yew Soon Ong, Singapore 
        FSKD'05:        
           Yaochu Jin, Germany 

Local Arrangement Chairs 
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        Renren Liu, China 
        Xieping Gao, China 

Proceedings Chair 
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        Fen Xiao, China 

Publicity Chair 
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        Hepu Deng, Australia 

Sponsorship/Exhibits Chairs 
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        Shaoping Ling, China 
        Geok See Ng, Singapore 

Webmaster 
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        Linai Kuang, China 
        Yanyu Liu, China 

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School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering 
Nanyang Technological University 
Block S1, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798 
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