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lang=EN-SG style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">We cordially
invite you to submit a paper or invited session proposal to the upcoming 7th
International Conference on Natural Computation (ICNC'11) and the 8th
International Conference on Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Discovery (FSKD'11), to
be jointly held from 26-28 July 2011, in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Shanghai</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">China</st1:country-region></st1:place>. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoPlainText
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Shanghai</SPAN></st1:City><SPAN
lang=EN-SG style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">, an open
city on the coast and a famous historical and cultural city, is a gate to the
<st1:place w:st="on">Yangtze River</st1:place> delta. It is a municipality under
the direct jurisdiction of the Central Government, the largest economic and
trade center, a comprehensive industrial base and the leading port in <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">China</st1:country-region></st1:place>.
Attractions include <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Yuyuan</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Garden</st1:PlaceType> ("Happy Garden" built in Ming
Dynasty), <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Shanghai</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Museum</st1:PlaceType> with 120,000 pieces of rare relics,
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Shanghai</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">World</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Financial</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType>, <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Jade</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Buddha</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Temple</st1:PlaceType> (Song Dynasty), Oriental Pearl TV Tower,
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Zhujiajiao</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Water</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Town</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, and Expo 2010
site.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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lang=EN-SG style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">All papers in
conference proceedings will be indexed by both EI Compendex and ISTP, as well as
included in the IEEE Xplore (IEEE Conference Record Number for ICNC’11: 18082;
IEEE Conference Record Number for FSKD’11: 18083). Extended versions of selected
best papers will appear in an ICNC-FSKD special issue of <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">International Journal of Intelligent
Systems</I>, an SCI-indexed journal (Impact Factor: 1.194).
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lang=EN-SG style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">ICNC-FSKD is
a premier international forum for scientists and researchers to present the
state of the art of data mining and intelligent methods inspired from nature,
particularly biological, linguistic, and physical systems, with applications to
signal processing, design, and more. Previously, the joint conferences in 2005
through 2010 each attracted over 3000 submissions from around the world.
ICNC'11-FSKD'11 is technically co-sponsored by the IEEE Circuits and Systems
Society. The registration fee of US*D 390 includes proceedings, lunches,
dinners, banquet, coffee breaks, and all technical
sessions.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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lang=EN-SG style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">To promote
international participation of researchers from outside the country/region where
the conference is held (i.e., <st1:country-region
w:st="on">China</st1:country-region>’s mainland), researchers outside of
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">China</st1:country-region></st1:place>’s mainland are encouraged to
propose invited sessions. The first author of each paper in an invited session
must not be affiliated with an organization in <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">China</st1:country-region></st1:place>’s
mainland. All papers in the invited sessions can be marked as "Invited Paper".
One organizer for each invited session with at least 6 registered papers will
enjoy an honorarium of US*D 400. Invited session organizers will solicit
submissions, conduct reviews and recommend accept/reject decisions on the
submitted papers. Invited session organizers will be able to set their own
submission and review schedules, as long as a list of recommended papers is
determined by 30 March 2010. Each invited session proposal should include: (1)
the name, bio, and contact information of each organizer of the invited session;
(2) the title and a short synopsis of the invited session. Please send your
proposal to icnc-fskd@dhu.edu.cn<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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any questions after visiting the conference web page, please email the
secretariat at icnc-fskd@dhu.edu.cn<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Shanghai</st1:City></st1:place>
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