NNESMED/CIMED International Conference Sheffield July 21 - 23, 20 03

[Lisboa Paulo]

After the success of the NNESMED conference held last year in the Island of
Milos,  the conference returns to the UK.  It is expected to retain the
single-track format, in order to foster the multidisciplinary interaction
that is a regular feature of this event.

The deadline for submission of extended abstractsis 31 January 2003. 

Further details can be found at  http://www.shu.ac.uk/conference/nnesmed and
a text version of the call for papers follows:

FIFTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NEURAL NETWORKS AND EXPERT SYSTEMS IN
MEDICINE AND HEALTHCARE, NNESMED 2003 and First International Conference on
Computational Intelligence in Medicine and Healthcare, CIMED 2003
July 21 - 23, 2003, School of Engineering, Sheffield Hallam University,
Sheffield, England 
 
This is the fifth of a successful series of international conferences
focused on the application of intelligent computational methods and systems
to support all areas of biomedical, clinical, and healthcare practice, which
brings together healthcare specialists, clinicians, biomedical engineers,
computer scientists, communication and computer network engineers, and
applied mathematicians. The language of the conference is English.

TOPICS OF INTEREST
 Artificial neural networks  Intelligent signal processing  Intelligent
Image Processing  Fuzzy and neuro-fuzzy systems   Rough sets 
 Evolutionary computing  Probabilistic reasoning  Non-linear dynamical
analysis methods 
 Independent Components Analysis  Belief networks  Machine learning 
Artificial life 
 Intelligent agents   Data mining  Expert systems  Intelligent
telemedicine and telecare

MEDICAL APPLICATION AREAS INCLUDE:
 Signal processing  Diagnosis and therapy 
 Bioinformatics  Monitoring and control  Image processing and
interpretation  Rehabilitation 
 Process modelling and simulation  Education

INTERNATIONAL STEERING COMMITTEE
Professor Dr Barrie  Jervis (Conference Chair, UK), Professor Emmanuel
Ifeachor (UK), Professor Periklis Ktonas (USA), Professor Paulo Lisboa (UK),
Professor Antonina Starita (Italy), Professor George Papadourakis (GR)

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME COMMITTEE 
The International Programme Committee will referee the papers submitted. 
Marco Gori (Italy), Ben Jansen (USA), Nicolaos B. Karayiannis (USA), David
Lowe (UK), Francesco Masulli (Italy), Sifis Micheloyannis (Greece), Ryszard
Tadeusiewicz (Poland), Azzam Taktak (UK), Michael Zervakis (Greece), Farhat
Fnaiech (Tunisia), Jiri Jan (Czech Republic).

SUBMISSION OF PAPERS
Authors are requested to submit an extended abstract (two pages in length,
single spacing, full details in the Call for Papers, available early
October). Extended abstracts should clearly identify the medical or
healthcare context of the work, the methodology used, the advances made and
the significance of the results. Papers will be accepted as either full
session oral papers or as poster papers. Authors whose abstracts are
accepted will be asked to develop them into full papers of 4-6 pages length
for inclusion in the conference proceedings. 

IMPORTANT DEADLINES
Submission of extended abstracts: 31 January 2003, Notification of
provisional acceptance: 28 February 2003, Submission of full papers (camera
ready): 18 April 2003, Receipt of Conference Booking Form: 13 June 2003. 

CONFERENCE WEBSITE
The temporary website address until further notice is:
http://www.shu.ac.uk/conference/nnesmed

CONFERENCE FEES
The full non-residential conference fee for bookings made by 30 April 2003
is 300. Later bookings will incur a supplementary charge of 50. A daily
rate of  180 is also available, which does not include evening dinner. 

ACCOMMODATION AND SOCIAL PROGRAMME
The booking form will include details of residential accommodation in hotels
and student residences to suit all budgets. Accommodation is not included in
the conference fee. Details of the proposed social programme will appear in
the Call for Papers. 

CONFERENCE CONTACT
Conference 21, Sheffield Hallam University, 
City Campus, Sheffield, S1 1WB, England.
Tel.: +44-114-225-5338/5336
Fax: +44-114-225-5337
E-mail: conference21 at shu.ac.uk