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<DIV>2nd Call For Papers: BRICS-CCI & CBIC2013 - Brazil (8-11th
Sept,2013)</DIV>
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<DIV>*** Sorry for cross-posting & thanks for forwarding this to your </DIV>
<DIV>network of collaborators; we greatly appreciate your help ***</DIV>
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<DIV>
*SECOND* Call FOR PAPERS</DIV>
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<DIV>1st BRICS Countries Congress on Computational Intelligence
(BRICS-CCI)</DIV>
<DIV> 11th Brazilian Congress on Computational Intelligence (CBIC
2013)</DIV>
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<DIV> Recife (Porto de Galinhas beach), Brazil, September 8th-11th,
2013</DIV>
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<DIV> Website: <A
href="http://www.brics-cci.org">http://www.brics-cci.org</A>
.OR <A
href="http://www.cbic2013.org">http://www.cbic2013.org</A></DIV>
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<DIV>*** KEY DATES:</DIV>
<DIV>Submission
Deadline: *NEW* May
20th, 2013</DIV>
<DIV>Notification of Acceptance: July 12th, 2013</DIV>
<DIV>Final Papers
Due:
July 31th, 2013</DIV>
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<DIV>*** MAIN TRACKS (of the sister conferences):</DIV>
<DIV>1) Neural and Learning Systems;</DIV>
<DIV>2) Fuzzy and Stochastic Modeling; and</DIV>
<DIV>3) Evolutionary and Swarm Computing. </DIV>
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<DIV>Topics of interest are neatly organized in three tracks and classified
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<DIV>in Problems, Approaches and Technologies. For complete list => </DIV>
<DIV><A
href="http://brics-cci.org/research-topics-brics-cci-cbic/">http://brics-cci.org/research-topics-brics-cci-cbic/</A></DIV>
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<DIV>*** CO-LOCATED SYMPOSIA (alongside main tracks of the two
conferences):</DIV>
<DIV>(I) CI in Bioinformatics (CIBS) </DIV>
<DIV>(II) Complex Systems (CompSysS)</DIV>
<DIV>(III) Social Simulation (SocSimS)</DIV>
<DIV>(IV) CI Applications in Defense Systems (CIDefS)</DIV>
<DIV>(V) CI Applications in Industry (CIAppIndS)</DIV>
<DIV>(VI) CI/AI Theses and Dissertations Competition (CI/AI TDC)</DIV>
<DIV>(VII) CI Algorithms Competition (CIAC)</DIV>
<DIV>(VIII) BRICS-CCI & CBIC Schools on CI (SCI & EBIC)</DIV>
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<DIV>*** INTERNATIONAL CONFIRMED DISTINGUISHED GUESTS:</DIV>
<DIV>-Alan Kirman (d’Aix Marseille Université, EHESS – France) ** Keynote </DIV>
<DIV>-Andries Engelbrecht (U. Pretoria – South Africa)</DIV>
<DIV>-Boleslaw Szymanski (Rensselaer Polytechnic - USA) ** Keynote </DIV>
<DIV>-Cristovam Buarque (UNB – Brazil) *** Opening Speech</DIV>
<DIV>-Derong Liu (University Illinois – USA)</DIV>
<DIV>-Ganesh Kumar Venayagamoorthy (Clemson University - USA)</DIV>
<DIV>-Hani Hagras (University Essex – England)</DIV>
<DIV>-Hojjat Adeli (Ohio State University – USA) * Keynote & Honorary
Chair</DIV>
<DIV>-Igor Aleksander (Imperial College – England) * Keynote & Honorary
Chair</DIV>
<DIV>-Jaime Sichman (USP – Brazil) ** Keynote speaker </DIV>
<DIV>-José Príncipe (University of Florida – USA) * Keynote & Honorary
Chair</DIV>
<DIV>-Marco Dorigo (U. Libre de Bruxelles – Belgium) * Keynote & Honorary
Chair</DIV>
<DIV>-Ronald Yager (Iona College – USA)</DIV>
<DIV>-Russell Eberhart (Purdue University – USA) * Keynote & Honorary
Chair</DIV>
<DIV>-Sanaz Mostaghim (KIT – Germany)</DIV>
<DIV>-Snehashish Chkraverty (NIT – India) </DIV>
<DIV>-Swagatam Das (ISI – India)</DIV>
<DIV>-Xin Yao (University of Birminham – England)</DIV>
<DIV>-Yaser Abu-Mostafa (Caltech – USA) ** Keynote speaker</DIV>
<DIV>-Yuhui Shi (U. Jiaotong-Liverpool – China)</DIV>
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<DIV>*** PAPER PUBLICATION (in *10* special issues of international journals):
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<DIV>- International Journal of Neural Systems(IJNS)</DIV>
<DIV>- Integrated Computer-Aided Engineering(ICAE) </DIV>
<DIV>- International Journal of Swarm Intelligence Research(IJSIR)</DIV>
<DIV>- International Journal of Natural Computing Research(IJNCR)</DIV>
<DIV>- International Journal of Machine Learning and Cybernetics(IJMLC)</DIV>
<DIV>- International Journal of Computational Intelligence &
Applications(IJCIA)</DIV>
<DIV>- Learning & NonLinear Models(SBIC Journal)</DIV>
<DIV>- Journal of the Brazilian Computer Society(JBCS)</DIV>
<DIV>- Paladyn. Journal of Behavioral Robotics(Paladyn)</DIV>
<DIV>- BRICS Journal of Computational Intelligence(BRICS-CI)</DIV>
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<DIV>*** PAPER SUBMISSION:</DIV>
<DIV>- Paper type-O (on-going work): up to 2-page short-papers for </DIV>
<DIV>presenting positions, on-going work and/or interesting ideas; </DIV>
<DIV>- Paper type-R (Regular): up to 6-page full-papers for presenting </DIV>
<DIV>original work. To be presented orally (15 min. each) or as poster;</DIV>
<DIV>- Paper type-X (Extended): selected type-R papers up to 10-pages. </DIV>
<DIV>Presented orally in special parallel sessions (20 min. each); </DIV>
<DIV>- Paper type-H (Highlight): up to 12-page, invited only, for ground</DIV>
<DIV>breaking or relevant surveys. </DIV>
<DIV>* Paper format according to the IEEE A4 double column; </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>*** OTHER HIGHLIGHTS:</DIV>
<DIV>- 2 Conferences of three tracks each;</DIV>
<DIV>- 4 Panels for discussions (Including "Trial of AI");</DIV>
<DIV>- 8 Symposia (2 Schools for: Ibero-American &
International);</DIV>
<DIV>- 16 Plenary talks;</DIV>
<DIV>- Algorithms & Theses/Dissertations Competitions;</DIV>
<DIV>- Awards for Outstanding people;</DIV>
<DIV>- Awards for Best papers;</DIV>
<DIV>- Many Thematic Meetings on CI & BRICS;</DIV>
<DIV>- Busy Cultural Agenda;</DIV>
<DIV>- Family & Environment friendly Congress;</DIV>
<DIV>- Sports Activities (Soccer and Tennis competitions);</DIV>
<DIV>- Touristic Activities (Sightseeing, Scuba classes etc);</DIV>
<DIV>* 45 universities and 90 people contributing with this pioneering
event!</DIV>
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<DIV>*** ORGANIZATION (GENERAL JOINT-CHAIRS of BRICS-CCI & CBIC –
2013):</DIV>
<DIV>(B) Prof. Fernando Buarque (University of Pernambuco – Brazil)</DIV>
<DIV>(R) Prof. Ildar Batyrshin (Moscow Power Energy Institute – Russia)</DIV>
<DIV>(I) Prof. Sankar Pal (Indian Statistical Institute – India)</DIV>
<DIV>(C) Prof. Ying Tan (Peking University – China)</DIV>
<DIV>(S) Prof. Tshilidzi Marwala (University of Johannesburg – South
Africa)</DIV>
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<DIV>Complete list of organizers, check: <A
href="http://brics-cci.org/organizers/">http://brics-cci.org/organizers/</A></DIV>
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<DIV> We are waiting for you in the stunning Porto de Galinhas
beach!</DIV>
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<DIV> Website: <A
href="http://www.brics-cci.org">http://www.brics-cci.org</A>
.OR <A
href="http://www.cbic2013.org">http://www.cbic2013.org</A></DIV>
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