1st Internation Workshop on Multiple Cassifier Systems

[Giorgio Giacinto]

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1st MCS
FIRST INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON MULTIPLE CLASSIFIER SYSTEMS
Santa Margherita di Pula, Cagliari, Italy, June 21-23 2000

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WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES
The main goal of the workshop is to assess the state of the art of the
theory and the applications of multiple classifier systems and related
approaches. Contributions from all the research communities working in the
field are welcome in order to compare the different approaches and to
define the common research priorities. Special attention is also devoted to
assess the applications of multiple classifier systems and the potential
market perspectives. The workshop program will include both plenary
lectures given by invited speakers and papers accepted for oral
presentation. The papers will be published in the workshop proceedings, and
extended versions of selected papers will be considered for publication in
a special issue of the Pattern Analysis and Applications Journal on
Classifier Fusion

WORKSHOP TOPICS
Papers describing original work in the following and related research
topics are welcome:

Theoretical foundations of multiple classifier systems
Methods for classifier combination
Methods for classifier selection
Neural network ensembles
Modular neural networks
Mixture models
Multiple expert systems
Hybrid systems
Learning in multiple classifier systems
Design of multiple classifier systems
Multiple models in data mining
Related approaches (intelligent agents, multi-criteria decision making,
etc.)
Applications (biometrics, document analysis, data mining, remote sensing,
etc.)

WORKSHOP CHAIRS
Josef Kittler (Univ. of Surrey, United Kingdom)
Fabio Roli (Univ. of Cagliari, Italy)

INVITED SPEAKERS
Thomas G. Dietterich (Oregon State University, USA)
Robert P.W. Duin (Delft Univ. of Tech., The Netherlands)
Amanda J.C. Sharkey (Dept. Computer Science, Univ. of Sheffield, UK)
Sargur N. Srihari (CEDAR, State Univ. of New York, Buffalo, USA)
Ching Y. Suen (CENPARMI, Concordia Univ., Montreal, Canada)

PROGRAM CHAIR
Gianni Vernazza (Univ. of Genoa, Italy)

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
J. A. Benediktsson (Iceland)
H. Bunke (Switzerland)
L. P. Cordella (Italy)
T.G. Dietterich (USA)
R. P.W. Duin (The Netherlands)
J. Ghosh (USA)
S. Impedovo (Italy)
D. Landgrebe (USA)
D.S. Lee (USA)
A. K. Jain (USA)
T. K. Ho (USA)
D. Partridge (UK)
C.Scagliola (Italy)
R. Schapire (USA)
A. J.C. Sharkey (UK)
S. N. Srihari (USA)
C.Y. Suen (Canada)
D. Wolpert (USA)

LOCAL COMMITTEE
G.Armano (Univ. of Cagliari, Italy)
G.Giacinto (Univ. of Cagliari, Italy)
G.Fumera (Univ. of Cagliari, Italy)

PAPER SUBMISSION
Three hard copies of the full papers should be mailed to:

1st MCS
Prof. Fabio Roli
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Dept. - University of Cagliari
Piazza d'Armi
09123 Cagliari Italy

In addition, participants should submit an electronic version of the
manuscript (PostScript or PDF format) to mcs at diee.unica.it
The papers should not exceed 15 A4 pages (12pt, double-spaced). A cover
sheet with the authors names and affiliations is also requested, with the
complete address of the corresponding author, and an abstract (200 words).
The papers will be refereed by two separate reviewers of the Scientific
Committee.

IMPORTANT DATES
February 1, 2000: Paper Submission
March 15, 2000: Notification of Acceptance
April 30, 2000: Camera-ready Manuscripts
May 2000: Early registration

WORKSHOP VENUE
The workshop will be held at the Is Molas Golf Hotel, Santa Margherita di
Pula, Cagliari, Italy. Additional information concerning the workshop venue
can be found at http://www.ismolas.it

WORKSHOP PROCEEDINGS
The papers will be published in the workshop proceedings, and extended
versions of selected papers will be considered for publication in a special
issue of the Pattern Analysis and Applications Journal on Classifier Fusion

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Fabio Roli, Phd

Associate Professor of Computer Science
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Dept. - University of Cagliari
Piazza d'Armi 09123 Cagliari Italy
Phone +39 070 675 5874 Fax +39 070 6755900  e-mail roli at diee.unica.it
Web Page at http://www.diee.unica.it