CALL FOR PAPERS: DEADLINE EXTENSION TO MARCH 8 !!! VIMS 2002 IN CONJUNCTION WITH IMTC 2002

[Vincenzo Piuri]

VIMS 2002
2002 IEEE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON VIRTUAL AND INTELLIGENT MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS
Mt. Alyeska Resort Hotel (nearby Anchorage), AK, USA - 19-20 May 2002

Sponsored by 
  IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society & IEEE Neural Network Council 
With the technical cooperation of 
  International Neural Network Society 
  Instrumentation, Systems, and Automation Society 

VIMS2002 is held in conjunction with 
  IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence - WCCI'02, Honolulu, HW, USA, 
       12-17 May 2002
  IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference - IMTC2002, 
       Anchorage, AK, USA, 21-23 May 2002 


>>>>   PAPER SUBMISSION DEADLINE: EXTENDED TO 8 MARCH 2002    <<<<


ALL DETAILED INFORMATION ARE AVAILABLE AT http://ewh.ieee.org/soc/im/vims/


Virtual environments become highly attractive to afford complex application
problems where simulation plays a relevant role to model and analyze the behavior
of complex systems, to design innovative solutions for industrial production
processes and products, to assess the feasibility and the effectiveness of processes
and products. Besides, realization of virtual systems on computer-based
environments allows for re-using components and adapting their behaviors to the
application needs, hence reducing production cost and time.
    On the other hand, adaptive and evolving solutions become increasingly more and
more relevant in applications requiring an adaptable behavior for the system
according to the changing needs of the users, the application, and the environment.
Intelligent techniques based on soft-computing (i.e., neural networks, fuzzy logic, and
genetic algorithms) have been proved effective to support such an adaptation.
    Nowadays, integration of different components, realized by using heterogeneous
computing paradigms, is important to save investment and exploit the features
offered by well-assessed algorithmic approaches.
    Globalization and the need of distributed sensing, monitoring, and control drive 
also the inclusion of computer science technologies (e.g., distributed networks, 
agents, cooperative systems, web, mobile systems, micro- and nano-robots) to achieve 
the appropriate and modular integration in larger and more complex systems. This issue
is becoming relevant in environmental monitoring, power distribution, and many
other industrial applications.
    Intelligent distributed virtual environments will therefore play a key role in the 
industry as well as in the daily life to support the evolving needs of the users and 
the economy. Suppliers continually offer more affordable hardware and software
components to implement these innovative approaches. Industries, government
agencies, and research institutions widely consider and use these techniques.
    Up to now, analysis and experiments have been performed mainly at qualitative level
by scientists and practitioners, aiming to understand the underlying technologies and
methodologies, but without any specific focus on the mandatory need of a
quantitative assessment and a metrological analysis. The VIMS 2002 symposium is
therefore directed to fill this gap in knowledge and practice, especially by focusing
on the quantitative aspect of instrumentation and measurement issues. 

Sessions will cover all aspects of soft computing technologies and virtual
environments related to instrumentation and measurement, from the point of view
both of theory and practical applications. 

General Co-Chairs: 
  Vincenzo Piuri, University of Milan, Italy 
  Enrique H. Ruspini, SRI International, USA
Technical Program Co-Chairs: 
  Cesare Alippi, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
  Evangelia Micheli-Tzanakou, Rutgers University, USA
  Mel Siegel, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Symposium Coordinator: Robert Myers, Myers-Smith Inc., USA