[SigLT-L] Extended Deadline: CFP 5th Int. Conf. on Soft Computing as Transdisciplinary Science & Technology
Youakim BADR
youakim.badr at insa-lyon.fr
Sat Jun 14 03:57:39 EDT 2008
[Apologies if you receive this more than once]
In response to several requests, we are pleased to announce that the
paper submission deadline has been extended until July 06, 2008.
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The Fifth International Conference on Soft Computing as
Transdisciplinary Science and Technology (CSTST'08)
October 27-31, 2008
Cergy-Pontoise/Paris, FRANCE
Hosted by the "University of Cergy Pontoise"
http://sigappfr.acm.org/cstst08/
Sponsorships:
IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society (Technically Co-sponsored)
IEEE France (Technically Co-sponsored)
ACM SIGAPP.fr (In Cooperation with)
European Neural Network Society (ENNS)
Description
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The International Conference on Soft Computing as Transdisciplinary
Science and Technology (CSTST'08) brings together international soft
computational
intelligence researchers, developers, practitioners, and users.
The aim of CSTST (previously called WSTST) is to serve as a forum to
present current and future work as well as to exchange research ideas
in this field.
CSTST'08 invites authors to submit their original and unpublished work
that demonstrates current research in all areas of soft computing, as
well as proposals
for workshops, industrial presentations, demonstrations, and tutorials.
This edition is dedicated to commemorate the memory of Prof. Yasuhiko
Dote, Founding Chair of WSTST series of meetings.
Topics
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We solicit original research and technical papers not published elsewhere.
The papers can be theoretical, practical and application oriented on
the following themes (but not limited to):
* Information and Data Management
* Intelligent Hybrid Systems
* Fusion of Soft and Hard Computing
* Data and Web Mining
* Decision Support Systems
* Natural Language Processing
* Intelligent Agent-based Systems, Cognitive and Reactive Distributed
AI Systems
* Internet Modeling
* Multimedia Information Systems
* Information Retrieval
* Human-Computer Interface
* XML-based Languages
* Security and Access Control
* Information Content Security
* Mobile, Ad Hoc and Sensor Network Management
* Applications
o E-Learning, eCommerce, eBusiness and eGovernment
o Image and speech signal processing, prediction, and control
o Robotics
o Biology and medicine
o Business and management
o Artificial societies
o Chemicals, pharmaceuticals and materials
o Environment engineering
Paper submission
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Submissions must be in an electronic form as PDF files and should be
uploaded using the conference website
(http://sigappfr.acm.org/cstst08/).
Full paper submissions should be in ACM format with a limit of 6 pages.
Papers that fail to comply with length limit will be rejected.
Submissions will be peer-reviewed by at least 2 independent reviewers
of the PC.
Selection criteria will include: relevance, significance, impact,
originality, technical soundness, and quality of presentation.
Preference will be given to submissions that take strong or
challenging positions on important emergent topics.
At least one author should attend the conference to present the paper.
The conference Proceedings will be indexed by ACM Digital Libraries
and published with an ISBN.
Awards
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- To commemorate the memory of Prof. Yasuhiko Dote, the Founder and
General Chair of the WSTST series of meetings, the Board Chairs of
CSTST 2008 are honoured to establish the Professor Yasuhiko Dote Award
for the distinguished best paper.
Information about the winner will be posted on the conference web
site. This Award will include a commemorative plate and a waiver of
the registration fees for the following CSTST edition.
- "Best student paper" will be awarded of 400 euros.
Important Dates
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Full Paper Submissions: July 06, 2008 (extended)
Notification of Paper Acceptance: August 15, 2008
Camera Ready Papers Due: September 17, 2008
Author Registration: September 17, 2008
Conference Dates: October 27-31, 2008
Journal Publication
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Extended versions of the selected papers will be published in one of
the following reviewed journals (to be completed).
1. Journal of Information Assurance and Security (JIAS) (ISSN 1554-1010)
2. International Journal of Computational Intelligence Research (ISSN
0973-1873)
Committees
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Honorary Chair
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Lotfi A. Zadeh, University of California, U.S.A
General Co-Chairs
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Youakim Badr, INSA-Lyon, France
Ajith Abraham, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Yukio Ohsawa, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
Program Co-Chairs
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Richard Chbeir, University of Bourgogne, France
Fernando Ferri, IRPPS-CNR, Italy
Mario Koeppen, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan
Dominique Laurent, University of Cergy-Pontoise, France
International Co-Chairs
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Sepo Ovaska, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
Yukinori Suzuki, Muroran Institute of Technology, Japan
Frederic Andres, National Institute of Informatics, Japan
Charles A. Shoniregun, University of East London, UK
Workshops Co-Chairs
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Hiroshi Ishikawa, Shizuoka University, Japan
Yinghua Ma, Shanghai JiaoTong University, China
International Advisory Board
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James Keller, University of Missouri-Columbia, USA
Cihan H. Dagli, University of Missouri-Rolla, USA
Hidenori Kimura, University of Tokyo, Japan
Fumio Harashima, Tokyo Denki University, Japan
Lakhmi Jain, University of South Australia, Australia
Janusz Kacprzyk, Polish Academy of Science, Poland
Takeshi Furuhashi, Nagoya University, Japan
Azuma Ohuchi, Hokkaido University, Japan
Hideyuki Takagi, Kyushu University, Japan
Toru Yamaguchi, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Technology, Japan
Kensuke Kawai, Toshiba Co., Japan
Local Arrangement Co-Chairs
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Jean Luc Bourdon, University of Cergy-Pontoise, France
Virginie Sans, University of Cergy-Pontoise, France
Local Arrangement Committee
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Sonia Katchadourian, University of Cergy-Pontoise, France
Clémence Driol, University of Cergy-Pontoise, France
International Programme Committee
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(Full list is provided on the conference web site)
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