[UAI] ICNC'05-FSKD'05 Call for Papers: Changsha China ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    2005 International Conference on Natural Computation (ICNC'05)
   International Conference on Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Discovery 
                          (FSKD'05)
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                27 - 29 August 2005, Changsha, China

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               Home Page: http://www.xtu.edu.cn/nc2005
              http://www.ntu.edu.sg/home/elpwang/nc2005
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             *** Submission Deadline: 15 March 2005 ***

                          CALL FOR PAPERS

The 2005 International Conference on Natural Computation (ICNCÂ¡ 05) 
and the 2005 International Conference on Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge 
Discovery (FSKDÂ¡ 05) will be jointly held in Changsha, China from 
27 - 29 August 2005. The conferences will feature the most up-to-date 
research results in computational algorithms inspired from nature, 
including biological, ecological, and physical systems. It is an 
exciting and emerging interdisciplinary area in which a wide range of 
techniques and methods are being studied for dealing with large, 
complex, and dynamic problems. Specific areas include neural 
computation, evolutionary computation, quantum computation, DNA 
computation, chemical computation, information processing in cells and 
tissues, molecular computation, computation with words, fuzzy 
computation, granular computation, artificial life, swarm intelligence, 
ants colony, artificial immune systems, etc., with applications to 
knowledge discovery, finance, operations research, and more. The joint 
conferences will also promote cross-fertilization over these exciting 
and yet closely-related areas. Registration to either conference will 
entitle a participant to the proceedings and technical sessions of 
both conferences, as well as the conference banquet and meals. 

Publications: 
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The ICNCÂ¡ 05 and FSKD'05 conference proceedings will be published in 
Springer-VerlagÂ¡ s Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) and 
Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI), respectively. Both 
the LNCS and LNAI are indexed in SCI-Expanded. A selected number of 
authors will be invited to expand and revise their papers for possible 
inclusions in peer-reviewed international journals / edited books.

About Changsha, Hunan, China: 
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Changsha, the capital of Hunan Province, is a historic and cultural 
city in southern China and a busy port on the Xiangjiang River, with a 
population over 6 million. Founded 3000 years ago, the city became the 
capital of the Zhou state (951-960 AD) and a leading commercial center 
during the Song dynasty (960-1279 AD). Changsha International Airport 
is easily accessible with direct flights to all major domestic and 
some international destinations. Other famous tourist destinations in 
Hunan include the Zhangjiajie National Park (natural heritage listed 
by UN) and Fenghuang (Phoenix) Ancient City.

Important Dates
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	Paper Submission Deadline:      15 March 2005
	Notification of Acceptance:     15 April 2005
	Camera-Ready Copy Due:          15 May 2005

Contact
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	Email: np8532@xtu.edu.cn 
	Phone/Fax: +86 732 829 2201 / 829 3249 

Submission of Papers 
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Authors are invited to submit a full paper as an electronic file 
(postscript, pdf or Word format) at the conference website. Templates 
are available at the Springer website. 

Sponsorship / Exhibition
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The conferences will offer product vendors a sponsorship package 
and/or an opportunity to interact with conference participants. 
Product demonstration and exhibition can also be arranged. For more 
information, please visit the conference web page.  

Sponsor / Organizer
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	Xiangtan University, China

Technical Co-Sponsor
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	IEEE Circuits and Systems Society

In Co-operation with
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	International Neural Network Society
	Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence
	European Neural Network Society
	Fuzzy Mathematics and Systems Association of China
	Japanese Neural Network Society
	Asia-Pacific Neural Network Assembly

Honorary Conference Chairs
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	Shun-ichi Amari, Japan
	Lotfi A. Zadeh, USA

International Advisory Board
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	Toshio Fukuda, Japan  
	Kunihiko Fukushima, Japan
	Tom Gedeon, Australia
	Aike Guo, China
	Zhenya He, China  
	Janusz Kacprzyk, Poland
	Nik Kasabov, New Zealand
	John A. Keane, UK
	Soo-Young Lee, Korea
	Erkki Oja, Finland 
	Nikhil R. Pal, India
	Witold Pedrycz, Canada
	Jose Principe, USA
	Harold Szu, USA
	Shiro Usui, Japan
	Xindong Wu, USA
	Lei Xu, Hong Kong, China
	Xin Yao, UK
	Syozo Yasui, Japan
	Bo Zhang, China
	Yixin Zhong, China  
	Jacek M. Zurada, USA

General Chair
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	He-An Luo, China

General Co-Chairs
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	Lipo Wang, Singapore
	Yunqing Huang, China

Program Chairs
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	ICNCÂ¡ 05: 	
		Ke Chen, UK
		Yew Soon Ong, Singapore
	FSKDÂ¡ 05: 	
		Yaochu Jin, Germany

Local Arrangement Chairs
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	Renren Liu, China
	Xieping Gao, China

Proceedings Chair
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	Fen Xiao, China

Publicity Chair
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	Hepu Deng, Australia

Sponsorship/Exhibits Chair
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	Shaoping Ling, China

Webmaster
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	Linai Kuang, China


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