************************************************* * * * First * * CALL FOR PAPERS * * * * The Second International Conference on * * Rough Sets and Current Trends in Computing * * (RSCTC'2000) * * * * Banff Park Lodge, Banff, Canada * * October 16-19, 2000 * * * * http://www.cs.uregina.ca/~yyao/RSCTC2000/ * * * ************************************************* Rough Set Theory, proposed first by Zdzislaw Pawlak in the early 80's, has reached a maturity stage. In recent years we have witnessed a rapid growth of interest in rough set theory and its applications, worldwide. Various real life applications of rough sets have shown their usefulness in many domains. It is felt useful to sum up the present state of rough set theory and its applications, outline new areas of development and, last but not least, to work out further relationships with such areas as soft computing, knowledge discovery and data mining, intelligent information systems, synthesis and analysis of complex objects and non-conventional models of computation. The First International Conference on Rough Sets and Current Trends in Computing (RSCTC'98) was held successfully in Poland in 1998. RSCTC'2000 will be the second conference of this kind. Both RSCTC'98 and RSCTC'2000 grew out of a series of annual International Workshops devoted to the subject of rough sets held alternatively in Canada, Japan, Poland and USA. The aim of RSCTC'2000 is to bring together researchers from diverse fields of expertise in order to facilitate mutual understanding and cooperation and to help in cooperative work aimed at new hybrid paradigms. The conference is devoted to the following topics: Rough Set Theory and Applications Fuzzy Set Theory and Applications Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining Machine Learning Computing with Words Granular Computing Neural Networks Evolutionary Computing Petri Nets and Concurrency Pattern Recognition and Image Processing Non-Classical Logic Approximate and Uncertain Reasoning Statistical Inference Spatial Reasoning Logical Aspects of Soft Computing Complexity Aspects of Soft Computing Applications of Soft Computing Decision Support Systems Multi-Agent Systems Hybrid and Integrated Intelligent Systems Paper Submission ---------------- Both research and application papers are solicited. All submitted papers will be reviewed on the basis of technical quality, relevance, significance, and clarity. Electronic submission is encouraged and preferred. Pleasse send LaTex (MS-Words, PDF, or Html) and PostScript versions of your paper, and an ASCII version of the cover page (in separate email), by May 15, 2000 to: rs2000@cs.uregina.ca Please also submit Four (4) hardcopies of your paper by May 15, 2000 to: Yiyu Yao (RSCTC'2000) Department of Computer Science University of Regina Regina, Saskatchewan Canada S4S 0A2 E-mail: {ziarko, yyao}@cs.uregina.ca Phone: (306) 585-5213/5226 Fax: (306) 585-4745 Your paper length should be at most ten (10) single-spaced, single-column pages including all figures, tables, and references. The ASCII version of a cover page must include author(s) full address, email, paper title and a 200 word abstract, and up to 5 keywords. Please follow the instructions supplied by Springer-Verlag (http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/Authors.html) when preparing your manuscript. LaTeX2e, LaTeX, TeX, and Microsoft Word Macros for preparing your manuscript are available. Please use the style files provided by Springer-Verlag for Proceedings and Other Multi-Author Volumes in preparing your manuscripts (http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/Authors.html#Proceedings). Workshop and Special Session ---------------------------- If you are interested in organizing a workshop, a special or an invited session, please contact Professor W. Ziarko at ziarko@cs.uregina.ca. Publication ----------- All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings by Springer-Verlag (pending approval). A selected number of RSCTC'2000 accepted papers will be expanded and revised for inclusion in "Knowledge and Information Systems: An International Journal" by Springer-Verlag, or "Fundamenta Informaticae" by IOS Press. Important Dates --------------- 4 copies of full papers received by: May 15, 2000 Acceptance notices: June 20, 2000 Camera-readies due by: July 15, 2000 Conference: October 16-19, 2000 Conference Organization ======================= Conference Chair: Wojciech Ziarko, University of Regina, Canada Honorary Chairs: Zdzislaw Pawlak, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland L.A. Zadeh, UC Berkeley, USA Program Chairs: Yiyu Yao, University of Regina, Canada Andrzej Skowron (Europe), Warsaw University, Poland Shusaku Tsumoto (Asia), Shimane Medical University, Japan Advisory Board: Nick Cercone (Canada) Jerzy Grzymala-Busse (USA) T.Y. Lin (USA) Toshinori Munakata (USA) Akira Nakamura (Japan) Setsuo Ohsuga (Japan) Lech Polkowski (Poland) Zbigniew Ras (USA) Roman Slowinski (Poland) Paul P. Wang (USA) Ning Zhong (Japan) Publicity Chair: Ning Zhong (Japan) Local Oraginzation Committee: Mengchi Liu (Canada) Chair David Brindle (Canada) Cory Butz (Canada) Program Committee: (Incomplete List) Anna Buczak (USA) Gianpiero Cattaneo (Italy) Juan-Carlos Cubero (Spain) Andrzej Czyzewski (Poland) Didier Dubois (France) Ivo Duentsch (Northern Ireland) Maria C. Fernandez (Spain) Salvatore Greco (Italy) Howard Hamilton (Canada) Xiaohua Hu (USA) Ryszard Janicki (Canada) Julia Johnson (Canada) Janusz Kacprzyk (Poland) Willi Kloesgen (Germany) Jan Komorowski (Norway) Jacek Koronacki (Poland) Bozena Kostek (Poland) Wojtek Kowalczyk (The Netherlands) Marzena Kryszkiewicz (Poland) Pawan Lingras (Canada ) Chunnian Liu (China) Jiming Liu (Hong Kong) Mengchi Liu (Canada) Qing Liu (China) Tadeusz Luba (Poland) Solomon Marcus (Romania) Ernestina Menasalvas (Spain) Zbigniew Michalewicz (USA) Ryszard Michalski (USA) John Mordeson (USA) Mikhail Moshkov (Russia) Hung Son Nguyen (Poland) Kanji Ohsima (Japan) Ewa Orlowska (Poland) Piero Pagliani (Italy) Witold Pedrycz (Canada) James F. Peters (Canada) Zdzislaw Piasta (Poland) Henri Prade (France) Vijay Raghavan (USA) Krzysztof Slowinski (Poland) Jaroslaw Stepaniuk (Poland) Jerzy Stefanowski (Poland) Hans-Michael Voigt (Germany) Roman Swiniarski (USA) Anita Wasilewska (USA) S.K.M. Wong (Canada) Xindong Wu (USA) Satoshi Yamane (Japan) Jan Zytkow (USA) Conference and Hotel Home Pages: -------------------------------- RSCTC'2000: http://www.cs.uregina.ca/~yyao/RSCTC2000/ Banff Park Lodge: http://www.banffparklodge.com The conference participants will enjoy the special very attractive room rate of $99 Canadian, or approximately $68 US, in this prime Banff hotel. --------------------------------------------