Call for Papers

         The UK Workshop on Computational Intelligence

                   10-12th September, 2001

                        Edinburgh, UK

       Workshop homepage: http://www.dai.ed.ac.uk/~ukci-01


The 2001 UK Workshop on Computational Intelligence (UKCI-01) will be
held at the centrally-located Edinburgh-First Conference Centre,
Edinburgh, UK, from 10th September 2001 till 12th September 2001.

Computational Intelligence (CI) is a rapidly expanding research field,
attracting a large number of scientists, engineers and practitioners
working in areas such as fuzzy systems, neural networks, machine
learning and evolutionary computation. Also, a growing number of
companies are employing CI techniques to improve previous solutions
and to deal with new problems. In particular, there have been
successful developments recently in combining different CI techniques,
and conventional methods, to build hybrid intelligent systems. These
include smart adaptive systems that allow the achievement of stability
in spite of changes which are either external or internal to the
system, thereby increasing the re-usability of developed systems.

The aim of this workshop is to provide a forum for the academic
community and industry to share ideas about developing and using CI
technique-based systems and exchange views. The informal setting will
encourage a lively atmosphere for discussing future research problems
and for forging new contacts and collaborations.

The workshop will include paper presentations and invited lectures by
eminent CI researchers. It has been deliberately set as a low-cost
event, so that young researchers in academia and industry may actively
participate as well as established workers in the field.


TOPICS

UKCI-01 invites contributions of papers in all of the traditional and
hybrid CI areas. Relevant topics include, but are not limited to:

* Theoretical foundations (e.g. mathematical and statistical models;
  learning strategies and systems; reasoning and meta-control;
  transparency and interpretability; smart and adaptive mechanisms;
  logical and philosophical issues)

* Hybrid systems (e.g. symbolic and non-symbolic; neural and fuzzy;
  fuzzy, neural and genetic; fuzzy and probabilistic; hierarchical and
  purpose-built)

* Problem-solving methods (e.g. monitoring and control; estimation and
  identification; prediction and simulation; clustering and
  classification; interpretation and recognition; optimisation and
  planning; data mining and knowledge discovery)

* Application systems (e.g. industrial automation; financial time
  series analysis; image understanding; information retrieval; Web
  intelligence; e-commerce; biomedical informatics; multimedia and
  telecommunications)

* Survey and methodological issues (e.g. classifying and relating CI
  approaches; evaluating CI approaches; criteria for selecting
  CI methods)


SUBMISSION OF PAPERS

Prospective authors are invited to contribute papers to the workshop.
Submissions are made on the understanding that at least one author of
an accepted paper will be presenting the paper. As UKCI-01 is a
workshop, submission of the same paper to a formal conference or an
academic journal is acceptable.

A POSTSCRIPT, PDF or WORD file of the paper (or extended abstract) not
to exceed 5000 words (excluding references) may be submitted via
email to:

        ukci-01@dai.ed.ac.uk

or via the Web:

        http://www.dai.ed.ac.uk/~ukci-01/submitform.php

If submitted by email, please give the following information in plain
text: title of the paper; authors names; affiliation; and the postal
address, e-mail address, telephone and fax numbers of the contact
author.


REVIEW PROCESS

Papers will be selected according to their potential to generate
discussion. Each paper will be reviewed by members of the programme
committee.

Accepted contributions will be collected in an official proceedings as
working papers and will be available for the attendees at the Workshop.


IMPORTANT DATES

Paper submission due: 1 July, 2001

Notification of acceptance: 20 July, 2001

Final version due: 8 August, 2001

Registration: To be determined

The workshop: 10-12 September, 2001


REGISTRATION FEE

A flat fee of 160 Pounds Sterling will be charged for each
registration.  This will include:

1. A copy of the workshop proceedings
2. Attendance at the workshop
3. Two-nights (10-11th Sept.) single-room accommodation
4. Two breakfasts (11-12th Sept.)
5. Two lunches (11-12th Sept.)
6. Two dinners (10-11th Sept.)
7. Refreshments

(Accommodation and dining hall are located adjacently to the workshop
theatre.)


WORKSHOP CONTACT

Dr Qiang Shen 
Institute for Representation and Reasoning
Division of Informatics
University of Edinburgh
80 South Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1HN

Email: ukci-01@dai.ed.ac.uk
Tel: +44 131 650 2705
Fax: +44 131 650 6513/6516