Subject: WSC3: 2nd CFP
From: "Roy, Rajkumar" <[email-masked]>
To: Multiple recipients of list <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 1997 15:34:32 +0100

Second Call for Papers and On-line Tutorials
     
                    3rd On-line World Conference on Soft Computing
                       in Engineering Design and Manufacturing
                                        (WSC3)
     
                                   21-30 June 1998
                          On the Internet (World-Wide Web)
     
                                     Hosted by:
                    Cranfield University, United Kingdom
                          University of Bath, United Kingdom
                          Nagoya University, Japan
                        Michigan State University, USA
                    University of Cape Town, South Africa
     
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                                    WSC3 Servers:
                         http://www.cranfield.ac.uk/wsc3/
                    http://www.bath.ac.uk/Departments/Eng/wsc3/
                http://www.bioele.nuee.nagoya-u.ac.jp/wsc3/
                      http://garage.cps.msu.edu/wsc3/
                  http://www.uct.ac.za/conferences/wsc3/
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        THE DEADLINE FOR EXTENDED ABSTRACT SUBMISSION: 1 December 1997 !!
     
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     OVERVIEW:
     
     Original papers and on-line tutorial proposals are invited for the 3rd 
     Online World Conference on Soft Computing (WSC3) to be held on the 
     Internet. WSC3 will bring together practitioners and researchers in 
     soft computing in engineering design and manufacturing across the world 
     with the aim to publish quality research rapidly and with less cost.
     
     CO-SPONSORS:
     
     IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IES)
     British Telecommunications Ltd. (BT), UK
     AIT Centre, Cranfield University, UK
     
     TOPICS OF INTEREST:
     
     The scope of this conference covers the following soft computing and
     related techniques and their application to engineering design and
     manufacturing:
     
          Fuzzy Logic
          Neural Networks
          Evolutionary Computing
          Other Stochastic Optimisation Techniques
          Hybrid Methods
          Intelligent Agents and Agent Theory
          Causal Models
          Data Mining
          Probabilistic Reasoning
          Case-based Reasoning
          Chaos Theory
          Interactive Computational Models
     
     The application areas of interest include but are not limited to :
     
          Decision Support
          Process and System Control
          System Identification and Modelling
          Optimisation
          Signal or Image Processing
          Vision or Pattern Recognition
          Condition Monitoring
          Fault Diagnosis
          Systems Integration
          Innovation
          Collaborative Work
          Internet Tools
          Extended Enterprise
     
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        Please visit the WSC3 Servers for further details.
     
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     SUBMISSION PROCEDURE AND PUBLICATION:
     
     Full papers will be required in HTML version AND Postcript form. On-line
     presentation about the papers is compulsory. Only the presentations can 
     use multimedia. For further details please follow the instructions 
     published in WSC3 home page after few weeks.
     
     Full papers will be "blind reviewed" by a panel of referees prior to 
     their acceptance. Authors are expected to make all necessary changes 
     as suggested by the reviewers before the final submission of full 
     paper manuscript.
     
     The WSC3 post-conference proceedings including all accepted papers will be
     published both in an On-line version and a Hardcopy version. Expanded
     version of selected papers will be considered for publication in a journal
     after the conference.
     
     OFFICIAL LANGUAGE:
     
     All papers and on-line discussion during the conference will be in English.
     Main texts in the HTML and Postscript files should only include
     International Latin-2 character set, and Greek symbols for mathematical
     expressions.
     
     CONFERENCE FORMAT:
     
     WSC3 will be held on-line on the World Wide Web. This means that there will
     be contents of both static and dynamic nature. Full contents will be
     accessible only to the REGISTERED participants. However there will be some
     information that will be accessible to everyone over the Internet without
     restriction.
     
     The conference will consist of three parts: On-line Tutorial Sessions, 
     Technical Sessions and a Virtual Exhibition. For details about each 
     part please follow the information in WSC3 servers.
     
     VIRTUAL EXHIBITION of commercial, industrial and academic stands will
     complement the technical programme of WSC3. The exhibition in WSC2 was 
     a great success. It will present information on commercial products, 
     industrial projects and academic research groups related to soft 
     computing and engineering design & manufacturing. Companies and 
     professional organisations interested in the development or use of 
     soft computing will also be welcome to present their perspective.
     
     CONFERENCE SPONSORSHIP WANTED:
     
     WSC3 provides an excellent opportunity for Companies and Professional
     Institutions to influence future trends and promote leadership in soft
     computing, engineering design and manufacturing by way of sponsorship.
     Please visit WSC3 servers for further information and to sponsor WSC3.
     
     AWARDS:
     
     The conference will recognise excellence of contributions in a number of
     ways and the following five awards will be made at the end of the
     conference: Best Overall Paper Award, Best Presentation Award, Best 
     On-line Tutorial Award, Best Industrial Stand Award, Best Academic Stand 
     Award
     
     INTERNATIONAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE:
     
      Rajkumar Roy, Cranfield Univ. (UK) - Conference Chair
      Yasuhiko Dote, Muroran Inst. of Tech. (Japan) - Int. Co-Chair
      Takeshi Furuhashi, Nagoya Univ. (Japan) - Program Co-Chair
      Pravir K. Chawdhry, Univ. of Bath (UK) - Program Co-Chair
      Ivanoe De Falco, IRSIP - CNR (Italy) - Virtual Exhibition Chair
      Wallace E. Kelly, III, Texas A&M Univ. (USA) - On-line Tutorial Chair
      Jeffrey Goldberg, Cranfield Univ. (UK) - Local Organisation Chair
     
     INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE (to be expanded):
     
     Prof. Zbigniew Michalewicz, University of North Carolina, USA
     Prof. D T Pham, University of Wales Cardiff, UK
     Prof. Norenkov Igor, Moscow State Technical University, RUSSIA
     Prof. Rajkumar Pant, IIT Bombay, INDIA
     Prof. Vladimir Kvasnicka, Slovak Technical University, SLOVAKIA
     Prof. Prabhat Hajela, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA
     Prof. Kay Hameyer, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, BELGIUM
     Dr. Tadashi Iokibe, Meidensha Corporation, JAPAN
     Prof. Erik D. Goodman, Michigan State University, USA
     Prof. John S. Gero, University of Sydney, AUSTRALIA
     Prof. Peter Sackett, Cranfield University, UK
     Prof. Witold Pedrycz, University of Manitoba, CANADA
     Prof. Antonio A. R. Coelho, Univ. Federal de Santa Catarina, BRAZIL
     Dr. Ip-Shing Fan, Cranfield University, UK
     Prof. V.A. Zarubin, Samara State Aerospace University, RUSSIA
     Dr. Frank Hoffmann, BISC, University of California, USA
     Dr. Phil Culverhouse, University of Plymouth, UK
     Dr. John Greene, University of Cape Town, South Africa
     Prof. Asim Roy, Arizona State University, USA
     Prof. Noel Sharkey, University of Sheffield, UK
     Dr. Alex H B Duffy, University of Strathclyde, UK
     Dr. Riccardo Poli, The University of Birmingham, UK
     Dr. Antony Satyadas, Flexible Intelligence Group, USA
     Prof. Okyay Kaynak, Bogazici University, TURKEY
     Dr. Dr Xin Yao, Australian Defence Force Academy, AUSTRALIA
     Mr. Hossein Soltan, Cranfield University, UK
     Prof. Elie Sanchez, University of Marseille, FRANCE
     Prof. SongDe MA, Chinese Academy of Sciences, CHINA
     Mr. Steve Thornton, British Steel, UK
     Ir.C.M.Kalker-Kalkman, Delft University, THE NETHERLANDS
     Prof. Sung-Bae Cho, Yonsei University, KOREA
     Prof. Vladislav Valkovsky, St.Petersburg Electrotechnical Univ., RUSSIA
     Dr. George Bilchev, BT Laboratories, UK
     Dr. Dorigo Marco, Universite' Libre de Bruxelles, BELGIUM
     Dr. Michael A. Lee, INSEAD, FRANCE
     Dr. Paolo Petta, Austrian Research Institute for AI, AUSTRIA
     Dr. Richard Harris, Neural Computer Sciences, UK
     Prof. Terry Fogarty, Napier University, UK
     Prof. Nik  Kasabov, University of Otago, NEW ZEALAND
     Prof. Mark J. Embrechts, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA
     
     CONTACTS:
     
     1. Submission of Extended Abstract:
     
        Takeshi Furuhashi
        WSC3 Program Co-Chair
        Fax.+81-52-789-3166
        Email: [email-masked] and [email-masked]
     
     2. Submission of On-line Tutorial Proposals:
     
        Wallace E. Kelly, III
        WSC3 On-line Tutorial Chair
        Email: [email-masked] and [email-masked]
     
     3. Booking Virtual Exhibition Stand and enquiry:
     
        Ivanoe De Falco
        WSC3 Virtual Exhibition Chair
        Email: [email-masked] and [email-masked]

     For FURTHER INFORMATION and ENQUIRIES, registration, sponsorship, 
     and advertisement please contact the Conference Chair:
     
          Rajkumar Roy
          WSC3 Virtual Conference Office 
          ([email-masked])
          The CIM Institute
          Cranfield University
          Cranfield, Bedford MK43 0AL
          United Kingdom
          Tel. +44 (0)1234 750111 Ext. 2860 or 754073
          Fax. +44 (0)1234 750852
          Email: [email-masked] or [email-masked]

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