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Topics of Interest:
Statistics in AI:
vision, robotics, natural language processing, speech recognition
AI in statistics:
statistical advisory systems, experimental design
Automated data analysis
Cluster analysis and unsupervised learning
Integrated man-machine modeling methods
Interpretability in modelling
Knowledge discovery in databases
Learning
Metadata and the design of statistical data bases
Model uncertainty, multiple models
Multivariate graphical models, belief networks, causal modeling
Online analytic processing in statistics
Pattern recognition
Predictive modelling: classification and regression
Probabilistic neural networks
Probability and search
Statistical strategy
Visualization of very large datasets
January 4-9, 1999, Mauni Lani, Big Island, Hawaii. Item #1363
PBS-99 Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing.
Gene Expression and Genetic Networks
Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery in Molecular Databases
Computer Modeling in Physiology: From Cell to Tissue
Information Theoretic Approaches to Biology
Molecules to Maps: Tools for Visualization & Interaction
Computer-Aided Drug Design
Protein Structure Prediction
Disorder in Protein Structure and Function
January 6-9, 1999, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India. Item #1265
International Conference on Evolutionary Computation in Engineering.
1. Evolution Strategies 2. Evolutionary Programming 3. Derivative Methods 4. Evolutionary Computation Models 5. Genetic Algorithms 6. Multi-objective Optimization 7. Neural-Evolutionary Systems 8. Fuzzy-Evolutionary Systems 9. Simulated Annealing 10. Other Evolutionary Computation Models 11. Directions for Future Research
January 6-8, 1999, New York University, New York, USA. Item #1386
CF99 Computational Finance.
With several hundred attendees, this fully refereed conference has become an international forum where original research in advanced computational applications in finance is presented and discussed. CF99 brings together decision-makers and strategists from the financial industries, with academics from finance, statistics, economics, information systems and other disciplines. In the last few years, the conference has seen papers covering many different computational techniques including: statistical machine learning, Monte Carlo simulation, data mining, knowledge discovery, bootstrapping, genetic algorithms, nonparametric methods, information theory and fuzzy logic. Applications in many different areas are welcome, including but not limited to: risk management, asset allocation, dynamic trading and hedging strategies, forecasting, numerical solutions of derivative PDEs, exotic options and trading cost control.
January 7-8, 1999, St Hugh's College, Oxford. Item #1538
The Open University Statistics Conference.
January 11-15, 1999, Aussois, France. Item #1317
ICA'99: International Workshop on Independent Component Analysis and Blind Separation of Signals.
The workshop is devoted to recent advances in independent component analysis and blind separation of signals. It is intended to bring together researchers from the fields of artificial neural networks, signal processing, statistics, data analysis and all other domains connected to information processing.
January 12, 1999, Las Parmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain. Item #1466
One-day Workshop on Performance Characterisation and Benchmarking of Vision Systems.
January 12, 1999, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain. Item #1495
One-day Workshop on Performance Characterisation and Benchmarking of Vision Systems.
January 13-15, 1999, Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, SPAIN. Item #1369
ICVS'99 FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTER VISION SYSTEMS.
The conference solicits papers on the following topics System architectures Methods for system synthesis and verification Active Vision systems Control of perception and attention Knowledge/system representation Multi-Agent systems and coordination Context modeling Cue integration Prototype systems Performance characterization & benchmarking
January 18-19, 1999, University of Sydney, Australia. Item #1533
UNDERSTANDING THE BRAIN AND ENGINEERING MODELS.
Over the last decade, research activities in the domain of neuromorphic engineering and brain function modelling have significantly increased. This workshop seeks to bring together a diverse group of researchers to critically examine the progress made so far in this challenging research area. We intend to address the following issues: 1. Sensorimotor integration in a broad sense and, more particularly, 2. Computational models of brain centres such as the cerebellum, basal ganglia and the superior colliculus, 3. Computational models of the visual and auditory pathways, 4. Microelectronic and other real-time implementations of such models and their incorporation in roving systems.
January 30, 1999, 12:00 noon at SciTrek Science Museum Atlanta, GA. Item #1551
Annual Vacuum Robot Contest.
February 8-10, 1999, Adelaide, Australia. Item #1324
Information, Decision and Control 99.
February 12, 1999, Brussels, Belgium. Item #1426
International Symposium on Pattern Recognition "In Memoriam Pierre Devijver".
Feature Extraction Statistical Models Machine Learning Fuzzy Models Optimisation Object Recognition Hierarchical Models Image Interpretation Speech Interpretation Medical Applications Computer Vision Morphology
February 17-19, 1999, Vienna, Austria. Item #1360
CIMCA'99 International Conference on Computational Intelligence for Modelling, Control and Automation Control and Automation.
Modern and Advanced Control Strategies: Neural Networks Control, Fuzzy Logic Control, Genetic Algorithms & Evolutionary Control, Model-Predictive Control, Adaptive and Optimal Control, Intelligent Control Systems, Robotics and Automation, Fault Diagnosis, Intelligent agents, Industrial Automations Hybrid Systems: Fuzzy Evolutionary Systems, Fuzzy Expert Systems, Fuzzy Neural Systems, Neural Genetic Systems, Neural-Fuzzy-Genetic Systems, Hybrid Systems for Optimisation Data Analysis, Prediction and Model Identification: Signal Processing, Prediction & Time Series Analysis, System Identification, Data Fusion and Data Mining, Knowledge Discovery, Intelligent Information Systems, Imaging Processing, Image Understanding, Parallel Computing applications in Identification & Control, Pattern Recognition, Clustering, Classification Decision Making and Information Retrieval: Case-Based Reasoning, Decision Analysis, Intelligent Databases & Information Retrieval, Dynamic Systems Modelling, Decision Support Systems, Multi-criteria Decision Making, Qualitative and Approximate-Reasoning Modelling
February 20-26, 1999, San Diego, CA, USA. Item #1402
Medical Imaging.
Image Display (mi01)
Physics of Medical Imaging (mi02)
Physiology and Function from Multidimensional
Images (mi03)
Image Processing (mi04)
PACS Design and Evaluation: Engineering and Clinical
Issues (mi05)
Image Perception and Performance (mi06)
Ultrasonic Transducer Engineering (mi07)
February 23-26, 1999, Goa, India. Item #1499
ICVC99 International Conference on Visual Computing Interaction, Modeling, Rendering, Animation, and 3D environments.
Geometry Simplification Geometry Compression Graphics and Geometric Algorithms Modeling Curves/Surfaces/Solids/Volumes Physically Based Modeling Image-based Modeling and Rendering Computer Animation Motion Simulation Special Effects Global Illumination Photorealistic Rendering Digital Story Telling 3D HCI Virtual Environments Interactive Design Ease-of-Use for 3D Design Web Based Graphics Tele-collaboration Interactive 3D on the Internet Secure Image/Video Communication Image/Video Encoding/Compression Visual Interfaces to Electronic Commerce Multimedia CAD/CAM Rapid Prototyping Computer-assisted Virtual Classrooms Visualization of Business Data Innovative Applications of Graphics Virtual Humans and Artificial Life Graphics Architectures
February 23-26, 1999, Center for Informatic Technology- Campinas- SP- Brazil. Item #1500
International Seminar on Bioelectronic Interfaces and III Workshop on Cybernetic Vision.
February 23-26, 1999, Center for Informatic Technology, Campinas,SP, Brazil. Item #1529
III Workshop on Cybernetic Vision.
February 25-26, 1999, Forte Post House Hotel, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom. Item #1423
CIR99 The Challenge of Image Retrieval.
Studies of information-seeking behaviour among image users
HCI issues in image retrieval
Evaluation of image retrieval systems
Novel image data management systems and applications
Query models, paradigms and languages for image retrieval
Content-based indexing, search and retrieval of images
Feature extraction and representation
Visual perception and image retrieval
Image search and browsing on the Web
Semantic retrieval of images and video
Neural network techniques for image classification & retrieval
Database architectures for image retrieval
Image data management for multimedia systems
February 28- March 2, 1999, The Menger, San Antonio, Texas, U. S. A. Item #1438
Special Track on Coordination Models, Languages and Applications at SAC'99.
* Novel models, languages, programming and implementation techniques.
* Relationship with other computational models such as object
oriented, declarative (functional, logic, constraint) programming
or extensions of them with coordination capabilities.
* Applications (especially where the industry is involved).
* Theoretical aspects (semantics, reasoning, verification).
* Software architectures and software engineering techniques.
* Middleware platforms (e.g. CORBA).
* All aspects related to the modeling of Information Systems
(groupware, Internet and the Web, workflow management, CSCW).
March 1-3, 1999, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan. Item #1555
MESM'99 The First Middle East Workshop on Simulation and Modelling.
Conference Topics Modelling and Simulation Methodology Simulation of Networks and Communication Systems Energy System Simulation Fuzzy Systems Modelling Adaptive Modelling and Simulation Web Based Simulation Simulation in Education and Training Neural Network Applications and Modelling Simulation in Weather Prediction Models Modelling in Semiconductor Materials
March 1-2, 1999, Stanford Park Hotel, Menlo Park, CA. Item #1581
Course: Modern Regression and Classification: Widely applicable statistical methods for modeling and prediction.
March 4-5, 1999, Magdeburg, Germany. Item #1508
NN'99 Neural Networks in Applications - A Meeting of Young Scientists.
* NN in technological applications * NN in economical applications * NN in medical applications * NN in image processing * Learning algorithms for NN * NN architectures * Design of NN * Mathematical foundations of NN * Biological aspects of NN * Knowledge processing of NN * Neuro-fuzzy systems * NN and evolutionary algorithms
March 9-11, 1999, Pacifico Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan. Item #1549
ISMR'99 The First International Symposium on Mixed Reality.
* virtual reality
* augmented reality
* augmented virtuality
* image-based rendering
* registration between real scenes and CG images
* computer vision and computer graphics for MR
* wearable computers and displays
* 3D / haptic display systems
* position and orientation sensory systems
* applications and systems of MR
March 15-19, 1999, Civic Plaza, Hyatt Regency, Phoenix, Arizona, USA. Item #1424
ICASSP-99 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing.
1. Audio and Electroacoustics 2. Underwater Acoustic Signal Processing 3. Speech Processing 4. Digital Signal Processing 5. Statistical Signal and Array Processing 6. Image and Multidimensional Signal Processing 7. VLSI for Signal Processing 8. Neural Networks for Signal Processing 9. Multimedia Signal Processing 10. Communication Systems and Networking 11. DSP Education 12. Industry DSP Technology Forum*
March 17-19, 1999, Noisy-le-Grand, France. Item #1399
DGCI'99 Discrete Geometry for Computer Imagery.
The aim is to federate researchers on discrete geometry, image analysis, image synthesis and discrete models. Discrete geometry plays an important and ever expanding role in the fields of image modelling, synthesis as well as image analysis. It deals with topological and geometric definitions of digitized objects or digitized images. Related algorithms that compute and preserve these properties are basic tools in well-known problems such as shape representation, image generation or transforms, image analysis or pattern recognition, not to list them all.
March 17-19, 1999, University of Karlsruhe, Germany. Item #1539
7. Karlsruhe-Economerics-Workshop.
Data Mining and Computational Finance Applications in Risk Management and Emerging Markets
March 18-19, 1999, New York University, New York, USA. Item #1421
Seventh Annual Symposium of the Society for Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics.
March 18-19, 1999, Leipzig, Germany. Item #1487
6th International Workshop Fuzzy-Neuro Systems.
theory and principles of multivalued logic and fuzzy logic representation of fuzzy knowledge approximate reasoning fuzzy control in theory and practice fuzzy logic in data analysis, signal processing and pattern recognition fuzzy classification systems fuzzy decision support systems fuzzy logic in non-technical areas like business administration, management etc. fuzzy databases theory and principles of artificial neural networks hybrid learning algorithms neural networks in pattern recognition, classification, process monitoring and production control theory and principles of evolutionary algorithms: genetic algorithms and evolution strategies discrete parameter and structure optimization hybrid systems like neuro-fuzzy systems, connectionist expert systems etc. special hardware and software
March 22-24, 1999, Washington, DC. Item #1370
AVBPA99 Second International Conference on Audio- and Video-Based Person Authentication.
Multi-modal systems
Fusing of audio and video
Speaker identification
Speaker verification
Face recognition, detection and tracking
Analysis and synthesis of face and gesture
Algorithm and system evaluation
Hand and body movement analysis
Active vision
Biometrics
Computational neuro-models
Computational psycho-physics
Other related topics
March 22-24, 1999, Stanford University, Stanford, USA. Item #1464
AAAI Spring Symposium on Search Techniques for Problem Solving under Uncertainty and Incomplete Information.
The main purpose of the symposium is to bring together researchers and practitioners from areas such as planning, heuristic search, robotics, constraint satisfaction, game playing, and information gathering. We want to discuss when and how traditional search techniques (such as state-space search and local search) should be applied; how uncertain and incomplete information can be exploited to control search processes; whether there is a difference in principle between reasoning with deterministic and probabilistic representations of uncertain and incomplete information (for example, with constraint networks or belief networks); how the level of uncertainty affects problem complexity; how different search paradigms (such as heuristic search and dynamic programming) can be combined to provide additional pruning power; and how the structure of search spaces can be exploited to speed up search. We also intend to explore how these search strategies can be applied across domains and application areas, and speculate on promising future search strategies.
March 22-26, 1999, Havana, Cuba. Item #1497
CIMAF99 II Symposium on Artificial Intelligence.
1. Adaptive Systems: theory and applications . Evolutionary Algorithms . Genetic Algorithms . Genetic Programming . Artificial Neural Networks . Learning Algorithms . Cellular Automata . Artificial Life . Distributed Artificial Intelligence and adaptation . Heuristic Searching . Global Optimization 2. Fuzzy and Statistical Methods in Adaptation . Statistics Methods in Evolutionary Optimization . Fuzzy Logic and Reasoning in Evolutionary Computation . Fuzzy and Probabilistic Neural Networks . Fuzzy and Statistical Learning 3. Adaptive Methods and Systems in Signal and Image Processing . Signal and Image Processing and Recognition . Neural Networks . Wavelets Transforms . Image and Video Compression . Application of Fuzzy Methods . Application of Statistics Methods . Computer Vision
March 24-25, 1999, Swansea, United Kingdom. Item #1496
INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON VOLUME GRAPHICS.
March 28-31, 1999, Nordkirchen Castle, Germany. Item #1431
EuroCOLT99 4th European Conference on Computational Learning Theory.
design and analysis of learning algorithms, theory of machine
learning, inductive inference, learning via queries, artificial
and biological neural networks, pattern recognition, information
theory, decision theory, Bayesian/MDL estimation, statistical
physics, and cryptography.
March 30, 1999, York, UK. Item #1542
WNNW-99 Weightless Neural Networks Workshop.
April 4-8, 1999, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Item #1415
ISAP'99 The International Conference on Intelligent System Application to Power Systems.
April 5-9, 1999, Marriott's Orlando World Center and Resort, Orlando, Florida, USA. Item #1458
APPLICATIONS AND SCIENCE OF COMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGENCE II.
* innovative applications of computational intelligence to solve real-world problems * comparative performance in applications of target recognition, object recognition, speech processing, speaker identification, co-channel processing, signal processing in realistic environments, robotics, process control, and image processing * demonstrations of properties and limitations of existing or new computational intelligence techniques as shown by or related to an application * environments for development of computational intelligence solutions * hardware implementation technologies that are either general purpose or application specific * knowledge acquisition and representation * physiologically motivated information processing and representation * decision support systems * artificial life * cognitive science * hybrid systems (fuzzy, neural, evolutionary) * sensation and perception * optimization * sensation and perception * system identification * financial applications * time series prediction * medical applications * robotics and manufacturing * information warfare * different neural paradigms (radial basis functions, multilayer perceptrons, ART, PCNN, PCA) * fuzzy operators, logic and reasoning * self-adaptation in evolutionary computation
April 5-9, 1999, Marriott's Orlando World Center Resort and Convention Center, Orlando, Florida USA. Item #1473
SPIE's 13th Annual International Symposium on Aerospace/Defense Sensing, Simulation and Controls.
Aviation Applications:
* Past and current programs (e.g., ALG, APALS, AWARD, VERSATILE);
lessons learned
* Airlines and pilots' needs for, and views of, SVSs
* Economics of SVs
* SVS for manual and hands-off landing
* Error budgets for SVS-based autoland
* SVS sensors: LLL CCD, FLIR, MMW radar, PMMW camera, etc
* Sensors' capabilities in haze, fog, rain, and snow
* Characterization of airport surfaces at MMW and low grazing
angles
* Enhancement, geometric transformations, and feature extraction
for SVS imagery
* Fusion of SVS images and/or features
* SVS displays (e.g., HUDs and HMDs)
* Electronic windows in windowless cockpits
* Line-drawing and photo-realistic displays
* 3D/4D Flight guidance displays (e.g., "tunnel in the sky")
* Matching of airport/runway/taxiway features
* Extraction of vehicle dynamics from image sequences (runway,
carrier deck)
* Use of SVS measurements in flight management systems and
autopilots
* Fully-autonomous, computer-vision-based approach and landing
* Approach/landing trajectory measurements by computer vision
* Simulation of weather conditions and SVSs in flight simulators
* Human factors for SVSs, HUDs, HMDs
* SV for helicopters and tiltrotor aircraft (including wire
detection)
* SV for landing on aircraft/helicopter carriers
* SV for hypersonic transports, e.g., in High Speed Research
(HSR) program
* SV for Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAVs)
* SV for runway and taxiway following, obstacle detection (e.g.,
runway incursions)
* Terrain following and "Nap-Of-Earth (NOE)" operations
* Night vision, including "color night vision"
* Detection of dangerous weather (microbursts, windshears, etc)
* Other vision-based Enhanced Situation Awareness Systems (ESAS)
* SVS databases (terrain, obstacles, navigation aids, airports);
acquisition, generation, verification, certification, formats,
real-time aspects
* All applications of GPS to aviation, with emphasis on approach,
landing and "tunnels in the sky".
* SV/GPS synergism
* Automotive Applications:
* Equivalent of above topics for land vehicles
* "Enhanced driving" in poor visibility and at night
* Evaluation and integration of HUDs and HMDs
* Special headlights
* Vision-based guidance of unmanned vehicles
* Road/lane following, lane changing, obstacle
detection/avoidance
* Description of research vehicles and major demonstrations
* Analysis of real-time constraints for vehicle driving
* Vehicle navigation in unknown outdoor environments
* Integration of specialized hardware on vehicles
* Legal aspects.
April 6-9, 1999, Portoroz, Slovenia. Item #1567
ICANNGA99 4th International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks and Genetic Algorithms.
Plenary talks by Kevin Warwick, Hugo De Garis with Marco Tomassini and Michael Korkin, and Ingo Rechenberg. Tutorial sessions are planned on 6th April on approximations of multi-variable functions by neural networks (Vera Kurkova), Multi-objective optimisation using GAs (Kalyan Deb), Alternative viewpoints on GAs (Colin Reeves), Neural networks and Fuzzy Logic (Nigel Steele)
April 6-9, 1999, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK. Item #1573
AISB'99 SYMPOSIA.
Deadlines are different for each sympsium! 1: Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Musical Creativity 2: Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Visual Creativity 3: Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Creative Language: Humour and Stories 4: Symposium on Creative Evolutionary Computation 5: Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Scientific Creativity 6: Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Creativity in Entertainment 7: Symposium on Imitiation in Animals and Artifacts 8: Symposium on Metaphor, Artificial Intelligence and Cognition 9: Workshop on Reference Architectures and Data Standards for NLP 10: Symposium on Intelligent Tutoring Systems for Computer Science Education 11: Sixth Workshop on Automated Reasoning - Bridging the Gap between Theory and Practice 12: Workshop on Issues in Teaching Cognitive Science to Undergraduates 13: Doctoral Consortium
April 7-9, 1999, Granada, Spain. Item #1405
MicroNeuro'99 7th International Conference on Microelectronics for Neural, Fuzzy and Bio-inspired Systems.
April 12, 1999, San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA. Item #1433
HIPS'99 Fourth International Workshop on High-Level Parallel Programming Models and Supportive Environments.
* Concepts and languages for high-level parallel programming. * Concurrent object-oriented programming. * Automatic parallelization and optimization. * High-level programming environments. * Performance analysis and debugging techniques and tools. * Distributed shared memory. * Implementation techniques for high-level programming models. * Operating system support for runtime systems. * Integrating high-speed communication media into programming environments. * Architectural support for high-level programming models.
April 12-16, 1999, Caribe Hilton, San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA. Item #1492
BioSP3 Second Workshop on Bio-Inspired Solutions to Parallel Processing Problems.
o Bio-based methods (e.g. ant algorithms, genetic algorithms,
cellular automata, DNA and molecular computing, neural
networks) for
solving parallel processing problems (scheduling, data
organisation
and partitioning, communication and routing, VLSI layout etc.)
o Other Methods based on natural phenomena such as simulated
annealing and other artifical life techniques applied to solve
problems in parallel processing are also of interest
o Parallel/Distributed Platforms for bio-based computations
o Techniques for integrating conventional parallel and
bio-based Paradigms
o Tools and algorithms for parallelizing bio-based techniques
o Applications and case studies combining traditional parallel
and
distributed computing and bio-based techniques
o Theoretical work related to solution optimality, convergence
issues, and time/space complexities of parallel algorithms that
employ bio-based methods
April 12-14, 1999, Limerick, Ireland. Item #1604
Soft Computing Applied to Software Engineering.
Topics include, but are not limited to, the application of Soft Computing methods such as: evolutionary algorithms fuzzy logic neural networks simulated annealing and to Software Engineering problems such as: metrics driven design re-modularisation parallelisation software visualisation and documentation software cost estimation characterisation of design patterns and architectures clone detection
April 12-13, 1999, Delft, The Netherlands. Item #1615
Joint Workshop on Neural Networks in Civil Engineering.
The joint workshop will be held as a part of the co-operation of Brandenburg University of Technology at Cottbus and Technical University of Delft. It gives graduate researchers the opportunity to present, discuss and rank their research work. Application areas in Civil Engineering are e.g. forecasting, water management, control and decision support systems.
April 16, 1999, Caribe Hilton, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Item #1494
IRREGULAR'99 SIXTH INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON SOLVING IRREGULARLY STRUCTURED PROBLEMS IN PARALLEL.
April 19 - April 21, 1999, London, UK. Item #1385
PAAM99 The Fourth International Conference and Exhibition on The Practical Application of Intelligent Agents and Multi-Agent Technology.
April 19-23, 1999, The Hague, The Netherlands. Item #1563
Session on Neural Network in Ocean and Atmosphere at the 24th EGS General Assembly.
During the past few years Neural Networks have been widely used in oceanography and meteorology. The aim of this symposium is to present recent research in these two fields. The topics to be addressed include processing satellite data, transfer functions, inversion of multivalued functions, image processing, classification, pattern recognition, and time series.
April 19-20, 1999, Cambridge, UK. Item #1598
ESCA Research Workshop: ACCESSING INFORMATION IN SPOKEN AUDIO.
* Topic spotting * Audio summarisation * Speaker tracking * Information extraction from audio documents (e.g. named entities) * Use of phone, word and lattice level representations * Finding document boundaries in audio * Applicable Information retrieval systems to speech * Techniques for very large scale tasks * The use of spoken queries vs. text queries * Other user interface issues * The use of relevance feedback in audio document retrieval * Domains from personal/PDA to corporate/server * System evaluation * System reviews
April 19-23, 1999, Commonwealth Institute, London, UK. Item #1609
PA Expo99.
PA Expo99 is a world leading international conference and exhibition featuring the following five events. PAAM99 - The Practical Application of Intelligent Agents and Multi-Agents 19-21 April 1999 http://www.practical-applications.co.uk/PAAM99/ PADD99 - The Practical Application of Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining 21-23 April 1999 http://www.practical-applications.co.uk/PADD99/ PACLP99 - The Practical Application of Constraint technologies and Logic Programming 19-21 April 1999 http://www.practical-applications.co.uk/PACLP99/ PAKeM99 - The Practical Application of Knowledge Management 21-23 April 1999 http://www.practical-applications.co.uk/PAKeM99/ PAJAVA99 - The Practical Application of Java 21-23 April 1999 http://www.practical-applications.co.uk/PAJAVA99/
April 20, 1999, The Midlands Engineering Centre, Birmingham, UK. Item #1564
IEE Colloquium on Applied Statistical Pattern Recognition.
April 21-23, 1999, Portland, Oregon, USA. Item #1428
PCS'99 Picture Coding Symposium.
* Human observer/psychophysics * Feature extraction and picture processing * Motion estimation and object segmentation * Coding for still and moving pictures * Coding of stereo and multi-view images/sequences * Content-based or object-oriented coding * Modeling and synthetic coding * Hybrid natural synthetic coding * Very high resolution imaging and processing * Joint video-audio processing, coding and representation * Coding for database applications * Error protection and resilience * Joint source and channel coding * Virtual reality and telepresence * Media transform (image animation by voice and text) * Implementation architectures and VLSI
April 21-23, 1999, New York, USA. Item #1488
Picture Coding Symposium.
* Human observer/psychophysics * Feature extraction and picture processing * Motion estimation and object segmentation * Coding for still and moving pictures * Coding of stereo and multi-view images/sequences * Content-based or object-oriented coding * Modeling and synthetic coding * Hybrid natural synthetic coding * Very high resolution imaging and processing * Joint video-audio processing, coding and representation * Coding for database applications * Error protection and resilience * Joint source and channel coding * Virtual reality and telepresence * Media transform (image animation by voice and text) * Implementation architectures and VLSI
April 21-23, 1999, Bruges, Belgium. Item #1498
ESANN'99 European Symposium on Artificial Neural Networks.
The aim of the ESANN series of conference is to provide an annual European forum for the presentation and discussion of recent advances in artificial neural networks. ESANN focuses on fundamental aspects of ANNs: theory, models, learning algorithms, mathematical aspects, approximation of functions, classification, control, time-series prediction, statistics, signal processing, vision, self-organization, vector quantization, evolutive learning, psychological computations, biological plausibility, etc. Papers on links and comparisons between ANNs and other domains of research (such as statistics, data analysis, signal processing, biology, psychology, evolutive learning, bio-inspired systems, etc.) are also encouraged.
22nd-23rd April, 1999, Birmingham, UK. Item #1614
IEE Colloquium /NCAF meeting on Condition Monitoring and Computational Intelligence: machinery, external structures and health.
Neural computing and other computational intelligence techniques can be usefully employed in the areas of Condition Monitoring and Fault Diagnosis of machines and external structures (e.g. bridges), and of Health Monitoring in medicine. Although these areas are usually treated quite separately, they share a number of common issues and solutions, and should benefit from a cross-fertilisation of ideas. The speakers at this two day colloquium will provide comprehensive reviews of recent research and techniques employed in the domains of condition monitoring, health monitoring, and fault diagnosis; with the underlying aim of facilitation an exhange of ideas and solutions.
April 23-25, 1999, Bloomington, Indiana. Item #1561
MAICSS-99 - 10th Midwest Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science Conference.
All areas of AI and Cognitive Science are accepted. Graduate students are encouraged to submit papers.
April 26-28, 1999, Beijing, China. Item #1374
PAKDD-99 The Third Pacific-Asia Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining.
- Theory and Foundational Issues in KDD
* Data and Knowledge Representation in KDD
* Logic for/of Knowledge Discovery
* Expanding the Autonomy of Machine Discovers
* Human Factors in KDD
* Scientific Discovery and KDD
* New Theory, Philosophy, and Methodology for KDD
- KDD Algorithms and Methods
* Machine Learning Methods for KDD
* Statistical Methods for KDD
* Heuristic Search for KDD
* Inductive Logic Programming
* Deduction, Induction and Abduction in KDD
* Discovery of Exceptions and Deviations
* Multi-criteria Evaluation and Data Mining Metrics
* Hybrid and Multi-agent Methods for KDD
* Evaluation of Complexity, Efficiency, and Scalability of Algorithms
- Process-Centric KDD
* Models and Framework of the Knowledge Discovery Process
* Data and Dimensionality Reduction
* Preprocessing and Postprocessing
* Interestingness Checking of Data and Rules
* Management and Refinement for the Discovered Knowledge
* Decomposition of Large Data Sets
* Discretisation of Continuous Data
* Data and Knowledge Visualization
* Role of Domain Knowledge and Reuse of Discovered Knowledge
* KDD Process and Human Interaction
- Soft Computing for KDD
* Information Granulation and Granular Computing in KDD
* Rough Sets in Data Mining
* Neural Networks, Probabilistic Reasoning for KDD
* Noise Handling and Uncertainty Management
* Hybrid Symbolic/Connectionist KDD Systems
- High Performance Data Mining and Applications
* Multi-Database Mining
* Data Mining in Advanced Databases (OODB, Spatial DB, Multimedia DB)
* Database Reverse Engineering for KDD
* Integration of Data Warehousing, OLAP and Data Mining
* Combining Data Mining with Database Querying
* Parallel and Distributed Data Mining
* Data Mining on the Internet
* Multi-agent, Multi-task KDD Systems
* Data Mining from Unstructured and Multimedia Data
* Unification of Data Mining with Intelligent Information Retrieval
* Security and Privacy Issues in KDD
* Successful/Innovative KDD Applications in Science, Engineering,
Medicine, Business, Education, Government, and Industry
April 26-30, 1999, CIRM, Luminy France. Item #1639
MRF'99: Mathematics and Shape Recognition.
May 3-5, 1999, Hotel Royal Plaza at Walt Disney World Village, Orlando, FL, USA. Item #1412
FLAIRS-99 The 12th International FLAIRS Conference.
The Twelfth International FLAIRS Conference seeks high quality paper submissions in all areas of AI, including planning, learning, uncertainty reasoning, computer vision, expert systems, artificial neural networks, multiagent systems, logic, knowledge representation, and AI education.
May 3-28, 1999, Trieste, Italy. Item #1606
SCHOOL ON NEURAL INFORMATION PROCESSING.
II. PRELIMINARY LIST OF LECTURERS AND TOPICS W. Bialek(NEC Research Institute, Princeton)Neural coding M. Biehl (University of Wuerzburg) The dynamics of learning P. Dayan (University College, London) Generative models A. Engel (University of Magdeburg) Statistical physics theory of learning D. Hansel (Ecole Polytechnique, Paris) Circuitry of the visual cortex J. Hertz (Nordita, Copenhagen ) Neural computation and encoding Li Zhaoping (University College, London) Sensory processing R. Monasson (Ecole Normale Superieure), Paris) Optimization problems J. Rinzel (New York University, New York) Modelling of cell/network dynamics T. Sejnowski (The Salk Institute, San Diego) Neural computation and encoding S. Solla(Northwestern University, Chicago)Neural networks for Bayesian inference M. Tsodyks (The Weizmann Institute, Rehovot) Synaptic dynamics L. van Hemmen (Technical University, Munich) Modelling neural circuitry R. Zecchina (ICTP, Trieste) Optimization problems
May 9, 1999, Edmonton, Alberta. Item #1575
Canadian Workshop on Soft Computing.
Aim of this workshop is:
1. To increase communication among soft computing researchers
2. To give both a wide and a deep view of the technological
advances offered by soft-computing technologies.
3. To give both the industrial and academic researcher the
opportunity to discuss together real problems and
opportunities.
4. To collect 'best practice' and information on how to
perform experiments, tests and design products and
processes embedding and/or using soft-computing
technologies.
May 10-12, 1999, Castle of Haindorf, Austria. Item #1678
GbR'99 2nd IAPR-TC-15 Workshop on Graph-based Representations.
May 11-13, 1999, Orlando, Florida. Item #1576
EIGHTH CONFERENCE ON COMPUTER GENERATED FORCES AND BEHAVIORAL REPRESENTATION.
May 12-15, 1999, Donostia, San Sebastian, Spain. Item #1541
ICCS-99 SIXTH INTERNATIONAL COLLOQUIUM ON COGNITIVE SCIENCE.
(1) Cognition: Epistemology and Metaphysics. (2) Cognition and Emotion. (3) Cognitive Approaches to Learning. (4) Foundations and Models of Discourse Pragmatics.
May 17-19, 1999, Brussels, Belgium. Item #1570
Cognitive Science Conference on Perception, Consciousness and Art.
Cognitive Science Conference on Perception, Consciousness and Art
Brussels, 17-19 May 1999
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Centrum voor Empirische Epistemologie
General
From 17 to 19 May 1999, a Cognitive Science Conference on Perception, Consciousness and Art will be held at the 'Vrije Universiteit Brussel', Brussels, Belgium.
The aim of the conference is to highlight the fertility of the cognitive science approach to perception for the understanding of consciousness and art, as exemplified by the recent books of Susan Hurley on consciousness and Semir Zeki on art ('Consciousness in Action', Harvard University Press, 1998; 'Inner Vision', forthcoming).
Each of the themes -perception and consciousness and perception and art- will be treated during one third of the conference time, with invited speakers. Another third of the conference is reserved for presentations based on submitted proposals.
Confirmed Speakers
Confirmed invited speakers are (as of October 1 1998):
José Luis Bermúdez (CREA, Ecole Polytechnique, Paris and Philosophy, University of Stirling)
Clyde Hardin (Philosophy, Syracuse University, New York)
Marc De Mey (Philosophy, University of Ghent)
Mia Gosselin (Philosophy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel)
Susan Hurley (Philosophy, University of Warwick)
Martin Kemp (Trinity College, Oxford University) -provisional
Marcel Kinsbourne (Psychology, New School for Social Research, New York),
Marianne Marcussen ( Art History and Theatre Research, University of Copenhagen)
Arthur Miller (Science and Technology Studies, University College London)
Alva Noë (Philosophy, University of California, Santa Cruz)
Joëlle Proust (CREA, Ecole Polytechnique, Paris),
Luc Steels (Artificial Intelligence, Vrije Universiteit Brussel),
Robert Solso (Psychology, University of Nevada, Reno)
Michael Wheeler (Psychology, Oxford University)
Semir Zeki (Institute of Neurology, University College London)
More invited speakers are expected to be added later
Call for papers
Researchers from any domain in cognitive science whose work is related to the conference themes are encouraged to submit an abstract for presentation at the conference. Abstracts should not exceed 250 words and should be sent preferably by e-mail to emyin@vub.ac.be. If this is impossible, the paper mail address is: Erik Myin, Fac. L.&W., Vwij (EMEP), VUB, Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium. In the latter case, please include a version of the abstract on floppy on any regular Mac or Windows wordprocessor. The deadline for abstracts is January 18, 1999. Authors will be acknowledged of reception without delay and of acceptance status before March 1, 1999.
Organization
The conference is organized by the 'Center for Empirical Epistemology' (VUB) and the FWO Research Community 'History of Science: Study of the Interaction between Science and Culture'. The organizational committee consists of:
Erik Myin (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)
Mia Gosselin (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)
Marc De Mey (RijksUniversiteit Gent)
Susan Hurley (University of Warwick)
Abstract review committee
José Luis Bermúdez (CREA, Ecole Polytechnique Paris and University of Stirling)
Mia Gosselin (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)
Clyde Hardin (Syracuse University, New York)
Marcel Kinsbourne (New School for Social Research, New York)
Erik Myin (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)
Alva Noë (University of California, Santa Cruz)
Michael Wheeler (Oxford University)
Registration fees
Early general registration fee (before April 8 1999): 5000 Belgian Francs (approximately 140 $)
Early student registration fee (before April 8 1999): 3000 BEF (approximately 83 $)
Late general registration fee: 7000 BEF (approximately 195 $)
Late student registration fee: 4000 BEF (approximately 110 $)
Details on method of payment will be given on this page as soon as possible.
More Information
More information can be obtained by e-mail: mailto:emyin@vub.ac.be , or by writing to: Erik Myin, Fac. L.&W., Vwij (EMEP), VUB, Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium. For your convenience, a registration of interest form is available below.
Information about the Vrije Universiteit Brussel is available at http://www.vub.ac.be/
May 18-20, 1999, Minsk, Belarus. Item #1357
PRIP'99 Fifth International Conference on Pattern Recognition and Information Processing.
Pattern Recognition Image Analysis Signal Processing Systems and Parallel Architectures for Signal and Image Processing Knowledge - Based Expert and Decision Support System Application of Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis 3D Image Processing and Modelling
May 20-22, 1999, Vietri Sul Mare, Salerno, Italy. Item #1579
WIRN VIETRI-99 The 11-th Italian Workshop on Neural Nets.
Topics ---------------------------------------------------- Mathematical Models Architectures and Algorithms Hardware and Software Design Hybrid Systems Pattern Recognition and Signal Processing Industrial and Commercial Applications Fuzzy Tecniques for Neural Networks
May 25-27, 1999, Dortmund, Germany. Item #1422
6th FUZZY DAYS International Conference on Computational Intelligence.
- Fuzzy Control
- Fuzzy Decision Making and Optimising
- Fuzzy Systems and Hardware
- Fuzzy Image Analysis
- Neural Networks
- Fuzzy Neural Networks
- Evolutionary Strategies
- Genetic Algorithms
- Sub-symbolic Learning
May 25-26, 1999, Tampere, Finland. Item #1543
International Workshop on Robust Methods for Speech Recognition in Adverse Conditions.
- Extraction of noise robust features - Noise removal pre-processing techniques - Noise removal/compensation in the feature extraction and recognition unit - Model adaptation techniques - Noise immune auditory features - Noise removal with microphone arrays - Speech/non-speech separation for speech recognition applications - Feature extraction techniques for non-stationary noise environments
May 25-28, 1999, Budapest, Hungary. Item #1546
Joint EUROFUSE-SIC'99 International Conference Fourth Meeting of the Euro Working Group on Fuzzy Sets and Second International Conference on Soft and Intelligent Computing.
May 25-26, 1999, University of Dortmund, Germany. Item #2033
FIRA ROBOT SOCCER - 2nd European Cup 1999 in conjunction with 6th Fuzzy Days.
May 26-29, 1999. Item #1462
Third International Conference on Cognitive and Neural Systems.
* vision * spatial mapping and navigation * object recognition * neural circuit models * image understanding * neural system models * audition * mathematics of neural systems * speech and language * robotics * unsupervised learning * hybrid systems (fuzzy, evolutionary, digital) * supervised learning * neuromorphic VLSI * reinforcement and emotion * industrial applications * sensory-motor control * other * cognition, planning, and attention
May 26-27, 1999, Goteborg, Sweden. Item #1483
EuroGP'99 Second European Workshop on Genetic Programming.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
Theoretical developments
Experimental results on performance and behaviour of GP runs
New algorithms, representations and operators
Novel applications of GP to real-life problems
Hybrid architectures including GP components
Comparisons with other machine learning or program-induction techniques
New libraries and implementations
It will be held in conjunction with five other major European events:
* EvoRobot'99, the second European workshop on evolutionary robotics,
* EvoIASP'99, the first European workshop on evolutionary image analysis
and signal processing,
* EuroECTel'99, the first European workshop on evolutionary
telecommunications,
* EvoStim'99, the first European workshop on evolutionary sheduling and
time-tabling,
* EvoSCONDI'99, the first European workshop on evolutionary computation
for systems, control and drives industry,
May 26-28, 1999, Geneva, Switzerland. Item #1569
CA99 COMPUTER ANIMATION'99 CONFERENCE.
. Motion control . Keyframe techniques . Motion Capture . Behavioral animation . Motion blur and temporal antialiasing . Path planning . A.I.-based animation . Physics-based animation . Robotics and animation . Virtual humans and avatars . Virtual reality . Image rendering in animation . Autonomous characters and actors . Animation languages and systems . Sound and speech synchronization . Vision techniques in animation . Artificial Life . Special hardware for animation . VCE (Virtual Collaborative Environments) . Medical applications . Animation for scientific visualization . Animation in engineering . Real-time simulation, animation and visualization
May 28, 1999, Goteborg, Sweden. Item #1518
EvoIASP'99 FIRST EUROPEAN WORKSHOP ON EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTATION IN IMAGE ANALYSIS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING.
- Applications of evolutionary computation to real-life IASP problems - Evolvable vision and signal processing hardware - Evolutionary pattern recognition - Hybrid architectures for machine vision and signal processing including evolutionary components - Theoretical developments - Comparisons between different evolutionary techniques and between evolutionary and non-evolutionary techniques in IASP applications - Financial time series analysis by means of EC techniques.
May 31-June 3, 1999, Le Meridien, Cairo, Egypt. Item #1449
IEA/AIE-99 12th International Conference on Industrial and Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems.
June 1-4, 1999, Palazzo Ducale, Genoa, Italy. Item #1377
IIA'99 Third International ICSC Symposium on Intelligent Industrial Automation.
June 1-4, 1999, Palazzo Ducale, Genoa, Italy. Item #1378
SOCO'99 International Symposium on Soft Computing.
Neural Networks
Fuzzy Logic
Rough Sets
Genetic Algorithms and Evolutionary Computing
Chaos Theory
AI and Expert Systems
Probabilistic Reasoning
Machine Learning
Learning Algorithms and Intelligent Control
Pattern Recognition and Image Understanding
Distributed Intelligence
Self-Organizing Systems
Fuzzy Databases and Information Retrieval
Educational Aspects of Soft Computing
June 1-4, 1999, Warsaw, Poland. Item #1506
ESM'99 13th European Simulation Multiconference.
Modeling & Simulation: a Tool for the next Millennium
June 2-4, 1999, Alicante, Spain. Item #1410
IWANN99 International Work-Conference on Artificial and Natural Neural Networks.
Topics: 1) Foundations of Computational Neuroscience 2) Neural Modeling 3) Plasticity Phenomena (Maturing, Learning and Memory) 4) Complex Systems Dynamics 5) Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Neuroscience 6) Artificial Neural Nets Simulation, Implementation and Evaluation 7) Methodology for Nets Design 8) Bio-inspired Systems and Engineering 9) Other applications: Artificial vision, speech recognision, multisensorial integration, spatio-temporal planning and scheduling, applications of ANN's.
June 2-4, 1999, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Item #1419
VISUAL99 Third International Conference on Visual Information Systems.
* Content-based indexing, search and retrieval
* Image databases
* Visual data modeling
* Visual information system architectures
* Feature (invariant) retrieval
* Picture representation languages
* Query models
* Optimization of pictorial queries
* Compression and image content
* Visualizing pictorial and non-pictorial information
* Hypermedia of picture and text
* Parallel processing in visual information systems
* Image crawling the web
* Picture book browsing
* Delivery of visual information
* Application areas of visual information systems
* Interactive segmentation
* Video databases
* Benchmarking
June 2-4, 1999, Vlieland, The Netherlands. Item #1502
Pattern Recognition in Practice VI.
The conference series PATTERN RECOGNITION IN PRACTICE aims at the interaction between experts in the field of pattern recognition and scientists from various application areas. PATTERN RECOGNITION IN PRACTICE VI will explore the relationship between pattern recognition, modern statistical methods, artificial intelligence and neural- and other networks. Papers should have practical aspects. PROPOSED TOPICS 1. Statistical Pattern Recognition, Subspace Approaches; 2. Graphical Modelling, Probabilistic Reasoning; 3. Neural Networks, Machine Learning; 4. Use of Models in Image Processing; 5. Innovative Applications, Practical Recognition Systems; 6. Performance Evaluation.
June 3-4, 1999, Orthodox Academy of Crete, Chania, Greece. Item #1547
ESIT'99 European Symposium on Intelligent Techniques.
- Fuzzy Sets - Neural-Fuzzy Systems and Learning - Fuzzy Databases and Information Retrieval - Fuzzy Control - Methodology and Applications - Decision Support Systems - Data Analysis and Signal Processing - Pattern Recognition and Image Processing - Applications in Process Industry and Production Planning - Applications in Traffic and Telecommunication - Applications in Environmental Planning - Medicine and Biomedical Applications - Financial Engineering and Forecasting - Software, Hardware, and Standards Additionally, there will be seven workshops organized by the committees of ERUDIT on: - Primary and Process Industry - Capital, Components and Consumer Industry - Traffic - Telecommunication - Medical, Health and Healthcare - Finance, Trade and Services - Environmental Planning
June 7-11, 1999, Kangerlussuaq, Greenland. Item #1401
SCIA'99 11th Scandinavian Conference on Image Analysis.
Conference topics
Image analysis
Computer vision
Pattern recognition
Neural networks
Statistical Methods
Industrial applications
Multimedia
Biomedical applications
Remote sensing
Future technologies
June 7-11, 1999, San Sebastian, Spain. Item #1536
ISAMA 99 First Interdisciplinary Conference of The International Society for The Arts, Mathematics and Architecture.
ISAMA will focus on the following fields related to mathematics: Architecture, Computer Design and Fabrication in The Arts and Architecture, Geometric Art and Origami, Music, Sculpture and Tessellations and Tilings. These fields include graphics interaction, CAD systems, algorithms, fractals and graphics within mathematical software (Maple, Derive, Mathematics, etc.) There will also be associated teacher workshops.
June 10-12, 1999, New York City. Item #1520
NAFIPS-99 The 18th International Conference of the North American Fuzzy Information Society.
The focus of this conference will be on applications of fuzzy logic and soft computing for challenging, real-world problems. We encourage the submission of papers in all areas of fuzzy research and applications. There will be plenary talks by
June 11-13, 1999, Valencia, Spain. Item #1636
INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON OBJECTIVE BAYESIAN METHODOLOGY.
June 14-17, 1999, University of Oslo, Norway. Item #1481
Seventh International Conference on ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE and LAW.
Authors are invited to submit papers on topics including but not restricted to:
--Legal Knowledge Based Systems
--Conceptual Information Retrieval
--Case-Based Reasoning
--Representation of Legal and Common Sense Knowledge
--Computational Models of Legal Reasoning and Argumentation
--Applications of Machine Learning to Law
--Intelligent Legal Tutoring Systems
--Legal Ontologies
--Knowledge Discovery in Legal Databases
--Legal Software Agents on the World Wide Web
--AI and Electronic Commerce,
--Intelligent Internet Legal Research Aids.
Suggestions for workshops and tutorials are also welcome.
June 14-15, 1999, Dortmund, Germany. Item #1509
EFDAN'99 Fourth European Workshop on Fuzzy Decision Analysis and Recognition Technology for Management, Planning and Quality.
* foundations of decision analysis * foundations of related techniques * recognition technology * flexible manufacturing * scheduling and timetabling * marketing and strategy planning * customer analysis * financial modelling * optimization of complex systems and control * quality control * classification, pattern and image analysis * group decision making * knowledge discovery * data mining * data base marketing
June 14-16, 1999, Ceasarea, Israel. Item #1550
HOS'99 IEEE Signal Processing Workshop on Higher-order Statistics.
High order statistics and spectra and non Gaussian modeling.
Point processes, mixture models, alpha-stable and other heavy-tailed models.
Bayesian models and techniques, MCMC algorithms.
Information theoretic formulations and approaches.
Non parametric and semi parametric inference techniques.
Novel approaches to evolving applications areas of statistical signal and
array processing including: system identification, biomedical and biological
signal processing, signal detection and classification, communications, and
inverse problems.
June 14-15, 1999, Dortmund, Germany. Item #1589
EFDAN'99 Fourth European Workshop on Fuzzy Decision Analysis and Recognition Technology for Management, Planning and Quality.
* foundations of decision analysis * foundations of related techniques * recognition technology * flexible manufacturing * scheduling and timetabling * marketing and strategy planning * customer analysis * financial modelling * optimization of complex systems and control * quality control * classification, pattern and image analysis * group decision making * knowledge discovery * data mining * data base marketing
June 14-15, 1999, Portland, Maine, USA. Item #1602
ISD'99 International Workshop on Integrated Spatial Databases: Digital Images and GIS.
* Spatial and Spatio-Temporal Databases
* Database-Driven Information Extraction from Digital Imagery
* Queries and Content-Based Information Retrieval Methods
* Automated Extraction of GIS Objects from Digital Imagery
* Change Detection and Representation
* Uncertainty Estimation and Modelling in GIS
* Spatio-Temporal Reasoning
* Scale in GIS and Digital Image Processing
* Very Large Spatial and Image Databases
* Multimedia in Integrated GIS
* Digital Libraries
* Multiple Representations
June 16-18, 1999, Muroran, Hokkaido, Japan. Item #1467
IWSCI'99 International Workshop on Soft Computing in Industry.
-Fuzzy Computing -Pattern Recognition
-Neuro Computing -Signal and Image Processing
-Probabilistic Reasoning -Human Interface
-Evolutionary Computing -Time Series Prediction
-Chaos -Robotics
-Immune Networks -Motion Control and Power Electronic Systems
-Hybrid Methods -Biomedical Engineering
-Complex Systems -Virtual Reality
-Reactive Distributed AI -Industrial Applications
-Others
June 17-18, 1999, Munich, Germany. Item #1512
EUROPTO'99 Conference on Polarization and Colour Techniques in Industrial Inspection (part of EOS/SPIE Symposium on Industrial Laser and Inspection).
June 20-24, 1999, Aalborg, Denmark. Item #1436
AIMDM'99 Joint European Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Medicine and Medical Decision Making.
AI in medicine: . Knowledge acquisition, representation, refinement, validation and maintenance . Machine learning and data mining . Decision support systems, including knowledge based systems, neural networks, belief networks and statistical models . Uncertain, temporal, and case based reasoning . Planning and scheduling . Natural language generation and understanding . Computer vision, image and signal interpretation . Intelligent agents and information retrieval . Telemedicine and knowledge management in intranets and the Internet . Cognitive modeling Medical decision making: . Strategies, guidelines and applications dealing with diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of patients . Health care quality assurance, improvement and clinical audit . Health economics, cost effectiveness, resource allocation . Ethical, regulatory, legal and psychological aspects of medical decision making and decision support tools . Technology assessment and health policy making . Decision analysis, utility assessment and decision modeling . Evidence based medicine and clinical effectiveness
June 20-24, 1999, Aalborg, Denmark. Item #1459
AIMDM'99 Joint European Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Medicine and Medical Decision Making.
AI in medicine: . Knowledge acquisition, representation, refinement, validation and maintenance . Machine learning and data mining . Decision support systems, including knowledge based systems, neural networks, belief networks and statistical models . Uncertain, temporal, and case based reasoning . Planning and scheduling . Natural language generation and understanding . Computer vision, image and signal interpretation . Intelligent agents and information retrieval . Telemedicine and knowledge management in intranets and the Internet . Cognitive modeling Medical decision making: . Strategies, guidelines and applications dealing with diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of patients . Health care quality assurance, improvement and clinical audit . Health economics, cost effectiveness, resource allocation . Ethical, regulatory, legal and psychological aspects of medical decision making and decision support tools . Technology assessment and health policy making . Decision analysis, utility assessment and decision modeling . Evidence based medicine and clinical effectiveness
June 20-24, 1999, Banff, Canada. Item #1612
Workshop "Machine Learning for User Modeling" in conjunction with UM99.
1. Research issues: - What learning tasks can be identified in user modeling systems? - Are there classes of problems in user modeling that are particularly well or poorly suited to the application of machine learning methods? - Are there machine learning algorithms or classes of algorithms that are particularly appropriate / not appropriate for user modeling systems? - Are there subareas of user modeling or classes of user modeling systems where machine learning can be especially useful? - In what respects does the induction of a user model differ from other induction tasks to which machine learning is typically applied, and what implications does this have for the application of machine learning in user modeling? - In the case of the description of a concrete application: Why did you choose this particular machine learning technique? How did it affect the success of your application? What general conclusions can you draw from your experiences? - and others 2. SIG issues: - How can SIG facilities (in particular, the SIG web site) be made more useful? - What are possibilities for cooperation (e.g., sharing resources, usage logs, etc.) between SIG members? - What could be activities the SIG should engage in (workshops, special issues of journals, etc.)? - and others
June 20-23, 1999, Antalya, Turkey. Item #1630
NSIP'99 IEEE-EURASIP Workshop on Nonlinear Signal and Image Processing.
June 21-22, 1999, Ft. Collins, Colorado. Item #1585
IEEE Computer Society Second Workshop on Empirical Evaluation Methods in Computer Vision.
methods / tools / databases for performance evaluation, empirical comparison of different algorithms for vision problems, evaluation of medical imaging algorithms in clinical settings, evaluation of algorithms for industrial applications, and statistical analysis of algorithm performance results.
June 21-22, 1999, Fort Collins, Colorado. Item #1621
IEEE Workshop on Computer Vision Beyond the Visible Spectrum.
Object Recognition Object Detection and Tracking Scene Understanding Segmentation Motion Registration Fusion Military Applications Commercial Applications Comparative Evaluation
June 21, 1999, Washington, DC, USA. Item #2047
Financial Series Forecasting Competition prior to IJCNN'99.
June 22-25, 1999, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, USA. Item #1454
AIDA'99 International ICSC Symposium on Advances in Intelligent Data Analysis.
Application & Tools - Analysis of different kinds of data (eg. censored, temporal, etc.) - Applications (e.g. commerce, engineering, finance, law, manufactering, medicine, public, policy, science) - Assistants, intelligent agents for data analysis - Evaluation of Intelligent data analysis systems - Human-computer interaction in intelligent data analysis - Intelligent data analysis systems and tools - Information extraction, information retrieval Theory & General Principles - Analysis of intelligent data algorithms - Bias - Classification - Clustering - Data cleaning - Data pre-processing and post-processing - Experiment design - Model specification, selection, estimation - Reasoning under uncertainty - Search - Statistical strategy - Uncertainty and noise in data Algorithms & Techniques - Bayesian inferance and influence diagrams - Bootstrap and randomization - Causal modeling - Data Mining - Decision analysis - Exploratory data analysis - Fuzzy, neural and evolutionary approaches - Knowledge-based analysis - Machine learning - Statistical pattern recognition - Visualization
June 22-25, 1999, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, USA. Item #1455
ISFL'99 Third International ICSC Symposium on FUZZY LOGIC AND APPLICATIONS.
Uncertainty and Fuzzy Logic - Mathematical Foundations - Approximate Reasoning - Possibility Theory - Information Granularity - Topological Aspects Fuzzy Systems - Image Processing and Understanding - Speech Processing and Understanding - Pattern Recognition and Classifier Systems - System Modeling or Identification - Control and Monitoring Systems - Online-adaptive Systems - Information Retrieval Systems - Decision Support Systems - Neuro-fuzzy Systems - Evolutionary and Genetic Algorithm based Approaches - Automatic Rule Extraction - Training of Membership Functions - Hardware and Software Implementations Applications, e.g. in the fields of - Aerospace - Agriculture - Artificial Life - Behavioral Sciences - Bio-engineering - Business and Management - Civil Engineering - Cognitive Sciences - Computer Vision - Ecology - Education - Fault Detection and Diagnosis - Industrial Automation and Management - Knowledge Engineering - Law - Linguistics - Multimedia - Operational Research - Process Engineering, Control and Identification - Psychology - Quality Management, Reliability and Security - Robotics - Security - Social Sciences and Social Administration - Technical Systems - Transportation - etc.
June 22-25, 1999, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, USA. Item #1456
SCB'99 International ICSC Symposium on SOFT COMPUTING IN BIOMEDICINE.
- Knowledge Engineering in Medicine - Image Guided Surgery - Medical Imaging - Physiological Signals and Time Series - Simulation and Modeling of Biological Systems - Population Dynamics - Epidemiology - Medical Diagnosis - Control Systems for Therapy - Rehabilitation and Artificial Organs - Telemedicine - Molecular Biology
June 22-25, 1999, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, USA. Item #1457
SCFM'99 International ICSC Symposium on SOFT COMPUTING IN FINANCIAL MARKETS.
Application areas - Portofolio management / asset allocation - Risk Management and Arbitrage - Corporate Distress - Trading Systems and Strategies - Forecasting - Hedging Strategies - Currency Models - Derivative and Term Structure Models - Pricing of Structured Securities - Bond and Stock Valuation and Trading - Co-integration - Retail Finance - Portfolio Replication: Simulation & Optimization - Models for Equity Investment Methodologies - Fuzzy Systems and Rough Sets - Neural Networks and Machine Learning - Genetic and Dynamic Optimization - Genetic Algorithms and Multi-Criteria Optimization - Non-linear Dynamics - Adaptive/Kalman Filtering Techniques - Hybrid Models - Model Identification, Selection and Specification - Hypothesis Testing and Confidence Intervals - Probabilistic Modeling/Inference - Time Series Analysis - Robust Model Estimation - Monte Carlo Methods - Stochastic Analysis - Parameter Sensitivity and Prediction Uncertainty - Non-linear Time Series and Cross-sectional Analysis - Intelligent Trading Agents - Automated Reasoning - Time-Scale (wavelet) and Time-Frequency Methods
June 22-25, 1999, at the Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, USA. Item #1507
CIMA'99 International Congress on Computational Intelligence: Methods and Applications.
CIMA'99 features the following Symposia: ISFL'99 Third International ICSC Symposium on Fuzzy Logic and Applications http://www.icsc.ab.ca/isfl99.htm Chair: Hans Bothe, Switzerland/Germany AIDA'99 International ICSC Symposium on Advances in Intelligent Data Analysis http://www.icsc.ab.ca/aida99.htm Chair: Erkki Oja, Finland SCB'99 International ICSC Symposium on Soft Computing in Biomedicine http://www.icsc.ab.ca/scb99.htm Chair: Eduardo Massad, Brazil SCFM'99 International ICSC Symposium on Soft Computing in Financial Markets http://www.icsc.ab.ca/scfm99.htm Chair: Seth A. Greenblatt, USA
June 23-25, 1999, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA. Item #1397
CVPR 99.
The CVPR 99 Organizing Committee is soliciting requests for proposals for workshops and tutorial courses that will be held in conjunction with CVPR 99 (Fort Collins, Colorado, June 23-25, 1999). If you are an expert in an area of CVPR and would like to organize an exciting and important workshop or tutorial, we welcome your proposal. Workshop proposals will be reviewed by the PAMI Technical Committee. Tutorial courses will be reviewed by the CVPR 99 Organizing Committee. It is recommended that proposals be submitted by June 19, 1998. Workshop proposals will be presented to the PAMI TC at the meeting held in conjunction with CVPR 98 in Santa Barbara. A representative for your proposal should attend this meeting if at all possible in order to answer any questions. Proposals may be submitted later, but there will be a diminishing chance that the necessary logistics can be carried out in the required time.
June 23-25, 1999, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey. Item #1501
TAINN'99 The Eighth Turkish Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Neural Networks.
AI Architectures, Artificial Life, Automated Modeling, Automated Reasoning, Bayesian Learning and Belief Networks, Control, Causality, Cognitive Modeling, Common Sense Reasoning, Computer-Aided Education, Decision Trees, Design, Diagnosis, Discourse, Discovery, Distributed AI, Expert Systems, Fuzzy Logic, Game Playing, Genetic Algorithms, Geometric or Spatial Reasoning, Hardware Realizations of Neural Networks and Fuzzy Systems, Information Retrieval, Knowledge Acquisition, Knowledge Representation, Logic Programming, Machine Discovery, Machine Learning, Machine Translation, Mathematical Foundations, Multi-agent Systems, Multimedia, Natural Language Processing, Neural Networks, Non-monotonic Reasoning, Pattern Recognition, Perception, Philosophical Foundations, Planning, Problem Solving, Qualitative Reasoning, Real-Time Systems, Reinforcement Learning, Robotics, Scheduling, Search, Simulation, Software Agents, Speech Understanding, Symbolic Computation, Temporal Reasoning, Vision.
June 26, 1999, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA. Item #1548
IEEE Workshop on Multi-View Modeling & Analysis of Visual Scenes.
June 26, 1999, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA. Item #1613
Second IEEE International Workshop on Visual Surveillance in conjunction with CVPR'99.
* High level scene interpretation
* Tracking
* Modelling and recognition of gestures and actions
* Multi-camera data fusion
* Detection of abnormal or unusual behaviour
* System training and learning
* Object detection and recognition
June 27-30, 1999, Bled, Slovenia. Item #1574
ICML-99 The Sixteenth International Conference on Machine Learning.
Submissions are expected that describe empirical, theoretical, and cognitive-modeling research in all areas of machine learning. Submissions that present algorithms for novel learning tasks, interdisciplinary research involving machine learning, or innovative applications of machine learning techniques to challenging, real-world problems are especially encouraged. For application papers, novelty and lessons for the machine learning community are of particular interest. All submitted papers will be reviewed by at least two members of the international programme committee.
June 27- July 17, 1999, Telluride, Colorado. Item #1596
Neuromorphic Engineering Workshop.
GOALS: Carver Mead introduced the term "Neuromorphic Engineering" for a new field based on the design and fabrication of artificial neural systems, such as vision systems, head-eye systems, and roving robots, whose architecture and design principles are based on those of biological nervous systems. The goal of this workshop is to bring together young investigators and more established researchers from academia with their counterparts in industry and national laboratories, working on both neurobiological as well as engineering aspects of sensory systems and sensory-motor integration. The focus of the workshop will be on "active" participation, with demonstration systems and hands-on-experience for all participants.
June 27-30, 1999, Bled, Slovenia. Item #1668
From Machine Learning to Knowledge Discovery in Databases. Workshop at ICML-99.
o Mapping data o Scaling learning algorithms to large datasets o Handling noise o Processing of unknown attribute values o Discretization/fuzzification of numerical attributes o Grouping of values of symbolic attributes o Consistency checking o Attribute (feature) selection and ordering o Constructing new attributes o Transforming attributes o Processing of continuous classes o Interpretation and explanation o Evaluation o Knowledge combination and integration
June 28- July 1, 1999, Monte Carlo Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. Item #1592
PDPTA'99 The 1999 International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications.
O Parallel/Distributed applications:
Numerical computations/methods, neural networks and fuzzy
logic, medicine, remote sensing, GIS, computer vision,
computer graphics and virtual reality, parallel/distributed
databases, banking, financial markets, ...
O Parallel/Distributed architectures:
Clusters and parallel systems, MIMD, SPMD, SIMD, Systolic,
vector/pipeline (supercomputers), shared memory, distributed
memory, general- and special-purpose architectures,
instructional level parallelism, ...
O Building block processors:
Applications of processors that can be used as basic building
blocks for multicomputer systems.
O Networks and Interconnection networks:
Scalable networks, Reconfigurable networks, routing issues,
general-purpose network performance for distributed
applications, network protocols, ATM-based systems, internet
technology, Optical interconnections and computing, ...
O Reliability and fault-tolerance:
Software and hardware fault-tolerance (system- and
application-level), fault diagnosis, fault-tolerance
measurement.
O Performance analysis, evaluation, prediction, ...
O Real-time and embedded systems:
Small-scale parallel systems for high-performance control,
data acquisition, and analysis; configuration, routing,
scheduling, performance guarantees.
O Parallel/Distributed algorithms:
Algorithms exploiting clusters and general-purpose
distributed systems, MIMD, SPMD, SIMD, Systolic,
vector/pipeline, shared memory, distributed memory, ...
O Mobile computation and communication.
O Object Oriented Technology and related issues.
O Heterogeneous and multimedia systems.
O Software tools and environments for parallel and distributed
platforms: Operating systems, compilers, languages,
debuggers, monitoring tools, software engineering on parallel/
distributed systems, ...
O High-performance computing in Computational Science:
Intra-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary research programs
and applications.
O Information and data fusion.
O Other aspects and applications relating to high-performance
computations.
June 28- July 1, 1999, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. Item #1595
CISST'99.
O Image generation, acquisition, and processing
O Image display techniques
O Image data structures and databases
O Convergence of imaging media (video and computer)
O Virtual reality
O Image compression, coding, and encryption
O Tools for multimedia production and services
O Digital imaging for film and television
O Visualization
O Scene and object modeling
O Knowledge acquisition
O Visual inspection
O Document image understanding
O Image algebra
O Optical image processing systems
O Mathematical morphology
O Architecture of imaging and vision systems (including
parallel architectures and algorithms)
O Neural network techniques and fuzzy logic
O Performance analysis and evaluation
O Software tools and environments for imaging
O Animation
O Geometric modeling and Fractals
O CAD/CAM systems
O Rendering techniques
O Applications including: medicine, robotic, GIS,
remote sensing, industrial inspection (or machine vision),
nondestructive evaluation (or NDE), ...
O Multi-resolution and multi-spectral image processing
O Image sequence processing
O Information fusion
O Other aspects and applications relating to imaging science
June 28 - July 1, 1999, Monte Carlo Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. Item #1633
IC-AI'99 Technical Session: Artificial Intelligence Applications as Embedded Systems.
June 28- July 3, 1999, Frascati, Rome. Item #1640
SCIE99 Second School on Information Extraction.
A preliminary list of invited speakers and covered topics follows: Jean Pierre CHANOD (XEROX Research Centre Europe, FR) "Finite-state linguistic components: the case of digital libreries" Veronica DAHL (Simon Fraser Univ. CA) "From Assumptions to Speech" Maria Teresa PAZIENZA (Univ. Rome Tor Vergata, IT) "Software architectures for engineering IE systems" Harold SOMERS (UMIST, UK) "Statistical methods for knowledge extraction from corpora" John SOWA (Westchester Polytechnic Univ. USA) "Conceptual modeling and linguistic knowledge" Marc VILAIN (The MITRE Corporation, MA, USA) "Multilingual IE systems" Ellen VOORHEES (NIST, MD, USA) "Contribution of NLP to improve retrieval in very large documents collection" Yorick WILKS (Univ. of Sheffield, UK) "Hybrid statistical-semantic models of IE" The speakers contributions will be published by Springer-Verlag in the Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence series.
June 30 - July 2, 1999, Ghent, Belgium. Item #1485
ISIPTA'99 The First International Symposium on Imprecise Probabilities and Their Applications.
We encourage papers on the two main themes of the symposium: unifying concepts and the possibility of a unified theory; and applications. In particular, we encourage but will not limit the contributions to: (i) papers that are of widespread and general interest to people working with imprecise probabilities (ii) surveys of specific fields of application or potential application of imprecise probabilities (iii) surveys of work on specific topics such as conditioning, independence and coherence (iv) surveys of recent developments in the theory of imprecise probabilities.
June 30 - July 2, 1999, Ghent, Belgium. Item #1607
ISIPTA'99 THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON IMPRECISE PROBABILITIES AND THEIR APPLICATIONS.
Imprecise probability is a generic term for the many mathematical models which measure chance or uncertainty without sharp numerical probabilities. These include models such as belief functions, Choquet capacities, comparative probability orderings, convex sets of probability measures, fuzzy measures, interval-valued probabilities, possibility measures, and upper and lower expectations or previsions. Such models are needed in inference problems where the relevant information is scarce, vague or conflicting, and in decision problems where preferences are incomplete. Imprecise probability models are now being studied and applied by a large number of researchers, working in a great variety of fields: statistics, artificial intelligence, economics, psychology, engineering, medicine, management science, etc. There is too little communication between people working in different, but related, fields or in different countries, and this sometimes results in duplication of research or in inconsistent terminology. We believe, therefore, that there is a need for a regular symposium on imprecise probabilities.
June 30, 1999, Hotel Park, Bled, Slovenia. Item #1674
Machine Learning in Game Playing at ICML-99.
July 1-2, 1999, Item #1534
Recent Advances in Soft Computing'99.
- Fuzzy Logic - Hybrid Systems - Genetic Algorithms - Fuzzy Control - Neuro-Fuzzy Systems - Fuzzy Decision Making - Genetic Programming Application areas may include, but are not limited to: - Engineering - Financial Services - Design - Data Analysis - Signal Processing - Robotics - Manufacturing - Architecture - Databases - Medicine - Information Systems
July 4-8, 1999, Athens, Greece. Item #1628
3rd IMACS/IEEE International Multiconference on Circuits, Systems, Communications and Computers: Special Session on Control in Biological Systems.
July 5-16, 1999, Greece. Item #1504
ACAI-99 MACHINE LEARNING AND APPLICATIONS , Advanced Course on Artificial Intelligence.
** List of plenary talks: **
T. Mitchell (CMU, USA) "Machine learning: Setting the scene"
M. van Someren (Amsterdam, Holland) "Machine learning and knowledge
acquisition: from ML technology push
to user oriented design"
R. Michalski (George Mason, USA) "Concept learning"
Y. Kodrattoff (CNRS, France) "Are ML applications a subfield of KDD?"
R.L. de Mantaras (CSIC, Spain) "Case-based reasoning"
I. Bratko (Ljublana, Slovenia) "Noise handling in tree induction" &
"Inducing intermediate concepts"
P. Langley (ISLE, USA) "Machine discovery" &
"Formation of probabilistic concept
hierarchies"
L. de Raedt (KU Lueven, Belgium) "Inductive logic programming for data
mining and machine learning"
N. Tishby (Hebrew Univ., Israel) "A unified information theoretic
approach to prediction, clustering and
learning"
C. Bishop (Microsoft, UK) "Probabilistic graphical models"
J. Shapiro (Manchester, UK) "Genetic algorithms in artificial
intelligence"
L. Saitta (Torino, Italy) "Multi-strategy learning"
July 5-9, 1999, UCL, London, UK. Item #1587
European Conference on Symbolic and Quantitative Approaches to Reasoning with Uncertainty.
July 5-16, 1999, Chania, Greece. Item #1631
Machine Learning and Applications - Advanced Course on Artificial Intelligence.
July 5-16, 1999, Chania, Crete, Greece. Item #1632
Biologically-inspired Machine Learning: a workshop at ACAI-99.
* modelling of cognitive, perceptual and motor development and adaptation in humans and animals * modelling of learning in infants * modelling of brain and cognitive disorders and recovery * bio-inspired robot learning * artificial neural networks * evolutionary approaches to learning * learning in social environments by observation, imitation and cooperation.
July 6-9, 1999, Renissance Hotel, Washington D.C., USA. Item #1411
CEC 1999 Congress on Evolutionary Computation.
Appropriate paper topics include, but are not limited to, theory, application, empirical analysis, and philosophy concerning all manner of evolutionary computation including evolution strategies, evolutionary programming, genetic algorithms, genetic programming, classifier systems, artificial life, DNA computing, evolvable hardware, evolutionary robotics, and any hybridized search, optimization, or machine learning techniques drawing on computational models of evolution. Additional topics of interest include evolutionary optimization, evolutionary design, evolution of neural networks, co-evolutionary learning systems, co-evolution of coordinated action and other applications of evolutionary computation to intelligent system creation.
July 7-9, 1999, Castelló, Spain. Item #1413
VIII Meetings on Computational Geometry.
· Discrete and combinatorial geometry. · Analysis of geometric algorithms and data structures. · Applications of computational geometry to robotics and virtual reality, computer graphics, simulation and visualization, geometric and solid modelling, CAD, CAM, pattern recognition, graphs and circuits representation, image processing, GIS, animation and multimedia, etc. · Linear programming applied to geometric problems. · Theoretical issues of computational geometry.
July 7-9, 1999, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA. Item #1557
COLT'99 Twelfth Annual Conference on Computational Learning Theory.
o analyses of learning algorithms for specific classes of
hypotheses, including established classes (e.g. neural networks,
graphical models, decision trees, logical formulae, support
vector machines, automata, pattern languages, grammars, HMMs,
decision lists,...) or new classes,
o general bounds on the generalization ability or predictive
performance of learning algorithms,
o analyses of adaptive algorithms for decision or control,
o the impact of computability constraints on learning ability,
o hardness results for learning with bounded resources,
o consideration of new learning models, either that capture
important details of specific applications or that address
broad issues in a new way, and
o structural results, e.g. about the relationship between different
learning models, or about the relationship between some measure
of the complexity of a learning problem and some other property
of the problem.
July 7-9, 1999, Department of Statistics, University of Leeds, UK. Item #1583
SPATIAL-TEMPORAL MODELLING AND ITS APPLICATIONS.
July 10-15, 1999, Big Island, HI, USA. Item #1450
IPMM'99 2nd International Conference on Intelligent Processing and Manufacturing of Materials.
Knowledge-based Systems, Knowledge Engineering, Knowledge Acquisition, Soft-Computing Methods, Evolutionary Computing, Diagnostic Systems, Fuzzy Logic Methods, Artificial Neural Networks, Genetic Algorithms, Uncertainty Management, Optimization, Virtual Reality, Materials Property Prediction, Materials Selection, Intelligent Processing, Real-time Control, Process Monitoring, Soft Sensors, Vision Systems, Process Design, Process Planning/Scheduling, Comminution and Grinding Circuits, Separation Processes, Powder Metallurgy, Extractive Metallurgical Processes, Casting & Solidification, Composite Materials, Injection Molding, Metal Forming, Metal Rolling, Welding and Joining, Surface Finishing, Thin Film Technologies, Electrochemical Processing, Nanocrystalline Materials, Nano-scale Devices, High Temperature Superconductors, Fullerene Materials, Robotics, Holonics/Agent Technologies, Molecular/Atomistic Modeling, Simulation Modeling, Concurrent Engineering, Thermodynamic Modeling, Microstructural Modeling, Numerical Analysis Methods, Molecular Machines, Biological Computing, Biomedical Applications, Environmental Topics, Recycling, Advanced Transportation Systems
July 10-16, 1999, Renaissance Hotel, Washington, D.C., USA. Item #1503
IJCNN'99 International Joint Conference on Neural Network.
CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS: * Distinguished plenaries, highlighted by keynote speaker John Hopfield. * Strong technical program, presenting leading research in all neural-network related fields. * Focused special sessions on such subjects as Biomedical Applications and Chaos. * Theme symposium: Modeling the Brain from Molecules to Mind. * Forum on Global Competitiveness, including Congressional face-off on U.S. SBIR program. * International workshops on "Getting Your Application to Market," including patent and venture capital questions, and on "Getting Funding for your Rsearch." * Vigorous tutorial program, with courses taught by the leading experts in our field. * Exhibits and demonstrations of real-world applications. * Media fair-Show what you have achieved and help educate the public. * Awards for best posters and for student contributions. * Job fair, matching up applicants with employment opportunities. * And much, much more: check out IJCNN'99 news on the web site: www.inns.org
July 12-15, 1999, Manchester, UK. Item #1425
IPA99 Seventh IEE Conference on Image Processing and its Applications.
1. Image Communication
1.1 Coding and compression
1.2 Image perception and fidelity
1.3 Multimedia and the Internet
1.4 Virtual reality
1.5 Standards
2. Image Interpretation
2.1 Labelling and classification
2.2 Neural and genetic systems
2.3 Motion and object tracking
2.4 Stereo and 3D
2.5 Shape
3. Image Analysis
3.1 Image models
3.2 Filtering
3.3 Transforms
3.4 Morphology
3.5 Texture
3.6 Segmentation
3.7 Enhancement
3.8 Colour
4. Architectures
4.1 Acquisition/sensors
4.2 Hardware/VLSI
4.3 Software
4.4 Real-time issues
4.5 Image Databases
4.6 Display
5. Applications
5.1 TV and video
5.2 Robotics
5.3 Medical
5.4 Forensic
5.5 Security and surveillance
5.6 Remote sensing
5.7 Transport
5.8 Industrial inspection
5.9 Document processing
5.10 Handwriting analysis/Recognition
July 12-16, 1999, Bled, Slovenia. Item #1527
ISIE'99 IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics.
Computational Intelligence: Industrial applications of neural networks, industrial applications of fuzzy systems, industrial applications of evolutionary computing, industrial applications of intelligent systems. Power Electronics: Power devices and components, energy systems, high frequency converters and SMPS, power converters, motors and drives, high performance controls. Mechatronics: Robotics, sensors and sensor fusion, industrial vision, motion control, micro electro-mechanical systems, integrated design and systems. Signal processing and system control: Signal, image and data processing, modeling and simulation, control, estimation and identification algorithms, advance and processor-based control, instrumentation and transportation electronics. Factory Automation: Discrete and continuous process automation, factory communication, manufacturing information system, software systems for industrial applications, advances in manufacturing technologies. Emerging technologies: Electric vehicles and intelligent transportation, industrial applications of internet technologies, industrial applications of multimedia, application specific IC?s, portable electronics, integrated systems and processes, wireless communication.
July 12-17, 1999, Washington, DC, USA. Item #2057
USA-NIS Neurocomputing Opportunities Workshop.
Associated with the International Joint Conference on Neural Networks,
IJCNN'99
USA - Newly Independent States of the Former Soviet Union Neurocomputing
Opportunities Workshop
The workshop is intended to get together leading researchers in the field
of Neural Networks studies from USA and New Independent States of the
Former Soviet Union.
It is well known, that the USSR indeed have had great potential in
science and technology, evidenced by outstanding technological
achievements (first sputniks, etc.). At the break of 80-s a bunch of
Research and Technological programs in general direction of Neural
Bionics has been launched in the USSR. This move of Soviet authorities
was undertaken a bit ahead of the world Neural Network Boom of the late
80-s - early 90-s. Interesting pioneering results were obtained and
substantial scientific potential has been attracted into this field.
However, the new development began in the epoch of dramatic political
changes the former USSR, and former Soviet scientists in the new field
have had few chances to meet colleagues from International community.
Since that time Russian Neural Network science (i.e. Russian speaking
science of the former USSR) is tremendously under-represented in all
International (excluding rare events in Russia) Neural Network Forums.
In spite of the fact that many Russian researchers have flown abroad, the
science in Neural Networks still survives and makes progress in the
Former Soviet Union. There are working groups in Moscow, Kiev, Minsk, St.
Petersburg, Rostov-on-Don, Krasnoyarsk, Nizhnij Novgorod and at least in
a dozen of other cities, where more or less intense NN research are on
the way. There are annual conferences and other national forums on this
topic in Moscow and Krasnoyarsk and less frequent, than annual,
conferences in Yalta (Crimea, Ukraine), St. Petersburg, Rostov-on-Don and
other cities. The aim of the USA - NIS workshop is to get together
leading researchers in the field in both countries in order to identify
one or several research and technological topics, where joint efforts
could be of maximal use. Publication of the forum proceedings will be
provided in a special issue of the IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks
and a bunch of proposals for joint research is anticipated to result from
the meeting.
General Chair: Program Chair:
Donald C. Wunsch II, Witali L.
Applied Computational Intelligence Dunin-Barkowski,
Lab, Computational
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Intelligence Lab,
TX 79409-3102, USA. Texas Tech University,
e-mail: Dwunsch@aol.com Lubbock,
Co-Chair: TX 79409-3102, USA, and
Alexander N. Gorban, Information Transmission
Institute of Computational Modeling, Problems Institute,
Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of
Russian Academy of Science Sciences, Moscow, Russia.
e-mail: gorban@post.krascience.rssi.ru e-mail: wldb@coe.ttu.edu
* Free admission for the attendees of the IJCNN'99 conference
* The Technical Program of the workshop, which contains abstracts
and contact numbers of all presenters, can be found at
http://www.acil.ttu.edu/conferences/NSF_NOW.html
July 13, 1999, Orlando, USA. Item #1665
GECCO'99 Graduate Student Workshop.
July 13-14, 1999, Bristol, England. Item #2021
Neural Computing Applications Forum.
Applications of neural networks, Data Mining
July 14-17, 1999, Orlando, Florida, USA. Item #1475
GECCO-99 Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference.
A Joint Meeting of the Eighth International Conference on Genetic Algorithms (ICGA-99) and the Fourth Annual Genetic Programming Conference (GP-99)
July 15-17, 1999, Orlando, Florida, USA. Item #1526
ATAL-99 The Sixth International Workshop on AGENT THEORIES, ARCHITECTURES, AND LANGUAGES.
WORKSHOP THEMES
As the title suggests, the workshop has three main themes:
* Agent theories: What approaches (e.g., game theory, temporal/modal
logic) are appropriate for agent theory? How do these approaches relate
to one another?
* Agent architectures: What architectures are appropriate for autonomous
agents? How can such architectures be given a formal semantics? How can
different agent architectures be evaluated and compared? What
methodologies can be used to build agent-based applications? How close
are these methodologies to existing formal specification languages or
object-oriented analysis and design methods?
* Agent languages: What programming paradigms are most suitable for
agents? How do agent-oriented languages differ from object-oriented and
logic programming languages? What are efficient implementation
mechanisms for these languages?
In addition, ATAL-99 will include two special paper tracks, and
submissions are particularly welcome on these:
* The evaluation of agent architectures
This track seeks insights on the strengths of various architectures in
different task domains. Relevant issues include: Which types of
architectures work best in uncertain, dynamic or real-time
environments? How can the effectiveness of architectures be
evaluated? When should a hybrid reflective-reactive architecture be
deployed? What are benchmark tasks for various types of environmental
niches? What benchmark tasks require cognitive capabilities?
* Agent-oriented software engineering
This track seeks to examine the credentials of agent-based approaches
as a serious software engineering paradigm. Relevant issues include:
What does an agent-based approach buy a developer over an
object-oriented approach? How do agents help in building complex
software systems? When is an agent-based approach most appropriate or
best avoided? How can an agent-oriented approach be used at various
stages of the software design/maintenance process? What are
appropriate methodologies for this?
July 8 - 12, 1999, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. Item #2236
GECCO-2000 GENETIC AND EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTATION CONFERENCE.
A Recombination of
the Fifth Annual Genetic Programming Conference (GP-2000)
and the International Conference on Genetic Algorithms (ICGA-2000)
The 2000 Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO-2000)
will present the latest high quality research in the growing field of
genetic and evolutionary computation. Topic area include the following:
Genetic Algorithms Genetic Programming
Evolvable Hardware Classifiers
Evolution Strategies Evolutionary Programming
Real World Applications Neural Networks and Data Mining
Evolutionary Robotics DNA and Molecular Computing
Genetic Scheduling, TSP Ant Colony Optimization
Mathematical Foundations of EAs Artificial Life/Adaptive Behavior/Agents
July 15-17, 1999, Denmark. Item #1610
NDES'99 Nonlinear Dynamics of Electronic Systems.
1. Theory of Nonlinear Systems, 2. Analysis and Design of Nonlinear Circuits & Systems, 3. Nonliner Signal Modelling, 4. Nonlinear Signal Processing, 5. Practical Applications.
July 16-18, 1999, Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia. Item #1617
International Conference on Robotics, Vision and Parallel Processing (ROVPIA '99).
More information on web page
July 8 - 12, 1999, Las Vegas, Nevada USA. Item #2148
GECCO-2000 Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference.
A Recombination of
the Fifth Annual Genetic Programming Conference (GP-2000)
and the International Conference on Genetic Algorithms (ICGA-2000)
Genetic Algorithms Genetic Programming
Evolvable Hardware Classifiers
Evolution Strategies Evolutionary Programming
Real World Applications Neural Networks
Evolutionary Robotics Immune Systems
DNA and Molecular Computing Artificial Life/Adaptive Behavior/Agents
Data Mining Methodology, Pedagogy and Philosophy
Genetic Scheduling, TSP Telecommunications
Ant Colony Optimization Manufacturing and Design
Mathematical Foundations of EAs
July 18-22, 1999, Orlando, Florida. Item #1562
AAAI'99 Sixteenth National Conference on Artificial Intelligence.
We would like to encourage the submission of high quality papers in the areas of neural/fuzzy/evolutionary computation to AAAI'99. The 1999 AAAI conference includes many program committee members in the neural/evolutionary/fuzzy areas.
July 18-22, 1999, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Item #1566
CNS*99 Eighth Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting.
July 18-30, 1999, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. Item #1572
Oxford Summer School on Connectionist Modelling.
July 18-19, 1999, Orlando, Florida. Item #1608
Computation with Neural Systems Workshop at AAAI-99.
* Synchronisation of processing. * Processing speed. * Timing. * Robustness to component failure. * Modular construction. * Information representation. * Information transmission.
July 19-21, 1999, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, USA. Item #1578
EH'99 The First NASA/DOD Workshop on Evolvable Hardware.
* Evolutionary hardware design (including design of mechanical systems, electronic circuits synthesis) * Co-evolution of hybrid systems (including hybrids of wetware, chemical, mechanical, and electronic components, etc.) * Evolving hardware systems * Intrinsic, and on-line evolution * Hardware/software co-evolution * Self-repairing hardware * Embryonic hardware * Morphogenesis * Tools supporting evolvable hardware * Novel devices and hardware platforms suitable for evolution * Adaptive hardware, adaptive computing * Adaptive flight hardware * Real-world applications of EHW
July 19-22, 1999, Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil. Item #1619
IV Brazilian Conference on Neural Networks.
A CD-ROM version of the proceedings will be produced in time for the conference. The papers will be mostly written in Portuguese, some in English and a few in Spanish. Email 4cbrn@ele.ita.cta.br to order the CD-ROM version of the proceedings.
July 20-23, 1999, Coimbra, Portugal. Item #1524
International Symposium on Intelligent Robotic Systems'99.
The aim of the event is to cover all modern approaches to robotics
problems. It will provide invited lectures by established personalities,
original presentations by junior scientists about research in progress,
and discussions in particular on (but not limited to) the following
topics: Mobile Robotics
Active Perception
3D Reconstruction
Learning and Control
Cooperation
Control Architectures
Robotic Applications
Planning and Plan Execution
Telepresence
Fuzzy and Neural Network Techniques for Control.
July 21-24, 1999, Porto, Portugal. Item #1530
ISATP'99 IEEE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON ASSEMBLY AND TASK PLANNING.
Design for Assembly and disassembly Assembly Representations Assembly Modeling High Volume Assembly Rapid Set-Up Assembly Fixturing Assembly Impact on Factory Operations Assembly Cost Evaluation Tolerance Analysis and Design Part Feeding and Reorientation Assembly Sequence Planning Workcell Planning Action Planning Fine Motion Planning Gross Motion Planning Sensor Planning Distributed Planning Production Planning Manufacturing Process Planning Scheduling Planning under Uncertainty On-line Planning and Reaction Plan Monitoring Error Detection and Recovery Robotic Assembly Line Balancing and Optimization Disassembly Plants Applications
July 26-29, 1999, York, England. Item #1453
EMMCVPR'99 Second International Workshop on Energy Minimization Methods in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition.
Papers covering (but not limited to) the following topics are solicited: Theory: (e.g., Bayesian contextual methods, a discrete optimization, information theory and statistics, learning and parameter estimation, Markov random fields, neural networks, relaxation processes, statistical mechanics approaches, stochastic methods, variational methods) Methodology: (e.g., deformable models, early vision, matching, motion, object recognition, shape, stereo, texture, visual organization) Applications: (e.g., character and text recognition, face processing, handwriting, medical imaging, remote sensing)
July 27-30, 1999, International Convention Center, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan. Item #1532
ICCS'99 Second International Conference on Cognitive Science.
July 30-August 1, 1999, Sweden. Item #1545
UAI99 The Fifteenth Annual Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence.
>> Foundations * Conceptual relationships among different uncertainty calculi * Higher order uncertainty and confidence in models * Representation of uncertainty and preference * Revision of belief and combination of information from multiple sources * Semantics of belief * Theoretical foundations of uncertain belief and decision * Uncertainty and models of causality >> Principles and Methods * Advances in diagnosis, troubleshooting, and test selection * Algorithms for reasoning and decision under uncertainty * Automated construction of inference and decision models =20 * Combination of models from different sources * Computation and action under limited resources * Control of computational processes under uncertainty * Data structures for representation and inference * Decision making under uncertainty * Enhancing the human-computer interface with uncertain reasoning * Explanation of results of uncertain reasoning * Formal languages to represent uncertain information * Hybridization of methodologies and techniques * Integration of logic with uncertainty calculi * Markov decision processes * Methods based on probability, possibility and fuzzy logic,=20 belief functions, rough sets, and other formalisms * Multiple agent reasoning * Planning under uncertainty * Qualitative methods and models * Reasoning at different levels of abstraction * Statistical methods for automated uncertain reasoning * Temporal reasoning * The representation and discovery of causal relationships * Time-critical decisions * Time-dependent utility * Uncertain reasoning and information retrieval * Uncertainty and methods for learning and data mining >> Empirical Study and Applications * Comparison of representation and inferential adequacy of different calculi * Empirical validation of methods for planning, learning, and diagnosis * Experience with knowledge-acquisition methods * Experimental studies of inference strategies * Methodologies for problem modeling * Nature and performance of architectures for real-time reasoning * Uncertain reasoning in embedded, situated systems (e.g., softbots)
July 30- August 3, 1999, Item #1597
ISAS'99 5th International Conference on INFORMATION SYSTEMS, ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS.
· Information Systems Development · Information Systems Management · Management Information Systems · Virtual Engineering · Mobile/ Wireless Computing · Communication Systems and Networks · Emergent Computation · Image, Acoustic, Speech, and Signal Processing · Computing Techniques · Human Information Systems · Education and Information Systems
July 31 - August 6, 1999, Stockholm, Sweden. Item #1469
IJCAI-99 International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence.
AI architectures discovery planning applications distributed AI probabilistic reasoning art and music enabling technologies problem solving artificial life expert systems qualitative reasoning automated modeling game playing reactive control automated reasoning genetic algorithms real-time systems control geometric or spatial reinforcement learning belief revision reasoning robotics case-based reasoning information retrieval scheduling causality knowledge acquisition scientific discovery cognitive modeling knowledge representation search common-sense reasoning lifelike characters simulation computational machine learning software agents complexity machine translation speech understanding computer-aided mathematical foundations syntax education multiagent systems temporal reasoning constraint satisfaction multimedia theorem proving data mining natural language user interfaces databases processing virtual reality decision theory neural networks vision decision trees nonmonotonic reasoning design ontologies description logics perception diagnosis philosophical foundations discourse
July 31, 1999, Stockholm, Sweden. Item #1590
IJCAI-99 Workshop: Statistical Machine Learning for Large-Scale Optimization.
July 31 - August 6, 1999, Stockholm, Sweden. Item #1616
IJCAI'99 Workshop on Neural, Symbolic, and Reinforcement Methods for Sequence Learning.
1. underlying similarity and difference of different models 1.1 problem formulation (ontological issues) 1.2 mathematical comparisons 1.3 task appropriateness 1.4 performance analysis and bounds 2. new and old model capabilities and limitations 2.1 theory 2.2 implementation 2.3 performance 2.4 empirical comparisons in various domains 3. hybrid models: approaches, theories and applications 3.1 foundations for synthesis or hybridization 3.2 necessity, advantages, problems, and issues 4. successful sequence learning applications and future extensions 4.1 examples of successful applications 4.2 generalization and transfer of successful applications 4.2 what is needed for enhancing performance
July 31-August 4, 1999, Orlando, Florida, USA. Item #1635
Invited Session on "Handwritten Recognition and Analysis" at SCI'99 & ISAS'99 Multiconference.
Handwritten analysis algorithms and tools=20 Character recognition methods=20 Pre- and Post-processing algorithms=20 Recognition system performance measures=20 Recognition/Classification methodologies=20 Industrial applications=20
July 31, 1999, Stockholm, Sweden. Item #1675
IJCAI-99 Workshop on Empirical AI.
July 31 - August 4, 1999, San Diego Supercomputer Center, University of California, San Diego, CA. Item #2007
NEURON Summer Course: The NEURON Simulation Environment.
July 31 - August 1, 1999, Beijing, China. Item #2009
Reforming Universities for the 21st Century.
Reform Agenda and Priorities for the 21st century
Relationships between government and universities
Developing Competitive Advantage for the University
Relationships between firms and universities
Challenges to university financing
Distance education and universities
Information technology and higher education
Internationalization of university programs
Instructional and curriculum development
Striking a balance between market orientation and basic disciplines
Management of university research programs
Reforming university administration
University management and performance analysis
Other issues related to university reforms
August 2, 1999, Stockholm, Sweden. Item #1629
Workshop on Support Vector Machines at IJCAI'99.
August 2 - 7, 1999, Baden, Baden, Germany. Item #2020
Special Session on ADVANCED CONCEPTS FOR INTELLIGENT VISION SYSTEMS at the 11th Int. Conf. SRIC.
TOPICS include but are not limited to:
1) THEORETICAL TOOLS FOR A UNIFIED FRAMEWORK: in order to embed the
problem within the correct theoretical background, the first track deals
with any aspect of the relationship between the digital image and the
symbolic and semantic space.
- measures of information, relationship between numerical and
symbolic information
- multiresolution theory
- scale-space theory
- variational methods
- fractals and multifractals
- formal languages theory for pattern recognition
- biologically-inspired vision
2) OPTIMAL AND ADAPTIVE ALGORITHMS: adaptive algorithms have been
designed for taking into account the large variability of online
conditions. Such algorithms yield results whose resolution and accuracy
are a function of the data itself. The impact of local adaptivity on
the design of systems must be considered throughout topics like:
- adaptive filtering and image restauration
- adaptive segmentation
- model-based algorithms
- semantic image compression
- tools for adaptive algorithms
3) ASSESSMENT OF IMAGE PROCESSING ALGORITHMS: whatever the control law
of an algorithm may be, it must on the one hand operate on an efficient
algorithm and on the other hand take into account some quality criterion
of the computed result. Valid topics include scientific studies
(results comparisons, performance metrics), reviews of available
techniques (benchmarks and frameworks) as well as industrial
applications.
- objective metrics
- perceptually based distortion metrics
- video quality evaluation
- subjective ratings of compression algorithms
- professional applications (medical, military, etc.)
- empirical methods for assessing IP algorithms
- software tools and databases for performance evaluation
4) FROM TUNING TO CONTROLLING VISION SYSTEMS: once vision components
have been optimized, adapted and assessed and that the complex system
running them has been characterized, this latter must know how to
control its "organs"to achieve its task. Obviously, such an issue can be
adressed today as a whole and thus, the following topics focus on the
tools needed for setting up the problem.
- model selection and validation
- fuzzy modelling for pattern recognition and vision applications
- nonlinear system identification
- learning and nonlinear optimization
- multilayer perceptrons
- simulated annealing
- recurrent networks
- genetic algorithms
August 3-7, 1999, Sigtuna, Sweden. Item #1622
1999 Agora Meeting on Fluctuations in Biological Systems.
- Biological signals and noise - Neural information processing - Synaptic fluctuations - Spontaneous neural firing - Macromolecular dynamics - Dynamics of microtubuli - Ion channel kinetics - Cell motility - Medical implications
August 9-11, 1999, Center for Mathematics and Computer Science, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Item #1434
IDA-99 Third International Symposium on Intelligent Data Analysis.
APPLICATION & TOOLS:
analysis of different kinds of data (e.g., censored, temporal etc)
applications (e.g., commerce, engineering, finance, legal, manufacturing,
medicine, public policy, science)
assistants, intelligent agents for data analysis
evaluation of IDA systems
human-computer interaction in IDA
IDA systems and tools
information extraction, information retrieval
THEORY & GENERAL PRINCIPLES:
analysis of IDA algorithms
classification, projection, regression, optimization, clustering
data cleaning
data pre-processing
experiment design
model specification, selection, estimation
reasoning under uncertainty
search
statistical strategy
uncertainty and noise in data
ALGORITHMS & TECHNIQUES:
Bayesian inference and influence diagrams
bootstrap and randomization
causal modeling
data mining
decision analysis
exploratory data analysis
fuzzy, neural and evolutionary appraoches
knowledge-based analysis
machine learning
statistical pattern recognition
visualization
August 9-12, 1999, Honolulu, USA. Item #1515
ASC'99 IASTED International Conference Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing.
Artificial Intelligence
- Intelligent Databases
- Intelligent Control
- Intelligent Agents
- Distributed Artificial Intelligence
- Adaptive Intelligent Systems
- Expert Systems
Soft Computing
- Fuzzy Logic
- Fuzzy Systems
- Neural Networks
- Probabilistic Reasoning
- Machine Learning
- Genetic Algorithms
- Knowledge Representation
- Knowledge Acquisition
Computational Linguistics
- Speech Generation
- Speech Linguistics
- Speech Recognition
- Natural Language Processing
Applications
-Engineering, Science, Education, Medicine, Business,
Economics, Law, others
August 9-11, 1999, GALWAY, IRELAND. Item #1623
CSNLP-8 The Eighth International Workshop on the Cognitive Science of Natural Language Processing.
o combinations: language and music; language and vision; music and vision.
o What can Engineering of software platforms
(e.g. AAU CHAMELEON; c.f. http://www.cpk.auc.dk/imm) for
integrated Intelligent MultiMedia processing of language/vision/etc.
tell us??
o Metaphor: For example: the use of terms like "interval"
and "range" in music.
o Rhythm: How is Rhythm important for language, vision and music??
o Acoustics: What role does it play in the three modalities??
o The roles of embodiment and culture in the formation of symbolic
apparati; For example: the use of gesture in face-to-face
communication.
o Emotions: what role do they play in the three modalities??
o Synesthesia
o What the visual, musical and linguistic arts can tell us.
o What is the developmental relationship between prosody and music??
What is the cognitive evidence for the dependence of music on
language??
o Can we speak meaningfully about a semantics of music??
o Architectures for integration of language, vision and music;
what aspects are conscious and what automatic?? What aspects are
common and what are specific to each??
o What is the role of modelling creativity??
Are the creative processes similar or in what way are they different??
SPECIAL SESSION ON CREATIVITY:
In AI we have failed to get much handle on creativity.
Conn Mulvihill will Chair a special session on creativity
looking at writing, poetry, painting, and music composition.
Irish Nobel Prize Laureate Seamus Heaney is
composing a translation of Beowulf at present with special attention to
the sound - reminiscent of movement in a longship type craft and there
are those that claim that music is central to any hope of understanding
Joyce. We think also of the likes of Kandinsky here.
Is Joyce prose or music? Is Kandinsky art or music??
What is Picasso? What are the links between language, vision and music??
Is creativity the same for each? and by the way, What is creativity??
It is intended to involve Writers in Residence at NUI, Galway
Pat McCabe ("The Butcher Boy") & Paula Meehan (Poet).
o Are recent trends towards integrating ideas in the
Arts/Humanities and Sciences/Engineering important here??
o Why are there many arts and not just one??
August 11-14, 1999, San Francisco/Silicon Valley, USA. Item #1560
FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS THIRD INTERNATIONAL COGNITIVE TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE, CT99.
August 15-18, 1999, San Diego, CA, USA. Item #1582
KDD-99 The ACM SIGKDD Fifth International Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining.
KDD Techniques Human Interaction and the KDD Process
--- ---------- ----- ----------- --- --- --- -------
New KDD algorithms Data and knowledge visualization
Mining the Web Evaluating knowledge and potential discoveries
Text/multimedia Interactive exploration
Data cleaning/noisy data Visualizing large, high-dimensional data
Incremental algorithms
High-dimensional data
Background knowledge Mining Enterprise Databases
------ ---------- ---------
Implementation and Applications Scalable algorithms
-------------- --- ------------ Unification of mining with querying
Implementation & use of KDD systems Database architectures for KDD
Vertical applications Database primitives for KDD
Case studies: success/failure Integration: mining/warehousing/OLAP
Benchmarks
August 16-19, 1999, Dublin City University. Item #1672
Mind-IV: TWO SCIENCES OF MIND.
August 16 - 28, 1999, Marine Biological Laboratories, Woods Hole, MA, USA. Item #2006
Workshop on Analysis of Neural Data.
A working group of scientists committed to quantitative approaches to problems in neuroscience will focus their efforts on experimental and theoretical issues related to the analysis of large, multi-channel data sets.
August 17-20, 1999, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C. Item #1287
IFSA'99 The Eighth International Fuzzy Systems Association World Congress.
Main Congress Topics (not limited to) * Mathematical Foundation * Uncertainty and Belief Measures * Management and Social Science * Fuzzy and Non-standard Logic and Approximate Reasoning * Information and Data Analysis * Natural Language Processing and Telecommunications * Decision Making and Optimization * Fuzzy Control * Artificial Intelligence and Robotics * Fuzzy Neuro Systems * Classification and Image Processing * Adaptive Fuzzy Systems * Soft Computing * Qualitative and Approximate Modeling * Fuzzy Logic and Software Engineering * Virtual Reality * Man-Machine Interface * Medical Diagnosis and Biological Applications * New Hardware Developments * Others
August 17-20, 1999, Southeast University, Nanjing, P. R. China. Item #1465
ICYCS'99 5th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE FOR YOUNG COMPUTER SCIENTISTS.
Computer Science Theory and Theoretical Computer Science
Algorithms and Computational Theory
Evolutionary Algorithms
Parallel Algorithms and Architectures
Symbolic and Algebraic Computation
Computer Architecture
Supercomputing
Fault Tolerance and Reliability
Performance Evaluation
Real Time Systems
Hardware/Software Codesign
Parallel and Distributed Computing
Database System and Engineering
Data Warehousing and Mining
System Software and Operating Systems
Software Engineering and Methodology
Object Oriented Technology
Programming Languages
Systems Documentation
Computer Network and Communications
Protocol Engineering
Internet/Intranet
Parallel Engineering
CSCW
Intelligent Network and Systems
EDI
Graphics and Image Processing
Multimedia Technique
Virtual Reality and Virtual Environment
Vision
Visualization
User Interface Software and Technology
Computer Application
Computer and Communication Security
Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems
Knowledge Engineering
Machine Learning
Mobile Computing
Pattern Recognition
Neural Networks and Applications
Autonomous Agents
Cognitive Neuroscience
Soft Computing
Cryptography
Computer-Aided Technique
Simulation and Modeling
Numerical Mathematics
Management Information Systems
Computer Personnel Research
Computer Science Education
Computer Uses in Education
Human Factors and Computing Systems
Design Automation
Computational Molecular Biology
August 19-21, 1999, Vancouver, British Columbia. Item #1558
Cognitive Science Society Conference.
August 22-25, 1999, Seoul, Korea. Item #1605
FUZZ-IEEE'99 The 8th International Conference on Fuzzy Systems.
August 23-25, 1999, Madison, Wisconsin. Item #1505
NNSP99 IEEE Workshop on Neural Networks for Signal Processing.
Paradigms: Artificial neural networks, support vector machines, Markov models, graphical models, dynamical systems, evolutionary computation, nonlinear signal processing, and wavelets. Application Areas: Image/speech/multimedia processing, intelligent human computer interfaces, intelligent agents, blind source separation, OCR, robotics, adaptive filtering, communications, sensors, system identification, issues related to RWC, and other general signal processing and pattern recognition. Theories: Generalization, design algorithms, optimization, parameter estimation, and network architectures. Implementations: Parallel and distributed implementation, hardware design, and other general implementation technologies. SPECIAL SESSIONS The workshop features special sessions on * Support vector machines * Intelligent human computer interfaces
August 23- September 17, 1999, International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy. Item #1599
EU Advanced Course in Computational Neuroscience.
August 31- September 3, 1999, Toulouse, France. Item #1593
Euro-Par'99.
1. Support Tools and Environments 13. Numerical Algorithms for Linear
and Nonlinear Algebra
2. Performance Evaluation and 14. Emerging Topics in Advanced
Prediction Computing in Europe
3. Scheduling and Load Balancing 15. Routing and Communication in
Interconnection Networks
4. Compilers for High Performance 16. Instruction-Level Parallelism
Systems and Uniprocessor Architecture
5. Parallel and Distributed 17. Concurrent and Distributed
Databases Programming with Objects
6. Fault Avoidance and Fault 18. Global Environment Modelling
Removal in Real-Time Systems
7. Theory and Models for Parallel 19. Numerical Reliability and
Computation Parallel Computing
8. High-Performance Computing and 20. Fault Tolerant Computing
Applications
9. Parallel Computer Architecture 21. Educational Issues
10. Distributed Systems and 22. High-Performance Data Mining
Algorithms and Knowledge Discovery
11. Parallel Programming: Models, 23. Symbolic Computation
Methods and Languages
12. Architectures and Algorithms for
Vision and other Senses
August 31 - September 1, 1999, Adelaide, Australia. Item #1638
KES'99 Third International Conference on Knowledge-based Intelligent Information Engineering Systems.
1) Applications of ANNs and fuzzy theory in robotics, in speech and image recognition. 2) Applications of fuzzy theory and neural networks in other fields (medical, economic, etc.) 3) Reports on human brain activities (knowledge, thinking, recognition, etc.) 4) Relation between human brain activities and artificial network & fuzzy theories. 5) New developments in fuzzy systems and ANNs.
August 31 - September 3, 1999, University College, London, England. Item #2031
Gatsby Unit Tutorial: Neural Computation.
August 31, 1999, Toulouse, France. Item #2094
EuroTools Workshop at EuroPar'99.
September 1-3, 1999, Ljubljana, Slovenia. Item #1400
CAIP'99 8th Internatonal Conference on Computer Analysis of Images and Patterns.
Scope of the Conference Image Analysis Computer Vision Pattern Recognition Medical imaging Network Centric Vision Augmented Reality Image and Video Indexing Industrial Applications
September 1 - 3, 1999, Bath, United Kingdom. Item #1676
6th ISPE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CONCURRENT ENGINEERING.
Networking and Distribution Agent Based Systems Collaboration Technologies Organization and Management Enterprise Integration Collaborative Decision-Making Reasoning and Negotiation Information Modelling Business Processes Practical Applications
September 3-5, 1999, University of Stirling, Stirling, Scotland, UK. Item #1528
EWNS2 2nd European Workshop in Neuromorphic Systems.
Neuromorphic systems are implementations in silicon of systems whose architecture and design are based on neurobiology. This growing area proffers exciting possibilities such as sensory systems which can compete with human senses, pattern recognition systems that can run in real-time and neuron models that can truly emulate living neurons. Neuromorphic systems are at the intersection of neurophysiology, computer science and electrical engineering. The meeting is intended both for the reporting of results, and for discussion about the way forward in neuromorphic systems: What should the role of neuromorphic systems be? Learning about neurobiological systems by rebuilding them, or engineering new solutions to problems in sensory perception using what we know about animal sensory perception? Can biologically-inspired techniques provide the basis for real improvements in auditory/ visual/ olfactory/ sensorimotor systems or prostheses? How should neuromorphic systems be implemented? In software or hardware? As dedicated VLSI devices? In analogue or digital hardware? Should particular methodologies or specific transistor characteristics be used? Can what neuromorphic systems have to tell us about sensory perception and coding inform cognitive science? The meeting is being held just before ICANN'99, which will be in Edinburgh, 7-10 September 1999.
September 5-8, 1999, Pafos, CYPRUS. Item #1521
ICECS'99 THE SIXTH IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ELECTRONICS, CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS.
1.Analog Circuits and Signal Processing 1.1 Analog circuits and filters 1.2 Switched capacitor/current techniques 1.3 Analog and mixed signal processing 1.4 Data conversion and S-D modulation 2.General Circuits and Systems 2.1 Linear and nonlinear circuits and systems 2.2 Chaos and applications 2.3 Distributed circuits and systems 2.4 Power electronics and systems 3.Digital Signal Processing 3.1 Digital filters and filter banks 3.2 Wavelets and multirate signal processing 3.3 Adaptive signal processing 3.4 Multidimensional systems 3.5 Fast computations for signal processing 4.VLSI 4.1 Analog and digital ICS 4.2 Low power design 4.3 VLSI physical design 4.4 Testing: analog, digital and mixed 4.5 High level synthesis and hardware/software codesign 4.6 Logic synthesis and formal verification 4.7 Fault tolerance systems 4.8 Modeling, simulation and CAD tools 4.9 Microsystems and Applications 5.Multimedia and Communication 5.1 Speech processing and coding 5.2 Image processing and coding 5.3 Video and multimedia technology 5.4 Signal processing and communications 5.5 Computer communications 6.Computational Methods and Optimization 6.1 Numerical methods and circuits simulation 6.2 Linear and nonlinear optimization 6.3 Graph theory and combinatorial optimization 7.Neural Systems 7.1 Neural networks 7.2 Cellular neural networks 7.3 Fuzzy logic and circuits 8.Control Systems 8.1 Industrial automation 8.2 Robotics 8.3 Control systems and applications 9.Industrial Applications 9.1 Sensors 9.2 Robotics 9.3 Space Systems Design 9.4 Micromechanics 9.5 Others 10.Electronic Education
September 5-10, 1999, Magdeburg, Germany. Item #2010
IBSS'99 First International Bioinformatics Summer School.
September 6-10, 1999, Muenchen, Germany. Item #1478
ISPRS Conference AUTOMATIC EXTRACTION OF GIS OBJECTS FROM DIGITAL IMAGERY.
- Automatic and semi-automatic extraction of topographic objects such as buildings, roads, and vegetation - Models and strategies for topographic object extraction from aerial images, satellite imagery, surface models, and laser-scanner data - Sensor and data fusion including the use of information from geographic information systems (GIS) - Automatic extraction of digital surface models - Automatic image orientation and registration - Integration and interaction of digital systems for image analysis and GIS - Quality control and performance evaluation
September 6-8, 1999, Budapest, Hungary. Item #1619
FSPIPA'99 FUNDAMENTAL STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES IN IMAGE AND PATTERN ANALYSIS.
September 7-10, 1999, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK. Item #1482
ICANN 99 Ninth International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks incorporating the IEE Conference on Artificial Neural Networks.
Theory and Algorithms
Neurobiology and Computational Neuroscience
Cognitive Modelling
Industrial, Commercial and Medical Applications
Hardware and Neuromorphic Engineering
Control, Robotics and Adaptive Behaviour
September 9-11, 1999, Trento, Italy. Item #1452
CONTEXT 99 2nd INTERNATIONAL AND INTERDISCIPLINARY CONFERENCE ON MODELING AND USING CONTEXT.
Animated Characters Cognitive Modeling Commonsense Reasoning Communication Constraint-Based Reasoning Databases and Active Databases Data Mining Decision Support Systems Diagnostic Reasoning Dynamics of Context Formal Theories of Context Propositional Attitudes Heterogeneous Information Integration Information Management Intelligent Tutoring Systems Knowledge Engineering Knowledge Representation Machine Learning Multi-Agent Systems Natural Language Processing Natural Language Semantics Pattern Recognition Philosophical Foundations Pragmatics Temporal Reasoning Spatial Reasoning
September 11, 1999, Edinburgh, Scotland. Item #1625
ICANN*99 Post Conference Workshops.
September 11, 1999, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK. Item #2044
EmerNet: International Workshop on Emergent Neural Computational Architectures Based on Neuroscience.
This EPSCR supported workshop will be held
directly after ICANN 99.
1.Synchronisation: How does the brain synchronise its
processing? How does the brain schedule its processing?
2.Processing speed: How does the brain compute with
relatively slow computing elements but still achieve rapid
and real time performance?
3.Robustness: How does human memory manage to
continue to operate despite failure of its components?
4.Modular construction: What can we learn from the brain
for building modular more powerful artificial neural
network architectures to solve larger tasks?
5.Learning in context: How can we build learning
algorithms which consider context? How can we design
incremental learning algorithms and dynamic
architectures?
September 13-17, 1999, Lausanne, Switzerland. Item #1390
ECAL99 5th European Conference on Artificial Life.
In addition to all the classic topics of Artificial Life, ECAL99 will especially encourage presentations and demonstrations of Artificial Life Technologies, i.e. engineering realisations, designs, methods, and products based on life-like principles. The conference will feature oral presentations, spotlight presentations (short talk + poster), and posters. All accepted contributions will be published in the proceedings. The conference will also host tutorials, invited talks, technology demonstrations, and public events. Scientific topics to be covered (but not limited to): Self-organization. Origins of Life. Prebiotic evolution. RNA systems. Fitness landscapes. Natural selection. Sexual selection. Ecosystem evolution. Evolutionary computation. Immune networks. Neural networks. Multicellular development. Natural and artificial morphogenesis. Learning and development. Artificial worlds. Simulation tools. Synthetic agents. Entertainment agents. Synthetic actors. Computer graphics. Autonomous robots. Evolutionary Robotics. Software agents. Applications of autonomous robots. Humanoid robots. Self-repairing hardware. Evolvable hardware. Collective behaviors. Swarm intelligence. Cooperation. Communication. Evolution of social behaviors. Epistemology. Artificial Life and Art.
September 13-15, 1999, Warsaw, Poland. Item #1463
EANN'99 Fifth International Conference on Engineering Applications of Neural Networks.
systems engineering, mechanical engineering, robotics, process engineering, metallurgy, pulp and paper technology, aeronautical engineering, computer science, machine vision, chemistry, chemical engineering, physics, electrical engineering, electronics, civil engineering, geophysical sciences, biomedical systems, and environmental engineering.
September 13-14, 1999, Leusden, The Netherlands. Item #1554
ESCA - NATO workshop on Multi-lingual Interoperability in Speech Technology.
The workshop will be concerned with current progress and understanding in the following areas: -non-native speakers and accent/dialect: speech recognition, synthesis, -cross-language applications: coder-code-books, loan words, names, language independent systems, -localization of speech recognizers, synthesis, and coding systems.
September 13-15, 1999, Warsaw, Poland. Item #1559
Special Session on Vision at EANN'99.
September 13-16, 1999, Aachen, Germany. Item #1588
EUFIT'99 7th European Conference on Intelligent Techniques and Soft Computing.
Basics of Fuzzy Set Theory and Uncertainty Modeling Neural Networks - Basics and Applications Genetic Algorithms and Evolutionary Computation Fuzzy Sets in Artificial Intelligence Neural-Fuzzy Systems and Learning Fuzzy Databases and Information Retrieval Fuzzy Control - Methodology and Applications Decision Support Systems Data Analysis and Signal Processing Pattern Recognition and Image Processing Applications in Process Industry and Production Planning Applications in Traffic and Telecommunication Medicine and Biomedical Applications Financial Engineering and Forecasting Software, Hardware, and Standards
September 13-16, 1999, Aachen, Germany. Item #1591
Invited Session "Time-critical Applications with Neural Networks" at EUFIT'99.
September 13-15, 1999, COPENHAGEN, DENMARK. Item #1620
IEEE INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON MULTIMEDIA SIGNAL PROCESSING.
1. Multimedia Processing: Compression for Multimedia (Audio, Video,
Speech, etc.). Integration of Media, Joint Audio-Video Processing.
2. Multimedia Databases: Indexing, Retrieval, and Archiving, Authoring
and Editing, Digital Library, Content Preparation and Presentation.
3. Multimedia System Design and Implementation: Parallel Architecture,
ASIC Design, Software and Hardware Design, System Integration,
Signal Acquisition.
4. Human-Machine Interface and Perception: Content Recognition/Analysis/
Synthesis, Speech Recognition and Synthesis, Audio/Music Signal
Processing and Synthesis, Multimodal Interaction (Speech, Image, and
Video), Audiovisual Perception Quality and Human Factors, Agents,
Avatars and Talking Heads.
5. Multimedia Communications: Equalization and Synchronization, Transport
Protocols, QoS Control, Error Concealment and Loss Recovery, Rate
Control and Hierarchical Coding, Wireless Communication.
6. Multimedia Applications: WWW and Hypermedia, Videoconferencing
and Collaboration Environments, Education and Distant Learning,
Telemedicine, Home-shopping, Gaming and Virtual Reality, SDTV, HDTV,
SHDTV and Video on Demand.
7. Standards and Related Issues: ITU-T Standards for Audiovisual
Communication, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, MPEG-7, MHEG, DAVIC, ATM Forum,
HTML, VRML, and others. Compressed Domaine Processing.
September 13, 1999, The Centre for Virtual Environments, University of Salford, Salford, United Kingdom. Item #2019
Workshop on Intelligent Virtual Agents.
Virtual and physical agent interaction Perception in virtual agents Augmented virtual agents Intelligent virtual actors Emotionally driven synthetic characters Novel applications of virtual agents New tools and technologies for the building of virtual agents Human interaction with virtual agents (e.g. voice recognition) The use of virtual agents for training Virtual agents in shared worlds Biologically inspired virtual agents Virtual ecosystems
September 14 - 15, 1999, Congress Centrum Bremen, Bremen, Germany. Item #2041
CME 2nd International Symposium on Concurrent Multidisciplinary Engineering.
Topic 1: CME and GEN Approaches Research and Development in the field of global engineering: 1a CME and GEN based Design Processes 1b Information Management in CME and GEN Environments 1c CME and GEN based Optimisation Topic 2: Tools and Methods Tools and methods for efficient concurrent, multidisciplinary, and global engineering: 2a Virtual Enterprises and secure Data Management 2b Scaled Network Accessibility Performance and Reliability 2c CME Systems Engineering 2d Software Engineering 2e Industrial Engineering Networks 2f Building Blocks for GEN Topic 3: CME and GEN Applications Applications in representative national as well as international research projects with focus on Data Management: 3a Automotive 3b Aeronautics 3c Marine 3d Construction 3e Electronics 3f Machinery 3g Manufacturing Topic 4: Non-Technical Issues Non technical oriented issues and questions: 4a Impact of CME and GEN on the labour market 4b CME and GEN in the process of academic education 4c Socio-economic aspects of CME and GEN
September 15-18, 1999, Prague, Czech Republic. Item #1611
PKDD'99 3rd European Conference on Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases.
- Data and knowledge representation for data mining - Statistics and probability in data mining - Logic-based perspective on data mining - Data warehousing and knowledge discovery - Man-Machine interaction in data mining - Artificial Intelligence contributions to KDD - High performance computing for data mining - Machine learning and automated scientific discovery - Quality assessment of data mining results - Applications of data mining and knowledge discovery - KDD process
September 15-17, 1999, Fera Congress Center, Santorini, Greece. Item #2040
IWSNHC3DI'99 The International Workshop on Synthetic-Natural Hybrid Coding and Three-Dimensional (3D) Imaging.
September 16-18, 1999, Leipzig, Germany. Item #1626
International Workshop on Machine Learning and Data Mining in Pattern Recognition.
inductive learning including decision tree and rule induction learning conceptional learning case-based learning statistical learning neural net based learning and organizational learning probabilistic information retrieval
September 16-17, 1999, Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Munich, Germany. Item #2048
Short Course: Modern Regression and Classification: Widely applicable statistical methods for modeling and prediction.
September 18, 1999, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland. Item #2013
EWLR-8 European Workshop on Learning Robots.
Evolutionary robotics
Reinforcement learning
Connectionist approaches to robot learning
Learning from interaction with humans
Learning by observation, imitation, and cooperation
Learning in multi-robot systems
Industrial applications of robot learning
Hardware issues in learning robots including Evolvable Hardware
Robot learning and cognition
Biologically inspired learning
Robot learners as models in psychology or biology
Robot implementations of human motor learning mechanisms
Sensory calibration and map building
Bayesian and other probabilistic approaches to robot learning
Learning of world and action models
September 19-22, 1999, Atlanta, GA, USA. Item #1493
AIM'99 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics.
System Integration, Actuators and Sensors, Intelligent Control, Robotics, Machine Vision, Manufacturing, Motion Control, Vibration and Noise Control, Micro Devices and Opto-Electronic Systems, Automotive Systems, Intelligent Systems, Industry Applications and other applications including new frontier fields of Intelligent Mechatronics such as Fusion of Mechanical Systems, Communication Technology, Bio-mechatronics, and Artificial Intelligence.
September 20, 1999, Corfu, Greece. Item #1677
Workshop on MODELLING PEOPLE at ICCV'99.
We invite manuscript submissions on the following topics: * Capturing whole-body shape and appearance * Photo-realistic 3D modelling of people * Accurate anthropometric modelling and measurement * Capture of whole-body kinematic structure * Human motion capture * Human motion synthesis and retargeting of motion capture * Behaviour interpretation * Interactive visual interfaces * Virtual humans and avatars * Humanoid Animation * Physics-based modelling of skin and clothing * Applications of human modelling
September 21-22, 1999, Kerkyra, Corfu, Greece. Item #1618
ICCV'99 Workshop: Vision Algorithms: Theory and Practice.
September 21-30, 1999, on the internet. Item #1624
WSC4 The 4th Online World Conference on Soft Computing in Industrial Applications.
Fuzzy Computing
Neuro
Computing
Evolutionary Computing
Probabilistic
Computing
Immunological Computing
Hybrid Methods
Intelligent Agents and Agent Theory
Causal Models
Data Mining
Case-based Reasoning
Chaos TheoryInteractive Computational Models
The application areas of
interest include but are not limited to:
Decision Support
Process and System Control
System Identification and
Modelling
Optimization
Signal or Image Processing
Vision or Pattern Recognition
Condition Monitoring
Fault Diagnosis
Systems Integration
Internet Tools
Human-Machine Interface
Time Series Prediction
Robotics
Motion Control and Power Electronics
Biomedical Engineering
Virtual Reality
Reactive
Distributed AI
Telecommunications
Consumer Electronics
Industrial Electronics
Manufacturing Systems
Power and Energy
September 21 - 30, 1999, on the internet. Item #2014
WSC4 4th Online World Conference on Soft Computingin Industrial Applications.
Fuzzy Computing
Neuro Computing
Evolutionary Computing
Probabilistic Computing
Immunological Computing
Hybrid Methods
Intelligent Agents and Agent Theory
Causal Models
Data Mining
Case-based Reasoning
Chaos Theory
Interactive Computational Models
September 22-24, 1999, Brest- France. Item #1552
HCP'99 Human Centered Processes.
The purpose of this conference is to bring together:
1. Industrialists faced to questions related to cognition.
2. Researchers who are expert in Cognitive Science.
3. Operation Researchers interested in discussing human centered
approaches applied to complex industrial problems.
In view of this, the topics covered by the Conference will concern
industrially oriented themes where human centered approaches have
already shown their usefulness:
- like planning,
- scheduling,
- decision making,
- quality control,
- project management,
- intelligent management of multimedia documents,
- ...
September 23-26, 1999, New Delhi, India. Item #1577
ICCIMA'99 3rd International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Multimedia Applications.
Artificial Intelligence Artificial Neural Networks Evolutionary Computation Theory Evolutionary Algorithms Formal Models for Multimedia Fuzzy Systems Hybrid Systems Image & Signal Processing Intelligent Control Interactive Multimedia Intelligent Databases Knowledge-based Engineering Learning Algorithms Memory, Storage and Retrieval Multimedia and Telecommunications Multimedia and Virtual Reality Multimedia Information Retrieval Multimedia Systems Multi/Hyper-spectrum Processing Neural Coding Pattern Recognition Rough Sets /Logic Synthesis
September 26-27, 1999, Corfu, Greece. Item #1568
Scale-Space'99 Second International Conference on Scale-Space Theories in Computer Vision: Geometric Image Flows, Nonlinear Diffusion, Functional Minimisation, and Linear Scale-Space.
September 26-27, 1999, Jaipur, India. Item #1601
GREC'99 Third IAPR International Workshop on Graphics Recognition.
* raster-to-vector techniques
* recognition of graphical primitives
* recognition of graphic symbols in charts and diagrams
* interpretation of engineering drawings, logic diagrams, maps, charts,
etc.
* analysis of line drawings, tables, forms etc.
* graphics-based information retrieval
* 3-D models from multiple 2-D views (line drawings)
* interpretation of low-level (``dumb'') CAD data
* description of complete systems for interpretation of graphics in
scanned documents
* performance evaluation in graphics recognition
September 26-27, 1999, Corfu, Greece. Item #1641
RATFG-RTS'99 International Workshop on Recognition, Analysis, and Tracking of Faces and Gestures in Real-Time Systems.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Localization and Tracking of Faces and Hands
- Face Recognition and Facial Analysis, Emotions, and Expressions
- Dynamics and Learning for Gesture Interpretation
- Applications of Face and Hand Gesture Recognition
- Applications in the area of Teleconferencing and Distance Learning
- Retrieval of Faces in Video Sequences
- Compression of Faces and Gestures with respect to MPEG Standards
September 26-27, 1999, Corfu, Greece. Item #1642
Scale-Space '99 Second International Conference on Scale-Space Theories in Computer Vision: Geometric Image Flows, Nonlinear Diffusion, Functional Minimisation, and Linear Scale-Space.
SCOPE: Methods: Geometric image flows, level set methods, continuous-scale morphology, nonlinear diffusion, functional minimisation, total variation methods, regularisation, linear scale-space, multi-channel evolutions. Special Topics of Interest: Axiomatic foundations, invariances, well-posedness, generalised solutions, approximation and convergence, discrete theories, fast algorithms, deep structure, singularity theory, evolution properties, unification of theories, interrelations of methods. Applications: Shape analysis, segmentation, reconstruction, motion, stereo, matching and registration, colour image analysis, feature detection, scale selection, medical applications, industrial applications.
September 26, 1999, Corfu, Greece. Item #2083
2nd IEEE Workshop on Generic Object Recognition.
September 27-29, 1999, Venice, Italy. Item #1510
ICIAP99 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON IMAGE ANALYSIS AND PROCESSING.
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM ICIAP99 will focus on Image-based Emerging Applications. Papers will be accepted for both oral and poster presentation. Scientific events planned in conjunction with ICIAP99 are: - An open forum for young scientists; - A special session on european research projects.
September 27-30, 1999, University of Durham, UK. Item #1535
World Manufacturing Congress WMC'99.
Intelligent Manufacturing for the Millenium: - Manufacturing Systems - Manufacturing Technology - Manufacturing Management
September 27-30, 1999, Universities at Sunderland and Durham, UK. Item #2008
WMC'99 SECOND WORLD MANUFACTURING CONGRESS.
Manufacturing for the Millennium The emphasis of this congress is on bringing researchers and industry closer together and endeavor to highlight the importance of both theoretical and applied research in the light of new shifts in the global economy. The continuous exchange of scientific and technical information is of particular importance in a time of worldwide challenges in the manufacturing industry. The impact of other rapidly changing industries such as microelectronics, automation, computer/information engineering and environmental protection is evolving new philosophies in manufacturing. The congress, to be held every second year, is meant to be a forum for academia and industry for research and the transfer of research to practice. The previous congress held in New Zealand (WMC'97) attracted participants from 35 countries around the world. The following symposia form part of WMC'99 - ISMS'99 International Symposium on Manufacturing Systems - ISMT'99 International Symposium on Manufacturing Technology - ISMM'99 International Symposium on Manufacturing Management
September 29, 1999, Magdeburg, Germany. Item #2046
Workshop on Neural Networks and Connectionism.
October 3-6, 1999, Boston, USA. Item #2116
USA-Italy Conference on Applied Neural and Cognitive Sciences.
Topics: neural networks, optimization and other artificial intelligence techniques applied to smart sensors, intelligent robotics, software agents, biomedical applications, internet, industry-academia relationships. Fees: only $100 (students $30) for talks, or $200 (students $75) for talks, meals, banquet.
October 4-8, 1999, Ottawa, Canada. Item #1420
Second International Conference on 3-D Digital Imaging and Modeling.
* 3-D sensing methods
* Smart sensors, smart scanning
* Hand-held 3-D sensors
* Integrated sensor systems
* Sensor calibration and accuracy
* Filtering; segmentation; edge detection
* View registration and integration
* Geometric processing algorithms
* 3-D image understanding
* Surface and solid modeling
* Reverse engineering and CAD interfacing
* Texture acquisition, integration and mapping
* Object digitizing and modeling
* Human digitizing and modeling
* Site and environment digitizing and modeling
* Virtual environment modeling
* Fusion of optical data with other sensor modalities
* Multiresolution 3D representations
* Applications (industrial, medical, entertainment, etc.)
October 4 - 8, 1999, Stazione Marittima, Trieste, Italy. Item #2035
ICALEPCS'99 International Conference on Accelerator and Large Experimental Physics Control Systems.
October 5-8, 1999, Tokyo, Japan. Item #1584
ITSC99 IEEE/IEEJ/JSAI Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems.
Sensors (infrastructure & vehicle-based)
Communications (wide area & vehicle-to-roadside)
Man-machine Interfaces (displays, artificial speech,...)
Decision Systems (expert systems, intelligent agents,...)
Simulation (continuous, discrete, real-time)
Reliability & Quality Assurance
Imaging and Image Analysis
Information Systems (databases, data fusion, security)
Computers (hardware, software)
Control (adaptive, fuzzy, cooperative, neuro, large systems)
Technology Forecasting & Transfer
Systems (engineering, architecture, evaluation)
Signal Processing
Standards
October 10-13, 1999, Israel. Item #1565
NCST-99 Neural Computation in Science and Technology.
October 13-15, 1999, Maale Hachamisha, Israel. Item #1667
NCHEP-99 Workshop on Neural Computation in High Energy Physics 1999.
October 18-21, 1999, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland. Item #1594
SRDS 18th IEEE SYMPOSIUM on RELIABLE DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS.
- Fault-Tolerant Systems - Safety Critical Systems - Secure Systems - Real-Time Systems - Distributed Algorithms - Mobile Computing - Databases and Transaction Processing - Internet Applications - Electronic Commerce - Middleware - Parallel and Distributed Operating Systems - Dependable Parallel and Clustered Systems - Global Information Infrastructure - High-Speed Networks - Video Conferencing - Digital Libraries
October 24-31, 1999, Erice, Sicily. Item #2093
International School on Neural Nets <<E.R. CAIANIELLO>>.
4th Course: Subsymbolic Computation in Artificial Intelligence
October 25-28, 1999, Kobe, Japan. Item #1403
ICIP-99.
SCOPE:
1. General Techniques and Algorithms
Filtering, Enhancement, Restoration, Coding, Segmentation, Multiresolution Processing, Multispectral
Processing, Image Representation, Image Analysis, Image Understanding, Interpolation and Spatial
Transformations, Neural Networks for Image Processing, Architectures and Software.
2. Computed Imaging
Acoustic, Radar, Tomography, Magnetic Resonance, Geophysical and Seismic, Speckle Imaging, Radio
Astronomy, Computer Holography, Confocal, Electron Microscopy, X-ray Crystallography, Coded-Aperture
Imaging, Real-Aperature Arrays.
3. Image Scanning Display and Printing
Scanning and Sampling, Quantization and Halftoning, Color Reproduction, Rendering, Graphics and Fonts, Image
Quality, Visualization.
4. Video and Multimedia
Multimedia, HDTV, Enhanced Quality TV, Packet Video, Motion Detection, Analysis and Estimation, Image
Sequence Processing, Video Data Base, Low Bit Rate and Very Low Bit Rate Coding, Video over Wireless
Channels, Video Signal Processor Chips, Access to and Retrieval from Multimedia.
5. Applications
Application of image processing technology to any field, including the biomedical sciences, astronomy,
geosciences, and environment and document processing.
October 25-27, 1999, Palm Springs, California, USA. Item #1511
CGIM'99 2nd Annual IASTED International Conference on Computer Graphics and Imaging.
Rendering -Illumination models -Volume rendering -Rendering algorithms and systems Modelling -CAD (Computer Aided Design) -Modelling of natural phenomena -3D object extraction -Surface reconstruction -Geometric algorithms -Computational geometry Animation -Motion control and kinematics -Particle systems -Simulation -Collision detection -Character animation -Plausible motion simulation -Facial animation -Human figure animation Image processing -Medical imaging -Image acquisition techniques -Image and pattern analysis -Image manipulation -Computer vision -Image compression -Image synthesis techniques Visualization -Visual information systems -Scientific and mathematical visualization -Virtual reality -Holographic imaging Interface issues -Human-computer interaction -VRML -Visualization and direct manipulation of virtual objects Applications
October 25-28, 1999, International Conference Center Kobe, Kobe, Japan. Item #1522
IEEE ICIP-99 International Conference on Image Processing.
SCOPE: 1. General Techniques and Algorithms Filtering, Enhancement, Restoration, Coding, Segmentation, Multiresolution Processing, Multispectral Processing, Image Representation, Image Analysis, Image Understanding, Interpolation and Spatial Transformations, Neural Networks for Image Processing, Architectures and Software. 2. Computed Imaging Acoustic, Radar, Tomography, Magnetic Resonance, Geophysical and Seismic, Speckle Imaging, Radio Astronomy, Computer Holography, Confocal, Electron Microscopy, X-ray Crystallography, Coded-Aperture Imaging, Real-Aperture Arrays. 3. Image Scanning Display and Printing Scanning and Sampling, Quantization and Halftoning, Color Reproduction, Rendering, Graphics and Fonts, Image Quality, Visualization. 4. Video and Multimedia Multimedia, Visual Communications, HDTV, Enhanced Quality TV, Digital TV, Digital Versatile Disc,Video Terminals and Set-Top-Boxes, Packet Video, Motion Detection, Video Object Planes, Analysis and Estimation, Image Sequence Processing, Video Data Base, Low Bit Rate and Very Low Bit Rate Coding, Video over Wireless Channels, Video Streaming, Video Signal Processor Chips, Watermarking and Encryption, Access to and Retrieval from Multimedia Databases. 5. Applications Application of Image Processing Technology to any field, including Consumer Electronics, Biomedical Sciences, Astronomy, Geosciences, and Environment and Document Processing.
October 25-27, 1999, Toulouse, France. Item #1600
CBMI'99 European Workshop on Content-Based Multimedia Indexing.
- Multimedia indexing (image, audio, video, text) - Multimedia content extraction - Matching and similarity search - Construction of high level indices - Cross-modal indexing - Models of representation - Content-based search techniques - Applications
October 27-30, 1999, Siena, Italy. Item #1637
ECCS99 European Conference on Cognitive Science.
October 27, 1999, PERTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA. Item #2095
IEEE WORKSHOP ON BIOMEDICAL IMAGING.
The workshop will address the basic principles of image processing, computer vision and pattern recognition. The main part of the workshop will focus on the various applications of imaging in bio-medical fields. A series of lectures from the major researchers in the bio-medical field in Western Australia will help give a perspective on imaging applications in their field of expertise, e.g. biology, zoology, pathology, ophthalmology, radiology, anatomy, forensic science, telemedicine.
October 28 - 29, 1999, Summit, NJ, USA. Item #1673
AutoID'99 SECOND WORKSHOP ON AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES.
October 28 - 29, 1999, UMIST, Manchester, England. Item #2096
Self-Organising Systems - Future Prospects for Computing.
October 29-30, 1999, Lugano, Switzerland. Item #2043
EWRL-4 Fourth European Workshop on Reinforcement Learning.
November 3-4, 1999, Maastricht, Netherlands. Item #2069
BNAIC'99 11th Belgium-Netherlands Conference on Artificial Intelligence.
November 4-5, 1999, London, UK. Item #2039
ECITE99 6th European Conference on Information Technology.
Topics such as the evaluation of e-commerce, intranets and knowledge management are especially welcome, as are papers on general evaluation methodologies for both the appraisal and post implementation of projects. Other topics of interest would include decision making processes for new investments; the management of IT benefits, costs and risks; research methods for IT/IS evaluation; human and organisational aspects of IT/IS; the evaluation of IT project management, the management of IS development and IT departments, and the impact of IS on work and organisations.
November 5, 1999, Beijing, China. Item #2098
NLPRS'99 Workshop Natural Language Processing and Neural Networks.
November 6-7, 1999, San Jose CA. Item #2141
The third Digital Biota conference.
If you have interests in the intersection of: artificial life with virtual worlds, computer games, artificial characters, evolutionary biology, paleontology, philosophy, and microbiology then you are just the tip of an iceberg of people who will find this conference fascinating. Unlike other events where great minds come to soothe you to sleep Digital Biota conferences aim to keep you bobbing in your seat. Informal, dynamic, brimming with people you want to drag off into corners to talk to or famous faces you just want to gaze at in awe, this is the place to be if you want to see new lifeforms arise on the Internet.
November 7-10, 1999, Marriott Pavilion Hotel, St. Louis, Missouri, USA. Item #1617
ANNIE'99 Smart Engineering System Design: Neural Networks, Fuzzy Logic, Complex Systems, Evolutionary Programming and Data Mining.
ANNIE'99 will cover the theory of Smart Engineering System Design techniques, namely; neural networks, fuzzy logic, evolutionary algorithms, complex systems, data mining, and rough sets. Presentations dealing with applications of these technologies are encouraged in the areas of: manufacturing engineering, biology and medicine, pattern recognition, image processing, process monitoring, control, recent theoretical developments in neural networks, fuzzy logic, complex systems, data mining, rough sets, evolutionary programming, fractals, chaos, and wavelets that can impact smart engineering system design. For full list of topics look at http://www.umr.edu/~annie SPECIAL SESSIONS ANNIE'99 will be hosting special sessions to emphasize various aspects of Smart Engineering System Design such as: - Pattern Recognition for Safer Driving - Financial Engineering - Adaptive Control and Monitoring - WORKSHOP ON NEURAL NETWORKS IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY
November 8-12, 1999, Embassy Suites, Santa Clara, CA. Item #2121
Two short courses on Fuzzy Logic, Neural Networks, Genetic Algorithms, and Genetic Programming.
November 8-12, 1999, Embassy Suites, Santa Clara, CA. Item #2129
Unique training course in Soft Computing and Computational Intelligence.
Does your work encompass decision making processes, fault diagnosis and monitoring, control of complex systems? Do you want your system(s) to be automatically tuned using the state-of-the-art techniques from the field of Soft Computing and Computational Intelligence? IIS Corp. has organized a unique course on Soft Computing and Computational Intelligence in which leaders and pioneers in the field provide you with practical and useful solutions and options. Upon completion you will have necessary information to redesign your system and provide more cost-effective solutions. Instructors: Professor Lotfi Zadeh, Professor John Koza, Dr. Enrique Ruspini, Professor David Stork, Dr. Hamid Berenji, Dr. Jason Lohn, Dr. Victor Chu
November 9-11, 1999, Yamaguchi Resort Center, Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan. Item #1571
RSFDGrC'99 The Seventh International Workshop on Rough Sets, Fuzzy Sets, Data Mining, and Granular-Soft Computing.
- Rough Set Theory and Its Applications
- Fuzzy Set Theory and Its Applications
- Data Mining and Data Warehousing
- Knowledge Creation and Discovery
- Information Granulation and Granular Computing
- Computing with Words
- Machine Learning
- Neural Networks
- Evolutionary Computing
- Probabilistic and Statistical Reasoning
- Approximate Reasoning
- Uncertainty Management
- Non-Classical Logic and Set Theories
- Database Reverse Engineering
- Data and Dimensionality Reduction
- Deep Fusion of Computational and Symbolic Processing
- Intelligent Information Retrieval
- Information Discovery on the Internet
- Decision Support Systems
- Hybrid and Integrated Intelligent Systems
- Intelligent Agent and Multi-Agent Systems
- Soft Computing and Its Applications
November 9-11, 1999, Chicago, IL, USA. Item #1634
ICTAI'99 The Eleventh IEEE International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence.
AI algorithms
AI in Software Engineering
Cognitive Modeling
Collaborative Software Agents
Fuzzy Logic and Reasoning Under Uncertainty
Genetic Algorithms
Intelligent tutoring/Training Systems
Intelligent Internet Agents
Intelligent Interface Agents
Environmental Applications
AI in Data Mining
Intelligent Information Retrieval
AI in database
Knowledge Sharing
Machine Learning
Natural Language Processing and Speech Understanding
Neural Networks
Planning and Scheduling
Qualitative Reasoning
Vision and Image Processing
November 16-20, 1999, Perth, Australia. Item #1391
ICONIP99 International Conference on Neural Information Processing.
jointly with ANZIIS'99 & ANNES'99
Biological neural information processing
neurobiological systems
vision, emotion and cognition
sensation and perception
learning and memory
Neural information processing and soft computing:
paradigms, methods, tools
artificial neural network models, architectures and
algorithms
fuzzy systems
evolutionary computation
distributed AI, agent based systems
symbolic machine learning
hybrid systems
Applied techniques
intelligent info. retrieval systems
pattern recognition, image processing
speech recognition, language processing
human-computer interactions, web
robotics and mechatronics
information engineering
time series prediction
intelligent control
virtual reality
applications in:
engineering, process industries,
law, finance and business,
medicine and sport, geographic
information systems, geology,
data mining.
November 17-19, 1999, Erlangen, Germany. Item #1627
VMV 99 VISION, MODELING, AND VISUALIZATION.
- 3-D imaging
- Object localization and recognition
- Volume data processing and visualization
- Multisensor fusion and 3-D registration
- 3-D structure from motion and stereo
- Geometry-based and image-based rendering
- Geometric modeling
- Scene modeling and integration
- Multiview image processing and coding
- Applications (medical, robotics, fluid mechanics, manufacturing,
automated inspection, virtual reality, communication etc.)
November 17 - 19, 1999, Defence Evaluation & Research Agency, Malvern, Worcestershire, UK. Item #2130
Image Processing and Understanding Course.
November 23 - 25, 1999, Canberra, Australia. Item #2111
The Third Australia-Japan Joint Workshop on Intelligent and Evolutionary Systems.
Tutorials: 22 November, 1999
November 24, 1999, PERTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA. Item #2203
IEEE WORKSHOP ON BIOMEDICAL IMAGING.
November 28 - December 2, 1999, Hilton Waikoloa Village, Hawaii, USA. Item #1514
NOLTA'99 International Symposium on Nonlinear Theory and its Applications.
Chaos and Bifurcation Application of Chaos Controlling Chaos Synchronization Oscillation Chua's Circuits Neural Networks Cellular Neural Networks Chaotic Neural Networks Neuro Dynamics Modeling and Simulation Self-Validating Numerics Numerical Methods Optimization Evolutionary Computation Circuits and Systems Analog/Digital ICs Distributed Networks Power Systems Large-Scale Networks Complex Systems Learning and Memory Image and Signal Processing Prediction and Identification Communications Mobile Communications Multimedia Communications Fuzzy Fractals Control Optics Soliton Biocybernetics Economics Applied Mathematics Chemistry and Physics
November 29 - December 2, 1999, Beijing, China. Item #2016
ISDE International Symposium on Digital Earth.
(1) Vision and Concepts of Digital Earth
Vision and Concept for Digital Earth
Digital Earth Reference Model=20
Digital Earth and Knowledge Economy
Impacts of Digital Earth
NII, NSDI, RSDI, GSDI
Data and Information Resources
International Partnership for Digital Earth
=20
(2) Theories and Technologies=
Earth Observing Systems
New Remote Sensing Technologies
Global Positioning Systems
Standards and Interoperability
Spatio-Temporal Database Design
Multi-Dimensional Spatial Data Modeling
Intelligent Data Processing
Spatial Data Warehousing
Data/Information Mining
Internet/Web-GIS
Virtual Reality
High Performance Computing and Communication
Networks Integration
(3) Applications and Potentials
Remote Sensing Applications
Geographic Information Applications
GPS Applications
Digital Geolibrary
Environmental Analysis and Management
Natural Resources Analysis and Management
Natural Hazards Modeling
Sustainable Development
Electronic Business
Geographic Information and Society
Digital Government
Education and Training Issues
Others
December 3-4, 1999, Breckenridge, Colorado, after NIPS conference, Denver, Colorado. Item #2114
NIPS99 Workshop on Support Vector Machines.
The workshop will cover Support Vector Machines and related kernel-based methods including new theoretical innovations, algorithms and applications.
December 6-8, 1999, Waseda University International Conference Center, Tokyo, Japan. Item #1525
ALT'99 The Tenth International Conference on Algorithmic Learning Theory.
the design and analysis of learning algorithms, the theory of machine learning, computational logic of/for machine discovery, inductive inference, learning via queries, artificial and biological neural networks, pattern recognition, learning by analogy, Bayesian/MDL/MML estimation, statistical learning, inductive logic programming, application of learning to databases and biological sequence analysis.
December 6-8, 1999, Waseda University International Conference Center, Tokyo, Japan. Item #2045
Discovery Science.
The "Discovery Science" is a three year project from 1998 to 2000 that aims to (1) develop new methods for knowledge discovery, (2) install network environments for knowledge discovery, and (3) establish the Discovery Science as a new area of Computer Science. A systematic research is planned that ranges over philosophy, logic, reasoning, computational learning and system developments. We are now close to the end of the first year and quite a few new research results are being expected.
December 7-10, 1999, Singapore. Item #2015
ICICS Second International Conference on Information, Communication & Signal Processing.
December 7-9, 1999, Los Angeles, CA, USA. Item #2178
Bluetooth Developers Conference.
Fees: $1195.00 until December 3, $1395.00 after that Topics: wireless technology, et al
December 12-15, 1999, Paris, France. Item #2055
POLY'99 POLYMERIC MATERIALS FOR MICROELECTRONICS & PHOTONICS APPLICATIONS: MECHANICS, PHYSICS, RELIABILITY, PROCESSING.
? Mechanical behavior and short and long-term performance of polymeric materials; ? Polymeric materials characterization; ? Thermal, mechanical, electrical, optical and other properties of polymers; ? Fracture mechanics of polymeric materials; ? Moisture sensitivity of polymeric materials and plastic packages of IC devices; ? Organic microelectronics; ? Polymer lightguides; ? Polymers for wireless applications; ? Aging and its effects on the long-term reliability of polymeric materials; ? Thermal and electric field effects on damage and fracture of polymeric materials; ? Accelerated testing of polymeric materials and plastic electronic packages: approaches and techniques; ? Mechanics, physics and chemistry of adhesion, adhesives and adhesively bonded joints; ? Stress concentration effects in polymeric materials and plastic electronic packages; ? Performance of polymeric materials at high/low temperatures and in harsh environments; ? Role of fillers in the mechanical behavior and performance of polymeric materials; ? Thermal management of systems employing polymeric materials (including electronic components and photonic devices); ? Interfacial phenomena affecting the polymeric materials reliability; ? Response of polymeric materials to dynamic and thermal loading; ? Manufacturing processes in plastics engineering; ? Reliability problems associated with manufacturing, testing, surface-mounting and operation of plastic electronic packages. ? New and emerging technologies for future electronic and photonic systems.
December 13-14, 1999, The University of Dublin, Ireland. Item #2028
MANSE 99 1st International Workshop on Managing Interactions in Smart Environments.
* distributed events systems * software infrastructures * user profiling * constraint based modelling * mobile and wearable computing * resource management * vision for human-machine interaction * multi-modal human machine interfaces * human robot interaction * novel sensing and interaction methods * applications of smart environments * smart spaces in art and entertainment
December 13-15, 1999, Peterhouse College, Cambridge, UK. Item #2099
ES99 - 19th SGES International Conference on Knowledge Based Systems and Applied Artificial Intelligence.
December 14, 1999, Hong Kong. Item #2140
WORKSHOP on AGENTS IN E-COMMERCE at IAT'99.
- Architectures, Environments and Languages for e-commerce agents
- Legal aspects of agents in e-commerce
- Action planning for e-commerce agents
- Adaptation and learning for e-commerce agents
- Human and agent interaction in e-commerce
- Interface agents in e-commerce
- The dynamic and global behavior of e-commerce agents
- Mobile e-commerce agents
- Performance measurement of e-commerce agents
- Rational information agents and electronic commerce
- Virtual agent-based marketplaces
- E-commerce agents in uncertain environment
- The personalization and privacy issues for E-commerce agents
- Real-time scheduling protocols for e-commerce agents
- Web data mining for e-commerce agents
- Integration of e-commerce agents with legacy systems
- Auction and negotiation for e-commerce agents
- Automated shopping and trading agents
- Agent-oriented middleware services
- Computational markets for e-commerce agent services
- Cryptographic techniques for e-commerce agents
- Languages for describing goods, services, and contracts for
e-commerce agents
- Payment and exchange protocols
- Visualization of e-commerce agent activities
- Social implications for agent oriented e-commerce
- Credit authentication, access control for e-commerce agents
- Conceptual modeling and design of Ontologies for e-commerce agents
- Agent-based brokering and trade-mediating services
- Virtual trading institutions
- Role of trust
December 15-17, 1999, Hong Kong. Item #1486
IAT'99 The 1st Asia-Pacific Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology.
A. Applications: * data and knowledge intensive domains (e.g., large databases, Internet, digital libraries, distributed decision making, financial modeling and engineering, business information systems and process automation) * software and interface agents (e.g., personal assistant, translator, scheduler, information filter, tutor) * computational intelligence (e.g., pattern analysis and recognition, imaging, optimization, resource allocation, constraint satisfaction, planning) * physically embodied systems (e.g., autonomous robots and groups) * very-large, complex, integrated intelligent systems B. Computational Architecture and Infrastructure: * computational architectures * ontology models * agent-level and multi-agent-level infrastructure * communication languages * multi-modal systems and interfaces * protocols * tools and standards * heterogeneity and interoperability * scalability C. Learning and Adaptation: * uncertainty management in multi-agent systems * integrated exploration and exploitation * long-term reliability * neural networks * artificial life * behavioral selection * coordinating perception, thought, and action * behavioral self-organization * believable lifelike quality * classifier systems * evolution and learning in dynamic environments * adaptation and self-adaptation * emergent behavior * evolutionary computation D. Data and Knowledge Engineering/Communication: * information filtering * data mining * heterogeneous data integration and management * human-agent interaction * knowledge discovery * knowledge sharing * knowledge aggregation * reasoning and planning * adaptation and evolution of knowledge networks * distributed knowledge systems E. Distributed Intelligence: * dynamics of groups and populations * swarms * population evolution * coevolution * collective group behavior * coordination and cooperation * distributed intelligence * social integration * market-based computing F. Formal Theories of Agents: * formal/computational modeling * chaotic and fractal dynamics * computational complexity * efficiency in distributed systems * taxonomy of agent environments * classification and characterization of complex behaviors * theories of perception, rationality, intention, emotion, coordination, action, and social behaviors
March 10 - 13, 1999, Istanbul, TURKEY. Item #2218
Symposium of Industrial Engineering Students'2000 (SIES'2000).
TOPICS IN SIES'99 ·Trade and Finance ·Risks at International Trade ·Industrial Engineering in Public Enterprises ·Total Quality Management ·Operation Research ·Conjoint Analysis ·Strategical Management ·Just İn Time Production ·Material Resource Planning ·Simulation ·Project Management ·Management ·Ergonomics ·Modern Manufacturing Systems
March 10 - 13, 1999, Istanbul, TURKEY. Item #2219
Symposium of Industrial Engineering Students'2000 (SIES'2000).
ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY ITU is the symbol of professional engineering and architectural education in Turkey for 226 years. ITU has reached this level with its outstanding academical staff and modern technical education athmosphere. ITU has clearly expressed the definitions of two important jobs; namely engineering and architecture. It has also succeeded in keeping them popular. While maintaining its traditional structure, modern education athmosphere is provided for the students. ITU is not only satisfied with the successes within the borders of Turkey, but also provides necessary conditions for the competitions among the universities around the World. INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING CLUB ITU Industrial Engineering Club was established in 1992 under the supervision of Prof. Ahmet Fahri ÖZOK and industrial engineering students. Students take place in all stages of project composition and management at IEC. Traditional Symposium of Industrial Engineering Students (SIES) was first organized in 1994. The aim of SIES is: ·Empowering the good relations among the industrial engineering students in the world. ·Studying academial concepts in the field of industrial engineering . ·Providing the students with the knowledge to gain managerial and scientific experience to form, improve and orientate a project on their own . The symposium consists of two parts: The Project Competition and the Paper Presentations. The sixth of SIES was held on 10-13 March 1999.Nearly 500 attendants from 23 different universities attended SIES'99. 35 projects and 43 presentations took place in SİES'99. The importance of information sharing in the field of industrial engineering just like in many other fields has been recognized around the world. In order to provide the world wide exchange of information among the industrial engineers of the future, SIES has being held on international basis since 1998. Furthermore any other subjects which will be studied in the limits of industrial engineering point of view is accepted. We will be glad to welcome you in SIES'2000. Important dates for SIES'99: JANUARY 24th, 2000 Deadline for submission of the Application Forms FEBRUARY 11th, 2000 Deadline for arrival of the projects or papers and their summaries At the end of the Project Competition, the rewards will be presented following: First Project : $ 500 Second Project : $ 300 Third Project : $ 200 The fee for SIES is $ 50. This amount includes accommodatıon, two lunches, a dinner, SIES party, last day activity, all transportations within the symposium and SIES'2000 Projects and Papers Book. Conference fee will be paid at the symposium registration(in Turkey). TOPICS IN SIES'99 ·Trade and Finance ·Risks at International Trade ·Industrial Engineering in Public Enterprises ·Total Quality Management ·Operation Research ·Conjoint Analysis ·Strategical Management ·Just İn Time Production ·Material Resource Planning ·Simulation ·Project Management ·Management ·Ergonomics ·Modern Manufacturing Systems
March 10 - 13, 1999, Istanbul, TURKEY. Item #2220
Symposium of Industrial Engineering Students'2000 (SIES'2000).
ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY ITU is the symbol of professional engineering and architectural education in Turkey for 226 years. ITU has reached this level with its outstanding academical staff and modern technical education athmosphere. ITU has clearly expressed the definitions of two important jobs; namely engineering and architecture. It has also succeeded in keeping them popular. While maintaining its traditional structure, modern education athmosphere is provided for the students. ITU is not only satisfied with the successes within the borders of Turkey, but also provides necessary conditions for the competitions among the universities around the World. INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING CLUB ITU Industrial Engineering Club was established in 1992 under the supervision of Prof. Ahmet Fahri ÖZOK and industrial engineering students. Students take place in all stages of project composition and management at IEC. Traditional Symposium of Industrial Engineering Students (SIES) was first organized in 1994. The aim of SIES is: ·Empowering the good relations among the industrial engineering students in the world. ·Studying academial concepts in the field of industrial engineering . ·Providing the students with the knowledge to gain managerial and scientific experience to form, improve and orientate a project on their own . The symposium consists of two parts: The Project Competition and the Paper Presentations. The sixth of SIES was held on 10-13 March 1999.Nearly 500 attendants from 23 different universities attended SIES'99. 35 projects and 43 presentations took place in SİES'99. The importance of information sharing in the field of industrial engineering just like in many other fields has been recognized around the world. In order to provide the world wide exchange of information among the industrial engineers of the future, SIES has being held on international basis since 1998. Furthermore any other subjects which will be studied in the limits of industrial engineering point of view is accepted. We will be glad to welcome you in SIES'2000. Important dates for SIES'99: JANUARY 24th, 2000 Deadline for submission of the Application Forms FEBRUARY 11th, 2000 Deadline for arrival of the projects or papers and their summaries At the end of the Project Competition, the rewards will be presented following: First Project : $ 500 Second Project : $ 300 Third Project : $ 200 The fee for SIES is $ 50. This amount includes accommodatıon, two lunches, a dinner, SIES party, last day activity, all transportations within the symposium and SIES'2000 Projects and Papers Book. Conference fee will be paid at the symposium registration(in Turkey). LOCATION Discover İstanbul, discover Turkey. Istanbul is a world famous city where nobody is foreigner. Since a thousand years ago Istanbul has become the meeting point of eastern and western culture. It's one of the oldest and richest cities in the world. There is no other city in the world on two continents; namely Europa and Asia. You can see there the magnificent Bosphorus, Blue Mosque, Hagia Sophia, and one of the richest Archeological Museums of the world. Visit the biggest covered Bazaar in the world, with over 7000 shops with excellent buys on carpets, silks, antiques, spices, and jewelry. Cruise along the Bosphorus by day and join in a bellly- dance at night. You may accommodate in the hotel , which will be organized by us or you may also accommodate in our homes as a guest. How will you spend your free time in istanbul? First day special beauties of Istanbul, second day Turkish meals in a traditional restaurant, last night you will spent your time in a famous night club, and finally last morning a boat tour along Istanbul Bosphorus will be arranged as usual.All these free time activities are included in the symposium fee. As you see SIES isn't only an academical organization but also by the help of the coctail, dinner and the party it aims to empower the good relations. To be in Istanbul is an adventure. We hope that you'll not miss this opportunity. The symposium program will be send you after you send us your application form via fax or e-mail. Further information will be available on our web site. We are waiting to see you here in Istanbul, in SIES in March 2000. TOPICS IN SIES'99 ·Trade and Finance ·Risks at International Trade ·Industrial Engineering in Public Enterprises ·Total Quality Management ·Operation Research ·Conjoint Analysis ·Strategical Management ·Just İn Time Production ·Material Resource Planning ·Simulation ·Project Management ·Management ·Ergonomics ·Modern Manufacturing Systems ORGANIZATION İTÜ ENDÜSTRİ MÜHENDİSLİĞİ KULÜBÜ İTÜ İŞLETME FAKÜLTESİ ENDÜSTRİ MÜHENDİSLİĞİ BÖLÜMÜ 80680 MAÇKA İSTANBUL \ TÜRKİYE PHONE : +90 212 293 13 00 / 2676 FAX : +90 212 240 72 60 E-MAIL : sies2000@ituemk.net WEB : http://www.ituemk.net/sies2000 CALL FOR PAPERS 7th INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING STUDENTS ON THE ROLE OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING IN THE NEW MILLENIUM LET'S MEET, WHERE THE CONTINENTS MEET! 8-11 MARCH 2000 ISTANBUL / TURKEY Organized by ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING CLUB
December 19-21, 1999, Bond University, Gold Coast, Australia. Item #2022
AIT99 Conference on Advanced Investment Technology applied to Finance.
Artificial Intelligence Artificial Neural Networks Genetic Algorithms Fuzzy Logic Time Series Analysis & Forecasting Statistical Modelling Quantitative Methods in Finance Multivariate Analysis Hybrid Systems Case based reasoning Internet Applications in Finance EDI (Electronic Data Interface) Artificial Immune Systems Intelligent Retrieval of Information Intelligent Systems Data Mining & Analysis Online Gambling Gaming Strategies and Technology
December 20-22, 1999, Bhubaneswar, India. Item #2053
CIT99 Conference on Information Technology.
* Soft Computing * AI, robotics and computer vision * Software engineering * Strategic Impact of Information Technology * Parallel and Distributed Computing * Networking and Ubiquitous Computing * Multi-Agent Systems * Object Oriented Programming * Graphics and Human-Computer Interactions * E-commerce and data mining * Design and Architecture of IT Chips
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