2004 Events on Artificial Intelligence.

Edited versions of these announcements are published under the title Current Events in Neurocomputing by Elsevier Science B.V. and as Calendar of Events in the International Journal of Computational Intelligence and Applications by the Imperial College Press, UK

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Events are in chronological order.

APPROACH OF THE SYMPOSIUM: The International Symposium on Artificial
Intelligence and Mathematics is the eighth of a biennial series. The
series was started by Martin Golumbic and the editorial board of
the Annals of Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence serves as
the permanent Advisory Committee. The objective of the Symposium
is to foster interactions between mathematics, theoretical CS, and
artificial intelligence. Traditionally, the Symposium attracts around
100 participants from a variety of disciplines, thereby providing a
unique forum for active scientific exchange. The Symposium includes
invited speakers, special topic sessions, and presentations of
submitted papers.

January 10-11, 2004, Seattle, WA, USA. Item #3131
Short Course on AI methods in atmospheric and oceanic sciences: Neural Networks, Fuzzy Logic, and Genetic Algorithms.

January 13-16, 2004, Funchal, Madeira Island, Portugal. Item #3105
IUI 2004: 8th ACM International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces jointly organized with CADUI 2004: 5th International Conference on Computer-Aided Design of User Interfaces.

January 29-30, 2004, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland. Item #3099
Bio-ADIT 2004 The First International Workshop on Biologically Inspired Approaches to Advanced Information Technology.

- Self-organizing, self-repairing, self-replicating and
  self-stabilizing systems
- Evolving and adapting systems
- Autonomous and evolutionary software and robotic systems
- Scalable, robust and resilient systems
- Complex biosystems
- Gene, protein and metabolic networks
- Symbiosis networks

February 13-15, 2004, Salzburg, Austria. Item #3233
ISPRA 2004 - 3rd WSEAS Int.Conf. on SIGNAL PROCESSING, ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION.

February 13-15, 2004, Salzburg, Austria. Item #3232
AIKED 2004 - 3rd WSEAS Int.Conf. on ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING, DATA BASES.

February 28 - March 3, 2004, Düsseldorf, Germany. Item #3164
Compositionality, Concepts and Cognition - An Interdisciplinary Conference in Cognitive Science.

February 29 - March 3, 2004, Island of Madeira, Portugal. Item #3098
EIS 2004 Engineering in Intelligent Systems.

TOPICS THEORY
Artificial Immune Systems; Artificial Life; Case based Reasoning; Data
Mining; Chaos; Clustering; Constraint Satisfaction and Constraint
Programming; Expert Systems; Evolutionary Computation; Fuzzy Clustering;
Fuzzy Control; Fuzzy learning; Fuzzy Modelling; Hybrid Systems; Intelligent
Agents; Reasoning with Intervals; Knowledge Extraction; Machine Learning;
Model based Reasoning; Multi Agent Systems; Neural Networks; Qualitative
Reasoning; Wavelets


TOPICS APPLICATIONS
Concurrent Engineering; Condition Monitoring and Control; Damage
Assessment; Data Mining and Knowledge Extraction; Design; Emerging
Organizational Forms; Fault Detection; Hardware Implementations; Image
Processing and Computer Vision; Industrial Diagnostics; Management;
Medicine Robotics; Mobile robots; Monitoring and Control; Multimedia;
Natural Language Processing; Pattern Recognition; Product Development;
Resource Allocation; Remote Sensing; Robotics; Security; Sensors fusion;
Signal Processing; Speech Processing and Recognition; Teledetection;
Teleoperation

February 29 - March 3, 2004, University of Madeira, Island of Madeira, Portugal. Item #3129
ECNN Workshop: Evolutionary Computation and Neural Networks at EIS 2004.

    * Multilayer Perceptrons and Radial-Basis Functions
    * Data filtering for NN feeding
    * NN training and topology design methods
    * Ensembles (i.e., combining outputs of different NNs)
    * Genetic and Evolutionary Algorithms, Genetic and Evolutionary
Programming, Particle Swarms
    * Lamarck vs Baldwin evolution
    * Reinforcement learning and Game Playing
    * Artificial Life and Robotic environments
* Practical Applications of hybrid EC/NN methods

February 29 - March 5, 2004, Ascona, Switzerland. Item #3172
STDP The Monte Verita Workshop on Spike-Timing Dependent Plasticity.

February 29 - March 3, 2004, Bad Ischl, Austria. Item #3226
FPNI Forum 2004 : Mechatronics - a Chance for Fluid Power .

March 4-5, 2004, Marina Mandarin, Singapore. Item #3139
4th International Conference on Construction Project Management.

The Conference theme is "Remaking Construction in the Knowledge-Based Economy". The Conference is organized to focus on the strategic and technological solutions, as well as state-of-the art innovations that the construction industry need to have for remaking the industry so that it will achieve sustainable growth in the knowledge-based economy. This is a refereed conference.

MAIN TOPICS

Stream 1: International Construction Project Management 
Stream 2: Project Finance and Risk Management
Stream 3: Project Procurement
Stream 4: Contract Administration and Dispute Resolution
Stream 5: Information Technology (IT) for Construction
Stream 6: Contemporary Issues in Construction

REGISTRATION FEE

Payment received by 30 November 2003 : SGD$720 per participant
Payment received after 30 November 2003 : SGD$790 per participant

March 5-12, 2004, Guenne, Germany. Item #3186
IK 04 Interdisciplinary College 2004: Spring School on Brain & Intelligence Sciences.

The Interdisciplinary College (Interdisziplinaeres Kolleg, IK) is an
annual one-week spring school on all brain & intelligence related
sciences. It offers a dense, state-of-the-art course program in
neurobiology, neural computation, cognitive science and artificial
intelligence. It is aimed at students, postgraduates and researchers
from academia and industry. By combining humanities, science and
technology, the IK endeavours to intensify dialogue and connectedness
across the various disciplines. The IK has a long tradition (see
website); in its current form it has been organized annually since
1999. All courses are taught in English.


Focus theme in 2004: BODY AND MOTION. Many courses are dedicated to:
- mathematical modelling of complex dynamical systems
- disorders in the human motor system
- perception and action in cognitive science
- neural networks in motor control
- motion planning in robots
- navigation strategies in insects and robots
- cognitive and neuronal representation of motion patterns
- development of motor skills in infants
- analysis of motion patterns in sports
- didactical use of dance, singing, and motion in language teaching 
- philosophy of embodied cognition

March 14-17, 2004, Nicosia, Cyprus. Item #3110
SAC 2004 The 19th Annual ACM Symposium on Applied Computing.

March 21-23, 2004, Taipei, Taiwan. Item #3080
ICNSC 2004 IEEE International Conference on Networking, Sensing, and Control.

March 25-27, 2004, Ramada Plaza Hotel, Jeju, Korea. Item #3108
The 33rd ICC&IE - 33rd International Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering.

- Manufacturing Systems & Processes 
- Logistics & Supply Chain Mgmt 
- Industrial Engineering Education 
- Intelligent manufacturing Systems 
- Project Management 
- Engineering & Technology Mgmt 
- CAD/CAM 
- Deterministic Operations Research 
- Information Technology 
- Environmentally 
- Conscious Mfg 
- Probabilistic Operations Research 
- Web Applications, e-Business 
- Agile/Lean Manufacturing 
- Computational Intelligence 
- TOC applications 
- Facilities Planning & Design 
- Statistical Modeling and Simulation 
- Ergonomics and Human Factors 
- Planning and Scheduling 
- Quality, Reliability & Maintenance 
- Knowledge Management 
- Inventory Control 
- Decision Analysis 
- Engineering Economy 
- Customer Responsive Manufacturing 
- Heuristics/Meta 
- Heuristics 
- Networking and Communications 

March 25-27, 2004, Udine, Italy. Item #3234
NNA'04 - 5th WSEAS Int.Conf. on NEURAL NETWORKS AND APPLICATIONS.

TOPICS: 
 Biological Neural Networks
 Artificial Neural Networks
 Mathematical Foundations of Neural Networks
 Virtual Environments 
 Neural Networks (NN) for Signal Processing
 Connectionist Systems 
 Learning Theory 
 Architectures and Algorithms 
 Neurodynamics and Attractor Networks
 Pattern Classification and Clustering 
 Hybrid and Knowledge-Based Networks
 Artificial Life 
 Implementation of (artificial) NN 
 VLSI techniques for NN implementation 
 Neural Control 
 NN for Robotics
 NN for Optimization, Systems theory and Operational Research 
 NN in Numerical Analysis problems
 NN Training using Fuzzy Logic
 NN Training using Evolutionary Computations
 Interaction between: Neural Networks - Fuzzy Logic - Genetic
 Algorithms 
 NN and Non-linear Systems 
 NN and Chaos and Fractals
 Modeling and Simulation
 Hybrid Intelligent systems
 Neural Networks for Electric Machines
 Neural Networks for Power Systems 
 Neural Networks for Real-Time Systems 
 Neural Networks in Information Systems
 Neural Networks in Decision Support Systems
 Neural Networks and Discrete Event Systems
 Neural Networks in Communications
 Neural Networks for Multimedia 
 Neural Networks for Educational Software 
 Neural Networks for Software Engineering 
 NN for Adaptive Control
 NN for Aerospace, Oceanic and Vehicular Engineering
 Man-Machine Systems 
 Cybernetics and Bio-Cybernetics
 Relevant Topics and Applications 
 Parallel and Distributed Systems
 Special Topics 
 Others. 

March 25-27, 2004, Udine, Italy. Item #3235
FSFS'04 - 5th WSEAS Int.Conf. on FUZZY SETS AND FUZZY SYSTEMS.

  TOPICS: 
 Fuzzy Logic
 Fuzzy Sets
 Fuzzy Topology and Fuzzy Functional Analysis
 Fuzzy Differential Geometry 
 Fuzzy Differential Equations
 Fuzzy Algorithms 
 Fuzzy Geometry 
 Fuzzy Languages 
 Fuzzy Control 
 Fuzzy Signal Processing
 Fuzzy Subband Image Coding 
 VLSI Fuzzy Systems 
 Approximate Reasoning
 Fuzzy Logic and Possibility theory
 Fuzzy Expert Systems
 Fuzzy Systems theory
 Connectionist Systems 
 Learning Theory 
 Pattern Classification and Clustering 
 Hybrid and Knowledge-Based Networks
 Artificial Life 
 Fuzzy Systems in Robotics
 Fuzzy Systems for Operational Research 
 NN Training using Fuzzy Logic
 Interaction between: Neural Networks - Fuzzy Logic - Genetic
 Algorithms 
 Fuzzy Systems and Non-linear Systems 
 Fuzzy Systems and Chaos and Fractals
 Modeling and Simulation
 Hybrid Intelligent systems
 Fuzzy Systems and Fuzzy Engineering for Electric Machines
 Fuzzy Systems and Fuzzy Engineering for Power Systems 
 Fuzzy Systems and Fuzzy Engineering for Real-Time Systems 
 Fuzzy Systems and Fuzzy Engineering for Information Systems
 Fuzzy Systems and Fuzzy Engineering for Decision Support Systems
 Fuzzy Systems and Fuzzy Engineering for Discrete Event Systems
 Fuzzy Systems and Fuzzy Engineering for Communications
 Fuzzy Systems and Fuzzy Engineering for Multimedia 
 Fuzzy Systems and Fuzzy Engineering for Educational Software 
 Fuzzy Systems and Fuzzy Engineering for Software Engineering 
 Fuzzy Systems and Fuzzy Engineering for Adaptive Control
 Fuzzy Systems and Fuzzy Engineering for Aerospace, Oceanic and
 Vehicular Engineering
 Man-Machine Systems 
 Cybernetics and Bio-Cybernetics
 Relevant Topics and Applications 
 Parallel and Distributed Systems
 Special Topics 
 Others. 

March 25-27, 2004, Udine, Italy. Item #3236
EC'04 - 5th WSEAS International Conference on: EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTATION.

  TOPICS: 
 Genetic Algorithms (GA)
 Mathematical Foundations of GA
 Evolution Strategies
 Genetic Programming
 Evolutionary Programming
 Classifier Systems
 Cultural algorithms
 Simulated Evolution
 Artificial Life 
 Learning Theory 
 Pattern Classification and Clustering 
 Evolutionary Computations (EC) in Knowledge Engineering
 Evolvable Hardware
 Molecular Computing
 EC in Control Theory
 EC in Signal Processing
 EC for Image Coding 
 Approximate Reasoning
 EC in Robotics
 EC for Operational Research 
 Neural Networks Training using EC
 Interaction between: Neural Networks - Fuzzy Logic - Evolutionary
 Computations 
 EC and Non-linear Systems theory
 Modeling and Simulation
 Hybrid Intelligent systems
 EC for Electric Machines
 EC for Power Systems 
 EC for Real-Time Systems 
 EC for Information Systems
 EC for Decision Support Systems
 EC for Discrete Event Systems
 EC for Communications
 EC for Multimedia 
 EC for Educational Software 
 EC for Software Engineering 
 EC for Adaptive Control
 EC for Aerospace, Oceanic and Vehicular Engineering
 Global Optimization
 Man-Machine Systems 
 Cybernetics and Bio-Cybernetics
 Relevant Topics and Applications 
 Parallel and Distributed Systems
 Special Topics 
 Others. 

March 25-27, 2004, Udine, Italy. Item #3244
1st IASME International Conference on: ADVANCES IN MECHANICS AND MECHATRONICS.

·   Acoustics

 ·   Adaptative control

 ·   Advances in materials

 ·   Biomechanics

 ·   Control theory

 ·   Design methodology

 ·   Design optimization

 ·   Failure analysis and prevention

 ·   Gearing and transmission

 ·   Identification of mechanical systems

 ·   Intelligent systems in mechatronics

 ·   Linkages and cams

 ·   Machine tools

 ·   Machinery dynamics

 ·   Machinery kinematics

 ·   Mechatronics

 ·   Micromechanics and nanomechanics

 ·   Noise control and acoustics

 ·   Optimal control

 ·   Risk management and safety engineering

 ·   Robotics

 ·   Rotor Dynamics

 ·   Softcomputing applications in mechanics

 ·   Textile engineering

 ·   Transportation

 ·   Tribology

 ·   Vibration control

March 27-31, 2004, Chicago, USA. Item #3132
IEEE VR 2004.

IEEE VR 2004 seeks original, high-quality research and applied papers
 in all areas of virtual reality, as well as augmented reality, mixed
 reality and 3D HCI. Research papers should describe results that 
contribute to advancements in state-of-the-art software, hardware, 
interaction, or systems development. Applied papers should address 
prototype or fielded systems and include a concise description of the
 application area, insight into the relevant system implementation 
issues, and discuss the effectiveness of the system with respect to 
the application area.

April 5-7, 2004, Coimbra, Portugal. Item #3133
EvoSTOC2004 First European Workshop on Evolutionary Computation in Stochastic and Dynamic Environments.

Topics of interest may include but are not limited to:
- handling noisy fitness functions
- searching for robust optimal solutions
- tracking moving optima
- sophisticated real-world applications.

April 5, 2004, Coimbra, Portugal. Item #3134
EVOIASP2004 Sixth 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,
   - time series analysis by means of EC techniques.
 

April 5-7, 2004, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal. Item #3112
EvoCOP 2004 - 4th European Conference on Evolutionary Computation in Combinatorial Optimization.

- Applications of evolutionary algorithms and related meta-heuristics 
like simulated annealing, tabu search, memetic algorithms, or ant 
systems to combinatorial optimization problems;
- representation techniques;
- evolutionary operators;
- constraint-handling techniques;
- hybrid methods and hybridization techniques;
- parallelisation;
- theoretical developments;
- search space analyses;
- comparisons between different (also non-evolutionary) techniques.

April 5-7, 2004, Coimbra, Portugal. Item #3135
evoMUSART 2004 2nd European Workshop on Evolutionary Music and Art.

	o	Evolutionary Art – Systems that create drawings, images,
		animations, sculptures, poetry, text, etc.;
	o	Evolutionary Music – Systems that create musical pieces,
		sounds, instruments, voices, etc.;
•	Analysis and Interpretation
	o	Systems that resort to EC to perform the analysis of
image,
		music, sound sculpture, or some other type of artistic
object;
	o	Systems in which the analysis of artworks is used in
		conjunction with EC techniques to produce novel objects;
•	Computer Aided Creativity
	o	Systems in which EC is used to promote the creativity of
		a human user;
	o	New ways of integrating the user in the evolutionary
cycle;
	o	Collaborative distributed environments;
•	Theory
	o	Surveys of the current state-of-the-art in the area;
identification
		of weaknesses and strengths; comparative analysis and
classification;
	o	Validation methodologies;
	o	New models designed to promote the creative potential of
EC;
	o	Aesthetics, emotional response;
	o	Studies on the applicability of these techniques to other
		creativity related areas;

April 5-7, 2004, Coimbra, Portugal. Item #3136
EUROGP2004 - 7th European Conference on Genetic Programming.

April 5-7, 2004, The Orleans, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. Item #3148
Information Assurance and Security at ITCC 2004.

* Authentication
* Data protection
* Computer forensics
* Internet and www security
* Information and data integrity
* Intrusion detection
* Data and system integrity
* Authorization and access control
* Information warfare and cyber-terrorism
* Security models and architectures
* Risk analysis and risk management
* Security verification
* Cryptography and coding
* Cryptographic protocols
* E-commerce protocols
* Agent and mobile code security
* Security in sensor networks
* Biometrics
* Key management
* Steganography
* Homeland security
* Wireless and ad hoc network security
* Information security management
* Database and system security
* Denial of service

April 5-7, 2004, Coimbra, Portugal. Item #3150
evoHOT 2004: 1st European Workshop on Hardware Optimization Techniques.

EvoHOT2004 topics cover all evolutionary computation techniques applied to
design automation, including (but not limited to):

     * Analog circuit design
     * Automatic test pattern generation
     * Built-in self test
     * Evolutionary design of electronic circuits
     * Evolutionary hardware design methodologies
     * Evolutionary robotics
     * Evolvable hardware
     * Floorplanning
     * Hardware/Software co-design
     * Logic synthesis
     * Routing
     * Test program generation

April 5, 2004, Coimbra, Portugal. Item #3159
EVOIASP2004 Sixth 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,
  time series analysis by means of EC techniques.

April 14-16, 2004, island of Ischia, Italy. Item #3179
Computing Frontiers.

Topics include, but are not limited to:

    * pervasive, disappearing, and ubiquitous computing
    * embedded processing and networking
    * systems and networks on chip
    * grid computing
    * parallel computing systems
    * clustered computing systems and server farms
    * high-performance processors
    * application-specific computing systems
    * high-performance parallel storage and I/O systems
    * high-performance networked storage systems
    * resilient and dependable computing systems
    * autonomous intelligent computing systems
    * nanotechnologies for high-performance computing
    * quantum computing
    * molecular computing
    * computational neuroscience
    * neuromorphic computing
    * evolutionary systems
    * computing systems for bioinformatics
    * computing systems for knowledge processing
    * computing systems for virtual environments 

April 17, 2004, Chicago, IL USA. Item #3067
Fifteenth Annual Midwest Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science Conference.

The call for papers will be posted in Fall of 2003.

April 18-22, 2004, Hyatt Regency Crystal City, Arlington, VA. Item #3123
37th Annual Simulation Symposium.

                o Object-Oriented Simulation
                o Simulation Languages, Tools, and Environments
                o VLSI Circuit Simulators
                o Simulation of Multiprocessor Architectures
                o Simulation of Distributed Systems and Databases
                o Simulation of Parallel Processing Systems
                o Simulation based Performance Analysis
                o Network Modeling and Simulation
                o Simulation of Sensor Networks
                o Network Security
                o Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Networking and Computing
                o Simulation of Large Scale Systems
                o Simulation of Clusters and Grids
                o Simulation of Client-Server Systems
                o Simulation of Wireless Systems
                o Simulation of Real-time Systems
                o Parallel and Distributed Simulation
                o Simulation of Agent Systems
                o Simulation based Software Performance
                o Reliability and Maintenance Models
                o Simulation of Multimedia Applications and Systems
                o Artificial Intelligence in Simulation
                o Neural Network Models and Simulation
                o Web-based Modeling and Simulation
                o Animations/Virtual Reality
                o Advances in Simulation Methodology and Practices
                o Experimental design
                o Meta-modeling
                o Statistical Analysis and Inference
                o Verification and Validation
                o Selection and comparison procedures

April 19-23, 2004, Damascus, Syria. Item #3193
ICTTA'04 IEEE 1st International Conference on Information&Communication Technologies : From Theory to Applications.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
Networking theory & technologies
Network Management and services
Broadband & Intelligent networks
3G&4G Mobile Communication Services
Mobile networks & services
Next generation network
QoS management
Information systems & Applications
Data Base Management
Knowledge Management & Decision Making
Internet applications & performances
Web Engineering
Emerging technologies & Applications
E-Learning & E-Business
E-Commerce & E-government
E-Health & Biomedical applications
Agents and Multi-Agents systems for ICT
	Wireless Communications
Communication Systems
Optical Communications
Information &data security
Knowledge Based Systems
Information Processing
Data Mining-Data fusion
Software Engineering
Signal & Image Processing
Information indexing & retrieval
Machine Vision & Remote sensing
Image & Multimedia applications
Fuzzy, ANN & Expert Approaches
ICT & Education
ICT in Environmental Sciences
ICT & Banking
ICT & Intelligent Transportation

April 21-23, 2004, Miami, Florida, USA. Item #3237
WSEAS SOSM'04 - 4th WSEAS International Conference on Soft Computing, Optimization, Simulation & Manufacturing Systems Evolutionary Computation.

  TOPICS:  

  Neural Networks (n.n.) 
  Mathematical foundation, supervised and unsepervised learning, algorithms,
  implementation, neurobiology and neurosciences, time series analysis, n.n.
  applications in all branches of electrical engineering and computer science. 

  Fuzzy (f.) Systems (fuzzy logic, f. mathematics (f.sets, f.geometry, f.analysis,
  f.control, f.optimization), f.languages, f.automata, f. algorithms, f.information
  theory, f.expert systems, f.operational research, f.database mining, forecasting
  and information retrieval, f.internet computing, f.discrete event systems, f.
  multimedia, f.applications in all branches of electrical engineering and computer
  science. 

  Evolutionary Computation (EC) 
  mathematical foundations of EC, evolution Strategies, evolutionary programming,
  statistical problems in EC, simulation, coevolution and collective behavior,
  multiobjective evolutionary algorithms, evolvable hardware, ant colonies, immune
  systems, molecular computing, DNA computing, particle swarm and differential
  evolution, applications of EC in all branches of electrical engineering and
  computer science. 

  Optimization
  Optimization Theory, Linear Programming, Quadratic Programming, Convex
  Programming, Nonlinear Programming, Complementarity problems, Stochastic
  Programming, Combinatorial Programming, Integer Programming, Convex, Nonsmooth
  and Variational analysis, Multiobjective programming, Game Theory, Algorithms for
  parallel architectures, Global Optimization, Variational Principles and
  Applications, Software Development for Optimization, Heuristic Algorithms for
  Optimization, Tabu Methods, Simulated Annealing, Computational Analysis of
  Optimization Algorithms, Optimal Control Stochastic Control 

  Simulation Modelling and Control, Prediction and Model Identification, Data
  Analysis, Signal Processing, Prediction and Time Series Analysis, System
  Identification, Data Fusion and Mining, Knowledge Discovery, Intelligent
  Information Systems, Image Processing, Image Understanding, Parallel Computing
  applications in Identification & Control, Pattern Recognition, Clustering,
  Classification, Distributed Systems, Decision Making and Information Retrieval
  Case-Based Reasoning, Decision Analysis, Intelligent Databases & Information
  Retrieval, Multi-criteria Decision Making, Qualitative and Approximate-Reasoning
  Modelling. Simulation in Mathematical Biology, Simulation in Information
  Retrieval and Management, Electromagnetics, Fluid Mechanics, Simulation in Civil
  Engineering, Simulation in Economy, Ecology, Biology, Finances, Stochastic
  differential equations, Probability Theory and Applications, Stochastic
  Processes, Mathematical Statistics, Applied Statistics, Prediction Theory,
  Estimation Theory, Operational Research, Queueing Theory, Reliability Theory,
  Routing Theory, Measurement Theory, Epidemiology, Financial mathematics,
  Functional Languages, Coding, Cryptology, Object-Oriented Programming,
  Computational Geometry, Multimedia, Discrete structures, Extremal problems,
  Enumeration problems, Network algorithms, Network optimization, Approximation
  algorithms, Theoretical Computer Science, Coding and Information Theory,
  Error-correcting codes, Communication protocols, Remote Sensing, Human-Machine
  Systems, Sonar and underwater acoustic systems, Undersea Systems, Navigation and
  Tracking Systems, Space Systems, Wavelets, Verification and Validation, Virtual
  Reality, Symbolic Computation. 

  Manufacturing Systems
  Instrumentation and Measurement, Sensors, Data and Knowledge Acquisition,
  Industrial Measurement, Electronics, VLSI for Manufacturing Systems, Large Scale
  Systems, Hierarchical Control, Decentralized Control, Supervision, Diagnosis and
  Man-Machine Interaction, Flexible Structures, Modeling and Model Reduction,
  Production Planning, Scheduling and CIME, Quintitative methods, Transportation
  Systems, Robotics, Environmental Engineering, Water and Gas Systems, Simulation,
  Decision Support Systems, Large Scale manufacturing processes, Industrial
  Control, Complex Systems, Chemical Industry, Oil Industry, Car Industry,
  Mechatronics, Power Systems, Aerospace and Naval Applications, CAD/CAM systems. 

April 22-24, 2004, Hyatt Orlando Near Walt Disney Resort, Orlando, Florida, USA. Item #3118
Fourth SIAM International Conference on Data Mining.

Methods and Algorithms:

        Query/constraint-based data mining
        Probabilistic/statistical methods
        Mining spatial, temporal and heterogeneous data
        Trend and periodicity analysis
        Parallel/distributed/agent techniques
        Scalable algorithms
        Integration: mining, warehousing and OLAP
        Mining of data streams
        Data reduction/pre-processing
        Feature extraction and selection
        Post-processing
        Collaborative filtering/personalization
        Cost-based decision making
        Visual data mining


Applications:

        Intelligence analysis
        Genomics, bioinformatics and biometrics
        Medical and health industry
        Text, video, and multi-media mining
        E-commerce and web data
        Financial data analysis
        Intrusion detection
        Remote sensing and earth sciences
        Astronomy
        Non-destructive evaluation
        Case studies / benchmarks
        Novel applications


Human Factors and Social Issues:

        Languages/user interface for data mining
        Security / privacy of information
        Intellectual ownership
        Risk analysis

April 28-30, 2004, Bruges, Belgium. Item #3163
ESANN'2004 - 12th European Symposium on Artificial Neural Networks.

The following is a non-exhaustive list of topics covered during the ESANN
conferences:
- Models and architectures
- Learning algorithms
- Theory
- Mathematics
- Statistical data analysis
- Classification
- Approximation of functions
- Time series forecasting
- Nonlinear dimension reduction
- Multi-layer Perceptrons
- RBF networks
- Self-organizing maps
- Vector quantization
- Support Vector Machines
- Recurrent networks
- Fuzzy neural nets
- Hybrid networks
- Bayesian neural nets
- Cellular neural networks
- Signal processing
- Independent component analysis
- Natural and artificial vision
- Adaptive control
- Identification of non-linear dynamical systems
- Biologically plausible networks
- Bio-inspired systems
- Cognitive psychology
- Evolutiv learning
- Adaptive behaviour

May 7-9, 2004, Glasgow, Scotland. Item #3291
MACHINISTA 2004.

1. "Art from the Machine: gleams of the inhuman" 
Works created completely or mostly by a machine or an
artificial intelligence system.

2. "Artists Against Machinic Standards"
Breaking, destroying, hacking, unexpected
(non-utilitarian?) usage of customary programs/devices
as an art experiment.

3. "Full-Screen Robovision" 
Moving image works (experimental/scientific imaging,
audiovisual code, short films, animation and VJ mixes)
illustrating "the world as seen by machines" 

May 11-14, 2004, Prague. Item #3259
ECCV 2004 The 8th European Conference on Computer Vision.

May 14-17, 2004, Assisi, Italy. Item #3211
Soft Computing Applications in Mobile Robotics - A Special Session of the ICCSA 2004.

This session focuses on various applications of soft computing in the
area
of mobile robotics. Ongoing work combining fuzzy logic, neural networks,

genetic algorithms, etc. to solve problems in cooperation, search and
rescue, and others will be highlighted. Of particular interest will be
applications to groups of coordinated, cooperating mobile robots
subjected
to unknown, dynamic environments.

If you or someone you know are engaged in soft computing-related
empirical
and theoretical studies aimed at solving challenges in mobile robotics,
including (but not limited to) the areas of

    - data-acquisition and information-processing mechanisms underlying
      cognitive abilities like perception, recognition, information
      storage and information retrieval
    - learning and acquisition of approximate models of the surrounding
      environment
    - cooperative (or collaborative) problem solving
    - cooperative (or collaborative) target sensing and identification
    - on-the-fly behavior modification

with possible applications (including, but  not limited) to multi-agent

    - decision analysis
    - dynamic systems modeling & diagnosis
    - intelligent control
    - machine vision
    - signal processing
    - system identification
    - search-and-rescue (or similar area-coverage applications)

May 14-16, 2004, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA. Item #3278
NEURON Simulator Meeting.

The purpose of this meeting is to bring together people who are
interested in using computational modeling in neuroscience research
and education--especially current users of NEURON, and others who
are interested in using it--in order to:
   * share knowledge about technical aspects of computational modeling
   * keep informed about the latest advances and "best practices" in
      the use of NEURON
   * encourage participation in NEURON's development
   * stimulate communication and collaboration

May 15, 2004, Prague, Czech Republic. Item #3258
SLCV 2004 Workshop on Statistical Learning in Computer Vision in conjunction with ECCV.

-   new theoretical approaches to statistical learning
-   relations between supervised, unsupervised, reinforcement learning
- learning of visual concepts
-   learning for recognition and categorization
-   continuous (life-long) learning
-   relations between generative and discriminative learning
-   multi-modal learning
-   generalization of learning across modalities, tasks
-   contextual visual learning
-   biologically motivated learning
-   applications of learning in computer vision

May 17-19, 2004, Miami Beach, Florida, USA. Item #3083
Special Track on Neural Network Applications at FLAIRS 2004.

Papers are being solicited for a special track on Neural Network Applications at the 17th International FLAIRS Conference (FLAIRS-2004). The special track will be devoted to the applications of Neural Networks with the aim of presenting new and important contributions in this area. These application areas include, but are not limited to, the following: 

Vision 
Pattern Recognition 
Control and Process Monitoring 
Biomedical Applications 
Robotics 
Speech Recognition 
Diagnostic Problems 
Telecommunications 
Power Systems 
Signal Processing 
Image Processing 

Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings which will be published by AAAI Press. Authors may be invited to submit an extended version of their paper to a special issue of the International Journal on Artificial Intelligence Tools (IJAIT). 

May 17-20, 2004, Zakopane, Poland. Item #3144
Intelligent Information Systems 2004: New Trends in Intelligent Information Processing and Web Mining.

The conference will have special tracks on:
1. Artificial Immune Systems
2. Search Engines
3. Computational Linguistics

The Conference's focus will also be on the following topics: 
- new computing paradigms, including, but not restricted to biologically motivated methods, quantum computing, DNA computing 
- advanced data analysis 
- new machine learning paradigms 
- reasoning technologies 
- natural language processing 
- novelty detection 
- new optimization technologies 
- applied data mining using statistical and non-standard approaches 
- technologies for very large text bases 
- uncertainty management 

The working language of the conference is English. Only original, unpublished papers in the aforementioned fields are invited. Authors should submit an electronic version of full paper (up to eight pages) to the conference office (source, ps and possibly pdf) to: iipwm@ipipan.waw.pl before October 15, 2003. The papers should be organized in accordance with common scientific structure (abstract, state of the art in the field, intention, used methodology, obtained results and references). Papers will be refereed by an international committee, and accepted on the basis of their scientific merit, novelty and relevance to the conference topics. After notification of acceptance, authors will be allowed to make a correction in accordance with the suggestions of the reviewers and submit final camera-ready papers.

Publication in the Springer Verlag series "Advances in Soft Computing" is envisaged. The volume will contain full papers as well as papers accepted for poster presentation. 

May 17-19, 2004, Miami Beach, Florida, USA. Item #3152
Special Track on Case-based Reasoning at FLAIRS-04.

     * Foundations of CBR
     * Methods for CBR (e.g., representation, indexing, retrieval,
       adaptation)
     * Evaluation methods for CBR systems and integrations
     * Practical applications of CBR
     * Textual CBR
     * CBR and Creativity
     * CBR and design
     * Distributed CBR
     * Case base maintenance
     * Spatio-temporal CBR
     * CBR in the health sciences
     * CBR Integrations
     * Case Based Planning

May 17-19, 2004, Miami Beach, FL, USA. Item #3157
CONSTRAINT SOLVING AND PROGRAMMING Special Track at FLAIRS-04.

May 19-22, 2004, Boston, USA. Item #3177
8th ICCNS Eighth International Conference on Cognitive and Neural Systems.

The conference is aimed at researchers and students of computational
neuroscience, cognitive science, neural networks, neuromorphic engineering,
and artificial intelligence. The conference includes tutorial and invited
lectures, and contributed lectures and posters, by experts on the biology
and technology of how the brain and other intelligent systems adapt to a
changing world. Single-track oral and poster sessions enable all presented
work to be highly visible. Three-hour poster sessions with no conflicting
events will be held on two of the conference days. Posters will be up all
day, and can also be viewed during breaks in the talk schedule.

May 24-28, 2004, Pattaya Beach, Thailand. Item #3068
CAD'04 International CAD Conferences and Exhibitions.

The main focus of the
conference is in the exchange
of ideas leading to
improvements in the design,
analysis, production as well
as distribution of products
created by CAD technology.
Technical papers, poster
sessions, tutorial talks, and
an exhibition will facilitate
the free flow and exchange of
information. The conference
proceedings as well as special
issue(s) in JCAD will archive
the most influential papers
and tutorial talks.

May 24-28, 2004, Strasbourg, France. Item #3187
European Materials Research Society's Symposium on amorphous carbon films.

May 28 - June 1, 2004, Sabhal Mor Ostaig, Isle of Skye, Scotland. Item #3248
EARLY COGNITIVE VISION.

May 31, 2004, Kanazawa, Japan. Item #3300
AM-2004 THIRD INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON ACTIVE MINING.

in conjunction with the Eighteenth Annual Conference of the Japanese
Society for Artificial Intelligence (JSAI-2004)
(http://www.jaist.ac.jp/jsai2004/JSAIworkshops.html)

Discovery of new information source
Active collection of information
Tools for information collection
Information filtering
Information retrieval, collection, and integration on WWW for data mining
Data mining process
Inspection and validation of mined pieces of knowledge
Description language for discovery
Evaluation and accountability
Interactive mining
Design and deployment of customer response model in CRM
Adaptive modeling in data mining
Selection, transformation, and construction of features
Selection and construction of instances
Exception/deviation discovery
Visualization
Spatial data mining
Text mining
Graph mining
Success/failure stories in data mining and lessons learned
Data mining for evidence-based medicine
Distributed data mining
Data mining for knowledge management
Active learning
Meta learning
Active sampling
Usability of mined pieces of knowledge
User interface for data mining

June 1-5, 2004, Uppsala, Sweden. Item #3191
RSCTC'2004 The Fourth International Conference on Rough Sets and Current Trends in Computing.

Rough set theory and applications
Applications of soft computing
Approximate and uncertain reasoning
Bioinformatics
Complexity aspects of soft computing
Computational intelligence
Computing with words
Decision support systems
Evolutionary computing
Fuzzy set theory and applications
Granular computing
Hybrid and integrated intelligent systems
Intelligent decision support systems
Intelligent information systems
Knowledge discovery and data mining
Logical aspects of soft computing
Machine learning
Multi-agent systems
Multi-criteria decision analysis
Neural networks
Non-classical logic
Pattern recognition and image processing
Petri nets and concurrency
Spatial reasoning
Statistical inference
Web intelligence

June 1, 2004, Isle of Skye, Scotland. Item #3219
Workshop on Coding of Visual Information in the Brain.

How is visual Information coded in the human
brain? How are statistical properties of natural
images related to the internal representations/coding?
What is the prior knowledge the human visual system is
equipped with? In what sense does the actual task
influence the internal state? What is the goal of the
early visual processes and how can we achieve
integration? What is the functional role of the
temporal structure of neural firing patterns?

June 2-4, 2004, West University of Timisoara, Timisoara, Romania. Item #3269
ICNPAA-2004 Fifth International Conference on "Mathematical Problems in Engineering and Aerospace Sciences".

June 3-7, 2004, Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. Item #3169
ICAPS 2004 International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling 2004.

- anytime planning and scheduling
- applications of planning and scheduling
- architectures for intelligent agents
- case-based planning
- constraint reasoning for planning and scheduling
- decision-theoretic planning and scheduling
- deductive planning
- distributed and multi-agent planning and scheduling
- domain-independent classical planning
- domain analysis and knowledge acquisition for planning and scheduling
- dynamic scheduling
- heuristic search-based planning
- knowledge engineering techniques for planning and scheduling
- lessons learned from deployed systems
- logics and formal models for planning
- methodologies and tools for specification, design, implementation, or
    validation of planning systems
- mixed-initiative planning and scheduling
- model-theoretic approaches to planning
- philosophical foundations of action selection
- planning and complexity
- planning and execution
- planning and learning
- planning and perception
- planning and reasoning about actions
- planning and scheduling under uncertainty
- planning and scheduling with complex domain models
- planning and scheduling with complex objectives
- planning and user interaction
- planning with hierarchical task networks
- planning with resources
- planning, scheduling, and new information technology
- plan recognition
- plan validation and verification
- reactive planning
- real-time planning and scheduling
- re-planning
- robot planning
- scalability in planning and scheduling
- search
- software development tools for planning and scheduling

June 3-5, 2004, Istanbul, Turkey. Item #3230
IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics.

June 6-9, 2004, Aydin, Turkey. Item #3231
MED'04 - 12th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation.

* Adaptive control * Industrial automation * Aerospace control * Intelligent control * Architectures for signal processing * Large scale structures and control algorithms * Linear systems * Automotive control * Marine control * Communication protocols in control * Modeling and simulation * Computing and communications * Neural networks * Control in communication networks * Non-linear systems * Decentralized control * Power systems * Discrete event systems * Predictive control * Distributed control * Process control * Education and training * Real-time control * Fuzzy systems * Robotics * Hybrid systems * Robust control * Identification * Transportation systems * Image processing * Virtual reality

June 7-11, 2004, Zakopane, Poland. Item #3149
ICAISC'04 - 7th Int. Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing.

The conference covers all topics in artificial intelligence and soft
computing techniques including but not limited to:
Natural Language Processing
Computer Vision
Robotics & Related Fields
Expert Systems
Multi-agent Systems
Speech Understanding
Knowledge Engineering
Distributed Intelligent Processing
Concurrent & Parallel Processing
Intelligent Database Systems
Supervised & Unsupervised Learning
Neural Network Theory & Architectures
Hardware Implementations
Fuzzy Logic
Fuzzy Optimisation
Fuzzy Control
Fuzzy Computing with Words
Theory of Evolutionary Algorithms
Evolutionary Design
Evolutionary Scheduling & Optimisation
Rough Sets Theory: Foundations
& Applications
Data Mining
Various Applications

June 7-9, 2004, Malaga, Spain. Item #3173
ISC'2004 Industrial Simulation Conference.

                  Modelling And Analysis Methodology
             Discrete Event Simulation Languages and Tools
                    Simulation in Manufacturing
                  Simulation in Automotive Systems
                      Simulation in Robotics
           Simulation in Electronics, Computers and Telecom
                       Electronics Manufacturing
   Simulation in Logistics, Traffic, Transport and Harbour Simulation
                       Complex Systems Modelling
                        Simulation in Aerospace
              Simulation in Industrial and Product Design
                     Simulation in Engineering Processes
                 Simulation in Energy and Power Systems
                     Simulation in Multibody Systems
               Simulation in Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
                 Simulation in Military and Defence
               Verification, Validation and Accreditation
   Virtual Reality and Graphical Simulations in Industrial Applications
                    The Future of Industrial Simulation

June 7 - July 2, 2004, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA. Item #3196
Santa Fe Institute's 2004 Complex Systems Summer Schools.

June 9 - 12, 2004, GENOVA, ITALY. Item #3316
2nd EUROPEAN SCHOOL OF NEUROENGINEERING "MASSIMO GRATTAROLA".

The topics covered will include:

1) Neural code and neural plasticity
Coding and decoding of information in neural systems
Neurophysiological basis of learning and memory
Computational paradigms for perception and action
Capabilities of natural neurobiological systems as computational devices

2) Neural interfaces and bio-artificial systems
EEG, trans-cranial magnetic stimulation, multi-site recordings
Intra-cranial, EEG-based and peripheral brain-computer interfaces
Neural prostheses
Hybrid silicon/biological systems

3) Neuroengineering and rehabilitation
Haptic devices in neurological rehabilitation
Virtual reality and multimedia for rehabilitation
Functional electrical stimulation and biofeedback

4) Neuroengineering of mind
Using robots to understand development of higher functions
Neural models of higher functions
Large scale brain models

June 10-12, 2004, Aachen, Germany. Item #3175
HMAS 2004 - 4th International Workshop on Hybrid Methods for Adaptive Systems - Part of EUNITE 2004.

The purpose of the 4th workshop of this series is to stimulate cross-
community discussion and to collect state-of-the-art contributions in
the area of hybrid methods. We are especially interested in contribu-
tions discussing methods for the integration of fuzzy systems, neural
networks, evolutionary computation, machine learning and related
technologies and their application to adaptation in hybrid systems.

June 14 - 18, 2004, University of Oslo. Item #3350
ECOOP 2004 18th European Conference on Object-Oriented Programming.

June 15-18, 2004, NTU, Singapore. Item #3138
International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques in Australasia and Southeast Asia 2004.

Participate in celebrating the exploitation of the latest computer graphics technology and peer into the futuristic world of applications in realistic rendering, virtual reality, games, the arts, and much much more.

!--20040621-2004:00:05:09:33:17 X -->June 21 - 23, 2004, Xi’an, China. Item #3229
ICFDM The 6th International Conference on Frontiers of Design and Manufacturing.

June 21-24, 2004, Como, Italy. Item #3293
MML 2004 Mathematical methods for learning: advances in knowledge discovery and data mining.

MAIN TOPIC AREAS:
        association rules
        bayesian methods
        clustering
        data visualization
        decision trees
        feature selection
        kernel methods
        logical analysis of data
        neural networks
        support vector machines
        text, speech and image recognition

        applications of knowledge discovery in different fields, such as:
        - biomedicine
        - engineering
        - finance & insurance
        - manufacturing
        - marketing
        - performance measurement
        - telcom

June 21 - 23, 2004, Martigny, Switzerland. Item #3319
JOINT AMI/PASCAL/IM2/M4 Workshop on Multimodal Interaction and Related Machine Learning Algorithms.

+ human-human communication modeling
+ speech and visual processing
+ multi-modal processing, fusion and fission
+ multi-modal dialog modeling
+ human-human interaction modeling
+ multi-modal data structuring and presentation
+ multimedia indexing and retrieval
+ meeting structure analysis
+ meeting summarizing
+ multimodal meeting annotation
+ machine learning applied to the above

June 24-26, 2004, Seattle, Washington, USA. Item #3260
EH-2004 NASA/DoD Conference on Evolvable Hardware.

June 26-30, 2004, Seattle, USA. Item #3153
GECCO-2004 Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference.

June 26 - June 27, 2004, Washington, DC, USA. Item #3180
IEEE Workshop on Face Processing in Video.

neurobiological and neuro-computational approaches to visual perception and recognition
synergy between biological and computer vision
face segmentation and detection in video
face tracking and multiple faces tracking
face memorization, classification recognition from video
face biometrics and face modeling, 3d face models
facial features for tracking and recognition
face representation, canonical face models, face in video databases 
face synthesis, mimicking and animation 
facial expression recognition and classification, and representation
fusing different modalities of video information (motion, colour, intensity)
performance evaluation for face in video problems
face detection/tracking/recognition in multi-camera setups including stereo
face detection/tracking/recognition in panoramic video
combining video and audio for speaker face detection/tracking/recognition
face-based multi-media, games, and computer-human interaction 
perceptual face-controlled interfaces
face processing for video-conferencing
face processing for avatars and computer-generated communication programs
face processing for immersive and collaborative environments
face processing for industry for disabled 
face processing for augmented and virtualized reality
face processing for security and surveillance 
face processing for encoding and annotating video 

June 26-30, 2004, Seattle, USA. Item #3194
EvoHybrid'04 Application of Hybrid Evolutionary Algorithms to Complex Optimization Problems at GECCO-2004.

The themes of the workshop include, but are not restricted to:
Application of hybrid evolutionary approaches to complex optimization problems;
Common hybridization techniques, such as local improvement of candidate
solutions, intelligent chromosome decoders or heuristic variation operators;
Hybridization of EAs with state-of-the-art techniques frequently used in the
optimization of complex problems. Linear programming and branch-and-cut are two
examples of such methods;
Analysis of the strengths (and weaknesses) of today

June 27-30, 2004, Banff, Alberta, Canada. Item #3252
Special Topic Session on Software Engineering at NAFIPS.

- Neurofuzzy and fuzzy logic models of software quality
   (software reliability, reusability,..)
- Models of software design with the aid of fuzzy sets
- Fuzzy models of software cost estimation (fuzzy COCOMO.)
- Design of user-friendly interfaces
- Fuzzy sets and fuzzy logic in reverse engineering
- Fuzzy set augmentation of fundamentals of object-oriented software design
- Fuzzy sets in software testing and software validation
- Software measures and their interpretation

June 27 - July 17, 2004, TELLURIDE, COLORADO. Item #3254
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. Neuromorphic engineering has a wide range of 
applications from nonlinear adaptive control of complex systems to the 
design of smart sensors. Many of the fundamental principles in this 
field, such as the use of learning methods and the design of parallel 
hardware (with an emphasis on analog and asynchronous digital VLSI), are 
inspired by biological systems. However, existing applications are 
modest and the challenge of scaling up from small artificial neural 
networks and designing completely autonomous systems at the levels 
achieved by biological systems lies ahead. The assumption underlying 
this three week workshop is that the next generation of neuromorphic 
systems would benefit from closer attention to the principles found 
through experimental and theoretical studies of real biological nervous 
systems as whole systems.

Projects that are carried out during the workshop will be centered in a 
number of working groups, including:

     * active vision
     * audition
     * motor control
     * central pattern generator
     * robotics
     * multichip communication
     * analog VLSI
     * learning

June 28 - July 1, 2004, Stockholm, Sweden. Item #3066
FUSION 2004 The Seventh International Conference on Information Fusion.

Theoretical and technical advances:
Information modeling and learning, Probability and statistics, Fuzzy sets
and rough sets, Fuzzy logic and expert systems methods, Possibility theory,
Measure of information and uncertainty, Evidence theory, Belief Networks,
Approximate reasoning, Random sets, Neural networks, Genetic algorithms,
Data analysis, Artificial intelligence, Logic, Bayesian methods, Stochastic
methods, Processing of imprecise information, Nonlinear estimation and
filtering, Semiotics, Optimization, Evolutionary computation, Machine
learning

Algorithms and systems:
Target detection and tracking, Target recognition and classification, Data
association, Sensor registration, Image or sensor data fusion, Pattern
recognition, Clustering, Classification, Intelligent agents, Belief
updating, Machine intelligence, Database fusion, Knowledge-based systems,
Data mining, Sensor or resource management, Valuation-based systems,
Integrated systems, Distributed systems, System design, Evolutionary
development of fusion systems, Computer network security, Algorithms and
performance, Hardware and software issues, Belief networks

Applications:
Radar and communications, Signal and image processing, Defense systems,
Robotics and control, Manufacturing and automation, Diagnostics and fault
detection, Vehicles and transportation systems, Navigation, positioning and
guidance, Information Retrieval, Economy, business and finance, Surveillance
and situation assessment, Remote sensing and geo-information, Medicine,
biology, and diagnostics, Decision support systems, Data acquisition and
testing, Machine vision and learning, Security and safety applications,
Situation and threat assessment, Multicriteria and Group decision making,
Fuzzy control, Hybrid systems, Image processing, Pattern recognition,
Aggregation methods

June 29 - July 2, 2004, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Item #3166
WWCS 2004 - The Seventh International Conference on Work with Computing Systems.

User Issues

:: Interaction design
:: Biomechanics and work posture
:: Cognitive models
:: Graphical user interface
:: Universal access
:: Elderly, youth and children
:: Environmental hygiene
:: Learning and training at Work
:: Safety, health with computers
:: Usability issues
:: Visual ergonomics
:: Work stress
	Organizational Issues

:: Cross cultural Issues
:: Collaboration and cooperation
:: Health care
:: Macroergonomics
:: Distributed work
:: Internet communities
:: Organizational impact
:: Safety and training
:: Security at work
:: Internet security
:: Psychosocial issues
:: Quality of life and lifestyle

	Applied Issues

:: Product design
:: Service applications
:: Standards for work
::: and:HCI
:: Virtual environments
:: Smart workplaces
:: Global networks
:: Design of e-business
:: Web interaction
:: E-learning at work
:: Ergonomics design
:: Call centers
:: Tele-commuting


Proposals for Presentations

Technical Presentations
An 800-word abstract should state objectives, method, results and conclusion.
	Posters
A 500-word abstract should state objectives, method, results and conclusion.
	Tutorials
A 500-word abstract should state the objective, content, methodology for conducting the tutorial, and the target audience.
	Panel Discussions
A 500-word abstract should state the objectives, its scientific importance, and a brief summary for each panel member. 

June 30 - July 2, 2004, Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain. Item #3119
3rd FPNI - PhD Symposium Terrassa 2004.

June 30 - July 2, 2004, Singapore. Item #3189
IC-SEC 2004 - 2nd International Conference on Scientific and Engineering Computation.

June 30 - July 2, 2004, Terrassa, Catalonia. Item #3227
3rd FPNI-PhD Symposium.

July 1-4, 2004, Banff, Canada. Item #3208
COLT'04 The Seventeenth Annual Conference on Learning Theory.

We invite submissions of papers addressing the theoretical modeling and
analysis of all aspects of learning and empirical inference. We strongly support
a broad definition of learning theory, including analysis of learning algorithms
and their generalization ability, computational complexity of learning, Bayesian
analysis, statistical mechanics of learning systems, optimisation procedures for
learning, inductive inference, Boolean function learning, inductive logic
programming, learning in planning and control, on-line learning and relative
loss bounds. We welcome theoretical papers about learning that do not fit into
the above categories. We are particularly interested in papers that include
viewpoints that are new to the COLT community. While the primary focus of the
conference is theoretical, papers can be strengthened by the inclusion of
relevant experimental results. We also welcome experimental and algorithmic
papers provided they are relevant to the focus of the conference by elucidating
theoretical results in learning.

The last morning of the conference will be reserved for a kernel methods
session, linking with a similar session that will start the ICML conference on
the afternoon of the same day. Papers making contributions in the area of kernel
methods are welcomed: the choice of conference should be made according to the
suitability of the paper. Authors should indicate if their paper is intended for
the kernel methods session.

July 4-8, 2004, Banff, Alberta, Canada. Item #3184
ICML-04 The 21st International Conference on Machine Learning.

The ICML-2004 Organizing Committee invites proposals for workshops to
be held at the 21st International Conference on Machine Learning
(ICML-2004), which will take place July 4-8, 2004, in Banff, Alberta,
Canada. ICML-2004 will be co-located <http://www.banff04.org/> with
the Computational Learning Theory (COLT-04) and Uncertainty in AI
(UAI-04) conferences (see <http://www.banff04.org>). The workshops
will be held on July 8th, the same day as the UAI tutorials. There
will be room for two large (< 150 participants) and up to two small
workshops (< 40 participants).

July 4-24, 2004, Sofia, Bulgaria. Item #3313
11th INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL IN COGNITIVE SCIENCE.

Courses:

I week: July 5-11
- Edward Necka (U. Cracow, Poland)   Creativity
- Franz Schmalhofer (U. Osnabrueck, Germany)   Situation Models and    
Embodied Language Processes
- George Kampis (U. Budapest, Hungary)  Deconstructing the Mind:
Anti-Cartesian Perspective on Cognition

II week: July 12-18
- Charles De Weert and Rob van Lier (U. Nijmegen, Netherlands)  Color and
Form in Visual Perception
- Myron Braunstein (UC Irvine, USA)  Visual Perception of the 3D World
- Boicho Kokinov (NBU, Bulgaria)   Understanding Human Analogy-Making

III week: July 19 - 24
- Jeffrey Elman (UC, San Diego, USA)  Connectionist Models of Learning and
Development
- Fernanda Ferreira (Michigan State U, USA)  Psycholinguistics: Language as
a product and as an action
- Richard Belew (UC, San Diego, USA)   Adaptive Individuals in Evolving
Populations: Combining Evolutionary Modeling with Learning and Development
Models

July 5-30, 2004, Qingdao, Shandong Province, China. Item #3197
SANTA FE INSTITUTE'S 2004 COMPLEX SYSTEMS SUMMER SCHOOLS.

July 7-9, 2004, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK. Item #3183
34th International MATADOR Conference.

Conventional and Innovative Processes

Machining Processes – Cutting, HSM, ECM, EDM, Abrasive and Ultrasonic
Consolidation Processes-Casting, Welding, Sintering, Hipping, Injection Moulding etc
Metal Forming-Rolling, Forging, Extrusion, Drawing and Sheet Metal
Laser Processing
Rapid Prototyping, Tooling and Manufacture
Modelling and Simulation
Surface Modification
Process Modelling and Simulation
Robotics and Automation

Computer Aided Engineering and Process Planning

Surface Modelling and Machining
Reverse Engineering
Applications of Virtual Reality
NC Machining
Feature Based Modelling and Feature Recognition
Integrated Process Planning and Scheduling

Industrial Applications

Bio-medical
Electronic/IT
Packaging/Assembly
Aerospace
Automotive

Intelligent Manufacturing Systems

Genetic Algorithms
Intelligent Controllers
Next Generation Manufacturing

Manufacturing Systems

Modelling and Simulation of Manufacturing Systems
Design, Planning and Integration
JIT, CIM, Supply Chain Management and E-Manufacturing
Concurrent Engineering
Manufacturing Performance Measurement and Benchmarking
Re-engineering of Manufacturing Enterprises
Responsive/Agile Manufacturing - Virtual and Extended Enterprises

Measurement Techniques and Equipment

In-process Measurement Techniques and Applications
Nano-Metrology
Machine Tool Performance and Assessment

Reliability, Quality and Maintenance Engineering

TPM and RCM
Quality Management
Maintenance Policies, Strategies, Competence and Training
Computerised Maintenance Management Systems and Condition-Based Monitoring
Integration of Maintenance, Production, Quality and Cost Effectiveness
Failure Analysis, FMEA, FTA, etc.

Precision Engineering and Micro Systems Technology

Precision Machine Design
Micro-Engineering and Nano-technology

July 8-11, 2004, Banff, Canada. Item #3195
UAI-2004 - 20th Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence.

Since 1985, the Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence
(UAI) has been the primary international forum for presenting new
results on the use of principled methods for reasoning under
uncertainty within intelligent systems. The scope of UAI is wide,
including, but not limited to, representation, automated reasoning,
learning, decision making and knowledge acquisition under
uncertainty. We encourage submissions that report on advances in these
core areas as well as submissions describing interesting and novel
systems that utilize techniques from these core areas.

July 8, 2004, Banff, Alberta, Canada. Item #3284
ICML workshop on PREDICTIVE REPRESENTATIONS OF WORLD KNOWLEDGE.

    Predictive representations of state (PSRs)
    Observable operator models (OOMs)
    Temporal abstraction in reinforcement learning (options, HAMs, MAXQ)
    Diversity-based induction of finite-state automata
    Deitic, or indexical, representations
    Signals to symbols, symbol grounding

July 8, 2004, Banff, Alberta, Canada. Item #3320
SRL2004 ICML 2004 Workshop on Statistical Relational Learning and its Connections to Other Fields.

July 12-14, 2004, Toronto, Canada. Item #3104
FAIM2004 - 14th International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing.

	O	Automated Manufacturing Systems: Modeling, Simulation and Optimization 
	O	CAD/CAM Systems 
	O	Setup Planning and Fixture Design 
	O	Process Planning and Scheduling 
	O	Manufacturing System Design and Analysis 
	O	Robotics and Factory Automation 
	O	Aerospace Robotics Systems 
	O	Sensor-Based Process Monitoring and Remote Control 
	O	Control of Manufacturing Systems 
	O	Artificial Intelligence in Manufacturing 
	O	Information Technology in Manufacturing 
	O	Web-Based Manufacturing 
	O	Aerospace and Automotive Manufacturing 
	O	Total Quality Control 
	O	Next Generation of Manufacturing Systems 
	O	Manufacturing Education 
	O	Other Manufacturing Related Topics 

July 12-14, 2004, Gold Coast, Australia. Item #3200
CIMCA'2004 International Conference on Computational Intelligence for Modelling, Control and Automation.

                                Jointly with
      International Conference on Intelligent Agents, Web Technologies
                             and Internet Commerce
                               12-14 July 2004
                              Gold Coast, Australia
        http://www.ise.canberra.edu.au/conferences/iawtic04/index.htm



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 Mining,
Knowledge Discovery,
Intelligent Information Systems,
Image 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

July 12-14, 2004, Gold Coast, Australia. Item #3203
International Conference on Intelligent Agents, Web Technologies and Internet Commerce.

    Jointly with
     International Conference on Computational Intelligence for Modelling,
                          Control and Automation
                               12-14 July 2004
                             Gold Coast, Australia
       http://www.ise.canberra.edu.au/conferences/cimca04/index.htm

Intelligent Agents
Knowledge Management
Intelligent Business Agents
Agent Architectures
Environments and Languages
Adaptation and learning for agents
Human and agent interaction
Interface agents
Mobile agents
Virtual agent-based marketplaces
Agents and uncertainty
The privacy issues for agents
Automated shopping and trading agents
Agent-oriented services
Social implications for agent
Conceptual modelling & Ontologies for agents
Agents and e-commerce
Legal aspects of agents in e-commerce
Performance measurement of e-commerce agents
Rational information agents and electronic commerce

Web Technologies
Web data mining and information retrieval
Agent-based trade-and mediating services
Teaching on Web
Virtual trading institutions
Knowledge Discovery
Intelligent Information Systems
Knowledge Clustering & Classification

Internet Commerce
E-commerce applications of Knowledge Representation
Reasoning Techniques
Electronic Payment Systems
Internet Marketing
Intranets and Extranets
Electronic Payment Systems
Electronic Data Interchange
Supply Chain Management
Electronic Payment Systems
Internet-based Electronic Commerce
Virtual Communities/Community Networks
Logistics Issues for Electronic Commerce
Business Reengineering Issues for Electronic Commerce
Government Electronic Procurement & Service Delivery
Legal & Security Issues for Electronic Commerce
Requirements Engineering for Electronic Commerce

July 12-16, 2004, ISEP, PORTO, PORTUGAL. Item #3294
SUMMER SCHOOL NN2004 - NEURAL NETWORKS in CLASSIFICATION, REGRESSION and DATA MINING.

July 12 - 14, 2004, Gold Coast, Australia. Item #3303
Special session on: Intelligent knowledge acquisition and information retrieval at CIMCA'2004.

July 13-17, 2004, Singapore. Item #3127
Thin Films.

	*	Optoelectronic thin films  
	*	Magnetic and electronics thin films 
	*	MEMS thin films 
	*	Smart thin films (PZT, SMA, etc)  
	*	Diamond and nitride thin films 
	*	Carbon related thin films 
	*	Nanostructured / nanocomposite thin films 
	*	Biological thin films / coatings 
	*	Tribological / corrosion resistant coatings 
	*	Characterisation of thin films / coatings 
	*	Plasma science and process modeling 

July 13-17, 2004, Los Angeles, USA. Item #3128
SAB'04 From Animals to Animats 8 - The Eighth International Conference on the Simulation of Adaptive Behavior.

             The Animat approach
             Characterization of agents and environments
             Passive and active perception
             Motor control
             Visually-guided behaviors
             Action selection
             Behavioral sequencing
             Navigation and mapping
             Internal models and representation
             Learning and development
             Motivation and emotion
             Collective and social behavior
             Emergent structures and behaviors
             Neural correlates of behavior
             Evolutionary and co-evolutionary approaches
             Autonomous robotics
             Humanoid robotics
             Software agents and virtual creatures
             Applied adaptive behavior
             Animats in education
             Philosophical and psychological issues

July 18-21, 2004, Orlando, Florida, USA. Item #3181
Novel Applications of Computational Intelligence - An invited session at SCI 2004.

Computational Intelligence in Robotics
Computational Intelligence in Economic, Finance and  Business
Computational Intelligence in Bioinformatics
Computational Intelligence in Multimedia Systems
Computational Intelligence in Real-time and Embedded Applications
Computational Intelligence in Database and Data Mining
Computational Intelligence in Software Engineering
Computational Intelligence in Games
Computational Intelligence in E-commerce and M-commerce
Computational Intelligence in Medicine
Computational Intelligence in Computer Security and Information Assurance
Cognitive Modeling
Agents Technology
Intelligent Tutoring/Training Systems
Knowledge-based Systems
Knowledge Representation, Management and Sharing
Intelligent Information Retrieval
Natural Language Processing and Speech Understanding
Qualitative Reasoning
Planning and Scheduling
Hybrid Intelligent Systems
Computer Vision and Image Understanding
Fuzzy Logic and Reasoning Under Uncertainty
Evolutionary Computing
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Neural Networks

July 18-21, 2004, Orlando, Florida, USA. Item #3182
SCI 2004 The 8th World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics.

 Information Systems, Technologies and Applications
	
	
Information Systems Development
		
	
Development Methods and Methodologies
		
	
Software Engineering
		
	
Testing and Quality Assurance
		
	
CASE Technologies
		
	
Information Retrieval
		
	
Evolutionary Information Systems, Analysis and Synthesis and Prototyping
		
	
Special Methodologies for Specific Kinds of Applications (DSS,EIS,etc)
		
	
User Interface, Human Factors and Interactive Systems
		
	
Usability
		
	
Requirements Engineering and Specifications Gathering
		
	
Object Orientation
	
	
Information Systems Management
		
	
Software Development Project Management
		
	
Methodologies for Project Design of Information Systems Development.
		
	
Information Systems Development Productivity: Effectiveness and/or Information Systems Development Productivity: Effectiveness and/or Efficiency
		
	
Total (or Systemic) Quality of Information Systems Development
		
	
Information Systems for Strategic Planning
		
	
Reverse Engineering
		
	
Educational and Training in Information Systems, Analysis and Synthesis, Educational and Training in Information Systems, Analysis and Synthesis, and for End User Computing
	
	
Management Information Systems
		
	
Executive Support Systems and Executive Information Systems
		
	
The Digital MBA (MBA-ware)
		
	
Software Tools for Managing People and Projects
		
	
Computer Aided Thinking for Business
		
	
Supporting Strategic and Financial Planning
		
	
Business Process Modeling: Re-engineering, Dynamic Modeling, Workflow, etc.
		
	
Sales and Financial Forecasting
		
	
Business Decision Support
		
	
Neuro-linguistics and its Application to Requirements Engineering, Join Requirement Planning (JRP), Joint Application Design (JAD)
		
	
Individual and/or Group Decision Support Systems
		
	
Business Globalization and Information Systems
		
	
Information Technologies Applied to New Organizational Methods (Flexible Organization, Virtual Corporation, Lean Production, JIT, EDI, Organizational De-verticalization, etc.)
		
	
Financial Systems
		
	
Concurrent Engineering
		
	
Socioeconomic Systems
		
	
Simulation
		
	
Data Mining and Knowledge Representation
	
	
Human Information Systems
		
	
Virtual Communities and Societies
		
	
Training and Development Systems
		
	
Managerial Development
		
	
Group Decision Support Systems Applied: Participative and/or Anticipative Democracy
		
	
Computer-Based Action and Knowledge
		
	
Action Research in Information Systems
		
	
Socio-Economics Systems: Supporting Participation
		
	
Knowledge Acquisition and Organization
		
	
Economic and Financial Systems
		
	
Globalization, Development and Emerging Economies
		
	
Social Impact of Informatics and Cybernetics
		
	
Communication and Cognition
		
	
End-User Training and End-User Computing
		
	
Human Resources Management Support Systems
	
	
Education and Information Systems
		
	
Information Systems Education
		
	
Educational Support Systems, Computer Assited Instruction, Computer Assisted Training, etc
		
	
Edutainment Hypermedia Systems
		
	
Organizational Learning Support Systems: Organiztional Dynamics Simulation, Managerial Gaming, etc
		
	
Management Support Systems for Educational Organizations
		
	
Information Systems for Higher Education
		
	
Virtual Universities
		
	
Higher Education Evaluation: Support Systems, Models, Case Studies, etc
		
	
Eduacational and Training Design: support Systems, Models, Case Studies, etc
	
Communication and Network Systems, Technologies and Applications
	
	
Communication Systems and Networks
		
	
Computers and Communications
		
	
Intra-, Extra - and Internet
		
	
Network Architectures, Topologies and Protocols
		
	
Communication, Networking and Interconnection Technologies
		
	
Voice and Video Communication Systems
		
	
Broadband Networks: Frame Relay, SMDS, ATM, B-ISND, AINS, etc
		
	
Messaging Systems
		
	
Transmission Systems
	
	
Network Management
		
	
Network Management Theory, Methodologies, Technologies and Systems
		
	
Test and Evaluation of Network Management Systems
		
	
Network Security and Security Technologies
	
	
Network Control
		
	
QoS mechanism for IP networks
		
	
Flow Control and Congestion Control
		
	
Scheduling and Congestion Control
		
	
Multicast
	
	
Network Applications
		
	
Architecture of the next generation network
		
	
Next generation network service creation
		
	
Softswitch and application servers
	
	
Tele-Communication Systems, Technologies and Applications
		
	
Wireless Data Networks
		
	
Geographical Information Systems
		
	
Telepresence Technologies and Applications.
		
	
Wireless / Mobile Computing
		
	
Mobile Computing and Information High Ways
		
	
Business Opportunities and Strategies
		
	
Wireless / Mobile Software Engineering and Applications
		
	
Wireless Networking
		
	
Wireless / Mobile TCP/IP
		
	
Mobility Management
	
Control Systems, Technologies and Applications
	
	
Robotics
		
	
Intelligent Robots
		
	
Computer Vision and Intelligent Robots Technologies and Applications
		
	
Robotics and Optomechatronics
	
	
Mechatronics
	
	
Network Control
		
	
QoS mechanism for IP networks
		
	
Flow control and congestion control
		
	
Scheduling and congestion control
		
	
Multicast
	
	
Systems Security and Security Technologies
	
Computer Science and Engineering
	
	
Computing Techniques
		
	
Information Theory
		
	
High Performance Computing
		
	
Operating Systems
		
	
Artificial Intelligence/Expert Systems
		
	
Computer Graphics
		
	
Cluster Computing
		
	
Hybrid (Hardware and Software), Systems, Technologies and Application
		
	
Computer Security
		
	
Data Mining and Knowledge Representation
		
	
Intelligent Systems and Tools
		
	
Pattern Recognition
		
	
Database Systems, Technologies and Applications
		
	
Hypermedia Systems, Technologies and Applications
		
	
Computer Supported Cooperative Work
		
	
Petri Nets
		
	
Architectures, Tools and Distributed Systems
		
	
Document and Natural Language Processing
		
	
Modeling, Graphs and Algorithms
		
	
Programming Languages and Techniques
		
	
Mathematical Methods and Optimization in Problem Solving Systems
		
	
Parallel and Distributed Systems
		
	
Simulation and Applications of Modeling
		
	
Systems Security and Security Technologies
	
	
Emergent Computing
		
	
Evolutionary Programs
		
	
Neural Networks
		
	
Cooperative Multi-agent Systems
		
	
Collective Algorithms and New Heuristic for Problem Solving
		
	
Collective Intelligence
		
	
Applications
	
	
Wireless/Mobile computing
		
	
Wireless Data Networks
		
	
Mobile Computing and Information High Ways
		
	
Business Opportunities and Strategies
		
	
Wireless / Mobile Software Engineering and Applications
		
	
Wireless Networking
		
	
Wireless / Mobile TCP/IP
		
	
Mobility Management
		
	
Computers and Communications
		
	
Wireless Hypermedia
	
	
Virtual Engineering
		
	
Virtual Reality
		
	
Virtual Organization Design and Development
		
	
Agent Technologies
		
	
Managerial Gaming Support Systems
		
	
Organizational Learning Support Systems
		
	
Simulation
	
Optical Systems, Technologies and Applications
	
	
Applications of Optical Technologies in Informatics and Cybernetics and Applications of Informatics and Cybernetics in O
		
	
Optical Processing and Computing
		
	
Robotics and Optomechatronics
		
	
Tele-Communications and Telepresence Technologies and Applications
		
	
Communication Networks and Fiber Optics Technologies and Applications
		
	
Communication, Networking and Interconnection Technologies
		
	
Lasers and Laser-Information Technologies and Applications
		
	
Image Recognition, Processing and Analysis
		
	
Wavelet Applications, Imaging and Sensing Technologies
		
	
Sensor Technologies and Signal Processing and Applications
		
	
Remote Sensing and GIS Applications
		
	
Visual Information Processing and Pattern/Target Recognition
		
	
Computer Vision and Intelligent Robots Technologies and Applications
		
	
Bio-Medical Sensing, Imaging,, Monitoring, and Signal Processing
		
	
Devices for Information Processing
		
	
Data Storage Technologies
		
	
Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing
		
	
Optoelectronics
		
	
Applications to Industrial and Manufacturing Systems, Technologies Testing and Inspections
		
	
Security and Watermarking
	
	
Optics
		
	
Optical Sciences and Applications
		
	
Optical Engineering and Applications
	
Image, Acoustic, Speech and Signal Processing
	
	
Image and Multidimensional Signal processing
	
	
Computer Graphics
	
	
Speech Processing
	
	
Statistical Signal and Array Processing
	
	
Multimedia Audio Processing
	
	
Communication Signal Processing
	
	
Very large Integration For Signal Processing
	
	
Underwater Acoustic Signal Processing
	
	
Digital Signal Processing
	
	
Geographical Information Systems
	
Applications of Informatics and Cybernetics in Science and Engineering
	
	
Applications in Natural Sciences
	
	
Applications in Power Engineering
	
	
Applications in Aerospace Engineering and Digital Avionics
	
	
Design Automation
	
	
Applications in Social Sciences
	
	
Applications in Biology and Medicine
	
	
Applications in Psychology and Cognition
	
	
Applications in Mechanical Engineering
	
	
Applications in Electrical Engineering
	
	
Applications in Systems Engineering
	
	
Applications in Industrial Engineering
	
	
Applications in Optics and Optical Technologies
	
Systemics
	
	
Systems Philosophy and the System Approach
		
	
Conceptual Foundations
		
	
Systems Theories
		
	
Systems Ethics
		
	
Cyber-Ethics
	
	
System Sciences
		
	
Fuzzy Logic
		
	
Information Theory
		
	
Applications of the Systems Approach in the Social Sciences
	
	
Systems Engineering
		
	
General Systems Design Methodologies
		
	
Methodologies for Specific Systems Analysis and Synthesis
		
	
Hybrid (Computers and Communications/Control)
		
	
Systems, Technologies and Applications
		
	
Fuzzy Systems 

July 18-20, 2004, Baltimore, USA. Item #3192
CNS*2004 Thirteenth Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting.

workshops: July 21-22, 2004

July 19-23, 2004, New York, NY, USA. Item #3120
THE THIRD INTERNATIONAL JOINT CONFERENCE ON AUTONOMOUS AGENTS AND MULTI-AGENT SYSTEMS - AAMAS 2004.

Topics of interest

AAMAS 2004 topics include, but are not restricted to:

- agents and complex systems
- agent architectures; perception, action and planning in agents
- agents and cognitive models
- agents and networks (semantic web, grid)
- agent-based deployed applications
- agent communication languages and protocols
- agent-mediated electronic commerce
- agent oriented software engineering
- agent programming languages and environments
- artificial social systems: conventions, norms, institutions; privacy and
security
- autonomous robots and robot teams
- coalition formation; teamwork; coordination; middle agents; mechanism
design
- evolution, adaptation and learning
- logics & formal models of agency and multiagent systems; computational
complexity
- mobile agents
-  multi-agent simulation & modeling
- negotiation and argumentation
- ontologies for agents
- scalability and performance issues: robustness, fault tolerance and
dependability
- synthetic agents: human-like, lifelike, and believable qualities
- theories of agency and autonomy

July 19-20, 2004, New York, USA. Item #3273
ESOA'2004 - 2nd Int. Wkshp on Engineering Self-Organising Applications at AAMAS'04.

  - Interaction Mechanisms

    * Bio-inspired interaction mechanisms
    * Tag-based interaction mechanisms
    * Specification-based interaction mechanisms
    * Trust-based interaction mechanisms


 - Middleware technology

    * Bio-inspired coordination techniques
    * Self-organisation and indirect coordination
    * Run-time environment for self-organising agents


 - Methodologies, Models, Tools

    * Methodologies for engineering self-organisation
    * Analytic models of emergent behaviour
    * Self-organising theories, methods and algorithms applied to multi-agent systems
    * Design of agent-based self-organising systems
    * Design of high-level goals and local interactions
    * Bio-inspired process algebra and formal specifications
    * Formal approaches to handling local/global agent behaviour
    * Models, methods and tools for achieving global coherent behaviour
    * Self-organising software characterisation frameworks
    * Self-organising assessment metrics
    * Approaches to handling robustness, scalability, efficiency and maintenance in self-organising applications
    * Performance engineering of emergent behaviour in multi agent-based systems
    * Game theoretic approaches to emergence in multi-agent systems
    * Cellular automata approaches to emergence in multi-agent systems
    * Self-organisation to support multi-agent scalability
    * Challenges in engineering self-organising applications
    * Self-organising software architectures


 - Applications

    * Self-organising multi-agent based applications
    * Industrial self-organising applications
    * Self-organisation in manufacturing systems and supply chain management
    * Self-organisation in business
    * Emergent information systems
    * Self-organising computer networks
    * Self-organisation in P2P and Grid systems

July 19 - 21, 2004, University College, London, UK. Item #3365
EU PASCAL Workshop on Learning Theoretic and Bayesian Inductive Principles.

July 22-24, 2004, Budapest, Hungary. Item #3207
IEEE CNNA 2004 The 8th IEEE International Biannual Workshop on Cellular Neural Networks and their Applications.

Highlights:

    * The new Visual Microprocessors and their mission critical applications
    * Multimodal sensing processing, including tactile and auditory scene analysis
    * Computational Complexity Theory
    * Live demos, Hands-on-experience
    * Student Contest

  Topics of interest include but are not restricted to:

    * Basic theory, cellular nonlinear spatio-temporal phenomena
    * Applications including computing, communications, and multimedia
    * Bionics
    * Learning
    * Physical implementations (VLSI, optical, nano technology)
    * Analogic CNN microprocessors and chip sets
    * CNN development systems, software implementations, and simulators
    * Cellular and sparsely connected dynamic processor systems
    * Biologically relevant models and neuromorphic implementations
    * Integrated sensing and processing

July 25-29, 2004, Hyatt Regency La Jolla, Aventine San Diego, California, U, S, A. Item #3126
ASME/JSME Pressure Vessel and Piping Conference.

Solid and Structural Mechanics
Stochastic Mechanics and Reliability
Computational Material Science
Computational Fracture Mechanics
Life Prediction and Extension
Mesh Generation, Refinement and Adaptivity
Nonlinear Dynamics
Scientific Visualization
Parallel Computing and FEM

July 25-29, 2004, San Jose, California. Item #3155
AAAI-04 Nineteenth National Conference on Artificial Intelligence.

July 25-29, 2004, San Diego (La Jolla), California. Item #3178
5th International Bi-Annual ASME/JSME Symposium on COMPUTATIONAL TECHNOLOGY FOR FLUID/THERMAL/CHEMICAL/STRESSED SYSTEMS WITH INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS.

TOPICS
Specific topics may include (but are not limited to):
* Building better engineering products,  coupled FEA and CFD solutions
* Fluid-Media interactions (electrokinetics, fires, surface reactions,
  shock waves, acousitcs, vibrations)
* Coupled CFD and control applications, optimization and inverse problems
* Kinetic nonequilibrium flows, plasma flows
* Use of CFD in hardware design, process optimization and product
  development applications in industry;
* Modeling of fluid-solid interactions via conjugate heat transfer, thermal
  stress or load coupling;
* Integration of complex physical/chemical models into CFD codes and
  modeling of fluid-media interactions;
* Large-scale numerical studies with industrial applications;
* CFD code interfaces (code-to-code, grid-to-grid, flow to stress, etc.) and
  integrated code development;
* Object oriented CFD code architecture and CFD command languages
* Grid generators and Preprocessors;
* Novel "fast" solvers, models and techniques, codes and algorithms,
  numerical accuracy analysis;
* CFD implementation for model based control;
* Design applications using new computational & experimental techniques;
* Experimental studies related to equipment design and code verification:
* Flow Visualization and Thermal/Chemical Species "Mapping" addressing
  single and multiphase,  laminar and turbulent flows, free surface flows,
  flows with phase transition, molecular flow, plasma flow etc.

Applications may stem from, amongst others:

* chemical process industry
* automotive & aerospace industry
* manufacturing industry
* energy conversion & combustion, fuel cells
* micro-electronics industry
* biological & environmental studies
* nuclear industry
* material and semiconductor processing
* pharmaceutical & medical industry
* biotechnology, etc.

July 25-29, 2004, Budapest, Hungary. Item #3205
IJCNN 2004, FUZZ-IEEE 2004, and Special Sessions by the ENNS.

IJCNN 2004:
A. PERCEPTUAL AND MOTOR FUNCTION
B. COGNITIVE FUNCTION
C. COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE
D. INFORMATICS
E. HARDWARE
F. REINFORCEMENT LEARNING AND CONTROL
G. DYNAMICS
H. THEORY
I. APPLICATIONS

FUZZ-IEEE 2004:
Uncertainty and Approximate Reasoning            
Soft Computing Applications          
Data Mining                                       
Fuzzy Mathematics                                        
Intelligent Information Systems and the Internet 
Intelligent Data Analysis             
Decision Analysis and Decision Support Systems
Computing with words                    
Fuzzy logic control                              
Hybrid systems

July 25-29, 2004, Budapest, Hungary. Item #3212
SPECIAL TRACK FUZZY METHODS AND MODELS IN LEARNING FROM DATA at FUZZ-IEEE 2004.

Methodologies discussed in this track may include, but need not be
limited to:
- Fuzzy decision trees
- Fuzzy inductive learning
- Fuzzy association rules
- Fuzzy logic programming
- Fuzzy clustering
- Data-driven optimization of fuzzy systems
- Neuro-fuzzy models
- Genetic fuzzy systems
- etc.

Beside methodological aspects, we would like to address the
following issues that are essential in fuzzy set-based machine
learning and data analysis:

- Interpretability
- Accuracy
- Computational complexity
- Interactivity
- Different aspects of uncertainty in data-driven modeling

July 25-26, 2004, San Jose, California. Item #3246
AAAI-2004 Workshop on "Anchoring Symbols to Sensor Data".

The anchoring problem is an important aspect of the connection between
symbolic and sensory based processes in autonomous robotic systems.
Anchoring is the problem of how to create, and to maintain in time, the
connection between the symbol- and the signal-level representations of the
same physical object.

Anchoring must necessarily occur in any physically embedded system that
comprises a symbolic reasoning component.  A typical example is the
problem of connecting, inside an autonomous robot, the symbol used by a
planner to refer to a particular door, say `door-21', to the vision or
laser data that correspond to that door.  Anchoring must also occur in a
multiple robot system, since the robots must agree about the meaning of
the symbols used to refer to perceived objects in the environment.
Anchoring is also needed for efficient human-robot interaction.

July 25-26, 2004, San Jose, CA, USA. Item #3277
AAAI-04 Workshop on Supervisory Control of Learning and Adaptive Systems.

* Adjustable autonomy/Mixed initiative control
* Co-learning
* Assistive technology
* Adaptive user interfaces
* Telerobotics
* Human-robot interaction
* Acquisition of transparent user models
* Fault-tolerant learning
* Learning from demonstration
* Evaluation methods

July 26 - 30, 2004, Beijing, P, R, China. Item #3216
CE2004: The 11th ISPE International Conference on Concurrent Engineering: Research and Applications.

Information and knowledge representation, management and sharing
Enterprise knowledge discovery and data mining
Enterprise modeling, architectures and performance analysis
Integration and interoperability of tools, applications, and methodologies
Teamwork of people, cultures, and programs
Grid co-location and security of organizations and networks
Global management and economic aspects 
Tools, applications, and methodologies for CE
Industrial experiences and commercialization of CE

July 26 - 29, 2004, Madeira, Portugal. Item #3302
ICCES'04 I n t e r n a t i o n a l C o n f e r e n c e o n C o m p u t a t i o n a l & E x p e r i m e n t a l E n g i n e e r i n g and S c i e n c e s.

                     Tentative list as of 10 Mar 2004. More themes will be added.

                        1.Advanced Computational Algorithms for Shock, Impact, and
                          Penetration Problems 
                        2.Air Traffic Management Research 
                        3.BEM for Fracture Mechanics 
                        4.Biomolecular Engineering and Nanotechnology 
                        5.Bionanomechanics 
                        6.Boundary Element Methods 
                        7.Cellular and Molecular Biomechanics 
                        8.Composite Materials 
                        9.Composites: Experiments and Analysis 
                       10.Computational Fluid Dynamics 
                       11.Computational Methods in Nano Science 
                       12.Computational Modeling of Thin and Flexible Structures 
                       13.Computational multi-scale modeling on mechanics of solids 
                       14.Crack Repair in Metals and Composites 
                       15.Damage Mechanics 
                       16.Dynamic Fracture Mechanics 
                       17.Earthquake Structural Engineering 
                       18.Elastic-plastic Fracture 
                       19.Electromagnetics 
                       20.Electronic Packaging 
                       21.Error Estimation in BEM 
                       22.Experimental Nanomechanics 
                       23.FEM Software 
                       24.Finite Strain Theory and Cyclic Plasticity 
                       25.Fluid Structure Interactions 
                       26.Fracture Mechanics 
                       27.Gradient Theories 
                       28.Innovative Aircraft Design 
                       29.Instabilities and Bifurcations in Fluid Mechanics 
                       30.Interface Processing 
                       31.Inverse Problems 
                       32.Large Rotaions 
                       33.Manufacturing Process Modeling 
                       34.Mechanics of Geomaterials 
                       35.Meshless BEM 
                       36.Meshless Methods 
                       37.Modeling of Atomic-to-Continuum Materials 
                       38.Modeling of Materials 
                       39.Molecular Dynamics 
                       40.Multiscale Modeling of Nanomaterials 
                       41.NanoMechanics 
                       42.Novel Computational Methods 
                       43.Numerical and Analytical Methods in Gradient Elastic Theory 
                       44.Optimization 
                       45.Radial Basis Functions 
                       46.Shell Analysis 
                       47.Smart Structures 
                       48.Soil Dynamics 
                       49.Special Methods in Earth Dynamics 
                       50.Stability 
                       51.Structural Integrity 
                       52.Time Integration 
                       53.Transonic Flow Computation Of Slender Body Of Revolution for Drag
                          Optimization using Finite Difference and Boundary Element Meth 
                       54.Viscoplasticity, Creep, and Damage 
                       55.Wave Propagation 
                       56.Wave propagation in solids and fluids 
                       57.to be determined 

July 27-31, 2004, University of Lugano, Lugano, Switzerland. Item #3315
SUMMER SCHOOL ON IMPRECISE PROBABILITIES.

Imprecise probability is a generic term for the many mathematical or
statistical models which measure chance or uncertainty without sharp
numerical probabilities. Imprecise probability models are needed in
inference problems where the relevant information is scarce, vague or
conflicting, and in decision problems where preferences may also be
incomplete.

The school on imprecise probabilities will offer a wide and deep
introduction to imprecise probability topics, both theoretical and applied.
In particular, the school will focus on coherent lower previsions and their
behavioral interpretation, decision theory, robust statistics, risk
analysis, imprecise probability methods for artificial intelligence and
knowledge discovery.

The school is organized by the Society for Imprecise Probability Theories
and Applications (SIPTA).

July 29 - August 1, 2004, Pittsburgh, USA. Item #3201
ICCM-2004 Sixth International Conference of Cognitive Modeling.

 THEME
 ICCM brings researchers together who develop computational models 
 that explain/predict cognitive data. The core theme of ICCM2004 is 
 Integrating Computational Models: models that integrate diverse data; 
 integration across modeling approaches; and integration of teaching 
 and modeling.

August 2-4, 2004, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Item #3223
MDAI 2004 Modeling Decisions for Artificial Intelligence.

Tools
- Aggregation operators, Hierarchical models, 
- Fuzzy measures and fuzzy integrals
- Learning methods for parameter determination
- Theory and algorithms for operator selection
- Methods for categorical scales 

Applications
- Multiagent systems
- Electronic commerce
- Information retrieval
- e-gamming and e-gambling
- Machine learning algorithms
- Data mining

August 3-5, 2004, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia. Item #3160
ICAIET 2004 - Second International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Engineering and Technology.

August 8-11, 2004, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. Item #3286
ICWL2004 The 3rd International Conference on Web-based Learning.

1. e-Learning Platforms & Tools 

   1.1 System Architecture 

   1.2 Real-time Instruction Technology 

   1.3 Media Streaming 

   1.4 Quality Management in e-Learning 

   1.5 Courseware Building Tool 

   1.6 Virtual Laboratory Building Tool 

   1.7 Collaborative Learning Enabling Technology 

2. Learning Recourse Deployment, Organization and Management 

   2.1 Knowledge Management for e-Learning 

   2.2 Digital Libraries for e-Learning 

   2.3 Management of Learning Resources 

   2.4 Database Architecture for Web-based learning 

   2.5 Multimedia databases for Web-based learning 

3. Practice and Experience Sharing 

   3.1 Concepts and Examples of Good Practices 

   3.2 Innovative Curriculum in e-Learning 

   3.3 Virtual University 

   3.4 Virtual Classroom 

   3.5 Virtual Laboratories 

   3.6 Collaborative Learning 

   3.7 Organizational e-Learning Strategy 

   3.8 Teaching, Learning and Assessment Strategy 

   3.9 Measuring and charging 

   3.10 Industry-Institute Partnership 

   3.11 Web-based Training for Customers 

   3.12 Community Building for e-Learning 

4. e-Learning Standards 

   4.1 E-learning Standards from Standard Organizations 

   4.2 E-learning Specifications from Industry Alliances 

   4.3 Implementation Profiles 

   4.4 Standard Practice Technology and Experience 

5. Pedagogical Issues 

  5.1 Instructional Design for e-Learning 

  5.2 Evaluation/Performance Measurement  & Assessment 

  5.3 Research Perspectives in e-Learning Strategy 

6. Other Related Topics 

August 16 - September 10, 2004, OBIDOS, PORTUGAL. Item #3337
ADVANCED COURSE IN COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE (AN IBRO NEUROSCIENCE SCHOOL).

August 17-19, 2004, , Corfu Island, Greece. Item #3314
Special Session Neural and Mathematical Modeling of Neuroimaging Data at WSEAS International Conference on Mathematical Biology and Ecology.

Topics :
1. Modeling methodologies applied to neuroimaging data (e.g. EEG, MEG,
fMRI, PET, multiple cell recording data)
- Structural equation models
- Neural network models
- Partial differential equations
- Other models, including Hidden Markov Models, Finite State Machines,
cell automata, petri-nets
2.  Analysis / modeling of coherence and oscillation in neuroimaging
data
3.  Analysis / modeling  multimodal imaging data, including EEG-fMRI,
EEG-MEG.

August 18-20, 2004, Sheraton Hotel, Pittsburgh, USA. Item #3121
PATAT 2004 The 5th international conference on the Practice And Theory of Automated Timetabling.

   o  Educational Timetabling
   o  Transport Timetabling
   o  Employee Timetabling
   o  Sports Timetabling
   o  Complexity Issues
   o  Distributed Timetabling Systems
   o  Experiences
   o  Implementations
   o  Commercial Packages
   o  Interactive vs Batch Timetabling
   o  Timetable Updating
   o  Relationship with Other Scheduling Problems
   o  Timetabling Research Areas, including: Constraint Based Methods
					     Evolutionary Computation
                    			     Artificial Intelligence
					     Graph Colouring
					     Expert Systems
					     Heuristic Search
					     Knowledge Based Systems
					     Operational Research
					     Simulated Annealing
					     Local Search
					     Mathematical Programming
					     Soft Computing
					     Tabu Search

August 22-27, 2004, Toulouse, France. Item #3158
First IFIP Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications and Innovations.

August 22-25, 2004, Seattle, WA, USA. Item #3220
KDD-2004 THE TENTH ACM SIGKDD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON KNOWLEDGE DISCOVERY AND DATA MINING.

- Applications of data mining (biomedical, e-commerce, defense)
- Data and result visualization
- Data mining and data warehousing
- Data mining for community generation, social network analysis, and
  graph-structured data
- Foundations of data mining
- KDD framework and process
- Mining data streams
- Mining high-dimensional data
- Mining text and semi-structured data
- Multi-media data mining
- Novel data mining algorithms
- Spatial and temporal data mining
- Security and privacy issues
- Interactive and online data mining
- Pre-processing and post-processing for data mining
- Robust and scalable statistical methods

August 22-27, 2004, Valencia, Spain. Item #3251
ECAI 2004 - 16th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence.

Abduction                                                                       AI and Creativity
AI Architectures                                                        Art and Music
Automated Reasoning                                             Autonomous Agents
Bayesian Learning                                                       Belief Revision
Case-Based Reasoning                                            Causal Reasoning
Cognitive Modelling                                             Cognitive Robotics
Common-Sense Reasoning                                  Computer-Aided Learning
Conceptual Graphs                                                       Constraint Programming
Constraint Satisfaction                                 Data Mining
Decision Theory                                                 Deduction
Description Logics                                                      Design
Diagnosis                                                                       Discourse Modelling
Distributed AI                                                  Game Playing
Genetic Algorithms                                              Geometric Reasoning
Information Extraction                                  Information Retrieval
Intelligent User Interfaces                             Knowledge Acquisition
Knowledge-Based Systems                         Knowledge Discovery
Knowledge Representation                                        Logic Programming
Machine Learning                                                        Machine Translation
Meta-Heuristics for AI                                  Model-Based Reasoning
Multi-Agent Systems                                             Natural Language Processing
Neural Networks                                                 Nonmonotonic Reasoning
Ontologies                                                                      Perception
Philosophical Foundations                                       Planning
Probabilistic Reasoning                                         Qualitative Reasoning
Real-Time Systems                                               Reasoning about Actions and Change
Reasoning under Uncertainty                             Reinforcement Learning
Resource-Bounded Reasoning                              Reuse of Knowledge
Robotics                                                                        Satisfiability Testing
Scheduling                                                                      Search
Spatial Reasoning                                                       Speech Processing
Temporal Reasoning                                              Text Mining
Theorem Proving                                                 User Modelling
Verification and Validation                                     Vision

August 22-26, 2004, Budapest, Hungary. Item #3280
ECVP 2004 - 27th European Conference on Visual Perception.

Scope and topics
ECVP is the largest European meeting dedicated to the theoretical and
applied aspects of visual perception spanning the fields of psychophysics,
experimental psychology, cognitive sciences, the neurosciences
(neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, neuropsychology), neural networks, computer
science, and ophthalmology.  In accordance with this unique profile, the
results presented at ECVP cover a wide range of themes in psychological,
brain, and cognitive research related to vision, addressed by the means of
electrophysiological, psychophysical, neural imagery, and computer
simulation techniques. Each year the conference provides a forum for about
5-600 young and established scientists from Europe and other parts of the
world to present their original contributions. All the abstracts of the
conference are published in the journal Perception. More information about
previous meetings is available at the official web site http://www.ecvp.org.

August 22-24, 2004, Valencia, Spain. Item #3312
HM 2004 - Workshop on HYBRID METAHEURISTICS at ECAI 2004.

Metaheuristics, such  as simulated annealing, genetic and evolutionary
algorithms, tabu search,  ant colony optimization, scatter  search and
iterated local  search,  have  received considerable  interest  in the
fields  of    applied   artificial  intelligence   and   combinatorial
optimization. Plenty  of  hard problems in  a huge  variety of  areas,
including    bioinformatics, logistics,  engineering, business,  etc.,
have been  tackled successfully  with  metaheuristic  approaches.  For
many problems  the  resulting  algorithms  are  considered to  be  the
state-of-the-art methods.    

- novel combinations of components from different metaheuristics,
- hybridization of metaheuristics and more classical AI and OR 
  techniques,
- low-level hybridization,
- high-level hybridization, portfolio techniques, expert systems,
- co-operative search,
- taxonomy, terminology, classification of hybrid metaheuristics,
- population-based techniques,
- co-evolution techniques,
- advanced local-search and gradient techniques,
- automated parameter tuning,
- empirical and statistical comparison,
- theoretic aspects of hybridization,
- parallelization,
- software libraries.

August 22 - 23, 2004, Valencia, Spain. Item #3323
ROCAI2004 First Workshop on “ROC Analysis in AI".

to be held within ECAI’2004, http://www.dsic.upv.es/ecai2004/
the European Conference on Artificial Intelligence.


* Adaptation of classical learning methods for improving AUC instead
   of accuracy.
* Agent selection/ranking in multiagent systems.
* Alternative ROC representations.
* Alternatives to AUC measures (such as AUC*).
* Analysis of the performance of learners or decision systems based
on AUC.
* Applications of ROC Analysis in Expert Systems.
* Classifier Evaluation.
* Co-learning (collaborative learning) and ROC Analysis.
* Consensus and Collaborative/Distributed Decision Making.
* Constraint Satisfaction Methods for ROC Analysis.
* Cost-sensitive Learning.
* Decision Networks and Probabilistic Reasoning with ROC Analysis.
* Expert Systems, Knowledge Bases and ROC Analysis.
* Inductive Logic Programming and ROC Analysis.
* Multi-class ROC on top of binary ROC.
* Oversampling and ROC analysis.
* Precision & Recall measures in Information Retrieval.
* Ranking Actions. Applications in Planning and Robotics with
variable contexts.
* Reinforcement Learning and ROC analysis.
* ROC Analysis for Model Building and Modification.
* ROC Analysis for Descriptive Data Mining (association rules,
subgroup discovery).
* Soft classifiers and Probability Estimators.
* Software Packages and Efficient Implementations (Convex Hull).
* Use of ROC analysis and measures as fitness and selection
criteria in evolutionary techniques.
* Working with Imbalanced datasets.

August 22, 2004, Cambridge, UK. Item #3334
ICPR-2004 Workshop "Pattern Representation and the Future of Pattern Recognition: A Program for Action".

This workshop is the first devoted entirely to the subject of representational
formalisms, a topic which has not yet been addressed at a fundamental level.  It
appears that the development of (new) formalisms addressing the issue of non-numeric,
or structural, representation is, perhaps, the main problem facing today artificial
intelligence, and all sciences in general.

This monumental task--the development of representational formalisms--has not been
perceived as requiring the development of radically new formalisms that lie entirely
outside the scope of all present day formalisms.  (And the latter should not be
considered as representational ones).

August 22, 2004, Seattle, WA, USA. Item #3371
MRDM 2004 - 3rd Workshop on Multi-Relational Data Mining at 10th ACM SIGKDD.

- Applications of (multi-)relational data mining
- Data mining problems that require (multi-)relational methods
- Distance-based methods for structured/relational data
- Inductive databases
- Kernel methods for structured/relational data
- Learning in probabilistic relational representations
- Link analysis and discovery
- Methods for (multi-)relational data mining
- Mining structured data, such as amino-acid sequences,
   chemical compounds, HTML and XML documents, ...
- Propositionalization methods for transforming (multi-)relational
   data mining problems to single-table data mining problems
- Relational neural networks
- Relational pattern languages

August 23-28, 2004, Chengdu, Sichuan, China. Item #3250
ICIMA 2004 - International Conference on Intelligent Mechatronics and Automation.

. Research, development, and future directions in intelligent mechatronics,
robotics and automation

. Research on the components, projects, and systems of micro and nano
system

. Intelligent robotics, novel sensor design and multi-sensor data fusion
algorithms

. Biomedical engineering, rehabilitation engineering, and artificial immune
system

. Control system modeling and simulation techniques and methodologies

. AI, intelligent control, neuro-control, fuzzy control and their
applications

. Industrial automation, process control

. CAD CAM CAE and manufacturing technologies

. Navigation and control algorithms for land and underwater mobile robots

. Signal processing, image processing and pattern recognition in control
systems

. and all other areas related to intelligent mechatronics theory,
engineering and application

August 23-27, 2004, Edinburgh, UK. Item #3324
2004 Edinburgh Summer School in Neuroinformatics Simulation Tools.

August 24-25, 2004, Setobal, Portugal. Item #3256
1st Int'l Conference on Artificial Neural Networks: Data Preparation Techniques & application development.

The conference-cum-workshop would focus on practical aspects of data-preprocessing and application development.

August 25-28, 2004, Setúbal, Portugal. Item #3111
ICINCO 2004 - International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics.

AREA 1: INTELLIGENT CONTROL SYSTEMS AND OPTIMIZATION
 Decision support systems
 Distributed control systems
 Expert systems for industry
 Intelligent fault detection and identification
 Knowledge-based systems applications
 Machine learning in control applications
 Hybrid learning systems
 Mechatronic systems
 Neural networks based control systems
 Optimization algorithms
 Software agents for intelligent control systems
 Soft computing
 Fuzzy control
 Genetic algorithms
 Evolutionary computation and control

AREA 2: ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION
 Robot design, development and control
 Human-robots interfaces 
 Network robotics 
 Mobile robots and autonomous systems 
 Human augmentation and shared control 
 Space and underwater robots 
 Intelligent transportation technologies and systems 
 Vehicle control applications 
 Telerobotics and Teleoperation 
 Industrial networks and automation 
 Intelligent warehouses 
 Modeling, simulation and architectures 
 Vision, recognition and reconstruction 
 Virtual Reality 
 Surveillance 
 Control and supervision systems 
 Web-based control 
 Autonomous agents 
 Petri nets (system design/verification with nets, protocols and networks)

AREA 3: SIGNAL PROCESSING, SYSTEMS MODELING AND CONTROL 
 Speech recognition
 Signal reconstruction
 Computer and microprocessor-based control
 Hierarchical control 
 Instrumentation networks and software 
 Field-buses 
 Real-time systems control 
 Time series and system modeling 
 Time-frequency analysis 
 Feature extraction 
 Information-based models for control 
 Discrete event systems 
 Hybrid dynamical systems 
 System identification 
 Adaptive signal processing and control 
 Nonlinear signals and systems 
 Optimization problems in signal processing 
 Change detection problems

August 25-27, 2004, Genoa, Italy. Item #3176
EPIROB2004 Fourth International Workshop on Epigenetic Robotics: Modeling Cognitive Development in Robotic Systems.

This workshop focuses on combining developmental psychology,
neuroscience, biology, and robotics with the goal of understanding the
functioning of biological systems. Epigenetic systems, either natural
or artificial, share a prolonged developmental process through which
varied and complex cognitive and perceptual structures emerge as a
result of the interaction of an embodied system with a physical and
social environment.

Epigenetic robotics includes the two-fold goal of understanding
biological systems by the interdisciplinary integration between neural
and engineering sciences and, simultaneously, that of enabling robots
and artificial systems to develop skills for any particular
environment instead of programming them for specific environments. To
this aim, psychological theory and empirical evidence should be used
to inform epigenetic robotic models, and these models should be used
as theoretical tools to make experimental predictions in developmental
psychology.

August 25 - 27, 2004, Galway, Ireland. Item #3214
9th International Conference on Human Aspects of Advanced Manufacturing: Agility and Hybrid Automatio.

 Digital Technologies

 

Web technologies

Web work

Virtual work

CSCW

Virtual reality

Cognitive engineering

Distributed cognition

Distributed design

Allocation of functions

Intelligent systems

HCI
  	

 

Ergonomics / Human Factors

 

Macro-ergonomics

Participatory ergonomics

Computer-aided ergonomics

Health & safety

Workspace design

Human modelling

Work evaluation

Human reliability

Biomechanics

Tele-operation

Workload assessment

 
	

 

Manufacturing & Operations

 

Globalisation

Cultural issues

Agile manufacturing

Balanced automation

Teamwork

Performance measurement

Continuous improvement

Standards

Organisational learning

Supply chains

Regulatory affairs

August 25-27, 2004, 2004, Exeter, UK. Item #3257
IDEAL 2004 Fifth International Conference on Intelligent Data Engineering and Automated Learning.

August 26 - 28, 2004, Budapest, Hungary. Item #3218
ISDA'04: Fourth International Conference on Intelligent Systems Design and Applications.

* Applications in Bioinformatics
* Architectures of intelligent systems
* Image, Speech and signal processing
* Internet modeling
* Data mining
* Fuzzy modeling and control
* Business and management applications
* Control and Automation
* Software agents
* Knowledge management
* Special topics

August 26-28, 2004, Budapest, Hungary. Item #3272
SIP'04 Swarm Intelligence and Patterns at ISDA'04.

- Intelligent Systems Design.
- Advanced Signal and Image processing algorithms.
- Pattern Recognition and Emergent Behaviour.
- Data Categorization, Visualization. Data and Knowledge Extraction /
Representation.
- Feature Extraction and Selection. Unsupervised Learning.
- Information Systems.
- Collective Intelligence and Search. Exploring versus Exploiting.
- Artificial Habitats and Information.
- Exploratory Data Analysis. Data-Mining.
- Cognition, Interactivity, Signals and Communication.
- Bottom-up Strategies and Non-Hierarchical Systems.
- Adpative Systems and Self-Configuration.
- Mapping Concepts, Cognitive Maps and Self-Organizing Maps.
- Complex Adaptive Systems.
- Stigmergy, Self-Organization, Metamorphosis, Emergence and
Co-Evolution.
- Artificial Life as well as other Animal Societies bio-inspired
algorithms.
- Artificial Societies and Web-based Communities.
- Wireless Communication, Cellular Systems, Indirect Communication
through artefacts.
- Social Networks and New Media.
- Artificial Immune Systems and Self-Organization.
- Classification, Sorting, Data Retrieval, Clustering.
- Web Mining, Semantic Web, Collaborative Mining, GRIDS, Network
security.
- Auto-Catalysis, Positive and Negative Feedbacks, Cybernetics.
- Swarm and Cooperative Robotics.
- Distributed algorithms, self-regulation, self-repair and
self-maintenance ontologies.
- Biomedical, multimedia and e-commerce applications.
- Collective on-line Games. iDesign, Active aLif(v)e Art and
e-Artefacts.
- Generative and Computational Art.
- Hybridization with other methods (e.g. Evolutionary Computation and
Neural Networks).

August 26 - 28, 2004, Budapest, Hungary. Item #3292
Special Session on Soft Computing Models for Noise Pollution.

·Soft computing techniques for predicting noise pollution 
·Fusion of statistical methods and soft computing techniques in noise
pollution
·Soft computing techniques for control aspects of noise pollution 
·Soft computing techniques for predicting noise-induced effects on
humans such as annoyance, sleep disturbance, speech interference,
hearing loss, and reduction in work efficiency
·Fuzzy Systems, fuzzy logic and possibility theory for various
noise-induced effects
·Fuzzy system modeling and simulation for noise pollution 
·Neural network applications for various noise-induced effects 
·Fusion of neural network and fuzzy systems for noise pollution 
·Fusion of fuzzy systems and evolutionary algorithms for predicting
noise pollution
·Fusion of neural network and evolutionary algorithms in noise
pollution
·Fusion of neural network- fuzzy systems- evolutionary algorithms in
noise pollution
·Genetic algorithms, evolution strategies, genetic programming and
evolutionary programming applications in noise pollution
·Hybrid intelligent systems for predicting noise pollution
·Hybrid intelligent systems for controlling noise pollution

August 26-28, 2004, Budapest, Hungary. Item #3295
Applications of Intelligent Systems in Medicine (a part of ISDA-2004).

August 28, 2004, Geneva, Switzerland. Item #3298
COLING-2004 Workshop: Psycho-computational Models of Human Language Acquisition.

* Acquisition models that contain a parsing component
* Models that have a cross-linguistic or bilingual perspective
* Models that address the question of learning bias in terms of innate 
  linguistic knowledge versus statistical regularity in the input
* Models that can acquire natural language word-order
* Hybrid models that cross established paradigms
* Models that directly make use of or can be used to evaluate existing 
  linguistic or developmental theories in a computational framework (e.g. the 
  principles & parameters framework or Optimality Theory)
* Empirical models that make use of child-directed corpora
* Formal models that incorporate psychologically plausible constraints 
* Comparative surveys, across multiple paradigms, that critique previously   
  published studies 

August 29, 2004, University of Stirling, Scotland, UK. Item #3165
BICS2004 Brain Inspired Cognitive Systems.

First International ICSC Symposium on
Cognitive Neuro Science (CNS 2004)
(from computationally inspired models to brain-inspired computation)
Chair: Igor Aleksander, Imperial College London, U.K
i.aleksander@imperial.ac.uk

Second International ICSC Symposium on
Biologically Inspired Systems (BIS 2004)
Chair: Prof. Leslie Smith, University of Stirling, U.K.
lss@cs.stir.ac.uk

Third International ICSC Symposium on
Neural Computation (NC'2004)
Chair: Dr. Amir Hussain, University of Stirling, U.K.
ahu@cs.stir.ac.uk

August 30 - September 2, 2004, Madrid, Spain. Item #3270
Computational Creativity Workshop at ECCBR'04.

August 30 - September 1, 2004, Vienna University of Technology, Austria. Item #3276
ICCC 2004 IEEE International Conference on Computational Cybernetics.

Computational Cybernetics is the synergetic integration of
Cybernetics and Computational Intelligence techniques. Hence the
topics of the ICCC covers not only mechanical, but biological
(living), social and economical systems and for this uses
computational intelligence based results of communication theory,
signal processing, information technology, control theory, the
theory of adaptive systems, the theory of complex systems (game
theory, operational research), and computer science.

September 2-4, 2004, Oviedo, Asturias, Spain. Item #3167
SMPS'2004 - 2nd International Conference on Soft Methods in Probability and Statistics.

The scope of SMPS'2004 is to bring together experts representing all
existing approaches used in soft probability and statistics. In
particular, we would welcome papers combining probability and
statistics with fuzzy logic, applications of the Dempster-Shafer
theory, generalized theories of uncertainty, generalized random
elements, generalized probabilities and so on. Both theoretical and
applied papers will be welcome.

September 4-7, 2004, Paris, France. Item #3202
8th Congress of the European Federation of Neurological Societies.

   1.  Ageing and dementia
   2. Autonomic nervous system
   3. Cognitive neurology/neuropsychology
   4. Cerebrovascular diseases
   5. Child neurology/developmental neurology
   6. Clinical neurophysiology
   7. Critical care
   8. Education in neurology
   9. Epilepsy
  10. Ethics in neurology
  11. Headache and pain
  12. History of neurology
  13. Infection and AIDS
  14. Motor neurone diseases
  15. Movement disorders
  16. MS and related disorders
  17. Muscle and neuromuscular junction disease
  18. Neuroepidemiology
  19. Neurogenetics
  20. Neuroimaging
  21. Neurological manifestations of systemic diseases
  22. Neurology and arts
  23. Neuro-oncology
  24. Neuroophthalmology/
  25. neurootology
  26. Neurotoxicology/occupational neurology
  27. Neurotraumatology
  28. Peripheral nerve disorders
  29. Rehabilitation
  30. Sleep disorder
  31. Spinal cord and root disorders

September 5-8, 2004, Brussels, Belgium. Item #3168
ANTS 2004 Fourth International Workshop on Ant Colony Optimization and Swarm Intelligence.

- Models of the  behavior of social insects  or other animal societies that can
  stimulate new algorithmic approaches.

- Empirical  and  theoretical research   in  ant colony  optimization and swarm
  intelligence.

- Application  of ant  colony optimization  and  swarm  intelligence methods to
  real-world problems.

- Swarm robotics.

September 5-10, 2004, The Queen's College, Oxford, UK. Item #3271
Gordon Research Conference: Sensory coding and the natural environment.

September 6-9, 2004, Harbin, China. Item #3174
ICNFT 1st International Conference on New Forming Technology.

Micro-forming

Incremental forming

Laser forming

Thixo-forming

Reconfigurable die forming

Hydroforming

Special jointing

Special casting

Forming of ceramics and composites,

Other new processes and materials

September 7-10, 2004, Vienna, Austria. Item #3125
EUSIPCO-2004 European Signal Processing Conference.

- Digital Signal Processing
- Statistical Signal Processing
- Sensor Array and Multichannel Processing
- Signal Processing for Communications
- Speech Processing
- Image and Multidimensional Signal Processing
- Video and Multimedia Signal Processing
- Nonlinear Signal Processing	
- Wavelet and Time-Frequency Signal Processing
- Audio and Electroacoustics
- DSP Implementations and Embedded Systems
- Rapid Prototyping and Tools for DSP Design
- Signal Processing Applications
- Signal Processing Education and Training
- Emerging Technologies

September 7-10, 2004, Sheffield, United Kingdom. Item #3262
Sheffield Machine Learning Workshop.

September 7 - 10, 2004, Nottingham, UK. Item #3263
UBICOMP 2004 The 6th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing.

September 7 - 9, 2004, Lisbon, Portugal. Item #3307
CST 2004 The Seventh International Conference on Computational Structures Technology.

Themes
The themes for this conference will include: Structural Analysis and Design - Non-Linear Analysis - Dynamic Analysis - Finite Element Analysis - Boundary Element Analysis - Computer Aided Design - Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization - Structural Re-analysis & Sensitivity Analysis - Geomaterials - Plates and Shells - Structural Modelling - Micro-Mechanics Models - Damage Identification - Material Models - Reliability Problems - Software Standards and Quality Control - Adaptivity - Mesh and Grid Generation - Shape and Topology Optimization - Visualization and Graphics - Impact and Contact Simulations - Post and Pre Processing - Smart Structures - Multi and Inter-Disciplinary Optimization - Composite Materials and Structures - Forming Problems - Poromechanics - Fracture and Fatigue - Brittle Materials - Eigensolvers - Education - Coupled Problems - Soil-Structure Interaction - Fluid-Structure Interaction - Simulation - Integration of CST and CFD - Inverse Problems - FEM in Design - Implementation of Computational Procedures - Computer Modelling - Materials Characterisation - Meshfree Methods - Uncertainty.

Papers concerned with the following aspects of structural engineering computation are particularly relevant to the conference: Parallel Processing - Use of High Performance Computer Architectures - Supercomputing - Domain Decomposition and Partitioning - MIMD Architectures - Distributed Computing and Networking - Artificial Intelligence and Knowledge-Based Systems - Novel Software Tools and Development Environments - Virtual Reality - Algorithms for Vectorization and Parallelisation - Genetic Algorithms - Neural Networks - Object Oriented Methods - Data Mining - Solution Procedures for Large Scale Problems - Hardware and Software developments for HPC - Grid Computing - WWW Applications - Computational Intelligence - Evolutionary Processes.

September 7 - 9, 2004, Lisbon, Portugal. Item #3308
ECT 2004 The Fourth International Conference on Engineering Computational Technology.

 The themes for this conference will include: Computer Aided Manufacture - Computational Fluid Dynamics - Computer Aided Design & Computer Aided Engineering - Computer Modelling - Simulation - Virtual Reality and Virtual Environments - Virtual Prototyping - Visualisation and Graphics - Multi-phase Problems - Multi-physics Problems - Thermal Problems - Geotechnical Problems - Computational Biomechanics - Process Simulation - Wave Propagation - Mathematical Modelling - Standards - Automative Applications - Software Reliability - Model Verification - Accoustics - Energy Systems - Fluid Transport - Active and Passive Control - Communications - Environmental Engineering - Mesh and Grid Generation - Design and Manufacture - Materials Processing - Optimal Design - Adaptive Procedures - Probabilistic Methods - Flow Simulation and Modelling - FEM and BEM - Chaos - Data Mining - Heat Transfer - CAD/CAM-Rapid Prototyping - Geometric Modelling - Mass Customization - Virtual Environments - Virtual Humans - Micro and Nano-Scale Problems - Multibody Dynamics - Geophysics.

September 8 - 10, 2004, Plymouth, UK. Item #3311
NCPW 9 - 9th NEURAL COMPUTATION AND PSYCHOLOGY WORKSHOP : Modelling Language, Cognition and Action.

September 8-10, 2004, Singapore. Item #3377
1st International BioEngineering Conference 2004 (IBEC 2004) in conjunction with 6th Annual NTU-SGH Biomedical Engineering Symposium 2004.

September 12-15, 2004, Boston, USA. Item #3190
Alife9 Ninth International Artificial Life Conference.

Origin of life, self-organization, self-replication
Astrobiology, exobiology, artificial chemistry, autocatalytic systems, synthetic and supramolecular chemistry, molecular
self-assembly, molecular information processing, nanotechnology
Development and differentiation
Multicellular development, gene-regulation networks,
natural and artificial morphogenesis
Evolutionary and adaptive dynamics
Pattern and mode of evolution, radiation and extinction modes of selection (natural, sexual, neutral, kin, etc.),artificial ecologies, evolutionary games, molecular (e.g. RNA) evolution, immune systems evolvability, cultural evolution and learning, coevolution
Applications of ALife technologies
Genetic product design. ALife-inspired art, self-repairing and autonomic systems, evolving MEMS technology, financial and economic agents, adaptive gaming and educational technologies
Robots and agents
Bio-inspired robots, embodied cognition, autonomous and adaptive robots, software agents, evolutionary robotics
Communication, cooperation and collective behavior
Emergent collective behaviors, swarm intelligence evolution of communication and cooperation, social and linguistic systems, economic systems, social-technical systems
Simulation and synthesis tools and methodologies
Clarification and evaluation of ALife methodologies, new simulation languages, experimental tools, simulative worlds for ALife research, analysis and visualization tools for large data sets.
The broader context
Mathematical and philosophical foundations and implications of ALife, ethical and social implications of ALife
New and creative syntheses
Novel work illustrating fundamentally new approaches.

September 12-25, 2004, Berder Island, France. Item #3333
MACHINE LEARNING SUMMER SCHOOL 2004.

 Lectures:

    * Graphical Models and Variational Methods (C. Bishop, Microsoft Research)
    * Computer Vision (A. Blake, Microsoft Research)
    * Advanced Statistical Learning Theory (O. Bousquet, MPI Tuebingen)
    * Regularization (S.Canu, INSA Rouen)
    * Simulation Methods (M. Davy, IRCCyN Nantes)
    * Information Retrieval and Text Mining (T. Hofmann, Brown University)
    * Optimization and Control (J. Moore and K. Hueper, ANU Canberra)
    * Boosting (G. Raetsch, MPI Tuebingen & Fraunhofer Berlin)
    * Kernel Methods I (B. Schoelkopf, MPI Tuebingen)
    * Statistical Learning Theory (J. Shawe-Taylor , Southampton)
    * Kernel Methods II (A. Smola, ANU Canberra)
    * Empirical Inference (V. Vapnik, NEC Research)
    * Signal Processing (R. Williamson, ANU Canberra)
    * Machine Learning in Bioinformatics (A. Zien, MPI Tuebingen)
    * Title to come. (D. Achlioptas, Microsoft Research)

 Practical sessions:

     * Semi-supervised Learning (O. Chapelle, MPI Tuebingen)
     * Simulation Methods (Manuel Davy, IRCCyN Nantes)
     * Independent Component Analysis (A. Gretton, MPI Tuebingen)

September 13 - 15, 2004, University of Duisburg, Essen, Essen, Germany. Item #3379
IMAC 2004 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE.

The conference will deal with issues of localization and globalisation (in short, glocalization) in the technology design, its use and transfer. Recent debates in the field of software development indicate that localization will become an important issue in the various fields of production, soft-ware and hardware. Since there is an inherent proximity between globalization and localization patterns, there is a need to relate local industrial and manufacturing culture approaches with glob-alization issues.

September 14-16, 2004, Izmir, Turkey. Item #3239
4th WSEAS International Conference on SIGNAL, SPEECH and IMAGE PROCESSING SIMULATION, MODELLING AND OPTIMIZATION COMPUTING, OPTIMIZATION, SIMULATION & MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTATION.

  TOPICS:  
 Filter design and structures 
 Fast algorithms 
 Adaptive filters 
 Nonlinear Signals and Systems 
 Multirate filtering and filter banks 
 Signal reconstruction 
 Time-frequency analysis 
 Spectral estimation 
 Higher order spectrum analysis 
 Parameter estimation 
 Detection 
 Array signal processing 
 Statistical signal analysis 
 Signal and system modeling 
 Cyclostationary signal analysis 
 Speech production and perception 
 Speech analysis 
 Speech synthesis 
 Speech coding 
 Speech recognition 
 Speech enhancement and noise reduction 
 Active noise control 
 Active noise reduction 
 Echo cancellation 
 Psychoacoustics 
 Broadband audio coding 
 Signal processing for music 
 Binaural systems 
 Room acoustics 
 Digital transforms 
 HDTV 
 Multidimensional systems 
 Machine vision 
 Image coding 
 Image motion / sequence / video 
 Computed imaging 
 Geophysical and seismic processing 
 Image analysis and segmentation 
 Image filtering, restoration and enhancement 
 Image representation and modeling 
 Pattern recognition 
 Neural networks 
 Fuzzy Systems 
 Evolutionary computation 
 Expert systems 
 Multisensor Data Fusion 
 Architectures and VLSI hardware 
 Programmable signal processors 
 Algorithms and applications mappings 
 Design methology and CAD tools 
 Languages and real time software 
 Real time system estimation 
 Optimization problems in signal processing 
 Radar 
 Sonar 
 Biomedical processing 
 Geophysical signal processing 
 Underwater signal processing 
 Remote sensing 
 Robotics 
 Astronomy 
 Satellite signals processing 
 Measure and Instrumentation 

September 14-16, 2004, Izmir, Turkey. Item #3240
WSEAS ICRODIC 2004 - 4th WSEAS International Conference on ROBOTICS, DISTANCE LEARNING and INTELLIGENT COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS.

  TOPICS:   

 Robotics: modelling, analysis and simulation 
 Kinematics, Dynamics and Control of robots 
 Robotics materials 
 Robotics languages 
 Human-Robot Interfaces 
 Motion and path planning 
 Manipulation and Grasping 
 Legged and Whiled Robots 
 Discrete Event Dynamics Systems 
 Petri Nets 
 Distributed Robotics Systems 
 Cellular and Biologically Inspired Robots 
 Sensor Design, Integration and Fusion 
 Personal and Service Robots 
 Space and underwater Robots 
 Teleoperation 
 Telerobotics 
 Network Robotics 
 Nanotechnologies in Robotics 
 Communication problems in robotics 
 Mechatronics 
 Electronics for robotics systems 
 Complex architectures 
 Neural Networks, Fuzzy logic and Evolutionary Computation in
 Robots 
 Robot Vision 
 Man-machine systems 
 Cybernetics 
 Bio-cybernetics 
 Artificial life 
 Remote sensing 
 Industrial Applications 
 Distance learning problems 
 Tele-education 
 E-commerce 
 Tele-medicine and medical informatics
 Tele-healthcare
 Tele-manufacturing systems
 Tele-artificial intelligence
 Virtual school
 Intelligent teachers
 Education of the future
 Intelligent communications
 Intelligent mobile networks
 Intelligent algorithms
 Supercomputing
 Protocols
 High performance languages
 Performance Evaluation
 Routing
 Broadband networks
 LAN, WAN
 Distributed multimedia
 ATM networks
 Satellite-based ATM
 Interworking
 Signaling and control
 PNNI, I-PNNI
 QS routing
 Traffic engineering
 UBR, VBR, ABR, CBR performance
 Network optimization
 IP/ATM integration: MPLS, MPOA
 IP multicasting and IPv6, TCP over ATM
 QoS and CoS
 Reliability aspects
 Privacy issues
 Distributed computing and distributed data bases
 Pricing and economic analysis of computations
 Social and cultural impact of modern communications 

September 14-15, 2004, Perugia, ITALY. Item #3354
CIBB 2004 INTERNATIONAL MEETING ON COMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGENCE METHODS FOR BIOINFORMATICS AND BIOSTATISTICS at WIRN 04.

- Data and methods for prognosis
- Data  and methods for  diagnosis
- Integration  of clinical  and genetic data
- Proteomics
- Pharmacogenetics

September 15-17, 2004, University of Perugia, Italy. Item #3348
WIRN`04 XV ITALIAN WORKSHOP ON NEURAL NETWORK.

Topics
1  Mathematical Models
2  Architectures and Algorithms
3  Hardware and Software Design
4  Hybrid Systems
5  Pattern Recognition and Signal Processing
6  Industrial and Commercial Applications
7  Fuzzy Tecniques for Neural Networks

September 18 - 22, 2004, Birmingham, UK. Item #3317
PPSV VIII - The Eighth International Conference on Parallel Problem Solving from Nature.

Natural computation is the study of computational systems that use
ideas and get inspiration from natural systems, including biological,
ecological, physical, chemical and social systems. It is a
fast-growing interdisciplinary field in which a range of techniques
and methods are studied for dealing with large, complex, and dynamic
problems. PPSN VIII will showcase a wide range of topics in natural
computation including, but not restricted to: Evolutionary
Computation, Quantum Computation, Molecular Computation, Neural
Computation, Artificial Life, Swarm Intelligence, Artificial Ant
Systems, Artificial Immune Systems, Self-Organising Systems, Emergent
Behaviours, Machine Perception, and Applications to Real World
Problems.

The conference emphasises original theories and novel applications of
natural computation. Researchers, practitioners, and students from
academia and industry are invited to submit their original papers to
this conference.

World-leading researchers in the field of natural computation will
present keynote speeches and tutorials at the conference. The
confirmed speakers include Lee Giles (the main driver behind
CiteSeer), Benjamin Wah, Marco Dorigo, Darell Whitley, ...  The
conference proceedings will be published by Springer in its LNCS
series. A number of specialist  workshops will be run just before the
main conference.

September 20-24, 2004, Pisa, Italy. Item #3198
ECML/PKDD-2004 The 15th European Conference on Machine Learning and the 8th European Conference on Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases.

High quality research contributions pertinent to any aspects of
machine learning and knowledge discovery are called for, ranging from
principles to practice; particular attention will be paid to papers
describing innovative, challenging applications.

There will be a single electronic submission procedure, where authors
should indicate whether they submit their paper to ECML, PKDD, or
both. In the latter case, the topic of the joint submission must be
within the scope of both conferences; accepted joint submissions will
be assigned to the most appropriate of the conferences. Student
submissions should be clearly indicated on the submission form. All
submissions will be reviewed by the respective program committees.

September 20 - 22, 2004, St, Petersburg, Russia. Item #3224
SPECOM'2004 - 9-th International Conference Speech and Computer.

- Fundamentals of Human-Computer Interaction; 
- Signal analysis, processing and feature estimation; 
- Speech recognition and understanding; 
- Natural language processing; 
- Speaker verification and identification; 
- Speech synthesis; 
- Integration of various modalities and media (speech, handwriting,
visual, tactile information, etc.);
- Multimodal analysis and synthesis; 
- Discourse, dialogue and situational analysis; 
- Ontologies and knowledge representation; 
- Speech and language resources; 
- Applied systems for Human-Computer Interaction; 

September 20-24, 2004, Beijing, P, R, China. Item #3266
2004 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology (IAT 2004).

IAT'04, the 2004 IEEE/WIC/ACM Int'l Conf. on Intelligent Agent Technology
Sept. 20-24, 2004, Beijing, China. 
Submissions due April 4, 2004. 
Homepage: http://www.maebashi-it.org/IAT04/ 
Contact: wi-iat@maebashi-it.org 

September 20-24, 2004, King Wing Hot Spring Hotel, Beijing, China. Item #3282
WI'04 - IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence.

* World Wide Wisdom Web (W4) 

  Distributed Resources Optimization
  Goal-Directed Services Support 
  Information and Knowledge Markets 
  Knowledge Community Formation and Support
  Meta-Knowledge Discovery and Representation
  New Social Interaction Paradigms
  Problem Solver Markup Language (PSML)
  Regularities and Laws of W4
  Search of Best Means and Ends
  Service Self-Aggregation
  Social and Psychological Contexts
  Web Inference Engine 

* Social Networks and Social Intelligence

  Entertainment
  Knowledge Community Formation and Support
  Link Topology and Site Hierarchy
  Intelligent Wireless Web
  Social Networks Mining
  Theories of Small-World Web
  Ubiquitous Computing 
  Ubiquitous Learning Systems
  Virtual and Web Communities
  Web-Based Cooperative Work
  Web Site Clustering

* Knowledge Grids and Grid Intelligence

  Brokering and Scheduling
  Knowledge Resources and Services Discovery
  Middleware Architectures and Tools
  On-Demand Planning and Routing
  Semantic Grids

* Web Mining and Farming

  Context Sensitive Web Mining
  E-Mail Classification
  Data Warehousing 
  Learning User Profiles
  Multimedia Data Mining 
  Mining Data Streams
  Text Mining 
  Web Farming and Warehousing
  Web Content Mining 
  Web Information Clustering
  Web Information Indexing
  Web Log and Usage Mining
  Web Page Clustering and Mining
  Web Site Classification

* Semantics and Ontology Engineering

  Ontology-Based Information Extraction and Retrieval
  Ontology-Based Web Mining
  Web-Based Ontology Learning 
  Semantic Web

* Web Agents

  Agent Networks and Topologies
  Coordination
  Distributed Problem Solving
  Global Information Foraging
  Macroscopic Behavior Modeling
  Mobile Agents
  Remembrance Agents 
  Resource Intermediary and Coordination Mechanisms 
  Self-Organization and Reproduction
  Trust Models for Web Agents 

* Web Services

  Matchmaking
  Middleware-Based Ubiquitous Services
  Web Service Reconfiguration
  Web Service Workflow Composition
  Grid Services

* Web Information Filtering and Retrieval

  Automatic Cataloging and Indexing 
  Clustering-Based Recommender Systems
  Collaborative Filtering
  Digital Library
  Distributed Web Search
  Hybrid Recommendation
  Information Retrieval Criteria and Evaluations
  Proxy and Cache Techniques
  Search Engines and Meta-search Engines
  Specifications for Web Information Extraction Process
  Web Crawling Systems
  Web Information Categorization and Ranking
  Web Prediction and Prefetching

* Intelligent Human-Web Interaction

  Adaptive Web Interfaces
  Context-Aware Computing
  Learning User Profiles 
  Multimedia Representation
  Personalized Interfaces
  Personalized Web Sites
  Social and Psychological Issues 
  Visualization of Information and Knowledge

* Web Support Systems 

  Information Retrieval Support Systems
  Web Site Navigation Support Systems
  Recommender Support Systems
  Soft Computing (including neural networks, fuzzy logic, 
       evolutionary computation, rough sets, and granular
       computing) and Uncertainty Management for WI 
  Web-Based Decision Support Systems 

* Intelligent E-Technology
  Collaborative Filtering and Recommendation
  Business Intelligence 
  Decentralized Community Communication Techniques
  E-Business and E-Commerce 
  E-Community 
  E-Finance
  E-Government 
  E-Learning
  E-Publishing 
  E-Science 
  Intelligent Enterprise Portals
  Web-Based Direct Marketing and CRM
  Web-Based EDI 
  Web Security, Integrity, Privacy and Trust

September 20 - October 08, 2004, On the World Wide Web. Item #3297
WSC9: 9th Online World Conference on Soft Computing in Industrial Applications.

 Soft Computing for Modeling, Control, and Optimization 
Fuzzy Control 
Neuro-Fuzzy Systems 
Genetic Fuzzy Systems 
Neuro-Fuzzy-Genetic Systems 
Software Agent Systems and Architectures 
Multi-Agent Architectures and Collaborative Learning 
Ant Colony Optimization 
Fuzzy Information Fusion 
Rough Sets 
Bayesian Networks 
Fuzzy Image Processing 
Bio-inspired Systems 
Artificial Neural Networks 
Support Vector Machines 
Evolutionary Algorithms, Simulated Annealing, Tabu Search 
Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization 
Hybrid Optimization Techniques (integration of global search and local
search techniques)
Simulation Environments 
Data Mining 
Industrial Applications of Soft Computing 
Intelligent Information Retrieval 
Language Processing 
Robotics 
Autonomous Reasoning 
Fault Diagnosis 
Bioinformatics 
Web Intelligence 
Speech Processing 
Business Information Systems 
Knowledge Management 

September 20-24, 2004, Beijing, China. Item #3305
IEEE/WIC/ACM WI-IAT'04 International Joint Conference on Web Intelligence (WI) & Intelligent Agent Technology (IAT).

September 20, 2004, Ulm, Germany. Item #3357
International Workshop on NeuroBotics: Bioinspired Computation for Robotics at KI-2004.

Neural networks for robots
Biomimetic robots
Learning for robotics
Cognitive robots
Speech interfaces and neural networks
Neural Vision
Talking robots
Spiking neural networks in robots
Learning self localization and mapping
Imitation and neural networks
Cognitive Development in robots
etc

September 21 - 24, 2004, Potsdam, Germany. Item #3209
SAFECOMP 2004 The 23rd International Conference on Computer Safety, Reliability and Security.

Safety Foundations:
Fault Tolerance; Distributed and Real-time Systems;
Diversity; Maintenance; Reliability; Formal Methods;
Human Factors; Risk Analysis; Open Source Software and Safety;
Standards, Guidelines and Certification;
Commercial-Off-The-Shelf; Verification, Validation and Testing;
Analysis and Modelling; Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches

Safety Applications:
Aerospace and Avionics; Automotive; Medical Systems;
Power Plants; Railways; Robotics; Chemical Industry;
Process Industry; Programmable Electronic Systems;
Accident Reports and Management

Security in Safety-Critical Systems:
Conflicts, Interfaces, Integration Approaches between Safety,
Reliability and Security; Accidents caused by Security
Breaches; Critical National Information Infrastructures;
Security-critical Safety Applications

September 21, 2004, Ulm, Germany / co, located with KI2004, 27th German Conference on Artificial Intelligence. Item #3330
CII04 Workshop »Conditionals, Information, and Inference«.

Papers on the following topics are welcome:
* counterfactual and causal reasoning
* cognitive aspects of conditional reasoning
* nonmonotonic reasoning and belief revision
* conditional events
* logic programming and answer set programming
* preferences and decision theory
* causal and belief networks
* probabilistic and uncertain reasoning
* default and defeasible reasoning
* conditional and non-classical logics
* applications, in particular to ontological reasoning and semantic web challenges 

September 22-24, 2004, Sao Luis, MA, Brazil. Item #3142
SBIA 2004 - Brazilian Symposium on Artificial Intelligence.

SBIA, the Brazilian Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, is a biannual event intended to be the main forum of the AI community in Brazil. However since the 1990's it has also attracted researchers from all over the world, when it started to have an international program committee and also keynote invited speakers.
 
The SBIA 2004 is the 17th event of the series. Since 1995, SBIA has been accepting papers written and presented only in English, with proceedings being published in the Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence series of Springer-Verlag (SBIA'95:991, SBIA'96:1159, SBIA'98:1515, SBIA'00:1952, SBIA'02:2507).
 
Topics of Interest

The topics to be covered include, but are not limited to:
- AI Development, Tools and Methodologies
- AI Foundations (philosophy, epistemology, economics, etc.)
- Artificial Life
- Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems
- Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
- Evolutionary Computation
- Hybrid systems (fuzzy, evolutionary, neural, symbolic, etc.)
- Innovative applications of Artificial Intelligence (Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Education, Internet, Law, Music, etc.)
- Knowledge Acquisition
- Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining
- Knowledge Engineering
- Knowledge Representation and Reasoning
- Machine Learning
- Natural Language Processing
- Planning and Scheduling
- Robotics
- Theoretical and Logical Methods
- Uncertainty

September 22-24, 2004, Sao Luis, Maranhao, Brazil. Item #3249
SBRN2004 - VIII Brazilian Symposium on Artificial Neural Networks.

September 22-26, 2004, Goettingen, Germany. Item #3385
Tutorial Course on COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE.

- Cognitive Neuroscience                           (Alexa Riehle)
- Neural coding in the Bayesian brain              (Klaus Pawelzik)
- Dynamics in local neural networks                (Nicolas Brunel)
- High Level Vision: Linking physiology,
  fMRI and behavior through computational modeling (Max Riesenhuber)
- New Trends in Theoretical Neuroscience           (Markus Diesmann)

September 27-30, 2004, Lisbon, Portugal. Item #3261
JELIA'04 - 9th European Conference on Logics in Artificial Intelligence.

-Abductive and inductive reasoning
-Applications of logic-based systems
-Automated reasoning and theorem proving
-Computational complexity and expressiveness in AI
-Description logics
-Foundations of logic programming and knowledge-based systems
-Hybrid reasoning systems
-Knowledge representation and reasoning
-Logic based AI systems
-Logic based applications to the Semantic Web
-Logic based planning and diagnosis
-Logic programming and nonmonotonic reasoning
-Logics and multi-agent systems
-Logics in machine learning
-Modal, temporal, spacial and hybrid logics
-Non-classical logics
-Nonmonotonic reasoning, belief revision and updates
-Reasoning about actions, causal reasoning and causation
-Uncertain and probabilistic reasoning

September 29 - October 1, 2004, Sao Luis, Brazil. Item #3327
2004 IEEE International Workshop on Machine Learning for Signal Processing.

Algorithms and Architectures: Artificial neural networks, kernel
methods, committee models, Gaussian processes, independent component
analysis, advanced (adaptive, nonlinear) signal processing, (hidden)
Markov models, Bayesian modeling, parameter estimation,
generalization, optimization, design algorithms.

Applications: Speech processing, image processing (computer vision,
OCR), multimodal interactions, multi-channel processing, intelligent
multimedia and web processing, robotics, sonar and radar, bio-medical
engineering, financial analysis, time series prediction, blind source
separation, data fusion, datamining, adaptive filtering,
communications, sensors, system identification, and other signal
processing and pattern recognition applications.

Implementations: Parallel and distributed implementation, hardware
design, and other general implementation technologies.

September 29-30, 2004, Lisbon, Portugal. Item #3366
CLIMA V Fifth International Workshop on Computational Logic in Multi-Agent Systems.

  Co-located with JELIA'04


* logical foundations of multi-agent systems
* knowledge and belief representation and updates in multi-agent systems
* agent and multi-agent hypothetical reasoning and learning
* extensions of logic programming for multi-agent systems
* nonmonotonic reasoning in multi-agent systems
* theory and practice of argumentation for agent reasoning and interaction
* operational semantics and execution agent models
* model checking algorithms, tools, and applications for multi-agent logics
* semantics of interaction and agent communication languages
* distributed constraint satisfaction in multi-agent systems
* temporal reasoning for multi-agent systems
* modal logic approaches to multi-agent systems
* logic based programming languages for multi-agent systems
* distributed theorem proving for multi-agent systems
* logic based implementations of multi-agent systems
* decision theory for multi-agent systems
* specification and verification of formal properties of agent systems

September 30 - October 2, 2004, Zurich, Switzerland. Item #3381
1st Regional Meeting of the World Forum for Neurological Rehabilitation (WFNR).

October 2-5, 2004, Padova University, Padova, Italy. Item #3245
The 15th International Conference on Algorithmic Learning Theory.

Topics:
the design and analysis of learning algorithms
computational models of machine learning
specific algorithmic approaches
learning complex models
machine discovery
applications of machine learning to other fields, e.g.,
data mining, web mining, bioinformatics

October 2-5, 2004, University of Padova, Padova, Italy. Item #3247
DS 2004 - The 7th International Conference on Discovery Science.

We invite submissions from (but not limited to) the following areas:
logic for/of knowledge discovery; 
knowledge discovery by inferences;
abductive reasoning; 
heuristic search; 
constructive programming as discovery; 
knowledge discovery from texts and the Web; 
knowledge discovery from unstructured and multimedia data; 
knowledge discovery in databases; 
data mining; 
data and knowledge visualization; 
active mining; 
knowledge discovery in network environments; 
intelligent network agents; 
machine learning; 
statistical methods and neural networks for knowledge discovery; 
Bayesian networks; 
knowledge discovery and human interaction; 
human factors in knowledge discovery;
philosophy and psychology of discovery; 
chance discovery; 
scientific discovery; 
application of knowledge discovery to natural and social
sciences.

October 4-7, 2004, Santa Clara, California, USA. Item #3325
IEEE SECON 2004 First Annual IEEE Communications Society Conference on Sensor and Ad Hoc Communications and Networks.

	O	New architectures, protocols and access control to support communication, localization, time synchronization, routing and data dissemination in heterogeneous, large-scale distributed, ad hoc networks and sensor networks 
	O	Novel algorithms and theories for management, supervisory control and monitoring of distributed ad hoc networks, and techniques for the interpretation and use of sensor data in decision-making processes 
	O	Industrial and commercial developments and applications 
	O	Modeling and performance evaluation of large-scale distributed and ad hoc sensor networks, practical implementations, and real-work experiences 
	O	Theories and models on fundamental information and communication aspects of wireless ad hoc and sensor networks 
	O	Mechanisms for authenticated, secure communication and data dissemination in sensor and ad hoc networks 
	O	Integration of sensors into engineered systems, including novel techniques for sensor renewable power sources, mechanisms for on-sensor self-calibration and self-testing and efficient schemes to maximize accuracy and minimize false alarms 
	O	Chip-based systems incorporating multiple sensors, computation, actuation, and wireless interfaces 
	O	Software platforms, middleware and tools for ad hoc and sensor network applications development, deployment and management 

October 11-13, 2004, Athens, Greece. Item #3287
ICGI-2004 7th International Colloquium on Grammatical Inference "emphasizing on Innovative Applications".

    * Different models of grammar induction: e.g., learning from examples, learning using examples and queries, incremental versus non-incremental learning, distribution-free models of learning, learning under various distributional assumptions, learnability results, complexity results, characterizations of representational and search biases of grammar induction algorithms.
    * Algorithms for induction of different classes of languages and automata: e.g., regular, context-free, and context-sensitive languages, interesting subclasses of the above under additional syntactic constraints, tree and graph grammars, picture grammars, multidimensional grammars, attributed grammars, parameterized models, etc.
    * Theoretical and experimental analysis of different approaches to grammar induction including artificial neural networks, statistical methods, symbolic methods, information-theoretic approaches, minimum description length, complexity-theoretic approaches, heuristic methods, etc.
    * Broader perspectives on grammar induction, e.g. acquisition of grammar in conjunction with language semantics, semantic constraints on grammars, language acquisition by situated agents and robots, acquisition of language constructs that describe objects and events in space and time, developmental and evolutionary constraints on language acquisition, statistical modelling of natural language, etc.

October 11-13, 2004, Berlin, Germany. Item #3411
Berlin Autumn School - LEARNING AND MEMORY: MOLECULAR MECHANISMS - CELLULAR PROCESSES - MATHEMATICAL MODELS.

Learning and memory are central ingredients for proper biological
function in changing environments. Both processes are of particular
importance for neuroscience but they also play a significant role in
other biological disciplines. This autumn school focuses on the basic
molecular and cellular processes underlying learning and memory in
neural systems, with emphasis on synaptic plasticity. Experimental
approaches will be discussed in close relation with the corresponding
mathematical models, both at an introductory level. The last day of
the school will bridge between the physiological and behavioral level
and also touch on learning and memory in the immune system.

October 12-14, 2004, Makuhari Messe International Conference Hall, Tokyo Bay Area, Japan. Item #3268
ProMAC2004 - 2nd International Conference on Project Management.

Scope All project management related topics are welcome for presentation at the conference. These may include and not limited to all PM processes as defined by PMBOK, organization, technology, strategic and operational aspects and at industry, enterprise and system levels.. Theoretical & practical discussions, standardization and introduction of practical cases and examples will be encouraged by and acceptable to the Program Committee. Industry domain areas over those in IT/IS/Software development, aerospace and defense, construction, energy, public utilities, R&D, pharmaceutical, high-tech manufacturing, government and public administration and other services where project management systems and techniques are widely applied.

October 12-13, 2004, Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Item #3285
WCIS-2004 World Conference on Intelligent Systems for Industrial Automation.

 1.   Computer Integrated manufacturing (CIM) Systems

2.   Expert systems

3.   Intelligent CAD systems

4.   Image and signal processing and Pattern recognition

5.   Intelligent Information Systems

6.   Intelligent sensors and measurement systems

7.   Software implementation

8.   Intelligent control

9.   Intelligent robots

10. Intelligent hybrid systems 

11. Machine vision and visual perception

12. Decision support systems

13. Multi – agent distributed intelligent systems

14. Chaos engineering

15. Fuzzy computing

16. Neurocomputing

17. Evolutionary computing

18. Application: power, oil, machine building, chemical, civil building and other branches of industry

19. Intelligent manufacturing

20. Intelligent economic planning, E-commerce 

October 20-22, 2004, San Diego, California. Item #3352
ICDL 2004 - Third International Conference on Development and Learning: Developing Social Brains.

October 21-24, 2004, Hyatt Regency Crystal City, Washington, D, C, USA. Item #3416
AAAI 2004 Fall Symposium Style and Meaning in Language, Art, Music, and Design.

October 21-22, 2004, San Diego, California, USA. Item #3425
Twelfth Annual Dynamical Neuroscience Satellite Symposium.

October 22-24, 2004, Washington DC, USA. Item #3279
Compositional Connectionism in Cognitive Modeling (AAAI 2004 Fall Symposium Series).

Specifically, the symposium will seek to address the following issues:

(1) What do we mean by compositional in terms of the relationship
between the constituents and the composite?

(2) What do we mean by the process of composition?

(3) Are composition and decomposition (of a given type) completely
symmetric operations?

(4) What constituents (that are relevant to human agency) can be
composed?

(5) What are the consequences of having multiple interacting
compositional systems?

(6) To what extent do "structure-in-time" connectionist models, like
Elman's Simple Recurrent Networks, represent compositional structure?

(7) Do different connectionist models implement different aspects of
compositionality, and can they be used in conjunction to address
different aspects of composition?

October 22-23, 2004, Portland, Maine. Item #3338
Language, Cognitive Science and Evolutionary Psychology.

October 24-27, 2004, Long Beach, California. Item #3222
INTERNATIONAL JOINT TRIBOLOGY CONFERENCE.

·          TRIBOMATERIALS

·          LUBRICANTS AND ADDITIVES

·          ELASTOHYDRODYNAMIC LUBRICATION

·          HYDRODYNAMIC LUBRICATION AND FLUID FILM BEARINGS

·          ROLLING ELEMENT BEARINGS

·          ENGINE TRIBOLOGY

·          MACHINE COMPONENTS TRIBOLOGY

·          CONTACT MECHANICS

·          MAGNETIC STORAGE TRIBOLOGY

·          MANUFACTURING/METALWORKING TRIBOLOGY

·          NANOTRIBOLOGY

·          ENGINEERED SURFACES

·          BIOTRIBOLOGY

·          EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES/OTHER

October 24-27, 2004, Singapore. Item #3264
ICIP 2004 International Conference on Image Processing.

October 24-27, 2004, Singapore. Item #3265
ICIP'04 Special Session on E-learning Media Management.

October 25-29, 2004, Hefei, PR China. Item #3356
IWNICA'2004 International Workshop on Nature Inspired Computation and Applications.

The topics of the workshop include, but are not limited to:
* Basic Methods in Nature Inspired Computation
* Theoretic Foundations and Performance Analysis for Nature Inspired
Computation
* Applications of Nature Inspired Computation
* High Performance Computation
* Novel Algorithms in Nature Inspired Computation

October 25, 2004, Warsaw, Poland. Item #3427
WISSC-4'04 Fourth Warsaw International Seminar on Soft Computing.

October 27 - 28, 2004, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Item #3395
Multimedia Art Asia Pacific International Conference 2004.

November 1-4, 2004, Brighton, UK. Item #3281
IEEE ICDM '04 IEEE International Conference on Data Mining.

>    * Foundations of data mining
>    * Data mining and machine learning algorithms and methods in
>traditional
>      areas (such as classification, regression, clustering,
>probabilistic
>      modeling, and association analysis), and in new areas
>    * Mining text and semi-structured data, and mining temporal, spatial
>and
>      multimedia data
>    * Mining data streams
>    * Pattern recognition and trend analysis
>    * Collaborative filtering/personalization
>    * Data and knowledge representation for data mining
>    * Query languages and user interfaces for mining
>    * Complexity, efficiency, and scalability issues in data mining
>    * Data pre-processing, data reduction, feature selection and feature
>      transformation
>    * Post-processing of data mining results
>    * Statistics and probability in large-scale data mining
>    * Soft computing (including neural networks, fuzzy logic,
>evolutionary
>      computation, and rough sets) and uncertainty management for data
>mining
>    * Integration of data warehousing, OLAP and data mining
>    * Human-machine interaction and visual data mining
>    * High performance and parallel/distributed data mining
>    * Quality assessment and interestingness metrics of data mining
>results
>    * Security, privacy and social impact of data mining
>    * Data mining applications in bioinformatics, electronic commerce,
>Web,
>      intrusion detection, finance, marketing, healthcare,
>telecommunications
>      and other fields

November 1-3, 2004, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. Item #3288
The 2004 IEEE International Conference on Information Reuse and Integration.

This year's conference theme addresses all aspects of Knowledge Management.
This theme was selected to reflect the pivotal role of reuse in the 
capture, maintenance, integration, validation, extrapolation, and 
application of domain knowledge. The IEEE International Conference on 
Information Reuse and Integration will feature contributed as well as 
invited papers. Theory, speculative, and application papers are all 
included in this call. The conference program will include tutorials and 
an open forum workshop. 

The focus of the conference includes, but is not limited to, the areas 
listed below: 

- Component-Based Design 
- Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery
- Decision Support Systems
- HW & SW Engineering for Reuse 
- Fuzzy and Neural Systems 
- Large Scale Data Integration 
- Human-Machine Information Systems 
- Reuse in Software Engineering 
- Intellectual Property 
- Information Assurance
- Soft computing - Knowledge Acquisition and Management
- Evolutionary Computing
- Case-Based Reasoning
- Model-Based Reasoning
- Multimedia Reuse & Integration 
- Internet Computing
- Knowledge Management and E-Government 
- Agent-Based Systems
- Sensory and Information Fusion
- Natural Language Understanding

November 8-12, 2004, Hanoi, Vietnam. Item #3322
ICMT2004 - 8th International Conference on Mechatronics Technology.

November 8 - 10, 2004, Reading, UK. Item #3394
Special Session on Neural Networks in Computer Games and Simulation as part of CGAIDE.

The main objectives of this special session are:

  * To provide a forum for presenting and discussing the application of
    neural networks in computer games and simulations
  * To promote collaboration between the computer games and computational
    intelligence research communities.

November 9-19, 2004, Okinawa, Japan. Item #3386
Okinawa Computational Neuroscience Course.

LECTURES (confirmed speakers and topics)

Theoretical Foundations
     Shun-ichi Amari (RIKEN Brain Science Inst.):
             Statistical approach to neural learning and population coding
Neurobiological Foundations
     Barry Richmond (National Inst. of Health): Neural coding
     Alex Pouget (U. Rochester): Population coding
     Adrienne Fairhall (U. Washington): Spike Coding
Computational Modeling
     Anthony Bell (Redwood Neuroscience Inst.):
             Unsupervised machine learning with spike timings: rigorous results
     Peter Latham (UCL): Computing with population codes
     Richard Zemel (U. Toronto): Coding and decoding uncertainty
     Rajesh Rao (U. Washington): Bayesian computation in cortical networks
     Bruno Olshausen (UC Davis):
             Representing what and where in  time-varying images
     Emanuel Todorov (UC, San Diego):
             Optimality principles in sensorimotor control
  Experimental Approaches
     Tai-Sing Lee (Carnegie Mellon U.):
             Hierarchical Bayesian inference in visual cortex
     David Knill (U. of Rochester): Multiple cue integration
     Konrad Koerding (UCL): Bayesian combination of priors and perception
     Michael Shadlen (U. of Washington): Decision making
     Karl Friston (UCL): Dynamic causal modelling

November 14-19, 2004, Anaheim, CA, USA. Item #3217
2004 ASME MEMS/NEMS Packaging Symposium, Sponsored by Electronic & Photonic Packaging Division (EPPD), ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and R&D Expo.

This MEMS/NEMS packaging symposium consists of the following 3 sessions:
1.	Design, Simulation, and Measurement of MEMS Packaging
2.	Fabrication, Integration, Packaging and Testing of MEMS/NEMS
3.	Application Specific MEMS/NEMS Packaging and Panel

Topics solicited for the symposium include but are not limited to 
-	Pressure, acceleration, and gyro sensors
-	RF and other tunable devices
-	Optic interconnects, switches and related micro devices
-	Fuel cells
-	Microfluidic devices and chemical sensors 
-	BioMEMS
-	Actuators
-	NEMS such as nanowire, nanotubes, etc.
-	Reduction of undesired signal noise induced by MEMS packaging
-	Hermetic sealing and vacuum packaging
-	Feedthrough structures
-	Dry and wet etching, wafer thinning and polishing,
-	Via hole drilling, insulating and metallization 
-	MEMS/NEMS device assembly
-	Diagnosis of signal noise induced by packaging
-	Design, simulation, fabrication, and testing
-	Software development or methodology
-	Material properties measurement
-	Reliability, process, and quality control

November 15-17, 2004, Boca Raton, Florida. Item #3370
ICTAI-2004 special track on Unsupervised and Semi-supervised Learning.

November 18 - 20, 2004, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan. Item #3215
CW2004 International Conference on Cyberworlds.

Group A:Cyber Concepts:
        Philosophy and disciplines
        Methodologies of cybergenesis
        Cyberworlds and their impact on the real worlds
        Cyberethics and cyberlaws
        Cybersecurity
Group B: Architectures, Algorithms and Tools
        Computer graphics for cyberworlds
        Simulation and visualization for cyberpresentations
        Human animation in cyberworlds
        Computer vision and augmented reality for cyberworlds
        Intelligent agents in cyberworlds
        Human interface and communication
        Distributed simulation
        Distributed virtual environments
        Shared and virtual worlds
        Robot action technology
        Datamining and warehousing in cyberworlds
Group C: Applications, Case Studies, and Industrial Practices
        Bioinformatics for cyberlife and medicine
        Healthcare in cyberworlds
        Cyberworlds for bioengineering
        Cyberinformation systems
        E-business in cyberworlds
        Cyberworlds for education
        Cyberworlds for manufacturing
        Cyber fairs
        Cyber museums
        Cyber parenting
        Multi-user web games

November 19-20, 2004, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan. Item #3414
International Workshop on BIOLOGICALLY INSPIRED COMPUTING.

November 21 - 25, 2004, Calcutta, India. Item #3304
ICONIP'2004 The 10th International Conference on Neuro-Information Processing.

Brain-like computing 
Computational neuro- science 
Neuroinformatics 
Neural network hardware 
Cognitive science 
Learning algorithms 
Evolutionary computation 
Quantum computing 
Bayesian computing 
Novel neural network architectures 
Support vector machines and  kernel methods 
Fuzzy, neuro-fuzzy and other hybrid systems 
Brain study models  
Bio-informatics 
Pattern recognition 
Time series prediction and data analysis 
Image processing and vision 
Speech and signal processing 

November 22-24, 2004, St. Thomas, US, Virgin Islands. Item #3289
The IASTED International Conference on Knowledge Sharing and Collaborative Engineering - KSCE 2004.

CONFERENCE CHAIRS
Dr. Marc Boumedine – University of the Virgin Islands, US Virgin Islands
Dr. Sanjay Ranka – University of Florida, USA

SCOPE
The relevant topics for this conference include, but are not limited to, the following: 

Knowledge Acquisition and Maintenance
Knowledge Representation
Knowledge Management
Ontologies
Knowledge Discovery
Knowledge and Information Retrieval
Machine Learning
Data and Text Mining
Multimedia Databases
Parallel and Distributed Systems and Processing
Concurrent Engineering
Software Engineering
Data and Knowledge Visualization
Collaborative Systems
Technologies and Tools for Collaboration
Technology Transfer
Design of Collaborative Systems
Intelligent Agents
Web-based Collaboration
Collaborative Strategies
Collaborative Decision-making 
 Multimedia Collaboration
Internet-based Technologies
Mobile and Wireless Communication
Security and Confidentiality
Collaborative Robots
Virtual Environments

Applications
-Business
-Commerce
-Research
-Education
-Training
-Healthcare
-Medicine
-Economic Development
-Social Development
-Emergency Services
-Security
-Law Enforcement
-Weather Forecasting
-Industrial Applications
-Others

November 22-26, 2004, Puebla, Mexico. Item #3296
IBERAMIA 2004 - 9TH Ibero-American Conference on Artificial Intelligence.

IBERAMIA 2004 topics include, but are not limited to:
* Knowledge Engineering and Case Based Reasoning.
* Planning and Scheduling.
* Distributed AI and Multi-Agent Systems.
* AI in Education and Intelligent Tutoring Systems.
* Knowledge Representation and Reasoning.
* Machine Learning and Knowledge Acquisition.
* Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining.
* Natural Language Processing.
* Robotics.
* Computer Vision.
* Uncertainty and Fuzzy Systems.
* Genetic Algorithms and Neural Networks.
* Foundations (philosophy, mathematics, logic etc.).

November 29 - December 1, 2004, Clearwater Beach, FL, USA. Item #3290
The IASTED International Conference on Circuits, Signals and Systems - CSS 2004.

CONFERENCE CHAIR
M.H. Rashid – University of West Florida, USA

SCOPE
The relevant topics for this conference include, but are not limited to, the following: 

Analog Circuits
Digital Circuits and Systems
Integrated Circuits
RF and High-frequency Circuits
VLSI Circuits and Systems
Systems on a Chip
Nonlinear Circuits and Systems
Optoelectronic Circuits
Power Electronics
Neural Systems
Cellular Neural Networks
MEMS and Sensors
Nanotechnology
Computer-aided Design
Biologically Inspired Circuits and Systems
Communication Circuits and Systems
Robotics
Digital Signal Processing
Image Processing
Pattern Recognition

 Visualization
Speech Processing
Communication Systems
Wireless Communication
Multimedia
Control Theory
Control Systems
Fuzzy Logic
Neural Networks
Computational Intelligence
Optimization
Nonlinear Systems
Fractals and Chaos
Modelling
Simulation
Identification
Artificial Intelligence
Education
Applications

November 29, 2004, Singapore. Item #3318
ACEM3 The Third Asian Conference on Experimental Mechanics.

This conference focuses on four major themes:

    Theme 1 Advanced Photonics Sensors and Photomechanics
    Theme 2 Biological Structures, Biomaterials & Systems
    Theme 3 Micro and Nano-Systems
    Theme 4 Smart Structures and Non-Destructive Testing

December 1-3, 2004, Singapore. Item #3345
IEEE Conferences on Robotics, Automation and Mechatronics (RAM04) and Cybernetics and Intelligent Systems (CIS04).

December 05-08, 2004, Kitakyushu, Japan. Item #3390
Special Session on Hardware Architecture of Neuro-Fuzzy Controllers at HIS 2004.

Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) as well as Fuzzy Systems (FS) are
becoming omnipresent in almost every intelligent system design. Just
to name few, engineering, control, economics and forecasting are some
of the scientific fields that enjoy the use of ANN and FS.
Unfortunately, the majority of the applications are complex and so
require a large computational effort to yield useful and practical
results. Therefore, dedicated hardware for Neuro-Fuzzy computation is
becoming a key issue for designers. With the spread of reconfigurable
hardware such as FPGAs and FPAAs, digital as well as analog hardware
implementations of such computation become cost-effective.

The focus of this special session of The Fourth International
Conference on Hybrid Intelligent Systems will be on all aspects of
Neuro-Fuzzy embedded hardware and controllers. Of special interest are
contributions that describe new and efficient hardware architectures
and high speed implementations of Neuro-Fuzzy controllers.

December 05-08, 2004, Kitakyushu, Japan. Item #3408
Special Session on Hardware Architecture for Neuro-Fuzzy Controllers at HIS 2004.

December 6 - 9, 2004, Kunming, China. Item #3213
ICARCV 2004 Eighth International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision.

CONTROL: Modeling and simulation of complex systems • Identification and estimation • Adaptive control • Robust Control • Nonlinear control • Intelligent Control • Hybrid systems • Computer networks control • Networked control systems • Control applications • Control engineering education

AUTOMATION : Instrumentation Systems • Flexible Manufacturing Systems • Process Automation •  Man-Machine Interactions • Computer Integrated Manufacturing • Factory Modelling and simulation •  Intelligent Automation

ROBOTICS :  Kinematics, dynamics and control • Mobile Robot and navigation • Intelligent sensors and actuators • Dexterous Manipulation and task planning • Medical robots • Humanoid robots • Underwater robots • Telerobotics and man-machine systems • Mechatronics • Mechanism design and applications

COMPUTER VISION :  Active and robot vision • Biomedical image analysis • Feature extraction, grouping and segmentation • Illumination and reflectance modeling • Image and video analysis/retrieval/indexing • Pattern Recognition • Physics-based vision • Stereo/multiview geometry/SFM • Tracking and surveillance • Applications  

EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES : Machine learning • Soft computing • Modeling and simulations of biological systems • Biomedical instrumentation and application • Micro-electromechanical systems
  

December 6-8, 2004, Tunis, Tunisia. Item #3336
ICM'04 IEEE 16th International Conference on Microelectronics.

Microelectronics technology:
============================

· Device characterisation and modelling
· Device physics and novel structures
· Materials and material characterisation techniques
· Process technology, CMOS, BJT, BiCMOS, GaAs.
· Reliability and failure analysis
· Radiation effects
· Packaging, surface mount technology
· Opto-electronics
· MEMS and MOEMS Devices
· Smart power and sensors


Design and application of integrated circuits and systems:
-----------------------------------------------------------

· Custom and semi-custom circuits (design concepts, architectures,
   high-performance and low-power circuits).
· Embedded system design
· Systems on Chip (SoCs)
· Digital signal and data processing
· Analog circuit techniques
· Design for testability
· Low-voltage, low-power VLSI design
· Applications to computer and telecommunications systems
· ANN applications
· Wireless Communication Applications


Computer-aided design for microelectronics:
============================================

· Simulation (process, device, circuit, logic, timing, functional).
· Layout (placement, routing, floorplanning, symbolic, ERC, DRC)
· Test (generation, testability, build-in test, simulation).
· Systems (design synthesis, compilation, expert systems, too
   integration, hardware acceleration, CAD systems).
· Formal verification.

December 6 - 10, 2004, Cairns Convention Centre, Queensland, Australia. Item #3369
The 7th Asia-Pacific Complex Systems Conference.

This conference will be held in conjunction with the 17th Australian
Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence.
http://ai2004.cqu.edu.au


Topics include but not limited to:

Real World Application, Artificial Life, Bio-engineering systems,
Cellular Automata, Computational Complexity, Chaos Theory, Emergent
Computation, Emergent intelligence, Environmental systems, Evolutionary
Computation, Evolutionary Programming, Genetic Algorithms, Filtering and
Estimation, Financial applications, Fractals, Information and Control
Systems, Manufacturing Systems, Modelling and Identification, Networked
Control Systems, Neural Networks, Neuro-Fuzzy Systems, Nonlinear
Dynamics, Parallel Computation, Power Systems, Robotics, Robustness
issues, Stability and Stabilisation, Telecommunications, Time-delay
systems, Transport communications.

December 8 - 10, 2004, Pan Pacific Hotel, Singapore. Item #3346
EPTC 2004 - 6th Electronics Packaging Technology Conference.

q       Advanced Packaging 
q       Interconnection Technologies
q       Manufacturing Technologies
q       Materials & Processes
q       MEMS Packaging
q       Electrical Modeling & Signal Integrity
q       Thermal Characterization & Cooling Solutions
q       Mechanical Modeling & Structural Integrity  
q       Optoelectronics
q       Quality & Reliability

December 8 - 10, 2004, Singapore. Item #3372
PDCAT'04 The Fifth International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing, Applications and Technologies.

December 10, 2004, Tempe, Arizona, USA. Item #3392
International Workshop on Feature Selection for Data Mining - Interfacing Machine Learning and Statistics.

Feature ranking
Subset selection
Dimensionality reduction
Feature construction
Improving data mining performance
Issues with data types and sizes
Selection for labeled and unlabeled data
Modeling variable and feature selection
Evaluation measures
Search methods
Selection bias
Sampling methods
Model selection
Case studies and applications
Streaming data reduction
Comparative studies 
Integration with data mining algorithms
Emerging challenges

December 11-13, 2004, Puerto De La Cruz, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. Item #3241
ISCGAV'04 - 4th WSEAS International Conference on SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY & ARTIFICIAL VISION.

 Filter design and structures 
 Fast algorithms 
 Adaptive filters 
 Nonlinear Signals and Systems 
 Signal reconstruction 
 Time-frequency analysis 
 Spectral estimation 
 Higher order spectrum analysis 
 Parameter estimation 
 Detection 
 Array signal processing 
 Statistical signal analysis 
 Signal and system modeling 
 Cyclostationary signal analysis 
 Speech production and perception 
 Speech analysis 
 Speech synthesis 
 Speech coding 
 Speech recognition 
 Speech enhancement and noise reduction 
 Active noise control 
 Active noise reduction 
 Echo cancellation 
 Psychoacoustics 
 Broadband audio coding 
 Signal processing for music 
 Binaural systems 
 Room acoustics 
 Digital transforms 
 HDTV 
 Multidimensional systems 
 Stability of Multidimensional Systems 
 Multidimensional System Modelling 
 Multidimensional Factorization 
 Multidimensional Filters 
 Machine vision 
 Image coding 
 Image motion / sequence / video 
 Computed imaging 
 Geophysical and seismic processing 
 Image analysis and segmentation 
 Image filtering, restoration and enhancement 
 Image representation and modeling 
 Pattern recognition 
 Computational Geometry 
 Non-linear Computational Geometry 
 Chaos in Computational Geometry 
 Multisensor Data Fusion 
 Architectures and VLSI hardware 
 Programmable signal processors 
 Algorithms and applications mappings 
 Design methology and CAD tools 
 Languages and real time software 
 Real time system estimation 
 Optimization problems in signal processing 
 Radar 
 Sonar 
 Biomedical processing 
 Geophysical signal processing 
 Underwater signal processing 
 Remote sensing 
 Robotics 
 Astronomy 
 Satellite signals processing 
 Measure and Instrumentation 
 Virtual reality 
 Virtual factory 
 Computer vision 
 Mobile communications 
 Image and scene analysis 
 Coding 
 Monitoring 
 Supervision 
 Internet 
 Signal Processing for Wireless communications 
 Video systems 
 Video technologies 
 VLSI 
 Sensors and measuring techniques 
 Remote sensing 
 Tele-informatics 
 Networking 
 Machine Vision 
 Computer Vision 
 Robotic Vision 
 Special Topics and Applications 

December 13-15, 2004, Singapore. Item #3130
ICKM'04 International Conference on Knowledge Management.

- Knowledge creation, sharing and transfer
- Communities of practice and best practices
- Communication and organizational culture
- Learning organization and organizational learning
- Taxonomies and ontologies, knowledge mapping
- Knowledge management tools & technologies
- Content management and digital preservation
- Intellectual capital and intellectual property
- Knowledge management in the public sector
- Innovation and knowledge management
- Knowledge management measurements
- Knowledge discovery (AI, data mining, Web mining etc.)
- Knowledge management education
- Knowledge management strategies and implementations
- Knowledge commerce - KM practices in e-commerce and e-business
- Knowledge management as a business strategy
- Knowledge management and the people/technology interface
- Multi-cultural issues in knowledge management

December 13 - 15, 2004, AUT Technology Park, Auckland, New Zealand. Item #3267
NCEI'04 - 3rd Conference on Neuro-Computing and Evolving Intelligence.

Topics:
· Novel neurocomputing methods for knowledge engineering
·  Novel methods of soft computing for adaptive modelling and knowledge
discovery
·  Methods of evolving intelligence (EI)
·  Evolving molecular processes and their modelling
·  Evolving processes in the brain and their modelling
·  Evolving language and cognition
·  Adaptive speech recognition
· Adaptive image and multi-modal processing
· Adaptive decision making
·  Dynamic time-series modelling in a changing environment
·  Adaptive control
·  Adaptive intelligent systems on the WWW
· Applications in Medicine, Health, Information Technologies, Horticulture,
Agriculture, Bio-security, Business and finance, Process and robot control.

December 13 - 17, 2004, Singapore. Item #3347
ATCM2004 - 9th Asian Technology Conference in Mathematics.

- Mathematics for Information Technology 
- Geometry Using Technology 
- Internet and Web Technology for Mathematics 
- Graphics Calculators 
- Computer Algebra Systems 
- Mathematical Research using Technology 
- Mathematical and Statistical Software and Tools on the Web 
- Learning and Assessment using Technology

December 13-18, 2004, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Item #3349
NIPS 2004 Neural Information Processing Systems -- Natural and Synthetic.

SUBMISSIONS
Papers are solicited in all areas of neural information processing, including
(but not limited to) the following:
* Algorithms and Architectures --- statistical learning algorithms, neural
networks, kernel methods, graphical models, Gaussian processes, independent
component analysis, model selection, combinatorial optimization.
* Applications --- innovative applications or fielded systems that use machine
learning, including systems for time series prediction, bioinformatics,
text/web analysis, multimedia processing, and robotics.
* Brain Imaging --- neuroimaging, cognitive neuroscience, EEG
(electroencephalogram), ERP (event related potentials), MEG
(magnetoencephalogram), fMRI (functional magnetic resonance imaging), brain
mapping, brain segmentation.
* Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence --- theoretical, computational,
or experimental studies of perception, psychophysics, human or animal learning,
memory, reasoning, problem solving, language, and neuropsychology.
* Control and Reinforcement Learning --- decision and control, exploration,
planning, navigation, Markov decision processes, game-playing, multi-agent
coordination, computational models of classical and operant conditioning.
* Emerging Technologies --- analog and digital VLSI, neuromorphic engineering,
computational sensors and actuators, microrobotics, bioMEMS, neural prostheses,
photonics, molecular and quantum computing.
* Learning Theory --- generalization and regularization, information theory,
statistical physics of learning, Bayesian methods, approximation bounds, online
learning and dynamics.
* Neuroscience --- theoretical and experimental studies of processing and
transmission of information in biological neurons and networks, including spike
train generation, synaptic modulation, plasticity and adaptation.
* Speech and Signal Processing --- recognition, coding, synthesis, denoising,
segmentation, source separation, auditory perception, psychoacoustics,
dynamical systems, recurrent networks, Markov models.
* Visual Processing --- biological and machine vision, image processing and
coding, segmentation, object detection and recognition, motion detection and
tracking, visual psychophysics, visual scene analysis and interpretation.
* Demonstrations --- Authors wishing to submit to the Demonstration track
should consult the Conference web site.

December 13 - 15, 2004, Queen's College, Cambridge, United Kingdom. Item #3360
AI-2004: the 24th SGAI International Conference on Innovative Techniques and Applications of Artificial Intelligence.

The scope of the conference comprises the whole range of AI technologies and application areas.  Its principal aims are to review recent technical advances in AI technologies and to show how these advances have been applied to solve business problems. To meet these objectives, there will be two parallel streams of refereed and invited papers, one on technology, and one on applications. The programme also includes tutorials to provide greater depth in selected topics. Our aim is to have the widest possible appeal to the industrial, commercial and academic communities throughout Europe.

December 13-17, 2004, Chongqing city, China. Item #3409
China Agent School 2004.

In this agent school, we have proudly invited 6 very famous guest lecturers around the world. They are (in alphabetic order):

• Professor Ed Durfee (Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan, USA) 
• Professor Toru Ishida (Laboratory for Global Information Network, Kyoto University, Japan)
• Dr David Kinny (CTO, Agentis Software, USA) 
• Professor Jiming Liu (Head of Department of Computer Science,  Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China)  
• Professor Hideyuki Nakashima (President of Future University, Japan)
• Professor Zhongzhi Shi (Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)

Registation fee:
Full time student: Early bird (before 29 October 2004): US$120
		   Late (before 26 November 2004): US$160
		   On-site (after 26 November): US$200

Others: Early bird (before 29 October 2004): US$200
	Late (before 26 November 2004): US$240
	On-site (after 26 November): US$280

December 16-18, 2004, Louisville, Kentucky, USA. Item #3253
ICMLA'04 The 2004 International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications.

 ICMLA '04: The Third International Conference
  on Machine Learning and Applications

 Sponsored/Co-Sponsored by the IEEE SMC, the ACM SIGKDD,
 Association for ML and Applications, and University of Louisville 
 
 Louisville, Kentucky, USA
 December 16-18 2004

 http://www.cs.csubak.edu/~icmla/icmla04/

 
 (Papers Due: June 4, 2004)
===============================================

=> AIMS AND SCOPE <=

 ICMLA'04 aims to bring together researchers and
 practitioners to present the latest achievements
 and innovations in the area of machine learning (ML).
 The conference provides a leading international
 forum for the dissemination of original research 
 in ML, with emphasis on applications, novel algorithms,
 software and systems. For the third time the conference
 attracts researchers and application developers
 from a wide range of ML related areas such as statistical,
 probabilistic, fuzzy, evolutionary, inductive, and 
 other kinds of learning, data mining, knowldge discovery,
 pattern recognition, knowledge acquisition and retrieval,
 databases, data warehousing and visualization, 
 knowledge-based systems and high performance computing.
 The main goal of the conference is to advance the state of
 the art in ML via promotion of high quality and novel
 research.

=> TOPICS <=

 Topics related to the design, development, analysis, 
 implementation of ML theory, systems, and applications
 are of interest. These include, but are not limited to
 the following areas:
 - multistrategy learning	 - statistical learning
 - neural network learning	 - learning through fuzzy logic
 - learning through evolution 	 - evolutionary algorithms)
 - bayesian network		 - case-based reasoning
 - evolutionary computation	 - reinforcement learning
 - ML of natural language	 - grammatical inference
 - knowledge discovery in DBs    - knowledge intensive learning
 - knowledge representation 	 - knowledge reasoning
 - information retrieval&learning- plausible reasoning
 - cooperative learning		 - planning and learning
 - multi-agent learning		 - web navigation and mining
 - learning through mobile DM    - online and incremental learning
 - inductive learning		 - inductive logic programming
 - support vector machines       - computational learning theory
 - cognitive-modeling            - hybrid algorithms
 - knowledge acquisition and learning
 - scalability of learning algorithms
 - learning through text and multimedia mining
 - distributed and parallel learning algorithms and applications
 - feature extraction and classification
 - machine learning in science and engineering,
   game playing and problem solving, intelligent virtual
   environments, medicine, biology and bioinformatics, 
   homeland security applications, and industrial applications


=> IMPORTANT DATES <=

 Regular Research Papers due :  June 4, 2004  
 Notification of acceptance  :  September 4, 2004  
 Camera-ready papers & 
 Pre-registration            :  October 1, 2004  
 The ICMLA Conference        :  December 16-18, 2004  
 
 All paper submissions will be handled electronically. Detailed
 instructions are provided on the conference home page at
 http://www.cs.csubak.edu/~icmla/icmla04/



=> SUBMISSIONS <=

 High quality papers in all ML areas are solicited. Papers that 
 present new directions will receive especially careful and
 supportive reviews. Authors are expected to ensure that their final
 manuscripts are original and are not appearing in the other publications.
 
 Paper submissions should be limited to a maximum of 8 pages, and
 will be reviewed by the Program Committee on the basis of technical
 quality, originality, significance, and clarity. All submissions
 will be handled electronically. Accepted papers will be published
 in the conference proceedings, as a hardcopy.
 A selected number of accepted papers will be invited for
 possible inclusion, in an expanded and revised form, in a journal.
 ICMLA'04 Best Paper Awards will be conferred at the conference on the
 authors of the best research paper.

=> SPECIAL SESSIONS, WORKSHOPS and TUTORIALS <=

 We invite the submission of proposals for special sessions,
 workshops and tutorials. Proposals to organize such sessions
 should include the following information:
 - name and address of the proposer(s)
 - title of the session
 - description of the session (see further details below)
 Each special session will have at least six paper presentations.
 The special session chairs will be responsible for
 soliciting the papers, reviewing, and making final decisions,
 in consultation with the conference chairs.
 The description of the session should include a short description
 on how the session will be advertised.
 Proposals to organize tutorials or workshops should be 1-5 pages
 long and should include a definition of the scope of coverage.
 Special sessions will be open to all participants.

 Due date for the submission of proposals: 
  - Special sessions 		May 7, 2004 
  - Workshops and Tutorials 	May 7, 2004 
 Email your proposal to the Workshops, Tutorials & Special 
 Sessions Chair Dr. Alan Sprague (sprague@cis.uab.edu).

=> VENUE <=

 You are cordially invited to participate in the ICMLA'04,
 to be held in  Louisville, Kentucky.
Louisville offers a quality of life that is matched by few in the country. 
Not only is Louisville one of nine communities with a resident professional opera,
 theater, orchestra, ballet and children's theater. Louisville also is home to several 
world-class museums and educational attractions, such as the J.B. Speed Art Museum, Glassworks
 and the Louisville Science Center. 

From the gigantic Louisville Slugger replica outside Hillerich & Bradsby's downtown headquarters,
 which offers tours of its bat factory and museum, to the Twin Spires of Churchill Downs in south 
central Louisville, sports also play an important role in the community. The University of Louisville 
is home to Division I football and basketball teams, and the city also enjoys rooting its professional 
baseball and arena football teams to victory.

 

=> ORGANIZING BODIES <=

 Conference Chair:
  - Dr. Mehmed Kantardzic, University of Louisville, USA
    (mmkant01@louisville.edu)
 
 Conference Committee:
  Program Chair
   - Mariofanna Milanova, University of Arkansas, USA 
  Local Arrangement Chair
   - Arthur Riehl, University of Louisville, USA  
  Publicity Chair
   - Lukasz Kurgan, University of Alberta, Canada 
  Workshops , Tutorials & Special Sessions Chair
   - Alan Sprague, University of Alabama, USA 
  Registration Chair
   - Adel. Elmaghraby, University of Louisville, USA  
  Proceedings Chair
   - Olfa Nasraoui, University of Memphis, USA  
  Web Master
   - Steve Garcia, California State University Bakersfield, USA  

 Advisory Committee:
  - Michalski Ryszard, George Mason University, USA
  - Mitchell Tom, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
  - VanLehn Kurt, University of Pittsburgh, USA 
  - Yao Xin, University of Birmingham, UK  
 
 ICMLA Steering Committee:
  - Arif Wani, California State University Bakersfield, USA 
  - Krys Cios, University of  Colorado at Denver, USA 
  - Hamid Arabnia, University of Georgia, USA 
  - Vasile Palade, Oxford University, UK 
  - Khurshid Ahmad, University of Surrey, UK 
  - Mehmed Kantardzic, University of Louisville, USA 
  - Kevin Seppi, Brigham Young University, USA 
  - Wei Li, California State University Bakersfield, USA 
  - Graham Kendall, University of Nottingham, UK 
  - Khalid Hafeez, University of Sheffield Hallam, UK 
  - Lukasz Kurgan, University of Alberta, Canada

Program Committee:

Charles W. Anderson, Colorado State University, USA
John E. Anderson, University of Manitoba, Canada 
Hamid Arabnia, The University of Georgia, USA 
Maumita Bhattacharya, Monash University, Australia 
Daniel Borraja, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain 
David Wolfe Corne, University of Exeter, UK 
Petr Ekel, University of Minas Gerais, Brazil 
Hichem Frigui, University of Memphis, USA 
Johannes Fuernkranz, Austrian Research Institute for AI, Austria 
Dragan Gamberger, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, Croatia
James Graham, University of Louisville USA 
Altay Guvenir, Bilkent University, Turkey 
Khalid Hafeez, University of Sheffield Hallam, UK 
Wynne Hsu, National University of Singapore, Singapore 
Francois Jacquenet, University of Saint-Etienne, France 
Janusz Kacprzyk, Systems Research Institute Polish Academy of Sciences Poland
Graham Kendall, University of Nottingham UK 
Lukasz Kurgan, University of Alberta, Canada 
James Kwok, Hong Kong University, Hong Kong 
Wei Li, California State University Bakersfield USA 
Maria Martins, University of Gloucestershire, UK 
Dunja Mladenic, Jozef Stefan Institute, Slovenia 
Daniel Neagu, University of Bradford, UK 
Mircea Negoita, Wellington Institute of Technology, New Zealand
Vasile Palade, Oxford University, UK 
Witold Pedrycz, University of Alberta, Canada 
Petra Perner, Institute of Computer Vision and Applied Computer Science, Germany 
Bernardete Ribeiro, Universidade de Coimbre Portugal 
Tobias Scheffer, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany 
D. Stephen Scott, University of Nebraska USA 
Jungpil Shin, The University of AIZU , Japan 
Devika Subramanian, Rice University, USA 
Prasad Tadepalli, Oregon State University USA 
Ryszard Tadeusiewicz, AGH University Krakow Poland 
George Tecuci, George Mason University, USA 
Kai Ming Ting, Monash University, Australia 
Costas Tsatsoulis, The University of Kansas, USA 
Ricardo Vilalta, University of Houston, USA 
Donghui Wu, Oracle Corp., USA
Xin Yao, University of Birmingham, UK
Jozef Zurada, University of Louisville, USA 

=> FURTHER INFORMATION <=
 
 Dr. Mariofanna  Milanova, Program Chair
  Associate Professor
  Donaghey College of Information Science 
  and Systems Engineering 
  Computer Science Department 
  Dickinson Hall, Room 515 
  University of Arkansas at Little Rock 
  2801 S. University Ave., 
  Little Rock, Arkansas 72204-1099
  E-mail: mgmilanova@ualr.edu
 
 For up-to-date information consult the conference web site at
  http://www.cs.csubak.edu/~icmla/icmla04/

===========================

December 16 - 18, 2004, Nottingham, United Kingdom. Item #3351
5th International Conference on Recent Advances in Soft Computing.

TOPICS OF INTEREST
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
o Fuzzy Logic and Systems
o Neural Networks
o Genetic Algorithms
o Computational Intelligence
o Hybrid Systems 
o Evolutionary Computing
o Smart Engineering
o Smart Adaptive Systems
o Intelligent Control Systems
o Neuro-Fuzzy Systems
o Fuzzy Decision Making
o Genetic Programming
o Fuzzy Modelling
o Optimization
o Artificial Intelligence
o Learning Algorithms and Training
o Rough Sets and Data Mining

Application areas may include, but are not limited to:

o Engineering Design and Manufacturing
o Financial Services
o Data Analysis
o Signal Processing
o Robots and Agents
o Databases
o Medicine
o Information Systems
o Networking
o Multimedia Systems
o E-commerce and E-learning
o Process Monitoring and Diagnosis

December 17-19, 2004, Banglaore, India. Item #3332
WCLC 2004 World Congress on Lateral-Computing.

Topics for WCLC 2004:
---------------------
The Lateral-Computing paradigm encompasses all the
"unconventional Computing" techniques such as:
- Swarm Intelligence,
- Agent Based systems,
- Grid Computing,
- Simulated Annealing,
- Autonomic Computing
- Optical Computing
- DNA Computing/Molecular Computing
- Quantum Computing
- Fractal Computing
- Soft Computing :
o Fuzzy Logic,
o Neuro Computing,
o Evolutionary Computing,
o Probabilistic/Chaotic Computing,
o Machine Learning

The major applications of Lateral-Computing are in :
> Image and Signal Processing
> Control and Automation
> Industrial and Medical Diagnosis
> Bioinformatics
> Data Mining
> Business Information Systems, E-commerce
> Internet Modeling, Communication and Networking, Web Mining
> Decision Support Systems
> Knowledge Management
> Information Retrieval and Text Mining
> Speech and Natural Language Processing

December 19-22, 2004, Hyderabad, India. Item #3367
KBCS-2004: Fifth International Conference on Knowledge Based Computer Systems.

Papers are invited on substantial, original and unpublished research on all aspects of Artificial Intelligence, including, but not limited to the following:
-Case Based Reasoning
-Cognitive Modelling
-Data Mining
-Expert Systems
-Foundations of AI
-Fuzzy Logic
-Genetic Algorithms
-Intelligent Agents
-Intelligent Tutoring Systems
-Intelligent Information Retrieval
-Knowledge Acquisition
-Knowledge Management
-Knowledge Representation
-Machine Learning
-Machine Translation
-Neural Networks
-Natural Language Processing
-Planning and Scheduling
-Reasoning
-Robotics
-Search Techniques
-Soft Computing
-Speech Processing
-Theorem Proving
-Uncertainty Handling
-Vision

December 20 - 22, 2004, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia. Item #3407
ICPDD-2004 First International Conference on PRODUCT DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT.

December 27 - 29, 2004, Guangzhou, China. Item #3375
2nd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT MATERIALS.

1.Solar Energy Materials 2. Technology and Materials for Hydrogen Preparation and Storage 3.Materials for Batteries 4.Thermal Storage Materials 5.New Energy Materials 6.Design for Environment-benign Materials 7.Synthetic Degradable Materials 8.Natural Degradable Materials 9.Waste Materials Disposal and Reuse 10.Functional Membranes Used in Environmental Treatment 11.Other Energy and Environment Related Materials name.

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