Submission Deadline: June 30, 2002
[We have so far received about 600 submissions, not including about 30 special sessions currently being organized. Due to numerous requests, especially from participants to some major conferences held in May 2002, we are pleased to revise the submission deadline as above.]
ICONIP'02, SEAL'02, and FSKD'02 will be jointly held in Orchid Country Club, Singapore from November 18 to 22, 2002. The conferences will not only feature the most up-to-date research results in natural and artificial neural systems, evolutionary computation, fuzzy systems, and knowledge discovery, but also promote cross-fertilization over these exciting and yet closely-related areas. Registration to any one of the conferences will entitle a participant to the technical sessions and the proceedings of all three conferences, as well as the conference banquet, buffet lunches, and tours to two of the major attractions in Singapore, i.e., Night Safari and Sentosa Resort Island. Many well-known researchers will present keynote speeches, panel discussions, and tutorial lectures.
Topics of Interest: The joint conferences welcomes paper submissions from researchers, practitioners, and students worldwide in but not limited to the following areas.
ICONIP'02:
NATURAL NEURAL SYSTEMS - Neuroscience, Neurobiology, Neuro-physiology, Brain imaging, Learning and memory
ARTIFICIAL NEURAL MODELS - Learning algorithms, Neural modeling and architectures, Neurodynamics
COGNITIVE SCIENCE - Perception, emotion, and cognition, Selective attention, Vision and auditory models
HARDWARD IMPLEMENTATION - Artificial retina & cochlear chips
HYBRID SYSTEMS - Neuro-fuzzy systems, Evolutionary neural nets, etc
APPLICATIONS - Bioinformatics, Finance, Manufacturing, etc.
SEAL'02:
THEORY - Co-evolution, Coding methods, Collective behavior
METHODOLOGY - Evolution strategies, Genetic algorithms, Genetic programming, Molecular and quantum computing, Evolvable hardware, Multi-objective optimization, Ant colony, Artificial ecology
EVOLUTIONARY LEARNING - Artificial life, Bayesian evolutionary algorithms
HYBRID SYSTEMS - Evolutionary neuro-fuzzy systems, Soft computing
APPLICATIONS - Scheduling, Operations research, Design, etc
FSKD'02:
THEORY AND FOUNDATIONS - Fuzzy theory and models, Uncertainty management, Statistical & probabilistic data mining, Computing with words, Rough sets, Intelligent agents
METHODS AND ALGORITHMS - Classification, Clustering, Information retrieval & fusion, Data warehousing & OLAP, Fuzzy hardware, Visualization, Decision trees, Data preprocessing
HYBRID SYSTEMS - Evolutionary neuro-fuzzy systems, Soft computing
APPLICATIONS - Control, Optimization, Natural language processing, Forecasting, Human-computer interaction, etc.
About Singapore: Located at one of the most important crossroads of the world, Singapore is truly a place where East and West come together. Here you will find Chinese, Indian, and Malay communities living together, their long established cultures forming a unique backdrop to a clean and modern garden city. English is spoken everywhere and is the common business language of all. Few places on earth promise such a delight for the palate, with gourmet cuisine from over 30 countries. Exotic resorts of Malaysia and Indonesia are only a short bus/ferry ride away.
Orchid Country Club
(OCC): The venue for this year's conferences is at one of Singapore's
premier country club, a 25-minute bus ride from the city. Away from the hustle and bustle of downtown Singapore, the tranquil setting of
the resort is ideal for serious technical discussions with an accommodating space and ambience for relaxation. Not to miss out on
the splendor of downtown Singapore, the organizer has also secured good quality and affordable accommodation in the heart of the city
with pre-arranged transport to/from the OCC. For golf enthusiasts, OCC is equipped with the largest computerized driving range in South
East Asia and boasts of a 27-hole golf course with facilities for night golfing, ideal for relaxation after each day of technical
discussions. Visit the OCC website at http://www.orchidclub.com
Night Safari and
Sentosa Resort Island: It is said that a visit to Singapore is not complete without making
a trip to two of the Republic's famous attractions. The only one of its kind in the world, the Night Safari provides a setting for
visitors to experience what it is like to observe animals in their nocturnal habitat. The island of Sentosa offers some unique
attractions and a visit there will also provide a glimpse and imagery of Singapore's past and present. Visits to these two attractions will be included as recreation for the joint conference.
(Websites: http://www.zoo.com.sg/safari/,
http://www.sentosa.com.sg)
Submissions: Authors are invited to submit abstracts and/or full papers through a web submission system. Full papers should be double-column and use 10 pt Times Roman or similar fonts. The file format of a full paper should be PDF (.pdf), PostScript (.ps), or Microsoft Word (.doc). If the final version of a paper exceeds 5 pages in length, the access pages will be charged at S$100 (approximately US$54 as at February 6, 2002) per page. Abstracts should contain sufficient details on the main contributions of the work. Upon acceptance of an abstract, the author(s) will be invited to submit a full paper to be included in the conference proceedings. All papers will be peer-reviewed. A selected number of ICONIP'02-SEAL'02-FSKD'02 accepted papers will be expanded and revised for possible inclusion in edited books and peer-reviewed journals, such as Soft Computing and Knowledge and Information Systems: An International Journal by Springer-Verlag. To submit, please click here.
Special Sessions: The conferences will feature special sessions on specialized topics of interests. One organizer of each successfully organized special session with at least 6 registered papers will enjoy a 50% discount on the conference registration fee. Click here for details on special sessions.
Sponsorship/Exhibition: The conferences will offer product vendors a sponsorship package and/or an opportunity to interact with conference participants. Click here for more information on sponsorship /exhibition.
Registration: The registration fee for regular participants before August 15, 2002 is S$680 (approximately US$370 as at February 6, 2002), which includes the proceedings of ICONIP'02, SEAL'02, and FSKD'02, lunches, banquet, and tours to Night Safari and Sentosa Resort Island.
For More Information: Please visit the conference home page or contact:
Lipo Wang, ICONIP'02-SEAL'02-FSKD'02 General Chair
School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Nanyang Technological University
Block S2, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798
Email: elpwang@ntu.edu.sg
Phone: +65 6790 6372
Fax: +65 6792 0415
Secretariat:
ICONIP’02-SEAL’02-FSKD’02
Secretariat
Administration
Annex Building #04-06
42
Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639815
Fax: +65 6793 0997
Email: nef@ntu.edu.sg
Home Page: http://www.ntu.edu.sg/home/nef