How could we use AI to help math education, especially algebra?

I am dissappointed in the fact that US is somewhere between 15 and 20
in the ranking of school math proficiency in the world.

It seems to me that the quality of teaching has a lot to do with it,
along other things. Though there has been attempts in offering digital
math help and tutoring, I have not seen anything that really is
engaging and delivers proven results. For the last couple of months I
have tested a few of them.

I have two school age children, and I am going through the pains myself.

Any and all thoughts would be appreciated.

Ahmet

I was recently quite intrigued by an article in NewScientist think the
title was something like 'Whatever became of A.I.' that made some very
positive noises about an artificial common sense engine by Cycorp,
http://www.cyc.com/ and its open source version
http://www.cyc.com/cyc/opencyc. I also read somewhere about some bright
sparks building a kind of relational meaning plugin that uses Google's
80 billion indexed web pages to figure out that e.g. a hat is more
likely to be worn on a head than to be eating a banana etc. I cant wait
to see these kind of  projects plugging into each other. Was wondering
if you guys have any experience relating to- or thoughts on- these
'developments'?

****  HIS'05 - First Call for Papers ****

5th International Conference on Hybrid Intelligent Systems (HIS'05)

November 06-09, 2005
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Conference URL: http://his05.hybridsystem.com

Mirror Site: http://www.ica.ele.puc-rio.br/his05

***************************************************

Deadline for Paper Submission: July 1st, 2005

***************************************************

HIS'05 is technically co-sponsored by:

- IEEE Systems Man and Cybernetics Society
- International Fuzzy Systems Association (IFSA)
- European Neural Network Society (ENNS)
- European Society for Fuzzy Logic and Technology (EUSFLAT)
- The World Federation on Soft Computing
- Brazilian Computing Society (SBC)
- Brazilian Society for Automation (SBA)

HIS'05 is organized in cooperation with:
- IEEE- Computational Intelligence Society

Hybridization of intelligent systems is a promising research field of
computational intelligence focusing on synergistic combinations of
multiple approaches to develop the next generation of intelligent
systems. A fundamental stimulus to the investigations of Hybrid
Intelligent Systems (HIS) is the awareness that combined approaches
will be necessary if the remaining tough problems in artificial
intelligence are to be solved. Neural computing, machine learning,
fuzzy logic, evolutionary algorithms, agent-based methods, among
others, have been established and shown their strength and drawbacks.
Recently, hybrid intelligent systems are getting popular due to their
capabilities in handling several real world complexities involving
imprecision, uncertainty and vagueness.

HIS'05 builds on the success of previous HIS events: HIS'04 was held
in  Kitakyushu, Japan, HIS'03 in Melbourne, Australia, HIS'02 in
Santiago, Chile, and HIS'01, the first event, in  Adelaide, Australia.
All events attracted participants from over 30 countries. HIS'05 is,
therefore, the fifth International Conference that brings together
researchers, developers, practitioners, and users of soft computing,
computational intelligence, multi-agents, and several other
intelligent computing techniques.  The objectives of this
international meeting are to increase the awareness of the research
community of the broad spectrum of hybrid techniques, to bring
together AI researchers from around the world to present their
cutting-edge results, to discuss the current trends in HIS research,
to develop a collective vision of future opportunities, to establish
international collaborative opportunities, and as a result to advance
the state of the art of the field.

HIS'05 invites authors to submit original and unpublished work that
demonstrates current research in hybrid intelligent systems research
and their applications in science, technology, business and commerce.
Submitted papers have to be original, containing new and original
results. The assessment criteria will be heavily weighted towards
originality, potential impact and relevance to HIS'05 themes. All
papers will be peer reviewed by three independent referees of the
international program committee of HIS'05.

HIS'05 will focus on the following topics:

** Theoretical Advances in Hybrid Intelligent System Architectures

   *   Interactions between neural networks and fuzzy inference systems
   *   Hybrid learning techniques
(supervised/unsupervised/reinforcement learning)
   *   Artificial neural network optimization using global
optimization techniques
   *   Fuzzy inference system optimization using global optimization algorithms
   *   Hybrid systems involving support vector machines, rough sets,
Bayesian networks, probabilistic reasoning, minimum message length,
etc.
   *   Hybrid computing using neural networks - fuzzy systems -
evolutionary algorithms
   *   Hybrid optimization techniques (evolutionary algorithms,
simulated annealing, tabu search, GRASP etc.)
   *   Hybrid of soft computing and statistical learning techniques
   *   Integration with Intelligent agents (architectures,
environments, adaptation/learning and knowledge management)
   *   Hybrid models using inductive logic programming, logic
synthesis, grammatical inference, case-based reasoning etc.

** Hybrid Approaches and Applications

   * Robotics and automation
   * Biomimetic applications
   * Bioinformatics
   * Web intelligence
   * Image and signal processing
   * Adaptive systems
   * Data mining
   * Behavioral simulations
   * Affective computing
   * Soft computing for control and automation
   * Multi-agent systems
   * Knowledge management
   * Communication and networking
   * Business systems and financial engineering.
   * Power engineering

We invite you to submit a:
- full paper of 6 pages, for oral presentation, A4 size, IEEE 2
columns format, using MS Word/LaTeX

- proposal to organize a technical session
(see the Call for Events Proposals in the conference Web page for more
information).

Submitted papers have to be original, containing new results.
The proceedings of the Conference will be published by IEEE Computer
Society and will be available during the conference. It is assumed
that all accepted manuscripts will be presented at the conference. All
accepted papers must be accompanied by a full paid registration in
order to appear in the proceedings.
All full papers are to be submitted in PDF electronically via the web site.
Hard copies should be sent only if electronic submission is not possible.

* Journal Publication Opportunities

a) International Journal on Hybrid Intelligent Systems (IJHIS)
Papers addressing strong HIS theoretical developments
(based on the referee recommendations) after substantial revision may be
considered for publication in the IJHIS  (http://ijhis.hybridsystem.com).

b) Applied Soft Computing
Extended versions of 10 application papers of the conference will also be
invited for a "fast track" submission for the Elsevier Science Applied Soft
Computing Journal (http://www.elsevier.com/locate/inca/621920).

c) International Journal of Knowledge Management (IJKM), World
Scientific, Singapore
Extended versions of 6 to 8 selected papers of the conference will also
be invited for submission to the IJKM
(http://www.worldscinet.com/jikm/jikm.shtml).

d) Neural Computing and Applications, Springer-Verlag London
Extended version of selected papers on Hybrid aspects of
neurocomputing will also
be invited for submission to the Neural Computing and Applications journal.

*****************************************************************
Important Dates

* Deadline for sessions/tutorial proposals: June 12th, 2005
* Deadline for Paper Submission (full paper): July 1st, 2005
* Notification of Acceptance: August 1st, 2005
* Deadline for Authors' Registration: August 19th, 2005
* Deadline for Camera-Ready Papers: August 19th, 2005
*****************************************************************
*******************************************************
Travel Grants

Travel fellowships for full time graduate students are available to
help cover conference travel and living costs. To receive a grant
recipients have to fulfill following requirements:

1. The recipient must be a student author (or co-author) of an
accepted paper, attend the conference and present the paper. Only one
author per paper will be awarded a grant.

2. Must have contributed to at least 50% of the research presented.

3. Be a student (or have been at the time of paper submission
deadline) and carry at least 50% of a normal full-time academic
program as a registered undergraduate or graduate student in a regular
course of study.

Candidates have to apply for travel fellowship by submitting
meaningful documents comprising:

1. Applicants CV including name; mailing address; email address;
current student status; faculty or PhD research advisor's name,
address, and email address; relevant courses and other educational
data; and (if available) a list of research articles.

2. A letter from the listed faculty or PhD advisor on official
institutional stationery should accompany the application and
summarize how the candidate may benefit from the conference.

3. Copy of a certificate that proofs the registration as graduate student.

The application deadline for fellowship support is August 31, 2005
(date of receipt). The original, signed documents have to be provided
and send to a nominated mailing address.

Applicants will be notified by email by September 15, 2005.

Fellowship checks amounting 500US$ will be distributed during the
HIS'05 conference. The recipient must show the original certificate
proving the registration as undergraduate or graduate student.

Please send questions directly to the travel grants chair:

Kaori Yoshida (email: kaori@...)
HIS05 Travel Grant Chair

*******************************************************

HIS'05 Conference Organization

Honorary Chair
Fernando Gomide, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil

General Chairs
Marley Vellasco, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Ajith Abraham, Chung-Ang University, Korea
Mario Köppen, Fraunhofer IPK, Berlin, Germany

Program Chairs
Nadia Nedjah, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Luiza de Macedo Mourelle, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Local Organizing Chairs
Alexandre Evsukoff, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Flavio Joaquim de Souza, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Gerson Zaverucha, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Karla Figueiredo, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Marco Aurélio Pacheco, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil
Maria Luiza Velloso, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Ricardo Tanscheit, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

International Steering Committee

Andre Carlos Ponce de Leon Ferreira de Carvalho, Universidade de São
Paulo, Brazil
Antony Satyadas, IBM, USA
David Corne, University of Exeter, UK
David Fogel, Natural Selection Inc., USA
Janusz Kacprzyk, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Jae Oh, Syracuse University, USA
Javier Ruiz-del-Solar, Universidad de Chile, Chile
Oscar Castillo, Tijuana Institute of Technology, Mexico
Takeshi Yamakawa, Kyushu Institute of Thecnology, Japan
Vasile Palade, University of Oxford, UK

Executive Chairs
Maria do Carmo Nicoletti, Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar), Brazil
Estevam Rafael Hruschka Junior, Universidade Federal de São Carlos
(UFSCar), Brazil

Special Event Chairs
Karla Figueiredo, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Marco Aurélio Pacheco, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil

Publicity Chair
Crina Grosan, Babes-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca, Romania

International Program Committee

Akira Asano, Hiroshima University, Japan
Aladdin Ayesh, De Montfort University, UK
Alberto Prieto, Univ. Granada, Spain
Andre Carlos Ponce de Leon Ferreira de Carvalho, Universidade de São
Paulo, Brazil Andreas Koenig, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany
Andrew Sung,  New Mexico Tech, USA
Antonio de Pádua Braga, UFMG, Brazil
Aureli Soria-Frisch, Fraunhofer IPK-Berlin, Germany
Berend Jan van der Zwaag, University of Twente, The Netherlands
Bernard de Baets, Ghent University, Belgium
Bernard Grabot, LGP/ENIT, France
Bernardete Ribeiro, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Bob Mckay, University of New South Wales, USA
Bruno Apolloni, Universita degli Studi di Milano, Italy
Carlos Coello, CINVESTAV-IPN, Mexico
Carlos Henrique Costa Ribeiro, ITA, Brazil
Christian Veenhuis, Fraunhofer IPK Berlin, Germany
Costa-Branco P J, Instituto Superior Tecnico Lisboa, Portugal
Crina Grosan, University of Babes Boylai at Cluj Napoca, Romania
David Corne, University of Exeter, UK
Dong Hwa Kim, Hanbat National University, South Korea
Eiji Uchino, University of Yamaguchi, Japan
Elisa Bertino, Purdue University, USA
Emilia Barakova, Brain Science Institute RIKEN, Japan
Erkki Oja, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
Etienne Kerre, Ghent University, Belgium
Fabio Abbattista, Universita di Bari, Italy
Felipe Maia Galvão França, UFRJ, Brazil
Francisco Pereira, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Frank Hoffmann, University of Dortmund, Germany
Frank Klawonn, TFH Braunschweig/Wolfenbuettel, Germany
Gary Fogel, Natural Selection, Inc., USA
Gheorghe Tecuci, George Mason University, USA
Giovanni Semeraro, Universita di Bari, Italy
Graham Williams, ANU, Canberra, Australia
Guenther Raidl, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
Hajime Nobuhara, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
Henry Tirri, NRC Nokia Research Center, Finland
Hirofumi Nagashino, University of Tokushima, Japan
Hisao Ishibuchi, Osaka Prefecture University, Japan
Jacek Wachowicz, Technical University of Gdansk, Poland
Janina Jakubczyc, Wroclaw University of Economics, Poland
Janos Abonyi, University of Veszprem, Hungary
Janusz Kacprzyk, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Javier Ruiz-del-Solar, Universidad de Chile, Chile
Jerzy Grzymala-Busse, University of Kansas, USA
John MacIntyre, University of Sunderland, UK
Jun Munemori, Wakayama University, Japan
Kaori Yoshida, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan
Katrin Franke, Fraunhofer IPK Berlin, Germany
Kazumi Nakamatsu, University of Hyogo, Japan
Krzysztof Wecel, The Poznan University of Economics, Poland
Leandro dos Santos Coelho, Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná,  Brazil
Louis Vuurpijl, NICI Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Luis Magdalena, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain
Marcin Paprzycki, Oklahoma State University, USA
Maria do Carmo Nicoletti, Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar), Brazil
Maria Ganzha, Gizycko Private Higher Educational Institute, Poland
Matjaz Gams, Jozef Stefan Institute Ljubljana, Slovenia
Mieczyslaw L. Owoc, Wroclaw University of Economics, Poland
Mika Sato-Ilic, University of Tsukuba, Japan
Miroslav Karny, Academy of Sciences of Czech Republic, Czech Republic
Nik Kasabov, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
Paramasivan Saratchandran, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Rafael Marti, Universitat de València, Spain
Rajkumar Roy, Cranfield University, UK
Rene Thomsen, Aarhus University, Denmark
Richard Weber, Universidad de Chile, Chile
Ronald R. Yager, Iona College, USA
Saman Halgamuge, The University of Melbourne, Australia
Sandra Sandri, INPE, Brazil
Sankar K. Pal, Indian Statistical Institute, India
Sebastian Lozano, Escuela Superior de Ingenieros, Spain
Seppo Ovaska, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
Shuji Hashimoto, Waseda University, Japan
Shusaku Tsumoto, Shimane Medical University, Japan
Stefan Wermter, University of Sunderland, UK
Suliman M. Hawamdeh, University of Oklahoma, USA
Sung-Bae Cho, Yonsei University, Korea
Teresa Bernarda Ludermir, UFPE, Brazil
Tim Hendtlass, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
Udo Seiffert, IPK Gatersleben, Germany
Uwe Zimmer, Australian National University, Australia
Vasile Palade, Oxford University, UK
Wiliam Browne, University of Reading, UK
William Langdon, University of Essex, UK
Witold Pedrycz, University of Alberta, Canada
Xiao-Zhi Gao, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
Yanqing Zhang, Georgia State University, USA
Yaochu Jin, Honda Research Institute Europe, Germany
Yasuhiko Dote, Muroran Institute of Technology, Japan
Yoshiteru Ishida, Toyohashi Univ. of Tech., Japan
Yuehui Chen, Jinan University, China
Yuzo Hirai, University of Tsukuba, Japan
Zensho Nakao, University of the Ryukyus, Japan

--
Crina Groþan
Department of Computer Science
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
Babes-Bolyai  University, Cluj-Napoca,
Kogalniceanu 1, 3400 Cluj - Napoca
Romania

Email: crina.grosan@...
WWW: http://crina.softcomputing.net


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I am watching cyc.com but they don't have a windows version yet.

--- In artificialintelligencegroup@yahoogroups.com, Andre S Clements
<aclements@i...> wrote:
> I was recently quite intrigued by an article in NewScientist think
the
> title was something like 'Whatever became of A.I.' that made some
very
> positive noises about an artificial common sense engine by Cycorp,
> http://www.cyc.com/ and its open source version
> http://www.cyc.com/cyc/opencyc. I also read somewhere about some
bright
> sparks building a kind of relational meaning plugin that uses
Google's
> 80 billion indexed web pages to figure out that e.g. a hat is more
> likely to be worn on a head than to be eating a banana etc. I cant
wait
> to see these kind of  projects plugging into each other. Was
wondering
> if you guys have any experience relating to- or thoughts on- these
> 'developments'?

Hi all,

Can anyone guide me to a ready to train kind of neural net module that I could
use for my work? Also I have a restricted data to train with so if someone could
give me some clue about it.

Thanks in advance.

Andy.


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[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Any experts in the group on applying AI to education?

I found out recently that US is somewhere between 15 and 20 in the
ranking of countries when it comes to school math proficiency.

It seems there have been some attempts, but it is not clear to me that
there is something out there that would really democratize the math
learning.

What do you think?

****  HIS'05 - First Call for Papers ****

5th International Conference on Hybrid Intelligent Systems (HIS'05)

November 06-09, 2005
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Conference URL: http://his05.hybridsystem.com

Mirror Site: http://www.ica.ele.puc-rio.br/his05

***************************************************

Deadline for Paper Submission: July 1st, 2005

***************************************************

HIS'05 is technically co-sponsored by:

- IEEE Systems Man and Cybernetics Society
- International Fuzzy Systems Association (IFSA)
- European Neural Network Society (ENNS)
- European Society for Fuzzy Logic and Technology (EUSFLAT)
- The World Federation on Soft Computing
- Brazilian Computing Society (SBC)
- Brazilian Society for Automation (SBA)

HIS'05 is organized in cooperation with:
- IEEE- Computational Intelligence Society

Hybridization of intelligent systems is a promising research field of
computational intelligence focusing on synergistic combinations of
multiple approaches to develop the next generation of intelligent
systems. A fundamental stimulus to the investigations of Hybrid
Intelligent Systems (HIS) is the awareness that combined approaches
will be necessary if the remaining tough problems in artificial
intelligence are to be solved. Neural computing, machine learning,
fuzzy logic, evolutionary algorithms, agent-based methods, among
others, have been established and shown their strength and drawbacks.
Recently, hybrid intelligent systems are getting popular due to their
capabilities in handling several real world complexities involving
imprecision, uncertainty and vagueness.

HIS'05 builds on the success of previous HIS events: HIS'04 was held
in  Kitakyushu, Japan, HIS'03 in Melbourne, Australia, HIS'02 in
Santiago, Chile, and HIS'01, the first event, in  Adelaide, Australia.
All events attracted participants from over 30 countries. HIS'05 is,
therefore, the fifth International Conference that brings together
researchers, developers, practitioners, and users of soft computing,
computational intelligence, multi-agents, and several other
intelligent computing techniques.  The objectives of this
international meeting are to increase the awareness of the research
community of the broad spectrum of hybrid techniques, to bring
together AI researchers from around the world to present their
cutting-edge results, to discuss the current trends in HIS research,
to develop a collective vision of future opportunities, to establish
international collaborative opportunities, and as a result to advance
the state of the art of the field.

HIS'05 invites authors to submit original and unpublished work that
demonstrates current research in hybrid intelligent systems research
and their applications in science, technology, business and commerce.
Submitted papers have to be original, containing new and original
results. The assessment criteria will be heavily weighted towards
originality, potential impact and relevance to HIS'05 themes. All
papers will be peer reviewed by three independent referees of the
international program committee of HIS'05.

HIS'05 will focus on the following topics:

** Theoretical Advances in Hybrid Intelligent System Architectures

   *   Interactions between neural networks and fuzzy inference systems
   *   Hybrid learning techniques
(supervised/unsupervised/reinforcement learning)
   *   Artificial neural network optimization using global
optimization techniques
   *   Fuzzy inference system optimization using global optimization algorithms
   *   Hybrid systems involving support vector machines, rough sets,
Bayesian networks, probabilistic reasoning, minimum message length,
etc.
   *   Hybrid computing using neural networks - fuzzy systems -
evolutionary algorithms
   *   Hybrid optimization techniques (evolutionary algorithms,
simulated annealing, tabu search, GRASP etc.)
   *   Hybrid of soft computing and statistical learning techniques
   *   Integration with Intelligent agents (architectures,
environments, adaptation/learning and knowledge management)
   *   Hybrid models using inductive logic programming, logic
synthesis, grammatical inference, case-based reasoning etc.

** Hybrid Approaches and Applications

   * Robotics and automation
   * Biomimetic applications
   * Bioinformatics
   * Web intelligence
   * Image and signal processing
   * Adaptive systems
   * Data mining
   * Behavioral simulations
   * Affective computing
   * Soft computing for control and automation
   * Multi-agent systems
   * Knowledge management
   * Communication and networking
   * Business systems and financial engineering.
   * Power engineering

We invite you to submit a:
- full paper of 6 pages, for oral presentation, A4 size, IEEE 2
columns format, using MS Word/LaTeX

- proposal to organize a technical session
(see the Call for Events Proposals in the conference Web page for more
information).

Submitted papers have to be original, containing new results.
The proceedings of the Conference will be published by IEEE Computer
Society and will be available during the conference. It is assumed
that all accepted manuscripts will be presented at the conference. All
accepted papers must be accompanied by a full paid registration in
order to appear in the proceedings.
All full papers are to be submitted in PDF electronically via the web site.
Hard copies should be sent only if electronic submission is not possible.

* Journal Publication Opportunities

a) International Journal on Hybrid Intelligent Systems (IJHIS)
Papers addressing strong HIS theoretical developments
(based on the referee recommendations) after substantial revision may be
considered for publication in the IJHIS  (http://ijhis.hybridsystem.com).

b) Applied Soft Computing
Extended versions of 10 application papers of the conference will also be
invited for a "fast track" submission for the Elsevier Science Applied Soft
Computing Journal (http://www.elsevier.com/locate/inca/621920).

c) International Journal of Knowledge Management (IJKM), World
Scientific, Singapore
Extended versions of 6 to 8 selected papers of the conference will also
be invited for submission to the IJKM
(http://www.worldscinet.com/jikm/jikm.shtml).

d) Neural Computing and Applications, Springer-Verlag London
Extended version of selected papers on Hybrid aspects of
neurocomputing will also
be invited for submission to the Neural Computing and Applications journal.

*****************************************************************
Important Dates

* Deadline for sessions/tutorial proposals: June 12th, 2005
* Deadline for Paper Submission (full paper): July 1st, 2005
* Notification of Acceptance: August 1st, 2005
* Deadline for Authors' Registration: August 19th, 2005
* Deadline for Camera-Ready Papers: August 19th, 2005
*****************************************************************
*******************************************************
Travel Grants

Travel fellowships for full time graduate students are available to
help cover conference travel and living costs. To receive a grant
recipients have to fulfill following requirements:

1. The recipient must be a student author (or co-author) of an
accepted paper, attend the conference and present the paper. Only one
author per paper will be awarded a grant.

2. Must have contributed to at least 50% of the research presented.

3. Be a student (or have been at the time of paper submission
deadline) and carry at least 50% of a normal full-time academic
program as a registered undergraduate or graduate student in a regular
course of study.

Candidates have to apply for travel fellowship by submitting
meaningful documents comprising:

1. Applicants CV including name; mailing address; email address;
current student status; faculty or PhD research advisor's name,
address, and email address; relevant courses and other educational
data; and (if available) a list of research articles.

2. A letter from the listed faculty or PhD advisor on official
institutional stationery should accompany the application and
summarize how the candidate may benefit from the conference.

3. Copy of a certificate that proofs the registration as graduate student.

The application deadline for fellowship support is August 31, 2005
(date of receipt). The original, signed documents have to be provided
and send to a nominated mailing address.

Applicants will be notified by email by September 15, 2005.

Fellowship checks amounting 500US$ will be distributed during the
HIS'05 conference. The recipient must show the original certificate
proving the registration as undergraduate or graduate student.

Please send questions directly to the travel grants chair:

Kaori Yoshida (email: kaori@...)
HIS05 Travel Grant Chair

*******************************************************

HIS'05 Conference Organization

Honorary Chair
Fernando Gomide, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil

General Chairs
Marley Vellasco, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Ajith Abraham, Chung-Ang University, Korea
Mario Köppen, Fraunhofer IPK, Berlin, Germany

Program Chairs
Nadia Nedjah, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Luiza de Macedo Mourelle, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Local Organizing Chairs
Alexandre Evsukoff, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Flavio Joaquim de Souza, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Gerson Zaverucha, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Karla Figueiredo, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Marco Aurélio Pacheco, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil
Maria Luiza Velloso, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Ricardo Tanscheit, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

International Steering Committee

Andre Carlos Ponce de Leon Ferreira de Carvalho, Universidade de São
Paulo, Brazil
Antony Satyadas, IBM, USA
David Corne, University of Exeter, UK
David Fogel, Natural Selection Inc., USA
Janusz Kacprzyk, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Jae Oh, Syracuse University, USA
Javier Ruiz-del-Solar, Universidad de Chile, Chile
Oscar Castillo, Tijuana Institute of Technology, Mexico
Takeshi Yamakawa, Kyushu Institute of Thecnology, Japan
Vasile Palade, University of Oxford, UK

Executive Chairs
Maria do Carmo Nicoletti, Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar), Brazil
Estevam Rafael Hruschka Junior, Universidade Federal de São Carlos
(UFSCar), Brazil

Special Event Chairs
Karla Figueiredo, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Marco Aurélio Pacheco, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil

Publicity Chair
Crina Grosan, Babes-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca, Romania

International Program Committee

Akira Asano, Hiroshima University, Japan
Aladdin Ayesh, De Montfort University, UK
Alberto Prieto, Univ. Granada, Spain
Andre Carlos Ponce de Leon Ferreira de Carvalho, Universidade de São
Paulo, Brazil Andreas Koenig, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany
Andrew Sung,  New Mexico Tech, USA
Antonio de Pádua Braga, UFMG, Brazil
Aureli Soria-Frisch, Fraunhofer IPK-Berlin, Germany
Berend Jan van der Zwaag, University of Twente, The Netherlands
Bernard de Baets, Ghent University, Belgium
Bernard Grabot, LGP/ENIT, France
Bernardete Ribeiro, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Bob Mckay, University of New South Wales, USA
Bruno Apolloni, Universita degli Studi di Milano, Italy
Carlos Coello, CINVESTAV-IPN, Mexico
Carlos Henrique Costa Ribeiro, ITA, Brazil
Christian Veenhuis, Fraunhofer IPK Berlin, Germany
Costa-Branco P J, Instituto Superior Tecnico Lisboa, Portugal
Crina Grosan, University of Babes Boylai at Cluj Napoca, Romania
David Corne, University of Exeter, UK
Dong Hwa Kim, Hanbat National University, South Korea
Eiji Uchino, University of Yamaguchi, Japan
Elisa Bertino, Purdue University, USA
Emilia Barakova, Brain Science Institute RIKEN, Japan
Erkki Oja, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
Etienne Kerre, Ghent University, Belgium
Fabio Abbattista, Universita di Bari, Italy
Felipe Maia Galvão França, UFRJ, Brazil
Francisco Pereira, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Frank Hoffmann, University of Dortmund, Germany
Frank Klawonn, TFH Braunschweig/Wolfenbuettel, Germany
Gary Fogel, Natural Selection, Inc., USA
Gheorghe Tecuci, George Mason University, USA
Giovanni Semeraro, Universita di Bari, Italy
Graham Williams, ANU, Canberra, Australia
Guenther Raidl, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
Hajime Nobuhara, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
Henry Tirri, NRC Nokia Research Center, Finland
Hirofumi Nagashino, University of Tokushima, Japan
Hisao Ishibuchi, Osaka Prefecture University, Japan
Jacek Wachowicz, Technical University of Gdansk, Poland
Janina Jakubczyc, Wroclaw University of Economics, Poland
Janos Abonyi, University of Veszprem, Hungary
Janusz Kacprzyk, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Javier Ruiz-del-Solar, Universidad de Chile, Chile
Jerzy Grzymala-Busse, University of Kansas, USA
John MacIntyre, University of Sunderland, UK
Jun Munemori, Wakayama University, Japan
Kaori Yoshida, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan
Katrin Franke, Fraunhofer IPK Berlin, Germany
Kazumi Nakamatsu, University of Hyogo, Japan
Krzysztof Wecel, The Poznan University of Economics, Poland
Leandro dos Santos Coelho, Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná,  Brazil
Louis Vuurpijl, NICI Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Luis Magdalena, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain
Marcin Paprzycki, Oklahoma State University, USA
Maria do Carmo Nicoletti, Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar), Brazil
Maria Ganzha, Gizycko Private Higher Educational Institute, Poland
Matjaz Gams, Jozef Stefan Institute Ljubljana, Slovenia
Mieczyslaw L. Owoc, Wroclaw University of Economics, Poland
Mika Sato-Ilic, University of Tsukuba, Japan
Miroslav Karny, Academy of Sciences of Czech Republic, Czech Republic
Nik Kasabov, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
Paramasivan Saratchandran, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Rafael Marti, Universitat de València, Spain
Rajkumar Roy, Cranfield University, UK
Rene Thomsen, Aarhus University, Denmark
Richard Weber, Universidad de Chile, Chile
Ronald R. Yager, Iona College, USA
Saman Halgamuge, The University of Melbourne, Australia
Sandra Sandri, INPE, Brazil
Sankar K. Pal, Indian Statistical Institute, India
Sebastian Lozano, Escuela Superior de Ingenieros, Spain
Seppo Ovaska, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
Shuji Hashimoto, Waseda University, Japan
Shusaku Tsumoto, Shimane Medical University, Japan
Stefan Wermter, University of Sunderland, UK
Suliman M. Hawamdeh, University of Oklahoma, USA
Sung-Bae Cho, Yonsei University, Korea
Teresa Bernarda Ludermir, UFPE, Brazil
Tim Hendtlass, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
Udo Seiffert, IPK Gatersleben, Germany
Uwe Zimmer, Australian National University, Australia
Vasile Palade, Oxford University, UK
Wiliam Browne, University of Reading, UK
William Langdon, University of Essex, UK
Witold Pedrycz, University of Alberta, Canada
Xiao-Zhi Gao, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
Yanqing Zhang, Georgia State University, USA
Yaochu Jin, Honda Research Institute Europe, Germany
Yasuhiko Dote, Muroran Institute of Technology, Japan
Yoshiteru Ishida, Toyohashi Univ. of Tech., Japan
Yuehui Chen, Jinan University, China
Yuzo Hirai, University of Tsukuba, Japan
Zensho Nakao, University of the Ryukyus, Japan

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Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
Babes-Bolyai  University, Cluj-Napoca,
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--- In artificialintelligencegroup@yahoogroups.com, "baybora8088"
<takeaction@c...> wrote:
> How could we use AI to help math education, especially algebra?
>
> I am dissappointed in the fact that US is somewhere between 15 and
20
> in the ranking of school math proficiency in the world.
>
> It seems to me that the quality of teaching has a lot to do with
it,
> along other things. Though there has been attempts in offering
digital
> math help and tutoring, I have not seen anything that really is
> engaging and delivers proven results. For the last couple of
months I
> have tested a few of them.
>
> I have two school age children, and I am going through the pains
myself.
>
> Any and all thoughts would be appreciated.
>
> Ahmet

Hi!

"School age" means different things in different countries.   I am
in the UK where "school age" is about 6 to 16 years.

What age group are you aiming at?

I may not respond to any new message for about a week, but I will
definitely try to respond.

Cheers

Patrick

Good question. We typically start algebra in 4th grade, though mostly
pre-algebra. I think the part them I see most difficulties in US is in the
age group of 12, 13 which is 7th and 8th grade. Especially now that the bar
is raised in terms of 8th grade proficiency.



Ahmet



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logicman_alf
Sent: Friday, June 03, 2005 11:20 AM
To: artificialintelligencegroup@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Artificial Intelligence Group] Re: NEW - AI in math education



--- In artificialintelligencegroup@yahoogroups.com, "baybora8088"
<takeaction@c...> wrote:
> How could we use AI to help math education, especially algebra?
>
> I am dissappointed in the fact that US is somewhere between 15 and
20
> in the ranking of school math proficiency in the world.
>
> It seems to me that the quality of teaching has a lot to do with
it,
> along other things. Though there has been attempts in offering
digital
> math help and tutoring, I have not seen anything that really is
> engaging and delivers proven results. For the last couple of
months I
> have tested a few of them.
>
> I have two school age children, and I am going through the pains
myself.
>
> Any and all thoughts would be appreciated.
>
> Ahmet

Hi!

"School age" means different things in different countries.   I am
in the UK where "school age" is about 6 to 16 years.

What age group are you aiming at?

I may not respond to any new message for about a week, but I will
definitely try to respond.

Cheers

Patrick







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The math tutoring systems I've come in contact with have been projects by
and advised by this professor:

http://www.cs.wpi.edu/~nth/

Some of the links on that page seem to be out of date, but it still might
give you an idea where intelligent tutoring systems stand.

-Dvocha


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   From: artificialintelligencegroup@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:artificialintelligencegroup@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Ahmet
Alpdemir
   Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 4:27 PM
   To: artificialintelligencegroup@yahoogroups.com
   Subject: RE: [Artificial Intelligence Group] Re: NEW - AI in math
education


   Good question. We typically start algebra in 4th grade, though mostly
   pre-algebra. I think the part them I see most difficulties in US is in the
   age group of 12, 13 which is 7th and 8th grade. Especially now that the
bar
   is raised in terms of 8th grade proficiency.



   Ahmet



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   logicman_alf
   Sent: Friday, June 03, 2005 11:20 AM
   To: artificialintelligencegroup@yahoogroups.com
   Subject: [Artificial Intelligence Group] Re: NEW - AI in math education



   --- In artificialintelligencegroup@yahoogroups.com, "baybora8088"
   <takeaction@c...> wrote:
   > How could we use AI to help math education, especially algebra?
   >
   > I am dissappointed in the fact that US is somewhere between 15 and
   20
   > in the ranking of school math proficiency in the world.
   >
   > It seems to me that the quality of teaching has a lot to do with
   it,
   > along other things. Though there has been attempts in offering
   digital
   > math help and tutoring, I have not seen anything that really is
   > engaging and delivers proven results. For the last couple of
   months I
   > have tested a few of them.
   >
   > I have two school age children, and I am going through the pains
   myself.
   >
   > Any and all thoughts would be appreciated.
   >
   > Ahmet

   Hi!

   "School age" means different things in different countries.   I am
   in the UK where "school age" is about 6 to 16 years.

   What age group are you aiming at?

   I may not respond to any new message for about a week, but I will
   definitely try to respond.

   Cheers

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Hi,

Just for reference, you can also have a look at this project :

http://www.projecthalo.com/

They have some pretty good results as the compare various products.

Regards,
Rohit



baybora8088 <takeaction@...> wrote:
Any experts in the group on applying AI to education?

I found out recently that US is somewhere between 15 and 20 in the
ranking of countries when it comes to school math proficiency.

It seems there have been some attempts, but it is not clear to me that
there is something out there that would really democratize the math
learning.

What do you think?








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Rohit,



Thanks for pointing it out.



Ahmet



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Srivastava
Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 1:28 AM
To: artificialintelligencegroup@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Artificial Intelligence Group] Using AI for education



Hi,

Just for reference, you can also have a look at this project :

http://www.projecthalo.com/

They have some pretty good results as the compare various products.

Regards,
Rohit



baybora8088 <takeaction@...> wrote:
Any experts in the group on applying AI to education?

I found out recently that US is somewhere between 15 and 20 in the
ranking of countries when it comes to school math proficiency.

It seems there have been some attempts, but it is not clear to me that
there is something out there that would really democratize the math
learning.

What do you think?








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Well, there was a discussion a long time ago about an AI Operating
System on several groups.

For months there have been no discussions,
no files posted, nothing in the databases nothing else added.

john666seven wrote:

>Well, there was a discussion a long time ago about an AI Operating
>System on several groups.
>
>For months there have been no discussions,
>no files posted, nothing in the databases nothing else added.
>
>

They're spending all their time with their modems because linux sucks
and blows donkies in some strange quantum superposition and can't
maintain a simple dialup connection worth jack squat...
=(((((((((((((((((((((

--- In artificialintelligencegroup@yahoogroups.com, Alan Grimes
<alangrimes@s...> wrote:
> john666seven wrote:
>
> >Well, there was a discussion a long time ago about an AI Operating
> >System on several groups.
> >
> >For months there have been no discussions,
> >no files posted, nothing in the databases nothing else added.
> >
> >
>
> They're spending all their time with their modems because linux sucks
> and blows donkies in some strange quantum superposition and can't
> maintain a simple dialup connection worth jack squat...
> =(((((((((((((((((((((

Either you need a more stable version of Linux like Mepis or Ubuntu,
or--very possibly, it's a bad modem--unless, of course, you are trying
to use a "win modem".

>Either you need a more stable version of Linux like Mepis or Ubuntu,
>
>

I'm using Gentoo. It's the best distro around.

>or--very possibly, it's a bad modem--unless, of course, you are trying
>to use a "win modem".
>
>

The modem works great with every other OS I've tried it with.

****  HIS'05 - Final Call for Papers ****

5th International Conference on Hybrid Intelligent Systems (HIS'05)
November 06-09, 2005
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Conference URL: http://his05.hybridsystem.com
Mirror Site: http://www.ica.ele.puc-rio.br/his05
***************************************************



Deadline for Paper Submission: July 1st, 2005



***************************************************



HIS'05 is technically co-sponsored by:



- IEEE Systems Man and Cybernetics Society

- International Fuzzy Systems Association (IFSA)

- European Neural Network Society (ENNS)

- European Society for Fuzzy Logic and Technology (EUSFLAT)

- The World Federation on Soft Computing

- Brazilian Computing Society (SBC)

- Brazilian Society for Automation (SBA)



HIS'05 is organized in cooperation with:

- IEEE- Computational Intelligence Society



Hybridization of intelligent systems is a promising research field of
computational intelligence focusing on synergistic combinations of
multiple approaches to develop the next generation of intelligent
systems. A fundamental stimulus to the investigations of Hybrid
Intelligent Systems (HIS) is the awareness that combined approaches

will be necessary if the remaining tough problems in artificial
intelligence are to be solved. Neural computing, machine learning,
fuzzy logic, evolutionary algorithms, agent-based methods, among
others, have been established and shown their strength and drawbacks.

Recently, hybrid intelligent systems are getting popular due to their
capabilities in handling several real world complexities involving
imprecision, uncertainty and vagueness.



HIS'05 builds on the success of previous HIS events: HIS'04 was held
in  Kitakyushu, Japan, HIS'03 in Melbourne, Australia, HIS'02 in
Santiago, Chile, and HIS'01, the first event, in  Adelaide, Australia.
All events attracted participants from over 30 countries. HIS'05 is,
therefore, the fifth International Conference that brings together
researchers, developers, practitioners, and users of soft computing,
computational intelligence, multi-agents, and several other
intelligent computing techniques.  The objectives of this

international meeting are to increase the awareness of the research
community of the broad spectrum of hybrid techniques, to bring
together AI researchers from around the world to present their
cutting-edge results, to discuss the current trends in HIS research,
to develop a collective vision of future opportunities, to establish
international collaborative opportunities, and as a result to advance
the state of the art of the field.



HIS'05 invites authors to submit original and unpublished work that
demonstrates current research in hybrid intelligent systems research
and their applications in science, technology, business and commerce.
Submitted papers have to be original, containing new and original

results. The assessment criteria will be heavily weighted towards
originality, potential impact and relevance to HIS'05 themes. All
papers will be peer reviewed by three independent referees of the
international program committee of HIS'05.



HIS'05 will focus on the following topics:



** Theoretical Advances in Hybrid Intelligent System Architectures



    *   Interactions between neural networks and fuzzy inference systems

    *   Hybrid learning techniques
(supervised/unsupervised/reinforcement learning)

    *   Artificial neural network optimization using global
optimization techniques

    *   Fuzzy inference system optimization using global optimization algorithms

    *   Hybrid systems involving support vector machines, rough sets,
Bayesian networks, probabilistic reasoning, minimum message length,
etc.

    *   Hybrid computing using neural networks - fuzzy systems -
evolutionary algorithms

    *   Hybrid optimization techniques (evolutionary algorithms,
simulated annealing, tabu search, GRASP etc.)

    *   Hybrid of soft computing and statistical learning techniques

    *   Integration with Intelligent agents (architectures,
environments, adaptation/learning and knowledge management)

    *   Hybrid models using inductive logic programming, logic
synthesis, grammatical inference, case-based reasoning etc.



** Hybrid Approaches and Applications



    * Robotics and automation

    * Biomimetic applications

    * Bioinformatics

    * Web intelligence

    * Image and signal processing

    * Adaptive systems

    * Data mining

    * Behavioral simulations

    * Affective computing

    * Soft computing for control and automation

    * Multi-agent systems

    * Knowledge management

    * Communication and networking

    * Business systems and financial engineering.

    * Power engineering



We invite you to submit a:

- full paper of 6 pages, for oral presentation, A4 size, IEEE 2
columns format, using MS Word/LaTeX



- proposal to organize a technical session

(see the Call for Events Proposals in the conference Web page for more
information).



Submitted papers have to be original, containing new results.

The proceedings of the Conference will be published by IEEE Computer
Society and will be available during the conference. It is assumed
that all accepted manuscripts will be presented at the conference. All
accepted papers must be accompanied by a full paid registration in
order to appear in the proceedings.

All full papers are to be submitted in PDF electronically via the web site.

Hard copies should be sent only if electronic submission is not possible.



* Journal Publication Opportunities



a) International Journal on Hybrid Intelligent Systems (IJHIS)

Papers addressing strong HIS theoretical developments

(based on the referee recommendations) after substantial revision may be

considered for publication in the IJHIS  (http://ijhis.hybridsystem.com).



b) Applied Soft Computing

Extended versions of 10 application papers of the conference will also
be invited for a "fast track" submission for the Elsevier Science
Applied Soft
Computing Journal (http://www.elsevier.com/locate/inca/621920).



c) International Journal of Knowledge Management (IJKM), World
Scientific, Singapore
Extended versions of 6 to 8 selected papers of the conference will
also be invited for submission to the IJKM
(http://www.worldscinet.com/jikm/jikm.shtml).



d) Neural Computing and Applications, Springer-Verlag London
Extended version of selected papers on Hybrid aspects of
neurocomputing will also be invited for submission to the Neural
Computing and Applications journal.



*****************************************************************

Important Dates



* Deadline for sessions/tutorial proposals: June 12th, 2005

* Deadline for Paper Submission (full paper): July 1st, 2005

* Notification of Acceptance: August 1st, 2005

* Deadline for Authors' Registration: August 19th, 2005

* Deadline for Camera-Ready Papers: August 19th, 2005

*****************************************************************

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Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
Babes-Bolyai  University, Cluj-Napoca,
Kogalniceanu 1, 3400 Cluj - Napoca
Romania

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From: 	  rmenezes@...
	 Subject:  CFP: SAC 2006: Session on Coordination Models and Languages
	 Date:  June 23, 2005 3:28:28 PM EDT

                     CALL FOR PAPERS AND REFEREES
                     ============================
              (Apologies if you receive multiple copies)


           21st ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC 2006)
              http://www.acm.org/conferences/sac/sac2006/

    Special Track on Coordination Models, Languages and Applications
                  http://confs.deis-ce.unibo.it/sac/sac2006
                        http://sac2006cm.cs.fit.edu/

                          April 23-27, 2006,
                            Dijon, France



SAC 2006
~~~~~~~~
For the  past twenty years,  the ACM Symposium on  Applied Computing
has been  a primary gathering  forum for applied  computer scientists,
computer  engineers, software  engineers,  and application  developers
from  around the  world.  SAC  2006 is  sponsored by  the  ACM Special
Interest  Group on  Applied Computing,  and  is hosted  by  Bourgogne
University, Dijon, France


Coordination Models, Languages and Applications Track
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Building on the success  of the seven previous editions (1998-2005), a
special track  on  coordination  models,  languages  and  applications
will be held at SAC 2006.  Over the last decade, we have witnessed the
emergence of models, formalisms and mechanisms  to describe concurrent
and  distributed  computations  and  systems  based  on the concept of
coordination.  The purpose of a coordination model  is  to enable  the
integration   of  a  number   of,  possibly  heterogeneous, components
(processes, objects, agents) in such a way that the resulting ensemble
can  execute as  a  whole,  forming a  software  system  with  desired
characteristics and functionalities which possibly takes  advantage of
parallel and distributed systems. The coordination paradigm is closely
related to other contemporary software engineering approaches  such as
component-based  systems  and middleware  platforms.  Furthermore, the
concept of  coordination exists in  many other  Computer Science areas
such  as   Cooperative  Information  Systems,  Distributed  Artificial
Intelligence, and Internet Technologies.

The Special Track  on  Coordination Models, Languages and Applications
deliberately takes  a broad view  of  what is coordination:  this term
covers here traditional models and languages  (e.g., the ones based on
the  Shared  Dataspace  and  CHAM  metaphors),  but also other related
notions  and  formalisms   such  as  configuration  and  architectural
description  frameworks, models of  multi-agent planning, organization
and  decision-making,  systems modeling  abstractions  and  languages,
programming skeletons, etc.

Correspondingly,  in addition to the traditional areas covering  data-
driven (such as Linda)  and control-driven  (such as Manifold)  models
and  languages,   this   Special   Track  aims   at  putting  together
contributions from all the many areas where the concept of coordination
is relevant,  such  as  multi-agent systems,  software  architectures,
middleware  platforms,   groupware  and   workflow  management,  etc.,
providing them  with a  forum where  they can discuss  their different
viewpoints and share ideas.   On  this  very  subject,  it is worth to
remind that the last editions of this Track were undoubtedly successful
under many points of view,  but  in particular in  attracting relevant
and consistent contributions from many different research communities.

According  to  that,  major topics  of  interest include  (but are not
limited to) the following:

    * Novel models, languages, programming and implementation techniques
    * Applications
    * Internet- and Web-based coordinated systems
    * Coordination of multi-agent systems, including mobile and
      intelligent agents
    * Languages for service description and composition
    * Models, frameworks and tools for Group Decision Making
    * All aspects related to Cooperative Information Systems
      (e.g. workflow management, CSCW)
    * Software architectures and software engineering techniques
    * Configuration and Architecture Description Languages
    * Middleware platforms (e.g. CORBA, Jini)
    * Coordination technologies, systems and infrastructures
    * Emergent Coordination and Self-organization.
    * Relationship with other computational models such as object
      oriented, declarative (functional, logic, constraint) programming
      or their extensions with coordination capabilities
    * Formal aspects (semantics, reasoning, verification)


Proceedings and Post-proceedings
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Papers accepted for the Special Track on Coordination Models, Languages
and  Applications  will be  published  by  ACM  both  in  the  SAC 2006
proceedings and in the Digital Library.

It is worth to notice that after the last editions of the Special Track
on Coordination, four special issues were published, namely

                "Coordination Models and Languages in AI"
                 Applied  Artificial Intelligence  15(1)
                http://lia.deis.unibo.it/journals/aai2001/

            "Coordination as a Paradigm for Systems Integration"
                   Journal of Systems Integration 10(2)
                http://lia.deis.unibo.it/journals/josi2001/

                 "Coordination and Knowledge Engineering"
                  The Knowledge Engineering Review 17(4)
                   http://uk.cambridge.org/journals/ker/

              "Coordination and Collaboration Technologies"
             Journal of Cooperative Information Systems 13(1)
               http://www.worldscinet.com/ijcis/ijcis.shtml
and
                           "Coordination Systems"
       Journal of Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience
           http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/jhome/77004395

while a sixty one
                   "Role of Contexts for Coordination in MAS"
                  Web Intelligence and Agent Systems Journal
                    http://www.iospress.nl/html/15701263.php


is currently under preparation.

So,  among the papers accepted and presented  this year at the SAC 2006
Special Track  on  Coordination,  a further selection  is likely  to be
performed  after  the symposium  to  produce  a  special issue  of some
international journal: several contacts are currently ongoing.


Track Program Chairmen
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Ronaldo Menezes                                       Alessandro Ricci

Department of Computer Sciences                                   DEIS
Florida Institute of Technology                  Universita di Bologna
150 West University Blvd.                               Via Venezia 52
Melbourne, FL 32901, USA                                Cesena - Italy
voice# +1 (321) 674-7623                        voice# +39 054 7339217
fax# +1 (321) 674-7046                            fax# +39 054 7339208
mailto:rmenezes@...                 mailto:aricci@...


Guidelines for Submission
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Original papers from  the above-mentioned or  other related areas will
be considered.   This  includes  three categories  of  submissions: 1)
original and unpublished  research; 2) reports of innovative computing
applications in the arts, sciences, engineering, business, government,
education  and industry;  and   3) reports  of successful   technology
transfer  to new problem domains.   Each submitted paper will be fully
refereed  and undergo  a  blind  review process    by at least   three
referees. The accepted papers  in all categories  will be published in
the ACM SAC 2006 proceedings.


Submission Format
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    * Submit your  paper *electronically*  in either PDF  or postscript
      format.  Please *note*:  neither  hardcopy  nor  fax  submissions
      will be accepted.  Submissions should  be printable on a standard
      printer on common paperformats like letter and DIN A4. Please use
      a Postscript previewer such as Ghostview to check the portability
      of Postscript documents.

    * The author(s) name(s) and address(es) must NOT appear in the body
      of the paper,  and self-reference  should be in the third person.
      This is to facilitate blind review.

    * The body  of the paper  should not exceed  4,000 words.  Accepted
      full papers should  not exceed 5 pages in  a double column format
      (with  the  option, at  additional  expense,  to  add three  more
      pages).   Accepted poster  papers will  be published  as extended
      2-page abstracts in the symposium proceedings.

    * All submissions must be received by September 3, 2005.



Submission Procedure
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Submission is a three-step process:

Please follow these instructions in order to submit a paper:
1. Use the abstract submission  interface to provide the main
    information on your paper.  You will be given an id/password
    which must later be used  to access the system during the following
    steps, so be  careful to remember it.

2. Once an abstract has been submitted, you can access  the paper
    submission interface  to upload the file of your complete paper.

Id/password allow to revise the summary form
information and  to upload modified  versions of the submission. Please
use the tracking number in all future correspondence about your paper.


Referees
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Over the  last eight  years,  the Special Track  on Coordination Models,
Languages and Applications has built its success also  over the work of
many volunteer referees. Anyone wishing to review papers should express
her/his intention by sending an email to the chairmen


Track Home Page
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Further information can be found at the special track home pages:

                  http://confs.deis-ce.unibo.it/sac/sac2006
                        http://sac2006cm.cs.fit.edu/


Important Dates
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    * September 3, 2005: Paper Submission
    * October  15, 2005: Author Notification
    * November  5, 2005: Camera-Ready Copy

**  Call for Chapters **

-- Swarm Intelligence and Data Mining --

Swarm Intelligence (SI) indicates a recent computational and
behavioral metaphor for solving distributed
problems that originally took its inspiration from the biological
examples provided by social insects (ants,
termites, bees, wasps) and by swarming, flocking, herding behaviors in
vertebrates.
We seek to explore the applicability of these bio-inspired approaches
to the development
of self-organizing, evolving, adaptive and autonomous information
technologies, which will meet
the requirements of next-generation information systems, such as
diversity, scalability, robustness,
and resilience. This edited volume is targeted to present the latest
state-of-the-art methodologies
in data clustering using SI techniques. Both theoretical papers
(preferably including
simulations) and application papers related to different data mining
methodologies are welcome.

Topic includes but is not limited to:

- New SI techniques for clustering, data analyzing, Classification,
Sorting, Data Retrieval
- Particle Swarm / Cultural Algorithms.
- Complex Adaptive Systems
- Artificial Life as well as other Animal Societies bio-inspired algorithms.
- Flocks, Herds and Schools
- Swarms and Cooperative Robotics.
- Distributed algorithms, self-regulation, self-repair and
self-maintenance ontologies.
- Biomedical, multimedia and e-commerce applications.
- Hybridization with other methods (e.g. Evolutionary Computation and
Neural Networks)

The book is intended to be published in the Spinger Verlag series
'Studies in Computational Intelligence'
http://www.springeronline.com/sgw/cda/frontpage/0,11855,5-40521-69-49211831-0,00\
.html

Please prepare the manuscript using TeX format and following the
author guidelines given in the above link.
For initial reviews, please submit the PDF and source files of the
manuscript to <ajith.abraham@...> with a copy to
<cgrosan@...>. Please restrict the technical contents of the
manuscript not to exceed 40 pages.

The time schedule for this publication is as follows:

Author's intentions to contribute a book chapter: July 15, 2005
Manuscript submission: August 01, 2005
Authors Notification:  October 03, 2005
Camera-ready submission: November 01, 2005
Publication: March 2005


We look forward to receiving your contribution. If you need any
further information, please feel free to discuss with one of the
editors.

Editors:


Ajith Abraham
Chung-Ang Univerity, Seoul, Korea

Crina Grosan
Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania



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Crina Groºan
Department of Computer Science
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
Babes-Bolyai  University, Cluj-Napoca,
Kogalniceanu 1, 3400 Cluj - Napoca
Romania

Email: crina.grosan@...
WWW: http://crina.softcomputing.net

This sounds fascinating, very much like a page from Ian M Banks :- ), I
wonder how established is this model/metaphor? What kind of data
processing systems are used? (And if I buy the book is there any chance
i will understand much of it?)

André

Crina Grosan wrote:

>**  Call for Chapters **
>
>-- Swarm Intelligence and Data Mining --
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>Swarm Intelligence (SI) indicates a recent computational and
>behavioral metaphor for solving distributed
>problems that originally took its inspiration from the biological
>examples provided by social insects
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I would like to know about the fundamentals of Robotics like the
robotic construction and operation... hardware and software necessary
for these things... something more as well.... for a beginner to learn
and work on....

This is such a communicative newsgroup.

How does the principles of Swarm Intelligence differ from Object
Orientation, if at all?


André



Andre S Clements wrote:

>This sounds fascinating, very much like a page from Ian M Banks :- ), I
>wonder how established is this model/metaphor? What kind of data
>processing systems are used? (And if I buy the book is there any chance
>i will understand much of it?)
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>André
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>Crina Grosan wrote:
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>>**  Call for Chapters **
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>>-- Swarm Intelligence and Data Mining --
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>>Swarm Intelligence (SI) indicates a recent computational and
>>behavioral metaphor for solving distributed
>>problems that originally took its inspiration from the biological
>>examples provided by social insects
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Excellent knowledge of Digital Signal and Image Processing.
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Hi,
I'm intrested too....
if it is possible to provide more information..
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