**** 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




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Deadline for Paper Submission: July 1st, 2005

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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.

* System-of-Systems Engineering.



** 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.



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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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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, University of Babes Boylai at Cluj-Napoca, Romania
(cgrosan@...)



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

Estevam Rafael Hruschka Junior, Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar),
Brazil

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

Valmir Barbosa, UFRJ, Brazil

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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