First Call for Papers
 
    IEEE International Conference on Information, Intelligence and Systems
                                  (Symposia)
 
                              November 1-3, 1999
                                Washington, DC
 
                                Sponsored by :
                             IEEE Computer Society
 
                            In Cooperation with :
         AAAI Society; SMC Society; NN Society; IAPR Society; ACM Society
          PAMI TC; Virtual Intelligence TC; TAI Conference; BU-CIS Center,
                                TUCrete and UCrete
 
          Conference includes tours to NIST or NASA and NIH or TIGR
 
                        http://iciis99.cs.unr.edu/
 
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 SCOPE OF SYMPOSIA: The joint Symposia on Intelligence and Systems offer
 theoretical and practical media for the constructive interaction among
 scientists and practitioners from different research fields (computers,
 mathematics, physics, biology, medicine, chemistry, engineering, etc) having
 as goals the development of methodologies and tools for the solution of
 complex problems in neuroscience and biology, automation and robotics,
 image, speech and natural languages, and their integration.
 
 General Symposia Chair:
 N.G.Bourbakis, BU, CIS & UC
 Email:Bourbaki@Binghamton.edu
 Phone:(607) 777-2165
 
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 IEEE Symposium on INTELLIGENCE in NEURAL and BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS (INBS)
 
 SOME TOPICS: Biological Models, Computational Biology, Evolutionary
 Dynamics, Evolutionary Computation Models, Molecular Biology, DNA Sequence
 Processing, Genome Processes, DNA Topologies, Genome Mapping and Sequencing,
 Learning, Perception, Models of Neural Nets, Neuroscientific Models, etc.
 
      Program Chairs: J.Gattiker, LANL, and J. Wang, NJIT
      Phone: (505) 665-0604 & (973) 596-3396
      Email: gatt@lanl.gov & jason@village.njit.edu
 
      Submit summary to:
           JR Gattiker
           TA3, SM43, MSF645, DP13S, XCM
           Los Alamos National Laboratory
           Los Alamos, NM 87544
 
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 IEEE Symposium on INTELLIGENCE in AUTOMATION and ROBOTICS (IAR)
 
 SOME TOPICS: Robot Path Planning, Multiple Robot Motion Planning, Autonomous
 Navigation, Arm/Leg Control, Robot Vision, Visual Tracking, Human-Robot
 Symbiosis, Telerobotics, Micro and Nano Robotics, Robot Cooperation,
 Assembly Strategies, Sensors, , Walking/Running Robots, Task Planning,
 Process Planning, Scheduling, Intelligent Control, etc.
 
      Program Chairs: L. Tsoukalas, Purdue U. and A.Tascillo, Ford
      Phone: (765) 494-0198 & (313) 845-7427
      Email: tsoukala@helios.ecn.purdue.edu & atascill@ford.com
 
      Submit summary to:
           L. Tsoukalas
           1290 Nuclear Engineering Building
           Purdue University
           West Lafayette, IN 47907-1290
 
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 IEEE Symposium on IMAGE, SPEECH, NATURAL LANGUAGE SYSTEMS (ISNLS)
 
 SOME TOPICS: Image (Coding, Compression, Encryption, Segmentation,
 Enhancement, Restoration, Skeletonization, Analysis, Morphology, Databases,
 Video, Pattern Recognition, OCR, Image Understanding & Interpretations,
 Mathematical Methods); Speech (Coding, Compression, Processing, Analysis,
 Synthesis, Recognition, Understanding); Natural Language (NL) Processing,
 Computational Linguistics, Document Processing, NL Translation, NL
 Understanding, Multimedia, etc.
 Papers on the technical details of the commercial (e.g. , consumer
 electronics) , scientific, and medical applications of the above are
 encouraged.
 
      Program Chairs: G. Bebis, U. Nevada, and S. Amer, USGS
      Phone: (702) 784-6463 & (605) 594-6864
      Email: bebis@cs.unr.edu & samer@edcmail.cr.usgs.gov
 
      Submit summary to:
           George Bebis
           Dept of Computer Science
           University of Nevada
           Reno, NV 89557
 
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 IEEE Symposium on INFORMATION and INTELLIGENT AGENTS (IIA)
 
 SOME TOPICS: Agent models and architectures, Agent-oriented programming,
 Communication issues and protocols, Cooperation and coordination,
 Cooperative information systems, Conflict resolution and negotiation,
 Distributed search, Intelligent agents, Multiagent planning and learning,
 Practical applications (Enterprise integration, Feature interaction,
 Information gathering, Manufacturing, Software agents, Software
 engineering), Testbeds and development environments, User interface issues.
 
      Program Chairs: C. Koutsougeras, Tulane U., and S. Mertoguno, FUJITSU.
      Phone: (504) 862-3369 & (408) 922-9520
      Email: ck@eecs.tulane.edu & jmertohu@fmi.fujitsu.com
 
      Submit summary to:
           Chris Koutsougeras
           Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Dept.
           Tulane University
           New Orleans, LA 70118
 
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  Information for Authors:
 
 Please send four copies of a paper or an extended summary (3-6 pages)
 describing the methodology and/or results by May 15, 1999 to the appropriate
 Program Chair's address above. Notification of acceptance (please provide 
 email address or fax number) by June 30, 1999. Camera ready articles by 
 August 15, 1999. 
 
  Publication of Papers and Awards:
 
 This is a fully refereed conference. The proceedings will be published by 
 IEEE Computer Society Press. A collection of best papers will be published 
 in an archival Journal and an Award will be given to each best paper per 
 Symposium. For further details or more up-to-date information please visit 
 the conference WWW page at http://iciis99.cs.unr.edu/ 
 
  Special Sessions:
 
 Proposals are invited for special sessions on any topic relevant to
 the symposium. If you are interested in organizing an special session
 please follow the procedure outlined below:
 1. Submit a proposal (topic area) to one the appropriate program chair.
 2. Upon approval, recruit authors for the session (2 hours, 4/5 papers)
    and review papers for appropriate topic/contents.
 3. Session chair submits abstract *package* of author/title/extended
    abstracts to the appopriate program chair by May 30.
 4. Editorial comments, and official acceptance of the session will be
    made by the program chair(s) by June 30.