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/ *********** 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 *********** 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 *********** 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 *********** 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 *********** 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 *********** 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.