Third International ICSC Symposia on INTELLIGENT INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION (IIA'99) http://www.icsc.ab.ca/iia99.htm and SOFT COMPUTING (SOCO'99) http://www.icsc.ab.ca/soco99.htm June 1-4, 1999 at the Palazzo Ducale in Genova, Italy INTRODUCTION The International Symposia on Intelligent Industrial Automation (IIA'99) and Sof t Computing (SOCO'99) intend to encompass short-to-long-term effects of Advanced Information Technology, Soft Computing and other related 'Intelligent Technolgi es' in application fields such as Industrial Automation, Control, Diagnostics, C omputer Vision, Robotics, Speech Recognition and Machine Translation. The genera l aim of the Symposia is to address and underline the existing and emerging rela tionships between automation, manufacturing and Intelligent Technolgies, with pa rticular emphasis on Soft Computing. Contributions are sought on intelligent automation and manufacturing with emphas is on current and potential applications, with a broad interest in all the engin eering disciplines, computer science and related technology fields. Following the success of IIA/SOCO'96 (Reading, England) and IIA/SOCO'97 (Nîmes, France), the third symposium will be held in Genova, Italy. The IIA/SOCO series have established themselves as a platform for scientists and practitioners from academic, governmental and industrial institutions to discuss new developments a nd results in the field of intelligent technologies. A further follow-up confere nce has already been scheduled for the year 2001 in Paisley, Scotland. PURPOSE OF IIA'99 and SOCO'99 Advances in Soft Computing and related techniques: Theory and Applications. AIT (Advanced Information Technology) is one of the major technological drivers in the advancement of modern society. Nowadays any major achievement, related to any field of research, is strongly supported by proper AIT based tools. Very of ten, such achievements have only been possible after a proper AIT approach has b een designed and implemented. It is widely known that AIT has a very strong impa ct on society itself, radically changing the skills and competencies required in order to contribute to the everyday human environment. Given that nowadays the major effort in AIT development is spent in the so calle d 'Soft-Computing' arena and that some of the major and indeed, surprising, achi evements in industrial applications come from the application of soft-computing techniques, the two symposia (IIA'99 and SOCO'99) will have many common areas of interest, namely: - Neural Networks - Fuzzy Logic - Genetic Algorithms - Chaos Theory - AI and Expert Systems - Machine Learning - Pattern Recognition and Image Understanding The programs of the two conferences will, however, reflect different themes: - IIA'99 will be directed toward the medium-to-short term, application driven, research area in Intelligent Technologies. - SOCO'99 is directed toward the long term research in area of Soft Computing In order to try to overcome the usual borderline existing between theory and app lication, the two symposia are run jointly, organized in a way to have partial o verlap with some joint sessions and some common plenary sessions. AIM OF IIA'99/SOCO'99 1. To give both a wide and a deep view of advances in AIT advancement offered by soft-computing technologies. 2. To give both the industrial and academic researcher the opportunity to discuss together real problems and opportunities. 3. To collect 'best practice' and information on how to perform experiments, tests and design products and processes embedding and/or using soft-computing technologies. 4. To explicitly and actively function as a 'technology broker', giving the opportunity for people to become aware of new problems and possible solutions and giving the possibility of finding technological partners for joint research and/or future application programs. TOPICS OF IIA'99 IIA'99 will include contributions in the research area of Soft Computing Applica tion and, more in general, related to medium-to-short term and application drive n developments Advanced Information Technology and Industrial Intelligent Techno logy. Particular emphasis will be laid on industrial realization, experimental applica tion, application methodology development and/or formalization, quantitative and qualitative problem modeling. Contributions are sought mainly in the areas based on the list below: a) Industrial Area - Industry - Energy - Transportation - Services - Consumer - etc. b) High-Tech Area - Innovative Control and Diagnostics - Computer Vision - Robotics and Remote Sensing - Speech Recognition and Machine Translation - etc. c) Green-Tech Area - Intelligent Resource Management - Intelligent Pollutant Management - User Behavior Modeling - Intelligent Traffic Control - etc. TOPICS OF SOCO'99 SOCO'99 will include contributions on long term research (theory development, en hanced approaches, formal methods comparisons, applications, etc.) in the area o f soft-computing. Contributions are sought in areas based on the list below, wh ich is indicative only. - Neural Networks - Fuzzy Logic - Rough Sets - Genetic Algorithms and Evolutionary Computing - Chaos Theory - AI and Expert Systems - Probabilistic Reasoning - Machine Learning - Learning Algorithms and Intelligent Control - Pattern Recognition and Image Understanding - Distributed Intelligence - Self-Organizing Systems - Fuzzy Databases and Information Retrieval - Educational Aspects of Soft Computing SPECIAL SESSION A special session on 'Intelligent Systems in Control and Process Optimization' i ncluding a plenary lecture is sponsored by the IFS Network and organized by Albe rto Servida, Italy. Contributions are welcome. CONFERENCE LOCATION The symposia will be held at the Palazzo Ducale, a beautiful historic building i n the city centre of Genova, Italy SPONSORS IIA'99 and SOCO'99 are sponsored by: - Ansaldo S.p.A. - DISI - Department of Computer and Information Sciences at the University of Genoa, Italy - Commune di Genova, Italy - University of Genova, Italy - Cybernetics and Biophysics National Group of the National Research Council - IEEE Neural Network Council Italian Regional Interest Group - International Neural Networks Society and INNS Special Interest Group Italy - Thematic Network IFS (Intelligent Forecasting System for Refineries and Power Systems) - ICSC International Computer Science Conventions, Canada/Switzerland IIA'99 SYMPOSIUM COMMITTEE - Honorary Chair Yutaka Kuwahara, R & D Centre, Hitachi Europe Ltd. - Symposium Chair Riccardo Parenti, Ansaldo Ricerche, Genova, Italy - Symposium Vice Chair Colin Fyfe, University of Paisley, Scotland, U.K. - Scientific Secretary Carla Penno, Ansaldo Ricerche, Genova, Italy - International Scientific Committee Roberto Baratti, Italy Zeungnam Bien, Korea Piero Bonissone, USA Pierre Borne, France Hans-Heinrich Bothe, Switzerland/Germany Abhay Bulsari, Finland Daniele Caviglia, Italy Vincent Chapurlat, France Raja Chatila, France Richard D. Colbaugh, USA Anna Maria Colla, Italy Clarence W. de Silva, Canada H.A. Donegan, U.K. José R. Dorronsorro, Spain Patrick Gallinari, France Edoardo Gilardi, Italy Madan M. Gupta, Canada Henry H. Hexmoor, USA R.J. Howlett, U.K Charles McLean, USA Antony A. Maciejewski, USA Janine Magnier, France Franco Masulli, Italy Fazel Naghdy, Australia Saeid Nahavandi, Australia Charles C. Nguyen, USA David Pearson, France Duc T. Pham, U.K. Brian Roffel, Netherlands Alberto Servida, Italy Peter Vas, U.K. Leonello Zaquini, Italy Jacek M. Zurada, USA SOCO'99 SYMPOSIUM COMMITTEE - Honorary Chair Antonio di Nola, University di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy - Symposium Chair Francesco Masulli, University of Genoa, Italy - Symposium Vice Chair Colin Fyfe, University of Paisley, Scotland, U.K. - International Scientific Committee Henry Abarbanel, USA Ethem Alpaydin, Turkey Peter G. Anderson, USA Valeriu Beiu, USA Gerardo Beni, USA Franco Bignone, Italy Freimut Bodendorf, Germany Andrej Dobnikar, Slovenia Marco Dorigo, Belgium Gerard Dray, France Marco Gori, Italy Hans Hellendoorn, Netherlands Laszlo Koczy, Hungary Mohammad Jamshidi, USA James Keller, USA Bart Kosko, USA Ludmila Kuncheva, U.K. Franz Kurfess, USA Sadaaki Miyamoto, Japan Claudio Moraga, Germany Pietro Morasso, Italy Francesco Carlo Morabito, Italy David W. Pearson, France Réjean Plamondon, Canada Henrik Saxen, Finland George D. Smith, U.K. Nigel Steele, U.K. Leonard Studer, Switzerland Yoshinori Uesaka, Japan CALL FOR PAPERS Prospective authors are requested to send a draft paper (maximum 7 pages) for re view by the International Scientific Committee. All submissions must be written in English, starting with a succinct statement of the problem, the results achie ved, their significance and a comparison with previous work, as well as a list o f references. The submissions should also include: - Title of conference (SOCO'99 or IIA'99) - Type of paper (regular, demonstration, tutorial or invited) - Title of proposed paper - Authors names, affiliations, addresses - Name of author to contact for correspondence - E-mail address and fax # of contact author - Topics which best describe the paper (max. 5 keywords) - Short c.v. of authors Contributions are welcome from those working in industry and having experience i n the topics of this symposium as well as from academics. Symposium language is English. Invited sessions, tutorial papers, demonstrations and contributions to the speci al session on 'Intelligent Systems in Control and Process Optimization' are also encouraged. SUBMISSION OF PAPERS Submissions must be sent by September 10, 1998 either by - Electronic mail (recommended) to operating@icsc.ab.ca (Text, PostScript or Word files) or - Fax to ICSC Canada +1-403-387-4329 or - Airmail (2 copies) to: ICSC Canada P.O. Box 279 Millet, AB T0C 1Z0 Canada IMPORTANT DATES Submission of Draft Papers: September 10, 1998 Notification of Acceptance: November 30, 1998 Delivery of Final Papers: January 31, 1999 Tutorials and Workshops: June 1, 1999 IIA'99/SOCO'99 Symposia: June 2-4, 1999 FURTHER INFORMATION For more detailed information, please consult the following websites: - IIA'99: http://www.icsc.ab.ca/iia99.htm - SOCO'99: http://www.icsc.ab.ca/soco99.htm or forward any questions to the Conference Organizer mailto:operating@icsc.ab.ca CONFERENCE ORGANIZER ICSC International Computer Science Conventions P.O. Box 279 Millet, Alberta T0C 1Z0 Canada EMAIL: mailto:operating@icsc.ab.ca URL: http://www.icsc.ab.ca FAX: +1-403-387-4329 (after January 25, 1999: +1-780-387-4329) PHONE: +1-403-387-3546 (after January 25, 1999: +1-780-387-3546)