International Conference on Advances in Intelligent Systems:  
       Theory and Applications -  AISTA'2000
  2-4 February 2000
  Canberra - Australia
  http://beth.canberra.edu.au/conferences/aista2000/index.htm
 
  CALL FOR PAPERS
 
 The International Conference on Advances in Intelligent Systems: Theory
 and Applications - AISTA'2000 aims at bringing together theoreticians
 and practitioners of intelligent systems from Australia and around the
 world to exchange ideas, present their recent research and discuss
 possible collaborations. 
 
 The conference will consist of both plenary sessions and contributory
 sessions, focusing on theory, implementation and applications of
 intelligent systems techniques. For contributory sessions, papers are
 being solicited.  Several well-known keynote speakers will address the
 conference. Topics of the conference include, but are not limited to,
 the following areas: 
 
 * Intelligent and Adaptive Control Systems Neural Network Control, Fuzzy
   Logic Control, Genetic Algorithms & Evolutionary Control, Adaptive and
   Optimal Control, Intelligent Control Systems and Robotics, Intelligent
   Agents, Industrial Automation, Signal Processing, Parallel Computing
   Applications in Identification and Control
 
 * Hybrid Control Systems Neural Genetic Systems, Neural-Fuzzy-Genetic
   Systems, Fuzzy Evolutionary Systems, Fuzzy Expert Systems, Fuzzy Neural
   Systems, Hybrid Intelligent Systems for Control and Optimisation
 
 * Image Processing, Optimisation and Prediction Image Processing, Image
   Segmentation, Clustering, Classification, Knowledge Discovery,
   Intelligent Information Systems, Time Series Analysis and Prediction,
   System Identification, Intelligent Databases and Information Retrieval
 
  PAPER SUBMISSION
  Papers will be selected based on their originality, significance,
  correctness, relevance  and clarity of presentation. Four copies
  of extended manuscripts should be submitted to the following address:
     AISTA'2000 Secretariat,  School of Computing
     University of Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
  The manuscripts should present original work, which has not been published
  or being reviewed for other conferences.
 
  IMPORTANT DATES
  24 September 1999     Deadline for submission of manuscripts
  15 October   1999     Notification of acceptance
  19 November  1999     Deadline for camera-ready copies of
                        accepted manuscripts
  2-4 February 2000      Conference sessions
 
  FURTHER INFORMATION
  For further information either contact aista@canberra.edu.au or see the
  conference homepage at:
  http://beth.canberra.edu.au/conferences/aista2000/index.htm
 
  ORGANISING COMMITTEE CHAIR:
       Masoud Mohammadian, School of Computing
       University of Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
 
  INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE:
    Jacek M. Zurada, University of  Louisville, USA
    David E. Goldberg, University of Illinois, USA
    Kalmanje KrishnaKumar, University of Alabama, USA
    Juha Karhunen, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
    Sugisaka Masanori, Oita University, Japan
    Jay Liebowitz, University of Maryland-Baltimore County USA
    Russell C. Eberhart, Purdue University Indianapolis, USA
    Jason Yi-Bing Lin, Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
    Shun-ichi Amari, The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, Japan
    Bernd Reusch, University of Dortmund, Germany
    Hamid Arabnia, The University of Georgia, USA
    Weiyi Meng, State University of New York at Binghamton, USA
    Mehmed Kantardzic, University of Louisville, USA
    Ning Zhong, Yamaguchi University,  Japan
    Xindong Wu, Colorado School of  Mines, USA
    Jerzy Pejas, Technical University of Szczecin, Poland
    Jarmo Alander, University of Vaasa, Finland
    Takeshi Furuhashi, Nagoya University, Japan
    Janos D. Pinter, Dalhousie University, Canada
    Jeremy L Wyatt, University of Birmingham, UK
 
  INTERNATIONAL LIAISON:
    Australian and Asian Liaison: Ric Jentzsch, University of Canberra, 
                                                Australia
    Publicity & Public Relations: P. Kazumi, AICS, Australia
 
  ORGANISING COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
    Michael Wagner, University of Canberra, Australia
    Brain Stone, University of Canberra, Australia
    Masoud Mohammadian, University of Canberra, Australia
    Cheryl Friend, University of Canberra, Australia
 
  IN COOPERATION WITH: University of Canberra, Australia
                       IEEE Act Section, Australia
                       Australian Intelligent Cybernetic Systems, Aus.