The International Conference on Soft Computing and Pattern Recognition
(SoCPaR 2009)
Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM), Malacca, Malaysia
December 4-7, 2009
www.socpar.org

CALL FOR PAPERS
( http://www.socpar.org/callforpapers.html )
The aspiration of SoCPaR 2009 is to bring together worldwide leading
researchers, developers, practitioners, and educators interested in
advancing the state of the art in soft computing and pattern
recognition for exchanging knowledge that encompasses a broad range of
disciplines among various distinct communities. It is hoped that
researchers will bring new prospect for collaboration across
disciplines and gain idea facilitating novel breakthrough. The 4-day
conference commencing from one day workshop will feature prominent
keynote speakers, tutorials, poster and paper presentation in parallel
tracks. SoCPaR 2009 invites novel contributions/papers of soft
computing and pattern recognition from fundamental aspects to various
practical applications

TOPICS:

Soft Computing and Applications :
Evolutionary computing
Swarm intelligence
Artificial immune systems
Fuzzy Sets
Uncertainty analysis
Fractals
Rough Sets
Support vector machines
Artificial neural networks
Case Based Reasoning
Wavelets
Hybrid intelligent systems
Nature inspired computing techniques
Machine learning
Ambient intelligence
Hardware implementations

Pattern Recognition and Applications :
Information retrieval
Data Mining
Web Mining
Image Processing
Computer Vision
Bio-informatics
Information security
Network security
Steganography
Biometry
Remote sensing
Medical Informatics
E-commerce
Signal Processing
Control systems

Papers:
Submission of paper should be made through the submission link in
SoCPaR 2009 official website (www.socpar.org). Please refer to the
conference website for guidelines to prepare your manuscript.
SoCPaR2009 proceedings will be published by IEEE Computer Society and
indexed by both EI (Compendex) and ISTP. It is mandatory at least an
author registers for every paper that is included in the conference
proceedings. Proceedings will be made available during the conference.
Expanded versions of SoCPaR 2009 selected papers will be published in
special issues of internationally referred journals.

Venue:
SoCPaR 2009 will be held at the Melaka International Trade Centre
(MITC). The organizers will provide participants with help and advice
regarding accessing the conference location and all the places of
interest.

DATES:
Full paper submission: June 26, 2009
Paper acceptance / rejection notification: August 14, 2009
Camera ready submission : September 14, 2009

CALL FOR SPECIAL SESSIONS
( http://www.socpar.org/callforsessions.html )
SoCPaR 2009 is seeking original high quality Special Sessions on
focused discussion addressing innovative research highlighting
significant topics and emerging issues which are related to the
conference theme and with the desired expertise. Interdisciplinary
session themes are strongly sought after. Each special session
resembles a mini-conference within the main SoCPaR meeting will run
throughout the conference in parallel to other tracks (except the
keynote presentations).

IMPORTANT DATES:
Special sessions proposals: May 31, 2009
Acceptance of special sessions: June 5, 2009

CALL FOR WORKSHOP
( http://www.socpar.org/callforworkshop.html )

The SoCPaR 2009 Program Committee invites proposals for the technical
workshop program, to be held one day prior to the main conference.
SoCPaR 2009 workshops will provide a casual setting where participants
will have the opportunity to discuss specific technical topics in an
atmosphere that fosters the practical session and active exchange of
ideas. Hands-on workshops that focus on state-of-art topics or on
applications related to SoCPaR 2009 conference theme are highly
encouraged. The workshop should plan for ample time to foster open
discussions. Financial assistance for the workshop instructor will be
limited to one participation fee waiver for the conference only.
Workshops can be varying in length, but will at most last a full day.
Workshop attendees are not required to register for the main SoCPaR
2009 conference, but are encouraged to do so.

IMPORTANT DATES:
Workshop proposals: May 31, 2009
Acceptance of workshop: Jun 5, 2009

Honorary Chair:
L. A. Zadeh
(University of California Berkeley)

Nanna Suryana Herman
(Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka)
Siti Mariyam Hj. Shamsuddin
(SCRG Chair, University of Technology Malaysia)
Ajith Abraham
(MIR Labs)

Please refer to the conference website for further details.
http://www.socpar.org