Conference Information

-- CALL FOR PAPERS -- -- Deadline for all submissions: SEPTEMBER 15, 2008. -- WILF2009 International Workshop on Fuzzy Logic and Applications June 9-12, 2009, Città del Mare (Palermo), Italy http://www.math.unipa.it/~wilf2009/ Conference background and goals The 8th International Workshop on Fuzzy Logic and Applications will take place in Palermo (Italy), June 9-12 2009, and it intends to provide the state of the art in theoretical and experimental areas of fuzzy sets and systems with emphasis to related applications. From this perspective, one of the main goal of WILF workshops is to bring together researchers and developers from both Academia and High-Tech companies. WILF2009 aims to highlight connections and synergies of Fuzzy Sets Theory with Non-Conventional Computing (e.g. Neural Networks, Evolutionary Computation, Fuzzy Sets, Support Vector Machines, Molecular Computing, Quantum Computing) and Cognitive Science (e.g. Psychology, Philosophy, Neuroscience, Linguistics) in order to reach a better understanding of both natural and artificial complex systems as well as computing systems, inspired by nature, which are able to solve complex problems. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Methods and Algorithms - Fuzzy Sets - Rough Sets - Possibility Theory - Intuitionistic Fuzzy Sets - Fuzzy Logic - Fuzzy Systems - Neuro-Fuzzy Systems - Representation of Vague and Imprecise Knowledge - Fuzzy Evolutionary Algorithms - Fuzzy Pattern Recognition - Fuzzy Information Fusion Applications - Artificial Vision - Bioinformatics - Broadcasting - Cognitive Perception - Control - Communications - Information Retrieval - Intelligent Resource Management - Knowledge Management - Medical - Remote Sensing - Robotics - Semantic Web - Speech Analysis - Virtual Reality Implementations - Analog and Digital Circuits and Systems - Architectures and VLSI Hardware - Soft Grid Computing - Programmable Processors - Commercial Software Important dates: - Paper submission: September 15, 2008 - Notification of acceptance: December 15, 2008 - Final submission: 31 January, 2009 - Tutorial Submission: October 15, 2008 - Tutorial notification of acceptance: December 15, 2008 Paper submission: Prospective authors are solicited to submit their contribution electronically (preferably in pdf format) to wilf2009@unipa.it with the full information about the corresponding author (email, phone, fax). Contributions must not exceed 8 pages (2500 words). Submitted papers will be peer reviewed for originality, technical contents and relevance. The Workshop, in English, will be a single track and highly selective. Accepted papers will be published by an international publisher. Please, have a look at http://www.math.unipa.it/~wilf2009 for further information. Chairs: Vito Di Gesù, University of Palermo, Italy Sankar Kumar Pal, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India Alfredo Petrosino, University of Naples Parthenope, Italy Scientific Program Committe: S. Bandyopadhyay, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India Jim Bezdek, University of West Florida, Pensacola, USA Isabelle Bloch, ENST-CNRS, Paris, France Piero Bonissone, GE CRD, Schenectady, USA Gianpiero Cattaneo, University of Milan Bicocca, Italy Mario Enea, University of Palermo, Italy Ashish Ghosh, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India Ugur Halici, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey Katsuhiro Honda, Osaka Prefecture University, Japan Janusz Kacprzyk, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland Etienne Kerre, University of Gent, Belgium Erich Peter Klement, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria Malay Kumar Kundu, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India Sushmita Mitra, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India Witold Pedrycz, University of Alberta, Canada Elie Sanchez, University of Aix-Marseille, France Michio Sugeno, Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan Roberto Tagliaferri, University of Salerno, Italy Domenico Tegolo, University of Palermo, Italy Settimo Termini, University of Palermo and CNR, Italy Ioannis Vlachos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Ronald Yager, Iona College, New Rochelle, USA Bertrand Zavidovique, University of Paris-Sud, France Steering Committe: Andrea Bonarini, Politecnico of Milan, Italy Vito Di Gesù, University of Palermo, Italy Antonio Di Nola, University of Salerno, Italy Francesco Masulli, University of Genova, Italy Gabriella Pasi, University of Milan Bicocca, Italy Alfredo Petrosino, University of Naples Parthenope, Italy Scientific Secretary: Giosuè Lo Bosco, University of Palermo, Italy Filippo Millonzi, University of Palermo, Italy Cesare Valenti, University of Palermo, Italy Contacts: Università degli Studi di Palermo Dipartimento di Matematica ed Applicazioni Via Archirafi, 34 90123 Palermo - Italy Phone: +39 091 6040416 Fax: +39 091 6040311 Web: www.math.unipa.it/~wilf2009 e-mail: wilf2009@unipa.it