[alife] Final CFP: Special session on Complex Adaptive Systems at KES05

[A. Yang]

Dear Colleagues,

Please accept my apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CfP.

Ang Yang


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Special Session on

 Complex Adaptive Systems



Knowledge-based & Intelligent Information & Engineering Systems (KES'2005)

14-16 September 2005, Melbourne, Australia







Call for Paper

Complex adaptive systems (CAS) are governed by a large number of nonlinearly 
and dynamically interacting components that continuously adapt to their 
environment. Interesting phenomena in CAS emerge from the local interaction 
of the components. Understanding the fundamental concepts in play in CAS is 
the focus of a large research effort over the last decade.



This special session on CAS seeks to bring together researchers from around 
the globe for a creative discussion on recent advances and challenges facing 
CAS research. The special session on Complex Adaptive Systems (CAS) 
(http://www.itee.adfa.edu.au/~alar/cas05/) is organized within KES'2005 
(http://www.kesinternational.org/kes2005/) by the Artificial Life and 
Adaptive Robotics Laboratory (ALAR) http://www.itee.adfa.edu.au/~alar/ at 
UNSW at ADFA.



We invite authors to submit their original and unpublished work that 
demonstrates current research and novel applications in CAS. The special 
session will focus on, but not limited to, the following themes:



  a.. Adaptation and Adaptability
  b.. Adaptive systems
  c.. Applications
  d.. Cognitive models
  e.. Complex system engineering
  f.. Complex system modelling
  g.. Complex systems in organization
  h.. Diversity
  i.. Evolutionary Computation
  j.. Emergence
  k.. Game Theory
  l.. Machine Learning models for complex systems
  m.. Multi-agent Systems
  n.. Network Theory
  o.. Neural Networks and Connectionism
  p.. Self-organization
  q.. Social networks
  r.. Visualization of complex systems


Paper Submission

All papers will be subject to a peer review process by at least two 
reviewers. All papers must follow the same requirements for the paper format 
of the conference that can be found at the website: 
http://www.kesinternational.org/kes2005/. After the final decision is made, 
authors will receive a notification letter accompanied with the reports of 
the reviewers. All accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings 
of KES'2005 and at least one of the authors must register and attend to 
present his/her paper at KES'2005.



Please note that all papers for this special session must be submitted to 
Ang Yang at ayang at itee.adfa.edu.au.



Ang Yang

Artificial Life and Adaptive Robotics Laboratory,

School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering,

UNSW at Australian Defence Force Academy,

Nothcott drive, Canberra, ACT 2600, Australia.





Organizers

Lam Thu Bui (ALAR, ITEE, UNSW at ADFA)

Hai Huong (Helen) Dam (ALAR, ITEE, UNSW at ADFA)

Yin Shan (ALAR, ITEE, UNSW at ADFA)

Ang Yang (ALAR, ITEE, UNSW at ADFA)





Important Dates

Submission of papers: 7 March 2005

Notification of acceptance: 10 April 2005

Final papers to be received by: 27 April 2005