[alife] 2nd IWNC deadlines extended

[yasuhiro suzuki]

Dear sir,

 

We would like to invite you to submit your contribution to the 2nd
Interenational Workshop on Natural Computing (IWNC). The aim of this
workshop is having a chance to have deep discusion on "computing" among
interdiciprinaly researchers; in order to catalyze communication we will
have a special sessions such as "Self-Organization and Computation (prof.
Kenichi Yoshikawa, Kyoto Univ.), DNA/Moleculae computation (prof. Masami
Hagiya). 

  We welcome your join and submission; all accepted papers will be published
in the postceedings (from Luniver Press) and selected papers will be
published in International Journals such as New Generation Computing,
Natural Computing, Int. J. Unconventional Computing, Int. J. Parallel
Emergent and Distributed Systems. In order to encourege submission, we have
extended the deadlines as follows;

 

Important Dates (Deadlines Extended), 

26 September 2007: Paper Submission deadline, 

10 October 2007: Poster Submission deadline, 

15 October 2007: Notification of acceptance, 

20 October 2007: Early registration deadline. 

 

Sincerely yours,

 

IWNC sterring commitee

Andrew Admatzky, Univ. of West England, Bristol

Masami Hagiya, Tokyo Univ.

Hiroshi Umeo, Osaka Electro-Communication Univ. 

Yasuhiro Suzuki, Nagoya Univ.

 

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C A L L    F O R   P A P E R S

2nd International Workshop on Natural Computing

10-12 Dec. 2007, 

Nagoya University, JAPAN

http://sci-lab.nsf.tc/IWNC 

 

Sponsored by: Special Interest Group on Natural Computing, Japanese Society
for Artificial Intelligence and 

Graduate School of Information Science, Nagoya University

 

SCOPE and TOPICS 

Computation is an intrinsic feature of natural and artificial systems
because almost all of them can transform information in a predictable or
programmable way. 

  We witness experimental prototypes of natural computers: plasmodium
computers, reaction-diffusion processors, amorphous computers, DNA
computers, and theoretical paradigms: cellular Automata, artificial
chemistries, P-systems, evolutionary computing, neural networks. Fine
mechanics of computation may significantly differ from system to system, and
even be somewhere ambiguous. Present workshop aims to bring together
computer scientists, biologists, mathematicians, electronic engineers,
physicists and humanitarians, to critically assess present findings in the
field, and to outline future developments in nature-inspired computing.

-*- Cellular Automata: Structure formation, self-reproduction, evolutionary
games, image processing, cryptography, random number generation,
computational universality, traffic dynamics, alternative discrete-physics
models, tiling, population dynamics,

-*- Computation with pattern formation: reaction diffusion computations,
slime mold computing, amorphous computations, computing with belousov
zhabotinsky reaction, computing device inspired by biochemical reactions, 

-*- DNA / Molecular computation: biomolecular information processing,
biomolecular computers, theoretical models and analyses, implementation in
vitro and in vivo, self-assembled systems, 

-*- Unconventional Computation: artificial chemistries, p systems,
computation that go beyond the Turing model, 

-*- Molecular Communication: communication among biological nanomachines,
network of nanoscale structures, computation with liposome, 

-*- Understanding nature as computation: (computational) Systems biology,
complex networks, artificial life, ecosystems, trafic dynamics (in a cell), 

-*- Theoretical framework: ultradiscretization, computing with few bodies,
dynamical system theory for discrete systems, etc.

-*- Understanding Human / Social activities as computation: social networks,
computational cognitive science, multi-sensory design, computational
humanity research, (contributions that do not include "computational"
aspects would be out of scope of the workshop)

 

=*= All accepted papers will be published in the conference postceedings
(from Luniver Press) and selected papers will be published in International
Journals such as New Generation Computing,  Natural Computing, Int. J.
Unconventional Computing, Int. J. Parallel Emergent and Distributed Systems
Natural Computing. 

 

Important Dates (Deadlines Extended) 

26 September 2007: Paper Submission deadline 

10 October 2007: Poster Submission deadline 

15 October 2007: Notification of acceptance 

20 October 2007: Early registration deadline 

10-12 December 2007: Workshop

 

Submission guidelines

Paper: 10 pages,

Poster abstract: 1 or 2 pages.

Paper or poster abstracts must be prepared according to the LNCS style
(llncs.sty). They must contain: the title; the authors and their
affiliations and addresses; an (extended) abstract / body, using the main
text style (10-point type and single line spacing); the references. A
standard PDF file must be sent to ysuzuki at is.nagoya-u.ac.jp. 

-*- LNCS style (llncs.sty file) can download from LNCS (Lecture Notes on
Computer Science, LNCS) Web site :
http://www.springer.com/east/home/computer/lncs?SGWID=5-164-7-72376-0&teaser
Id=45515&CENTER_ID=99829

 

Chairs and Steering Committee 

Andrew Admatzky, U of West England, Bristol, co-chair

Masami Hagiya, Tokyo U, co-chair

Hiroshi Umeo, Osaka Electro-Communi. U, co-chair 

Yasuhiro Suzuki, Nagoya U, chair

 

Organizing committee

Giancarlo Mauri (U. of di Milano, Bicocca)

Vincenzo Manca (U of Verona)

Kenichi Morita (Hiroshima U)

Hidetoshi Miike (Yamaguchi U)

Yasumasa Nishiura (Hokkaido U)

George Paun (Romanian Academy)

Tomohiko Yamaguchi (NEDO, AIST)

Kenichi Yoshikawa (Kyoto U)

 

Program Committee (tentative) 

Y. Akama (Tohoku U)

T. Arita (Nagoya U.)

M. Arita (Tokyo U.)

T. Asai (Hokkaido U)

D. Besozzi (U. of Milano)

P. Dittrich (Freidrich-Shirra U) 

G. Franco (U of Verona)

Y. Gunji (Kobe U)

K. Imai (Hiroshima U)

O. Katai (Kyoto U)

S. Kobayashi (The U of Elecotro-Commni.)

T. Nakagaki (Hokkaido U)

K. Nishinari(Tokyo U.)

S, M, Nomura (Tokyo Medical and Dental U)

M. Oswald (Vienna U of Technology)

T. Sakurai (Chiba U)

H. Sayama (State U of New York)

T. Suda (U of California Irvine)

Y. Sugiyama (Nagoya U)

J. Takabayashi (Kyoto U)

K. Tokita (Osaka U)

K. Tominaga (Tokyo U of Technology)

K. Ueda (Waseda U)

M. Yamamura (Tokyo Institute of Technology)

M. Yamashita (Kyusyu U)

C. Zandron (U. of Milano, Bicocca)

F. Peper (NICT)

K. P. Zauner (U of Southampton)