[alife] LAST CFP: WILF 2007 - Portofino Vetta (Italy) July 7-10, 2007

[Francesco Masulli]

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LAST CALL FOR PAPERS

                             WILF 2007
7th International Workshop on Fuzzy Logic and Applications
Hotel Portofino Kulm - Portofino Vetta, Ruta di Camogli (Genova), Italy
                          July  7-10, 2007

         Conference Website: http://wilf2007.disi.unige.it


WILF 2007 covers all topics in theoretical, experimental and applied
fuzzy techniques and systems. It is aimed to bring together researchers
and developers from both academia and industry to report on the latest
scientific and theoretical advances in this field, and to demonstrate
the state-of-the-art systems.

WILF 2007 aims to stress the role and the synergies of  Fuzzy Sets and
Systems and the other  approaches of Natural Computing (that ranges  from
Neural Networks, Evolutionary Computation, Fuzzy Sets, Support Vector
Machines to Ant Colony Optimization, Particle Swarm Optimization,
Molecular Computing, Quantum Computing, and so on), in order to obtain a
better understanding of  computing going on in Nature as well as develop
powerful computing systems inspired by Nature for solving  complex problems.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

   1. General techniques and algorithms: Fuzzy Sets; Rough Sets;
Possibility Theory; Fuzzy Logic; Fuzzy Systems; Neuro-Fuzzy Systems;
Representation of Vague and Imprecise Knowledge; Fuzzy Evolutionary
Algorithms; Fuzzy Pattern Recognition; Fuzzy Data Fusion.
   2. Applications: Bioinformatics; Broadcasting; Control;
Communications; Information Retrieval;  Intelligent Resource Management;
Knowledge Management; Medical; Opto-mechatronics; Remote Sensing; Robotics;
Semantic Web; Speech Analysis; Television; Telepresence; Virtual Reality.
   3. Implementations: Analog and Digital Circuits and Systems;
Architectures and VLSI Hardware; Programmable Processors; Commercial
 Software.

Invited speakers include:
Witold Pedrycz, University of Alberta, CANADA
Alessandro Villa, Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, FRANCE
Ronald Yager, Iona College, New York, USA
Joaquín Dopazo, Centro de Investigación Príncipe Felipe, Valencia, SPAIN
Rada Mihalcea, University of North Texas, Denton, TX,  USA

The scientific program will include, besides some invited talks,
contributed papers that will be presented in plenary oral or poster sessions.
Four  special sessions on   "Bioinformatics and Biostatistics",
"Cross-Language Information Processing",  "Intuitionistic Fuzzy Sets",
and "Soft Computing in Image Processing" are  planned.

Proceedings of WILF 2007 will published by Springer as a volume of  Lecture
Notes in Computer Science/LNAI. A selection of papers will be peer  reviewed
for originality, technical contents and relevance and will be considered for
publication in a special issue of a scientific journal.

Chairs:
Francesco Masulli (University of Genova, Italy)
Sushmita Mitra  (Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India)
Gabriella Pasi (University of Milano Bicocca, Italy)

Scientific Program Committee:

Jim Bezdek (University of West Florida, USA)
Isabelle Bloch (ENST-CNRS, France)
Gloria Bordogna (CNR, Italy)
Giovanna Castellano (University of Bari, Italy)
Gianpiero Cattaneo (University of Milan Bicocca, Italy)
Giulianella Coletti (University of Perugia, Italy)
Mario Fedrizzi (University of Trento, Italy)
Brunella Gerla (University of Salerno, Italy)
Ugur Halici (METU, Ankara, Turkey)
Katsuhiro Honda (Osaka Prefecture University, Japan)
Janusz Kacprzyk (Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland)
Nik Kasabov (Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand)
Etienne Kerre (Ghent University, Belgium)
Erich P. Klement (J. Kepler University, Linz, Austria)
Sankar Pal (Indian Statistical Institute, India)
Witold Pedrycz (University of Alberta, Canada)
Germano Resconi (Catholic University of Brescia, Italy)
Elie Sanchez  (Universite Aix-Marseille II, France)
Michio Sugeno (Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan)
Settimo Termini (University of Palermo and CNR, Italy)
Ronald Yager (Iona College, New York, USA)


Steering Commitee:
Andrea Bonarini (Politecnico of Milan, Italy)
Vito Di Gesu'  (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 Napoli "Parthenope", Italy)

Important Dates:

Paper submission deadline       Jan 31 2007
Notification of acceptance      Feb 28 2007
Submission of camera-ready      Mar 31 2007
Workshop                        Jul  7-10 2007


Paper submission:
Manuscripts, prepared according to the Springer LNCS format (see
Instructions for LNCS Authors of "Proceedings and Other Multiauthor Volumes"
downloadable at http://www.springer.com/) may not be longer than 6 pages,
including a cover  sheet stating (1) Paper title, (2) Keyword(s), (3) Authors
names and affiliations, (4) Contact Author's name  and contact details
including telephone/fax numbers and e-mail address, and (5) an Abstract (200
words) must be uploaded in pdf format to
http://wilf2007.disi.unige.it/openconf/openconf-wilf2007/index.php

The papers will be peer-reviewed and the authors will be notified via
email of the results of the review by  Feb 28 2007. Submission implies the
willingness of at least one author per paper to register, attend the
workshop, and present the paper.
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                 WILF 2007
International Workshop on Fuzzy Logic and Applications
        Hotel Portofino Kulm, Portofino Vetta
Ruta di Camogli, Genova (Italy) - July  7-10, 2007
              http://wilf2007.disi.unige.it/
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Dr. Francesco Masulli  
Associate Professor of Computer Science                   
DISI - Dept. Computer and Information Sciences
University of Genova
Via Dodecaneso 35, 16146 Genova - ITALY
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email: masulli at disi.unige.it
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