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The Fifth IEEE International Conference on Soft
Computing as
Transdisciplinary Science and Technology
(CSTST'08)
October 27-31, 2008
Cergy-Pontoise/Paris,
FRANCE
Hosted by the "University of
Cergy Pontoise"
http://sigappfr.acm.
org/cstst08/
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Sponsorships:
IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society
(Technically Co-sponsored)
ACM SIGAPP.fr (In Cooperation with)
European Neural Network Society (ENNS)
European Society for Fuzzy Logic and Technology
(EUSFLAT)
Description
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The International Conference on Soft Computing as
Transdisciplinary
Science and
Technology
(CSTST'08) brings together international soft computational
intelligence
researchers,
developers, practitioners, and users.
The aim of CSTST (previously called WSTST) is to serve as a
forum to present
current and
future work as well as to exchange research ideas in this
field.
CSTST'08 invites authors to submit their original and
unpublished work that
demonstrates
current research in all areas of soft computing, as well as
proposals for
workshops,
industrial presentations, demonstrations, and tutorials.
This edition is dedicated to commemorate the memory of Prof.
Yasuhiko Dote,
Founding Chair of WSTST series of meetings.
Topics
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We solicit original research and technical papers not
published elsewhere.
The papers can be theoretical, practical and application
oriented on
the following themes (but not limited to):
* Information and Data Management
* Intelligent Hybrid Systems
* Fusion of Soft and Hard Computing
* Data and Web Mining
* Decision Support Systems
* Natural Language Processing
* Intelligent Agent-based Systems, Cognitive and Reactive
Distributed
AI Systems
* Internet Modeling
* Multimedia Information Systems
* Information Retrieval
* Human-Computer Interface
* XML-based Languages
* Security and Access Control
* Information Content Security
* Mobile, Ad Hoc and Sensor Network Management
* Applications
o E-Learning, eCommerce, eBusiness and
eGovernment
o Image and speech signal processing, prediction,
and control
o Robotics
o Biology and medicine
o Business and management
o Artificial societies
o Chemicals, pharmaceuticals and materials
o Environment engineering
Paper submission
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Submissions must be in an electronic form as PDF files and
should be
uploaded using the conference website (http://sigappfr.acm.
org/cstst08/).
Full paper submissions should be in ACM format with a limit
of 6 pages.
Papers that fail to comply with length limit will be
rejected.
Submissions will be peer-reviewed by at least 2 independent
reviewers
of the PC.
Selection criteria will include: relevance, significance,
impact, originality,
technical soundness, and quality of presentation.
Preference will be given to submissions that take strong or
challenging
positions on
important emergent topics.
At least one author should attend the conference to present
the paper.
The conference Proceedings will be indexed by ACM Digital
Libraries and
published with an ISBN.
Awards
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- To commemorate the memory of Prof. Yasuhiko Dote, the
Founder and General
Chair of the WSTST series
of meetings, the Board Chairs of CSTST 2008 are honoured to
establish the
Professor Yasuhiko Dote
Award for the distinguished best paper.
Information about the winner will be posted on the
conference web site.
This Award will include a commemorative plate and a waiver
of the registration
fees for the
following CSTST edition.
- "Best student paper" will be awarded of 400
euros.
Important Dates
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Full Paper Submissions: June 15, 2008
Notification of Paper Acceptance: August 15, 2008
Camera Ready Papers Due: September 17, 2008
Author Registration: September 17, 2008
Conference Dates: October 27-31, 2008
Journal Publication
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Extended versions of the selected papers will be published
in one of
the following reviewed journals (to be completed).
1. Journal of Information Assurance and Security (JIAS)
(ISSN 1554-1010)
2. International Journal of Computational Intelligence
Research (ISSN
0973-1873)
Committees
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Honorary Chair
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Lotfi A. Zadeh, University of California, U.S.A
General Co-Chairs
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Youakim Badr, INSA-Lyon, France
Ajith Abraham, Norwegian University of Science and
Technology, Norway
Yukio Ohsawa, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
Program Co-Chairs
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Richard Chbeir, University of Bourgogne, France
Fernando Ferri, IRPPS-CNR, Italy
Mario Koeppen, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan
Dominique Laurent, University of Cergy-Pontoise, France
International Co-Chairs
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Sepo Ovaska, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
Yukinori Suzuki, Muroran Institute of Technology, Japan
Frederic Andres, National Institute of Informatics, Japan
Charles A. Shoniregun, University of East bond, UK
Workshops Co-Chairs
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Hiroshi Ishikawa, Shizuoka University, Japan
Yinghua Ma, Shanghai JiaoTong University, China
International Advisory Board
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James Keller, University of Missouri-Columbia, USA
Cihan H. Dagli, University of Missouri-Rolla, USA
Hidenori Kimura, University of Tokyo, Japan
Fumio Harashima, Tokyo Denki University, Japan
Lakhmi Jain, University of South Australia, Australia
Janusz Kacprzyk, Polish Academy of Science, Poland
Takeshi Furuhashi, Nagoya University, Japan
Azuma Ohuchi, Hokkaido University, Japan
Hideyuki Takagi, Kyushu University, Japan
Toru Yamaguchi, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Technology,
Japan
Kensuke Kawai, Toshiba Co., Japan
Local Arrangement Co-Chairs
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Jean Luc Bourdon, University of Cergy-Pontoise, France
Virginie Sans, University of Cergy-Pontoise, France
Local Arrangement Committee
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Sonia Katchadourian, University of Cergy-Pontoise, France
Clémence Driol, University of Cergy-Pontoise, France
International Programme Committee
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(Full list is provided on the conference web site)
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