*** SoCPaR 2011 - First Call for Papers ***


Third International Conference on Soft Computing and Pattern Recognition (SoCPaR 2011) Dalian, China October 14-16, 2011

WWW: http://www.mirlabs.net/socpar11 (http://www.mirlabs.net/socpar11)
http://www.mirlabs.org/socpar11 (http://www.mirlabs.org/socpar11) (mirror site) http://www.socpar.org (http://www.socpar.org/) (past event)

Technically Sponsored by:
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IEEE IEEE Systems Man and Cybernetics Society - Spanish Chapter IEEE Signal Processing Society, Tainan Chapter IEEE IEEE Systems Man and Cybernetics Society (pending approval)

Technically Supported by:
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Technical Committee on Soft Computing of IEEE Systems Man and Cybernetics Society Technical Committee on Granular Computing of IEEE Systems Man and Cybernetics Society

Publication: IEEE
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Objective:
The aspiration of SoCPaR 2011 is to bring together worldwide leading researchers, developers, practitioners, and educators interested in advancing the state of the art in soft computing and pattern recognition for exchanging knowledge that encompasses a broad range of disciplines among various distinct communities. It is hoped that researchers will bring new prospect for collaboration across disciplines and gain idea facilitating novel breakthrough. The 3-day conference will feature prominent keynote speakers, workshop,tutorials, poster and paper presentation in parallel tracks.
SoCPaR 2011 invites novel contributions/papers of soft computing and pattern recognition from fundamental aspects to various practical applications.

Topics:

** Soft Computing and Applications **

Evolutionary computing
Swarm intelligence
Artificial immune systems
Fuzzy Sets
Uncertainty analysis
Fractals
Rough Sets
Support vector machines
Artificial neural networks
Case Based Reasoning
Wavelets
Hybrid intelligent systems
Nature inspired computing techniques
Machine learning
Ambient intelligence
Hardware implementations

** Pattern Recognition and Applications **

Information retrieval
Data Mining
Web Mining
Image Processing
Computer Vision
Bio-informatics
Information security
Network security
Steganography
Biometry
Remote sensing
Medical Informatics
E-commerce
Signal Processing
Control systems

Author Guidelines:
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Submission of paper should be made through the submission link:
http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=socpar11 (http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=socpar11)
Please refer to the conference website for guidelines to prepare your manuscript. All accepted papers will be compiled in conference proceedings published by the IEEE. It is mandatory at least an author registers for every paper that is included in the conference proceedings. Proceedings will be made available during the conference. Expanded versions of SoCPaR 2011 selected papers will be published in special issues of internationally referred journals (SCI/SCIE).

Important Dates:
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Deadline for Paper Submission: June 15, 2011 Notification for Acceptance: July 15, 2011 Camera ready submission and author registration : August 05, 2011

Call for Workshops and Special Sessions
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SoCPaR 2011 is seeking original high quality Special Sessions and Workshops on focused discussion addressing innovative research highlighting significant topics and emerging issues which are related to the conference theme and with the desired expertise. Interdisciplinary session themes are strongly sought after. Each special session resembles a mini-conference within the main SoCPaR meeting will run throughout the conference in parallel to other tracks (except the keynote presentations).

Important Dates:
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Deadline for Special Session Proposal Submission : April 30, 2011 Deadline for Workshop Proposal Submission : April 30, 2011 Notification for Acceptance(Special Session and Workshop): May 15, 2011

SoCPaR 2011 Organizing team:
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General Chairs
Ajith Abraham, MIR Labs, USA
Hongbo Liu, Dalian Maritime University, China Fuchun Sun, Tsinghua University, China

Program Chairs
Cheng Guo, Dalian Maritime University, China Seán McLoone, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Ireland Emilio Corchado, University of Salamanca, Spain


Information Contact:
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Professor Hongbo Liu
Dalian Maritime University (DLMU)
Email: lhb@dlut.edu.cn