4th KES International Conference on Intelligent Decision Technologies
KES-IDT-2012
23 - 25 May 2012, Gifu, Japan

http://idt-12.kesinternational.org

We are pleased to invite participation in IDT-2012, an interdisciplinary conference consisting of keynote talks, oral and poster presentations, invited sessions and workshops, on the applications and theory of intelligent decision systems and related areas. It will provide excellent opportunities for the presentation of interesting new research results and discussion about them, leading to knowledge sharing and generation of new ideas.

KES-IDT-2012 will be colocated with the 5th KES International Conference on Intelligent Interactive Multimedia Systems and Services (KES-IIMSS-2012) in Gifu, offering the potential for interaction between the two events.

Gifu, located in the centre of Japan, is a city ideal for international conventions and sightseeing. Gifu City is known for its traditions and rich history, including its 1300-year-old tradition of cormorant fishing on the Nagara River and Gifu Castle.


CALL FOR PAPERS

Papers are invited from prospective authors with interests in the areas of: intelligent decision making, intelligent agents, fuzzy logic, multi-agent systems, artificial neural networks, genetic algorithms, expert systems, intelligent decision making support systems, information retrieval systems, geographic information systems, knowledge management systems, IDT applications and emergent Intelligent Decision Technologies.

All contributions should be of high quality, original and not published elsewhere or submitted for publication during the review period. Papers must be submitted following the instructions available on the web site. All papers will be blind reviewed by an International Committee and, if of a high enough standard, accepted for presentation orally. The conference proceedings will be published by Springer as book chapters in the Springer-KES Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies (SIST) book series.


CALL FOR INVITED SESSIONS AND WORKSHOPS

We invite senior scientists and researchers to organise invited sessions or parallel workshops on specific topics with the field. Please, contact the conference secretariat. We also welcome suggestions for other activities that will appeal to our delegates.


CALL FOR MEMBERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME COMMITTEE

An international programme committee is currently being formed. The role of the IPC is:
- To promote the conference and bring it to the attention of colleagues and other researchers.
- To help with the paper review process.
- To assist in monitoring overall quality.
- To solicit at least one paper for the conference, authored by a colleague or alternatively, of course, by yourself.
If you wish to apply to be a member of the IPC, please contact us.


DATES AND DEADLINES

- Proposals for Invited Sessions and Workshops: 31 October 2011
- Submission of Papers: 1 December 2011
- Notification of Acceptance: 1 January 2012
- Upload of Final Publication Files: 1 February 2012


ORGANISATION

General Conference Co-chairs
Prof. Gloria Philips-Wren, Loyola University, USA
Prof. Junzo Watada, Waseda University, Japan
Prof. Lakhmi C. Jain, University of South Australia, Australia

Executive Chair
Prof. Robert J. Howlett, Bournemouth University, UK

Programme Chair (General)
Prof. Eizo Kinoshita, Meijo University, Japan

Invited Session Co-chairs
Prof. Junzo Watada, Waseda University, Japan
Prof. Toyohide Watanabe, Nagoya University, Japan
Prof. Lakhmi C. Jain, University of South Australia, Australia

Editing Co-chairs
Prof. Tomoko Kojiri, Kansai University, Japan
Prof. Koichi Asakura, Daido University, Japan


CONTACT

Email: contact@idt-12.kesinternational.org
Website: http://idt-12.kesinternational.org