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8th IEEE International Conference on Cybernetic Intelligent Systems 2009
http://www.cybernetic.org.uk/
Birmingham University, Birmingham, UK 9-10 September, 2009
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Call for Papers


Aims and objectives
This is the 8th in a series of successful international conferences organized by the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland Chapter of the IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Society with the theme of Cybernetic Intelligent Systems. The goal of CIS2009 is to bring together international experts and researchers from different disciplines to present new research findings, to discuss the state of the art and to provide perspective work with respect to the conference scope.

Theme and scope
The program committee solicits high quality papers, from researchers, practitioners and students, containing original contributions in all areas of experimental, theoretical and application-oriented aspects of cybernetic intelligent systems. This includes papers but not limited in the following areas
Soft Computing, which includes Fuzzy Systems, Neuro-Fuzzy Systems, Neural Network, Genetic Algorithms, Evolutionary Computation Systems
Adaptive Computing Systems
Hybrid Systems
DNA Computing Systems
Knowledge and Agent Based Systems
Information Retrieval Systems
Intelligent Systems and Intelligent Transportation Systems
Manufacturing and Robotic Systems
Machine Vision, Image Processing and Computer Vision
Systems Safety and Security
Human-Computer Interaction

Paper Submission
Prospective authors are strongly encouraged to submit a full six page paper (A4 size) by the due date electronically in PDF or Postscript format. See http://www.clip.bham.ac.uk/ieeesmc/

Proceedings
Printed proceedings will be distributed during the conference. The proceedings shall also appear and be indexed by IEEE Xplore.

Contacts
Mourad Oussalah (m.oussalah@bham.ac.uk) - organizational enquiries
Bala Amavasai (b.p.amavasai@ieee.org) - general enquiries and web
Nazmul Siddique (nh.siddique@ulster.ac.uk) - submissions and proceedings
Michael O'Grady (michael.j.ogrady@ucd.ie) - special sessions, workshops and tutorials
For all other contacts, please refer to the IEEE SMC UK&RI Section and Chapter websites at
www.ieee.org.uk and www.cybernetic.org.uk

Important Dates
April 5, 2009 Deadline for special session, workshop and tutorial proposals
June 05, 2009 (Final) 6-page paper due
June 20, 2009 Notification of acceptance
July 17, 2009 Final Camera-ready papers due
July 31, 2009 Late registration for contributors
August 18, 2009 Late registration date for participants
September 9-10, 2009 Conference.