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7th International Conference on Intelligent Decision Technologies (IDT-2015)
Hilton Sorrento Palace, Sorrento, Italy
17th-19th June 2015
http://idt-15.kesinternational.org/
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We are delighted to invite contributions to the 7th International Conference on
Intelligent Decision Technologies, organised by KES International. IDT-2015 is an
international scientific conference for research in the area of Intelligent Decision
Technologies with subjects considering theory and application. This conference is
dedicated to improving decision making.

The conference is interdisciplinary in nature and will consist 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 transfer
and generation of new ideas.

The conference will be co-located under the KES Smart Digital Futures umbrella with our other
conferences: IIMSS, AMSTA along with the new SEEL (Smart Education and E-Learning).
Registration gives access to all of these conferences, together with a paper published in one
set of proceedings. Please see the Smart Digital Futures website
http://smartfutures.kesinternational.org for more information.

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Proceedings
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The conference proceedings will be published by Springer as book chapters in a volume of the KES
Smart Innovation Systems and Technologies series: http://www.springer.com/series/8767 and
submitted for indexing in Scopus and Thomson-Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation Index
(CPCI) and the Web of Science.

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Conference Scope
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Papers are invited on theoretical and applied topics related to the scope of the
conference.

General Topics of Interest

Authors should relate their topic to improving some aspect of decision making. Topics related
to intelligent decision making include, but are not limited to, 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

IDT's have the potential to support decision making in many areas including management,
international business, finance, accounting, marketing, healthcare, medical and diagnostic
systems, military decisions, production and operation, networks, traffic management, crisis
response, human-machine interfaces, financial and stock market monitoring and prediction,
robotics.

Emergent Intelligent Decision Technologies

Virtual decision environments, social networking, 3D human-machine interfaces, cognitive
interfaces, collaborative systems, intelligent web mining, e-commerce, e-learning, e-business,
bioinformatics, evolvable systems, virtual humans, designer drugs.

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Invited Sessions
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An invited session consists of a presentation session of 6 to 12 or more papers on a specific
conference topic, organised as half or full day mini-conference. We invite senior scientists who have
a special interest in a specific conference topic to take responsibility for an invited session, gathering
papers from a range of research expertise around the world. If you would like to submit a proposal for
an Invited Session, please contact: admin@kesinternational.org

Here is a list of the approved sessions so far:

IS01: Advances of Soft Computing in Industrial and Management Engineering
IS02: Theory and applications of forecasting
IS03: Interdisciplinary Approaches in Business Intelligence Research and Practice (IABIRP 2015)
IS04: Social network analysis and mining
IS05: Intelligent Decision Making Support for Big Data Analytics
IS06: Decision Making Theory
IS07: Intelligent Methods for Eye Movement Data Processing and Analysis
IS08: Intelligent Paradigms in Decision Support System in Healthcare
IS09: Specialized Decision Techniques for Data Mining, Transportation and Project Management
IS10: Reasoning-based Intelligent Systems
IS11: Pattern Recognition for Decision Making Systems

For more details on these sessions please visit:
http://idt-15.kesinternational.org/cmsISdisplay.php

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Dates and Deadlines
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General Track Papers

Submission of Papers: EXTENDED - Continue to submit
Notification of Acceptance: 16 February 2015
Upload of Final Publication Files: 2 March 2015

Invited Session and Workshops

Submission of Invited Session Proposals: 1 December 2014
Submission of Papers: Session Chair Sets Deadline
Notification of Acceptance: Session Chair Sets Deadline
Upload of Final Publication Files: 2 March 2015
(Publication files are the wordprocessor source in MS Word or LaTeX together with a final PDF.)

Early Registration Deadline: 2 March 2015

Every paper for inclusion in the published proceedings must have at least one author who has
registered for the conference with payment by: 2 March 2015

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Venue
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The conference will be held at the Hilton Sorrento Palace. This hotel boasts stunning views of Mount
Vesuvius and you can also visit the historic ruins of ancient Pompeii, take a short boat trip to the
stunningly beautiful island of Capri, or explore the alluring hotspots of Positano and Ravello on
the gorgeous Amalfi Coast, with their glorious coupling of rough sea cliffs and vibrant azure waters.

For more details please visit the conference website: http://idt-15.kesinternational.org/venue.php

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Organisation
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--Honorary Chairs
Lakhmi C. Jain, University of South Australia, Australia
Gloria Wren-Phillips, Loyola University, USA
Junzo Watada, Waseda University, Japan

--General Chair
Rui Neves-Silva, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

--Executive Chair
Robert Howlett, KES International & Bournemouth University, UK

--Programme Committee Chair
Ana Rita Campos, UNINOVA, Portugal

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Further Information
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Please note that the above deadlines are provisional and subject to change. For further
information on all the above, please visit the conference website at the top of the page. For
general enquiries about the conference, please contact: admin@kesinternational.org
For registration enquiries, please contact: registration@kesinternational.info (if you have already
registered please ensure you quote your registration order number). You can follow us for updates
on:

Twitter: @KESIntl and @KESIntsys
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If you have any problems please email: admin@kesinternational.org