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KES2010 14TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON KNOWLEDGE-BASED AND INTELLIGENT INFORMATION & ENGINEERING SYSTEMS, 8, 9 AND 10 SEPTEMBER 2010, CARDIFF, UK
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We are pleased to invite participation in KES2010 organised by the School of Engineering at Cardiff University, in conjunction with KES International.
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SCOPE OF THE CONFERENCE

GENERIC TOPICS OF INTEREST

Knowledge-Based Systems, Expert Systems, Cognitive Systems, Neural Networks, Artificial Immune Systems, Fuzzy Techniques and Systems, Genetic Algorithms and Evolutionary Computing, Hybrid Intelligent Systems, Intelligent Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, Self organizing and complex systems, Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, Data Analysis and Pattern Recognition, Machine Learning, Bayesian Networks, Knowledge Representation and Management, Computational neuroscience, Planning, Spatial & Temporal Reasoning, Knowledge Acquisition, Semantic-Based Systems.

INTELLIGENT APPLICATIONS

Industrial Control, Monitoring and Planning, Intelligent Web-based Systems, Fault Diagnosis, Robotics, Image Processing, Machine & Computer Vision, Medical & Diagnostic Systems, Financial & Stock Market Monitoring and Prediction, Speech Processing and Synthesis, Natural Language Processing, Environmental Monitoring, Power Electronics & Drives, High Voltage Systems, Engine Control and Vehicle Applications, Signal and Time Series Processing, Wavelets.

EMERGENT INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGIES

Pervasive Computing, Intelligent Web Personalization, Ubiquitous Computing, Context-aware and Affective (Emotional) Computing, Mobile Computing and Systems, Business Intelligence Systems, Human-centered Computing, Intelligent User Interfaces, Cognitive Interfaces, User profiling, Evolvable Hardware, DNA Computing, Immunocomputing, Artificial Life, Bioinformatics using Intelligent & Machine Learning Techniques, Micro array Data Analysis, Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Artificial Intelligence and Information Agents on the Internet, E-commerce/E-business and E-learning, Semantic Web, Intelligent Web Mining & Applications, Virtual Reality & Multi- Media Intelligent Information Systems, Blind Source Separation.

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CALL FOR PAPERS
Contributions are invited from prospective authors with interests in the indicated conference topics and related areas of application. Papers will be thoroughly reviewed by the International Program Committee, and may be accepted for oral or poster presentation. The conference proceedings will be published by Springer in LNCS/LNAI. Extended versions of selected papers will be considered for publication in the KES Journal.
CALL FOR TRACK/SUBJECT CHAIRS
Experienced researchers in the field are invited to chair wide scope tracks covering the various facets of the Intelligent Systems, taking responsibility for overseeing the paper review process within their domain of expertise. Please contact the conference Secretariat outlining your experience and area of expertise if you would like to contribute as a Subject Chair.
CALL FOR INVITED SESSIONS AND WORKSHOPS
We invite researchers on hot topics and fresh ideas in the field to organize invited sessions, or parallel workshops of a half or full day, gathering a minimum of six papers. Please, contact the Conference Secretariat enclosing the title and content of the proposed session, and tentatively involved research teams. We also welcome suggestions for other activities that will appeal to our delegates.
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DEADLINES

GENERAL SESSIONS
Submission of papers: 1 March 2010
Notification of acceptance: 1 April 2010
Final paper to be received by: 1 May 2010
SPECIAL SESSIONS
Proposal for Invited Sessions/Workshops as soon as possible.
Session/Workshop Chair sets submission deadlines
Final paper to be received by: 1 May 2010

All presenting authors must register and pay the conference fee by 1 May 2010 for their papers to appear in the proceedings
All deadlines and other details are provisional at the stage

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ORGANISATION

KES2010 General Chair: R. Setchi, Cardiff University, UK
KES2010 General Co-Chair: L. C. Jain, University of South Australia
KES2010 Executive Chair: R. J. Howlett, KES International
KES2010 Chair of the Organising Committee: Y. Hicks, Cardiff University, UK
KES2010 Chair of Publicity: Diman Todorov, Cardiff University, UK

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