International Conference on Fuzzy Information & Engineering

(ICFIE2007)

Guangzhou, China, 13-16 May 2007(EXTENDED !)

2nd Call for Papers

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Date: 13-16 May 2007

TOPICS

Areas to be covered include but are not limited to:

1) Fuzzy Information

a. Fuzzy theory and information systems b. Fuzzy logic

c. Fuzzy information processing d. Hardware and software co-design

e. Fuzzy computer f. Fuzzy database and data mining

g. Image processing and pattern recognition h. Fuzzy clustering and classification

i. Knowledge representation and acquisition in Fuzzy Information

j. Fuzzy logic programming

2) Fuzzy Sets and Systems

a. Fuzzy sets b. Fuzzy analyse

c. Fuzzy topology and fuzzy algebra d. Fuzzy equation

e. Fuzzy mathematics programming f. Fuzzy geometric programming and its application

g. Fuzzy probability and statistic h. General systems

i Fuzzy socioeconomic system j. Grey systems and applications

k. Fuzzy decision support system l. Fuzzy expert system

3) Soft Computing

a. Soft computing theory and foundation b. Nerve cell algorithms

c. Genetic algorithms d. Fuzzy approximation algorithms

4) Fuzzy Engineering

a. Fuzzy control b. Fuzzy system engineering

c. Fuzzy knowledge engineering d. Fuzzy management engineering

e. Fuzzy design f. Fuzzy industrial engineering

g. Fuzzy system modelling

5) Fuzzy Operation Research and Management

a. Fuzzy optimisation and decision-making b. Fuzzy logistics

c. Fuzzy prediction and forecasting d. Fuzzy countermeasure

e. Fuzzy operations research f. Knowledge fuzzy management

6) Artificial Intelligence

a. Knowledge basis system in fuzzy b. Fuzzy reasoning machine

c. Fuzzy neural networks d. Intelligent controls and robots

e. Fuzzy automata f. Approximate reasoning

7) Fuzzy mathematics and Systems in Applications

a. Rough sets theory and applications b. Applied in literate humaniores and social science

c. Applied in commercial economy d. Applied in education

e. Applied in linguistics f. Applied in bioinformatics

Paper Submission

The submission in English must not exceed 10 pages, including a cover page with a title, authors (names, postal and email addresses), a 200-word abstract and up to 5 keywords. Strictly in Springer-Verlag LaTex style.The Springer guidelines must be strictly adhered. Formatting information is available from the website at the following

ftp://ftp.springer.de/pub/tex/latex/engigl/mult/

http://fuzzy.gzhu.edu.cn/fuzzy_eng/20060402.htm

Authors are invited to submit their papers electronically (as PDF, Word or PostScript attachments) following the instructions on the conference web page

http://fuzzy.gzhu.edu.cn/upload/en_upform.asp

or email to icfie2007@163.com.

All papers will be reviewed by three referees in the program committee. The accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings published by Springer-Verlag (Advances in Soft Computing, ISSN: 1615-3871) that is indexed by ISTP or by SCI-Expanded partially. Some selected papers will be considered for publication in international journals, after expansion and/or revision:

Information Sciences, ISSN: 0020-0255 (indexed in the SCI),

Fuzzy Optimization and Decision Making, ISSN: 1568-4539 (indexed in the EI).

At the same time, we sponsor some exhibitions and special meeting, starting collect now.

Important Dates

Exhibitions and Special Session Proposals Submission Deadline: 12 November 2006

Submissions due date: 1 October 2006 EXTENDED !: 12 November 2006

Notification date: 20 November 2006 EXTENDED !: 15 January 2007

Camera ready date: 16 December 2006 EXTENDED !: 1 February 2007

Conference date: 8-11 March 2007 EXTENDED !: 13-16 May 2007

Invited Speakers

L.A.Zadeh (USA) J.P.Barthelemy (France) L.T.Koczy (Hungary)

E.E.Kerre (Belgium) Bingyuan Cao (China) Hongxing Li (China)

Z.Z. Bien (Korea) R.P. Nikhil (India) S.C. Fang (USA)

Conference Organization

Sponsored:

Guangzhou University, China

Fuzzy Information and Engineering Branch of China Operation Research Society

Co-Sponsored:

Japan Society of Fuzzy Theory and Systems

Singapore International Institute of Systems Science

Fuzzy Information and Engineering Branch of IIGSS-GB

International Fuzzy Mathematics Institute, USA

Supported:

National Natural Science Foundation of China

Guangzhou Science and technology Association

California Polytechnic State University, USA

Industrial Engineering and Operations Research，NCSU, USA and J of FODM

Conference Chairs:

Cao Bingyuan (Guangzhou University, China)

Honorary Chair:

Lotfi A. Zadeh (Berkeley Initiative in Soft Computing, USA）

J.S.Yu（Guangzhou University, China)

Steering Committee:

J.C.Bezdek (University of West Florida, USA)

Z.Bien (IFSA President, Dept.of EECS,KAIST, Korea)

D. Dubois (Universite Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France)

Guirong Guo (Commission of Sci Tech and Industry for National Defense, China)

M.M. Gupta (University of Saskatchewan, Canada)

Xingui He (Peking University, China)

Abraham Kandel（University of South Florida, USA）

G.J.Klir (Binghamton University, USA)

L.T. Koczy (Technical University of Budapest, Hungary)

Y.M.Liu (Sichuan University, China)

E.Mamdani（Imperial College London, UK）

R.P.Nikhil（IEEE on Fuzzy Society President, Indian Statistical Institute, India）

M. Sugeno (Doshisha University, Japan)

Hao Wang (National Defence Science and Technology University, China)

P.P. Wang (Duke University, USA)

P.Z. Wang (West Texas A & M University, USA)

H.J. Zimmermann (RWTH Aachen, Germany)

Program Committee:

Chair：

Hongxing Li（Beijing Normal University, China）

Co-Chairs：

Shu-Cherng Fang (North Carolina State University, USA)

Members

K.Asai (Osaka Prefecture University, Japan)

J.P. Barthelemy (ENST Bretagne, France)

Tianyou Chai (Northeastern University, China)

Guoqing Chen (Tsinghua University, China)

Mianyun Chen（Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China）

Shuili Chen (Jimei University, China)

Ovanes Chorayan（Research Institute of Neurocybernetics,State University, Russia）

H.P.Deng (RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia)

M. Fedrizzi (University of Trento, Italy)

Yinjun Feng (Harbin Institute of Technology University)

Sicong Guo (Liaoning Technical University, China)

Minghu Ha（Hebei University, China）

Chengming Hu (International Fuzzy Mathematics Institute, Oaklyn, USA)

Chongfu Huang (Beijing Normal University, China)

Hiroshi Inoue (University of Tokyo, Japan)

Limin Jia (Beijing Jiaotong University, China）

Guy Jumarie (Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada)

J.Kacprzyk (Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland)

Jim Keller (University of Missouri-Columbia, USA)

E.E. Kerre (Universitiet Gent, Krijgslaan, Belgium)

K.H.Kim (Alabama State University, USA)

N.Kuroki (Joetsu University, Japan)

D.Lakov (Bulgaria Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria)

Tsu-Tian Lee (National Taipei University of Technology, China Taiwan)

T.Y. Lin (San Jose State University, U.S.A.)

Baoding Liu (Tsinghua University, China)

Zhiqiang Liu (City University of Hong Kong, Hongkong)

D.Dutta Majumder (Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta)

M.Mizumoto（Osaka Electro-Communication University, Japan）

J. Motiwalla (University of Singapore, Singapore)

M.Mukaidono (Meiji University, Japan)

J.Mustonen (FinnRA Strategic Planning, Finland)

Shohachiro Nakanishi (Tokai University, Japan)

Jinping Ou（Harbin Institute of Technology University）

Witold Pedrycz (University of Alberta Edmonton, Canada)

H. Prade (Universite Paul Sabatier, Toulouse France)

D.A. Ralescu (University of Cincinnati, USA)

Da Ruan (Nuclear Research Centre, Beglium)

E.Sanchez (University of Aix-Marseille II, France)

Victor V. Senkevich (Deputy Chief of Information Communication Center, Russia)

Qiang Shen (University of Edinburgh, UK)

Kaiquan Shi（Shandong University, China）

Enric Trillas (Technical University of Madrid, Spain)

L.P.Wang (Nanyang Technological University, Singapor)

Guangyuan Wang (Harbin Institute of Technology, China)

Guojun Wang (Shaanxi Normal University, China)

P.P. Wang (Duke University, USA)

XizhaoWang（Hebei University, China）

Zhenyuan Wang (University of Texas, USA)

Berlin Wu (National Chengchi University, Taipei, China Taiwan)

Congxin Wu（Harbin Institute of Technology, China）

Yang Xu (Southwest Jiaotong University, China)

R.R.Yager (IONA College New Rochelle, USA)

T. Yamakawa (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan)

Bingru Yang (University of Science and Technology Beijing, China)

Local Arrangements Chairs:

Guangfu Cao (Guangzhou University, China)

Co-Chairs:

Zengliang Liu（National Defense University, China)

Secretary:

Yibin Zhong (Guangzhou University, China)

Member:

Yuchi Zhong (Guangzhou University, China)

Publicity Chair:

Kaiqi Zou (Dalian University, China)

Member:

Dabu Wang (Guangzhou University, China)

Publication Chairs：

Cao Bingyuan

Co-Chairs：

Michael Ng (Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong)

Accounting:

Yunlu Cai (Guangzhou University, China)

Treasurer：

Jihui Yang (Shantou University and Guangzhou University, China)

Contact Information

Prof. Cao Bingyuan

School of Mathematics and Information Sciences, Guangzhou University, China

Email: caobingy@163.com

Telephone: 86 20 31876348 86 13342884328

The ICFIE Secretariat:

Fuzzy Information and Engineering Branch of China Operation Research Society；

School of Mathematics and Information Sciences,230 Wai Huan Xi Road Guangzhou Higher 

Education Mega Center,Guangzhou University,510006, China.

Email: icfie2007@163.com or Yang Jihui yangjihui@163.com

We are looking forward to meeting you in Guangzhou Next year!