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    2005 International Conference on Natural Computation (ICNC'05)
   International Conference on Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Discovery 
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                27 - 29 August 2005, Changsha, China

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               Home Page: http://www.xtu.edu.cn/nc2005
              http://www.ntu.edu.sg/home/elpwang/nc2005
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             *** Submission Deadline: 15 March 2005 ***

      FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS, SPECIAL SESSIONS, AND SPONSORSHIP

The ICNC'05-FSKD'05 will feature the most up-to-date research results 
in computational algorithms inspired from nature, including biological,

ecological, and physical systems. It is an exciting and emerging
inter-
disciplinary area in which a wide range of techniques and methods are 
being studied for dealing with large, complex, and dynamic problems. 
The joint conferences will also promote cross-fertilization over these

exciting and yet closely-related areas. Registration to either 
conference will entitle a participant to the proceedings and technical

sessions of both conferences, as well as the conference banquet, 
buffet lunches, and tours to some attractions in Changsha. 

Specific areas include, but are not limited to neural computation, 
evolutionary computation, quantum computation, DNA computation, 
chemical computation, information processing in cells and tissues, 
molecular computation, computation with words, fuzzy computation, 
granular computation, artificial life, swarm intelligence, ants 
colony, artificial immune systems, etc., with applications to 
knowledge discovery, finance, operations research, and more.

Publications
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The ICNC'05 and FSKD'05 conference proceedings will be published in 
Springer's Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) and Lecture Notes 
in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI), respectively. Both the LNCS and 
LNAI are indexed in SCI-Expanded. A selected number of authors will be
invited to expand and revise their papers for possible inclusions in 
peer-reviewed international journals / edited books.

Special Sessions
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In addition to regular sessions, participants are encouraged to 
organize special sessions on specialized topics. Each special session 
should have at least 4 papers. Special session organizers will solicit

submissions and conduct reviews on the submitted papers. Proposals for
special sessions should be sent to the respective Program Chairs, 
i.e., 
        Ke Chen (neural computation, Ke.Chen@manchester.ac.uk)
        Yew Soon Ong (other topics in ICNC'05, asysong@ntu.edu.sg)
        Yaochu Jin (FSKD'05, yaochu.jin@honda-ri.de) 

Keynote Speakers
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        Shun-ichi Amari, Japan
        Aike Guo, China
        Nikhil R. Pal, India
        Xin Yao, UK

About Changsha, Hunan, China
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Changsha, the capital of Hunan Province, is a historic and cultural 
city in southern China and a busy port on the Xiangjiang River, with a

population over 6 million. Founded 3000 years ago, the city became the

capital of the Zhou state (951-960 AD) and a leading commercial center

during the Song dynasty (960-1279 AD). Changsha International Airport 
is easily accessible with direct flights to all major domestic and 
some international destinations. Other famous tourist destinations in 
Hunan include the Zhangjiajie National Park (natural heritage listed 
by UN) and Fenghuang (Phoenix) Ancient City.

Important Dates
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        Paper Submission                    :   15 March 2005
        Decision Notification               :   15 April 2005
        Final Versions / Author Registration:   15 May 2005

Contact
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        Email: nc2005@xtu.edu.cn 
        Phone/Fax: +86 732 829 2201 / 829 3249 

Submission of Papers 
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Authors are invited to submit a full paper as an electronic file 
(postscript, pdf or Word format) at the conference website. Templates 
are available at both the conference website and the Springer 
website. 

Sponsorship / Exhibition
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The conferences will offer product vendors a sponsorship package 
and/or an opportunity to interact with conference participants. 
Product demonstration and exhibition can also be arranged. For more 
information, please visit the conference web page.  

Sponsor / Organizer
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        Xiangtan University, China

Technical Co-Sponsor
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        IEEE Circuits and Systems Society
        IEEE Computational Intelligence Society
        IEEE Control Systems Society

In Co-operation with
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        International Neural Network Society
        International Fuzzy Systems Association
        Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence
        European Neural Network Society
        Fuzzy Mathematics and Systems Association of China
        Japanese Neural Network Society
        Asia-Pacific Neural Network Assembly

Honorary Conference Chairs
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        Shun-ichi Amari, Japan
        Lotfi A. Zadeh, USA

International Advisory Board
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        Toshio Fukuda, Japan  
        Kunihiko Fukushima, Japan
        Tom Gedeon, Australia
        Aike Guo, China
        Zhenya He, China  
        Janusz Kacprzyk, Poland
        Nik Kasabov, New Zealand
        John A. Keane, UK
        Soo-Young Lee, Korea
        Erkki Oja, Finland 
        Nikhil R. Pal, India
        Witold Pedrycz, Canada
        Jose Principe, USA
        Harold Szu, USA
        Shiro Usui, Japan
        Xindong Wu, USA
        Lei Xu, Hong Kong, China
        Xin Yao, UK
        Syozo Yasui, Japan
        Bo Zhang, China
        Yixin Zhong, China  
        Jacek M. Zurada, USA

General Chair
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        He-An Luo, China

General Co-Chairs
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        Lipo Wang, Singapore
        Yunqing Huang, China

Program Chairs
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        ICNC'05: 	
           Ke Chen, UK
           Yew Soon Ong, Singapore
        FSKD'05: 	
           Yaochu Jin, Germany

Local Arrangement Chairs
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        Renren Liu, China
        Xieping Gao, China

Proceedings Chair
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        Fen Xiao, China

Publicity Chair
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        Hepu Deng, Australia

Sponsorship/Exhibits Chairs
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        Shaoping Ling, China
        Geok See Ng, Singapore

Webmaster
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        Linai Kuang, China
        Yanyu Liu, China