Call for Papers: 16th Online Conference on Soft Computing in Industrial Applications (WSC16)

WSC16 Conference


Conference Information

The 16th Online World Conference on Soft Computing in Industrial Applications (WSC16) will be held on the Internet from 5th to 16th December 2011. Continuing a tradition started over a decade ago by the World Federation of Soft Computing, WSC16 aims at bringing together outstanding research and developments in the field of soft computing (evolutionary computation, fuzzy logic, neural networks, Bayesian networks, and their fusion) and its applications, from across the world. Papers will be published on-line with the dual benefits of rapid dissemination and reduced cost. As with the previous conferences, papers accepted and presented at WSC16 will also be published by Springer within the "Advances In Intelligent and Soft Computing" series as an edited volume after the conference. Furthermore, significantly revised and extended versions of selected papers from the conference will be invited for a "fast track" submission to the Elsevier Science Applied Soft Computing Journal.
During the conference, interactive discussions are hosted between the authors and participants over the Internet. The registration to the conference is open to all (academics, students and industrial/commercial parties) and is completely free of charge.


Topics of Interest

Submissions are invited in, but not limited to, the following areas:

Soft Computing Techniques
- Soft Computing for Modeling, Control, and Optimization
- Fuzzy Control
- Artificial Neural Networks
- Evolutionary Computing: Genetic
- Algorithms and Genetic Programming
- Neuro-Fuzzy Systems
- Genetic Fuzzy Systems
- Neuro-Fuzzy-Genetic Systems
- Software Agent Systems and Architectures
- Ant Colony Optimization
- Fuzzy Information Fusion
- Rough Sets
- Bayesian Networks
- Fuzzy Image Processing
- Bio-inspired Systems
- Support Vector Machines

Application Areas
- Industrial Applications of Soft Computing
- Intelligent Information Retrieval
- Data Mining
- Robotics
- Fault Diagnosis
- Bioinformatics
- Web Intelligence
- Speech Processing
- Business Information Systems
- Knowledge Management
- Evolvable Hardware and Software
- Image and Signal Processing
- Pattern Recognition
- Traffic and Transportation System


Important Dates

Sep 11, 2011: Deadline for Special Sessions and tutorial proposals
Sep 25, 2011: Deadline for on-line submission of regular papers
Oct 31, 2011: Acceptance/rejection notification
Nov 15, 2011: Submission of revised papers and online presentations.
Dec 5-16, 2011: Online Conference
Jan 10, 2012: Submission of camera-ready papers for final review


Contact Information

Gerald Schaefer
Department of Computer Science
Loughborough University
Loughborough LE11 3TU , U.K.
e-mail: wsc16@lboro.ac.uk