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6th World Conference on Soft Computing Berkeley, May 22-25 2016 http://www.wconsc-2016.org

Call for Papers

Aims and Scope

6th World Conference on Soft Computing, Berkeley 2016, aims to bring togpether researchers, engineers and practitioners to present the latest achievements and innovations in the multiple areas of soft computing, to discuss thought-provoking developments and challenges, to consider potential future directions. One of the objectives of the conference is to encourage participation by young researchers; to this end student papers will be given special consideration.

Important Dates Regular Paper Submission December 5, 2015 Notification of Acceptance January 25, 2016 Final Paper Submission February 19, 2016 Early Registration February 19, 2016 Special Session Proposals November 15, 2016 Special Session Final Paper Submission (by organizer) February 19, 2016

Topics

Theories and Methods: Information Theory, Uncertainty, Bayesian and Probabilistic Methods, Evidence and Possibility Theory, Utility Theory, Fuzzy Sets and Fuzzy Logic, Approximate Reasoning, Non-classical Logics, Default Reasoning, Belief Revision, Argumentation, Uncertainty in Cognition, Graphical Models, Knowledge Acquisition, Information Fusion and Aggregation, Knowledge Representation, Ontologies, Decision Support, Cognitive Modeling, Game Theory, Multi-Criteria Decision Making, Granular Computing, Computing with Words, Human-Centric Computing, Rough Sets, Evolutionary Computation, Neural Networks, Hybrid Architectures

Applications and Tools: Intelligent and Multi-agent Systems, Information Processing and Retrieval, Intelligent Data Analysis, Data Mining, Machine Learning, Database and Information Systems, Intelligent Search, Internet and Semantic Web, Social Networks and Trust, Multi-Media, Control and Robotics, Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition, Image Processing, Medicine and Bioinformatics, Finance, Software Engineering, Industrial Engineering, e-Commerce, Security

Special Sessions

Proposals for special sessions focusing on fundamental theories and innovative applications of soft computing are welcome. Submission of proposals should include a short description of the session, its relevance to the conference, and a list of potential contributors. Special sessions will be open to all participants. Organizers of Special Sessions will be responsible for a reviewing process.

Student Participation

Student participation is highly encouraged, be it submitting and presenting a paper, attending the conference, or volunteering at the conference. STUDENT REGISTRATION is FREE. The Program Committee will select the best student papers prior to the conference. These papers will be presented at a special session during the conference. The student author of the best paper (based on both the written submission and the oral presentation, to be selected during this session) will receive an award.

Committees

Honorary Chair Lotfi A. Zadeh (University of California, Berkeley, USA)

General Co-Chairs Ali M. Abbasov (Minister of Communication and Information Technology of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Azerbaijan) Ronald R. Yager (Iona College, New York, USA)

Program Committee Co-Chairs Janusz Kacprzyk (Systems Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland) Vladik Kreinovich (University of Texas at El Paso, USA) Marek Z. Reformat (University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada)

Organizing Co-Chairs Shahnaz N. Shahbazova (Azerbaijan Technical University, Azerbaijan) (shahbazova(a)gmail.com) Marek Z. Reformat (University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada) (marek.reformat(a)ualberta.ca)