2016 NAFIPS Annual Conference

El Paso, Texas, USA, October 31 – November 4, 2016

http://nafips.cs.utep.edu

Call for Papers

Venue

The 35th Annual Conference of NAFIPS (North American Fuzzy

Information Processing Society) will be held in El Paso, Texas; see

http://visitelpaso.com/ for detailed information about El Paso

history and culture

Aims and Scope

As a truly unique and international conference in the areas of

fuzzy sets and soft computing, 2016 NAFIPS meeting will bring

together scientists, engineers, students, and practitioners

working in fuzzy logic and related areas to present their recent

research accomplishments. The meeting offers a unique platform for

the exchange of ideas, fostering interaction and building

multidisciplinary research linkages.

Topics

The topics cover all aspects of fuzzy systems and their applications

including, but not limited to

• fuzzy sets and fuzzy logic

• mathematical foundations of fuzzy sets and fuzzy systems

• approximate reasoning, fuzzy inference models, and soft computing

• fuzzy decision analysis, decision making, optimization, and design

• fuzzy system architectures and hardware

• fuzzy methods in data analysis, statistics and imprecise probability

• fuzzy databases and information retrieval

• fuzzy pattern recognition and image processing

• fuzzy sets in management science

• fuzzy control and robotics

• possibility theory

• fuzzy sets and logic in ontology, web, and social networks

• fuzzy preference modeling

• fuzzy sets in operations research and manufacturing

• fuzzy database mining and financial forecasting

• fuzzy neural networks

• evolutionary and hybrid systems

• intelligent agents and ambient intelligence

• learning, adaptive, and evolvable fuzzy systems

Special Sessions

Proposals for special sessions concentrating on fundamentals,

algorithms, and innovative applications of fuzzy sets and soft

computing are welcome. Submission of proposals should include a

short description of the session, its relevance to the NAFIPS

meeting, and a list of potential contributors. Special sessions

will be open to all participants. Organizers of Special Sessions

will be responsible for the reviewing process of papers within

their session.

Best Paper Awards

Two awards will be given to authors of outstanding papers, one of

them for the best student paper award.

Important Dates

Special Session proposals due: March 7, 2016

Papers due: May 31, 2016

Notification of Acceptance:

·        May 16, 2016 for papers submitted before April 15, 2016;

·        May 31 for papers submitted before May 14, 2016;

·        June 15 for other papers

Final Papers and Early Registration: July 1, 2016

Contact: Martine Ceberio (mceberio@utep.edu) and Vladik Kreinovich

(vladik@utep.edu)

Plenary speakers:

* Piero Bonissone, PPB Analytics

* Samir Abu Samra, Chief Technical Officer, Digi Pen

* Martine De Cock, Institute of Technology of the University of

  Washington Tacoma & Ghent University, Belgium

* Christian Servin, winner of the 2015 Outstanding Young Researcher

  Award

* Dongrui Wu, winner of the 2014 Outstanding Young Researcher Award

several other speakers are pending

Schedule:

Monday, October 31: Halloween-style welcome reception

Tuesday, November 1 – Thursday, November 3: talks

Wednesday, November 2: banquet, preceded by a short visit to the

  Dia de Los Muertes display

Friday, November 4: a trip to Carlsbad Caverns (will be included in

  registration fee)

Program Committee Chair: Hung T. Nguyen (New Mexico State University

  and Chiang Mai University, Thailand)