8th World Conference on Soft Computing, please notice a new URL www.wconsc2021.com

August 24th, 2021 Daniela Lopez de Luise

 

8th WORLD CONFERENCE ON SOFT COMPUTING

 

www.wconsc2021.com

 

Baku, Azerbaijan

December 13-15, 2021

 

Dedicated to Research Heritage and 100 anniversary birthday of

LOTFI A. ZADEH, UC Berkeley, CA, USA

 

Organized by:

* UC Berkeley, CA, USA

* Institute of Control System, National Academy of Sciences, Azerbaijan

* Azerbaijan Technical University

Supported by:

* Ministry of Transport Communications and High Technologies of

  Azerbaijan

* Ministry of Education, Azerbaijan

* National Academy of Sciences, Azerbaijan

* International Fuzzy Systems Association (IFSA)

* North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society (NAFIPS)

                            

AIMS AND SCOPE

 

8th World Conference on Soft Computing, Baku 2021, aims to bring

together 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               October 25, 2021

Notification of Acceptance              November 15, 2021

Final Paper Submission         November 25, 2021

Proposals for Special Sessions    October 15,  2021

Special Sessions Final Paper

  Submissions (by organizer)    November 15, 2021

 

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 SESSION

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. 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.

 

ORGANIZE COMMITTEE

 

CO-CHAIRS:

S. Shankar Sastry (UC Berkeley, CA, USA)

A. Abbasov (Institute of Control System, National Academy of Scences,

   Azerbaijan)

V. Veliyev (Azerbaijan Technical University, Azerbaijan)

 

MEMBERS

 

Aminaga Sadichkov (Institute of Control System, National Academy of

  Sciences, Azerbaijan)

Vladik Kreinovich (University of Texas at El Paso, USA)

Chetin Elmas (Azerbaijan Technical University)

Shahnaz Shahbazova (Azerbaijan Technical University)

Janusz Kacprzyk (Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland)

Vadim Stefanyuk (Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia)

Ildar Batyrshin (Mexican Petroleum Institute, Mexico)

Tofiq Babayev (Institute of Control System NASA, Azerbaijan)

Valentina E. Balas (University of Arad, Romania)

Laszlo Koczy (Budapest University, Hungary)

Elizabet Chang (UNSW Canberra)

Rasjid Alekperov (Institute Information Technologies, NASA, Azerbaijan)

 

PROGRAM CHAIRS

Rasim Alquliyev (Institute Information Technologies, NASA, Azerbaijan))

Vladik Kreinovich (University of Texas at El Paso, USA)

Shahnaz  N. Shahbazova (Azerbaijan Technical University)

Ronald R. Yager (USA)

Ildar Batyrshin (Center for Computing Research (CIC), Instituto

  Politecnico Nacional, Mexico)

 

PUBLICITY CHAIRS

Vladik Kreinovich (University of Texas at El Paso, USA)

Ildar Batyrshin (Center for Computing Research (CIC), Instituto

  Politecnico Nacional, Mexico)

 

ADVISORY CO-CHAIRS

Janusz Kacprzyk (Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland)

Vadim Stefanyuk (Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia)

Laszlo Koczy (Budapest University, Hungary)

Telman Aliyev (Institute of Control System, National Academy of

  Sciences, Azerbaijan)

 

SPECIAL SESSIONS CHAIRS

Fernando Gomide (University of Campinas, Brazil)

Vladik Kreinovich (University of Texas at El Paso, USA)

Ildar Batyrshin (Center for Computing Research (CIC), Instituto

  Politecnico Nacional, Mexico)

 

PROGRAM COMMITTEE (tentative)

 

Abe Kandel (USA)

Ajith Abraham (USA)

Aldo Ventre (Italy)

Alekber Aliyev (Azerbaijan)

Ali Abbasov (Azerbaijan)

Anca Ralescu (USA)

Andrzej Bargiela (UK)

Asaf Hajiyev (Azerbaijan)

Bart Kosko (USA)

Bernadette Bouchon-Meunier (France)

Bernard de Baets (Belgium)

Bernard Widrow (USA)

Burhan Turksen (Turkey)

Carol Walker (USA)

Chang-Shing Lee (Taiwan)

Chetin Elmas (Azerbaijan)

Chin-Teng Lin (Taiwan)

Christer Carlsson (Finland)

Dan Ralescu (USA)

Didier Dubois (France)

Dimitar Filev (USA)

Elie Sanchez (France)

Enric Trillas (Spain)

Enrique Ruspini (Spain)

Etienne Kerre (Belgium)

Eyke Hullermeier (Germany)

Fernando Gomide (Brasil)

Fred Petry (USA)

Fikret Aliyev(Azerbaijan)

Gabriella Pasi (Italy)

Glenn Shafer (USA)

Guoqing Chen (China)

Hamid Berenji (USA)

Hans Zimmermann (Germany)

Hao Ying (USA)

Vilayet Veliyev (Azerbaijan)

Henri Prade (France)

Henrik Larsen (Denmark)

Hung Nguyen (USA)

Irina Perfilieva (Czech Republic)

Janusz Kacprzyk (Poland)

Javier Montero (Spain)

Jerry Mendel (USA)

Jim Bezdek (USA)

Jim Keller (USA)

Joao Carvalho (Portugal)

Jonathan Lee (Taiwan)

Jose Luis Verdegay (Spain)

Jozo Dujmovic (USA)

Kaoru Hirota (Japan)

Larry Hall (USA)

Lazlo Koczy (Hungary)

Luis Magdalena (Spain)

Madan Gupta (Canada)

Masuma Mammadova (Azerbaijan)

Michael Berthold (Germany)

Michio Sugeno (Japan)

Miguel Delgado (Spain)

Mo Jamshidi (USA)

Nikhil Pal (India)

Oscar Castillo (Mexico)

Paul Wang (USA)

Peter Klement (Austria)

Piero Bonissone (USA)

Qorchmaz Imanov (Azerbaijan)

Rafiq Aliev (Azerbaijan)

Ramin Rzayev (Azerbaijan)

Ramiz Aliquliyev (Azerbaijan)

Ramon Lopez deMantaras (Spain)

Rita Ribeiro (Portugal)

Ronald R. Yager(USA)

Sankar Pal (India)

Settimo Termini (Italy)

Shahnaz N. Shahbazova (Azerbaijan)

Slawomir Zadrozny (Poland)

T. Y. Lin (USA)

Telman Aliyev (Azerbaijan)

Tom Sudkamp (USA)

Tomohiro Takagi (Japan)

Trevor Martin (UK)

Vadim Stefanyuk (Russia)

Vagif Qasimov (Azerbaijan)

Valerie Cross (USA)

Vilem Novak (Czech Republic)

Vincenzo Loia (Italy)

Vladik Kreinovich (USA)

Witold Pedrycz (Canada)

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Frontiers in Robotics & AI Special Issue

August 24th, 2021 Daniela Lopez de Luise
 Frontiers in Robotics & AI Special Issue: Machine Vision & Intelligence for Unmanned Vehicles in the Real World


Submission Deadlines: 
Dec. 17, 2021 — Abstract
Mar. 25, 2022 — Manuscript

Special Issue link: 

CfP:

In recent years, the presence of autonomous robots in the real world, for example, self-driving cars, drones, and unmanned surface vehicles have significantly increased. With the recent advances in machine/deep learning, there are growing expectations that full autonomy may become a reality shortly, and it is expected to bring fundamental changes to the societies of robotics, computer vision, and artificial intelligence.

An autonomous system typically consists of a series of modules comprising perception, navigation, planning, and control. The perception system is responsible for estimating location and constructing the 3-D environment map to plan safe navigation routes. With recent advances in machine/deep learning, such as convolutional neural networks, autonomous robots’ perception, navigation, and planning, robots have become more intelligent than ever before, and such systems' applications are being realized.

This Research Topic aims to present current directions in this field and explores the problems related to machine vision and intelligence for autonomous systems in the real world. Specifically, this Research Topic will mainly focus on:

1. Affordable sensors for varying environmental conditions;
2. Reliable simultaneous localization and mapping;
3. Machine learning that can effectively handle varying real-world conditions and unforeseen events;
4. Hardware and software co-design for efficient real-time performance;
5. Resilient and robust platforms that can withstand adversarial attacks and failures;
6. End-to-end system integration of sensing, computer vision, signal/image processing, and machine/deep learning.

In this way, relevant themes for this Research Topic include, but are not limited to:

• 3D environment reconstruction and understanding;
• Mapping and localization for unmanned vehicles in the real world;
• Semantic/instance segmentation and semantic mapping;
• Self-supervised/unsupervised visual environment perception;
• Obstacle detection/tracking and 3D localization;
• Signage detection and recognition;
• Deep/machine learning and image analysis for intelligent environment perception;
• Adversarial domain adaptation for autonomous systems;
• On-board embedded visual perception systems;
• Bio-inspired vision sensing for autonomous system perception;
• Real-time deep learning inference.


Keywords: 

Perception, navigation, planning, unmanned vehicles, AI


Important Note: 

All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.


Guest Editors:

Rui Fan, Tongji University

Nan Li, Northwestern Polytechnical University

Mohammud J. Bocus, University of Bristol

Yuxiang Sun, Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Yue Wang, Zhejiang University


Contact: 

Rui Fan, rui.fan@ieee.org

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Information Hygiene and the Fight against the Misinformation Info-demic — CFP, IEEE CS IT Professional

August 24th, 2021 Daniela Lopez de Luise

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Nowadays, misinformation spreads more rapidly and more broadly than reliable information does, creating an “info-demic.”  This has a serious impact globally. Though the main originators may be malicious entities exploiting social media, “fake news,” and conspiracy-theory generators, it is ourselves and our own network of people that propagate misinformation and fake content simply by sharing them often without assessing their validity.

How can we address this challenging problem facing society by leveraging technology and information hygiene practices? How can IT and AI assist people in assessing correctness, validity, and trustworthiness of a piece of information prior to sharing it? How can users be supported in adopting good habits of information hygiene? Researchers, the social-media industry, and government agencies are addressing these questions. Initiatives such as EUNOMIA, which promotes trusting over liking, and other EU projects on misinformation under the H2020 framework and similar programs in other countries highlight the seriousness of the problem and the need to address them soon, before it becomes a devastating problem.

This special issue of IT Professional seeks to present an overview of the problems and showcase recent developments that address them and applications of IT to support humans in the fight against misinformation. We invite articles that present recent advances, perspectives, and use cases in this area. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • Information trustworthiness, trust, and reputation models
  • Online misinformation diffusion models and diffusion prediction and prevention
  • Information hygiene practices and “social-media information” literacy
  • AI and machine-learning approaches to identify and filter misinformation and prevent its propagation
  • Detection of deepfakes – fake image, audio, or video
  • Crowdsourcing approaches to fighting misinformation
  • Impacts of misinformation, fake news, and deception
  • Information provenance in social media and the Internet
  • Digital nudging for information hygiene
  • The role of regulatory policy in lieu of self-policing
  • Examination of the economic – for-profit – models that contribute to the info-demic
  • “Best practices” for managing mis- and disinformation across the globe
  • Role of individuals, industry, regulatory bodies, and government

Submission Guidelines

Only submissions that describe previously unpublished, original, state-of-the-art research and that are not currently under review by a conference or another journal will be considered. Extended versions of conference papers must be at least 30 percent different from the original conference works.

Feature articles should be no longer than 4,200 words and have no more than 20 references (with tables and figures counting as 300 words each). For author guidelines, see our peer review information page. All manuscripts must be submitted to ScholarOne Manuscripts (https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/itpro-cs) by the deadline in order to be considered. Submissions are subject to peer review on both technical merit and relevance to IT Pro’s readership. Articles should be understandable by a broad audience of computer science and engineering professionals, avoiding unnecessary theory, mathematics, jargon, or abstract concepts. Figures and tables should be placed in the appropriate location within the template, ideally in files that are 300 dpi or higher using the dimensions defined in the document template.

Questions?

Please direct any correspondence before submission to the guest editors at it2-2022@computer.org.


Guest Editors

  • George Loukas, University of Greenwich, London, UK
  • Stephen J. Andriole, The Villanova School of Business, Villanova University, USA
  • San Murugesan, BRITE Professional Services and Western Sydney University, Australia

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Final CFP: DDP 2021- IEEE

August 24th, 2021 Daniela Lopez de Luise
Data grows voluminously and exponentially with heterogeneity and
complexity. A single organization or industry processes more than few
million transactions hourly and stores several petabytes of data. We
live in a world of tremendous pressure to analyze and process data more
efficiently where the
Data analytics are able to reflect hidden patterns, incomprehensible
relationships, intrinsic information relations, and segmentation. The
data applications have introduced cutting-edge possibilities in every
activity in our life. Thus, the study of data and its underlying
structure, dynamics of data relations, and newer data technologies are a
never-ending process. The literature and research on data management are
enormous, still, they sufficiently do not solve the data processing
requirements.

Currently, the use of technology and interrelations among information
pieces generate gargantuan amounts of data. Many studies tend to develop
models and systems to analyse the voluminous datasets. Analysing the
impact of data leads to application domains on various decisions that
have a systematic influence. Knowledge generated from the data analysis
can enable the production of critical information for several domains.

Hence this conference reviews and discusses, the recent trends,
opportunities, and pitfalls of data management and how it has impacted
organizations to create successful business and technology strategies
and remain updated in data technology. This conference also highlights
the current open research directions of data analytics that requires
further consideration/
The proposed conference will discuss the topics not limited to

Data applications in various domains and activities
Data in cloud
Real-world data processing
Data inaccuracy and reliability issues
Data ecosystem
Business analytics
New data analytics techniques
Physical and management challenges
Privacy and Security
Crowdsourcing and Sensing
Data modeling
Deep learning techniques
Data fusion
Descriptive analytic, Diagnostic analytics,  Predictive Analytics, and
Prescriptive analytics
Machine learning
Network optimization
Data in Biomedical engineering
Data in Materials science and mechanics
Data handling and applications in domains

Publications

DDP is technically supported by IEEE CPS. The DDP papers will be
submitted for publication and indexing in IEEE Xplore. Besides, modified
versions of the papers will appear in the following journals.

  1. Journal on Data Semantics
  2. Technologies
  3. Data Technologies and Applications
  4. Webology
  5. Journal of Digital Information Management
  6. International Journal of Computational Linguistics
  7. Journal of Optimization
  8. International Journal of Distributed Systems and Technologies

Important Dates

Full Paper Submission: August 25, 2021
Notification of Acceptance/Rejection: September 25, 2021
Registration Due: October 15, 2021
Camera Ready Due: October 15, 2021
Workshops/Tutorials/Demos: November 12, 2021
Main conference November: 11-13 , 2021

Keynote Speakers
Eleni (Helen) Karatza, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Maria Fasli, University of Essex, UK

Program Committee
Honorary Chairs
Ahmed MOUSSA, Director of National School of Applied Sciences, Tangier,
Morocco
Bouchta El Moumni, vice-President of Abdelmalek Essaâdi University,
Tetouan, Morocco
Mohamed Addou, Dean of the faculty of sciences and techniques, Tangier,
Morocco

Program Chairs
Aziz El Janati El Idrissi, Ministre d’éducation et d’enseignement
supérieur Mohamed V University. Rabat, Rabat-Salé-Zemmour Zaër, Morocco
Ramiro Smano Robles, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto Rua,
Portugal
Ahmed Moussa, Director of National School of Applied Sciences, Tangier,
Morocco
Simon Fong, University of Macau, Macau

Program Co-Chairs
Ricardo Rodriguez Jorge, Autonomous University of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico
Dion Goh, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Publicity Chair
Mohsin Beniysa, Abdelmalek Essaâdi University, Morocco

Paper Submission: http://socio.org.uk/ddp/paper-submission/

Contact: ddp@socio.org.uk

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Invitation to participate in an online experiment spotting manipulated face images

August 24th, 2021 Daniela Lopez de Luise
weare examining human performance in detecting digitally manipulated
face images (morphing, retouching, swapping). We invite you to
participate in this research study by registering and completing an
online procedure at:

https://dasec.h-da.de/unclassifyd

Instructions are provided on the site. The experiment will require
approximately 15-20 minutes to complete. In order to ensure that all
information remains confidential, your personal information is securely
stored separately and can be deleted at any point in time. Experiment
results are anonymized upon creation.

If you would like a summary copy of this study upon completion, require
additional information or have questions, please feel free to reach out.

Best regards,

Robert Nichols
robert.nichols@stud.h-da.de

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