e are pleased to invite contributions for KES2014, organised by Gdynia Maritime University in conjunction with KES International, taking place in the city of Gdynia, Poland. The conference will consist of keynote talks, oral and poster presentations, invited sessions and workshops on the applications and theory of intelligent systems and related areas. It will provide excellent opportunities for the presentation of interesting new research results and discussion about them, leading to knowledge transfer and the generation of new ideas. The conference proceedings will also be published by a major publisher with wide visibility.

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Conference Scope
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Papers are invited from a wide range of intelligent systems research topics.
Topics might include (but are not limited to) –

Automated Design and Configuration of Sensory Systems; Self-x principles in Intelligent Engineering Systems; Knowledge-Based Systems; Expert Systems; Cognitive Systems; Neural Networks; Artificial Immune Systems; Fuzzy Techniques and Systems; Genetic Algorithms and Evolutionary Computing; Hybrid Intelligent Systems; Multi-Agent Systems; Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining; Data Analysis and Pattern Recognition; Machine Learning, Bayesian Networks; Knowledge Representation and Management; Computational neuroscience; Planning; Spatial & Temporal Reasoning; Knowledge Acquisition.

Semantic-Based Systems Intelligent Applications  Multi-Sensor Information Systems; Dimensionality Reduction and Interactive Multivariate Data Visualization/Analysis; Organisation Memories; Industrial Control; Monitoring and Planning; Intelligent Web-based Systems; Fault Diagnosis; Robotics; Image Processing; Machine & Computer Vision; Medical & Diagnostic Systems; Financial & Stock Market Monitoring and Prediction; Speech Processing and Synthesis; Natural Language Processing; Environmental Monitoring; Power Electronics & Drives; High Voltage Systems; Engine Control and Vehicle Applications; Signal and Time Series; Processing.

Wavelets Emergent Intelligent Technologies; Pervasive Computing; Intelligent Web Personalisation; Ubiquitous Computing; Context-aware and Affective (Emotional) Computing; Mobile Computing and Systems; Business Intelligence Systems; Human-centered Computing; Intelligent User Interfaces; Cognitive Networks; User Profiling; Evolvable Hardware; DNA Computing; Immunocomputing; Artificial Life; Bioinformatics; Micro Array Data Analysis; Intelligent Tutoring Systems; E-commerce/E-business and E-learning; Semantic Web; Intelligent Web Mining & Applications; Virtual Reality & Multi- Media Intelligent Information Systems; Blind Source Separation; Machine & Computer Vision; Virtual Reality & Multi- Media Intelligent Information Systems; Image Classifiers; Semantic Visualization; Semantic Abstraction of the PLC/PLM; Machine Learning; Image Feature Extraction; Multimedia Retrieval; Multimedia Annotation; Semantic Annotation of Images and Videos; Parallel Computing and GPU; Semantic Enhan!
ced Mockups and Simulation Models.

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Workshop on The Analysis of Big Data
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The workshop will feature dedicated keynote talks from experts in this new and exciting field, also presentations of submitted papers.

Topics applicable to the workshop include:- models and methods for big data analysis; visualization of data; massive spatial data; data streams; application of big data analysis; data management; framework, architectures; big data security; big data and the cloud.

We invite participation in the workshop and proposals for activities in this area.
Please contact us if you have proposals.

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Call for Invited Sessions
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An invited session consists of a presentation session of 6 to 12 or more papers on a specific conference topic, organised as half or full day mini-conference. We invite senior scientists who have a special interest in a specific conference topic to take responsibility for an invited session, gathering papers from a range of research expertise around the world.

Researchers who would like to organise one or more Invited Sessions on topics falling within the scope of the conference are invited to submit a proposal for consideration. Contact: admin@kesinternational.org

Here is a list of the current Invited Sessions:

IS01: Knowledge-based Learning and Education Support System: Design and Function
IS02: Security Engineering for Knowledge-based & Intelligent Systems & Applications
IS03: Advances in Visual Intelligent Systems
IS04: Innovation, Creative-Class and QOL
IS05: Knowledge-Based Systems for e-Business
IS06: Chance Discovery and Market of Data
IS07: Intelligent Human-Computer Interaction
IS08: Recent Advances in Knowledge Engineering and Soft Data Paradigms
IS09: Innovation in Automation and Autonomy using Soft Computing Techniques
IS10: Culturally-Aware AI Systems
IS11: Competence Management Systems: Design and Application
IS12: Intelligent Data Analysis in Applications
IS13: Modelling with Qualitative and Quantitative Pairwise Comparisons.
IS14: Natural Computing
IS15: Methods and Applications of Intelligent Multimodal data processing
IS16: Application of Semantic Technologies to Decision Making
IS17: Knowledge-Based Intelligent System and Application
IS18: E-learning as Cooperation Among Higher Education Institutions
IS19: Skill Acquisition and Ubiquitous Human Computer Interaction
IS20: Fuzzy Sets, Fuzzy Logic and its Applications
IS21: Artificial Intelligence Techniques for Business Process Management
IS22: Intelligent Solutions in Network Economy and Manufacturing (ISNEM 2014)
IS23: Reasoning-based Intelligent Systems
IS24: Immunity-Based Systems: Resilient Computing
IS25: Remote and Virtual Laboratories for e-Learning
IS26: Modelling Biological Vision
IS27: Complex Systems
IS28: Data Science for Big Data
IS29: Human Factors for Communication & Intelligent Systems
IS30: Artificial Intelligence Methods in Optimization, Scheduling and Planning
IS31: Intelligent Network and Service

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Dates and Deadlines
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General Sessions

Submission of papers: 15 March 2014
Notification of acceptance: 1 May 2014
Final paper to be received by: 1 June 2014

Invited Sessions and Workshops

Proposal for Invited Sessions/Workshops: As soon as possible
Session/Workshop: Chair sets submission deadlines Final paper to be received by: 1 June 2014