NAFIPS'2023

2023 North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society Conference
Wednesday, May 31 – Thursday, June 2, 2023
Digital Futures, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA
(The conference will take place in-person)
Website: coming soon

CALL FOR PAPERS

The aim of NAFIPS 2023 is to bring together researchers, engineers, and practitioners working in fuzzy logic and related areas to present their latest achievements and innovations. The meeting offers a unique platform for the exchange of ideas, discussion of thought-provoking developments and challenges, consideration of potential future directions.  The scope of this conference covers all aspects of theory and applications in fuzzy systems, soft computing methods, and fuzzy information processing including, but not limited to:

–       mathematical foundations of fuzzy sets and fuzzy systems

–       approximate reasoning, fuzzy inference models, and soft computing

–       fuzzy sets and fuzzy logic

–       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 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

–       fuzzy systems in machine learning

–       fuzzy systems in video games

–       fuzzy systems in bio-medical applications

–       evolutionary and hybrid systems

–       explainable AI, trustworthy AI and responsible AI

–       Human-AI interactions and collaboration

–       intelligent agents and ambient intelligence

–       learning, adaptive, and evolvable fuzzy systems
 

PROCEEDINGS

Proceedings will be published as a Springer volume. The conference proceedings will be available in SpringerLink.
 

SUBMISSIONS

Authors should prepare a manuscript of no more than 12 pages, including results, figures, and references, using the Springer Verlag contributed book style in LaTeX (SVMult) or MS Word. Authors should submit a PDF file through the EasyChair submission link. If accepted, the final version of the submission will include either the LaTeX source or MS Word, with all figures, and the generated PDF.

EasyChair submission link: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=nafips2023

If the manuscript is meant for a special session, the title you enter into the EasyChair system must have the name of the special session at the beginning (session_title: paper_title). For instance, if you are submitting a paper entitled “An Image Processing Algorithm to Detect Defects in Optical Fibers” to a special session on “Image and Signal Processing”, the title you enter into the EasyChair system should be: “IMAGE AND SIGNAL PROCESSING: An Image Processing Algorithm to Detect Defects in Optical Fibers”. In addition, please submit your contribution to the organizers of the Special Session.
 

STUDENT PAPERS
 
We strongly encourage students to submit papers under the mentorship of their faculty advisors. Special best paper awards will be presented at the conference banquet to recognize the accomplishments of students. To qualify, a student or a group of students must be the first or second author(s) of the paper. The papers will be judged based on both manuscript content and presentation quality. When you submit a paper to NAFIPS 2023, please indicate, in an email to Vladik Kreinovich vladik@utep.edu, which of the authors are students

SPECIAL SESSIONS

Proposals for special sessions concentrating on fundamentals, algorithms, and innovative        applications of fuzzy sets and systems 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. Please send special session proposals to Prof. Vladik Kreinovich. Email: vladik@utep.edu

IMPORTANT DATES

– Special session proposal deadline: January 30, 2023
– Special session notification: February 15, 2023
– Regular papers deadline: March 1, 2023
– Regular paper notification deadline: March 30, 2023
– Author registration deadline: April 15, 2023
– Conference dates: May 31 – June 2, 2022

CONFERENCE VENUE

The conference will be held at the University of Cincinnati’s new Digital Futures complex. https://ucdigitalfutures.com/

The University of Cincinnati will serve as the venue for NAFIPS 2023. Founded in 1819, the University of Cincinnati ranks among the nation’s best urban public research universities. Home to more than 47,000 students, 10,500 faculty and staff and 330,000 alumni, UC combines a Top 35 research university with a physical setting The New York Times calls “the most ambitious campus design program in the country.” With the launch of Next Lives Here, the Cincinnati Innovation District, a $100 million JobsOhio investment, eight straight years of record enrollment, worldwide leadership in cooperative education, a dynamic academic health center and entry into the Big 12 athletic conference, UC’s momentum has never been stronger. UC’s annual budget tops $1.6 billion and its endowment totals $1.9 billion.

The organizers are continuously monitoring Covid-19 related travel restrictions. We wish to proceed cautiously and within the parameters of public health guidelines to ensure health and safety of all the participants. NAFIPS 2023 will take place in-person and may move on to hybrid mode depending on a surge in Covid-19 cases.

Hotels

–     Graduate Cincinnati – 0.4 miles (0.6 Km) away

–     Hampton Inn & Suites Cincinnati/Uptown University Area – 0.2 Miles (0.3 Km) away

–     For additional possibilities

https://www.tripadvisor.com/HotelsNear-g60993-d5790027-University_of_Cincinnati-Cincinnati_Ohio.html

NAFIPS 2023 COMMITTEES

General Co-Chairs:
Kelly Cohen, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Anca Ralescu, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Dan Ralescu, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
 
Program Committee Chair:
Nick Ernest, Thales Avionics, USA

Awards Committee Chairs:
Vladik Kreinovich, University of Texas at El Paso, Texas, USA
Martine Ceberio, University of Texas at El Paso, Texas, USA

 
Program Committee (In Alphabetical Order):

Tim Arnett, Thales Avionics, USA

Ildar Batyrshin, Instituto Politecnico Nacional, Mexico City, Mexico

Barnabas Bede, NAFIPS President, DigiPen, Washington, USA

Oscar Castillo, Tijuana Institute of Technology, Mexico

Martine Ceberio, University of Texas at El Paso, Texas, USA

Brandon Cook, NASA Ames, California, USA

Scott Dick, University of Alberta, Canada

Fernando A. C. Gomide, University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

Rick Graves, Air Force Research Laboratory, WPAFB, Ohio, USA (to be confirmed)

Steve Harbour, South West Research Institute, Dayton, Ohio, USA (to be confirmed) Donghoon Kim, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Sam King, Intramotev, Covington, Kentucky, USA (to be confirmed)

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

Owen Macmann, Optimal Efficiency, Laguna Niguel, California, United States

Julia Rayz Taylor, Purdue University, Indiana, USA

Juan Carlos Figueroa Garcia, Universidad Distrital, Bogota, Colombia 

Marek Reformat, University of Alberta, Canada (to be confirmed)

Anoop Sathyan, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Javier Viaña Pérez, MIT, Massachusetts, USA

Alex Walker, Sierra Lobo, Milan, Ohio, USA

Local Organization Chair:
Anoop Sathyan, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Local Organization Committee:

         Jared Burton, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Anirudh Chhabra, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

         Lynn Pickering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

         Wilhelm Louw, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Student Activities Committee:

Tim Arnett, Thales Avionics, USA

Sam King, Intramotev, Covington, Kentucky, USA

Lynn Pickering, University of Cincinnati

Javier Viaña Pérez, MIT, Massachusetts, USA

SPONSORS
* North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society
* University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA
* Thales Avionics, USA

* CBS Fuzzy, Brazilian Congress on Fuzzy Systems (to be confirmed)

CONFERENCE FEES

Conference fees are $550 USD (covers 2 papers) for regular attendees and $300 for students (covers 1 paper)

How to Contact the Organizers:
Email to Kelly.Cohen@uc.edu are the best way to reach us. The conference website (to go online in January) also provides an opportunity to sign for the conference newsletter. The phone is available for emergency +1-513-556-3523

Mailing address:
NAFIPS'2023 Organizing Committee
Prof. Kelly Cohen, NAFIPS 2023 Conference Co-Chair

Director, AI Bio Lab, Suite #300, Digital Futures,

University of Cincinnati, 3080 Exploration Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45206
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