BISC Special Event; FLINT 2005, Soft Computing; Fuzzy Logic

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BISC Program
Computer Science Division
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University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-1776
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BISCSE’05

BISC Special Event in Honor of Prof. Lotfi A. Zadeh

 November 3-5 2005

Berkeley, California

Join us to celebrate more than 50 years of Prof. Lotfi A. Zadeh's pioneering work on different fronts:

 the 50th anniversary of his pioneering work in "System Theory and Decision Analysis",

the 40th of his pioneering work in "Fuzzy Sets,” and other contributions that changed our world.

Saturday November 5, 2005

Reception and Gala

“The legacy of accomplishment, excellence and people

who contribute to the advancement of computational intelligence

through science and technology to better serve global community”

FORGING NEW FRONTIERS

40th of Fuzzy Pioneers (1965-2005)

Fuzzy Sets, Inf. Control 8, 338-353, 1965.

Toward a Generalized Theory of Uncertainty (GTU)—An Outline, Information Sciences, 2005.

(1965-2005, 2010, 2015, 2020, 2025, ...)

Fuzzy Set: 1965 … Fuzzy Logic: 1973 … BISC: 1990 … Human-Machine Perception: 2000 - ..

November 3-5 2005

University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, California, USA

“Where Fuzzy Began”

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION

Abstracts should be submitted to Organizing Committee Chairs, by July, 15, 2005.
Authors will be notified about the acceptance of their papers by August 1, 2005. Final papers are due by Sept. 1, 2005.

PAPER SUBMISSION

Authors are strongly encouraged to submit their papers electronically. Electronic submissions should be sent by Sept. 1, 2005 to Organizing Committee Chairs.
Final papers should be formatted according to the IFSA/NAFIPS formatting guidelines.
The first page of the paper, centered on the top below the top margin, should include the paper title, the authors' names, and their affiliations. Six pages are allowed for each paper (for the workshop's proceedings).

Special issues of the Journals will be devoted to extended (10-25 pages) versions of papers presented at the event. Also, they will be considered for a chapter of a book (25-35 pages).

IMPORTANT DATES

July 10, 2005:	Invited sessions proposal
July, 15, 2005:	Receipt of extended abstracts (<1000 words)
August 1, 2005:	Notification of acceptance
Sept. 1, 2005:	Receipt of camera ready manuscript (6 pages Max.) Receipt of PowerPoint Presentation
Oct. 1, 2005:	Receipt of papers for a Journal Special Issue (10-25 pages)
Nov. 1, 2005:	Receipt of papers for a Book chapter (25-35 pages)